Peoria Speedway
August 3, 2013
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Diveley Finally Conquers Peoria Speedway

PEORIA, IL (August 3) - Brian Diveley has been coming to Peoria Speedway for years, but on Saturday night he finally got to mark an item off the bucket list.

Diveley pulled a slide job on race leader Roger Rebholtz coming out of turn 2 on lap 12 and held off a charging Todd Bennett, who was seeking his 3rd straight win in the Budweiser UMP Late Models.

“I can finally mark this track off the list, we’ve been trying to win here for years”, Diveley told the crowd. “The high side was the place to be so it was hard to pass just following him (Rebholtz) around. I mounted a pretty good charge going into one, he got a little sideways, and I took my shot. I’m glad it worked out.”

After the pass, Diveley worked through heavy lapped traffic followed by Bennett, who had charged from his 11th starting spot. A lap 26 caution slowed the action, but Bennett could never mount a serious challenge and had to settle for 2nd, followed by Rebholtz, Steve Lance and Jay Sparks.