Eric Riggins, Jr. celebrates in Lancaster Super Speedway victory lane following a sweep of the USCS Thunder in Carolina weekend. Photo by Chris Seelman
Eric Riggins, Jr. got out the broom and completed a sweep of the first United Sprint Car Series doubleheader of 2015 in dominating fashion on Saturday night.
Riggins shot out from the K&N Filters Pole Position and proceeded to stomp out the rest of his competition, leading all 25 laps of Lancaster Speedway’s “Thunder in the Carolinas” North/South Challenge finale at the Lancaster, SC speedway to pick up his second victory in two nights over a stout field.
The win was redemption for the 19-year-old, who was leading at Lancaster last April before the car dropped out of gear with six laps to go and cost him a shot at top honors that night.
“This feels great,” Riggins said in victory lane. “I know last year one slipped away from us there, but tonight the car was so good it made me look good. I’m really proud of this win. This is awesome.”
The victory was Riggins’ second USCS win of the young season and 10th career series triumph, moving him into a tie for 10th place on the all-time series win list with fellow series regular Anthony Nicholson.
“That’s a really cool feat (for us),” Riggins added. “We haven’t gotten to race much the last couple of years because we’ve had engine troubles and just haven’t had the financial help to do it, but the times we have raced we’ve certainly made it count.”
The pace was slowed by three cautions. The first came on lap four when Terry Witherspoon spun in turn two while running third. Yellow flag number two flew four laps later when Witherspoon’s son Tanner and teammate Darren Orth tangled in the same spot in turn two, forcing Tanner to the pit area with terminal problems.
Following that caution, the race saw a 13-lap green flag run until the third and final caution came out on lap 21 of the 25-lap event, when Dane Lorenc smacked the inside wall at the exit of turn four, ending his night after a solid run and setting up a scramble to the finish.
Lance Moss tried to rally on the race’s final restart with four laps to go, but was unable to mount enough of a run to challenge Riggins for the victory.
“Eric just had the car to beat tonight, hands down,” Moss said. “We crashed last night, and our team did a heck of a job rebuilding this car. It took us all day to just get it rolling, but I’ll take that second. I wish we could have backed up last year with another win, but hats off to Eric again, he just had a super weekend.”
Rookie of the Year candidate Nick Snyder waged a fierce battle with Terry Gray in the closing stages to come away with his first career 360 Sprint Car podium, scoring a career-best USCS finish of third for his family-owned team. Gray settled for fourth at the finish, followed by C.J. Miller in fifth.
Morgan Turpen, Johnny Bridges, Brandon McLain, Darren Orth and Johnny Petrozelle rounded out the top ten.
Bridges kicked off the evening’s racing action by winning his first Hoosier Tire Speed Dash of the 2015 season. Riggins came from fourth to win the first heat, while Moss rolled to the victory in the second heat.
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The USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour continues the 2015 schedule on Saturday, April 18 with the Tennessee Tangle at the Tennessee National Raceway in Hohenwald, TN. For more info, visit USCSRacing.com.
USCS Sprint Car Series
Lancaster Speedway – Lancaster, SC
Thunder in the Carolinas – April 11, 2015
1. #47 – Eric Riggins, Jr. – Charlotte, NC
2. #23 – Lance Moss – Cherryville, NC
3. #116 – Nick Snyder – Marco Island, FL
4. #10 – Terry Gray – Bartlett, TN
5. #9 – C.J. Miller – Mooresville, NC
6. #10M – Morgan Turpen – Cordova, TN
7. #07 – Johnny Bridges – Cherryville, NC
8. #21B – Brandon McLain – Indian Trail, NC
9. #34 – Darren Orth – Jacksonville, FL
10. #59III – Johnny Petrozelle – Denton, NC
11. #23L – Dane Lorenc – Lancaster, NY
12. #51 – Jay Dunham – Grovetown, GA
13. #17 – Bobby Komisarski – Lake Wylie, SC
14. #43 – Terry Witherspoon – Jacksonville, FL
15. #43JR – Tanner Witherspoon – Jacksonville, FL
16. #6T – Brad Wickham – Rutherfordton, NC
DNS: #33 – Joe Larkin – Suwanee, GA
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