Becker Back, Powell Powerful on Night One of 2018 North Carolina Swing

Carl Becker Makes it Back to Victory Lane, Keith Powell Makes Power Move on First Night of SUPRS North Carolina Swing

October 23, 2018 – Caraway, NC …Carl Becker and Keith Powell passed the same driver on their way to collecting the wins on the first night of the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 15^th Annual North Carolina Swing Tuesday at Dasera Speedway and Caraway Speedway.

Carl Becker and Keith Powell picked up the wins on the first night of SUPRS 2018 North Carolina Swing. (Victory Lane Art by BreezeGraphics.com

Becker Back

You have to go back to November 18, 2014 to find the last time that Carl “Bonzai” Becker sat in the SUPRS Winner’s Circle. There you’ll find his name as the winner of the 11^th Annual Turkey Shoot at Tri-Park Speedway. It was also 2014 when he last won a race in North Carolina and it was at the same track, Dasera Speedway.

Opportunity Knocks

When you wait that long to get a win, you don’t wait to take advantage of someone elses misfortune. Becker was ready to seize the opportunity offered to him when, after leading the first 22 laps of the race, Rob Warren got in a tangle with a lapped car.

Becker, who had started right next to Warren in row two, and had stayed with Warren lockstep, easily took the lead and held on through his own battles in lapped traffic to take the win in his Dowker Titanium Roadster. Steve Callahan was nearly three seconds back in second and crossed the line with Bob Gangwer right on his rear nerf bar in third.

Powell Keeps Warren Winless

In the second race of the night, Keith Powell used a three-wide power move on lap 32 to block Rob Warren behind a lapped car and make a pass for the lead and eventual win. Warren did all he could, short of wrecking Powell, to keep the Carrollton, OH driver behind him and the two rubbed wheels nearly the length of the straight away before the frustrated Warren finally relinquishing his lead.

It was Powell’s second win of the season and a bitter disappointment for Warren who finished second and remains without a feature win so far this season. Bob Gangwer battled Steve Callahan throughout the race and came out on top in third place.

Keysor Makes SUPRS Debut

Rookie SUPRS driver, Brad Keysor of Liverpool, NY made his SUPRS début and fared relatively well. He qualified sixth at Dasera Speedway where he finished seventh just one lap down. At Caraway he was eighth quick in Time Trials and crossed the finish line one car better in sixth on the lead lap.

Two More Qualifying Races Left

The SUPRS stars move on to Southern National Motorsports Park  and Concord Motorsports Park for the third and fourth legs of the challenging North Carolina Swing. These are the last two qualifying races of the swing and drivers will push their rFactor supermodifieds hard to make sure they stay in the top eight in North Carolina Swing points.

Practice for both races begins at 8pm with racing slated to go at 9:o5.

Don’t Forget the Hustle

The swing finishes off  at Hickory Motor Speedway on Thursday, October 25^th where the winner of challenging “Hickory Hustle 75” will be crowned North Carolina Swing Champion and gain 15 bonus points in the SUPRS Gold Crest Wing Supermodified Championship.

Supermodified and sim racing fans alike can view timing and scoring including track telemetry of races three and four as well as The Hickory Hustle during the 15^th Annual North Carolina Swing with SUPRS LIVE! You’ll be able to keep up with your favorite SUPRS racer in an instant by going to www.SUPRS.net/site/live.

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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:

15^th Annual North Carolina Swing

• Race 4
• SUPRS NASCAR Heat W v6 mod
• October 23, 2018
• Dasera Speedway

Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap underlined)

1. 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; RW Woodworking, Wing Side Up Enterprises: 11.492, 11.336
2. 55-Steve Callahan; Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Exide Battery, CPR Motorsports: 11.385, 11.506
3. 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 11.525, 11.419
4. 41-Keith Powell; Carrollton, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 11.464, 11.447
5. 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1^st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 11.571, 11.489
6. 3-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY, Southern Hills Storm Football, Justice League: 11.607, 11.535
7. 7-Nelson Rodrigues; Stoneham, MA; Dunkin’ Donuts, Star Speedway: 11.679, 11.609
8. 92-Rick Walls; Warsaw, IN, NH Autosport: 11.854, 11.745
9. 15-Jeff Bivens; Fort Mills, SC, NH Autosport: 11.884, 11.793

Feature-38 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, distance behind winner)

1. 1. 42-Carl Becker; */4/11.272
   2. 55-Steve Callahan; 8/11.244/+2.72
   3. 25-Bob Gangwer; !/7/11.265/+3.166
   4. 41-Keith Powell; 6/!/4/11.265/+3.551
   5. 92-Rick Walls; 5/11.333/+10.558
   6. 35-Rob Warren; */**/3/11.376/+1 Lap
   7. 3-Brad Keysor; 9/11.376/+1 Lap
   8. 15-Jeff Bivens; 1/11.653/+4 Laps
   9. 7-Nelson Rodrigues; 2/11.556/DNF (pulled off)

Time of Race:  08:16.430

• * Denotes Lap Led
• ** Denotes Most Laps Led
• ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race

15^th Annual North Carolina Swing

• Race 5
• SUPRS NASCAR Heat W v6 mod
• October 23, 2018
• Caraway Speedway

Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap underlined)

1. 55-Steve Callahan; Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Exide Battery, CPR Motorsports: 14.185, 14.159
2. 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; RW Woodworking, Wing Side Up Enterprises: 14.253, 14.486
3. 41-Keith Powell; Carrollton, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 14.576, 14.383
4. 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 14.466, 14.525
5. 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1^st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 14.633, 14.569
6. 7-Nelson Rodrigues; Stoneham, MA; Dunkin’ Donuts, Star Speedway: 14.920, 14.616
7. 92-Rick Walls; Warsaw, IN, NH Autosport: 14.812, 14.696
8. 3-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY, Southern Hills Storm Football, Justice League: 14.828, 15.134
9. 15-Jeff Bivens; Fort Mills, SC, NH Autosport: 14.991, 16.514

Feature-38 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, fastest lap, distance behind winner)

1. 41-Keith Powell; */5/14.238
2. 35-Rob Warren; */**/4/14.394/+0.762
3. 25-Bob Gangwer; !/8/14.260/+0.910
4. 55-Steve Callahan; 7/14.364/+1.063
5. 42-Carl Becker; 8/14.367/ +9.136
6. 3-Brad Keysor; 9/14.392/+11.451
7. 92-Rick Walls; 3/14.549/+1 Lap
8. 15-Jeff Bivens; */1/14.865/+4 Laps
9. 7-Nelson Rodrigues; 2/14.785/DNF

Time of Race:  10:17.339

• * Denotes Lap Led
• ** Denotes Most Laps Led
• ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race