Travis Miller Wins First K&N Pro Series East Race of His Career at South Boston Speedway

Travis Miller won the first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race of his career at South Boston Speedway

Miller, who started in the second row, passed rookie Chase Purdy for the lead on lap 59 after the only restart of the race. There was one caution for four laps, from laps 55-58.

"I wasn’t quite sure how it was going to work there," Miller said. "That was probably the winning move on our part."

Chase Cabre won the pole and led for the first 19 laps of the race. Purdy took the lead on lap 20 and was out front for 39 laps. Cabre fell back and finished in seventh place. Purdy crossed the finish line in second place.

"He was definitely faster than me at the end of the race," Miller said about Purdy. "He drove me really good and I actually cut him off once or twice. I definitely appreciate him driving me clean even after I did that. All in all it was a good race."

Purdy posted his first top five finish and second top 10 in five K&N Pro Series East races.

"That was down to the wire," Purdy said. "Hats off to my crew. The work they do in the shop all week doesn’t compare to what you see here. They work their butts off. They give me a fast race car and that was just hard racing right there."

Travis Miller led 40 laps of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at South Boston Speedway

"That was the game changer right there," Miller said. "It was really hard to pass on the bottom here. That’s what won us the race, that restart."

Todd Gilliland, the 2016 K&N Pro Series West champion, finished third. Dillon Bassett was fourth, followed by Harrison Burton in fifth.

Burton took a 14-point lead over Gilliland in the K&N Pro Series East race after the first race at South Boston Speedway. Purdy was third, 24 points behind Burton.