Turkey Shoot Terror for Most Leads to Win for Clark

Survival Mode Nets Kyle Clark Second Turkey Shoot Win in a Row

November 13, 2018 – Memphis, TN…Kyle Clark dodged some big bullets and survived a caution strewn Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 14^th Annual Turkey Shoot at Memphis Motorsports Park, en-route to his second win in row at this race. Clark was able to steer through the excessive carnage and hang on to the lead after repeated restarts to take first place over his teammate Derrick Backus. Rob Warren was able to charge back to third after being involved in one of the cautions.

Kyle Clark of Mexico, NY was happy to see the checkered flag fall the caution plagued 14th Annual Turkey Shoot at Memphis. (Victory Lane art by BreezeGraphics.com)

Relieved Winner

When the first caution flew on lap three, it was a harbinger of things to come and Kyle Clark, while not in the lead for the first restart, had to endure the pressure of staying in first place for six of the eight cautions that followed.

“I want the giblets this year,” were the first words out of his mouth in victory lane. For dodging multiple accidents, then holding off his hard charging teammate on all those restarts, he certainly deserves all the goodies and the gravy to boot.

“That was one of the most intense races I’ve ever been in thankfully i wasn’t caught up in anything. at one point i slammed on the brakes when there was carnage in front of me. those cautions, oh my goodness I was going nuts,” he said.

The driver from the Disturbed Motorsports team, said “I love this track,” and concluded, I want to thank  Burgers’ Smokehouse. because I’m getting another Thanksgiving turkey and they are amazing!”

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Time to Be Thankful

The SUPRS racers now take a break from the action to allow members to spend time with their families over the Thanksgiving holiday. After a week off, your favorite supermodified sim racing sanction fires up again on November 27 for the 15^th Annual Wing Side Up Twin 25s at Bristol Motor Speedway. Full details are on the SUPRS schedule page.

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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:

14^th Annual Turkey Shoot

• Race 12 of 46
• November 14, 2017
• SUPRS rFactor W v7.3 mod
• Memphis Motorsports Park
• Memphis, TN

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

1. 7-Nelson Rodrigues; Stoneham, MA; Star Speedway: 18.223, 18.112
2. 38-Kyle Clark; Mexico, NY; Walker’s Cleaners & Tuxedo Rental, Disturbed Motorsports: 18.359, 18.177
3. 41-Keith Powell; Carrollton, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 18.429, 18.257
4. 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1^st to Finish Race Servers, Designs of Elegance: 18.437, 18.280
5. 55-Steve Callahan; Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Exide Battery, CPR Motorsports: 18.448, 18.300
6. 61-Derrick Backus; Mexico, NY; Disturbed Motorsports: 18.318, 18.346
7. 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; RW Woodworking, B&G Racing Photos: 18.625, 18.399
8. 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 18.951, 18.655
9. 52-Dave Brigandi; Syracuse, NY; Brigandi & Sons Carpet and Tile, Terry: 28.262, 19.979

Turkey Trot-6 Laps (showing finish, car number, driver name)

1.  35-Rob Warren
2. 38-Kyle Clark
3. 41-Keith Powell
4. 7-Nelson Rodrigues DNF

Time of Race:  1:55.085

Heat Race-8 Laps (showing finish, car number, driver name)

1. 55-Steve Callahan
2. 42-Carl Becker
3. 61-Derrick Backus
4. 25-Bob Gangwer
5. 52-Dave Brigandi

Time of Race:  2:31.399

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

1.  38-Kyle Clark: * | ** | P2 | 18.226
2. 61-Derrick Backus: P7 | 18.237 | +0.119
3. 35-Rob Warren: * |P1 | 18.286 | +1.760
4. 25-Bob Gangwer: ! | P8 | 18.177 | +1.873
5. 41-Keith Powell:  P3 | 18.413 | +2.025
6. 42-Carl Becker: P6 | 18.575| +6.144
7. 52-Dave Brigandi: P9 | 19.395 | +8.879
8. 55-Steve Callahan: P5 | 18.306 | DNF (Pulled Off-33 laps complete)
9. 7-Nelson Rodrigues: * |P4 | 18.390 | DNF (Pulled Off-17 laps complete)

Time of Race:  28:28.069

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

Race Notes:

• Kyle Clark led a total of 26 green flag laps
• Nelson Rodrigues led seven green flag laps
• Rob Warren led seven green flag laps
• Derrick Backus advanced the most positions at five
• Keith Powell had the top speed of the race of 174.046 mph
• There were eight cautions for a total of 19 laps
• Kyle Clark and Bob Gangwer had the least amount of incidents at one each
• Dave Brigandi had the most incidents at 18