WAYNESFIELD, Ohio — After the crazy year that was 2020, it just seemed appropriate an Australian would get his first sprint car win in the United States as America celebrates its Independence Day.
Lachlan McHugh, from Gold Coast Queensland, Australia, led the last 25 laps of the third annual Bob Hampshire Classic at Waynesfield Raceway Park Saturday to score his first victory in the U.S. and the first for his Jim Muth-owned team.
McHugh traded the lead several times at the beginning of the race with veteran Todd Kane before assuming control on lap 11. McHugh picked his way through traffic to score the $4,000 payday for the Hampshire which was sanctioned by the Ti22 Performance FAST On Dirt Series.
“I actually came to American like four years ago just spectating and really loved this track when I came. I really looked forward to running here. I didn’t run as good as I wanted to during Speedweek,” McHugh said. “It’s good to recover and get a good run tonight. I felt really fast the first half of the race and made it to the front which was pretty critical because once the rubber was down you couldn’t really do a lot of passing. Happy for the 101 sprint car team. It’s their first win and my first win in America.”
Lee Jacobs finished second with Cap Henry, D.J. Foos and Travis Philo rounding out the top five.
Zach Chappell won the BOSS sprint car feature and Ian Creager topped the D2 midget race.
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 101-Lachlan McHugh[6] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[4] ; 3. 4-Cap Henry[5] ; 4. 16-DJ Foos[12]; 5. 5T-Travis Philo[10] ; 6. 91-Cale Thomas[7] ; 7. 78-Todd Kane[1] ; 8. 3C-Cale Conley[3] ; 9. 33W-Caleb Griffith[2] ; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8] ; 11. 28-Tim Shaffer[9] ; 12. 97-Greg Wilson[18] ; 13. 18-Cole Macedo[17] ; 14. 2-Ricky Peterson[15] ; 15. A79-Brandon Wimmer[21] ; 16. 8M-TJ Michael[22] ; 17. 23-Jordan Harble[19] ; 18. 5J-Jake Hesson[14] ; 19. 19-Trey Jacobs[20] ; 20. 11W-Harli White[13]