KINSTON – One of Bubba Pollard’s two young daughters had a question for his wife when they woke up Sunday morning, a day after Pollard won the Grasshopper 125 race
“She woke up this morning and said, ‘Daddy going to win again?’” said Pollard’s wife, Erin.Pollard dethroned Ty Majeski as the champion of the Rattler 250 on Sunday afternoon, passing the record-holding, five-time champion on lap 238 and hung on the rest of the way to cross the finish line in front of him.
People are also reading… “We had to regroup and refocus, but it all worked out,” Pollard said. “When you outrun Ty Majeski, you’ve done something. The last four, five years he’s been dominant.” On Sunday, Majeski decided to take up the challenge by Central Florida Roofing, thus started last in the 31-car field. Justin Mondeik was moved into the pole position.
Majeski took his first lead of the day on lap 136 as he went low coming through turn 4 to overtake Robbins for first. “I got gun shy,” Majeski said. “Bubba was pushing hard when he got into second and it was pretty much just going to be a race on whose car was going to last longer and his just lasted a little bit longer.For Pollard, who resides in Senoia, Ga., winning meant posing with a rattlesnake as is tradition for the race.But the traditional photo of the winner and a rattlesnake was taken, and Pollard was proud to be part of it.
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