MILTON, Fla. — Christopher Townsend led on two different occasions for 22 of 25 laps to post the win in the Hoosier Racing Tire United Sprint Car Series Presented By XC Gear 30th Anniversary Outlaw Thunder Tour race Friday night at Hunt The Front Southern Raceway.
Townsend led the first two laps before giving up the point to the 16-time USCS National Champion Terry Gray, who passed Townsend in turn one.
Townsend reclaimed the lead for good on lap six getting around the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee and then pulled away from the field.
Rusty Sanford finished second and Gray came back from a lap-19 spin to take the third spot. Dustin Burtron started 13th and finished fourth. Jeff Willingham was fifth.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 71 Christopher Townsend, Tarkington, TX (1); 2. 28s Rusty Sanford, Seminary, MS (7); 3. Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (3); 4. 51 Dustin Burtron, Seminole, FL (13); 5. 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS (4); 6. 88 Brandon Blenden, Gulfport, MS (2); 7. 01 Shane Morgan, Gulfport, MS (6); 8. 43 Terry Witherspoon, Jacksonville, FL (8); 9. 29 Kyle Amerson, Montgomery, AL (5); 10. 15k Kyle Mabry, Cottondale, FL (10); 11. 01h Hadley Morgan, Beaumont, TX (9); 12. 29s Arron Smith, Gulfport, MS (12); 13. 61 Sean Wimpee, Mobile, AL (11).
