{"id":18354,"date":"2015-03-27T07:20:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T11:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=18354"},"modified":"2015-03-27T04:26:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T08:26:21","slug":"super-late-models-back-in-action-this-week-at-new-smyrna-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/super-late-models-back-in-action-this-week-at-new-smyrna-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"SUPER LATE MODELS BACK IN ACTION THIS WEEK AT NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"David<\/a>Although some chilly World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing-type weather is
\non tap for Saturday night, expect plenty of red-hot racing for week number
\nthree of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Racing Series at New Smyrna Speedway.
\nThe Super Late Models will be in action for 50 laps and $1200 to win along
\nwith the Super Stocks, Sunshine Seamless Gutters Mini Stocks and the Bombers.
\nOne driver looking to turn his luck around in the Super Late Model division
\nwill be veteran David Rogers of Orlando as he begins his 42nd year behind the
\nwheel of a stock car. For the first time in recent memory, Rogers was winless
\nin 2014 and he wants to end that streak as quickly as possible this season.
\nAs usual, Rogers will have a talent-laden roster to contend with including the
\nlikes of Daniel Keene, Jr., Brad May and possibly Tim Russell who is putting
\nthe finishing touches on a new “hot rod.”<\/p>\n

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Merritt Island driver Justin Reynolds topped the field of Super Stocks on
\nopening night to keep a win streak alive in that class that dates back some
\ntime. Although he has competed mostly in 50 lap races over the past couple of
\nseasons, winning most of them by the way, Reynolds hopes to race more often
\nthis year, maybe even chase the point championship, thanks to his new sponsor
\nHot Colors Powder Coating. Two-time defending Super Stock champion Shannon
\nKelly will have plenty to say about that, though, along with a host of top
\ndrivers including Bobby Holley, Jeff Colburn, Preston Hunt, Gino Tuminello, J.
\nT. Tippins, Becca Samsoe and many others that include a number of brand-new
\nrace teams this year.<\/p>\n

The big question in the Sunshine Seamless Gutters Mini Stock class is “Who can
\ncatch Ted Vulpius?” “Mr. Mini Stock,” as he’s known, simply dominated the
\nfirst race for the four-bangers two weeks ago. Vulpius is driving a car this
\nyear that is owned by Guy Callon and wants to win as many races as he can for
\nCallon who is currently battling cancer. If Vulpius decides to go after the
\npoint title, it could be a long year for his competitors. Interestingly
\nenough, one of Vulpius’ top challengers, Brad Blanton, was practicing last
\nSaturday night with none other than Vulpius himself helping with the set-up on
\nthe car. Other drivers like David Russell and Jamie Dixson have been tweaking
\non their racers trying to find more speed as well and several other cars are
\nexpected to be ready for this week’s action.<\/p>\n

Pit gates open Saturday afternoon at 2 pm with practice slated from 3:30-6:15
\npm. Grandstand gates open at 6 pm with Super Late Model qualifying at 6:15 pm
\nand racing getting under way at 7:30 pm starting with 8-lap heat races for the
\nSuper Stocks, Mini Stocks and Bombers.<\/p>\n

Following intermission the Super Stocks will be first up for 25 laps followed
\nby the 50-lap contest for the Super Late Models, 25 laps for the Sunshine
\nSeamless Gutters Mini Stocks and the Bombers round out the evening of racing
\nwith a 20 lap event.<\/p>\n

Adult admission is $15 with all seniors (65+) and military with ID being
\nadmitted for $13. All kids 11 and under get in free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although some chilly World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing-type weather is on tap for Saturday night, expect plenty of red-hot racing for week number three of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Racing Series at New Smyrna Speedway. The Super Late Models will be in action for 50 laps and $1200 to win along with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,15329],"tags":[6186],"class_list":["post-18354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-whelen-all-american-series","tag-new-smyrna-speedway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18356,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18354\/revisions\/18356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}