Avedisian (71) and Reimer (25K) racing for second (Chase Prather Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cLately, we\u2019ve been in the first few rows of every Feature and had a shot to win, and [either] I mess up or something goes wrong,\u201d Avedisian said. \u201cTo finally get back into Victory Lane for the second time this year gives us a bit more momentum rolling into the next month of Xtreme racing.\u201d<\/p>\n
From fourth on the starting grid, Jade kept pace with the leaders through the first half of the 30-lap main event, not letting Kyle Jones or Taylor Reimer get too far out. With the final third of the race quickly approaching, Avedisian decided it was go-time and selected the top lane as her vehicle to get her moving toward the front.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just tried to drive it as hard as I possibly could,\u201d Avedisian said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure in the beginning if it was going to work. I finally got up there, and I was assuming the few cars behind me were just trying to help me clean it off. It just kept getting faster and faster.\u201d<\/p>\n
The faster the top got, the more she gained on leader Jones. By the time the race\u2019s only caution flew with 22 laps complete, Avedisian had shrunk Jones\u2019 lead down to under a half-second from what was once almost two full seconds.<\/p>\n
On the ensuing restart, Avedisian showed her hand in her bread-and-butter lane around the top.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw [Jones\u2019] crew guys telling him to go to the top, and I wasn\u2019t sure if he was going to, and he ended up not,\u201d Avedisian said. \u201cHe kinda left me on the restart, but luckily I had enough speed around the top.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a great run off Turn 2 and a sweeping line around Turns 3-4, Avedisian sailed around the outside of Jones to take the lead at the flag stand. Now in control in the final laps with a fast car, Avedisian hit the afterburners and drove away from the field, leading them back around to the checkers to bag the $4,000 grand prize.<\/p>\n
Crossing the stripe in second was Zach Daum, who drove all the way up from 11th on the starting grid. Though his quest for four-straight victories with his new team at Trifecta Motorsports fell one spot short, Daum was still pleased with he and the car\u2019s performance as he charged to the front in his signature bottom-hugging lane.<\/p>\n
\u201cI ran a couple laps on the top \u2013\u00a0I had to get around [Andrew] Felker, and I knew he was on the bottom and wasn\u2019t leaving, so I couldn\u2019t waste any time messing with him,\u201d Daum said. \u201cI moved around a little bit, but we were just so good on the bottom that I never really felt the need to move and abandon.\u201d<\/p>\n
With four-straight podium finishes and five top-fives in the last five Series events, Daum and the Trifecta squad have been working well together since their first pairing in the team\u2019s flagship #7U car at the beginning of June.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like we\u2019re all in a really good place,\u201d Daum said. \u201cJanky [Bobby Milliser] works his ass off, Staton and Steve [car owners] work their ass off. They\u2019re in this to win races, win championships, be competitive, and it shows.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe ain\u2019t got the biggest rig in the pits, but we got everything we need to go race. And that\u2019s the important part.\u201d<\/p>\n
Podium finishers Reimer (left), Avedisian (middle) and Daum (right) [Chase Prather Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Taylor Reimer crossed the stripe third from fourth on the starting grid, posting back-to-back top-five finishes for the first time on the 2023 Xtreme Outlaw trail. After a slow start to the 2023 season, she\u2019s picked up her average start and average finish and said she feels she\u2019s been improving.<\/p>\n\u201cI feel a little bit more confident; I think I was just a little down on myself,\u201d Reimer said. \u201cAt the beginning of the year, we weren\u2019t performing as well as we should\u2019ve been.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe past couple of weeks, on my down time, I\u2019ve been trying to stay focused \u2013\u00a0watching film, going to sim when I can. Just trying to keep my head down and grind it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota gets back into action in less than a week\u2019s time, starting up a three-day race weekend next Friday-Sunday, July 28-30 at Ohio Valley Speedway (WV), Atomic Speedway (OH) and Brushcreek Motorsports Complex (OH).<\/p>\n
Tickets for all three events will be on sale at the gate. If you can\u2019t be there in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision<\/a>.<\/p>\nABBREVIATED RESULTS<\/strong> (view full results<\/a>)<\/p>\nFeature (30 Laps): 1. 71-Jade Avedisian[4]; 2. 7U-Zach Daum[11]; 3. 25K-Taylor Reimer[3]; 4. 16-Kyle Jones[1]; 5. 08-Cannon McIntosh[15]; 6. 26R-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 7. 40-Chase McDermand[6]; 8. 58-Daniel Whitley[7]; 9. 11A-Andrew Felker[2]; 10. 97-Gavin Miller[13]; 11. 21K-Karter Sarff[16]; 12. 97K-Cooper Williams[9]; 13. 1K-Brayton Lynch[12]; 14. 56-Mitchell Davis[20]; 15. 31K-Jaxton Wiggs[14]; 16. 26-Chance Crum[17]; 17. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[8]; 18. 44-Branigan Roark[10]; 19. 17B-Austin Barnhill[18]; 20. 08K-Brody Wake[19]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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