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Brad Keysor Victorious at Delaware, Teams with Carl Becker for Snowball Derby Challenge Championship<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

January 7, 2020 – Delaware, ON, Canada…<\/em><\/strong> Like a gold prospector in the Yukon, Brad Keysor of Liverpool, NY has staked his claim in Canada after sweeping all contests and winning his first Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), Crazy Canuck Snowball Derby at Delaware Speedway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keysor was joined by veteran Carl Becker, and the two were able to steal the Snowball Derby Team Challenge away from second and third place finishers Keith Powell and Bob Gangwer with Keysor’s tie-breaking win. The Keysor\/Becker duo tallied up 172 points as did the Powell\/Gangwer team. For Becker it is the second time in his career that he’s been a part of the winning team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team USA was once again crowned Can-Am Challenge Champions after no Canadian racers made the race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brad Keysor staked his claim to Canadian gold after sweeping the night in SUPRS 16th Annual Crazy Canuck Snowball Derby at Delaware Speedway. He was joined by Carl Becker as part of the winning, two-man, Snowball Derby Team Challenge. (Victory Lane Art by BreezeGraphics.com<\/a><\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Winner Glad Excitement Behind<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Able to keep the lead through a myriad of restarts, Keysor won his fourth race in six starts and has a long on all the rFactor events going back to November. Still, he wasn’t sure until the checkered flag flew that the race was his. “It was different tonight,” said the winner. “It was a tight interesting track, and thankfully I missed most of the excitement in the feature because it was all behind me.” Keysor chalked up the five caution periods to a new and challenge, as it was the first time SUPRS had visited Delaware. “I was surprised that we had as many cautions as we did, but it was a new track for us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keysor was proud and grateful to his Snowball Derby Challenge Teammate and said, “Great night, great race. My teammate, Carl, did a really good job. He was very reliable and did what he does best, keeping it out of trouble and bringing it home in one piece.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close Calls Can’t Stop Carl<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For Carl Becker, several close calls had him diving for cover, but he was able to stay out of trouble and bring the Dowker Titanium Roadster home for a fourth place finish. “I probably came within about a half a foot of hitting Bob once,” stated the cagey veteran. “I was standing on the brakes with both feet to miss him. It all occurred in front of me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becker’s main concern throughout all the cautions was that his teammate Brad Keysor was still up front leading. “Everytime, I just wanted to make sure Brad was still up front, being the faster teammate you don’t want to see him taken out.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I just kept thinking that if anything went wrong, and I could just keep moving up, I might get that team championship again,” said the Lansing, MI racer. “I’m glad that I could do 50 laps. I had a great teammate.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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