Bubba Pollard scored his second straight win in the SRL Winter Showdown Stephens at Kern Country Raceway Park in Bakersfield, California Sunday afternoon, netting a $40,000 payday in the process. Photo: Bubba Pollard Racing
In its two years of existence, the SRL Winter Showdown has only seen one winner – Bubba Pollard.
The Senoia, Georgia driver held off a late-race charge from Parker Stephens at Kern Country Raceway Park in Bakersfield, California Sunday afternoon to take the checkered flag and win his second-straight Winter Showdown.
With the win, Pollard also padded his bank account. In addition to the $30,000 pay day for winning, he also claimed a $10,000 bonus to take home a check for $40,000.
“The first time was cool. The second time awesome,” said Pollard. “This is unbelievable. A small team like us can do a lot with a little money. It’s big for us.”
Pollard’s encore performance at Kern County, however, wasn’t quite as easy as round one. The No. 26 Super Late Model lacked handling the first few days and Pollard wasn’t sure he had what he needed to back-up his performance from a year ago. Just before the 250-lap event Pollard and his crew found an issue with the rear end and from there it was smooth sailing.
“I woke up this morning and didn’t have any confidence at all. I knew we had to go to work,” said Pollard. “Making that rear end change before the race is what won us the race. That was the only thing we had to change on this race car. It wasn’t to my liking all weekend. It showed good speed, but just didn’t drive well. We changed that rear end and this thing came to life.
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Pollard spent the first half of the Winter Showdown riding inside the top 10. A myriad of cautions slowed the pace of the first 125 laps, but Pollard put himself in fifth position when the halfway break arrived. Teams were given 10 minutes to make changes and put on fresh rubber before the final 125 laps.
Pollard bounced between positions three and four over the next 30 laps, then used the outside lane on a lap 154 restart to take second spot. When another caution flew on lap 167, Pollard got a good jump on the restart and took the lead for the first time.
As the laps wound down, Parker Stephens began to chase Pollard. He was able to close within half a car length, but never able to set alongside the Peach State racer. Another caution flew on lap 234, setting up a five-lap shootout to the finish. Pollard held off Stephens on the restart and for the final laps to go two-for-two at the Winter Showdown.
“(Stephens) probably had a better car at the end,” said Pollard. “I knew if we hit our marks and ran the line we needed to it was going to be tough for him to pass us. Our cars were pretty equal there, but you have a lot of respect for a guy like that to come out and race you clean in a big event like this is pretty cool.”
Pollard will now head back home to Georgia to begin preparing his Super Late Models for action in the southeast in the coming weeks. Pollard will next head for the Rattler 250 at South Alabama Speedway on March 20.
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