LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Etching his name into the history books, Logan Martin bounced back from an early-race miscue to record to the $5,000 triumph in Saturday night’s fifth annual Will McGary Memorial at I-30 Speedway COMP Cams Super Dirt Series presented by Lucas Oil event at I-30 Speedway.
“I knew when I slipped up there early in the race and lost the lead that I had to get up on the wheel. My family and I are having a lot of fun out here racing with the (CCSDS) series, and it’s nice to have these good paying races with a few hours of the house,” Martin said. “We have some great sponsors, who make this possible, and I want to thank them all for their support.”
For the second-straight night Louisiana’s B.J. Robinson brought the field to the green flag from the pole position. Robinson led the first lap over fellow front-row starter Hunter Rasdon before Logan Martin made a daring third-to-first slider in turn one on the second circuit to take the top spot.
Meanwhile, Robinson and Rasdon briefly made contact as they took evasive action, causing Robinson to lose several spots.
Out front, the current Midwest Sheet Metal Marked Man, Martin set sail until a lap-14 caution bunched the field. On the ensuing restart the Missouri driver jumped the cushion in turn three, allowing Billy Moyer and Ashton Winger to slip past.
Moyer paced the next several circuits with Martin and Winger engaging in a spirited battle for the runner-up spot. Unfortunately, for Moyer he would lose a chance at becoming the first repeat winner of the Will McGary Memorial, when a mechanical failure sidelined him with just seven laps remaining.
Martin inherited the lead and fended off the advances of Winger to take his second win of the season and the sixth CCSDS victory of his career. Finishing in third was Kyle Beard, who started 17th. Morgan Bagley and B.J. Robinson rounded out the top-five finishers.
The finish:
Logan Martin, Ashton Winger, Kyle Beard, Morgan Bagley, B.J. Robinson, Chad Mallett, Brayden Proctor, Brett Frazier, Hunter Rasdon, Bubba Mullins, Mike Collins, Jon Kirby, Kaeden Cornell, Chris Reed, Brian Rickman, Ross Farmer, Billy Moyer, Scott Crigler, Austin Theiss, Jon Mitchell, Wesley Wise, Terry Phillips.