March 16, 2021 – West Allis, WI…Union, Connecticut’s Dave Ohh held off a hard charging Brad Keysor to win his third straight Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), St. Patrick’s Day Grab O’ the Green supermodified sim race Tuesday at The Milwaukee Mile. In a race that had only two cautions and multiple packs of cars jostling for for position, Zach Sears turned in the fastest lap of the race, Keith Powell had the top speed of the event, and all of the starters finished in the first ever visit by SUPRS to the famed West Allis speedplant.
Keysor ended up in second right on Ohh’s heels at the line, with Sears close in tow for a podium. Rookie Ryan Cloonan had a good run for fourth while Rob Warren came out on top of a race-long battle with Nelson Rodrigues for fifth.
“It’s great to win at a track with so much history,” Ohh said. “It was a good race and at the end it was pretty tight.”
Other Race Notes
Dave Ohh established a track record for the winged supermodifieds by stopping the clocks with a blazingly fast lap of 22.577 seconds. In heat race action, Bobby Hayduk and Ohh took wins in the eight lap contests with Ohh barely holding off Zach Sears for the win as a torrid battle raged on behind them for third.
All but Dick Schuler were on the lead lap at the end of the race, with Schuler lasting until about nine laps to go before dropping down a lap. The race went 16 laps before the first caution came out when Steven Vincent spun coming out of turn four and collected Gary Waldron and Bobby Hayduk. All three were able to continue on.
Get Well Soon Bonzai
Absent from competition was SUPRS Lifetime Member, Carl “Bonzai” Becker who was hospitalized on Monday night. All of the SUPRS family wishes the ageless and fierce competitor a speedy recovery.
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SUPRS Race Results-Box Score
- SUPRS St. Patrick’s Day Grab O’ the Green
- Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- The Milwaukee Mile
- West Allis, WI
- Race 24 of Season
- 25 Laps
- SUPRS rFactor W v7.3 mod
Time Trials 2 Laps (showing position, car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors; fastest lap highlighted, Elite 8 eligible for feature redraw)
- 11-Dave Ohh; Union, CT; TMS Wolfpack: 22.577 TR, 22.696
- 22-Zach Sears; Elyria, OH; Midwest Supermodified Series, Adkin’s Glass: 22.977, 22.756
- 3-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY; Southern Hills Storm Football, Chasing Cameras: 23.251, 22.932
- 13-Ryan CloonanR; Oswego, NY; Simability: 23.081, 22.992
- 41-Keith Powell; Crestline, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 23.329, 23.278
- 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 23.599, 23.283
- 14-Bobby Hayduk; Brook Park, OH; American Heart Assoc., American Diabetes Assoc.: 23.756, 23.379
- 7-Nelson Rodrigues; Stoneham, MA; Star Speedway: 23.452, 23.414
- 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; Belfab Racing Products; RW Woodworking: 23.443, 23.535
- 10-Gary Waldron; Wyoming, MI; Kenowa Auto Supply, Michigan Hill Gang: 23.527, 23.456
- 56-Dick Schuler; Chisago City, MN; Gooby Beer, Schu Racing: 23.274, 23.241
- 28-Steven VincentR; Cicero, NY; Creative Assistant: NT
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Heat Race – 8 Laps (Slow Qualifiers, showing number, driver name. Top 3 eligible for Feature inversion)
- 14-Bobby Hayduk
- 7-Nelson Rodrigues
- 28-Steven VincentR
- 10-Gary Waldron
- 25-Bob Gangwer
- 56-Dick Schuler DNF
Time of Race: 4:35.480
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Heat Race – 8 Laps (Fast Qualifiers, showing number, driver name. Top 3 eligible for Feature inversion)
- 11-Dave Ohh
- 22-Zach Sears
- 13-Ryan CloonanR
- 35-Rob Warren
- 3-Brad Keysor
- 41-Keith Powell
Time of Race: 3:11.028
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Main Event – 25 Laps (showing finishing position, car number, driver name, bonus, starting place/best lap time/distance behind winner)
- 11-Dave Ohh; * / ** / P3 / 22.800
- 3-Brad Keysor; P9 / 22.763 / +.043
- 22-Zach Sears; P2 / ! / 22.650 / +420
- 13-Ryan CloonanR; P1 / * / 22.908 / +.850
- 35-Rob Warren; P7 / 22.238 / +2 Laps
- 7-Nelson Rodrigues; P5 / 22.289 / +5.183
- 41-Keith Powell; P11 / 23.275 / +5.490
- 25-Bob Gangwer; P6 / 23.367 / +8.124
- 14-Bobby Hayduk; P4 / 23.332 / +9.091
- 28-Steven VincentR; P12 / 23.140 / +10.835
- 10-Gary Waldron; P8 / 23.598 / +15.017
- 56-Dick Schuler; P10 / 24.065 / +1 Lap
Time of Race: 14:41.110
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Race Notes:
- Lap Leaders: Ryan CloonanR L1, Dave Ohh L2-L25
- Two Cautions for 6 laps
- Most Positions Gained: Brad Keysor +7
- Top Speed of Race: Keith Powell-184.1 mph
- Least Incidents: Dave Ohh, Brad Keysor, Zach Sears, Ryan CloonanR, Nelson Rodrigues, Keith Powell-0
- Most Incidents: Gary Waldron-7
- Most Positions Lost: Bobby Hayduk -5
- Best Consistency: Gary Waldron-66.25%
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Key:
- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
- R Denotes Icings on Top Rookie of the Year candidate
SUPRS Note of Transparency: Information about B-Main added 02/24/2021; LIve Racers Results Stats link added to top of story 02/24/2021.