MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Myatt Snider scored the biggest win of his racing career in Saturday night’s UNOH Battle at the Beach at Myrtle Beach Speedway.
Snider held off Tommy Lemons, Jr. and Lee Pulliam after the three drivers staged a classic duel for the better part of the final 75 laps of the race. Snider held off side-by-side challenges from Tommy Lemons, Jr. and made his final, race winning pass for the lead on lap 182 in the 200 lap race.
The victory was the first of the year for Snider, who raced in the Championship Auto Racing Series (CARS) Late Model Stock Tour in 2015, finishing third in that championship battle but going winless on the season.
“We showed a lot in the CARS Tour championship,” Snider said. “We were consistent all year. We were up front in so many races, I just don’t think we had the luck. Tonight, luck fell in our favor as well as good, hard preparation, hard work and me driving as hard as I could in those last couple of laps. I can’t thank all my guys enough. This is a great night so I’m really happy about it.”
The victory for Snider is a statement win. He has won races before, but those were shorter distance races.
“This is definitely a statement win because, I felt like we’ve been there with all those long lap races,” Snider explained. “I just think we needed to learn a little bit more and that kind of culminated tonight. We’ve done all we need to do this year and this is the way to cap it off. I knew that I could run the top really well and that’s why I decided to go for it, get the lead away, control the race and it worked in my favor. I happy with how it all played out and it worked in my favor.”
After having the dominant car all weekend, Valley Star Credit Union 300 winner Tommy Lemons, Jr. finished in second. Lemons was not happy with the second place finish, however, blaming mistakes on his part for not winning the race.
“[Snider] rolled in a little slow and, when he got there, I just spun the tires,” Lemons said of a late race restart that helped propel him to victory. Stupid mistake on my part. My fault. We had another shot at it and still f***ed it up again. Just really hard to be this strong this weekend and let my guys down the way I did. We’ll rebound next weekend at Southern National.”
Lee Pulliam finished in third while Sam Yarbrough and Jake Crum rounded out the top-five.
Unofficial Results
- Myatt Snider
- Tommy Lemons, Jr.
- Lee Pulliam
- Sam Yarbrough
- Jake Crum
- Brenden Queen
- Justin Milliken
- Jamey Caudill
- Greg Edwards
- Noah Gragson
- Spencer Davis
- Trey Gibson
- Lucas Williams
- Tyler Ankrum
- Kyle Plott
- Peyton Sellers
- Jae Crum
- GR Waldrop
- David Roberts
- Shane Lee
- Matt Waltz
- Michael Fose
- RA Brow
- Charlie Watson
- Tyler English
- Alex Yontz
- Dennis Holdren
- Travis Swaim
- Jimmy Wallace
- Nick Smith
- Matt Cox
- Macy Causey
- Anthony Anders
- Brian Vause
- Dylan Hall
- Austin McDaniel
- Annabeth Barnes
- Justin Crider
- Jamie Weatherford
- Roddey Sterling, Jr.
- Jeremy McDowell
- Dexter Canipe, Jr.
- Josh Berry
- Kason Plott
- Garrett Campbell
- Chad McCumbee
