Carl Becker and Bob Gangwer Win Thrillers on North Carolina Swing Opening Night
Caraway, NC – November 4, 2014…Carl Becker and Bob Gangwer kicked off the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series 11th Annual North Carolina Swing with wins in the first two races at Dasera Speedway and Caraway Speedway Tuesday night.
Carl “Bonzia” Becker, in his Dowker Titanium Roadster, qualified poorly at Dasera Speedway for the first race but by virtue of handicapping was able to use his fourth starting position in the feature to quickly move into second place at the drop of the green flag. He then hounded leader Chris Meyers for 15 laps eventually finding an opening under Meyers coming out of turn two.
Becker dove in hard and after a slight bump, the duo raced side by side for the next lap with neither giving an inch.
Michigan Hill Gang member Carl Becker was victorious at Dasera Speedway.
In a thrilling display of online supermodified racing, Meyers worked the high side but eventually gave way to Becker and fell to second where he would stay glued to the rear nerf bar of his nemesis for the remainder of the race.
Becker took his Wholesale Diamond Exchange sponsored machine across the line for the win followed by fellow podium finishers Meyers and a hard charging Myles Maxon.
At Caraway Myles Maxon lowered his own track record from 14.053 set in 2009 to an astounding 14.027. Even so, because of the challenging handicap rules for the North Carolina Swing, Maxon lined up for the 50 lap feature while Bob Gangwer started from outside of row one next to Rob Warren.
At the drop of the green Warren gained a slight advantage and held the lead for two laps, but Gangwer used an inside power move in turn four to steal it away from the Pulaski, NY racer on lap two. While Gangwer worked to pull away from the field, the pack of racers behind him put on a dazzling display of wheel to wheel racing that saw positions among the rest of the top five changing with each lap.
Bob Gangwer shoots across the finish line to win at Caraway Speedway.
By lap 15 current Gold Crest Wing Supermodified Championship point leader “Mighty” Myles Maxon had worked the Tamarack Golf Club “Swampster” through the snarling pack to move right the back of Gangwer’s black and gold “Scriba Turkey Buzzard.” Maxon worked Gangwer over looking high and low for a way around but within the narrow confines of the half-mile speedway found it impossible to get past and ended up coming across the line in second place. Steve Callahan was able to take advantage of a slight slip by Chris Meyers to move past him in the waning laps and then finish in third.
Becker is the 2012 SUPRS North Carolina Swing Champion, while Gangwer works to defend his 2013 North Carolina Swing Championship crown. Both Becker and Gangwer led the most laps after taking the lead on the way to their respective victories.
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The SUPRS stars move on to Concord Motorsports Park and Coastal Plains Speedway tonight for the third and fourth legs of the challenging North Carolina Swing. Practice for both races begins at 8:00pm with racing slated to go at 9:oo.
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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:
11th Annual North Carolina Swing
Race 1 Dasera Speedway
Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap underlined)
- 79-Myles Maxon; Oswego, NY; Tamarack Golf Club, The Swamp: 11.226, 11.254
- 9-Domenic Gioia; Oswego, NY; Lizard Lick Towing, Genesee Beer: 11.462, 11.247
- 55-Steve Callahan; Cayuhoga Falls, OH; Ice Oil, CPR Motorsports: 11:269, 11.306
- 23-Chris Meyers; Amherst, OH; Burch’s Full Throttle Soda Blasting, Oswego Sub Shop: 11.354, 11.320
- 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; Wing Side Up Enterprises, Ricky’s Sideline Shots: 11.379, 11.389
- 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 11.445, 11.384
- 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1st to Finish Docks & Hoists, Designs of Elegance: 11.554, 11.469
Feature-40 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, fastest lap, distance behind winner)
- 42-Carl Becker;* ** 11.207
- 23-Chris Meyers; * 11.212 | +0.291
- 79-Myles Maxon;! 11.202 | +3.068
- 35-Rob Warren; 11.236 | +3.356
- 55-Steve Callahan; 11.253 | +3.693
- 25-Bob Gangwer; 11.240 | +4.068
- 9-Domenic Gioia; 11.263 | +9.611
Time of Race: 08:39.238
- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
11th Annual North Carolina Swing
Race 2 Caraway Speedway
Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap underlined)
- 79-Myles Maxon; Oswego, NY; Tamarack Golf Club, The Swamp: 14.027, 14.083
- 23-Chris Meyers; Amherst, OH; Burch’s Full Throttle Soda Blasting, Oswego Sub Shop: 14.180, 14.234
- 55-Steve Callahan; Cayuhoga Falls, OH; Ice Oil, CPR Motorsports: 14.242, 14.199
- 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; Wing Side Up Enterprises, Ricky’s Sideline Shots: 14.273, 14.271
- 9-Domenic Gioia; Oswego, NY; Lizard Lick Towing, Genesee Beer: 14.357, 14.741
- 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1st to Finish Docks & Hoists, Designs of Elegance: 14.370, 14.522
- 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 14.494, 14.390
Feature-50 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, fastest lap, distance behind winner)
- 25-Bob Gangwer;* ** 14.097
- 79-Myles Maxon;! 14.026 | +0.214
- 55-Steve Callahan; 14.193 | +4.079
- 23-Chris Meyers; 14.215 | +4.461
- 35-Rob Warren;* 14.235 | +8.330
- 42-Carl Becker; 14.243 | +8.846
- 9-Domenic Gioia; 14.263 | +12.911
Time of Race: 13:19.763
- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
