Daniel Hemric (98) edges Augie Grill (112) and Jeff Choquette (29) as the three raced three wide to the checkered flag for the win in Saturday night’s Southern Super Series season finale at Mobile International Speedway. Photo by Matthew Bishop
IRVINGTON, AL – The Southern Super Series presented by Sunoco reached an epic conclusion to its 2014 season Saturday night at Alabama’s Mobile International Raceway.
2013 series champion Daniel Hemric came out on top of a three-wide battle for the win over Augie Grill and Jeff Choquette on the final lap. The top three were separated by just 0.008 seconds at the checkered flag.
Just like Saturday’s race, as well as the series championship in 2013, the battle for this year’s Southern Super Series championship went right down to the final lap. Behind the three-wide finish at Mobile, Senoia, GA’s Bubba Pollard finished fourth to capture the Southern Super Series title by seven points over Hemric.
It was a tale of redemption for Pollard, who held the point lead into the series’ final event at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville in 2013, only to be involved in a crash that cost him the championship by one point to Hemric.
“It makes up for last year,” said Pollard Saturday. “We have had a great year I can’t say anything bad about it. I hate to say we were point racing tonight, but we were doing what we needed to do to be the champion. We stayed up front and got the finish we need to be on top.
“I am proud of the season we have had. It’s an honor to be the champion and to race with this group.”
Bubba Pollard finished fourth, giving him enough points to secure the Southern Super Series championship for 2014. Photo courtesy MIS Media
Pollard had the best view in the house of the three-wide battle on the race’s final lap.
Hemric, who entered the 2014 season finale at Mobile 13 point behind Pollard, ran the final nine laps side by side with Jeff Choquette following the race’s final restart. When the two got sideways together off turn four and headed for the checkered flag, Augie Grill, who won Friday night’s SSS race at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL, made a bold three-wide move to their inside. At the start-finish line, it was Hemric’s No. 98 car ahead of Grill’s No. 112 and Choquette’s No. 29 for the season-ending victory.
“It’s pretty awesome when you can start 25 cars and have a finish like that after 125 laps,” said Hemric. “That’s why fans pay the money to see this series race. When we have finishes like that it keeps them coming back. I am just proud to be a winner on the final night with Carswell Motorsports.”
Grill’s second-place finish clinched the third position in the final point standings behind Pollard and Hemric.
“They were two wide for the last nine laps,” said Grill. “I had nowhere to go so I tried to make it three wide for the finish. It was a lot of fun and great finish for the fans. We came up just a bit short, but all in all a good weekend.”
Daniel Hemric celebrates in victory lane after scoring the win in the Southern Super Series season finale. Photo courtesy MIS Media
While Grill ended up second on the bottom groove, Choquette was third in the middle of the last-lap sandwich.
“That was a first,” said Choquette. “In all my 19-years of racing I have never been a part of a three-wide finish like that. Too bad we came out on the short end, but we had a great car tonight and we’ll head to the (Snowball) Derby from here.”
In addition to the Southern Super Series title, the Mobile Miller Lite Championship, which is comprised of the track’s four Southern Super Series events, and the Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship (Mobile and Five Flags Speedway events combined) were also awarded to Pollard Saturday night.
Behind Hemric, Grill, Choquette and Pollard, Mike Garvey rounded out the top five. Casey Smith, Anderson Bowen, Donnie Wilson, Dalton Sargeant and Casey Roderick made up the rest of the top 10.
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For more information on the Southern Super Series, visit SouthernSuperSeries.com.
Southern Super Series
Mobile International Speedway – Irvington, AL
Sunoco/Miller Lite 125 – Sept. 20, 2014
1. 98 Daniel Hemric
2. 112 Augie Grill
3. 29 Jeff Choquette
4. 26 Bubba Pollard
5. 1 Mike Garvey
6. 99 Casey Smith
7. 29 Anderson Bowen
8. 2 Donnie Wilson
9. 5 Dalton Sargeant
10. 7 Casey Roderick
11. 88 Garrett Jones
12. 5 Bayley Currey
13. 22 Josh Bragg
14. 00 Denver Foran
15. 4 Jimmy Simmons
16. 77 Ross Kenseth
17. 97 Jimmy Garmon
18. 33 Dustin Smith
19. 31 Kyle Grissom
20. 12 Harrison Burton
21. 58 John Coffman
22. 47 Allen Karnes
23. 75 David Odell
24. 66 Steve Wallace
25. 58 Don Hale, Jr.
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