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FRIDAY, JULY
22ND |
Tri-County Motor
Speedway
Hudson, NC |
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JOHN SMITH |
SMRS MODIFIEDS At TRI-COUNTY
OFFICIAL RACE
RESULTS - 7-22-16 |
1) 25 - John Smith
2) 1 - Burt Myers 3) 4 -
Jason Myers 4) 19 -
Brandon Ward 5) 44 - Andy
Jankowiak 6) 54 - Scott
Hall 7) 31 - Zach Brewer |
8) 77 - Gary Putnam
9) 5 - Tom Buzze 10) 12 -
Mike Norman 11) 14 -
Bobby Measmer, Jr. 12) 97
- Bryan Dauzat 13) 99 -
AJ Winstead |
Smith Edges Burt
Myers At Tri-County For
3rd Straight SMRS Modified
Win |
HUDSON, NC (July 22)
- Mt. Airy, NC's John Smith
and Burt Myers battled
side-by-side for the final
16 laps as Smith edged ahead
at the finish for his third
straight Southern Modified
Racing Series (SMRS)
Presented By PASS win Friday
night at Tri-County Motor
Speedway.
"This is
one of the best racetracks
we go to, I wish we could
race here every week," said
Smith in victory lane. "Burt
[Myers] was pinching me off
and he was doing what he
needed to do to keep me down
there, but I had such great
forward drive. We raced
side-by-side and I don't
think we ever touched each
other. What a day."
For the third time this
year, Brandon Ward was able
to capture the Precision
Built Spindles Pole Award
with a lap of 15.252 seconds
(98.190 MPH). But, after the
top four qualifier redraw,
Smith would slot into the
pole position, while Ward
would move back to the third
starting position.
At
the drop of the green, Jason
Myers would jump into the
lead from the outside pole
position before the caution
would wave on lap two for a
spin by Bryan Dauzat on the
front stretch. J. Myers
would continue to lead until
the caution would wave again
when AJ Winstead spun
exiting turn four due to a
flat left rear tire and
would collect Concord
winner, Bobby Measmer, Jr.
On the restart, Zach
Brewer would get the better
of J. Myers to take the
lead. After starting sixth,
B. Myers made his presence
known, passing J. Myers on
the outside for second on
lap 35 and would move by
Brewer for the lead one lap
later on the bottom exiting
turn two. On lap 46, B.
Myers would slip high
exiting turn four allowing
both Smith and Brewer to
move by for first and second
respectively. But, by lap
60, B. Myers' car was
continuing to handle well on
the outside as he reassumed
the lead from Smith.
With 31 laps to go, Dauzat
would have a problem on the
front stretch to bring out
the third caution of the
night. All the leaders
pitted with Brewer winning
the race off pit row,
followed by Smith, Ward, and
J. Myers. Back under green,
Smith wasted little time
moving back into the lead,
while the action behind him
began to heat up. With 22
laps to go, Brewer and Ward
made contact battling for
second in turn three,
allowing B. Myers to slip by
both. Then, B. Myers and
Brewer got together two laps
later in turn one, but
everybody was able to gather
their cars up.
B. Myers
made a surprising move to
the inside of Smith with 16
laps to go to briefly take
the lead before Smith
charged back down to the
inside. The two leaders
would race side-by-side
every lap until the caution
waved with five laps to go
when contact between Ward
and Measmer while battling
for fifth sent Measmer into
the outside wall.
Over the last five laps,
Smith and B. Myers continued
to race door-to-door with
Smith edging out just enough
at the finish for his third
straight SMRS Tour Modified
win.
"It was
frustrating, but it was
fun," said B. Myers
afterwards. "It was just way
too tight after we pitted.
If the car would have been
where it needed to be I
could have beat him on the
outside. That's a great
group of guys but I'm
getting tired of finishing
behind him."
Following Smith and B. Myers
at the finish were J. Myers,
Ward, and Andy Jankoiak.
Rounding out the top 10 were
the Mod Lite winner, Scott
Hall, Brewer, Gary Putnam,
Tom Buzze, and Mike Norman.
Mack Little took
advantage of a late-race
restart to slip by Colby
Howard for the Mid-Atlantic
Limited Late Model win over
Howard, Ryan Robertson,
Jeremy Pelfrey, and Amber
Burchette. Kevin Eby claimed
the checkered flag in the
Southern Outlaw Street Stock
division.
The
Southern Modified Racing
Series Presented By PASS
will be in action once again
on Saturday night, August 27
at Caraway Speedway. Entry
forms will be available at
SouthernModifiedRacingSeries,com.
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