Donnie Wilson Scores First Southern Super Series Victory at Nashville Oklahoman Inherits SSS 125 Presented by Crane Cams Win Following Nemecheks Disqualification It might not have been delivered to him the way he hoped, but Donnie Wilson left Nashville Saturday night with a trademark guitar as a trophy for winning at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville. Wilson was awarded his first Southern Super Series presented by Sunoco victory in the 125-lap event after unofficial winner John Hunter Nemechek, who led the final 106 laps of the Southern Super Series 125 presented by Crane Cams, was disqualified in post-race technical inspection for an illegal driveshaft. Even though it didnt come in a traditional manner, Wilson etched his name into the Southern Super Series record books with his first series win and first overall Super Late Model victory since 2005. Im speechless, said Wilson after being handed the guitar that is traditionally given to winners of events at the Nashville fairgrounds track. We all dont like to win it like that, but with as many as Ive lost lately, Ill take it. Its a bad deal. John Hunters going to win a lot of races. Hes a great talent. Im just glad to finally win a race. Ive lost a lot of races. Ive finished second a lot of races. Ive led a lot of laps. Winning is what were here to do. Any way I can get them, Ill take them. Augie Grill led the first 19 circuits of the Southern Super Series 125 presented by Crane Cams before being overtaken by Nemechek. Nemechek sped away to the lap 75 competition caution that bunched the field back up to his bumper. Grill dueled with Nemechek on the subsequent restart, but Nemechek held onto the top spot for the final 50 laps. Behind him, Wilson rallied from his 11th starting spot and eventually got to second with a pass of Grill with just three laps remaining. That pass turned out to be the winning one after Nemecheks disqualification. I was going as hard as I could to catch Augie, said Wilson of his late charge to get by Grill. Its been since 2005 since I won a race. The way we ended the year, we had a fast car and weve proved it. Weve been struggling in qualifying a little bit this year. We started 11th tonight, but we just slowly picked our way up. We luckily had a good long-run car. Grill, who earned the Southern Super Series pole award presented by Hamner Racing Engines, McGunegill Engine Performance, RW Racing Engines, Progressive Racing Engines and Ford Racing in qualifying, was left to settle for third on the track and second in the official finishing order once Wilson got by on lap 122. The first run, I led a few laps and I just didnt want to run any harder than I was. John Hunter was wanting to go, so I let him go. I was planning on letting him lead the rest of the way to the break and make some adjustments to make it better. The adjustments we made just made the car too tight. I couldnt get back to the throttle the last 50. Well take this and build on the year. Anderson Bowen officially finished third, just a few weeks after finishing second in the Southern Super Series season-opener at South Alabama Speedway. Landon Cling, in his Southern Super Series debut, finished fourth, while 2013 Southern Super Series Champion Daniel Hemric rounded out the top five Official Results Donnie Wilson Augie Grill Anderson Bowen Landon Cling Daniel Hemric Casey Smith Kyle Grissom Casey Roderick Bubba Pollard Hunter Robbins Dennis Schoenfeld Allen Karnes Steve Wallace Spencer Wauters Zak Hausler Justin South Joseph Meyer Will Gallaher Joe Ross Erik Darnell Willie Allen John Hunter Nemechek DQED TJ Reaid Stacey Crain
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 17:38:34 +0000
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