**Joe Howe2 survives late chaos at Cedar Lake to clinch Round 7** Kenny Hoffman came to Cedar Lake with every advantage — pole position, a heat race win in the bag, momentum. Then he did what only Kenny Hoffman could do: he started ninth in the feature and clawed his way to third anyway, a six-position charge that had the field dizzy. But it wasn't enough. Joe Howe2 controlled what mattered. He found the right line through the dirt, managed the restarts, and when the final laps tightened, he had the car to hold it together. Patrick Spangler pressured but couldn't find the move. The track at Cedar Lake was treacherous all night — one mistake and you're in the fence — and Joe Howe2 simply made fewer of them. Brandon Garman led the most laps, 31 of them, but couldn't convert it to the main prize. That's how it goes on dirt sometimes. You can be the fastest all race and still finish second to the driver who was three-tenths sharper when it counted most.