A.J. Curreli in New Smyrna Speedway Winners Circle
The first night of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing was full of excitement for both drivers and fans. All classes qualified for their first night's events with Travis Kittleson qualifying fastest for the Super Late Models, Brad May for the Late Models, Eric Beers in the NASCAR Tour Type Modifieds and Rich Gould in the SK Modifieds.
Late Models were in action first with Brad May on the pole May quickly jumped to the front but it did not take long before the yellow flag was out when Jason Cochran spun in turn 1. On the restart it was A.J. Curreli and Brad May going for the pole followed by Rich Clouser, Doug Moff, and Kevin Ingram. Curreli and May are dueling it out when the yellow comes out again for T.C. McElyea who spun high in turns 3 and 4.
Curreli takes the pole on the restart folllowed by May, Clouser, Ingram and Chuck Burkhalter. Suddenly May spins going down the frontstretch putting him in the rear of the field on the restart for bringing out the yellow. Curreli holds the point for the restart but the yellow is shown again for Josh Wronkowski who has spun on the backstretch.
Curreli holds the point again and takes the checkered for his first win in the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing followed by Rich Clouser, Kevin Ingram, Chuck Burkhalter, and Kirk Hooker.
Rusty Purdue had the pole for the FL/IMCA Modifieds but it was Jared Allison who took the point in the Bobby Judkins No. 2x Florida Mod. A brief yellow was thrown with Allison holding the point on the restart followed by Jeremy Fitch.
Denis Pierce brings out the yellow when he suddenly has a tire go down. On the restart Allison holds the point followed by Jeremy Fitch, Jerry Symons, Tank Tucker and Jim "Hoot" Flynn. Allison suddenly slows on the backstretch with a broken hub as Jason Garver and Mack Hanbury spin avoiding the slowing 2x between turns 3 and 4.
Fitch has the point for the restart but it does not take second place Jerry Symons long before he has pasted Fitch and takes over the pole. Tank Tucker is on the move now and takes over second with Fitch sliding to third. Now Jim "Hoot" Flynn is on the move as he takes over third with Fitch in fourth and Rodney Brooks in fifth. Symons crosses the checkered and takes his first win of the World Series.
John Ryan Fitzpatrick had the pole for the Super Late Model feature but before a lap was down, the No. 87 of Tracey Quelette spun in turns 1 and 2. A complete restart was in order with Jerry Artuso taking the point over Fitzpatrick, Eddie Van Meter, Mike Fritts and Travis Kittleson.
Fitzpatrick puts the pressure on Artuso and eventually takes over the point but Artuso fights back. Eventually the two touch sending the No. 8 spinning and both to the rear of the field for the restart with Mike Fritts now on the point. Once Fritts had the pole, there was no stopping him. Fritts took the checkered for his first win of the World Series followed by Landon Cassill, Wayne Anderson, Jack Landis and Derrick Kelley.
Jon McKennedy had the pole for the NASCAR Tour Mod feature but it was Chuck Hossfeld who took the point and never looked back in spite of several cautions.
Chcuk Hossfeld
Hossfeld held off the hard charges of Eric Beers and crossed the checkered for his first win of the 2006 World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing followed by Eric Beers, Kevin Goodale, Rob Summers, and John Blewitt.
Tim "Missileman" McPhail took off the last year from racing but returned for the World Series sitting on the pole for the first Mini Stock race. McPhail took the point on the green and held off the hard charge of Steven Simpson but it was Randy Freeze who took the point and never looked back. Freeze took the checkered over Robbie Yoakam, Rick Sirmans, Pedie Allison and Jim Smith.
Ken Horten lead the SK Mods to the green but he had his hands full as Earl Paules. went side by side with him for the point having the crowd on their feet.
This was by far the best race of the evening as these two battled lap after lap for the lead not giving an inch to one another. Eventually Paules took over the point and takes the win over Ken Horten, John Jensen, Tony Hanbury, and John White.
Sunday night, the TBARA Outlaw Winged Sprints make their first appearance of two in the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. Saturday night was rained out.
Super Late Models
1. #27 Mike Fritts 2. #7 Landon Cassill 3. #84 Wayne Anderson 4. #10 Jack Landis 5. #21 Derrick Kelley 6. #88 Travis Kittleson 7. #29 Ted Christopher 8. #59 Greg Boone 9. #11 David Rogers 10. #77 Mike Stacey 11. #11x Donald Long 12. #05 Dalton Zehr 13. #91 Trevor Stewart 14. #2 Patrick Conrad 15. #5 Jerry Artuso 16, #47 Louie Mechalides 17. #81 Darrell Midgley 18. #15 Trevor Monaghan 19. #9 Moike Gosselin 20. #112 Michael Annett 21. #51 Mike Donoho Jr. 22. #8 John Ryan Fitzpatrick 23. #70 Jeff Choquette 24. #78 B.J. McLeod 25. #87 Tracey Queliette 26,#781 Rusty Ebersole 27. #23 Eddie Van Meter DQ'D
LATE MODELS
1. #2 A. J.Curreli 2. #9 Rich Clouser 3. #54 Kevin Ingram 4. #1x Chuck Burkhalter 5. #38 Kirk Hooker 6. #119 Steve Arnold 7. #21 Derrick Kelley 8. #88 David Wagner 9. #12 James Buescher 10. #88x Justin Larson 11. #26 Mike Murphy 12. #01 Charles Kopach 13. #4k Brad May 14, #17 Ray Parenht 15. #62 Donel Burkhalter 16. #26T Troy Atkins 17. #16 Taylor "The Torch" Monroe 18. #42 Billy Wheeler 19. #72 Jason Cochran 20.#19 T.C. McElyea 21. #15 Steve Dosmarais 22. #21x Josh Wronkowski 23. #4 Randy Fox 24. #46 Doug Moff 25. #59 Ernest Worley III 26. #3 John Coffmanh 27. #25 Timmy Todd
FL/IMCA MODS
1. #66 Jerry Symons 2. #15 Tank Tucker 3. #57 Jim "Hoot" Flynn 4. #00 Jeremy Fitch 5. #36 Rodney Brooks 6. #4b Alan Bruns 7. #89 Lee Collins 8. #84 Bruce Thompson 9. #32 Harold Crooms 10. #9 Art Kunzeman 11. #12 Corey Freed 12. #2x Jared Allison 13. #27 Jason Garver 14. #1 Mack Hanbury 15. #45 Denis Pierce 16. #13 Rusty Purdue 17. #31 Doc McKinney
MINI STOCK
1. #86 Randy Freeze 2. #8 Robbie Yoakam 3. #05 Rick Sirmans 4. #92 Pedie Allison 5. #24 Jim Smith 6. #7 Tim "The Missleman" McPhail 7. #07 Steven Simpson 8. #16 Chase Goodson 9. #31 Michael Tuck 10. #4 Jacob Lehn 11. #18 Josh Intoppa 12. #17 Chuck Cook 13. #21 Scott Reeves
NASCAR TOUR TYPE MODS
1. #22 Chuck Hossfeld 2. #9 Eric Beers 3. #58 Kevin Goodale 4. #19 Rob Summers 5. #00 John Blewitt 6. #18 Donny Lia 7. #70 Andy Seuss 8. #2 Tim Arre 9. #09 Bobby Grigas III 10. #8 Jon McKennedy 11. #81 Earl Pauler 12. #4 Dave Koroleski 13. #06 Steve Witt 14. #25 J. Wesley Swartout 15. #47 Jim Storace 16. #14 Ted Christopher 17. #12 Jimmy Blewitt 18. #36 Mike Ewanitsko 19. #89 Todd Burley 20. #38 Dave Sapienza 21. #45 Buck Catalono 22. #80 Dennis Costa 23. #95 Adam Horwith 24. #5 Chris Pasteryak
SK MODS
1. #81 Earl Paules 2. #19 Ken Horten 3. #92 John Jensen 4. #99 Tony Hanbury 5. #27 John White 6. #11 Billy Anderson 7. #12 Jimmy Blewitt 8. #8 Tom Ferrill 9. #85 Rich Gould 10. #75 Jason Willett 11. #28 Dale Holdridge 12. #76 Shelly Perry 13. #3 George Bierce 14. #27x Bob Danowski
