Augie Grill scored his first Southern Super Series victory of the season Friday night at 5 Flags Speedway. Photo by Fastrax Photos/Tom Wilsey/Loxley, AL
PENSACOLA, FL – Augie Grill made sure he would have a hand in the fight for the 2014 Southern Super Series Title.
Grill, of Hayden, Alabama, won his first Southern Super Series race in more than a year Friday night in the Miller Lite 125 at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL. The victory moved Grill to third in the point standings and set up a three-driver battle for the series championship.
Point leader Bubba Pollard clinched the Buddy’s Home Furnishings Blizzard Series, a four-race challenge at the Pensacola half-mile within the Southern Super Series. The Senoia, GA driver’s fourth-place finish Friday made his point lead 13 over Daniel Hemric and 46 over Grill entering the season-ending event.
Grill, a two-time Snowball Derby winner at Five Flags, led three times for a total of 108 of the race’s 125 laps. He had led 537 laps throughout the Southern Super Series season, but had not led the last lap in any series race until Friday.
“It feels good to be back in victory lane,” said Grill after the win, which was the fourth of his SSS career. “It’s not been because of a lack of effort as we have been so close all season long. We have led races everywhere and it just has not worked out. Tonight we put it all together.
“We gained 10 points tonight after getting max points. All we can do is go to Mobile and win and see what happens, but I don’t think we can gain on both Pollard and Hemric.”
Mike Garvey finished second with Jeff Choquette third, Pollard fourth and Donnie Wilson fifth. Pollard’s finish was enough to clinch the 2014 Buddy’s Home Furnishing Blizzard Series title, which was the second Blizzard title of his career.
“This is awesome to be a champion again,” said Pollard. “We really enjoy coming down here and racing with this group of guys. The Southern Super Series is so tough so to be a champion even with the Blizzard Series means a lot. We’ll rest up and go and try to complete the deal (Saturday).”
Daniel Hemric was sixth in the final rundown, allowing Pollard to hold a 13-point lead heading into the final race.
“It’s a smaller margin than what we overcame last year,” said Hemric, who came from behind to beat Pollard by one point in the 2013 season finale in Nashville, TN for the series’ inaugural championship. “Bottom line is we just need to perform better. We qualified well tonight, but we need to be spot on tomorrow to win the title again.”
For more information on the Southern Super Series, visit SouthernSuperSeries.com.
Southern Super Series
Five Flags Speedway – Pensacola, FL
Miller Lite 125 – Sept. 19, 2014
1. 112 Augie Grill
2. 1 Mike Garvey
3. 29 Jeff Choquette
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5. 2W Donnie Wilson
6. 98 Daniel Hemric
7. 99 Casey Smith
8. 5 Dalton Sargeant
9. 77 Ross Kenseth
10. 7 Casey Roderick
11. 21 Johanna Long
12. 11 David Rogers
13. 22 Jeremy Pate
14. 5 Baley Currey
15. 75 David Odell
16. 79 Kyle Bryant
17. 88 Garrett Jones
18. 47 Allen Karnes
19. 0 Denver Foran
20. 12 David Green
21. 59 Jake Perkins
22. 66 Steve Wallace
23. 98 Todd Gilliland
24. 12 Harrison Burton
25. 29 Anderson Bowen
26. 31 Kyle Grissom
27. 5G Will Gallaher
28. 41 T.J. Reaid
29. 129 Spencer Davis
30. 1M Tim Martin
DNS: 16 Brandon Odom
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