TRAVELERS REST, S.C. – Story, audio and photo by Managing Editor Jacob Seelman for Speed77 Radio, Race Chaser Online and USCS Racing –
Before 2015, micro sprint veteran Coby Adams only had one career www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Series win to his name. In the last two races, he’s now tripled his series win total.
Adams started third at the wheel of his Adams Performance/Charlotte Rod and Custom No. 25 and dove three-wide into turn one to wrest the top spot away from K&N Filters Polesitter Bob Trapino and young gun Kyle Amerson, leading all 15 laps of Friday night’s micro sprint feature at Travelers Rest Speedway to take his second straight series win, as well as his second of the 2015 season.
“It was a great night,” Adams said in www.rockauto.com USCS Victory Lane. “Kyle and I are good buddies – I build his engines along with a lot of guys in the field – and we had a pretty good battle. It was a lot of fun. To win a couple weeks ago at Carolina and now to come down here in our backup equipment and get another win, it’s unbelievable.”
Amerson came in second at the checkered flag after changing the lead with Adams three times in the opening two laps of the event.
“We had a good car, and we slid Coby there a couple times at the start – just couldn’t keep it down and get the job done,” Amerson explained. “It’s a decent way to kick off our USCS run this season. We’ll just move on to tomorrow night and see what we can do there.”
Brandon Taylor, the talented 15-year-old from Cumming, Ga. who won earlier this season at Tennessee National Raceway, finished in third, with Johnstown, Pa. veteran Jim Young close behind in fourth. Mike Magic, the defending USCS 600 Southern Lightning regional champion, rounded out the top five at the checkered flag.
Current USCS 600 points leader Remeno Loyal, from Snellville, Ga. finished eighth and maintains his championship lead over Magic.
Young kicked off the night by grabbing his second Hoosier Tire Speed Dash win of the season with a last-lap, last turn pass, and Magic took the win in the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat. Young followed up the dash win with a triumph in the www.rockauto.com Second Heat.
Young was the provisional polesitter after scoring the most passing points in heat race action, but following a six being pulled in the K&N Filters Inversion Draw, Bob Trapino grabbed the K&N Filters Pole Position. Adams also passed the most cars in the main event (two) to garner the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award.
The www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car Series season continues on Saturday night, May 8 at North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, Ga.
For rules and updated schedule information about the www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car series please visit www.uscsracing.com or call the series office at 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097.
Audio with race winner Coby Adams:
RESULTS: www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car Series @ Travelers Rest Speedway; May 8, 2015
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: Jim Young, Mike Magic, Remeno Loyal, Coby Adams, Matt McCullough.
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Mike Magic, Brandon Taylor, Bob Trapino, Shane Werner, Chris Huffman (DNS).
www.rockauto.com Second Heat: Jim Young, Kyle Amerson, Coby Adams, Remeno Loyal, Matt McCullough.
www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint A-Main 20 laps:
- #25 – Coby Adams, Mooresville, N.C.
- #29 – Kyle Amerson, Montgomery, AL
- #07 – Brandon Taylor, Cumming, GA
- #8Y – Jim Young, Johnstown, PA
- #5M – Mike Magic, Winder, GA
- #98 – Bob Trapino, Alpharetta, GA
- #14M – Matt McCullough, Atlanta, GA
- #2X – Remeno Loyal, Snellville, GA
- #48 – Shane Werner, McDonough, GA
- #41 – Chris Huffman, Harlem, GA (DNS)
USCS 600 Sprint Race Awards:
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: #8Y – Jim Young
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: #5M – Mike Magic
www.rockauto.com Second Heat: #8Y – Jim Young
K&N Filters Pole Award: #98 – Bob Trapino
Bell Helmets Focus Award: #29 – Kyle Amerson
K&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Award: #07 – Brandon Taylor
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Fourth Place Award: #8Y – Jim Young
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award: #25 – Coby Adams
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Top Five Award: #5M – Mike Magic
Saldana Racing Products Super Sixth Award: #98 – Bob Trapino
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: #41 – Chris Huffman
