Keith Powell Wins Feature at USA International Speedway on Night 4 of SUPRS 2020 Florida Speedweeks
February 6, 2020 – Lakeland, FL…Keith Powell of Carrollton, OH turned around what has so far been a miserable Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), Florida Speedweeks, when he won the 25 lap feature Thursday at USA International Speedway by a large margin. Brad Keysor took home second place, and defending Speedweeks champ, Rob Warren finished third in the non-stop, green to checker event.
Rough to Relieved
“I’m super happy to get this one tonight,” said the Icings on Top sponsored driver from SUPRS victory lane. “It’s been a rough Speedweeks this year for us. I’ve run out of fuel, tried to rip the right rear off, struggled on NASCAR Heat night, so yeah, this feels good to get this win.”
Powell, who nicknamed the week long swing through the Sunshine State, “The Gator Grind,” knows all too well the ups and downs that five straight nights of supermodified sim racing can bring. The two time Speedweeks champion admitted that it’s not an easy week, but also sees the good side of the challenging series. “Ya know,” he began, “Speedweeks really wears us out, it’s a long week. But thanks to SUPRS because I love all the different types of tracks we get to run on and it’s a lot of fun, especially when you can win one.”
Revives Shot at Third Speedweeks Title
After struggling over the course of the first three races, Powell was sitting third in Speedweeks points and didn’t have much hope of securing his third Speedweeks Championship until the win. Now though, the 20 points he trails leader Rob Warren by, doesn’t seem as insurmountable.
“Man, I don’t know what to think,” he said when asked what he feels his chances are for winning the Speedweeks Championship. “Brad sure helped his cause tonight, and you can’t figure on Rob finishing worse than fourth, but I think it’s going to be between us three and it’s going all the way to the wire again.”
Final at Five Flags
The fifth and final night of SUPRS 2020Florida Speedweeks takes place tomorrow night at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL. This track is most well-known for holding the famous Snowball Derby every year, but has also seen it’s fair share of supermodified racing throughout its history.
The last two SUPRS races at Five Flags have had only one caution in 100 laps completed. In each of those two events, at New Track Record has been set. One by Powell, and the other by Brad Keysor. Add to the fact that Rob Warren is the defending winner of the race, and you can see why Powell says the SUPRS 2020 Florida Speedweeks Championship is going down to the last race at Five Flags where all three are very good.
Fan Fun in Florida
Fans can join in the final night of Florida Speedweeks fun by watching SUPRS LIVE! from Five Flags. 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. Tune in at 9pm ET to enjoy the 50 lap feature and post Speedweeks wrapup from Five Flags Speedway.
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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:
- SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Night 4
- Race 28 of 46
- Thursday, February 7, 2019
- SUPRS rFactor W v7.3 mod
- USA International Speedway
- 25 laps
Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best highlighted)
- 11-Dave Ohh; Union, CT; TMS Wolfpack: 15.233, 15.075
- 41-Keith Powell; Carrollton, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 15.227, 15.089
- 3-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY; Southern Hills Storm Football, Justice League: 15.585, 15.105
- 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 15.560, 15.387
- 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; B&G Racing Photos, RW Woodworking 15.620, 15.466
- 22-Zach SearsR ; Round Lake Beach, IL; Midwest Supermodified Series, Adkins Glass: 15.709, 15.506
- 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 16.488, 16.556
Feature 25 Laps (showing car number, driver name, sponsors, bonus, starting place, fastest lap, distance behind winner)
- 41-Keith Powell: * | ** | P4 | 15.193
- 3-Brad Keysor: ! |P5 | 15.097 |+2.266
- 35-Rob Warren: P6 | 15.162 | +2.660
- 41-Keith Powell: P4 | 15.328 | +6.439
- 25-Bob Gangwer: * | P2| 15.252 |+9.393
- 42-Carl Becker: P1 | 15.810 | +1 Lap
- 11-Dave Ohh: DNS
Time of Race: 6:29.266
- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
****2020 SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Schedule****
Friday 02/07/2020
SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Race 5
- Five Flags Speedway-50 laps-1/2 Mile
- 8:00pm Practice
- 8:15pm Drivers Meeting
- 8:30pm Time Trials
- 9:00pm Racing
- Current Track Record: Brad Keysor – 14.174 -set on February 8, 2019
- Defending Race Winner: Rob Warren
- rFactor platform SUPRS W v7.3 mod
