GASTONIA, N.C. – Story and audio by Managing Editor Jacob Seelman for Speed77 Radio, Race Chaser Online and USCS Racing – Chris Seelman photo –
Home state hero Coby Adams finally put an end to Jim Young’s www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car Series dominance on Friday night at Carolina Speedway.
Adams, from nearby Mooresville, N.C., powered past K&N Filters polesitter Remeno Loyal on the outside lane during the opening lap of Friday’s 15-lap mini-sprint main event as part of the USCS Thunder in Carolina North/South Challenge – holding off Young’s advances in the final stages of the race to notch his first win on the 2015 campaign.
The victory was the second of Adams’ USCS mini-sprint career, with the first coming in April of 2013 at Toccoa Raceway in Georgia.
“It was all good tonight,” Adams said in www.rockauto.com Victory Lane. “We’ve led some races and had some bad luck, and it’s nice to finally put one all together tonight. I hope [all the fans] enjoyed the show.”
Adams led the 15-lap contest from start-to-finish in a caution-free affair that took just under five minutes to officially complete.
Young, who came south from Johnstown, Pa. looking for his second-straight USCS 600 victory, had to settle for second after his choice of wing for the main event did not pay dividends.
“I put the bigger wing on it for the feature thinking the extra force would help us, but it caused the motor to lay down way too much in the late stages,” Young explained. “It’s unfortunate, but sometimes you learn what doesn’t work and tonight we did that. Still a solid finish for us.”
Former series winner Dirk Miller, from Sanford, Fla., charged from eighth to round out the podium in third. Atlanta, Georgia’s Matt McCullough was fourth and fellow Peach State native Remeno Loyal, out of Snellville, rounded out the top five.
David Hall led the next group of drivers with a sixth place run after coming north from Casselberry, Fla., followed by defending USCS 600 Southern Lightning region champion Mike Magic in seventh. Local driver Tim Nye was eighth, the last car on the lead lap, and Johnny Bridges crossed ninth driving the team car to Magic’s No. 5M mount.
Salisbury, N.C.’s Justin Lineman was the lone car out of the race and completed the top ten, falling out after just six of the race’s 15 laps.
Young kicked off the night by grabbing the win in the Hoosier Tire Speed Dash, and McCullough took the win in the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat. Young then notched the win in the www.rockauto.com Second Heat.
Young was also the provisional polesitter after scoring the most passing points in heat race action, but when a four was pulled in the K&N Inversion Draw, Remeno Loyal grabbed his second K&N Filters Pole Position of the season. Dirk Miller passed the most cars in the main event (five) to garner the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award.
The www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car Series season is slated to continue on Friday, April 17 with an event at Thunderhill Raceway in Summertown, Tennessee.
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 @ Carolina Speedway; April 10, 2015
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: Jim Young, Dirk Miller, Matt McCullough, David Hall, Remeno Loyal, Mike Magic.
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Matt McCullough, Coby Adams, David Hall, Dirk Miller, Justin Lineman.
www.rockauto.com Second Heat: Jim Young, Remeno Loyal, Mike Magic, Tim Nye, Johnny Bridges.
www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint A-Main 20 laps:
- #27 – Coby Adams, Mooresville, NC
- #8Y – Jim Young, Johnstown, PA
- #68 – Dirk Miller, Sanford, FL
- #14M – Matt McCullough, Atlanta, GA
- #2X – Remeno Loyal, Snellville, GA
- #67 – David Hall, Casselberry, FL
- #5M – Mike Magic, Winder, GA
- #42 – Tim Nye, Mooresville, NC
- #5B – Johnny Bridges, Cherryville, NC
- #26 – Justin Lineman, Salisbury, NC
USCS 600 Sprint Race Awards:
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: #8Y – Jim Young
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: #14 – Matt McCullough
www.rockauto.com Second Heat: #8Y – Jim Young
K&N Filters Pole Award: #2X – Remeno Loyal
Bell Helmets Focus Award: #8Y – Jim Young
K&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Award: #68 – Dirk Miller
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Fourth Place Award: #14M – Matt McCullough
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award: #68 – Dirk Miller
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Top Five Award: #2X – Remeno Loyal
Saldana Racing Products Super Sixth Award: #67 – David Hall
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: #26 – Justin Lineman
