Friday

GASTONIA, N.C. — After setting a track record of 13.49 seconds around the four-tenths-mile Carolina Speedway during qualifying, local racer Johnny Bridges romped to victory in Friday night’s 30-lap O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series event at the track.
Bridges took the lead on lap three and led the final 28 laps of the race. It was Bridges third O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Tour and “Thunder in the Carolinas” regional sprint-car feature win of the season. The victory came in front of the largest Carolina Speedway crowd of the season.
After Matt Linder led the first two circuits, Bridges took control and led throughout. Six-time USCS champion Terry Gray finished second, while Linder, Australian Steven Lines and Danny Martin, Jr. rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Johnny Bridges, Terry Gray, Matt Linder, Steven Lines, Danny Martin, Jr., Trevor Lewis, Coby Adams, John Karklin, Nick Bashford, Jake McLain, David Thorman, Josh Weller, Scott Young, Bronzie Lawson III, Brad Wickham.

Saturday

TRAVELERS REST, S.C. — Steven Lines and Matt Linder picked up their first O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series victories as Travelers Rest Speedway hosted twin 20-lap events Saturday night.
Lines, a native of Melbourne, Australia, driving the No. 23 J&J of Cherryville, N.C.-based owner Jeff McCall, charged from eighth-starting spot to fourth on the first lap and was second by lap four.
He reeled in leader Johnny Bridges, passing him on lap 16 and cruising to his first victory on U.S. soil. Bridges finished second ahead of Danny Martin, Jr. in third, Josh Weller in fourth and Terry Gray in fifth.
In the second event, Linder, a second-generation Georgia driver, had to hold off a 20-lap challenge from Trevor Lewis.
Lewis finished in the runner-up spot ahead of Terry Gray.
The finish:
First Feature: Steven Lines, Johnny Bridges, Danny Martin, Jr., Josh Weller, Terry Gray, Nick Bashford, Trevor Lewis, Jake McLain, Matt Linder, Nick DeFeo, David Thorman, Brad Wickham.
Second Feature: Linder, Lewis, Gray, Weller,  Martin, Bridges,  Lines, Bashford, McLain, Thorman, Wickham.