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It was Fan Appreciation Night at New Smyrna Speedway\u00a0Saturday\u00a0and a nice crowd\u00a0was treated to some great racing plus a large number of kids and their parents\u00a0took part in a fun “Tire Race” at intermission that produced two of the worst\u00a0“crashes” of the night. \u00a0All the kids were OK (especially after an ice cream\u00a0treat) and got a chance to head home with a real race car tire in their\u00a0possession.<\/p>\n
Both the Super Stock and Open-Competition Modifieds ran 50-lap events while\u00a0the Mini Stocks hit the track for a 25-lap feature. \u00a0The Super Stock drivers came out in force with 23 cars signing in although\u00a0Warren Schurr’s Ford Torino broke in warm-ups and he was unable to start the\u00a0big race. \u00a0Garrett Hill of Orlando established himself as the early favorite\u00a0by blistering the track in qualifying with a lap of 20.753 seconds easily\u00a0outdistancing the second-fast qualifier, Merritt Island’s Justin Reynolds who\u00a0turned a lap at 21.170 seconds. \u00a0Hill pulled a five pill placing him fifth on\u00a0the starting grid while it would be David Gould and Danny Frye on the front\u00a0row for the start.\u00a0Gould led the opening lap only to see the caution flag quickly out for Michael\u00a0Bedient who spun in turn four. \u00a0Frye snared the lead on the restart and was\u00a0out front when Michael Held bit off a chunk of the turn four wall to bring out\u00a0the yellow on lap seven. \u00a0On the restart a multi-car melee took place in turn\u00a0one involving the cars of Brandon Christian, Charles King, Butch Herdegen,\u00a0Bedient and Joe Gerard. \u00a0Both Christian and Bedient were done for the night\u00a0while all others continued with just “cosmetic” damage. \u00a0Frye set the pace for a few laps after the restart but Reynolds was on the\u00a0charge in his “Mellow Yellow” Chevrolet and he took the lead, proceeding to\u00a0draw away from the field, lapping cars well into the top ten before a caution\u00a0flag appeared with five laps to go as Joe Bandur spun on the front stretch. \u00a0Hill was now up to second and everyone though Reynolds would now get a real\u00a0challenge but is was not to be as he pulled away easily from Hill to claim a\u00a0big victory made even sweeter because his grandfather was in attendance from\u00a0Niagra Falls, NY to watch him race. \u00a0Defending 2013 Super Stock champion Shannon Kelly was strong all night but had\u00a0to settle for third place ahead of Mike Amato and Gould. \u00a0Frye faded to sixth\u00a0at the finish and was the last car on the lead lap. \u00a0Seventh through tenth, a\u00a0lap down, were Herdegen, J. T. Tippins, Preston Hunt and Gerard.<\/p>\n
The Modified 50-lapper saw just two caution flags, both for Shain Held who was\u00a0battling an ill-handling car all night. \u00a0Held’s second spin came on lap 19\u00a0with Tank Tucker leading the event at the time as he had done from the drop of\u00a0the green. \u00a0Following the restart, Jerry “The Hammer” Symons, who was fast\u00a0qualifier earlier, turned up the wick and passed Tucker on lap 23 leading\u00a0until the drop of the checker. \u00a0With the race running the remaining distance\u00a0under green, Symons won by nearly a full straight ahead of Tucker at the end\u00a0while Alan Bruns made a late charge to get by Ricky Moxley for third spot. \u00a0Moxley was fourth with Matt Wheeler fifth. \u00a0Rounding out the finishers were\u00a0Robert Deal, Robert Glover, Mike Dahm and Held.<\/p>\n
The Mini Stock division continues see a different winner each week as this\u00a0night belonged to Brooksville’s James Ellis as he won in his first start this\u00a0year here. \u00a0Ellis, always a threat at his home track at Citrus County Speedway\u00a0and everywhere else he shows up, did “the Impossible” in actually outrunning\u00a0“Mr. Mini Stock” Ted Vulpius following a lap 13 restart. \u00a0This was a pretty wild affair although Ellis stayed out front from the second\u00a0lap on. \u00a0Action started early as Jason Reynolds tagged the wall after an\u00a0altercation with Pat Wells and was forced out on the second lap. \u00a0Lap seven\u00a0saw a multi-Mini Stock mess in turn two involving Levi Hammond, Jeff White,\u00a0Wells and Tyler Simpson. \u00a0All were able to continue with the exception of\u00a0Hammond. \u00a0On the restart, David Russell moved around Jamie Dixson for second\u00a0bringing Vulpius with him. \u00a0Daniel Brown spun coming off turn four on lap 12,\u00a0tapping the inside wall to bring out the caution but he was able to continue.<\/p>\n
Mark Broat had a second straight week of bad luck, hitting the turn two wall\u00a0to bring out the yellow flag one lap later, then, just as the field took the\u00a0green for the restart, Reid Christiensen slowed to a stop to keep the caution\u00a0light on. \u00a0Everyone expected Vulpius to now give Ellis a run for the money but\u00a0Ellis was just too strong on this night as he held off Vulpius to the checker.\u00a0\u00a0Russell claimed the show position ahead of Wells and White with Dixson, Brad\u00a0Blanton, Brown, Christiensen and Broat completing the top ten finishers.<\/p>\n
Next week, it’s the Mini Stock division’s turn at running a 50-lap special. \u00a0Also in action with be the Pro Late Models, Sportsman cars, E-Modifieds and\u00a0Strictly Stocks. \u00a0New Smyrna Speedway will also host an open practice night\u00a0this\u00a0Thursday, May 1 from 6-10 pm.<\/p>\n
OFFICIAL RESULTS – NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY – 4\/26\/14:<\/p>\n
SUPER STOCKS (50 LAPS):
\n1) Justin Reynolds, Merritt Island #20
\n2) Garrett Hill, Orlando #95
\n3) Shannon Kelly, Sanford #23
\n4) Mike Amato, Edgewater #2X
\n5) David Gould, Melbourne #16
\n6) Danny Frye, New Smyrna Beach #13
\n7) Butch Herdegen, St. Cloud #43
\n8) J. T. Tippins, Hew Smyrna Beach #31
\n9) Preston Hunt, Deland #6
\n10) Joe Gerard, Eustis #51
\n11) Charles King, Geneva #37
\n12) Becca Samsoe, Deland #80
\n13) Joe Bandur, Kissimmee #11
\n14) Gino Tumminello, Deland #35
\n15) Bobby Holley, Deltona #56
\n16) Mike Dahm, Enterprise #21D
\n17) Robert Pence, Deltona #88
\n18) Zachary Curtis, Palm Bay #63
\n19) Brandon Christian, Orlando #28
\n20) George Dahm, Enterprise #21X
\n21) Michael Bedient, Sanford #18
\n22) Michael Held, Orlando #33
\nDNS – Warren Schurr, Gotha #77<\/p>\n
MODIFIEDS (50 LAPS):
\n1) Jerry Symons, New Smyrna Beach #66
\n2) Tank Tucker, New Smyrna Beach #15
\n3) Alan Bruns, Clermont #4B
\n4) Ricky Moxley, Hobe Sound #38
\n5) Matt Wheeler, New Smyrna Beach #96
\n6) Robert Deal, Titusville #15X
\n7) Robert Glover, Ft. Pierce #38Special
\n8) Mike Dahm, Enterprise #21
\n9) Shain Held, Orlando #55
\nDNS – Kurt Jett, Orange Park #9<\/p>\n
MINI STOCKS (25 LAPS):
\n1) James Ellis, Brooksville #98
\n2) Ted Vulpius, Mims #71
\n3) David Russell, Melbourne #31
\n4) Pat Wells, Altoona #23
\n5) Jeff White, Eustis #15
\n6) Jamie Dixson, Titusville #8
\n7) Brad Blanton, Tavares #14
\n8) Daniel Brown, Port Orange #33
\n9) Reid Christiensen, Daytona Beach #30
\n10) Mark Broat, Daytona Beach #6
\n11) Tyler Simpson, New Smyrna Beach #115
\n12) Levi Hammond, Titusville #4
\n13) Jason Reynolds, New Smyrna Beach #78<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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