RICHMOND, Va. — Bobby East led all 30 laps to win Saturday morning’s rain-delayed 30-lap Lucas Oil USAC National Sprint Car Series race at Richmond Int’l Raceway.
East won the pole during Friday qualifications in his Klatt Enterprises Ford Racing/The Car Lot Beast/Ford, posting a lap at 138.002 miles per hour.
In the race, he sped away from the field and held off a determined late-race bid by Mike Murgoitio to grab the victory. Murgoitio brought his Hoosier Tire/Weld Wheels Beast home second, ahead of Darren Hagen, Bryan Clauson and Billy Wease.
Point-leader Levi Jones finished eighth and emerged with a five-point advantage over Hagen.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Bobby East, Klatt 5, 19.565; 2. Darren Hagen, Kunz 67, 19.741; 3. Ron Gregory, BWB 62, 19.777; 4. Mike Murgoitio, Walker/Guiducci 11, 19.879; 5. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Stewart 21, 19.914; 6. Bryan Clauson, Kunz 67k, 19.924; 7. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 19.936; 8. Cameron Dodson, Kunz 67x, 19.972; 9. Billy Wease, Western Speed 40, 20.009; 10. Dustin Morgan, Walker/Guiducci 11d, 20.066; 11. Brian Tyler, Contos 4, 20.157; 12. Marc Jessup, Kahne 99, 20.192; 13. Mat Neely, Neely 17n, 20.215; 14. Tom Hessert III, Hessert 5h, 20.250; 15. Aaron Pierce, Dynamics 69, 20.262; 16. Dave Darland, Pace 44, 20.474; 17. Kevin Swindell, Kahne 9, 20.561; 18. Justin Barger, Barger 32, 20.564; 19. Donnie Adams, Adams 17a, 20.565; 20. Damion Gardner, Leffler 71, 20.800; 21. Brady Short, 2B Racing 2b, 20.899; 22. Jesse Hockett, VKCC 75, 21.408; 23. Dave Baumgartner, Brown 55, 21.523; 24. Shane Cottle, Contos 44x, no time; 25. Nick Green, Short 36, no time.
Feature (30 laps): East, Murgoitio, Hagen, Clauson, Wease, Tyler, Stenhouse, Jones, Hessert, Darland, Pierce, Dodson, Swindell, Jessup, Gardner, Morgan, Adams, Neely, Hockett, Baumgartner, Short, Barger, Gregory.