Second Night of North Carolina Swing Swept by Warren

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Rob Warren Sweeps Night 2 of North Carolina Swing, Third Time in Four Years

Concord, NC – November 3, 2016…After a dismal showing last night, Pulaski, New York sim racer Rob Warren was back to his winning ways, pulling off a sweep of races three and four at the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 13th Annual North Carolina Swing.

SUPRS North Carolina Swing podium screenshot Night 2

Rob Warren swept Night 2 of the 13th Annual North Carolina Swing for the third time in four years.

The wins at Southern National Raceway Park and Concord Motorsports Park mark the third time in four years that Warren has accomplished this feat. It is also the fourth year in a row that he has won at Concord. In fact, he has been so dominate at the high-banked asphalt tri-oval that out of a possible 200 laps run, Warren has now led 186 of them.

“Last night was rough, tonight was a lot better,” he admitted. “The first race starting outside the front row sure helped. I had a lot of pressure from KP, (Keith Powell), who had the fastest lap, but I have to thank him for running me clean.”

In the first race of the night held at Southern National Raceway Park, Warren, after setting a track record of 10.788 seconds, started outside row one and immediately stole the lead from polesitter Kyle Clark. He went on to lead all 40 laps in the caution filled event that had as many yellow flag laps as it did green.

Keith Powell finished second and although he made repeated attempts to get by the leader, was never able to seriously threaten for the win with the short spurts of action between cautions.

Domenic Gioia ran a smart race, keeping his car clean and using patience and tact to come home with his best finish so far this season in third. Steve Callahan and Bob Gangwer rounded out the top five and the lead lap cars.

The second race of the night at Concord Motorsports Park was nothing like the first and the caution never flew until past the half-way point at lap 26 for a simple spin by Chad Phelps who was running in the top three at the time after starting outside of polesitter Kevin Timmins.

Phelps led the first 14 laps, but after his spin, Warren took over and never looked back except to stave off a late race challenge by Joe Achzet.

For Warren, the biggest shock was the lack of cautions in the 50 lap affair. “In the second race, once I made it up to the lead, I was surprised we didn’t have more cautions.,” he said. I thought we’d have a pile more after the first one and was really shocked that it was past half-way before the first one flew.”

“Thanks to Joe, (Achzet), for running me clean in the second race. Night two is definitely better than night one,” said the smiling winner.

Like Gioia in the first race, Timmins drove his heart out to hold on for his first podium finish of the season and was a lap ahead of Derrick Backus and Keith Powell who finished inside the top five.

The qualifying races are now complete and invitations to The Hickory Hustle at Hickory Motor Speedway have been sent out to the following drivers:

  • Steve Callahan
  • Domenic Gioia
  • Joe Achzet
  • Bob Gangwer
  • Rob Warren
  • Keith Powell
  • Derrick Backus
  • Carl Becker

Dave Brigandi and Kevin Timmins will be the alternates if the qualified drivers can’t make the show. The winner of the Hickory Hustle will be crowned the 2016 North Carolina Swing Champion, but to win, the SUPRS racers will have to overcome a random draw for starting position and 75 intense laps of action in very close quarters. Practice begins at 8:00pm with racing slated to go at 8:45pm.

Supermodified and sim racing fans alike can view timing and scoring including track telemetry of The Hickory Hustle with SUPRS LIVE! beginning at 7:00pm, you’ll be able to keep up with your favorite SUPRS racer in an instant by going to www.SUPRS.net/site/live.

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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:

13th Annual North Carolina Swing

  • Race 3 of 5
  • November 3, 2016
  • SUPRS rFactor W v7.0 mod
  • Southern National Raceway Park

Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap underlined)

  1. 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 11.000, 10.788
  2. 41-Keith Powell; Carrollton, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 11.034, 10.808
  3. 55-Steve Callahan; Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Exide Battery, CPR Motorsports: 11.301, 11.060
  4. 14-Joe Achzet; Yorkville, NY; Cottontail Designs, GraphX: 11.173, 11.088
  5. 15-Joey Callahan; Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Jack Daniels, CPR Motorsports: 11.117, 11.291
  6. 38-Kyle Clark; Mexico, NY; Coors’ Light, Disturbed Motorsports: 11.421 11.122
  7. 9-Domenic Gioia; Oswego, NY; Lizard Lick Towing, Team Domination Motorsports: 11.816, 11.280
  8. 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; RW Woodworking, Wing Side Up Enterprises: 11.581, 11.344
  9. 77-Kevin Timmins; Baldwinsville, NY; BreezeGraphics.com, Wesley Motorsports: 12.399, 11.368
  10. 61-Derrick Backus; Mexico, NY; Disturbed Motorsports: 11.560, 11.435
  11. 52-Dave Brigandi; Syracuse, NY; Buffalo Bio-Diesel, Terry: 11.700, 11.435
  12. X-Chad Phelps, New Haven, NY; Haun Welding Supply, Disturbed Motorsports: 12.234, 11.962
  13. 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: NT

Feature-40 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, fastest lap, distance behind winner)

  1. 35-Rob Warren; */**/2/10.563
  2. 41-Keith Powell; !/4/10.533/+0.224
  3. 9-Domenic Gioia; 3/10.606/+2.399
  4. 55-Steve Callahan; 6/10.613/+3.040
  5. 25-Bob Gangwer; 5/10.732/+6.932
  6. 52-Dave Brigandi; 11/11.360 /+1 Lap
  7. 14-Joe Achzet; 7/10.773/ +1 Lap
  8. X-Chad Phelps; 12/10.853/+1 Lap
  9. 61-Derrick Backus; 10/11.062/+2 Laps
  10. 77-Kevin Timmins; 10/10.766/ +2 Laps
  11. 38-Kyle Clark; 10/11.565/DNF (Black Flagged)
  12. 15-Joey Callahan; 8/11.776/DNF (pulled off)
  13. 42-Carl Becker; DNS

Time of Race:  21:07.583

  • * Denotes Lap Led
  • ** Denotes Most Laps Led
  • ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race

13th Annual North Carolina Swing

  • Race 4 of 5
  • November 4, 2016
  • SUPRS rFactor W v7.0 mod
  • Concord Motorsports Park

Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap underlined)

  1. 14-Joe Achzet; Yorkville, NY; Cottontail Designs, GraphX: 12.047, 12.241
  2. 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 12.094, 12.257
  3. 61-Derrick Backus; Mexico, NY; Disturbed Motorsports: 12.120, 12.256
  4. 41-Keith Powell; Carrollton, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 12.269, 12.504
  5. 77-Kevin Timmins; Baldwinsville, NY; BreezeGraphics.com, Wesley Motorsports: 12.275, 12.540
  6. X-Chad Phelps, New Haven, NY; Haun Welding Supply, Disturbed Motorsports: 12.353, 12.555
  7. 55-Steve Callahan; Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Exide Battery, CPR Motorsports: 12.473, 12.608
  8. 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; RW Woodworking, Wing Side Up Enterprises: 12.566, 12.610
  9. 15-Joey Callahan; Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Jack Daniels, CPR Motorsports: 12.594, 12.835
  10. 9-Domenic Gioia; Oswego, NY; Lizard Lick Towing, Team Domination Motorsports: 12.749, 12.865
  11. 52-Dave Brigandi; Syracuse, NY; Buffalo Bio-Diesel, Terry: 13.066, 13.155
  12. 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 13.138, 13.510
  13. 38-Kyle Clark; Mexico, NY; Coors’ Light, Disturbed Motorsports: 14.303, 14.515

Feature-50 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, fastest lap, distance behind winner)

  1. 35-Rob Warren; */**4/11.901/
  2. 14-Joe Achzet; !/5/11.775/+0.485
  3. 77-Kevin Timmins; 1/11.988/+3.805
  4. 61-Derrick Backus; 3/11.904/+1 Lap
  5. 41-Keith Powell; 7/11.886/+1 Lap
  6. 25-Bob Gangwer; 6/8/12.221/+1 Lap
  7. 38-Kyle Clark; 12/11.334/+2 Laps
  8. 55-Steve Callahan; 8/12.220/+2 Laps
  9. 52-Dave Brigandi; 10/12.621 /+3 Laps
  10. 42-Carl Becker; 11/13.070/ +5 Laps
  11. X-Chad Phelps; */2/12.052/DNF (pulled off)
  12. 9-Domenic Gioia; 10/15.361/DNF (pulled off)
  13. 15-Joey Callahan: DNS

Time of Race:  18:13.585

  • * Denotes Lap Led
  • ** Denotes Most Laps Led
  • ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race

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