Newton Claims PASS South SLM Victory At Anderson

Roger Lee Newton celebrates in victory lane after being awarded the win in Friday night’s PASS South Super Late Model Series race at Anderson Motor Speedway. Photo: LWPictures.com

Roger Lee Newton inherited the PASS South Super Late Model win after a wild finish, Friday night at Anderson Motor Speedway in Williamston, SC.

The Concord, North Carolina veteran was in the right place when leaders Matt Craig and Dalton Sargeant made contact on the final lap to claim his third career series victory.

“To be in this position after where we started today, we changed everything but the seat in this car,” said Newton afterwards. “Man, the crew worked their butts off today. I don’t give up on them and they don’t give up on me, it’s a team. The last four or five races has taken a lot of wind out of our sails and we were about to quit racing. I don’t like to win this way, but we will take them however we can get them.”

In qualifying, Jody Measamer paced the field with a lap of 87.447 miles per hour for his second quick time of the season. Measamer would start seventh after the top 10 qualifiers redraw, while Newton and current series points leader Kodie Conner would move to the front row.

Newton would take the lead to start, before Flowery Branch, Georgia’s R.S. Senter moved to the front on lap three. Conner would take the top spot from Senter on lap 19, but Senter would move back around on lap 32 and begin to pull away from the field.

While Senter was out front, defending race winner Jared Irvan was making his way up through the field after starting last due to a faulty oil pump. Irvan moved around Measamer and into the top 10 on lap 53.

Another driver on the move was Matt Craig, who moved by Dalton Sargeant for third on lap 80 and Conner for second just seven laps later. Craig closed in on Senter and was able to take the lead entering turn one with 33 laps to go as they lapped the machine of Tyler Scofield. But with eight laps to go, Trey Jarrell would go for a spin in turn two to put the field under caution.

On the restart, Craig continued to lead, while Sargeant and Newton made their way past Conner, who was shuffled back to fourth in turn two. The final caution of the night would wave with five laps to go when Tate Fogleman spun in turn two while battling Irvan for fifth.

Back under way, Craig and Sargeant waged war for the lead, trading paint and the top spot over the final laps. On the last lap, Sargeant would move Craig up the track to take the lead entering turn one. As the leaders raced down the backstretch for the final time, Craig got into Sargeant entering turn three causing him to spin. After review, Craig was penalized for excessive rough driving which resulted in Newton taking the win. Irvan was second, followed by Conner in third, Jacob Schneider in fourth and Measamer in fifth.

Jeff Scofield, Wes Burton, Senter, Sargeant and Craig rounded out the top ten.

John Smith recorded his first career Southern Modified Racing Series victory Friday night at Anderson Motor Speedway. Photo: LWPictures.com

Also in action Friday night at Anderson was the Southern Modified Racing Series, with John Smith playing the right strategy for his first career series win.

Smith took the lead from polesitter Brandon Ward with 14 laps to go and led the rest of the way for the victory.

“We rode and rode for about the first 40 or 50 laps and when it went back green around lap 65, I ran about three or four hard laps to see what I had and what we needed to do for adjustments,” said Smith of his strategy. “I love this race track. You can pass on it and we put on a good race. It was a long, hot day, but it thankfully it all worked out for us.”

At the drop of the green flag, Gary Putnam jumped into the lead before being passed by Mike Norman on lap four. Tom Buzze would take a turn up front, but Jimmy Wallace would take the lead on lap 24 and dominate the mid stages of the race.

Following the final caution with 44 laps to go, all the leaders would pit for tires and to make adjustments. Jason Myers would lead after the restart before being passed by Ward with 35 laps to go. Ward would stay out front until Smith made the winning pass on with 14 laps to go. Following Smith took the checkered flag were Jason Myers, Burt Myers, Buzze, and Ward.

PASS South Super Late Model Series
Anderson Motor Speedway – Williamston, SC
Electric City 125 – June 17, 2016

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1. 33 – Roger Lee Newton
2. 28 – Jared Irvan
3. 45 – Kodie Conner
4. 81 – Jacob Schneider
5. 98 – Jody Measamer
6. 57 – Jeff Scofield
7. 5x – Wes Burton
8. 10 – R.S. Senter
9. 55 – Dalton Sargent
10. 54 – Matt Craig
11. 89 – Lee Hansard
12. 21 – Trey Jarrell
13. 8f – Tate Fogleman
14. 07 – Tyler Scofield
15. 71 – Jimmy Doyle
16. 2c – Sarah Cornett-Ching
DNS: 15 – Ron Young

Southern Modified Racing Series
Anderson Motor Speedway – Williamston, SC
Electric City 125 – June 17, 2016

(Unofficial Results)

1. 25 – John Smith
2. 4 – Jason Myers
3. 1 – Burt Myers
4. 5 – Tom Buzze
5. 19 – Brandon Ward
6. 33 – Jimmy Wallace
7. 12 – Mike Norman
8. 77 – Gary Putnam
9. 104 – Jared Fryar