Story By: A2DPR / TREVER FEATHERS RACING – NATURAL BRIDGE, VA – With the leaves beginning to change color, Trever Feathers had already parked his super late model to begin 2024 preparations but he was still looking to get one more race under his belt before calling it a season.
In 2022 Feathers was victorious at Natural Bridge Speedway’s Fall Classic for super late models. It is a facility that he enjoys competing at, so when the announcement came that the 2023 edition of the 50-lap, $ 5,000-to-win race would be for limited late models, he connected with Brad Omps’ to take the seat of the No.5T for the event.
Feathers unloaded as one of twenty-nine competitors on hand to take a shot at capturing the Fall Classic. Mother Nature threatened the region all weekend and despite some minor delays as a result, Natural Bridge Speedway did finally get action underway and complete the night’s action.
Despite hitting the track for time trials in the back half of the field, Feathers put the 3rd quickest lap of the qualifying session on the board, earning him the pole of the third heat race.
Feathers dominated the 8-lap heat race, winning by 1.553 seconds over runner-up Cody Wright.
The heat race victory put Feathers into the Dash 4 Cash that would set the first three rows of the feature lineup. By luck of the draw, he started outside the front row and held the runner-up spot in the early going.
Feathers was challenging for the lead in the Dash when the handling of his ride changed abruptly. He ultimately slipped to a 3rd place finish.
After an early evening rain delay, the program was moved along quickly—that limited Feather’s time to investigate the handling issue prior to the main event. The team checked the car over but was unable to identify what caused the sudden change in handling.
The 50-lap feature provided plenty of time for Feathers to find his way to the front from his 3rd starting spot. Seven laps into the race he moved past Justin Williams to claim 2nd and set his sights on leader Kyle Hardy.
Still battling the earlier issues that cropped up, Feathers pursued the top spot but was unable to get there. He settled for the runner-up finish just 1.684 seconds back.
“Our car was so good all night but we did develop some kind of issue a few laps into the dash and we fought that the rest of the night.”, Feathers commented. “Early on it was really in the track but then I just got loose on entry. It was still a good night for us and a good way to wrap up our year.“