Broderick races to ASCS Sprints win at Eriez

RACING REPORT: Broderick races to ASCS Sprints win at Eriez
By Matt Martin, Sean Heilman - 05.31.10

Bubba Broderick wasn't taking any chances at Eriez Speedway on Sunday night.

He finished second twice in ASCS Patriot Sprints features at the Greene Township dirt track in 2009.

So despite having leads as large as a full straightaway, Broderick risked crashing into the turn 4 wall several times to earn his first win at Eriez and second career ASCS win in front of about 4,000 fans.

"When you're ahead from the beginning, you're on the go all the way," said Broderick, a Brookfield, Conn., native. "I'm so excited right now. We needed this. We're going to be celebrating."

Broderick immediately grabbed the lead from the outside pole. Before long his lead stretched to three seconds. A caution on the seventh lap failed to keep him from maintaining a commanding lead.

Broderick built his advantage by racing on the high side. With each lap, his No. 5 car seemed to inch closer to the fourth turn's outside wall. His sense of urgency intensified at the midway point.

He caught a quick glimpse of runner-up Jared Zimbardi on the inside.

Broderick wondered if he should slide inside to stay ahead of Zimbardi. Instead, he remained high, almost too high in the fourth turn with seven laps left. His car wiggled a bit as it entered the front straightaway.

"A couple of times I got sideways on the straightaways," Broderick said.

But nothing stopped him, including the feature's final caution with five laps left. Broderick capitalized on having a slower lapped car between him and Zimbardi's No. 35 car.

"I thought I could give Bubba (a strong challenge)," said Zimbardi, of Little Valley, N.Y. But the lapped car kept Zimbardi from getting a strong restart. "He did a good job," Zimbardi said of Broderick, who maintained a comfortable lead all the way to the checkered flag to secure the victory.

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