With threatening skies overhead, officials at Berlin Raceway were in hurry-up mode, shuffling the order of events around. Engine Pro Super Stock and De-Jay Slick Truck Pro Stock heats were cancelled, pushing the feature events up in order to get them all in before the rain came.
The night started with the ever-popular 4-Cylinder Race. The first time the 4-Cylinders raced at Berlin, there were about ten cars in the field. One month after its inception, 21 cars showed up to race. The #4 car of Bill Krupp looked like the class of the field, but #42 Mark Kelly took the lead with 2 laps and went on to win the event.
The Instant Cash Advance Sportsman Division took the track next with #33 Allen Davis and #81 Marc Coleman on the front row. Davis and Coleman raced the first lap side by side, but Coleman took the lead from Davis on lap 2. Not ready to give up that position, Davis kept close to Coleman’s bumper. The first caution came out on lap 4 for #00 Dennis Mann’s spin in turn 2. After the restart, #97 Andy Stormzand was on the move, challenging the #59 machine of John Evans for 6th on lap 7, but he was also being pressured from behind by #44 Brian VanZalen. Meanwhile, Davis and #22 Ken Roelofs were putting on a great show for the 2nd spot, as were #40 Dave Cutler and #15 Garison Jewett for 3rd. Caution #2 waved on lap 9 when #64 Brad DeJong hit the wall in turn 1; Coleman’s sizeable lead was completely erased. After the restart, Coleman took off and left Davis and Roelofs to sort it out for 2nd. Roelofs took 2nd from Davis on lap 12 and began to reel in the leader. With 3 laps to go, Roelofs passed Coleman for the lead and cruised to his first victory in the Instant Cash Advance Sportsman Division. The rest of the top ten were Coleman, Davis, Cutler, Stromzand, Jewett, VanZalen, #57 Allen Troup and #88 Tony Davis.
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