Dave Ohh Charges from the Back Three Times to Grab Win on Night 3 of Florida Speedweeks at Dodge Raceway Stadium
February 5, 2020 – Maitland, FL…After putting on one of the most impressive runs ever seen within the tight 1/3 mile confines of Dodge Raceway Stadium, Dave Ohh came from the back to the front on three occasion to grab the feature win on Night 3 of the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 2020 Florida Speedweeks. Rob Warren finished second and Brad Keysor was third.
Go Where They’re Not
In victory lane, Ohh talked about the challenges of coming from the back three times to win. “There were a lot of quick cars out there again tonight, ” said the winner. “I had a few battles coming up there, I’m not sure what happened with scoring, but it all worked out alright.”
“It was a good race, I knew I had to go where they weren’t and I had the car rolling up top, but figured I had to go to the bottom if I wanted to pass Rob.”
Started at Tail
Ohh started at the tail of the field right next to the driver that he had chased to the front the night before, and like the race at Black Creek on Tuesday, he couldn’t get to the front as quickly as Rob Warren, who took the lead from Bob Gangwer on lap 12. But once he did, the Union, CT driver went right to work on the defending Speedweeks Champion, Warren.
Just as Ohh took the lead, the TMS Wolfpack “Black Beauty” roadster got loose out of turn two and went for a wild slide up across the track, nearly collecting Warren in the process. Before the slide was done, Ohh had spun all the way into the pits.
“I got a little aggressive there trying to pass Rob and I goosed it right over the hump,” explained Ohh. “It got loose, then hooked right and I just missed the barrel at the end of the pit wall, but then I did hit the inside wall in the pits.” With surprisingly little damage, and no injuries to the sim fans, Ohh wheeled back onto the track to take the rear of the field for the restart.
Second Verse Same as First
The race went back to green and Ohh made his second charge through the field and briefly nosed ahead of Warren again, but the caution came out for a wild crash by Keith Powell when the Ohio driver got a little wide on the backstretch where the right rear tire caught the end of the pit road entrance.
At that point, Ohh announced that he had a penalty, and it became apparent that it was because of his spin into the pits and his ensuing re-entrance to the track in front of the field under caution. The penalty was cleared and Ohh sent to the end of the running order.
Final Charge Nets Big Result
When the race went back to green just before the halfway point, Ohh wasted no time disposing of the cars standing in the way of his second Speedweeks win in a row. One by one, he lived up to his “Speedyman” name and sliced through the field to take the lead from Rob Warren with ten to go, then steadily pulled away to win by two and a half seconds.
Rodrigues Bows Out
After three straight years of seeing Nelson Rodrigues in victory lane, there was talk of renaming Dodge Raceway Stadium to “HotRod” Raceway. Suffering from a bout of sickness coming into the night, watching his track record broken by Dave Ohh wasn’t the elixir Rodrigues needed to take on the challenges of the tiny oval and bowed out for the night.
Becker Brings It Home, Sears Seals Top Five
For the first time in his career Carl Becker brought the Dowker Titanium Roadster home in one piece after a race at Dodge. The previous three installments of this event had ended with Becker’s #42 on the hook, the flatbed, or on it’s lid after hard crashes in the backstretch. For Becker it was a win just to finish.
Rookie Zach Sears also counted his finish high on the list of career accomplishments. Running as high as third place before a bad internet connection dropped him back in the field, Sears was able to recover to come home in fourth and also set the second quickest lap of the race in the process.
US of A
The fourth of five nights of SUPRS Florida Speedweeks 2020 takes place at USA International Speedway Thursday, February 6 with a 25 lap feature that starts at 9:05pm.
USA International Speedway is one of two tracks that has hosted a SUPRS Florida Speedweeks race every year the swing has run and Ray Sand, Jr. is the all-time winner at this racetrack with three.
Last year, Rob Warren became the ninth different winner in 12 years to win on the big, banked, 3/4 mile in Lakeland, FL.
Fan Fun
Fans can join in the Florida Speedweeks fun by watching SUPRS LIVE! all week-long night. It’s easy to keep up with your favorite SUPRS racer instantly with live streaming video, stats, and track telemetry by visiting www.SUPRS.net/site/live. Broadcasting begins each night at 9pm ET.
Last year, Rob Warren became the ninth different winner in 12 years to win on the big, banked, 3/4 mile in Lakeland, FL.
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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:
- SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Night 3
- Race 25 of 42
- Wednesday, February 5, 2020
- Dodge Raceway Stadium
- SUPRS rFactor W v7.3 mod
- 50 laps
Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap highlighted)
- 11-Dave Ohh; Union, CT; TMS Wolfpack: 11:041, 10.850 NTR
- 3-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY; Southern Hills Storm Football, Justice League: 11.330, 11.248
- 22-Zach SearsR ; Round Lake Beach, IL; Midwest Supermodified Series, Adkins Glass: 11.698, 11.356
- 7-Nelson Rodrigues; Stoneham, MA; Star Speedway: 11.803, 11.464
- 41-Keith Powell; Carrollton, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 11.475, 11.471
- 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 11.790, 11.555
- 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; B&G Racing Photos, RW Woodworking 11.706, 11.752
- 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 12.163, 12.079
Feature 50 Laps (showing car number, driver name, sponsors, bonus, starting position, fastest lap, distance behind winner)
- 11-Dave Ohh: ! | * | P8 | 11.077
- 35-Rob Warren: * | ** | P7 | 11.424 | +2.531
- 3-Brad Keysor: P5 | 11.287 | +3.860
- 22-Zach SearsR : P4 | 11.259 | +3.861
- 41-Keith Powell: P6 | 11.386 | +4.898
- 42-Carl Becker: P1 | 11.760 | +1 Lap
- 25-Bob Gangwer: * | P2| 11.326 | +1 Lap
- 7-Nelson Rodrigues: DNS
Time of Race: 16:18.497
- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
****2020 SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Schedule****
Thursday 02/06/2020
SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Race 4
- USA International Speedway-25 laps-3/4 Mile
- 8:00pm Practice
- 8:15pm Drivers Meeting
- 8:30pm Time Trials
- 9:00pm Racing
- Current Track Record: Joe Achzet; 14.707 sec. Set: 02/10/2016(rF)
- Defending Race Winner: Rob Warren
- rFactor platform SUPRS W v7.3 mod
