Bobby Santos III Remains Red-Hot at Richmond

Sprint & Midget Car Racing Examiner Richard Manfredi.
There’s no hotter driver in the country than Bobby Santos III. The Franklin, MA native took a USAC National Sprint and National Midget feature each last week, and backed that up on Friday night with another USAC National Sprint victory in the Rotondo Weirich Showdown at the 3/4-mile paved oval at Richmond International Speedway in Virgina.
Santos had to work for to take home the 60 lap feature, rallying from a poor qualifying effort that left him starting 13th in the 17-car field. He quickly moved his car up to fifth-place by the mandatory refueling red flag on lap 30, and then continued his march through the field after the restart, eventually passing pole sitter Brad Sweet on lap 44 for a lead he would not relinquish.
Levi Jones took over the USAC National Sprint series points lead with an eighth-place finish, giving him a two point lead over previous points leader Dave Darland, who finished ninth.