EASTABOGA, Ala. – Christian Hanger took the lead on lap 11 and drove to victory in a caution-free 40-lap Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series main event on Friday night at Talladega Short Track.
It was Hanger’s second series win.
Jeremy Shaw led the first 10 laps and came home second in the Bud Coley Trucking Special.
Shaw took the lead at the start of the race from his outside front row starting spot, followed by Hanger, Ahnna Parkhurst, Cruz Skinner and Jimmy Thomas. By lap five, Shaw pulled out to a one second lead over Hanger, but the lead began to shrink by a tenth of a second a lap. Hanger drove under Shaw to take the lead on lap 11 and led the rest of the way.
Skinner finished third in the Skinner’s Body Shop Rocket and moved back up to second in the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series National point standings. Parkhurst took the fourth spot in the EZ Go Special and Thomas was fifth in the Scorpion Race Cars Special.
There were 19 cars on the lead lap at the end of the caution-free 40-lap race. There were still 21 cars running at the finish.
The finish:
Christian Hanger, Jeremy Shaw, Cruz Skinner, Ahnna Parkhurst, Jimmy Thomas, Wil Herrington, Brandon Williams, Tanner Collins, Sam Seawright, Grant Pearl, Jody Knowles, Jason Lively, Trynt Lloyd, Heath Carr, Victor Turner Jr., Oakley Johns, Corey Dunn, T.J. Brittain, Lane Shuler, Mike Combs, Jake Rainey, Matthew Brocato, Marcus Minga, Sterling Freeman.