NickHolt Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 McCaskill and Bell Close the Deal at Southern National LUCAMA, NC (May 31, 2015) -- When the 2015 CARS Racing Tour began on a cold March evening at Southern National Motorsports Park, Deac McCaskill (Late Model Stock) and Christopher Bell (Super Late Model) had their respective chances at victory slip away late in the race. When the tour returned to Southern National two months later, each driver not only scored a win, but won their respective halves of the Don’t Tread On Me 250 presented by Military Missions in Action in dominating fashion this past Saturday night.Late Model Stock Recap: Deac McCaskill claimed the pole position for the third time in four CARS Tour races this season and and his second at Southern National. Todd Gilliland, the race winner in March who moved McCaskill late in the season opener at the same track, qualified alongside on the front row. FrameWorks Photography photo McCaskill, a former track champion at SNMP, jumped out to the early lead from the start and led every lap to claim an emotional win. McCaskill challenged only once for the lead following the lone caution period on lap 20 for a spin by Chris Davis. Tyler Ankrum finished second while Gilliland rebounded from early race wall contact to come home third. Veterans Jamey Caudill and Mike Darne rounded out the top five. “I just tried to run Tyler’s (Ankrum) pace and I was more worried about (Todd) Gilliland,” McCaskill said in victory lane. “I knew he was saving his tires and when he got to third I knew he was riding because that’s where he wanted to be if we got a late race restart. I just kept cruising and with about 20 to go Tyler picked it up a little bit and I picked my car up some. Car was absolutely flawless. We weren’t junk in practice, but I wasn’t really happy with it at all.” “I’m 37 years old and I’ve been racing for 20 some years and I was in tears,” he continued, sniffling from the emotion. “This is what this sport means to me and I really appreciate CARS. I want to dedicate this win to my mom who was diagnosed with breast cancer and she’s here tonight; my wife and kids also for all their support.”Incoming Late Model Stock point leader Brayton Haws’ win streak was stopped at two after he was never a factor all weekend and finished in 11th.Super Late Model Recap: March winner Cole Timm picked up where he left off at Southern National and earned the pole position over a much improved Harrison Burton who was led by new crew chief Chris Wimmer for the first time in CARS Tour competition. Timm took the early lead but it wasn’t long before Burton would find his way underneath and around Timm to take over the top spot before lap 20. Christopher Bell, in the Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota, moved around Timm as well and on lap 33 passed Burton for the lead. Bell proceeded to check-out from the rest of the field and survived a pair of mid-race restarts to become the first two-time winner in the Super Late Model division of the CARS Racing Tour. Timm backed up his March win with a second place finish and extended his series points lead, while Burton finished third with Clay Jones and Quin Houff completing the top five. FrameWorks Photography photo When asked about dominant performance in victory lane Bell replied, “It’s really special to be in this Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Camry, No. 51. These guys worked their butts off and it wasn’t cool today. Nobody works harder than these guys on this 51 car.” “I was hanging on there those last 25, 30 laps,” Bell continued in reference to saving his car. “It started to get really slick and I was sliding around quite a bit. It’s tough, and you just make sure you slow down and don’t overkill your stuff. The more I slid around the worse it got, so I just tried to go slower and slower.” Ross Kenseth, the sixth place finisher, also delivered an impressive drive after starting 21st. After clocking in slowest during practice, his performance earned him the Cribs Creek Outfitters Hard Charger Award.THE FINISHES: Late Model Stock Tour 1 Deac McCaskill (08) 1252 Tyler Ankrum (58) 1253 Todd Gilliland (98G) 1254 Jamey Caudill (50) 1255 Mike Darne (99) 1256 Jeff Oakley (16) 1257 Myatt Snider (2) 1258 Austin McDaniel (12m) 1259 Tommy Lemons, Jr. (27) 12510 Chris Hudspeth (28) 12511 Brayton Haws (41) 12512 Clint King (07) 12413 Robert Tyler (88T) 12414 Blake Stallings (77) 12415 Craig Stallard (42) 12416 Justin Crider (7) 12417 R.D. Smith (16s) 12318 Donnie Puryear (23) 12319 Thomas Beane (31) 12320 Roddy Sterling (59) 12321 Chris Davis (88) 12022 Michael Fose (54) 41Super Late Model Tour 1 Christopher Bell (51) 1252 Cole Timm (57) 1253 Harrison Burton (12) 1254 Clay Jones (67) 1255 Quin Houff (17) 1256 Ross Kenseth (25k) 1257 Zane Smith (77) 1258 Garrett Jones (88) 1259 Tyler Church (7) 12510 Kyle Grissom (31) 12511 Steve Wallace (66) 12412 Jody Measamer (98) 12413 Stephen Nasse (51N) 12414 Brandon Setzer (6) 12415 Chris Davidson (14d) 12416 Garrett Campbell (12c) 12417 Lucas Jones (16) 12418 Stephen Leicht (25) 12419 Joey Mucciacciaro (45) 12420 Grant Galloway (40) 12421 Kiel Spaulding (18) 12422 Brandon Lynn (4) 12423 Lucas Ransone (00) 12424 Dave Mader III (118) 11825 Nick Robinson (71) 6426 Matthew Craig (54) 4827 Gus Dean (56) 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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