Mansome made a bold uncovered move in the last half of the mile to overpower a field of top pacers and win the $20,000 winners-vver feature race at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon.
Rock Diamonds N (Ron Cushing) led to the quarter where Lake Charles (Shawn Gray) pulled and brushed to the front. Positions remained unchanged until the five-eighths where Mansome (Kevin Switzer, Jr.) pulled first-over on the attack.
The two horses paced in tandem around the far turn and to the top of the lane where Mansome manned-up. He put away Lake Charles and then held off a late closing kick from Rock Diamonds N to win by 1-1/2 lengths in 1:51.2.
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In the moments after winning the final NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway before the track undergoes a polarizing reprofiling over the summer, and just before beginning a scorching news conference targeting Speedway Motorsports Inc. for recent decisions, Kyle Busch wanted a memento.
The two-time Cup Series champion asked SMI executive Donald Hawk to send him a chunk of pavement after the bulldozers arrive next week. Other than getting into my teammate Daniel Hemric and him crashing, I sure am glad to win the final Xfinity Series race on a real Atlanta racetrack, Busch said. Because the next one is just going to be a showpiece, and it’s going to be shit.
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