{"id":14631,"date":"2020-04-09T17:52:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T21:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suprs.net\/site\/?p=14631"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:48:45","slug":"speedyman-rolls-a-seven-in-vegas-at-jeff-russell-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suprs.net\/site\/speedyman-rolls-a-seven-in-vegas-at-jeff-russell-special\/","title":{"rendered":"SpeedyMan Rolls a Seven in Vegas at Jeff Russell Special"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dave “SpeedyMan” Ohh Takes Seventh SUPRS Win in a Row at The Bullring of Las Vegas Motor Speedway <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

April 4, 2020 – Las Vegas, NV…<\/strong><\/em>Dave “SpeedyMan” Ohh won his second Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), Jeff Russell<\/a> Special, his 13th<\/sup> feature this season, and his seventh straight feature Tuesday night at The Bullring<\/a>. In so doing, he gained five bonus points, but also has five more points added to the SUPRS Bounty that is on his head, making the total now 20 that the other SUPRS racers could take from his championship total and add to their own.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rob Warren brought his 1st<\/sup> to Finish Race Servers “Rocket” home in second, and Bob Gangwer was on the podium in third place for the third straight year driving the Belfab Racing Products<\/a> house car.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7 for 11-Dave Ohh now has seven SUPRS feature victories in a row after taking the Jeff Russell Special in Las Vegas at The Bullring April 7. (Victory Lane Art by BreezeGraphics.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Feels Good, but Wanted More<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

“It feels good to make it two in a row for the Jeff Russell Special,” Ohh said after the win. But he had more than a win planned, the hard charging winner wanted to lap the field. “Man, those untimely cautions. I almost had the field lapped twice. I had pulled up the back of the field, but the caution came out.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The race had a total of four cautions with the first one coming on lap 23 for a multi-car incident triggered when Brad Keysor got into the back end of Keith Powell at the exit of turn four, which also collected Nelson Rodrigues. Keysor and Rodrigues were involved in the second caution 30 laps later in the same corner which ended Rodrigues’ night due to the “3 Strikes” rule SUPRS has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Tire Worries This Year<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After winning last year’s Jeff Russell Special, Ohh said he was concerned whether or not he had saved enough tire for the end of the race. This time though, he had no such worries. “Last year I was worried about tires,” he acknowledged. “I knew I over saved last year, so I tried to run a good pace this year and I still had enough tire left at the end to walk away if I had to.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohh, a master a driving a loose race car, was on the edge on a few occasions and admitted that he had some close calls. “It was a handful to drive,” he said. “It was loose before tires came up to temp and I really had to wheel around this track here, it’s a tough little track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a lot of close racing early on. I had a little contact with Bob (Gangwer), coming up on lapped car, then I think it was Kyle that spun across my nose early on when he just got loose, and I had to lock it up to keep from getting into him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Real quick though, I just want to give a shout out to 1st to Finish Race Servers, Hairbag Studios, BreezeGraphics.com<\/a> and Icings on Top and also a shameless plug for HeatFinder.net and The Mod Squad,” said the winner. Ohh added later,  after he had more time to think about the race, “I also hope Jeff keeps healing from his injuries, I don’t know him, but I know that this race is for him, so I hope it helps.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren Happy with Second<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For SUPRS reigning champion Rob Warren, a win in the Jeff Russell Special would have been a welcome addition to his long list of important accomplishments in his sim racing career, but he was happy to finish second. “This was a great night of racing and I’m happy to finish in second,” he said. “Congrats to Dave, there’s just no catching him and I’m glad to see Bob on the podium as well.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Ohh, Warren had a close call or two during the 85 lap race. “I missed something huge on the front stretch I was aiming right for it and was able to turn right and avoid the whole thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only wrinkle on the car was when Bob and I were trying to get through the apex in turn one and we bumped slightly. Thanks to Hairbag Studios, Breeze Graphics, and of course Icings on Top and Cyndi for all she does for SUPRS. It was just an awesome night of racing for Jeff.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wormuth Makes First Start Spectacular<\/h4>\n\n\n\n