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Day two of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing
was nothing but "hot". The weather was hot, the track was
hot, and the racing was hot. Matt Kenseth was spotted as
he watched his fellow Wisconsin drivers take to the hot,
sticky track of New Smyrna Speedway.
Fans filled the stands by six but racing ended up about
one in the morning due to some unforeseen red flags.
Luckily none of the red flags were very serious but when
a racer is hurt especially his head, you must be careful.
But with all the action of the track, fans did not seem to
mind the lateness of the hour and stayed.
The mini-stocks were the first feature division of the
night with Rex Hollinger on the pole. Rex informed me
that he had not had the pole on a asphalt track since l982
and although he did not win the race, he had great pleasure
in knowing that he had that pole. But it the midst of all
those mustangs, pintos, etc. was a mini-truck which proved
that a truck can move and took the win. But three more wins
are up for grabs since the mini-stock race five nights of the
nine nights of racing.
Due to a big modified race today in Lake City, Florida, a
lot of the Indiana mods are over there. But even with
them gone, we had alot of racing action. One accident
in this division caused a 45 minute red flag but the driver
was alert and talking when lifted from the car and hopefully
on his way home by now. But it was the #2x of Jason Boyd
that showed the way to victory lane tonight.
Once again the Featherlite Modifieds made the stands
shake and the fans stay on their feet. A young Nevin George
had the pole for the feature race and with Ted Christopher,
Jamie Tomaino, Jr. Hanley, Charlie Parteryak and other
older experienced drivers behind him, did a remarkable
job of keeping the lead. Somehow young George got
the jump on Christopher for several restarts but luck
did not shine forever and Christopher finally took the lead
and the win. George ended up 20th after a racing
incident on the backstretch but as I left the track, his
car was being finetuned back to it's original racing
condition.
David Rogers, well known in Florida, had the pole for
the Super Late Model race and as they say, "never looked
back." Start after restart, Rogers kept the lead with Jr.
Hanley hot on his heels. But right on Hanley's heels was
Dick Anderson, winner of day one. With seven more
racing nights to come, it will be an all out Super Late
Model war with the "best" short track Super Lates in
the country and Canada on hand.
The young man who won the IMCA/FL Mod race this
night also won the Late Model race. Jason Boyd did
not have the pole but he went after it and never stopped
until Victory Lane. A pile-up in the backstretch took
out alot of the Lates from Florida and Canada but as
I left the track in the wee hours of the morn, all were
working feverishly to repair the cars for day three
action.
When it came time for the Super Stocks to race, most of
the fans had left the stands. They seem to come for everything
but these guys and this was some of the best racing of the
night. These are the guys who mostly resemble what racing
was when we did it for sport and not a living. These guys
get down and race with their hearts cause they know they
aren't racing for money since this is the racing you do for
love of it.
The lights around the track slowly turn-off and teams
working still have their generators running and their work
lights on and they prepare for day three. This is the true
test of your team, your car, your family and yourself - nine
straight nights of racing. As we go into day three, I only
wonder whatelse is going on in the world.
Jane Smith
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