Bobby Santos Wins King of Wing Opener at Five Flags
SPEEDWAY, Ind. (April 17, 2015) – Bobby Santos Jr. earned the victory in the King of the Wing/USAC Opener at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday, April 17. This event was also the first points event for the Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints.
Behind Santos at the checkered flag of the 40-lap event included Kyle Edwards, Mickey Kempgens, Ron Larson and Jacob Wilson. The top 10 was rounded out by Troy DeCaire, Aaron PIerce, Tommy Nichols, Richie Larson and Dave Steele. .
USAC KING OF THE WING & AUTO VALUE SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 17, 2015 – Pensacola, Florida – Five Flags Speedway
QUALIFYING: 1. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-13.352; 2. Kyle Edwards, 11, Wilshe-13.487; 3. Troy Decaire, 91, Puglio-13.608; 4. Sierra Jackson, 25, Jackson-13.638; 5. Dave Baumgartner, 38, Baumgartner-13.736; 6. Bobby Santos, 22A, DJ Racing-13.782; 7. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR-13.810; 8. Shane Butler, 15, Thompson-14.036; 9. Ron Larson, 12, Larson-14.106; 10. Mickey Kempgens, 5k, Kenny-14.114; 11. Davey Hamilton Jr., 5, HGR-14.180; 12. Robert Beck, 38B, Beck-14.479; 13. Robert Stout, 23, HGR-14.718; 14. Tommy Nichols, 55, Nichols-14.771; 15. Richie Larson, 22, Larson-15.286; 16. J.J. Dutton, 86, Dutton-15.952; 17. Troy Thompson, 115, Thompson-16.159; 18. Tom Paterson, 100, Paterson-27.999 19. Blake Rose, 56, Rose-NT; 20. Dave Steele, 33, Steele-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kempgens, 2. Baumgartner, 3. Pierce, 4. Jackson, 5. Dutton, 6. Stout. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Santos, 2. Butler, 3. Nichols, 4. Edwards, 5. Hamilton, 6. Thompson. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steele, 2. Decaire, 3. Beck, 4. Wilson, 5. Ron Larson, 6. Richie Larson, 7. Paterson. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bobby Santos, 2. Kyle Edwards, 3. Mickey Kempgens, 4. Ron Larson, 5. Jacob Wilson, 6. Troy Decaire, 7. Aaron Pierce, 8. Tommy Nichols, 9. Richie Larson, 10. Dave Steele, 11. Dave Baumgartner, 12. Sierra Jackson, 13. J.J. Dutton, 14. Shane Butler, 15. Robert Beck, 16. Davey Hamilton Jr., 17. Troy Thompson, 18. Blake Rose, 19. Tom Paterson, 20. Robert Stout. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Santos, Laps 11-20 Decaire, Laps 21-22 Pierce, Lap 23 Santos, Laps 24-28 Pierce, Laps 29-40 Santos.
NEW USAC KING OF THE WING SPRINT POINTS: 1-Santos-61, 2-Edwards-60, 3-Decaire-54, 4-Pierce-54, 5-Kempgens-53, 6-Wilson-49, 7-Ron Larson-47, 8-Baumgartner-47, 9-Jackson-45, 10-Nichols-44.
NEW USAC AUTO VALUE SPRINT POINTS: 1-Santos-61, 2-Edwards-60, 3-Decaire-54, 4-Pierce-54, 5-Kempgens-53, 6-Wilson-49, 7-Ron Larson-47, 8-Baumgartner-47, 9-Jackson-45, 10-Nichols-44.
