Eric Riggins, Jr. beat out Terry Gray to score the victory in Friday night’s USCS Sprint Car Series action at Senoia Raceway. Photo by Francis Hauke/22fstops.com
SENOIA, GA – Friday night at New Senoia Raceway, Eric Riggins, Jr. proved it doesn’t matter how many laps you lead, just that you lead the final one.
Riggins, from Charlotte, NC, used a three-wide maneuver to shoot to the inside of Terry Gray with two laps to go in the USCS Senoia Summer Nationals preliminary A-main charged into Victory Lane after notching his second USCS victory of the season.
The win was Riggins first ever win at the high-speed three-eighths mile dirt oval and his career-seventh USCS triumph and second in the last four series races.
Riggins closed up on Gray’s back bumper following a lap 11 caution, which flew for Brandon McLain’s spin in turn one. That yellow, Riggins said, gave him the shot he needed to take the fight to the race leader.
“I had to work him, I was driving my butt off trying to get him after that yellow and couldn’t for the longest time,” Riggins said. “I could catch him when we got in clean air and couldn’t do anything with him, but once he got cobbed up with a lapped car I was able to get by him. The car was great tonight. You know, it’s kind of hard to pass when you get going as fast as we do here but we did it tonight and I just hope this is the start of a streak for us.”
Gray, who is the all-time winningest USCS driver at Senoia dating back to when the track was a paved oval, finished in second place, but said he had the car to beat had the caution not come out.
“We just caught the lapped car at the wrong place,” a frustrated Gray said post-race. “I waited too long to try and make a move. I should have been more aggressive. In traffic though, the second place car always has an advantage – we’ll take tonight’s run and improve and come back out tomorrow to try and get another win here.”
Gray’s teammate Morgan Turpen rounded out the podium in third place after a hard-fought battle with Brian Thomas near the middle point of the race. Thomas, the Pendergrass, GA veteran, finished fourth and Grovetown, GA’s Jay Dunham completed the top five.
Johnny Gilbertson, Nick Snyder, Kyle Amerson, Lee Moore and Jeff Willingham rounded out the top ten.
Gray kicked off the evening’s racing action by winning the Hoosier Tire Speed Dash, and Riggins, Jr. scored the win in the first heat. Gray then rolled to the victory in the second heat.
Turpen was the provisional pole starter after scoring the most passing points in heat race action, but after a four came up in the inversion draw, Brian Thomas received the K&N Filters Pole Award.
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USCS Sprint Car Series
Senoia Raceway – Senoia, GA
Senoia Summer Nationals V Night 1 – Sept. 19, 2014
1. #47 – Eric Riggins Jr. – Charlotte, N.C.
2. #10 – Terry Gray -, Bartlett, TN
3. #10M – Morgan Turpen – Cordova, TN
4. #67 – Brian Thomas – Pendergrass, GA
5. #51 – Jay Dunham – Grovetown, GA
6. #15 – Johnny Gilbertson – Dover, FL
7. #116 – Nick Snyder – Marco Island, FL
8. #29 – Kyle Amerson – Montgomery, AL
9. #1A – Lee Moore – Tuscaloosa, AL
10. #28 – Jeff Willingham – Ripley, MS
11. #21B – Brandon McLain – Indian Trail, NC
12. #0X – Clint Weiss – Jesup, GA
13. #33 – Joe Larkin – Suwanee, GA
DNS: #12C – Collin Cabre – Thonotosossa, FL
DNS: #43 – Terry Witherspoon – Jacksonville, FL
DNS: #99 – Tanner Witherspoon – Jacksonville, FL
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