Keith Powell Kicks Off SUPRS 15th Season with First Harvest of Speed Win at LaPorte Speedway
October 2, 2018 – LaPorte, IN…Carrollton, Ohio’s Keith Powell battled back to the front late in the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), Harvest of Speed Tuesday night at LaPorte Speedway after catching leader and defending race winner Bob Gangwer by surprise in traffic with 13 laps to go in the 75 lap feature.
Keith Powell opened SUPRS 15th Gold Crest Wing Championship Season on a high note, winning the 2018 Harvest of Speed at LaPorte Speedway.
“To win this race, the first race of SUPRS fifteenth year, this means a lot,” explained Powell. “I want to dedicate this to my wife and my son because they’ve been going through a lot lately.”
Powell’s win in his Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports supermodified propels him to an early lead in the hunt for his first SUPRS Gold Crest Wing Championship title and sets the tone for what already looks to be a very competitive year of supermodified sim racing.
Two drivers that had never before sat in a supermodified, adapted very well to the radically offset beasts and proved to the SUPRS regulars that they should not be taken lightly. Craig “RookiesRock” Malkow and perennial HeatFinder.net winner Speedyman, made their SUPRS debuts memorable, running competitive laps and consistent lines.
Malkow qualified into the Fast Four and finished third in the Fast Car Dash which was won by Rob Warren. The late arriving Speedyman had only his Time Trial run to take notes on before strapping in for his heat which he won. He then set sail from the back of the starting field and carved his way up to a fine third place finish in his first SUPRS feature. He also set the fastest lap of the race and received the SUPRSCharger Award for advancing the most spots from his starting place.
Earlier in the evening, defending Harvest of Speed winner Bob Gangwer set fast time at 12.782 seconds.
The SUPRS racers head south next week for the Bluegrass 50 on Tuesday, October 9 at Redball Raceway in Coyote Junction, KY. Practice gets going at 8:00pm for the first rFactor supermodified race of the season at the track that SUPRS hasn’t visited since 2016. Qualifying is set for 8:30pm with the green flag dropping on racing action at 9:05pm.
Watch for full results, video link, and full post race report of the SUPRS Harvest of Speed coming soon to SUPRS.net.
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RACE RESULTS
- 15th Annual Harvest of Speed
- Race 1 of 46
- October 2, 2018
- SUPRS NASCAR Heat W v6 mod
- LaPorte Speedway
- 75 Laps
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Feature – 75 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, starting place/best lap time/distance behind winner)
- 41-Keith Powell; * / P6 / 12.717
- 25-Bob Gangwer; * / P2 / 12.718 / +0.244
- 11-Speedyman; ! / ^ / P9 / 12.658 / +5.401
- 35-Rob Warren; * / ** / P1 / 12.707 / +11.005
- 7-Nelson Rodrigues; P4 / 12.835 / +1 Lap
- 38-Kyle Clark; P5 / 12.871 / +2 Laps
- 48-Craig Malkow; P8 / 12.866 / +3 Laps
- 15-Jeff Bivens; P7 / 13.472 / +14 Laps
- 42-Carl Becker; P6 / 13.568 / DNF
Time of Race: 18:21.359
- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
- ^ Denotes SUPRSCharger
