The 3rd Annual Winter Showdown Belonged to Derek Thorn Thorn Led Every Lap Beating NASCAR Stars Kyle Busch, Erik Jones, and NASCAR Next’s Noah Gragson.
The 2017 Winter Showdown was held at the state-of-the-art, Kern County Raceway in Bakersfield, California. 2013 NASCAR K&N West Series champion, and three-time Spears Srl Southwest Tour champion, Derek Thorn started the race Saturday from the pole and led all two hundred and fifty laps. The win came with a $30,000 paycheck.
“Man, I don’t even know what to say. That’s just… I’ve been waiting for this for a while,” Thorn said on the Speed51.com live broadcast. “We’ve had a lot of good runs in a lot of big open shows for some big money and we’ve come up just a little short. To be here at home with Byron and Carol Campbell, Mike Keen, this is our backyard. This is a Victory Circle chassis out of Bakersfield, Brad Peters motor out of California, these guys have worked so hard to get to this point and this is just a relief.”
To earn his victory, Thorn had to hold off some stiff competition including NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch (who came in third), and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Erik Jones (finished fourth). Two-time defending race winner Bubba Pollard finished in sixth place. 2016 Southern Super Series champion Donnie Wilson had to settle for the runner up position.
“Just try not to goof off,” Thorn said regarding his late-race strategy. “I was looking back in my mirror and I was like, those are three of the best short track, if not the best racers in the country — and maybe the world itself — and I just tried not to mess up. Mike gave me a perfect car, I just tried not to goof it up.”
“I don’t know,” Wilson said when asked if he thought he had anything for Thorn. “It’s just so hard to pass here. Restarts are critical, I thought mine were pretty good. The outside line moved pretty good on the restarts, obviously if you were stuck on the inside it kind of hurt. I don’t know, we were kind of even-steven from my vantage point. We did what we could. I’m happy; I’m thrilled.”
“I certainly wish for a little bit more. We come home third there, certainly we wanted to run a little bit better up there with Derek,” Busch stated. “We got up to second earlier in the race and we wanted to try a different tire strategy than the rest of the guys. We felt like coming in on lap 110 and putting tires on it and going the rest of the way was going to be way too long on tires. But those guys made it work, more power to them.”
A limited amount of “Rowdy Roundup” with Kyle Busch ticket packages were available for fans to purchase. This special ticket allowed fans to attend a meet and greet with Busch on Saturday afternoon before the race, get his autograph and have their picture taken with him.
For an on-demand replay of Saturday’s race, visit Speed51.com’s Trackside Now coverage presented by JRi Shocks.
3rd Annual Winter Showdown Unofficial Results
1
|
43
|
Derek Thorn
|
2
|
2W
|
Donnie Wilson
|
3
|
51B
|
Kyle Busch
|
4
|
20J
|
Erik Jones
|
5
|
4
|
Willie Allen
|
6
|
26P
|
Bubba Pollard
|
7
|
48
|
Preston Peltier
|
8
|
17
|
David Mayhew
|
9
|
58A
|
Tyler Ankrum
|
10
|
18
|
Noah Gragson
|
11
|
22E
|
Chris Eggleston
|
12
|
64
|
Garrett Evans
|
13
|
89
|
Bobby Hodges
|
14
|
26M
|
Christian McGhee
|
15
|
15W
|
Lance Wilson
|
16
|
14
|
Chris Davidson
|
17
|
05
|
Eric Schmidt
|
18
|
11A
|
Dustin Ash
|
19
|
20M
|
Cole Moore
|
20
|
54
|
Donny St. Ours
|
21
|
75
|
Jeremy Doss
|
22
|
36
|
Luke Hall
|
23
|
65
|
Tyler Tanner
|
24
|
7P
|
Greg Pursley
|
25
|
58R
|
Kyle Ray
|
26
|
22S
|
Buddy Shepherd
|
27
|
99M
|
Shane Mitchell
|
28
|
21H
|
Eric Holmes
|
29
|
21R
|
Blaine Rocha
|
30
|
51V
|
Carlos Vieira
|
31
|
6U
|
Dominic Ursetta
|
32
|
16
|
Jacob Gomes
|
33
|
55S
|
Rod Schultz Sr.
|
34
|
20C
|
Chris Johnson
|
35
|
19
|
Brandon White
|
36
|
7W
|
Johnny White
|
On my way to @KernRaceway and we passed under a đ. That's good luck right!? pic.twitter.com/nPUkgj9mx4— Kyle Busch (@KyleBusch) February 11, 2017
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