Rob Warren Narrowly Beats Maxon, Sand on Nite 4 of SUPRS Speedweeks
Pinellas Park, FL – February 12, 2015… Rob Warren of Pulaski, NY succeeded in holding off two Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series champions to win the 50 lap feature at Sunrise Raceway Thursday night. The win made him the fourth different winner in as many nights as the SUPRS racers continue the trek though the Sunshine State during the 2015 Florida Speedweeks tour.
Rob Warren grabbed the SUPRS Speedweeks win at Sunrise Raceway Thursday night after leading all 50 laps.
Myles Maxon and Ray Sand, Jr. raced their way to the front only to come us just shy of a win and finished second and third, crossing the finish line nose to tail, and in Maxon’s case against the wall under the flag stand.
Warren started the race from outside row one next to Joey Callahan who time trialed in at third fastest and looked to have a great chance at scoring his second ever SUPRS feature win. Warren was able to get a jump off turn four at the drop of the green flag and never relinquished the lead for the rest of the race, while Callahan dropped out of the race with less than 15 laps to go.
That’s not to say that the driver of the First to Finish Docks & Hoists online supermodified had it easy though. “I was Joey’s biggest fan for the first 30 laps as he kept the pack behind us,” he said about Callahan. “Then when I glanced up at the scoreboard and saw that Myles and Ray had gotten past him, I figured that it was all over because I didn’t have a real big lead and I figured Myles would start chewing that up in no time. Like I said, I was rooting for Joe because I knew the wolves were coming, and there at the end they did that’s for sure.”
With only a few laps left “Rocket” Rob caught up to the lapped cars of last night’s winner Dave Brigandi and the racer that finished second last night, Carl Becker. This allowed Maxon and Sand, Jr. to pull right to the rear nerf bar of Warren and then challenge him for the lead. Fortunately for Warren, the drivers being lapped were courteous and allowed the leaders through. Warren explained saying, “I couldn’t be happier about the lapped cars. They must have heard us coming because they gave us plenty of room tonight.”
The fifth and final night of the 2015 SUPRS Florida Speedweeks takes place at USA International Speedway tomorrow night February 13. Practice begins at 8:00pm, Time Trials go off at 8:30 and the feature takes the green at 8:45pm.
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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:
- Florida Speedweeks
- Race 4
- February 12, 2015
Sunrise Raceway
Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap underlined)
- 79-Myles Maxon; Oswego, NY; Tamarack Golf Club, The Swamp: 11.431, 11.368
- 55-Steve Callahan; Cayuhoga Falls, OH; Ice Oil, CPR Motorsports: 11.425, 11.502
- 15-Joey Callahan; Attaboy, IL; Exide Battery, CPR Motorsports: 11.628, 11.582
- 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1st to Finish Docks & Hoists, Designs of Elegance: 11.585, 11.783
- 02-Kyle Perry; Fulton, NY; 21 Tequila, Bellinger’s Auto Sales & Service: 11.664, 11.768
- 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 11.887, 11.671
- 25-Bob Gangwer; Goshen, IN; Wing Side Up Enterprises, Ricky’s Sideline Shots: 11.814, 11.730
- 52-Dave Brigandi; Syracuse, NY; Buffalo Bio-Diesel, Terry: 11.809, 11.901
- 18-Ray Sand, Jr.; Rochester, NY; SandmanRacing.com: 12.334, NT
Feature – 50 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, fastest lap, distance behind winner)
- 35-Rob Warren; * ** 11.527
- 79-Myles Maxon; 11.526 | +0.129
- 18-Ray Sand, Jr.; 11.533 | +0.225
- 25-Bob Gangwer; ! 11.489 | +2.175
- 55-Steve Callahan; 11.497 | +4.254
- 42-Carl Becker; 11.628 | +1 Lap
- 52-Dave Brigandi; 11.737 | +1 Lap
- 15-Joey Callahan; 11.534 | +16 Laps
- 02-Kyle Perry; 11.682 | DNF
Time of Race: 11:03.333
- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
