Bubba Pollard just has a knack when it comes to winning at Alabama’s Mobile International Speedway.
The Senoia, Georgia speedster battled with Stephen Nasse over the closing laps of Saturday’s Lee Fields Classic 150 for the Southern Super Series at the Irvington, Alabama raceway.
Nasse had managed to fend off Pollard throughout the later stages, but a move with less than five laps to go netted Pollard his sixth victory in the race.
“I’ll tell you what, Stephen had a really good car,” Pollard said. “I was watching him, trying to put pressure on him. The only way I felt like I was going to get around him was if he messed up and I feel like he did that.”
“I slipped up a couple times but we were able to stay out in front of (Pollard),” Nasse admitted. “The last five laps, though, I couldn’t even keep the car on the bottom. I just seemed to get a little bit free getting in on the long runs. I don’t know if anything was going wrong with the rear end or something but we’ll find out when we get back to the shop.”
With five laps to go, Pollard made the final pass for the lead, quickly leaving Nasse behind en route to the victory.
“That’s what racing is all about,” Pollard said. “That was fun. Hopefully we put on a great show for the fans.”
Nasse was quick to congratulate Pollard in victory lane. The two chatted for a few seconds, following their talk up with a handshake.
“You know, Bubba’s one of the best in the country and it was fun to race him,” Nasse said. “I wish we could’ve beaten him tonight, but the luck just wasn’t on our side. It wasn’t from a lack of effort. We had a really good car tonight, we just missed it a little bit there for the long run. We’ll be back and hopefully we’ll get them next time.”
Pollard couldn’t hide his elation as he added yet another win to his lengthy resume at one of his favorite tracks.
“It’s crazy,” Pollard said. “We’ve had a lot of success here. We’ve won a lot of races and it’s been fun. It’s hard to win one race much less six of them. I love this place and I don’t want to see it close the doors.”
Garrett Jones, who scored the win in the event last year, finished in third.
“We had a really fast race car, but not quite as fast as last year’s,” Jones said. “We started ninth, which was a little bit better than last year, so we thought we were in good shape. It worked out there on the initial start. Our lane was rolling and we got up there pretty quick, but we lacked a little bit of rear grip those first 75.”
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