IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

February 8, 2009 Landon Cassill tops ASA Crate Late Models on Night 2 at New Smyrna by Matt Kentfield Multiple Winners Celebrate Victories at New Smyrna Speedway NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL (February 7, 2009) – Night two of the 43rd Annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing took place Saturday night at New Smyrna Speedway (FL). Six divisions raced throughout the evening with six different drivers taking home victories. After being involved in an incident yesterday, Matt Hirschman's crew worked hard to get his Modified back together. The work paid off as the North Hampton, Pennsylvania went to victory in the Tour-Type Modified feature. Ted Christopher, Chuck Hossfeld, Kevin Goodale and Jon McKennedy rounded out the top five. Changing engines was the trick tonight for Iowa driver Landon Cassill as he was able to motor his way to the win in the Crate Late Model feature. David Rigan, Patrick Laperle, David Wagner and Stephen Nasse were the top-five finishers. After stuffing his primary SK Modified into the wall during qualifying, New Jersey’s Jimmy Blewett rebounded to take the victory in the SK Modified feature. He was followed across the line by Bobby Grigas, Kenny “Cannonball” Horton, David Cranmer and Chris Jensen. For the second night in a row, Florida native Jeff Choquette dominated the Super Late Model feature. Wayne Anderson, Tim Russell, Jeremy Colangelo and David Rogers rounded out the top five. Lee Collins stayed up front and out of the chaos behind him to win the Florida Modified feature. The rest of the top five was Jerry Symons, Nick Diano, Jeff Ganus and Robert Deal. In the final feature of the night, Jessica Murphy held off Austin Pickens to take the win in the Late Model feature. The top-two cars crossed the start-finish line sideways, wrecking going into turn one. Murphy’s car had to be towed to victory lane for post-race ceremonies. Sam Watts finished third, followed by Drew Brannon, and Chad Akins. The third night of Florida Speedweeks at New Smyrna Speedway will take place Sunday, February 8th. The Super Late Models, Late Models, Florida Modifieds, and the Winged Sprints will all see action. Green flag for the first feature event is scheduled for 7:30pm ET. For all the latest news and happenings throughout Smyrna Speedweeks, be sure to check out Speed51.com and NewSmyrnaSpeedway.org. For more information on Speed51.com, please contact Matt Kentfield at 51 Sports by calling (704) 788-2134. Crate Late Models Pos Driver 1 7 Landon Cassill 2 24 David Rigan 3 91 Patrick Laperle 4 98 David Wagner 5 51 Stephen Nasse 6 46 Nick Glaze 7 35 Joseph Gase 8 9 Kurt Jett 9 17 AJ Fulgenzi 10 11 Austin Kirkpatrick 11 69 John Josh 12 5 Bryce Walker 13 31 12 Justin McLellan 14 90 Rebecca Kasten 15 17X Tanner Berryhill 16 3 Cole Powell 17 28 Terry Horak 18 25 Steve Smith 19 43 Tommy Martins 20 46B Matt Cohen 21 127 Kyle Maynard 22 5X Kyle Delisle 23 40 Eric Chase 24 4 Thor Anderson 25 28B Sean Bass 26 23 James Weller III Late Models Pos Driver 1 26 Jessica Murphy 2 63 Austin Pickens 3 51 Sam Watts 4 8 Drew Brannon 5 60 Chad Akins 6 26X Justin Larson 7 4B Alan Bruns 8 119 J.R. McMichael 9 27 Brennan Palmiter 10 38 Kirk Hooker 11 9Z Zachary Donatti 12 99 Rick Penton 13 11 David Weaver 14 2 AJ Curreli 15 4 John Hanen Florida Modifieds Pos Driver 1 89 Larry Lee Collins, Jr 2 66 Jerry Symons 3 36 Nick Diano 4 5X Jeff Ganus 5 15X Robert Deal 6 54 David Hite 7 15 James Tucker 8 7X Rodney Brooks 9 29 James (Joe) Yarborough 10 27 Denis Pierce 11 31 John Zidek 12 13 Kevyn Terry 13 6X Nick Clemens 14 91 Dean Slappey 15 6 Mike Stacey 16 53 Dave Dobbins 17 4B Alan Bruns 18 99 AJ Winstead 19 5 Ed Hartin 20 2X Ryan Preece 21 22 Scott Bishop 22 8 Timothy Moore 23 99X Ronnie Davis JR 24 9 Ardell "Art" Kunzeman 25 0 JR Bertuccio 26 98S Robbie Cooper 27 38 Ricky Moxley 28 33 Gary Fountain Tour Type Modifieds Pos Driver 1 59 Matt Hirshman 2 0 Ted Christopher 3 22 Charles Hossfeld 4 50 Kevin Goodale 5 73 Jonathan McKennedy 6 9 Robert Grigas III 7 17 Robbie Fuller 8 58 Eric Goodale 9 12 Jimmy Blewett 10 29 Ken Horton 11 91 John Jensen 12 2 J.R. Bertuccio 13 76 Jimmy Zacharias 14 40 Louie Mechalides 15 9NH Pete Jarvis 16 1 Darwin Green 17 96 Russell (Butch) Perry 18 80 Mike Andrews 19 89 David Cranmer 20 70 Timothy Zacharias 21 72 D J Chasse 22 14 Sean Fitzmaurice SK Modifieds Pos Driver 1 12 Jimmy Blewett 2 09SK Robert Grigas III 3 19 Ken Horton 4 59 David Cranmer 5 79 Chris Jensen 6 14 Wayne Arute 7 10 Rob Schultz 8 71 Jimmy Zacharias 9 17 Russell Savoy 10 23 Timothy Zacharias 11 91 Frank Ruocco Super Late Modifieds Pos Driver 1 70 Jeff Choquette 2 11 David Rogers 3 84 Wayne Anderson 4 36 Tim Russell 5 5 Jeremy Colangelo 6 10 Jack Landis 7 58X Edward Nevin Gainey 8 24 David Rigan 9 7 Doug Elliott 10 23 Rusty Ebersole 11 112 Stephen Weaver Jr. 12 68 Russell Shaw 13 16 Gary Passer 14 10X Johanna Long 15 33 Ricky Wood 16 73 Sam Watts 17 18 Bruce Gowland 18 119 J.R. McMichael 19 58 John Coffman 20 83 Carl Willard Have an opinion on this story? Post a message on our Message Board! or Email KARNACto send a letter to the editor!