No Issues for Warren Enroute to Crazy Canuck Snowball Derby Win

Trouble Free Run Gives Rob Warren Third Straight Canuck Win

January 2, 2019 – Bownmanville, Ontario, CAN…After starting from the second position and passing the man he’s battling in the defense of his defense series championship by the third turn on the opening lap, Rob Warren had no issues crossing the finish line first at the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 15th Annual Crazy Canuck Snowball Derby and Can-Am Challenge Tuesday at Mosport Speedway. It was the third straight win for Warren at this race and his fifth overall on the season. Keith Powell and rookie Brad Keysor rounded out the top three finishers at SUPRS only Canadian visit this season.

Powell Stays Alive

Keith Powell, who is sitting in second place in the SUPRS Gold Crest Wing Supermodified Championship XV, may have lost the battle, finishing second to Warren in the feature, but he is still very much alive in the season-long war for the SUPRS crown thanks to being on the winning Snowball Derby Team Challenge team.

Powell was joined in victory lane by Nelson Rodrigues, the second member of the winning Challenge team, to receive the Snowball Derby Championship Crown. After adding up both driver’s heat race and feature points, the pair finished the night with 148 points.

Their tally easily beat the second place team of Warren/Dave Brigandi and netted both drivers an extra 15 bonus points in the season championship standings, helping Powell to shave another two points off of Warren’s lead and put him within 11 markers going into the two-day Terry Gibson Memorial show next week.

This was Powell’s second Snowball Derby Team Challenge Championship, his first coming last year when he shared the championship with his CPR Motorsports teammate, Steve Callahan. This was Rodrigues’ first.

Once again, Team USA was awarded the Can-Am Challenge Cup by default when no Canadian racers made the race.

Keysor, Rodrigues Best Show

After starting next to each other in the second row, SUPRS Icings on Top Rookie of the Year contender, Brad Keysor, and third year SUPRS racer Nelson Rodrigues, put on the best show of the night. The two hard-charging racers swapped third place on a couple occasions and ran nose to tail throughout the feature. Keysor ultimately came out on top, being able to pull away from Rodrigues in the later stages of the race as Rodrigues struggled with a used up supermodified.

Buddy is Back

Buddy Sea, a driver who’s participation in SUPRS races as well as organizational operations goes back to 2006, returned to the cockpit for the first time since the 2016 season. Driving the Danzer Racing #52, Sea qualified in seventh place, finished third in his heat race and made the Canadian Pursuit. He was unable to start the feature due to internet connection issues.

Other Event Details

Earlier in the night, Rob Warren was the only driver to dip into the 16.5-second range when he set fast time with a 16.544. Heat wins went to Warren and Nelson Rodrigues. Keith Powell was the winner of a wild Canadian Pursuit where all but the top two finishers made it to the checkered flag after six laps.

Terry Gibson Memorial Next

SUPRS travels to Sandusky Speedway for the two-day 11^th Annual Terry Gibson Memorial next week. The Terry Gibson Fast 50 will be held on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, and practice gets underway at 8:00 pm with racing set for 8:45 pm. Then the next night the 11^th Annual Terry Gibson Memorial 100 will take place with practice at 8:00 pm, and driver’s meeting at 8:15 pm.

The cars take to the track for time trials at 8:30 pm with racing is slated to begin with heats at 8:40 pm. The green flag drops on the main event at 9:15 pm after driver introductions and pre-race festivities.

Both races are part of the SUPRS/HeatFinder.net NASCAR Heat Supermodified Challenge Series and are open to all drivers that have registered at SUPRS.net and downloaded the proper car and track files within 24 hours of race time.

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SUPRS Race Results:

15th Annual Crazy Canuck Snowball Derby

• Race 17 of 46
• January 2, 2019
• SUPRS rFactor W v7.3 modification
• Mosport Speedway by NegB for SUPRS

Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors)

1. 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1^st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 16.544, 16.580
2. 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; RW Woodworking, Wing Side Up Enterprises: 16.859, 16.786
3. 3-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY; Southern Hills Storm Football, Nebraska Corn Huskers: 17.384, 16.756
4. 7-Nelson Rodrigues; Stoneham, MA; Star Speedway: 16.777, 17.016
5. 41-Keith Powell; Carrollton, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 16.940, 16.866
6. 21-Buddy Sea; Pensacola, FL; Horseshoe Kitty, Danzer Racing: 17.392, 17.248
7. 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 18.233, 17.413
8. 52-Dave Brigandi; Syracuse, NY; Brigandi & Son’s Carpet and Tile, Terry: 19.653, 19.497

Heat Race-10 Laps (showing finish, car number, driver name)

1. 5-Rob Warren
2. 3-Brad Keysor
3. 41-Keith Powell
4. 42-Carl Becker

Time of Race: 2:51.579

Heat Race-10 Laps (showing finish, car number, driver name)

1. -Nelson Rodrigues
2. 25-Bob Gangwer
3. 21-Buddy Sea
4. 52-Dave Brigandi

Time of Race: 4:37.135

Canadian Pursuit-6 Laps (showing finish, car number, driver name)

1. 41-Keith Powell
2. 35-Rob Warren
3. 3-Brad Keysor
4. 7-Nelson Rodrigues
5. 25-Bob Gangwer
6. 21-Buddy Sea

Time of Race: 4:02.93

Feature-50 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, starting position, fastest lap, distance behind winner)

1. 35-Rob Warren; * | ** | P2 | 16.541
2. 41-Keith Powell; P1 |16.648 | +1.409
3. 3-Brad Keysor; ! | P3 | 16.491 | +2.467
4. 7-Nelson Rodrigues P4 | 16.680 | +6.138
5. 25-Bob Gangwer; P5 | 16.844 | +13.302
6. 42-Carl Becker; P8 | 17.320 | +2 Laps
7. 52-Dave Brigandi; P8 | 17.511 | DNF (Black Flag-Spin Rule)
8. 21-Buddy Sea; P6 | NT| DNS (Connection)

Time of Race:  18:42.067

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

Final Snowball Derby Team Challenge Points

RACE NOTES:

Rob Warren led all 50 laps of the race.

There were three cautions for a total of eight laps.

Brad Keysor had the top speed of the race at 147.079

Dave Brigand had the best lap consistency of the race at 73.77%

Bob Gangwer had the least amount of incidents in the race at 0

Dave Brigandi had the most amount of incidents in the race at 12