John Smith celebrates in victory lane after scoring his third straight Southern Modified Racing Series victory Friday night at Tri-County Motor Speedway. Photo: SMRS/PASS Media
John Smith and Burt Myers battled side-by-side for the final 16 laps of Friday night’s Southern Modified Racing Series presented by PASS feature, and edged ahead at the finish for his third straight series win at Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, NC.
“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 pole 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, only to see his advantage go away when a spin by Bryan Dauzat brought out the caution on lap 2. The race would be interrupted again when a flat tire sent A.J. Winstead spinning, collecting Bobby Measmer, Jr. in the process.
On the restart, Zach Brewer would power by 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. On lap later, he would move by Brewer to take the lead.
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 would rebound, as he sued an outside move to reassume 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 road.
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 while battling for second in turn three, allowing B. Myers to slip by both.
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 until the caution waved with five laps to go for a spin by Measmer.
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.”
Jason Myers finished in third, with Ward in fourth and Andy Jankoiak in fifth.
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The Southern Modified Racing Series will be in action once again on Saturday, August 27 at Caraway Speedway in Sophia, North Carolina.
For more information, visit SouthernModifiedRacingSeries.com.
Southern Modified Racing Series
Tri-County Motor Speedway – Hudson, NC
Race Results (Unofficial) – July 22, 2016
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 – A.J. Winstead
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