Jimmy McCune completed the weekend sweep of the Must See Racing Sprint Car Series with a win on Saturday night at Hickory Motor Speedway. Photo by Chris Seelman
Jimmy McCune completed a sweep of the Must See Racing Sprint Car Series’ opening weekend on Saturday night, leading all 50 laps at Hickory Motor Speedway in Newton, NC to notch his second series win in two races.
The win did not come without contest, however, as McCune had to hold off the advances of a determined Johnny Bridges to score the win.
“First off, I have to say wow,” McCune said. “What Bridges can do in that dirt car, going sideways every lap and wheeling it like he does … unreal. He is an unbelievable race car driver and that was an absolute blast to be racing with him all night long.”
McCune had to endure two restarts, after cautions on laps 28 and 36, that allowed to close the gap, but both times was able to get away to resume a comfortable lead over the rest of the field.
“I wasn’t happy to see those cautions, that’s for sure,” McCune said. “Especially that last one … my dad was throwing a fit, so I must have had a little bit of a lead. I don’t know where to start, though. What an incredible weekend. This is why we work so hard, and I’m beyond pumped to see how it’s paid off the last two days.”
The outside lane was the place to be for much of the night, as McCune surged from the second-starting position to take the lead from polesitter Jeff Bloom on the initial start, a position he would never relinquish again. Meanwhile, Bridges came from fourth to second on the opening lap and quickly set his sights on the race leader.
The duo battled through early traffic as cars began to fall one lap down or more. McCune’s lead ebbed and flowed around one second for much of the opening run, but it wasn’t until the halfway point at lap 25 that Bridges really began to start eating into the deficit. Just as he got to McCune’s back bumper to make a move, however, both leaders had to take evasive action to avoid the spinning car of Kris Leming exiting turn four.
McCune nearly made contact with both Leming and the wall, but was able to escape unscathed and held the top spot for a restart with 22 laps to go. Once the green flag dropped, he again established control, but could never get more than five car lengths clear as Bridges stayed with him all the way around the track.
Clipping the grass in turn four with 15 laps left, it appeared as if Bridges’ chances might be over – but a timely caution on the next lap, when Brad Wyatt spun to a stop off turn two after contact with hometown favorite Greg Smyre, allowed him to close the gap one final time.
However, it wouldn’t be enough for Bridges, who could only close to within a couple of car lengths during the final 14 lap run to the checkers
“I don’t know if the cautions helped us or hurt us, to be honest,” Bridges admitted. “I think I would have preferred it going green the whole way. I was getting pretty tired at the end, but man, that was fun. I’m unbelievably happy with how this dirt car did against a field like this. I know there were some really fast guys behind us too, so it’s great to be up front and I feel like I have a lot to be proud of.
“Jimmy, man, he was fast. I don’t know if we really had anything for him. A couple times I got up on him in lapped traffic, and I tried to go down through the grass a few times to try and pass him, but it just wouldn’t stick. All in all, though, this was a tremendous weekend and I’m so thankful to Must See Racing for putting on this great series. This is a great place to race and I’m looking forward to more of it in the future.”
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Bobby Santos III rallied past defending Hickory winner Jeff Bloom on the final restart to come home third, with Bloom and Brian Gerster rounding out the top five.
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Must See Racing Sprint Car Series
Hickory Motor Speedway – Newton, NC
Race Results – April 16, 2016
1. Jimmy McCune
2. Johnny Bridges
3. Bobby Santos III
4. Jeff Bloom
5. Brian Gerster
6. Grant Galloway
7. Terry Gray
8. Greg Smyre
9. Chris Lamb
10. Brad Wyatt
11. Jerry Caryer
12. Joe Speakman
13. Kris Leming
DNS: Ike Beasley
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