Ross Kenseth held off a hard charge by Augie Grill to score the ARCA/CRA Super Series victory at Lucas Oil Raceway Friday night. Photo by Matt Weaver
Ross Kenseth held off a hard-charging Augie Grill in a thrilling battle to score the victory Friday night in the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS feature at Lucas Oil Raceway in Clermont, IN.
It marked Kenseth’s first ARCA/CRA Super Series win since the 2012 Winchester 400.
It didn’t come easy for Kenseth, as Grill hounded him for 71 laps before spinning coming out of turn two with just five laps to go, clearing the way for Kenseth to go on and score the win.
“Wow, what a race,” said Kenseth in victory lane. “Augie (Grill) was all over me for what seemed like forever. That was a lot of fun to race clean like that for the win. This car was sure fast tonight and I needed every bit of it.”
Thirty-three cars signed in for the race. After EDCO Welding Fast Qualifier Chad Finley drew a six for an inversion, it placed Kenseth and Boris Jurkovic on the front row for the century grind. When the green flag flew, it would be Jurkovic using his momentum from the outside lane to drive around Kenseth to take the early lead as the rest of the field settled in behind the lead duo.
Jurkovic set a torrid early pace while trying to keep the top spot away from Kenseth who slid in behind Jurkovic. After following his tire tracks for the first 18 laps, Kenseth made the move by Jurkovic to take the lead on lap 19.
Grill, a three-time winner in the Southern Super Series in 2013 and making a rare ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS appearance, worked his way by Jurkovic for second on lap 23. He would close on the leader one lap later.
Grill searched high and low trying to figure out a way around Kenseth and several times throughout the course of the race, Grill would pull up along-side of Kenseth in an epic battle for the lead that had the crowd on their feet several times throughout the race. However, Kenseth would just edge Grill where it counted.
After reaching the halfway point of the race, Grill would fall back, regroup and again apply heavy pressure to the race leader and each time, Kenseth would foil his efforts.
With five laps to go and coming out of turn two, Grill spun in his attempt to challenge Kenseth, bringing out the last of the three cautions that would wave on the evening. Grill didn’t hit anything and the rest of the field took evasive action to avoid his sideways machine. The disappointed driver would fall back to the rear of the field and would eventually finish 14th.
This set up a five-lap shootout between Kenseth and the new second place car of Terry Fisher Jr. When the green flag flew one more time, Kenseth would quickly pull away from Fisher Jr., who had to contend with Travis Braden. Contact between those two drivers on the restart would allow Kenseth to pull away from them and the rest of the field. Kenseth when on to score his seventh career series win.
Fisher, Jr. finished in second, with Brian Campbell, Tommy St. John, and Austin Therault rounding out the top five.
ARCA/CRA Super Series
Lucas Oil Raceway – Clermont, IN
Race Results – July 26, 2013
1. Ross Kenseth
2. Terry Fisher, Jr.
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