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New Smyrna Speedway Race Recap for 6/20/15 and 6/27/15 Preview

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  • New Smyrna Speedway Race Recap for 6/20/15 and 6/27/15 Preview

    MAY SCORES AGAIN IN SUPER LATES - HALF-DOZEN WINS NOW FOR VULPIUS & REYNOLDS
    AT NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY

    Mother Nature did her best to derail week number 15 of the NASCAR Whelen
    All-American Racing Series at New Smyrna Speedway but the skies cleared over
    the race track and a full night of racing was presented to a very nice crowd
    on "Dad's Night Out" as all dads received free grandstand admission in honor
    of Father's Day. Sponsor for the evening was the Florida Firm of Colling,
    Gilbert, Wright & Carter.
    The weather was not good both south and west of the track and may have
    contributed to a number of teams staying home for the night as some of the
    storms were downright nasty. Although only six Super Late Model teams
    presented themselves for competition, the race proved to be fast and furious.
    The field also included Cal Whatmore, a 30 year old sports car racer from
    Queensland, Australia who was making his first stock car start in a car
    normally driven by Tim Sozio. Cal and his father Mal Whatmore befriended the
    Sozio team while they were at New Smyrna Speedway in 2013 on "holiday" as they
    say and eventually a deal was struck for the Aussie to drive Sozio's red #16
    this particular night. Whatmore's first taste of driving a stock car came
    during 95 laps of practice on Thursday night although he admitted he'd been
    around the high-banked half-mile before using the I-Racing simulator.
    Noah Cornman and Brad May made up row one for the start and May pushed his
    Bobby Sears Racing special to the front at the drop of the green. Cornman
    spun on his own in turn four to bring out the yellow flag on lap six. The
    young driver then made a couple of pit stops to get adjustments and returned
    to the fray.
    May continued to lead easily as David Rogers moved up into second trailed by
    two-time winner Anthony Sergi who had also pitted for adjustments during the
    lap six caution. The yellow was out again on lap 20 as the engine let go in
    Scott Bertram's car, ending his night. Sergi again pitted and returned to
    action.
    May led the final five circuits and easily picked up his second Super Late
    Model win of the year to go along with four Pro Late Model victories. His win
    on this night moved him closer to point leader Sergi as May is only two points
    out of first after Saturday night. Rogers finished second, holding off Sergi
    at the line. Cornman bounced back to finish fourth ahead of Whatmore and
    Bertram.
    Bobby Holley led the opening lap of the Super Stock main event only to be
    passed by heat winner Zachary Curtis. Curtis held the point until a lap four
    caution for a spinning J. T. Tippins in turn four. Justin Reynolds snared the
    point on the restart but saw the yellow wave a second time on lap six as the
    right front wheel broke on Mike Dahm's machine on the front stretch. Dahm
    kept his car off the wall but needed a tow back to the pits as he was done for
    the evening.
    The remainder of the race ran under green and Reynolds was again the class of
    the field as he drove his Hot Colors Powder Coating Chevy to his sixth win in
    seven races this year. Preston Hunt drove to a solid second place finish but
    was set down in tech after his car came in underweight. That moved Shannon
    Kelly up to second in the final rundown followed by Curtis in the team car to
    Reynolds' racer. Dale Howard seems to finally be getting the "bugs" worked
    out of his new ride as he scored a strong fourth place ahead of Holley.
    Rounding out the finishers were Tippins, Ronnie Hadden, Mike Dahm, George Dahm
    and Hunt.
    Ted "Mr. Mini Stock" Vulpius also grabbed his sixth win of the year in seven
    starts as he again dominated action in the Sunshine Seamless Gutters Mini
    Stock division. After winning the heat, Vulpius allowed David Russell to lead
    the opening circuit before taking over the point, never to be headed. Only a
    lap 12 altercation between Mark Broat and Bobby Dooley slowed Vulpius' trip to
    Hampton Inn victory lane.
    Russell had his best run of the year in taking the runner-up spot trailed by
    Brad Blanton, Broat, Megan Matheny and Dooley. Matheny made her first start
    in the class after several years racing in the Bombers driving the same car
    Pat Wells used to win the Mini Stock point championship here last year.
    After taking a week off from the racing wars at New Smyrna, Billy Barrington
    was back to his winning ways in the Bomber feature that ran all the way under
    green. After winning the heat race, Barrington and his Chevy Cavalier broke
    away from a good battle between himself, the similar Cavalier of teammate
    Richard Roark and the Saturn of Greg Bruce. Roark eventually drew the ire of
    flagman Ralph Miller for "aggressive" driving and he was black-flagged after a
    couple of run-ins with Bruce and Shane Sutorus. Roark was behind the wheel of
    a new car that was much faster than his old one and admitted he got "a little
    caught up in the moment" of finally being competitive.
    Barrington took home his fifth win of the season in his B & J Auto
    Repair/White Sign Company-sponsored car ahead of a hard-charging Bruce.
    Sutorus held on for third in front of point leader James Skinner, Dustin
    Higdon, Aaron Overman and Roark.

    This coming Saturday night will be week 16 of competition in the NASCAR Whelen
    All-American Racing Series and will feature the always exciting Sportsman
    division along with the Pro Late Models, Modifieds and the Bombers.
    Patrick Thomas of Oviedo continues to lead the Sportsman points. Thomas has
    won five of the eight Sportsman races this year and leads Junior Beckner by 36
    markers going into this week's action. New Hampshire's Sandy Lee, who flies
    down from his hometown of Lee to race as part of the potent Jim Daley/Sheppard
    Racing Enterprises team, is third in points, 43 behind Thomas while defending
    track champion Donny Williams and Ron Gustafson currently round out the top
    five in Sportsman points.
    Jerry "The Hammer" Symons of New Smyrna Beach remains on top of the Modified
    standings as he tries to claim yet another track title in his Gene Kelly-owned
    #66. Symons has a 16 point advantage over steady Matt Wheeler and is 24
    markers ahead of third place Matthew Green. The hottest driver currently in
    the Modified class is Tank Tucker who has won three of the last four features.
    Tucker has moved to fourth in points (tied with Matt Jarrett), some 29 behind
    leader Symons.
    New Smyrna's Zach Jarrell has taken over the point lead in the Pro Late Model
    class by 10 points over Blaise Hetznecker while Noah Cornman is just one point
    out of second. Former point leader Rich Clouser missed the last race as he
    and his family were on vacation and he's fallen to fourth in the standings, 41
    behind leader Jarrell.
    James Skinner of Melbourne is on top of the Bomber points by just 10 markers
    over Aaron Overman with Shane Sutorus third, 30 behind Skinner.+
    Pit gates open Saturday afternoon at 3:30 pm with open practice from 5-6:30
    pm. Grandstand gates open a 6 pm with all fans invited to come out early for
    the weekly pre-race party featuring live music at the Throttle to Bottle Pub
    courtesy of Pub 44 in New Smyrna along with $1.00 beers and half-off bar food
    menu.
    Racing begins at 7:30 pm with 8-lap heat races for the Modifieds, Sportsman
    and Bombers. After intermission the Modifieds will run their 25-lap feature
    followed by 25 laps for the Sportsman cars and Pro Late Models while the
    evening wraps up with a 20-lap contest for the Bombers.
    Adult admission is $15 with all seniors (65+) and military with valid ID
    admitted for $13. As always, all kids aged 11 and under are free.

    A bounty has reported to be in the offing this week for someone who can defeat
    one of the top drivers at New Smyrna Speedway. Could that driver be Sportsman
    hot-shoe Patrick Thomas?

    Fans are being asked what you think New Smyrna Speedway should name their new
    "shark" mascot. A winner will be selected on July 3rd and that person will
    receive season tickets for the remainder of this year's action at New Smyrna
    Speedway. You can file your entry at the speedway or can file it on line by
    going to the New Smyrna Speedway Facebook page.

    Race winners courtesy JimJonesPhoto.com

    1) SLM winner Brad May
    2) Super Stock winner Justin Reynolds
    3) Mini Stock winner Ted Vulpius
    4) Bomber winner Billy Barrington
    Attached Files
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