PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Davey Hamilton Jr. captured Saturday nights BG Products Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series event at Showtime Speedway on Saturday night.
Driving the Morgan Motorsports No. 14, Hamilton started 10th and quickly locked om behind Daniel Miller and the duo quickly moved to the front. Once Miller got the lead, Hamilton began trying to make the pass for the lead repeatedly entering turn one.
Each time Miller slammed the door on him. It appeared as if turn one would be Hamilton’s best opportunity to take the lead as Hamilton could run lower than Miller at that end of the track.
With less than 15 laps remaining, Hamilton got a good run on Miller entering turn one and slid in front of him to overtake the lead. After a several laps of battling with Miller, Hamilton pulled away over the remaining 15 laps to win by 2.882 seconds. It was Hamilton’s ninth career SSSS victory.
With Hamilton’s most recent win, he has won seven consecutive series wins dating back to Oct. 8 of last year at four different Florida asphalt speedways.
“He (Miller) didn’t have a good drive off of turn four,” Hamilton said. “It let me get a good run on him going into one. I was surprised I was still able to pass him going into 1 because I had tried that five plus times prior to the pass for the lead. I figured he would have seen that and played the defensive role a little bit.”
The finish:
1)14-Davey Hamilton Jr.; 2) 5-Daniel Miller; 3) 88a-Sport Allen; 4) 13-Scotty Adema; 5) 93-Dude Teate; 6 ) 61-Colton Bettis; 7) 14h-Davey Hamilton Sr.; 8) 55-Tommy Nichols; 9) 32-Bo Hartley; 10) 83-Bryan Riddle; 11) 33-Robert Yoho; 12) 59x-John Inman; 13) 1-Steven Hollinger; 14)