Myles Maxon Wins Empire State Super Series Regional Tour Race at Linden
Myles Maxon of Oswego, NY won the first race of the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series 2015-16 Empire State Super Series Regional Tour at Linden Speedway Tuesday night.
“That was a really good time out there tonight,”said Maxon after the win.
Maxon passed leader Rob Warren on lap 27 then pulled away from the field leaving Warren to contend with reigning SUPRS Empire State Super Series Champion Steve Callahan and Bob Gangwer. Ray Sand, Jr. wasn’t far behind and the four racers dueled to the finish of the 50 lap feature race.
Warren, after being passed by Callahan and nearly dropped another spot by Gangwer, clawed his way back into second place. Callahan settled for third with Gangwer and Sand, Jr. close in tow.
Joey Callahan, Carl Becker, and Dave Brigandi completed the finishing order.
Earlier in the evening Myles Maxon set a New Track Record of 14.564, topping the old mark of 14.572 set by Ray Sand, Jr. in April of 2008. Rob Warren and Joey Callahan picked up heat race wins.
The SUPRS racers will stay in New York for another week to run the Mid-Season Championship at Oswego Speedway which is also part of the Empire State Super Series.
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RACE RESULTS
Event: Empire State Super Series
Track: Linden Speedway
Laps: 50
| Position | Car | Driver | Results | Best Lap | Laps Led |
| 1. | 79 | Myles Maxon | 13:37.9 | 14.591 | 23 |
| 2. | 35 | Rob Warren | +5.1 | 14.647 | 27 |
| 3. | 55 | Steve Callahan | +5.2 | 14.667 | 0 |
| 4. | 25 | Bob Gangwer | +5.4 | 14.606 | 0 |
| 5. | 18 | Ray Sand, Jr. | +5.7 | 14.642 | 0 |
| 6. | 42 | Joey Callahan | +10.4 | 14.765 | 0 |
| 7. | 15 | Carl Becker | +11.3 | 14.790 | 0 |
| 8. | 52 | Dave Brigandi | +1 | 14.983 | 0 |
