Goshen, IN 1\/5\/05\u2026<\/b> Gary Waldron has followed Supermodified racing his whole life, but Waldron made a point of making sure everyone else was following him in the 38 lap SUPRS feature at Bristol Motor Speedway. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still mopping myself up,\u201d exclaimed the Wyoming, MI driver as he received the accolades of his fellow drivers. \u201cI just tried to be smooth, run my line and be patient because I\u2019m still learning all of this.<\/p>\n
Waldron was making his first appearance in SUPRS competition in the beautiful black and red Michigan Hill Gang sponsored #10 but he looked like a veteran as he ran third in his heat, set fast time of 14.104 seconds and led the feature green to checker against the largest field assembled yet for a SUPRS contest. \u201cThis seems so real that I start shaking when I do it. I think after that race, even Chris Perley would be proud!\u201d said Waldron who is a big fan of 2 time International Supermodified Champion Chris \u201cThe Rowley Rocket\u201d Perley. Waldron\u2019s win marked the third time this season that a driver has led the feature start to finish, but also noticeable was the fact that he was the 5th different driver to post a feature victory in 7 races. Rounding out the top five were Kevin Marine, Bob Gangwer, John Davidson, and Chris Nicastro.<\/p>\n
Joining Waldron in the rookie ranks for Bristol were Russ Goldthwait of Fulton, NY and Kevin Marine of St. Paul, MN. Marine is one of the few members of the SUPRS league that has never seen real supermodifieds in action but was immediately drawn to the spirited friendly competition of the league. A veteran online sim racer, Marine fared very well in his first outing posting second quick time of 14.192, and running second in his heat as well as the feature, \u201cI tried my darndest to catch the #10 and as soon as I\u2019d pick up a tenth he\u2019d open it back up again,\u201d commented the driver of the Shaker Designs #7, \u201cI had a blast though, everything ran good on my end and although there was a little bit of rubbing out there, that\u2019s part of racing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russ Goldthwait didn\u2019t run as well as Marine, but had fun nonetheless, stating, \u201cIt was a lot different racing all these guys than practicing with the computer cars, I just tried to stay out of everyone\u2019s way and have fun.\u201d Goldthwait brought the BurnBoys.com #12 home in a respectable 7th place for the feature after moving up one spot from his starting position.<\/p>\n
Chris Meyers also made his SUPRS debut and had his hands full racing with keyboard controls. \u201cI did my best to stay out of everyone\u2019s way and just finish the race using a keyboard,\u201d said Meyer\u2019s who hails from Amherst, OH and is the pilot of the Supermodified Central.com #23. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to getting a steering wheel and being more competitive next week,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
Conspicuously absent from the night\u2019s festivities was second place point man Chris Lucas. Lucas who is an over the road truck driver and had mechanical problems with his truck and was unable to make the call to green. \u201cI hate that I couldn\u2019t race with you guys tonight, I know John, (Davidson) is getting closer in points and I really thought I had a shot at winning at Bristol tonight,\u201d stated Lucas once he made it home. <\/p>\n
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Results-SUPRS Regular 38 at Bristol Motor Speedway-1\/5\/05<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
TIME TRIALS-<\/b><\/p>\n 13 Lap Heat Race Random Start-Top Three Finishers Receive Points<\/b><\/p>\n\n