LUCAMA, NC – Dillon Spain Motorsports swept Sunday afternoon’s INEX Legends doubleheader at Southern National Motorsports Park with Spain scoring the win in the first race and Will Bristle winning the second race.
Spain led wire-to-wire in the first race while the racing behind him was wild. In the closing laps of the race, a big crash, highlighted by Tony Mangini’s car barrel rolling, took several cars out of contention. One of those cars was Will Bristle, who was running second when he was on the receiving end of contact from Mason Diaz.
When the race resumed after a half hour stoppage, Spain drove away from Ryan DeMartini and Sparky West to score the win. While the win put him on the pole for the second race, his luck would not be so fortunate when an ignition wire fell off, ending his race.
“We had a really good car that first race,” Spain said. “That second race, we were looking pretty good and the wire for the ignition fell out of the dash so that kind of screwed me there. It’s a solid win for Will. If I can’t win this is the best possible scenario. The car is most definitely on a rail right now. Will finally put my winning streak to an end. That was seven wins in a row with that car so, congratulations to him.”
Southern National Motorsports Park Legends division points leader, and defending champion, Will Bristle dominated in the second race but he had to survive challenges from Mason Diaz during a series of restarts. Bristle was able to hold Diaz off and drive away to score the victory.
“The first race, we kind of got in a wreck there,” Bristle said. “We got it back together, came back and it was a good national points and track points day. It was a long race. I never thought the cautions would end. I can’t thank everyone enough.”
Mason Diaz’s second place finish in the second race of the Sunday matinee was his best result of the 2015 season.
“It was a good points day,” Diaz said. “Finished right behind Will and hopefully caught up a little bit but he won so probably not. In the end, the car was really good. It was hooked up, fastest it’s ever been this year. Hopefully next time, we’ll bring home a win. I knew the restarts were where I needed to get him because his car was hooked up when the race started going. I was there but didn’t have enough for him.”
Spain’s victory came over Ryan DeMartini with Sparky West, Bristle and Chris Stancil rounding out the top-five in the first race. The top five in the second race were Bristle, Stancil, Matt Dail and DeMartini.
DJ Canipe swept the Bandolero doubleheader.
“I had fun,” Canipe said. “It was actually my second time here. I like this track. It’s a lot of fun.”
Josh Kossek, who leads the Bandolero standings at Southern National Motorsports Park, finished second in the first race while Dustin Yeoman finished third. In the second race, Yeoman finished second while Kossek finished third. Kossek’s podium finishes, combined with Kailey Murray’s struggles, allowed him to extend his lead in the division championship standings.
The next race at Southern National Motorsports Park will be the Dog Days Clash on August 1st featuring a $1,600-to-win, 100 lap Late Model race, the return of the Street Stock division, a $1,000-to-win Enduro Derby as well as racing in the Charger, U-CAR, Legends and Bandolero divisions.
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Race Results
Bandoleros – Race 1
- #29 DJ Canipe
- #44 Josh Kossek
- #25 Dustin Yeoman
- #23 Peyton Ferree
- #110 Kade Lambert
- #81 Kailey Murray
- #31 Cole Bruce
- #12 Savannah Beasley
- #51 Ethan Johnson
- #24 Bryson Roff
- #06 Camryn Rice
- #24 Blaise Brinkley
- #11 Tailar Wilson
Bandoleros – Race 2
- #29 DJ Canipe
- #25 Dustin Yeoman
- #44 Josh Kossek
- #110 Kade Lambert
- #23 Peyton Ferree
- #12 Savannah Beasley
- #31 Cole Bruce
- #81 Kailey Murray
- #24 Bryson Roff
- #51 Ethan Johnson
- #06 Camryn Rice
- #11 Tailar Wilson
- #24 Blaise Brinkley
Legends – Race 1
- #7 Dillon Spain
- #22 Ryan DeMartini
- #99 Sparky West
- #91 Will Bristle
- #11 Chris Stancil
- #24 Mason Diaz
- #12 Eric Courtney
- #110 Kade Lambert
- #13 Hunter Hansen
- #2 Timmy Mangini
- #7 Tony Mangini
- #51 David Johnston
- #29 Brandon Rice
- #07 Matt Dail
Legends – Race 2
- #91 Will Bristle
- #24 Mason Diaz
- #11 Chris Stancil
- #07 Matt Dail
- #22 Ryan DeMartini
- #110 Kade Lambert
- #13 Hunter Hansen
- #99 Sparky West
- #12 Eric Courtney
- #7 Dillon Spain
- #2 Timmy Mangini – DNS
- #7 Tony Mangini – DNS
- #51 David Johnston – DNS
- #29 Brandon Rice – DNS