New Smyrna-Bronson Six Pack Sportsman Series Round 2 Results

[scottgarrity07]

This past Saturday saw warm temperatures, blue skies and a good crowd at Bronson Speedway in quaint little Archer, Florida for Round 2 of the Six Pack Series for Sportsman cars. In an effort to provide entertainment for the large group of fans in attendance, track owner Ann Young decided to run heat races, instead of "boring" time-trials for this installment of the series. Ann proved to be right on the money as Patrick Thomas took down Heat One with a dramatic pass of yours truly coming to the white flag of the qualifier. I can't express how much fun it was finally racing door to door with my good friend and mentor Patrick. Heat Two was won by Matthew Green in his stout new Sportsman with Colton Bramlett and hot shoe Sean Bass in tow. The invert saw Colton Bramlett on the pole, flanked by myself on the outside for the start of the 50 lap event on the high banks of Bronson. The opening laps saw a torrid side-by-side battle between myself and Colton, in good old short track style, with a little door banging to boot. Eventually, I was able to clear young Colton and tried to set sail, knowing full well that Wheelman Series champion Sean Bass and two-time NASCAR All-American Series National Champion Patrick Thomas were chasing me down. A few laps later Sean was on my rear bumper looking to make the pass. Shortly thereafter his awesome Gaerte Engines powered machine motored by me, as I got up on the wheel and tried my darndest to stay on his rear bumper. At that point we had opened up a sizeable lead over Thomas, Green and the rest of the field. Trouble with the lap car of Trace Reed on lap 13 sent Patrick spinning down the front stretch into the turn one grass with considerable damage. After a lengthy yellow to allow Patrick to make repairs, he rejoined the field minus a right front fender. On the restart Sean had no problem disposing of me and set sail, taking young Matthew Green in tow with him. For some reason after the restart my 07 machine was not quite as stout as in the early laps of the event, as I fell back to third. Meanwhile, Patrick was driving the wheels off his yellow 111 machine he affectionately refers to as "Ol' Yeller", in an effort to get back near the front of the field. With about 20 to go Patrick caught my 07, as it continued to get loose and he passed me with relative ease. At that point, Sean had amassed a sizeable lead over Green and the rest of the field and at the checkers it was Bass, Green, Thomas and myself, with Bramlett 5th and Junior Beckner coming home 6th after suffering the misfortune of sustaining a cut tire in warm up laps from contact with another car before the initial green.

Six Pack 50 Round Two
1. 28 Sean Bass
2. 44 Matthew Green
3. 111 Patrick Thomas
4. 07 Scott Garrity
5. 22x Colton Bramlett
6. 71 Earl "Junior" Beckner
7. 14 Trace Reed
8. 78 Arthur Conquest
9. 22 Morris "Gator" Richardson


The series will be taking most of the rainy season off in an effort to not make competitors travel with a high likelihood of being rained out. The Series will resume points action on August 26th at New Smyrna Speedway with a 50 lap event. However, all Six Pack competitors are invited to the American Auto All-Star Event this summer at New Smyrna to be announced soon featuring Twin 50 lap races for the Sportsman.

See video of the entire event as well as the victory lane interview of winner Bass at:

www.facebook.com/bronson.speedway/

Six Pack Series Updated Points TOP 10
1. 28 Sean Bass 100
2. 111 Patrick Thomas 95
3. 71 Earl "Junior" Beckner 90
07 Scott Garrity 90
5. 44 Matthew Green 48
6. 50 Jeff Wright 47
7. 22 Colton Bramlett 45
37 Kenner Brown 45
9. 117 Philip Bessette 43
14 Trace Reed 43

Remaining Six Pack Series Events

T.B.A. Soon! New Smyrna Speedway Twin 50's
American Auto Sportsman All-Star Night
(Non-Touring Series Points Event-Regular NWAAS Points)

August 26th New Smyrna Speedway 50 Laps

September 30th Bronson Speedway 50 Laps

October 14th Bronson Speedway 50 Laps

November 12th New Smyrna Speedway 50 Laps
Governor's Cup Series Finale

[OldSchool+]

Scott Garrity had the #07 rolling on Saturday night and led both his heat and the feature for a while.

[Boneman]

Scott Garrity; "more helping and less complaining". I wish our sport had more racers like you.

[scottgarrity07]

Thanks!

Thanks OS! Always great to see you.

And thanks Rex. I do my best but I must admit at times I can get frustrated too and have my own personal failings. If it's positive I shout it from the roof tops, but if I have a gripe or concern I try and go right to the source and communicate one on one. At the end of the day the owners put up the bucks to keep the doors open. All we can do is hope that they listen to our concerns and in part then we decide where we race.

Anyhow, anyone interested in running this series should try it. These two tracks are a blast to race on. They will work with you with weight if you don't exactly meet the rules (within reason). There are no entry fees, slab fees or purchase requirements and at Bronson there is even a tire choice provided that you have purchased tires from one of the participating tracks that are running this deal. The purse is guaranteed and is the Sportsman 50 lap purse as listed on newsmyrnaspeedway.org at both tracks. I will say it's awesome seeing good crowds and improving car counts at Bronson again. We need to support the tracks we have left.

[Benny The Mule]

Outstanding story of the evening event! From a competitor and 100% positive. Awesome!

[jacko241]

If there were more racers like Scott, I would probably buy another car.

[scottgarrity07]

Benny and Joe!
Thanks for the kind words!