AFTON – Friday night, the racers at Afton Motorsports Park were greeted by a table top smooth racing surface and it produced the best racing of the year on ZMK Construction Night.

Steve Babicek used his upfront starting spot to full advantage along with his smooth track liking 2010 Teo Pro car to win the ZMK Construction Modified feature 30 lap feature over JR Hurlburt, Brett Tonkin, Mitch Gibbs, and 14th place starting Nick Nye.

The 30 lap Modified feature had Steve Babicek and Kenny Titus bring the field to green with Babicek taking the early lead over Brett Tonkin, JR Hurlburt, Darwin R. Greene and Titus.

However, the smooth racing surface led to plenty of passing early in the race with Mitch Gibbs moving into fifth on lap three.

With the help of a lap seven restart, Hurlburt was able to get under Tonkin to take over second position. He then applied the heavy pressure on Babicek for the lead while Gibbs got by Tonkin one lap following the restart, moving into third.

At the halfway point, three different racing battles kept everyone’s attention. Babicek and Hurlburt raced for the lead while Gibbs and Tonkin were competing hard for third and Titus, Andy Bachetti and Nick Nye – 14th place starter – all duked it out for fifth.