Josh Richards scored the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series victory Friday night at Carolina Speedway. Photo: Josh Richards Racing
Josh Richards battled from an eighth place starting position and through tough track conditions and cautions on Friday night at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, NC, as he claimed the inaugural World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series win at the track.
“We were able to survive,” said Richards, who took home the $10,000 purse. “We had a great car there. It was starting to get rough off turn 4, but I want to thank all the fans for coming out. It’s great to come out with a win.”
Challenging track conditions proved to be a test for the 24 drivers that started the A-Main – in the 50-lap feature, there were 12 cautions with eight drivers finishing on the lead lap. A caution on lap 24 allowed drivers to replenish their tear-off visor sheets, making track visibility less of a struggle through the remainder of the race.
Some of those earlier cautions however, made way for Richards to eventually claim the lead position on the restarts. Richards started eighth.
“That was the biggest thing, trying to find a clean spot,” said Richards about finding a favorable groove. “Once you got up on somebody, you couldn’t see anything. It was just a matter of trying to be smooth. You were forced to move around a little bit.”
Following the race’s first caution on lap 5, Richards’ strong restart catapulted him into third position. Less than 10 laps later, Richards took over the second spot in turn 2 from Frank Heckenast, Jr., who drifted up the track. Heckenast wheeled his car to a season-best fourth-place finish.
Richards claimed the lead on lap 16 after Greg Pursley, who started the race in the top spot, lost a right rear tire. From there on, Richards never looked back.
Chub Frank followed behind Richards for the latter-half of the race, recording his best finish in not only 2016, but also since his second-place finish at Delaware International Speedway in August 2015. Frank said he’d rather be in victory lane, but rebounding from qualifying 14th earlier in the night made it a successful night.
“The track was choppy, but you could at least race on it,” Frank said. “It was definitely a handful. I never knew which way my car was going. I don’t think my car was bad, but (Richards’) car ran through all the rough stuff better than mine. He was more consistent.”
Rounding-out the podium was Rick Eckert, who also took advantage of the lower groove earlier in the race. Eckert claimed the third spot on lap 17, passing Heckenast in turn 2 like Richards did earlier.
“It’s about time,” Eckert said. “At least we made it on the inside, but got beat on the outside. In the middle of the race right before the track started getting rough, we had a good car. Everyone was in there, starting to rip it up. I couldn’t maneuver through the holes and everyone else couldn’t too. But Josh’s seemed to maneuver through the holes. He earned it.”
Richard’s win Friday night was his fifth of the season and 63rd-career series win which moves him one step closer to surpassing Darrell Lanigan on the all-time wins list for A-Mains. Lanigan has a record 72 wins in the series.
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Race Results – April 29, 2016
1. 1- Josh Richards
2. 1*- Chub Frank
3. 7- Rick Eckert
4. 99jr- Frank Heckenast, Jr.
5. 25- Shane Clanton
6. 3s- Brian Shirley
7. 21JR- Billy Moyer, Jr.
8. 18- Eric Wells
9. 14M- Morgan Bagley
10. 91- Tyler Erb
11. C9- Steve Casebolt
12. 18c- Chase Junghans
13. 76- Brandon Overton
14. 2F- Dennis Franklin
15. 72- Jason Covert
16. 09- Johnny Pursley
17. 2c- Joey Coulter
18. 7L- Josh Langley
19. 93- Donald Bradsher
20. 77- Jordan Yaggy
21. 22*- G.R. Smith
22. 42- Doug Sanders
23. 1w- Ricky Weeks
24. 22- Chris Ferguson
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