Jarrett Korpi powered to the E-Modified victory Saturday night at New Smyrna Speedway. Photo by Jim Jones Photography
NEW SMYRNA BEACAH, FL – There was plenty of crashing and controversy Saturday night at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, FL, as Jarrett Korpi celebrated his 11th win of the year in the E-Modified special event.
Korpi let all of his competitors know from the start that he would have the car to beat, as his lap of 19.330 seconds easily topped time trials. Matthew Green was second quick at 19.583 seconds while Sean Bass was third quick with a 19.635 lap. Korpi drew a four for the inversion placing Junior Beckner on the pole flanked by Bass with Green and Korpi in row two for the start.
The first ten laps produced some outstanding side-by-side racing as Beckner led the first pair of circuits before Green took over to lead laps three and four. Beckner came back to lead the fifth lap, then it was Green out front for three more laps before Korpi took over and began to pull away.
The race ran nearly half distance before the first caution flew as Bass and Justin Reynolds tangled in turn two on lap 23. Bass took a hard driver’s side hit into the wall severely damaging his machine while Reynolds continued on.
Korpi continued to lead at will as a good battle developed between 65-year old Jim Higginbotham and 14-year-old Green for second place. Green finally took the spot but was well behind Korpi at this point. Meanwhile, Reynolds was charging hard but got turned around by Higginbotham going into turn one on lap 41 bringing out the second yellow flag of the race. Reynolds got his spot back while Higginbotham went to the rear for the restart.
As the field was just about to complete lap 42, Roger Benton and Jon Compagnone got together in turn four with Higginbotham and Dennis Wheeler having to spin to avoid them. Once the race got going again Korpi got going as well while Reynolds began to pressure Green for second. As Korpi was took the checkered flag, Green and Reynolds got together in turn four with Reynolds spinning on to pit road while Green crossed the stripe in second spot. Reynolds got his car turned around and drove down pit road, finishing in ninth position. However Reynolds drove his car the opposite direction into victory lane and ran into Green’s car just after Green came to a stop.
Cooler heads eventually prevailed and the two drivers ended up having a conversation about the incident before Reynolds took his car to the pits. However, for his actions, Reynolds was disqualified and placed last in the running order.
Green ended up second while Beckner had a steady run for third over John Hodge and Wheeler.
It was yet another frustrating night for Michael Lira as, for the second week in a row, he easily had the fastest car on the race track only to be denied the actual victory. The race would have plenty of controversy as well, involving Lira and Ricky Anderson who Lira blamed for causing an incident that kept him out of victory lane the week before.
Alan Bruns grabbed the early lead only to see Daniel Miller go for a spin in turn three on the opening lap. Miller’s spinning car was then tagged hard by points leader Will Carroll with Zach Jarrell also involved. All three drivers came on pit road for extensive repairs and were able to continue.
Bruns assumed the lead on the second start and was looking strong in his first appearance in a Pro Late Model since early in the season. Lap five saw Lira and Anderson get together, bringing out a yellow flag that sent both to the rear of the field for the restart.
On the restart, the pair tangled again coming off turn four, sending Anderson into the frontstretch wall, destroying the right front of the machine. Lira was again sent to the back of the field.
Lira was on the move, picking off cars seemingly at will and finally made his way to the point passing Bruns on lap 16 as the race ran the remaining distance under green. Bruns fell back as Rich Clouser and a resurgent Carroll made their way to second and third but had nothing for Lira who crossed the stripe for what he thought was his second win of the year.
However, Lira’s car wasfound to have too much left side weight and he was disqualified in tech as Clouser inherited the win, his fifth of the year.
Carroll ended up in second spot and increased his point lead over Anderson. Bruns held on to take third trailed by Oklahoma driver Tyler Thomas and Kevyn Terry.
Mike Trocki took his third win of the year in the Super Stocks. Although Trocki led all the way, he had to hold on through a pair of caution periods. The first was on lap eight as Joe Gerard uncorked an engine coming down the front stretch. Lap 13 saw Matt Reynolds get loose coming off turn two and was collected by Garrett Hill, badly damaging both cars.
Trocki had plenty of company in the battle for the lead after the final restart, as point leader Shannon Kelly gave it everything he had before Trocki finally gained an advantage and pulled away for the win. Kelly was second just ahead of rookie Preston Hunt. David Gould was fourth with Mike Amato fifth.
Point leader Pat Wells led the opening lap of the Mini Stock feature only to see David Russell take the top spot at the end of the second circuit. Russell continued to set the pace with Wells in tow through lap 17 before he got a bit loose, allowing Wells back around. Wells then raced off to his fifth win of the year as this event ran green to checker with no cautions. Russell held on for second followed by Jamie Dixson. Tyler Simpson finished fourth with Michael Seay fifth.
William Hindman came close to ending the dominance of Zachary Curtis in the Strictly Stock feature. Curtis put his Saturn out front early only to see a yellow flag for a spinning Keith Wylie in turn one on lap three. Hindman shot his big Chevy Monte Carlo to the lead and managed to hold off Curtis until Wylie spun again with three laps to go. Hindman’s car began to overheat under caution and he began to slip and slide after the green came back out allowing Curtis to re-take the lead and go on to his eighth win of the year. Shane Sutorus came home second with Jimmy Barron third, Aaron Overman fourth and Hindman fifth.
Action returns to New Smyrna Speedway on Saturday night featuring a 50-lap event for the Super Stocks. The Pro Late Models will also go for 50 laps making up a scheduled race that was rained out last month. The Sportsman Cars, Mini Stocks and Strictly Stocks will also be in action.
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New Smyrna Speedway – New Smyrna Beach, FL
Race Results – Oct. 11, 2014
E-Modified 50
1. #112 Jarrett Korpi
2. #44B Matthew Green
3. #111 Earl Beckner
4. #00 John Hodge
5. #96 Dennis Wheeler
6. #76 Jim Higginbotham
7. #14 Roger Benton
8. #5 John Conpagnone
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10. #21 Mike Dahm
11. #44 Sean Bass
12. #90 George Dahm
13. #20 Justin Reynolds
Pro Late Models
1. #9 Rich Clouser
2. # 81 Will Carroll
3. #4B Alan Bruns
4. #36 Tyler Thomas
5. #13 Kevyn Terry
6. #4 Chad Pierce
7. #00 Daniel Miller
8. #18 Zack Jarrell
9. #30 Noah Cornman
10. #50 Ricky Anderson
11. #85 Randy Anderson
DQ: #57 Michael Lira
Mini Stocks
1. #23 Pat Wells
2. #31 David Russell
3. #8 Jamie Dixson
4. #115 Tyler Simpson
5. #110 Michael Seay
6. #37 Michael Hanna
7. #11 Brad Blanton
Super Stocks
1. #43 Mike Trocki
2. #23 Shannon Kelly
3. #6 Preston Hunt
4. #16 David Gould
5. #2x Mike Amato
6. #04 George Spears
7. #35 Gino Tumminello
8. #80 Becca Samsoe
9. #88 Robert Pence
10. #21 Mike Dahm
11. #77 Matthew Reynolds
12. #95 Garrett Hill
13. #51 Joe Gerard
Strictly Stock
1. #9z Zack Curtis
2. #3x Shane Sutorus
3. #81 Jimmy Barron
4. #03 Aaron Overman
5. #89 William Hindman
6. #180 Keith Wylie
7. #7 Nathan Purdy
8. #1x Brian Gayton
9. #88 Mark Shukwit
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