-Wins Prestigious UNOH Battle at the Beach 200-Lapper Beating Toughest LMSC Competition-

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (Nov. 22, 2015) – Promising young racing star Myatt Snider scored the biggest victory of his young career last night as he took the checkered flag in the prestigious UNOH Battle at the Beach at Myrtle Beach Speedway. It was Snider’s first win of the 2015 season and came after battling and holding off veterans Tommy Lemons, Jr., and Lee Pulliam.

“We showed a lot of strength in the CARS Tour championship,” said Snider, who posted top-10 finishes in all 10 races during the series’ inaugural season and finished third in the LMSC division’s points. “We were consistent all year. We were up front in so many races; I just don’t think we had the luck. Tonight, luck fell in our favor as well as good, hard preparation, hard work and me driving as hard as I could in those last couple of laps. I can’t thank all my guys enough. This is a great night, so I’m really happy about it.

“This is definitely a statement win because I felt like we’ve been there with all those long-lap races,” Snider said. “I just think we needed to learn a little bit more and that kind of culminated tonight. We’ve done all we need to do this year and this is such a great way to cap it off. I knew that I could run the top really well and that’s why I decided to go for it, get the lead away, control the race and it worked in my favor. I’m so happy with how it all played out and it worked in my favor.”

Snider was able to hold off Lemons during two late-race restarts to claim his first marquee win.

“It worked out for me both times,” Snider explained. “The first restart I got him because Tommy spun his tires. He was about even with me when we went. I think if he hadn’t, he would have beaten me. So I figured the bottom might work better on the next one. I was able to pull him and out-wheel him from there.”

“I kind of sat and watched the first 125 laps of the race, logging laps out there” Snider said, describing his early-race strategy. “I kind of just sat there, watching Tommy and seeing what he did. And then I applied it for the last 75 laps. I wanted to get the lead immediately because it helped me control the race.

“We’re both great racers and have a lot of mutual respect, I feel” Snider added “He drove the wheels off of it but it looked like he was just a touch tight in the center. So I tried to capitalize on that and run it slower into the middle of the corner so I could get under him. He’s a great racer and it was really tough to beat him.”

“This victory is only because of me in a small way,” Snider said after an emotional celebration. “My guys work so hard, they’ve been giving it their all the whole year and they definitely deserve it.”

Next up for Snider and his Jeff Caudill-led No. 2 NASCAR America Team is the Thanksgiving All-Star Classic at Southern National Motorsports Park. The 200-lap LMSC feature is set for Sunday, Nov. 29 on the demanding four-tenths-mile oval.

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