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Eric Riggins, Jr. streaks to career 11th USCS win at Carolina Speedway GASTONIA, N.C. – For the fourth time in his United Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N career, the “Carolina Kid”, Eric Riggins Jr. made Carolina Speedway his personal playground. Riggins, from Charlotte, N.C, blasted around 11-time USCS National champion Terry Gray on lap six of Friday night’s 30-lap North/South Shootout opener at the newly-reconfigured four-tenths mile speed plant and laid a beating on the rest of the field, leaving only four cars on the lead lap en route to his ninth career USCS victory and first of the 2015 season. The win not only moved Riggins into a tie for 11th on the all-time USCS wins list with Jeff Swindell, it was also his third victory in the last four races at his home race track. “This is what we needed here [tonight],” Riggins said in www.rockauto.com USCS Victory Lane. “I’ve been a little unsure of the track changes – they made it a lot wider in the corners – and I was so accustomed to the old track that I wasn’t sure what we were going to be able to do tonight.” Female hotshoe and Cordova, Tenn. pilot Morgan Turpen worked through traffic to take second from her teammate Terry Gray inside of ten laps to go, but by then Riggins had run and hid in his own zip code – leaving Turpen no time to close the gap and mount a charge. Gray, from Bartlett, Tenn., held on to complete the podium in third place . The 1998 USCS Rookie of the Year and defending event Champion of the spring Carolina stop, Johnny Bridges, from Cherryville, North Carolina finished fourth. Lake Wylie, South Carolina’s Bobby Komisarski was the first car one lap down at the checkered flag, but still managed a career-best USCS finish of fifth to cap off the top five in the final results. The 2014 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360 Rookie of the Year Dane Lorenc from Lancaster, New York looked to be a challenger for a spot on the podium before retiring due to motor problems with 12 laps to go. The talented 15-year-old from Lancaster, N.Y. was scored eighth in his first-career USCS start. “The track was rough tonight – there were a couple bumps and ruts in the corners that tore up the car a little bit,” Lorenc said following his exit. “I hate that the motor gave out; I know we had a car capable of being on the podium tonight, but we’ll go put the backup motor in and go into tomorrow night with a clean slate and see what we can do.” Brandon McLain kicked off the evening’s racing action by winning his first Hoosier Tire Speed Dash of the season, and C.J. Miller scored the win in the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat. Turpen rolled to the victory in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat. Turpen was also the provisional pole-starter after scoring the most passing points in heat race action, until a four came up in the K&N Inversion Draw, This placed her teammate Terry Gray on the K&N Filters Pole position. Johnny Bridges passed the most cars in the A-main (four) to grab the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award. RESULTS: USCS Sprint Car Series “North/South Shootout”; Carolina Speedway; April 10, 2015: USCS Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N North/South Shootout A-main: 30-laps
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