Good Luck Shines on Keysor, Wins SUPRS 2020 Topless! 200

Brad Keysor Holds on for Topless! 200 Win After Leader Drops Out

August 12, 2020 – Oswego, NY…Winning the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), season ending Topless! 200 has always been as much about being lucky as it is being good, and while Dave Ohh looked to be the best after leading 122 laps, Brad Keysor was certainly more lucky when Ohh dropped out of the race due to a bad internet connection. Keysor was never seriously challenged in the final 78 laps. Zach Sears had a great run to finish second in just his second Topless! 200 start, and veteran Keith Powell finished in third place for the second year in a row.

Not the Way He Wanted to Win

The likable winner was somewhat subdued in his Topless! 200 victory celebration because he had hoped to beat the top running Dave Ohh on the track, not because of the leader disconnected. “

“First of all I want to thank SUPRS, 1st to Finish Race Servers, Icings on Top, Hairbag Studios, BreezeGraphics.com and a special shout out to Chasing Cameras,” he began. “I hate that both, (Keysor also won The Whistler-Pete Trenca Memorial), wins now this season have been when Dave, (Ohh), lost connection. I’d rather beat Dave on the track. It’s a nice win, but it’s a somber win.”

Once he had a moment to think about his race, he talked about what he thought his chances of winning were if Ohh had been able to keep a connection.

“It was a good race over here,” said Keysor. I worked a lot with Dave, the HeatFinder.net and Mod Squad guys, and I think we found something, but I’m not sure I had anything for him because we were basically running the same setup.”

Pre-Race Strategy Almost Worked

When asked about his race strategy and when he thought he knew he had a car that could put him in contention for the win he said, “I think around lap 30, that’s when we knew that the car would start to come in and we could run some 16.2s and maybe lower, but we knew we didn’t want to burn the tires off.” “The real strategy was to try to get Keith and Rob down a lap to prevent what happened at the end of the race where Keith was right there. We wanted to run hard and try to make them chase us a little earlier so they’d use there stuff up.”

Powell was in third place at the end of the race after a pit stop around the half-way mark. At one point Powell was perilously close to going down a lap after the pit stop, but fought off Ohh, then Keysor to stay on the same lap as the leader. Had it not been for some contact with a lapped car, Keysor’s fears may have come true. “I have to give Keith credit, he did what he had to do he ran the race he needed to run. Dave tried to lap him, then I did too. It’s a real credit to his talent in these long races.”

Rookie of the Race Goes to Rookie of the Year

Erich Becker capped off a great summer season where he not only received the Icings on Top Rookie of the Year Award honors, but also the 16th Annual Topless! 200 Rookie of the Race Award for his fifth place finish. “That was a lot of fun tonight,” said the Shelby Township, MI racer. “I really want tH do it again. Hats off the Brad on the win and Dave Ohh for a great season, and all the guys that ran ahead of me up there. It was a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to the next one.”

Rookie Receives SUPRSCharger Award

Rookie, Steven Vincent of Cicero, NY advanced the most places and received the SUPRSCharger Award and was happy to make it to the end of the 200 lap grind. “That was awefully fun. It was just my second race here at SUPRS, so just to finish it was an accomplishment. Thanks to everyone that hepled me, Brad and Ryan, (Cloonan). I can’t wait to do it again next year,” he said.

Break in the Action

SUPRS will take a break from the online sim supermodified racing as many members gear up to spend time with friends and family at the Oswego Speedway 64^th Annual International Classic 200 over Labor Day weekend.

When the break ends, the drivers take to one of the original SUPRS tracks for the 17th Annual Harvest of Speed on October 6, 2020 at LaPorte Speedway. The 75 lap feature will be part of the SUPRS/HeatFinder NASCAR Heat Supermodified Challenge.

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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:

• 16^th Annual Topless! 200
• Race 12 of 12
• August 11-12, 2020
• SUPRS Oswego Speedway v1.4
• SUPRS rFactor NW v1.3/Topless! 200 modifications

Supermodified Time Trials (showing place, car number, driver name, sponsors, best lap highlighted, Average Lap Speed of fastest lap)

1. 11-Dave Ohh; Union, CT; TMS Wolfpack: 15.824, NTR | 142.189 mph
2. 3-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY; Southern Hills Storm Football, Justice League: 15.947, 15.882 | 141.669 mph
3. 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1^st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 16.071, 16.199 | 140.003 mph
4. 13-Ryan Cloonan^R; Oswego, NY; Simability: 16.250, 16.101 | 139.742 mph
5. 27-Erich Becker^R; Shelby, MI; Mahle Pistons, Plante Moran Tax: 16.461, 16.156 | 139.267 mph
6. 22-Zach Sears; Round Lake Beach, IL; Midwest Supermodified Series, Adkin’s Glass: 16.418, 16.263 | 138.350 mph
7. 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; B&G Racing Photos, RW Woodworking: 16.338, 16.358 | 137.715 mph
8. 08-Danny Ray^R; Goshen, IN; Smokie Bone’s Downhome Kitchen, Masterbrand: 16.342, 16.707 | 137.682 mph
9. 10-Gary Waldron; Wyoming, MI; Kenowa Auto Supply, Michigan Hill Gang: 16.742, 16.740 | 134.408 mph
10. 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 16.876, 16.777 | 134.112 mph
11. 28-Steven Vincent^R; Cicero, NY; Creative Assistant: 16.840, 17.047 | 133.610 mph
12. 56-Dick Schuler^R; Chisago City, MN; Gooby Beer, Schu Racing: 17.404, 17.066 | 131.841 mph
13. 14-Bobby Hayduk^R; Brook Park, OH; American Heart Assoc., American Diabetes Assoc.: 18.167, 17.531 | 128.344 mph
14. 41-Keith Powell; Carrollton, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 21.982, NT | 102.356 mph

Key:

Bold – Denotes New Track Record

Supermodified Heat Race – 10 Laps (showing place, car number, driver name,)

1. 35-Rob Warren
2. 25-Bob Gangwer
3. 41-Keith Powell
4. 56-Dick Schuler^R
5. 10-Gary Waldron
6. 28-Steven Vincent^R

Time of Race: 3:59.598

Supermodified Heat Race – 10 Laps (showing place, car number, driver name)

1. 13-Ryan Cloonan^R
2. 27-Erich Becker^R
3. 14-Bobby Hayduk^R
4. 08-Danny Ray^R
5. 22-Carl Becker

Time of Race: 4:43.448

Supermodified Feature – 200 Laps – Cautions Count (showing place, car number, driver name, starting place, bonuses, fastest lap, distance behind winner, reason out)

1. 3-Brad Keysor; P3 | ! | * | 16.102
2. 22-Zach Sears; P3 | 16.246 | +0.639
3. 41-Keith Powell; P8 | 16.274 | +1.604
4. 35-Rob Warren; P4 | 16.364 | +2.164
5. 27-Erich Becker^R; P5 | ⇑ | 16.536 | +4 Laps
6. 10-Gary Waldron; P12 | 17.071 | +5 Laps
7. 25-Bob Gangwer; P6 | 16.710 | +7 Laps
8. 28-Steven Vincent^R; P14 | 17.006 | +8 Laps
9. 08-Danny Ray^R; P9 | 16.909 | +10 Laps
10. 42-Carl Becker; P11 | 17.004 | +11 Laps
11. 13-Ryan Cloonan^R; P13 | 16.645 | DNF-connection
12. 11-Dave Ohh; P1 | * | ** | 16.223 | DNF-connection
13. 56-Dick Schuler^R; P10 | 17.009 | DNF-Black Flag (incident rule)
14. 14-Bobby Hayduk^R; P7 | 17.844 | DNF-Suspension damage
15. 83-Frankie Keene;  P15 | NT | Did not take green

Time of Race: 1:11.672

 KEY:

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

NOTES:

• There were six rookies in the race
• Three of the six rookies finished the race
• The first caution came out on lap 19
• The race had a total of 10 cautions
• Keith Powell ran the top speed of the race at 164.80 MPH
• Brad Keysor had the fastest lap of the race at 16.102 seconds
• Gary Waldron had the least incidents in the race at 1
• Danny Ray had the most incidents in the race at 27

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