McCune, Lawson Score Must See Southern Shootout Wins

Jimmy McCune and Bronzie Lawson IV both took home top honors from the Must See Racing Sprint Car Series Southern Shootout Doubleheader weekend.

McCune led wire-to-wire on Friday night, to score the victory at Anderson Motor Speedway in Williamston, South Carolina. On Saturday, it was Lawson IV recording his first career series victory at North Carolina’s Hickory Motor Speedway.

On Friday night, McCune cruised to his milestone 25th series win at Anderson Motor Speedway.

McCune led all 50 laps for the second year running, completing a hat trick of victories at the three-eighths-mile South Carolina oval. The three-time defending series champion has now led 139 consecutive laps at AMS in series competition, winning in each of the last three years.

Though McCune made his performance look effortless, he had to endure a six-caution epic that included a fuel stop with three laps left, as well as nurse an ailing motor to the finish before he could take home the spoils of victory in the winner’s circle.

“I’ve never been through a race that crazy. I didn’t think we were going to be able to weather that storm, to be honest with you,” said McCune. “At lap 14 or 15, the motor dropped a cylinder and all those restarts we had just killed me. I had no power up off the corners and I was nervous. I didn’t know what we had … but we had enough to hold on.”

McCune jumped to the lead from the outside pole on the initial start, pacing the first 18 circuits uninterrupted before the caution flag waved for the first time.

After that, chaos erupted into a flurry of incidents that saw challengers like fast qualifier Johnny Bridges, Aaron Pierce and John Inman all fall from contention due to various issues.

Bridges and Pierce both ran out of fuel with four laps left, while Inman tangled with Tom Jewell in turn three with three to go, sparking the night’s final slowdown. That caution eventually went red for refueling as well.

None of that was any consequence to McCune, however, as he pulled away from Shane Butler on the final restart despite his motor issues and crossed under the twin checkered flags 1.191 seconds in front.

Butler came home second, with Anthony McCune in third, Jeff Bloom in fourth and Charlie Schultz in fifth.

After an invert of 10 placed him on the pole for Saturday night’s Southern Shootout finale at Hickory Motor Speedway, Bronzie Lawson IV joked that he “might need a miracle” in order to keep the lead down the stretch.

At the end of 50 laps, Lawson used a stunning display of driving to not only get his miracle, but collect his first series victory.

Lawson started from the pole and led all 50 laps, holding outside polesitter Jerry Caryer at bay early on and then fending off three fierce challenges from Aaron Pierce in the final 10 laps to take home a $2,000 payday.

Saturday night’s triumph by Lawson made him the first North Carolina native to win a Southern Shootout main event since Hickory became part of the season-opening weekend in 2015.

The win made for an emotional victory lane celebration during which Lawson climbed on top of the wing, holding his head in disbelief at the outcome.

“This is my second race as a full-time driver … we only committed to Must See about a month and a half ago. This isn’t supposed to happen,” said Lawson. “I can’t even believe it.”

Lawson had to survive restarts on lap nine and 26 after two caution flags slowed the pace during the 50-lap feature.

The first yellow came out for a stalled Johnny Bridges in turn two, while the second and final slowdown was for a spinning Tom Jewell in turn one, leading to a hectic turn of events that saw Lawson challenged at every corner.

Under the lap 26 caution, second place Jerry Caryer pulled off the track with overheating issues, leaving Aaron Pierce directly behind Lawson for the final restart of the night with 24 to go.

Pierce had already found the top lane on the previous restart, jumping up to fourth, and Lawson knew he was going to have his hands full.

“Man, when I heard the 75C (Caryer) pulled off I said to myself, ‘This is gonna get crazy,’” admitted Lawson. “I knew I had to get everything right for there to even be a chance, because if I made any mistakes he was going to be around me that quick.”

Lawson got what he called the restart of his life, however, when the green flag waved and he gapped Pierce by six car lengths before the No. 26 mount began to close back in.

With 15 to go, Pierce was hounding Lawson for the race lead and at 10 to go, he poked his nose to the inside in an attempt to make the pass.

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“If I chopped him, I’m sorry, but at that point I knew how close we were to the race win and I was doing everything I could to hold on,” Lawson said. “When you’re out in front of one of these races, you do what you have to do and I wasn’t going to give up on it that easily.”

Pierce fell back six car lengths at that point and only just got back to Lawson’s bumper over the final seven circuits, coming up .168 of a second short at the checkered flag.

Shane Butler finished in third, with Jimmy McCune in fourth and Jacob Wilson in fifth.

The Must See Racing Sprint Car Series kicks off the northern portion of its 2018 season on May 11 at Michigan’s Birch Run Speedway and Event Center.

Must See Racing Sprint Car Series
Anderson Motor Speedway – Williamston, SC
Race Results – April 21, 2018

1. 88 – Jimmy McCune
2. 55 – Shane Butler
3. 8 – Anthony McCune
4. 26B – Jeff Bloom
5. 9S – Charlie Schultz
6. 75C – Jerry Caryer
7. B4 – Bronzie Lawson IV
8. 59X – John Inman
9. 29 – Johnny Bridges
10. 26 – Aaron Pierce
11. 4X – Bronzie Lawson III
12. 7 – Tom Jewell
13. 8A – Adam Biltz
14. 4L – Anthony Linkenhoker

Must See Racing Sprint Car Series
Hickory Motor Speedway – Newton, NC
Race Results – April 22, 2018

1. #B4 – Bronzie Lawson IV
2. #26 – Aaron Pierce
3. #55 – Shane Butler
4. #88 – Jimmy McCune
5. #07 – Jacob Wilson
6. #9S – Charlie Schultz
7. #4X – Bronzie Lawson III
8. #75C – Jerry Caryer
9. #8 – Anthony McCune
10. #26B – Jeff Bloom
11. #7 – Tom Jewell
12. #29 – Johnny Bridges
13. #59 – Johnny Petrozelle
14. #4L – Anthony Linkenhoker
15. #8A – Adam Biltz