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  • World Series at New Smyrna Race Recap - Night 2 - 2/14/15The 49th annual World Series

    The 49th annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing continued on a
    Valentine's day Saturday night with a big six feature program on another
    unseasonably cold Florida evening.
    Things got very hot though during practice as something happened to Jordan
    Ives' Super Late Model going into turn three and he smashed into the wall.
    Ives' car burst into flame but he emerged unhurt before fire totally engulfed
    his machine and the track surface as well. Track crews got the huge fireball
    under control quickly saving possible damage to the track. Ives' car was
    completely destroyed.
    The big event of the night was the season-opener for the Joey Coulter Florida
    Pro Truck Series. Port Charlotte's Michael Burns, who won the tune-up race
    for the Trucks on night one, set fast time at 20.240 seconds while defending
    Truck Series champion Becca Monopoli was second quick at 20.294.
    With the top five in qualifying inverted for the green flag, Rodney Haddock
    had the pole position with Kody Jett to his outside. Jett grabbed the early
    advantage and led the first three laps before Whitney Poole and Eddie
    Lichtenberger locked horns sending Poole into the inside wall on the back
    stretch. Both were able to continue.
    On the restart it was Monopoli moving to the lead bringing Burns with her.
    Burns wasted little time in taking over and he made the pass on lap seven.
    Burns was pulling away when the second yellow flag of the race came out on lap
    31 as Vance Hall spun in turn two. Danny Anderson, who started ninth, moved
    to third spot on the restart and began to challenge Monopoli for second just
    before Poole and Brian Lynch. Jr. crashed hard on the front stretch. Both
    drivers were OK but done for the night.
    The rest of the race ran under green flag conditions as Burns simply left the
    field in his wake to sweep the weekend. Monopoli came home in second place
    ahead of Anderson. Fourth went to Blake Haddock who just held off J. R.
    Garcia III at the checker. Completing the top ten were Jett, Rodney Haddock,
    Eddie Lichtenberger, Dean Butrum and Robert Strader, Jr.
    The Super Late Models were close in qualifying after Zane Smith's lap of
    17.335 was disallowed due to soaked tires. Fast time then went to Canadian
    Martin Latulippe at 17.505 seconds, just a bit quicker than Ty Majeski who
    came in with a lap of 17.517. Third in qualifying was the 17.550 lap of
    Harrison Burton.
    The top ten qualifiers were inverted and that put Garrett Jones of
    Mooresville, NC on the pole with Roscoe, Illinois driver Austin Nason to his
    outside. Nason zipped out to an early advantage while fast-timer Latulippe
    got very loose on the opening lap and went high in turn four losing several
    spots. On lap three, something happened to Harrison Burton's car going down
    the back stretch and he spun in turn three. Before the smoke cleared the cars
    of Ryan Moore, Stephen Nasse, Drew Brannon, Gus Dean, David Rogers and Josh
    Collins were involved in one way or the other. Burton, Moore and Brannon were
    done for the night.
    Jones moved to the lead on the restart but only one lap could be completed
    before Tyler Dippel, Anthony Sergi, Spencer Davis and Brandon Oakley crashed
    in turn two. Only Davis could continue. Jones continued to lead after the
    restart as David Garbo, Jr. moved his "Flying Lobster" into second as the
    field settled into some green flag racing until Nasse's car stalled in turn
    two on lap 17 to bring out the yellow.
    Garbo drew alongside Jones on the restart but had to give way to a high-flying
    Ty Majeski who took second on lap 20. Majeski quickly reeled in Jones only to
    see caution fly on lap 21 as Latulippe spun off turn four in a big cloud of
    smoke. Jones again set the pace as the field went back under green but
    Majeski was not to be denied as he moved in for a great side-by-side duel with
    Jones. Fast qualifier Latulippe retired from the race on lap 28 while Majeski
    finally made the pass for the point on lap 29. The Wisconsin native sped away
    to a big win, his first-ever at New Smyrna Speedway.
    Jones held on for second over Paul Shafer, Jr. who had his second straight
    top-three finish. Joey Mucciacciaro took fourth followed by Steve Wallace.
    Bobby Wilberg was sixth while 16-year-old Natalie Decker had a super run for
    seventh after starting next to last in the huge field. Rounding out the top
    ten were Austin Nason, Garbo and Zane Smith who started dead last after his
    qualifying DQ.
    Chuck Hossfield topped the Tour-Type Modified field in time trials for the
    second consecutive night turning in a lap of 17.037 seconds. Second quick was
    Ryan Preece at 17.060 ahead of the 17.200 lap of Kevin Goodale. The first six
    in qualifying were inverted for the start with J. R. Bertuccio starting from
    the pole and night one winner Justin Bonsignore outside of him.
    Bertuccio took the early advantage and led the first five circuits before
    Bonsignore moved him out of the way and led a train of cars to the front.
    Bonsignore led just two laps before Preece zipped by and took over the top
    position while Bertuccio was all the way back in seventh.
    Mike Bolona spun on lap 16 to bring out the first caution of the event then
    Goodale tapped the wall on the restart, slowed and pitted but did not bring
    out the yellow flag. The caution did fly a second time on lap 21 as Kirk
    Totten spun in turn two. At this time third-running Spencer Davis came on pit
    road and retired with a rear end leak.
    Preece drove away on the restart as Hossfield moved to second on lap 27 but
    was well behind Preece at this point. However Paul Hortwig. Jr. spun in turn
    two on the 29th lap giving Hossfield his shot at Preece. Brendon Bock spun
    just after the restart to keep the yellow out. Preece held off Hossfield to
    the finish as he had the stronger car at the end plus was able to pass tech
    after being disqualified from his apparent win on night one.
    Hossfield claimed the second spot while Bertuccio rebounded for third spot
    passing Bonsignore with two laps left. Jimmy Zacharias came home in fifth
    trailed by Dalton Baldwin, Danny Watts, Brendon Bock, Dillon Koptec and
    Hortwig, Jr.
    For the second night in a row, Tyler Thomas of Collinsville, OK and his Tim
    Russell Driver Development car set fast time for the PPG Architectural
    Coatings Pro Late Models at 18.162 seconds, just a tick of the watch quicker
    than the 18.171 lap turned in by Michael Lira of Port Orange and Spencer
    Davis, who toured the half-mile third fast at 18.181.
    The top ten in time trials were inverted for the start of the 35-lap feature
    putting Thomas' TRD teammate Sheldon Creed on the pole but it was outside pole
    man Todd Stone who grabbed the initial advantage. As the field started the
    second lap, Tim Sargent tapped Matt Wallace into a spin with Wallace backing
    hard into the turn two wall. Both cars kept going and came to pit road but
    neither could continue.
    Stone continued to set the pace as night one winner Derek Scott, Jr. nearly
    lost it on lap five coming down the front stretch before gathering it in,
    losing a few spots in the process. Spencer Davis moved into second at this
    point and began to press Stone for the lead eventually taking over the top
    spot on lap nine. Caution flew on lap 12 as Chuck Tuck spun into the turn two
    wall although he was able to continue. At this point several drivers were
    reporting fluid on the track and the field was brought down pit road for a
    leak check. The car of Erica Thiering was found to have a hole in the
    radiator while fluid was also found coming from Scott Reeves' machine.
    On the restart Thomas moved into second and closed on Davis but after a few
    laps Davis began to pull away once again. Lap 28 saw Bert Longin spin in turn
    one for the final yellow flag of the race. On the restart Thomas dove under
    Davis and took the lead but it only lasted for three circuits before Davis
    used a banzai move in turn three to re-claim the point. Davis led the rest of
    the way to take the win and this night his car passed tech with flying
    colors.
    Thomas came home in second trailed by Stone, Creed and Lira. Sixth through
    tenth were Ryan Miles, Dalton Armstrong, Fredrick Moore, Chuck Tuck and Larry
    Gelinas.
    Kevyn Terry of Citra set quick time for the Florida/IMCA Modifieds with a lap
    of 18.447 seconds topping second-quick Jerry "The Hammer" Symons who tripped
    the clocks at 18.499. Tank Tucker, night one winner Tim Moore and Camron Ray
    were third through fifth in qualifying.
    The top six in time trials were inverted for the start with veteran Jimmy
    Britts of Orange Park on the pole flanked by Ray. Ray jumped out to the early
    lead as the young driver from Homosassa was looking good. Lap ten saw the
    first caution for an Alan Bruns spin in turn four.
    Ray led the way again on the restart but the yellow flag was back out on lap
    13 as something broke on Britts' car and he slammed the back stretch wall with
    Bruns spinning to miss him. Britts was done for the night. On the restart
    Tank Tucker zoomed past Ray for the lead just before Moore looped his mount
    coming off turn four to bring out caution number three. Moore continued at
    the back of the field.
    Symons moved into second on the restart and took the lead from Tucker two laps
    later. Things remained under green until lap 29 when Rob Cooper slapped the
    front stretch wall twice before slowly taking his car to pit road. On the
    restart, Bruns spun again in turn two but, before the yellow could be
    displayed, the top three cars of Symons, Tucker and Terry tangled and crashed
    on the back stretch. Symons and Tucker were done for the evening while Terry
    pitted and continued.
    Ray now found himself back in front but the restart would see Matt Wheeler
    spin in turn one to bring the caution back out. Ray got the jump on the final
    restart and drove like a veteran over the final six circuits to hold on for
    the biggest win of his career having just moved into the Modified cars just a
    few months ago. Moore put on the pressure but had to settle for second on
    this night while Doug Moff came from ninth on the grid to finish third.
    Fourth went to Robert Deal while Terry came back for fifth. Rounding out the
    top ten were Bruns, Wheeler, Shain Held, Symons and Tucker.
    The Mini Stocks saw Robbie Yoakam of Inverness set fast time at 20.666 seconds
    with "Mr. Mini Stock" Ted Vulpius of Mims second quick at 20.882. The field
    started straight up with Yoakam taking the lead at the onset only to be slowed
    by three early cautions as Rick Sirmans had problems getting his car to keep
    running and stalled on three occasions. Reid Christensen retired his car
    after an early bout with the concrete as well.
    Once the race finally got going, Vulpius moved to the point and led the next
    24 laps before Yoakam reeled him back in and re-passed for the lead on lap 29.
    Yoakam ran off and hid from that point as he won by a half straight over
    Vulpius and James Ellis. Fourth went to Shawn Cater followed by Steven
    Simpson, Sirmans and Christiensen.

    OFFICIAL RESULTS - NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY WORLD SERIES OF ASPHALT STOCK CAR
    RACING Night #2 - 2/14/15:

    JOEY COULTER PRO TRUCK SERIES (50 Laps):

    1) Michael Burns #14
    2) Becca Monopoli #59X
    3) Danny Anderson #50
    4) Blake Haddock #18
    5) J. R. Garcia III #13
    6) Kody Jett #9
    7) Rodney Haddock #31
    8) Eddie Lichtenberger #88
    9) Dean Butrum #32
    10) Robert Strader, Jr. #11
    11) David Patterson #2D
    12) Vance Hall #47M
    13) Brian Lynch, Jr. #54
    14) Whitney Poole #00

    SUPER LATE MODELS (35 Laps):

    1) Ty Majeski #91
    2) Garrett Jones #88
    3) Paul Shafer, Jr. #7
    4) Joey Mucciacciaro #45
    5) Steve Wallace #66
    6) Bobby Wilberg #4
    7) Natalie Decker #04
    8) Austin Nason #14
    9) David Garbo, Jr. #8
    10) Zane Smith #77
    11) Josh Collins #56C
    12) Rico Abreu #24
    13) Paige Decker #03
    14) David Rogers #11
    15) Derek Kraus #9
    16) Denver Foran #00
    17) David Green #12D
    18) Spencer Davis #129
    19) Steve Weaver, Jr. #112
    20) Matin Latulippe #84
    21) Stephen Nasse #51
    22) Hunter Robbins #7R
    23) Tyler Dippel #81
    24) Anthony Sergi #20
    25) Brandon Oakley #51B
    26) Harrison Burton #12
    27) Ryan Moore #74
    28) Drew Brannon #08
    29) Gus Dean #56D

    TOUR-TYPE MODIFIEDS (35 Laps):

    1) Ryan Preece #6
    2) Chuck Hossfield #22
    3) J. R. Bertuccio #2
    4) Justin Bonsignore #51
    5) Jimmy zacharias #71
    6) Dalton Baldwin #8
    7) Danny Watts #82
    8) Brendon Bock #29
    9) Dillon Koptec #179
    10) Paul Hortwig, Jr. #73
    11) Al Ermmarino #3
    12) Spencer Davis #79
    13) Kirk Totten #1
    14) Kevin Goodale #58
    15) Mike Bolona #21

    PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS PRO LATE MODELS (35 Laps)

    1) Spencer Davis #129
    2) Tyler Thomas #36
    3) Todd Stone #1X
    4) Sheldon Creed #136
    5) Michael Lira #57
    6) Ryan Miles #46
    7) Dalton Armstrong #4
    8) Fredrick Moore #30
    9) Chuck Tuck #17T
    10) Larry Gelinas #37
    11) Steve Laking #44
    12) Sarah McKay #32
    13) Bert Longin #5
    14) Duke Long #90
    15) Derek Scott, Jr.
    16) Grant Griesbach #17G
    17) Erica Thiering #96
    18) Scott Reeves #21
    19) Tim Sargent #2
    20) Matt Wallace #6W

    FLORIDA/IMCA MODIFIEDS (35 Laps):

    1) Camron Ray #9R
    2) Tim Moore #57
    3) Doug Moff #46
    4) Robert Deal #15D
    5) Kevyn Terry #13
    6) Alan Bruns #4B
    7) Matt Wheeler #96
    8) Shain Held #55
    9) Jerry Symons #66
    10) Tank Tucker #15
    11) Rob Cooper #98
    12) Jimmy Britts #9
    13) Dan Burden #34
    14) Travis Eddy #78
    15) Ricky Anderson #13X

    MINI STOCKS (40 Laps):

    1) Robbie Yoakam #1X
    2) Ted Vulpius #1X
    3) James Ellis #98
    4) Shawn Cater #69
    5) Steven Simpson #115
    6) Rick Sirmans #05
    7) Reid Christiensen #33

  • #2
    First things first... Dave.. Great job tonight, you and hank. I proudly bragged about you to my dad , who is here from new york for speed week at NSS.


    Second.. Anyone else notice a pop up when hitting reply? I switched to an ipad.. From android.. The page is speedway consultants. Quite annoying

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      Second.. Anyone else notice a pop up when hitting reply? I switched to an ipad.. From android.. The page is speedway consultants. Quite annoying[/QUOTE]

      It is not your Ipad and yes it is VERY ANNOYING to the point if it stays I will be going. Oh and all that crap at the top of the page is almost as bad.

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