| Colt James wins at New Smyrna Speedway for the Florida 100 presented by Crane Cams | The ASA Late Model Series South driver Colt James takes another win narrowing the point’s battle with only two events left this season. A full house was on their feet to watch the exciting finish with the top three teams taking the checkered flag of; 15 Colt James, 31 Brian Blum and the 88 of Justin Larson.
Jimmy Lang finished 4th and continues to hold the points lead with two events still left in the season: New Senoia on October 11th and the Championship event at Charlotte County on October 18th. Chad Pierce finished in the 5th position driving his teammate’s car #3 after some engine troubles with his own car the #57 and some unexpected health issues with Blake Lehr that left the teams with one driver and one car for the evening.
The teams took the checkered on lap 101 after a caution on lap 99. There was a total of five cautions for the evening with a caution on the start causing the loss of 51 Stephen Nasse, 60 Chad Atkins, 26 Jessica Murphy, 9 Kurt Jett, 32 Gyuri Makai. Earlier in the day, the 92 of Danny Partelo hit the wall in qualifying and was unable to fix the car to compete and the 19 of Chris Gillespie had car troubles that took him out of competition.
It was perfect weather in New Smyrna on Saturday to make up for the rain out of this event. The New Smyrna event originally scheduled in June was cancelled due to major storms throughout the area. Over 100 employees from Crane Cams came out to support the series and the track as well as a large group from the Spina Bifida Foundation.
The 33 team of Casey Caudill Sponsored the Spina Bifida Fundraiser and hoping to raise money and awareness for this cause. Casey was born with a spinal cord defect known as spina bifida, and after 4 surgeries the outlook for the Florida youngster remains positive. The ASA Late Model teams participated in a fundraising drive during the autograph session as well as interacted with many of the kids with Spina Bifida to show our commitment to the cause. We will be working with them throughout the rest of the season to help collect more for the fundraiser and add awareness to this foundation.
The win is good news for Colt James who went into the event 59 point’s behind Jimmy Lang. The win will help narrow the Gap between the two competitors and will definitely make for two exciting final events for this division. Jimmy Lang has had five feature wins in the ASA Late Model South Division and is hoping to land the Championship in this Division.
Unofficial Results
15 – Colt James 101
31 – Brian Blum 101
88 – Justin Larson 101
86 – Jimmy Lang 101
3 – Chad Pierce 101
75 – David Odell 101
17 – AJ Fulgenzi 101
59 – Dustin Dunn 100
89 – Beau Browning 99
20 – Kyle Eastham 99
11 – Austin Kirkpatrick 99
70 – Jeremy Gerstner 99
33 – Casey Caudill 98
08 – Drew Brannon 97
76 – Jerick Johnson 97
78 – John Gerstner 96
93 – Brandon Johnson 94
28 – Sean Bass 21
51 – Stephen Nasse 1
60 – Chad Akins 1
26 – Jessica Murphy 1
9 – Kurt Jett 1
32 – Gyuri Makai 1
The ASA Late Model Series Presented by GM Performance Parts runs three divisions throughout the Country with over 30 events per season. We have some of the most talented drivers in the country participate with us and have seen many of our teams move up into higher levels of auto racing from the benefit of competing at these tough levels of competition in the ASA Late Model Series.
The success of the ASA Late Model Series is based on the big three; the best teams, the best tracks and the best marketing Partners. America’s Premier Short Track Series continues to steal the hearts of the fans across the country.
For more information about the ASA Late Model Series presented by GM Performance Parts check back to the website at www.asalatemodelsouth.com. Please check back for the ASALMS South Awards Summary and Photo Gallery for the New Smyrna Event. To Contact the ASA Late Model Series Office call 800-385-2503 or email pr@asalatemodels.com.
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