Clay Rogers celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday night’s X-1R Pro Cup Series race at Orange County Speedway. Photo courtesy X-1R Pro Cup Media
Clay Rogers put on a driving clinic Saturday night at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, NC, as he battled fellow veteran J.P. Morgan to win his fourth X-1R Pro Cup Series victory of the season.
“We struggled during practice today,” Rogers said in victory lane. “I even spun out on my own once, I can’t tell you the last time I’ve done that. But my guys kept working on it and we made some good adjustments at the halfway break that allowed us to have a good car in the second half.
“I wasn’t sure if I was going to even going to get a chance at the win tonight because the No. 2 car (Brady Boswell) was checked out, but luckily we got a caution to bunch us back up and make a race out of it. I got into him on that restart, which I really didn’t mean to, but it was time to go and I knew I had a pretty good piece if I could get out front.”
It was Morgan who had the early advantage by starting the 200 lap race from the pole position and then jumping out to the lead on the initial start. Morgan sailed out to the lead early on before Rogers took advantage of a lap 57 restart to take over the top position. It was newcomer C.J. Faison, making his first career Pro Cup start, who turned the heads of many as he made his run on Rogers for the lead position on lap 90. Rogers’ machine was just strong enough to hold off Faison at the 100 lap mark to gain five bonus points for leading at halfway.
Lap 101 saw Boswell leading the field. A multi-car incident on lap 180 was the biggest of the night when Andrew Smith spun coming off turn four, collecting several drivers in the field including Gus Dean and Faison. Smith was able to continue, while Faison and championship contender Dean were done for the night.
The incident wasn’t what Boswell needed, as it erased his lead and set up a shootout for the finish. With Boswell up high and Rogers down low, a side-by-side battle between the rookie and veteran unfolded. The two made contact in turns three and four, sending Rogers to the lead. Morgan and Gould both made their way around Bswell just as the yellow waived again, settling up a green-white-checker finish to decide the winner.
With Rogers on the outside and Morgan on the inside, a tight race between the two ensued with Rogers taking full advantage at the white flag. Morgan sailed his machine in hard on the final lap but it wasn’t enough as Rogers powered through the final turns to pick up the win. Morgan crossed the line second with Gould, Eric Gerchak, and Boswell rounding out the top five.
X-1R Pro Cup Series
Orange County Speedway – Rougemont, NC
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1. #16 Clay Rogers
2. #23 J.P. Morgan
3. #58 Rich Gould
4. #21 Eric Gerchak
5. #2 Brady Boswell
6. #17 Stacy Puryear
7. #62 Andrew Smith
8. #1 Dalton Hopkins
9. #66 Reid Wilson
10. #56 Gus Dean
11. #6 C.J. Faison
12. #33 Joey Jones
13. #00 Lucas Ransone
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