Win number three was a sweet one.

Thursday night at Plymouth Speedway Dillon Welch started on the outstide of the front row, squeezed past Shannon McIntosh entering turn three, and led every lap to score his third win of the USAC Regional Midget Series seaon.

"I had not run here before in a Midget while others in the race had raced here and tested here," a happy Welch said afterwards.  "There were some other drivers who I'm pretty sure believed they were going to win, so to come in and take care of business felt really good and shows how good our team is."

After qualifying third quickest and finishing second in the Heat race, Welch's #4 Z-Line Designs/St.Vincent Sports Performance/ClubSport/VCS Beast was on a rail in the Feature.  Despite four yellow flag cautions keeping the field

Hello everyone!  It's been a while!

I haven't had very much to write about lately, at least from a racing standpoint.  I could have written about school but there is only so much one can take reading about school, right?  Although, I did get straight-A’s last grading period which made me proud.  Anyway, you came to read about racing, so let’s talk about some racing.

We will be announcing our racing program very soon.  I can tell you that I will be running a “midget” in USAC’s regional schedule.  The “regional midget” is the same size chassis as the Kenyon midget I've run the past 3 years, but the regional car has nearly three times the horsepower.  More than 300 horsepower for a 900 lbs. car...so they move pretty quick.

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The experiment created excitement and ended with Dillon Welch holding another first place trophy. 

It was an unusual sight at the beginning of the race; the Kenyon midgets and the Ford Focus midgets lined up to compete against one another despite the fact the K-cars were giving up 60 horsepower to the Focus cars.  Series executives Don Kenyon and Eric Bunn had come up with the idea to create a fuller field and make it more entertaining for the fans.  

Taking a page from the sportscar ranks, there would be two races within the race. Even though both series were on the track at the same time, there would be a Focus winner and a Kenyon winner.

"There was definitely more for the fans to watch," said Jim Shaeffer, a frequent visitor to Anderson Speedway.  "It may have been a little