Robert Murphy captures the JEGS $50,000 win at the Strange Engineering Spring Fling presented by OPTIMA Batteries.
Benson, NC — JEGS Performance Thursday fired up the first of three $50,000 main events at the Strange Engineering Spring Fling presented by OPTIMA Batteries at GALOT Motorsports Park where 365 racers took their shot at parking in the Fling winners circle at the end of the night.
At nine cars Gary Williams, Perry Reynolds, Robert DiMino, Jeff Serra, Jason Lynch, TJ Harper, Cory Gulitti, Kellan Farmer, Bobby Murphy III remained. Two thousandths separated Williams and Reynolds on the starting line with Williams taking .003 to run dead-on the dial with a zero. DiMino got to the stripe by .002 to run dead-on four for the win over Serra, while Lynch was .001 and a hundredth above the dial to move past Harper. Gulitti put together .013 total over Farmer, and Murphy was .005 on the tree during his bye run.
Gulitti was .013 and took .005 to knock out Williams in the first pair of the quarterfinals, while Murphy’s .017 package eliminated DiMino. Lynch took the green for his single. In the semifinals, Gulitti took the green on his solo run, while Murphy was .010 and ran dead-on with a seven over Lynch to advance…