Dillon Welch wrapped up a busy month of racing with a strong showing Friday night at Anderson Speedway.  After winning the Heat race, Welch battled to a fourth place finish in the Feature. 

"Good results considering we weren't very good in practice," Welch said afterwards. "In practice I was missing my marks and it caused the car to be wicked, but I talked with (crew chief) Mel (Kenyon) and he got me straightened out."

The 30-lap Feature race was hotly contested from the start.  A pair of early yellows disrupted the flow, but in the final 24 laps the top six ran bumper to bumper, all exploring ways to get past the driver ahead of them.

When Welch's Kenyon Midget came off the track at the conclusion of the feature, the rear tire stagger was five inches (right rear tire was 5" bigger than the left rear), a sign the 14 year old was handling a very loose racecar. 

"The car was really good in the Heat race, and the Feature too until about halfway through, then it became a handful,"  Welch said with a smile.

While good results are important, Welch Racing focuses on the big picture.  Every race is seen as another step in the driver's development, and that doesn't always come with a flashy finishing position.

"Believe me, I want to run up front," Dillon said, catching his breath while sitting on the right rear tire.  "But in this series, it's so hard to pass that so much is about where you start.  You can run really well and still finish 4th, 5th, 6th. If you start sixth like we did tonight, fall to seventh at the start, and come back finish fourth, then you've had a pretty good night."