5/12/2021
Matt Covington
Covington Leads Start to Finish at I-96
CG Motorsports. (May 11th, 2021) Rolling into I-96 Speedway with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network and Great Lakes Super Sprints, Matt Covington parked the Loose Change/Shark Racing Engines No. 95 in Victory Lane.
Covington started the night off with a heat race win from the fourth position. The result would net a re-draw that gave Matt the pole position for the feature.
With the drop of the green, Matt would pace the field from the start and jump out to an early lead. Blake Hahn would make it interesting in lap traffic on a couple occasions, but when the checkers flew the A-Rock Materials/Triple X chassis would lead start to finish and claim its first national tour victory of the season.
When you start out front in these national tour races, you need to capitalize the best you can”, stated Matt. “We been fast and consistent all year. My buddy Vern has really helped me with the setups and it’s been showing. I felt pressured a few times there in traffic. I knew Blake was behind me and getting close, and I wasn’t sure because the bottom looked like it was coming in down in three and four, but the top was good too, but I wanted that one. I wanted it really bad, especially for my crew guy, Matthew Howard, he’s been working his butt off, and we’ve been top-five and running up front, but he hadn’t had that taste of victory, so I had to get that for him. I need to thank all the sponsors and people that help out on this program and keep us out here on the road. Hopefully for them and my team we can carry this momentum into the next stretch of racing.”
Covington has an ASCS National Tour race at Volunteer Speedway in Tennessee on schedule this weekend.
Matt and his CG Motorsports team would like to thank all partners who will make this 2021 season possible. We look forward to the continued relationship throughout the year, along with future seasons to come: Triple X Chassis, A-Rock Materials, All-Star Performance, Loose Change, South Plains Towing, Outlaw Wings, Winters Performance, Smiley’s Racing Products, Hoosier Tire, Keizer Wheels, Lucas Oil Racing Products, Factor 1 Racing, Wilwood Brakes, Smith Titanium, Best Graphics, Simpson Race Products, Shark Racing Engines, Huggins Cams, Eaton Industrial, Hot Rod Powder Coating, Rod End Supply, Maxwell Oil, Schoenfeld Headers, CSI Shocks, KSE Steering, Edison Auto Body, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Swindell Bleeders, D&W Towing, Griffith Truck & Equipment, and T&L Foundry.
2021 STATS: Starts-10, Wins-1, Top 5’s-8, Top 10’s-9
ON TAP:
5/15/21 Volunteer Speedway - Bulls Gap, TN
5/21/21 Tri City Speedway - Granite City, IL
LIVE RACE COVERAGE: Visit http://www.flosports.tv and http://www.RacinBoys.com for paid, live audio and Live feature video to subscribers during the season to catch all the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour events.
MERCHANDISE: New 2021 shirts available now on the website at www.mattcovingtonracing.com or at the races in the trailer.
STAY CONNECTED: For all the latest news of Matt Covington during the 2021 season, visit his website, www.mattcovingtonracing.com, like him on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/mattcovingtonracing, or follow him on twitter, @mattcovington95 along with Instagram @mattcovingtonracing
Submitted By: Eric Covington
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