New Smyrna, FL (January 31, 2010) Joey Gase and the SS Green Light Racing team had a heartbreaking finish to a very good day in Sunday’s rain-postponed Pro All Star Series WinterFest 150 at New Smyrna Raceway. On lap 104, Gase was caught-up in a wreck not of his making and was relegated to a seventeenth place finish.

Following an incident in Friday’s open practice, the SS Green Light team was forced to use an underpowered back-up car for Sunday’s race. Despite the horsepower handicap, Joey qualified in 18th place. With the help of his spotter and advice of crew chief Butch Miller, the young Iowan stayed clean through the first half of the 150-lap race and was sitting in the top-15 at the halfway break.

In the second half of the race, Joey started to assert himself in the outside grove and despite giving away several hundred horsepower, he was able to move into the top ten. Several on-track incidents bunched the field and Gase moved into the ninth place and looked to be in position for a solid finish. Following a restart on lap 104, Devin Jones and Tim Russell got together directly in front of the young driver and Joey could not avoid contact that ended his debut in the SS Green Light Late Model.

“They were all just wrecking there, I had no where to go. The whole track was blocked. I actually hit the outside wall and then got into the other cars.” Gase said. “I hate for Butch and the guys that we tore up these cars. It was pretty ridiculous the way some of the guys were driving. It was like every lap was the last lap during the second half of the race.”

“The car felt real good and I was adapting real well. We were pretty good on the outside,” Gase said. “I was really getting through the corners good and I could actually make up more than I was loosing in the straights.”

“It was really good working with Butch. I was learning a lot all weekend, he taught me a lot about braking and it helped our lap times a lot. If we can run this well when we come back for the ASA race, I think we should do pretty good.”

“I like our driver, he’s a good kid,” said crew chief Butch Miller. “Friday, I was pushing him hard to attack the corner and he got in just a little to deep and looped it.”

“In the race Joey did a good job,” Miller added. “He made huge improvements throughout the weekend. I think we’ll be pretty good there in March.

Joey Gase and the SS Green Light team will return to the New Smyrna Raceway on March 27th for the ASA Late Model Challenge Series opener. Plans are to run the entire 2010 ASA Challenge Series schedule.

For more on SS Green Light Racing, visit www.SSRacingonline.com or email: pr@ssgreenlight.com.