{"id":3610,"date":"2023-05-25T03:42:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T07:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/?p=3610"},"modified":"2023-08-10T12:05:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:05:16","slug":"ante-up-mcintosh-sweeps-double-down-showdown-at-millbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/midgets\/ante-up-mcintosh-sweeps-double-down-showdown-at-millbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"ANTE UP: McIntosh Sweeps Double Down Showdown at Millbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
Since moving to North Carolina from Oklahoma over the offseason, Cannon McIntosh has made Millbridge Speedway his new home-away-from-home. He faced 22 other invaders at his weekly race place Wednesday night and expelled every one for the second-straight night, winning the DIAEDGE Double Down Showdown in a sweep of the week\u2019s events.<\/p>\n
With eight wins in weekly Micro Sprint competition already this season, McIntosh was among the most prepared drivers in the field for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota\u2019s return to the 1\/6-mile speedway. It came at exactly the right time after he was bested by Chase McDermand in back-to-back races three weeks ago in Kansas.<\/p>\n
But this week, McIntosh was simply not going to be denied. Not in his own backyard.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely rewarding after running second a couple weekends,\u201d McIntosh said. \u201cBeing able to come back here and show resilience and show what the team\u2019s about.\u201d<\/p>\n
He and the Dave Mac-Dalby Motorsports team showed what they were about early, turning in a fastest Qualifying lap of 9.884 to snag the Whitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Award. From there, a fourth-to-second run in Heat #3 put him fifth on the starting grid for the Toyota Racing Feature.<\/p>\n
McIntosh, 20, of Bixby, OK, immediately jumped to his preferred lane on the outside, right up against the wall at the drop of the green and began picking off his forward opponents. By Lap 10, he reached the rear bumper of his most formidable foe \u2013\u00a0Chase McDermand \u2013 and wasted no time in getting by with a big slide job in Turns 3-4 to take the lead.<\/p>\n