Keysor Takes Turkey Shoot

Donates Burgers’ Smokehouse Turkey to Injured Driver

November 19, 2019 – Memphis, TN…Brad Keysor managed to hold off a three man pack on a late race restart to win the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 15^th Annual Turkey Shoot at Memphis Motorsports Park. After taking his first Turkey Shoot win, Keysor promptley donated his first place Burgers’ Smokehouse Thanksgiving turkey award to injured supermodified racer Jeff Russell. Keith Powell edged out his teammate Steve Callahan in a last turn tussle and came home in second. Callahan held back Rob Warren at the line to claim third.

Happy to Help Others

The win was Keysor’s first in this race and going into the night, he was anticipating what it would be like to receive the winner’s spoils. “I told Rob, that he’d better not wreck me if I was leading because I wanted that turkey from Burgers’ Smokehouse.”

After taking the win though, Keysor rethought his stance and unselfishly donated his award to Jeff Russell. “This one is probably the most important race I’ve won and it’s because I’m going to be able to help a family in need,” he said. “So when your doing something for someone else, it really makes the winning worthwhile.”

Time to Be Thankful

The SUPRS racers now take a break from the action to allow members to spend time with their families over the Thanksgiving holiday. After a week off, your favorite supermodified sim racing sanction fires up again on December 3 for the 16^th Annual Wing Side Up Twin 25s at Bristol Motor Speedway. Full details are on the SUPRS schedule page.

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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:

15^th Annual Turkey Shoot

• Race 12 of 43
• November 19, 2019
• SUPRS rFactor W v7.3 mod
• Memphis Motorsports Park
• Memphis, TN

Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap highlighted-Fast 4 eligible for Turkey Trot)

1. 41-Keith Powell; Carrollton, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 18.205, 18.199
2. 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1^st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 18.537, 18.222
3. 3-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY; Southern Hills Storm Football, Justice League: 18.429, 18.227 
4. 7-Nelson Rodrigues; Stoneham, MA; Star Speedway: 18.253, 18.229
5. 55-Steve Callahan; Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Exide Battery, CPR Motorsports: 18.310, 18.232
6. 61-Derrick Backus; Mexico, NY; Disturbed Motorsports: 18.333, 18.276
7. 22-Zach Sears; Round Lake, IL; Midwest Supermodified Series, Adkins Glass: 18.874, 18.524
8. 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; RW Woodworking, B&G Racing Photos: 18.548, 18.557
9. 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 18.912, 18.549
10. 33-Matt Germain; Oswego, NY; MBG Motorsports: 19.202, 24.967

Turkey Trot-6 Laps (showing finish, car number, driver name)

1. 7-Nelson Rodrigues
2. 3-Brad Keysor
3. 35-Rob Warren
4. 41-Keith Powell

Time of Race:  1:52.499

Heat Race-8 Laps (showing finish, car number, driver name)

1. 55-Steve Callahan
2. 22-Zach Sears
3. 61-Derrick Backus
4. 25-Bob Gangwer
5. 33-Matt Germain
6. 42-Carl Becker

Time of Race:  4:59.459

Feature-40 Laps (showing car number, driver name, bonus, starting place, fastest lap, distance behind winner)

1. 3-Brad Keysor: * | ** | P2 | 18.283
2. 41-Keith Powell: ! | P4 | 18.179 | +0.331
3. 55-Steve Callahan: P5 | 18.253 | +0.409
4. 35-Rob Warren: P3 | 18.215 | +0.637
5. 22-Zach Sears; P6 | 18.354 | +1.943
6. 25-Bob Gangwer: P8 | 18.352 | +2.040
7. 7-Nelson Rodrigues: P1 | 18.279 | +2.745
8. 61-Derrick Backus: P7 | 18.237 | +0.119
9. 42-Carl Becker: P10 | 18.718 | +3 Laps
10. 33-Matt Germain: P9 | 18.725 | +5 Laps

Time of Race:  19:57.538

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

Race Notes:

• There were three cautions for a total of nine laps
• Keith Powell had the top speed of the race of 175.227 mph
• Matt Germain had the best lap consistency of 59.58%
• Brad Keysor, Keith Powell, and Rob Warren had the least amount of incidents at zero each
• Derrick Backus had the most incidents at 19
• More race statistics available via SUPRS LiveRacers page.