October 11 2022 – Kalamazoo, MI..Brad Keysor of Liverpool, NY has joined Ray Sand, Jr. Chris Meyers, and Rob Warren as a multi-time winner of the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 19th Annual Dion Parish Memorial after winning for the second time at Kalamazoo Speedway. Keysor’s last win came in 2020. Ryan Cloonan came home second and Anthony Corsoniti raced his way to third after starting in sixth place.
Trouble for Contenders Helps Keysor
Keysor had a little luck on his side when bad luck struck two contenders and the pole sitter early in the 62 lap run. Defending winner Dave Ohh started from eighth place after the inversion redraw, when on lap two, he suddenly lost control of the TMS Wolfpack “Black Beauty” roadster. Ohh spun from the top of the track to the bottom and made heavy contact with the inside concrete wall just past the backstretch pit opening. Ohh ripped a wheel off the car in the crash, then spun up the track into the path of oncoming traffic. Fortunately for the other racers, they all missed the champion’s mangled machine.
Then just four laps later, Greg Breen, who had finished third in this race last year, started on the outside front row, and had taken the lead at the initial drop of the green flag, inexplicably lost control in nearly the same spot of the backstretch as Ohh. The leader spun into the backstretch pit entrance and nearly smashed into the broken machine of Ohh. Breen got the car turned around, but decided there was too much time lost and called it a night.
Not long after the race went back to green, pole-sitter Gary Waldron spun then hit the wall in turn four. After a review, SUPRS officials determined that the reason the Michigan Hill Gang sponsored driver had spun was because he’d gotten a little help from Nelson Rodrigues. Both were sent to the back, but Waldron’s race was essentially over with heavy damage on the #10 machine.
Earlier in the evening, Ohh set fast time at 9.859 seconds, making him the only driver to break into the nines during time trials. Heats and B-Main were scrapped due to car count.
Next Race
Next up on the SUPRS schedule is the 19th Annual North Carolina Swing taking place October 18-20, 2022. The three night extravaganza of supermodified sim racing takes place at five different tracks using two different sim racing platforms. Night one is all NASCAR Heat with 40 lap features at Dasera Speedway and Caraway Speedway, while night two is all rFactor racing and 50 lap features at Southern National Raceway Park and Concord Motorsports Park.
Points will be tallied after the first four nights and the top eight, (plus two alternates), will receive invitations to the the fifth and final night and the 75 lap Hickory Hustle at Hickory Motor Speedway. The winner will be crowned the SUPRS 2022 North Carolina Swing Champion.
Practice beings at 7:30pm each night followed by Time Trials at 8:10pm. The green flag flies for the first feature at 8:45pm, with the projected time of the second feature around 9:10pm.
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SUPRS Race Results-Box Score
- SUPRS 19th Annual Dion Parish Memorial
- Tuesday October 11, 2022
- Kalamazoo Speedway
- Kalamazoo, MI
- SUPRS rFactor W v7.3 mod
- 62 laps
Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap highlighted, Elite 8 Eligible for Feature Inversion)
- 11-Dave Ohh; Union, CT; TMS Wolfpack: 9.859, 10.070
- 13-Ryan Cloonan; Oswego, NY; Simability: 10.144, 10.043
- 26-Greg Breen; Liverpool, NY; Lindsey Aggregates: 10.193, 10.191
- 3-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY; BMK Logistics, Chasing Cameras: 10.225, 10.138
- 12-Anthony Corsoniti; N. Syracuse, NY; TsForecast.com: 10.342, 10.178
- 10-Gary Waldron; Wyoming, MI; Kenowa Auto Supply, Michigan Hill Gang: 10.533, 10.606
- 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 10.906, 10.848
- 7-Nelson Rodrigues; Stoneham, MA; Star Speedway: 11.088, 10.881
- 14-Bobby Hayduk; Brook Park, OH; Gannon Auto Sales, Bronx Country: 10.899, 10.908
- 25-Bob Gangwer; MARC Times Racing News, RW Woodworking: NT
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Feature – 62 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, starting place/best lap time/distance behind winner)
- 3-Brad Keysor; * / ** / ! / P4 / 9.841
- 13-Ryan Cloonan; P5 / 10.081 / +4.290
- 12-Anthony Corsoniti; P6 / 10.266 / +10.386
- 25-Bob Gangwer; P10 / 10.254 / +1 Lap
- 7-Nelson Rodrigues; P4 / 10.392 / +3 Laps
- 14-Bobby Hayduk;^ / P9 / 10.626 / +4 Laps
- 42-Carl Becker; P7 / 10.848 / +4 Laps
- 10-Gary Waldron; P1 / 10.609 / +4 Laps
- 26-Greg Breen; * / P2 / 10.279 / DNF-Spin off
- 11-Dave Ohh; P8 / 10.850 / DNF-Accident-
Time of Race: 14:56.525
- Lap Leaders: Greg Breen-L1-6, Brad Keysor-L7-62
- Top Speed: Brad Keysor-134.200
- Best Lap Consistency: Bobby Hayduk-63.12%
- Least Incidents: Ryan Cloonan, Anthony Corsoniti, Greg Breen-0
- Most Positions Gained: Bobby Hayduk- +3 (Bob Gangwer advanced six places but was ineligible for SUPRSCharger because he did not Time Trial)
- Most Incidents: Carl Becker-13
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- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
- ^ Denotes SUPRSCharger
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