VMS Motorsports

 A top 10, A couple wins, and a pile of scrap. That pretty much sums up the night for the VMS Motorsports team Saturday night at Beaver Dam Raceway.

Jeff Steenbergen started the night off right by passing the entire field in his heat race to cruise to an easy victory in the VMS Motorsports #62 Sport Mod.

Jim Bucher and Dan Troyan were lined up in the same heat race, Bucher starting 3rd, and Troyan starting 6th. Bucher was up to second and battling for the lead in the VMS Motorsports, The Agency Real Estate car, when he and the leader tangled, and they were both hit from behind by the 3rd place car. Buchers AirStream Mechanical, Homes.com, DL Home inspections car lined up at the back of the field with a bent steering arm and just cruised around to finish last. Troyan fought in the top 3 through the race before being spun into the infield in turn 4 of the final lap. Dan managed to still hold onto a sixth place result

In the Legends A Main, with both of their poor results, Bucher and Troyan had less than desireable starting spots, Bucher starting in 15th, Troyan in 11th in the 19 car field. Both cars were moving up, Buchers electrical problem finally exorcized from his #17, and Troyan working the low groove, until a 2 car crash on lap 9 bunched the field back up, with Troyan up to 9th, and Bucher in 12th.

Things got dicey on the restart, with the 5th place car losing control and spinning. Troyan dove low to avoid him and made it past without contact. Bucher wasn't so lucky. A chain reaction started, heavily damaging 4 cars in all.  Video can be seen by clicking on the link on the VMS Motorsports homepage.

The evening ended with another victory for Jeff Steenbergen in the Sport Mod A Main, bringing him to within 2 points of the points leader

Bucher is bruised and sore, but OK, and the team hopes to get the car rebuilt in time to race Saturday,