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Racing action was hot and heavy Saturday night at New Smyrna Speedway for week
\nnumber three of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series as the Super Late Models
\nmade their first appearance of the 2015 regular racing season running a 50-lap
\nevent.<\/p>\n
\nEleven SLM were in the pits but hot laps were unkind to both Doug Elliott, who
\nhad engine issues, and Tim Sozio, who broke a clutch, forcing both to head
\nhome before time trials.\u00a0 Quickest of the remaining cars to take time was Brad
\nMay who turned a lap of 17.333 seconds in his Bobby Sears Racing special.
\nWayne Anderson was second fastest in his HTI-sponsored car at 17.453.
\nThe top two from qualifying swapped front row spots for the start and May
\nfound the outer groove to his liking initially and sped out to a good
\nadvantage as Anthony Sergi began to pressure Anderson for second, finally
\nmoving by on lap four.\u00a0 May was looking very strong though and maintained the
\ntop spot ahead of Sergi and Anderson while David Rogers moved into fourth on
\nlap 19.
\nBy the half-way mark, May’s car began to bottom out severely in the corners
\nand he began to back up toward the field.\u00a0 Sergi got around for the lead on
\nlap 33 bringing Anderson with him.\u00a0 Rogers followed shortly thereafter into
\nthird.\u00a0 That’s the way it would finish as the full 50-lap distance was run
\nunder green flag conditions.
\nSergi claimed the win, his first in Super Late Models, although he did take
\nthe checker first once before but was DQ’d in tech.\u00a0 This time he made it
\nthrough the tech shed with flying colors and the young University of Central
\nFlorida mechanical engineering student had his first SLM trophy and the $1200
\nprize to go with it.
\nMaking a rare start, Anderson claimed second with Rogers third while a
\ndisappointed May finished fourth.\u00a0 Fifth went to Jeff Scofield ahead of
\nMichael Lira, Tyler Scofield, Brad Bowman and Noah Cornman.
\nTwo heat races were needed to set the field for the 25-lap Super Stock
\nheadliner.\u00a0 Garrett Hill ran off with heat one while Butch Herdegen topped the
\nsecond preliminary run.\u00a0 The second heat race was not kind to a pair of new
\ndrivers as Ronnie Hadden spun and tagged the wall ending his night, then Eric
\nKottwitz blew an engine later in the heat.
\nWeek one winner Justin Reynolds had the pole for the feature and most fans
\nthought he’d simply run and hide from the field but that would not be the case
\nas defending Super Stock champion Shannon Kelly had his car running to
\nperfection and made a turn four pass on the opening lap to secure the early
\nlead.\u00a0 Herdegen tapped Bobby Holley into a spin in turn two on lap four while
\nfighting for third place to bring out the caution with Holley being returned
\nto the show spot and Herdegen restarting from the tail of the field.
\nKelly again got the advantage on the restart and looked to have the field
\ncovered until Holley lost a wheel in turn two to bring out the yellow flag on
\nlap 20.\u00a0 On the restart, Kelly “got into turn two just a bit too hard,”
\naccording to the driver, slid up into Reynolds, lost control and spun out.
\nKelly was sent to the back of the restart line-up and it was now Reynolds up
\nfront flanked by heat winner Hill.
\nAs the field came to the green flag, Hill got a huge jump – too big of a jump
\n– and appeared to take over the lead only to see flagman Ralph Miller toss out
\nthe black flag for jumping the start.\u00a0 Hill crossed the line in front of the
\nfield but was subsequently placed at the tail end of the cars still running as
\nReynolds notched the victory in his Hot Colors Powder Coating Chevy and is now
\ntwo for two for the early season.
\n2014 Super Stock Rookie of the Year Preston Hunt scored his best career finish
\nby taking second while Jeff Colburn was third.\u00a0 Fourth went to the winner’s
\nyounger brother Matt Reynolds while Kelly rebounded to take fifth.\u00a0 Herdegen
\nwas sixth trailed by Gino Tuminello, Holley, J. T. Tippins and Hill who was
\nscored in tenth as the last car on the lead lap ahead of Mike Dahm and Dale
\nHoward.
\nTed Vulpius drove his Guy Callon special to both the heat and feature win in
\nthe Mini Stocks.\u00a0 Vulpius led all the way in the feature as the entire event
\nwas run under green.\u00a0 Brad Blanton finished a distant second ahead of David
\nRussell and Mark Broat.\u00a0 Jamie Dixson did not start the feature.
\nJames Skinner, the winner from the previous week, led the opening pair of laps
\nin the Bomber feature before losing the point to William Hindman.\u00a0 Skinner’s
\ncar began to suffer some problems and he dropped from the running as Hindman
\ndrove his E&H Car Crushing Chevy Monte Carlo to victory over Shane Sutorus,
\nheat winner Zachary Curtis, Aaron Overman, Warren Howie, Charlie King, Skinner
\nand Jim Erb.
\nNext week, the Pro Late Models are back in action along with the Sportsman
\ncars, Modifieds and the Bombers plus there will be a big Easter egg hunt for
\nthe kids sponsored by Central Florida Racing Ministries.
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Super Late Models (50 Laps):<\/p>\n
1) Anthony Sergi #20
\n2) Wayne Anderson #84
\n3) David Rogers #11
\n4) Brad May #9 (Fast Qualifier – 17.333)
\n5) Jeff Scofield #07J
\n6) Michael Lira #57
\n7) Tyler Scofield #07T
\n8) Brad Bowman #2
\n9) Noah Cornman #30
\nDNS – Doug Elliott #7
\nDNS – Tim Sozio #16<\/p>\n
Super Stocks (25 Laps):<\/p>\n
1) Justin Reynolds #20
\n2) Preston Hunt #6
\n3) Jeff Colburn #3
\n4) Matt Reynolds #77
\n5) Shannon Kelly #23
\n6) Butch Herdegen #43
\n7) Gino Tuminello #60
\n8) Bobby Holley #56
\n9) J. T. Tippins #31
\n10) Garrett Hill #95
\n11) Mike Dahm #21D
\n12) Dale Howard #63
\n13) George Dahm #21X
\nDNS – Eric Kottwitz
\nDNS – Ronnie Haddon<\/p>\n
Mini Stocks (15 Laps):<\/p>\n
1) Ted Vulpius #71
\n2) Brad Blanton #17
\n3) David Russell #31
\n4) Mark Broat #6
\nDNS – Jamie Dixson #8<\/p>\n
Bombers (20 Laps):<\/p>\n
1) William Hindman #89
\n2) Shane Sutorus #3
\n3) Zachary Curtis #63
\n4) Aaron Overman #03
\n5) Warren Howie #16
\n6) Charlie King #37
\n7) James Skinner #58
\n8) Jim Erb #32<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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