Godown rockets way to first win of season at Big Diamond

You would think that leading the points and having your worst finish of the season being third, that Ryan Godown would be happy with the way things have been going on Friday nights at the Big Diamond Speedway. But even with those stats in which most drivers would be ecstatic with, Godown has been frustrated at the Minersville dirt oval. There was no frustration on Godown’s part last night as he went out and drove his Searock Fabrications No. 26 Troyer TD4 car to victory in the 25-lap Mattera’s Electrical and General Contracting 358 Modified main event. It was Godown’s 1th career 358 modified win at the track and it couldn’t have come at a better time for the Ringoes, NJ driver.

“Man, it feels good to finally get a win here,” said Godown. “This Troyer TD4 car has been really good so far this season and I can’t thank Billy (Colton) enough for all the help he has given us to get this car to where it’s at. We’ve been fast here all season, but it’s been so frustrating even though our worst finish has been a third. I felt like I gave a couple away that I should’ve won. We’ve tweaked on the car all year long and I’ve made a couple of calls for adjustments that didn’t help early on in the year but tonight I think we hit on something. Restarts are key here and I think they’ve hurt me so far this season but tonight I was able to make the right choices and it paid off. I have to thank Steve and Diane Searock for all they do for me and to get them into victory lane two nights in a row is pretty awesome. It was fun racing with Shawn (Fitzpatrick) and he’s going win one of these soon.”