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Aguilar collects 2nd half of USCS weekend sweep at Anderson ANDERSON, S.C. – In poker, a pair might be the worst hand, but for Joey “The Ace” Aguilar, a pair was exactly what he was looking for at Anderson Motor Speedway. Aguilar, a longtime pavement sprint car ace from Tampa, Florida, powered around the outside of 2012 Carolina RaceSaver Sprint Car Series champion Jake McLain from Indian Trail, North Carolina in turn one on lap 14 of Saturday night’s United Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N 40-lap Summer Nationals A-main finale and drove away to his second victory in two nights in dominating fashion, despite a late-race charge from past regional series Champion, Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina. Bridges, who worked his way around McLain after a restart on lap 20, closed the gap between he and Aguilar substantially over the final ten laps, but ran out of time to make a challenge for the win. “We just needed about five more laps,” the Cherryville, North Carolina driver said following the checkered flag. “We were faster than he was there late in the run but we just didn’t catch traffic and breaks quite like we needed there to be close enough. Still a solid result though, and we got to roll the car on the trailer in one piece tonight so that’s a huge improvement.” McLain, the series’ 2008 Southern Thunder regional Rookie of the Year from Indian Trail, North Carolina, led the first 13 laps and finished with a USCS career-best result in third. “Wow, I really don’t know what to say after all that,” a speechless McLain said after the race in front of a cheering crowd. “That restart just before halfway killed us; we had our momentum built up and I knew we weren’t going to be able to punch the throttle like Johnny could on the green. This is cool though, we outran some of the best in the business tonight, Morgan (Turpen) and Terry (Gray) and it means the world to me to be standing here on the podium tonight.” The race was slowed by a caution only once over the course of the 40 laps, when ten-time series champion Terry Gray slowed to a crawl on the backstretch with motor cooling problems. Turpen, the Cordova, Tennessee female top gun and winner on the pavement at Southern National Motorsports Park back in April, ended the night in fourth and Mooresville, North Carolina native Tim Perry finished fifth, scoring his career-best USCS result as well. Argos, Indiana pavement veteran Tom Paterson ended his night in the sixth position and Bill Moore, from Mt. Ulla, North Carolina crossed the line seventh. K&N pole-sitter Jay Dunham, out of Grovetown, Georgia fell back late in the race and brought his #51 machine home in eighth after cutting a tire during his heat race earlier in the night. Local driver Dave Thorman from Greenville, South Carolina scored a career-best ninth place finish and Indian Trail, North Carolina’s Brandon McLain fought back from a fire underneath his car during the first Hoosier Tire Speed Dash to round out the top ten. Bridges was the provisional pole starter after receiving his time back following heat race action, but after a six came up in the K&N Filters Inversion Draw, Jay Dunham received the K&N Pole Award. Joey Aguilar passed the most cars in the A-main (four) to grab the evening’s Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award. RESULTS: USCS Sprint Car Series “Anderson Summer Nationals” Prelim Night; Anderson Motor Speedway; July 25th, 2014 USCS Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N Summer Nationals championship A-main: 40-laps
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