Steve Callahan and Myles Maxon Brought Home a Bristol Twin in the Wing Side Up Twin 25s
Bristol, TN – December 1, 2014…Steve Callahan had always been close but had never before won a wing supermodified race at Bristol Motor Speedway. He changed that statistic Monday night when he led all 25 laps of the first feature of the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series Wing Side Up Twin 25s. Myles Maxon became a 3-time winner at Bristol when he passed Bob Gangwer with seven laps to go in the second 25 lap feature and went on to win.
“I got lucky with the draw but it wasn’t easy holding off Myles and Bob at this place, I’m real happy to finally bring one of these races home. You just don’t have time to blink here, I had a real good time and want to thank SUPRS for putting this on.” said Callahan.
Maxon pressured Callahan for the full 25 laps with Gangwer close in tow. The top three were rarely separated by more than the width of a nerf bar in the race that took just over five minutes to complete. The podium ended up the way it started with Callahan, Maxon, and Gangwer finishing in that order.
SEE THE SHOTS FROM THE WING SIDE UP TWIN 25s
In the second race of the night which featured a random start, Bob Gangwer took off from the pole position and worked to hold off Myles Maxon but succumbed to the wily ways of the point leader on lap 18 when he slipped up the track just enough to allow Maxon to go by.
“I wasn’t sure really if I had anything for Bob, I was probably faster, but he was running a perfect line and he just made that one slip and it was at the right place where I could get under him,” stated Maxon.
Gangwer held onto second at the line and said, “I think I had a better run the first Twin even though I ran third because it seemed like the car was tight in the middle for nearly the whole second race, but it was probably just me overdriving it. Congrats to Stevo and Myles on some great racing and the wins.”
Rob Warren charged from sixth to third in the second Wing Side Up Twin and received the SUPRSCharger bonus for most positions advanced.
SUPRS will be back in action on December 9, 2014 with the 11th Annual Dion Parish Memorial held at Rander Speedway where they will honor the memory of the late Dion Parish, a Michigan native that lost his life in a supermodified practice session at Kalamazoo Speedway in 2002. Practice begins at 8:00pm, Time Trials are at 8:45pm and Racing gets underway at 9:00pm.
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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:
11th Annual Wing Side Up Twin 25s
Bristol Motor 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: 12.837, 12.867
- 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; Wing Side Up Enterprises, Ricky’s Sideline Shots: 12.895, 12.879
- 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1st to Finish Docks & Hoists, Designs of Elegance: 12.885, 12.853
- 55-Steve Callahan; Cayuhoga Falls, OH; Ice Oil, CPR Motorsports: 12.829, 12.913
- 9-Domenic Gioia; Oswego, NY; Lizard Lick Towing, Genesee Beer: 13.036, 13.050
- 42-Dave Brigandi; Syracuse, NY; Buffalo Bio-Diesel, Terry: 13.312, 13.481
Feature 1-25 Laps (showing car number, driver, bonus, fastest lap, distance behind winner)
- 55-Steve Callahan;* ** N/A
- 79-Myles Maxon; N/A | N/A
- 25-Bob Gangwer; ! N/A | N/A
- 35-Rob Warren; N/A | N/A
- 9-Domenic Gioia; N/A | N/A
- 52-Dave Brigandi; N/A | N/A
Time of Race: 5:33.250
- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
Feature 2-25 Laps (showing car number, driver, bonus, fastest lap, distance behind winner)
- 79-Myles Maxon;* ! 12.762
- 25-Bob Gangwer;* ** 12.797 | +0.539
- 35-Rob Warren;^ 12.843 | +1.355
- 55-Steve Callahan; 12.803 | +1.752
- 9-Domenic Gioia; 12.787 | +2.078
- 52-Dave Brigandi; 13.100 | +13.123
Time of Race: 5:22.311
- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
- ^ Denotes SUPRSCharger
