McCumbee Ends Lengthy Drought
Chad McCumbee takes the checkered flag Sunday afternoon at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. (ARCA photo)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Chad McCumbee led the final 51 of 107 laps at the Illinois State Fairgrounds to win an extended Allen Crowe 100, the first of two dirt races for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards this season.
McCumbee’s win is his third overall in 65 series starts, and his first in his last 32 starts over four seasons. The North Carolina driver last won at Pocono Raceway on June 9, 2007.
McCumbee’s No. 1 Modspace Ford looked like the dominant force throughout the afternoon on Springfield’s clay, leading two long stretches for a total of 72 laps.
“To win this race is huge, and to do it the way I did it, this car was on a rail,” McCumbee said. “I was taking it easy there to start with and when the opportunity came to lead, I took it, and I kept seeing them getting smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror. The ModSpace Ford was awesome.”
Curtis Turner, Al Unser, Jack Bowsher, Ramo Stott, A.J. Foyt, and Dean Roper all won at the Springfield fairgrounds before ARCA’s first sanction at the track in 1983. Since then, Tim Steele, Frank Kimmel, Ken Schrader, and many others have added their names to the long list of Springfield winners, all preceding McCumbee.
“This is a historic race, and something that’s been a part of ARCA history for a long time,” McCumbee said. “To have our name in the book is really special.”
McCumbee defeated Tom Hessert, Jr. by .751 seconds to claim the victory, while USAC racer Chris Windom, who was making his first ARCA Racing Series start, finished third.
Will Kimmell and Will Vaught rounded out the top five.
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