Jimmy Heavlow Reaches Podium In His First Year In The Legends Car Semi-Pro Division
Richmond, VA
Sep 29, 2007
Maryland race driver Jimmy Heavlow reached another milestone in his racing career: winning in his Legends car. This is his first year in the Legends car Semi-Pro division after years of success in Karts.
Heavlow arrived at Southside Speedway last weekend feeling confident about his chances in the Legends race, but knew the setup needed a little work after practice. “Practice went pretty smooth, we thought we had a decent car, ” said the 14-year-old racer.
The heat race was pretty uneventful for the No. 3 Jim’s Marine/ Mercury Legends car, starting in the top five and finishing fourth. That meant he would start the 25-lap feature from the seventh position. After feeling out the car for a few laps, Heavlow started to move up in the running order by making clean, precise passes. Then, late in the event the caution flag waved setting up a two lap, green-white-checkered finish.
Jimmy restarted 5th and avoided major trouble by driving under two flipping cars in the backstretch on the last lap. He took the checkered flag third in the order, but first in the Semi-Pro division, giving the young driver his first win in this style of car.
For most, the victory at Southside would be enough for one weekend – not for Jimmy Heavlow. He followed up that performance by entering two karting events at Nicholson Speedway the following day. He has already wrapped up four WKA titles this year in karting.
This weekend, he would compete in the Briggs Jr. Stock and Briggs Jr. Restricted classes. He started inside the top three and won both races, proving why he is a multi-time WKA champion. This weekend Jimmy will be competing in his Legends car at Wall Speedway under a different format. There will be no practices, just one heat race followed by two feature events. “It’s a pretty short track at Wall and I like running there”
