Stafford Motor Speedway hosted the 53rd Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler®, “The Greatest Race in the History of Spring,” on Sunday, April 27th with Open Modified cars.
Stephen Kopcik overcame an early race penalty to work his way back to the front of the field and took control of the race in the second half to score his first career NAPA Spring Sizzler® victory. The race took the green flag with Jake Johnson and Joey Cipriano leading the field and it was Johnson setting the early pace. Johnson would only lead the first lap as Michael Christopher, Jr. took the lead on lap-2. Sam Rameau was third in the early going behind Christopher and Johnson with Cipriano fourth and Matt Hirschman fifth. Jon McKennedy was sixth followed by Ron Silk, Marcello Rufrano, Anthony Nocella, and Matt Swanson.Rufrano went by McKennedy on lap-9 to move into seventh place while Christopher and Johnson continued to lead the field. Dana DiMatteo got into the turn 1 wall to bring the caution out with 11 laps complete.Christopher and Johnson were wheel to wheel for the lead back under green with Rameau in third. Hirschman was fourth and Silk was fifth in line. Johnson went by Christopher on lap-11 to move back into the lead. Behind Johnson, Christopher, and Rameau, Silk got around Hirschman to move into fourth place before the caution came out with 15 laps complete for a spin in the middle of turns 1+2 by Cipriano. Under the caution period, Silk pulled to the high side of the track and let the field pass by before he brought his car to pit road.Johnson took the lead back under green with Rameau taking second. Matt Swanson was now up to third with Hirschman fourth and McKennedy fifth. Stephen Kopcik was sixth in line followed by Christopher, Austin Beers, Jake Lutz, and Eric Goodale. Rameau spun in turn 4 to bring the caution flag out with 21 laps complete. Kopcik was shown the black flag for making contact with Rameau.Johnson was back out front on the restart with Swanson up to second behind him. Hirschman was now third in line with McKennedy fourth and Austin Beers fifth. Christopher was followed by Lutz, Woody Pitkat, Goodale, and Keith Rocco. The caution came back out with 29 laps complete for Ronnie Williams, who spun into the wall in turn 2.Johnson again took the lead on the restart with Hirschman taking second. Swanson slotted into third with Beers fourth and McKennedy in fifth. Lutz got loose on the backstretch and spun around to bring the caution flag back out with 31 laps complete.Johnson again took the lead as the race resumed on lap-32 with Hirschman, Swanson, McKennedy, Beers, and Pitkat lined up behind him. Cipriano, who had an earlier spin, was now back up to seventh place with Goodale, Nocella, and Rameau making up the top-10.At the halfway point of the race, it was Johnson, Hirschman, Swanson, McKennedy, Pitkat, Beers, Cipriano, Goodale, Rameau, and Tyler Rypkema. Johnson and Hirschman were beginning to put some distance between themselves and the trio of Swanson, McKennedy, and Pitkat.10 laps later on lap-50 Johnson was still in command with Hirschman giving chase. There was now a train of cars behind the lead duo with Pitkat in third place leading Cipriano, Rameau, Rypkema, and Chase Dowling. Johnson’s lead over Hirschman was erased with 59 laps complete for a spin on the backstretch by Max Zachem.Under the caution period, the leaders all came to pit road for 2 tires and adjustments. Rameau, Rypkema, and Kopcik all stayed out with Johnson winning the race off of pit road to restart in fourth place. Hirschman had an issue on his pit stop and fell from second back to 18th. Rameau led on the restart and just as Kopcik took the lead from Rameau on lap-61, the caution came out for a multicar incident in turn 3 involving McKennedy and Beers along with several other cars, which put Rameau back in front for the next restart.The restart saw Johnson get loose and back into the turn 1 wall to bring the caution flag right back out before a lap could be completed. Pitkat was sent to the rear of the field for making contact with Johnson while Johnson was parked for hitting Pitkat’s car under caution.Kopcik resumed his place out front on the restart with Rameau holding off a hard charge from Dowling to maintain second. Timmy Solomito was up to fourth behind Dowling with Goodale up to fifth. Dowling got around Rameau to move into second while Hirschman was on the charge back up through the field, taking seventh.With 30 laps to go the order was Kopcik, Dowling, Rameau, Goodale, Solomito, Nocella, Hirschman, Rufrano, Swanson, and Brian Robie. Goodale was coming to life as he took fourth on lap-71 and then third on lap-72. The caution came back out with 75 laps complete for a spin in turn 4 by Swanson.Kopcik took the lead on the restart with Goodale taking second. Nocella took third on lap-82 with Dowling settling into fourth, just in front of Solomito, Pitkat, and Hirschman. Nocella was all over the back bumper of Goodale looking for a way to take over second place while Kopcik was slowly lap by lap increasing the gap between himself and Goodale and Nocella. Robie spun coming out of turn 2 to bring the caution out with 92 laps complete and set up an 8 lap sprint to the finish.The restart saw both Goodale and Dowling go around in turn 3 to bring the caution right back out before a lap could be completed. Kopcik and Nocella went a lap side by side before Kopcik cleared into the lead on lap-93. Nocella worked his way to the inside of Kopcik on lap-94 and he took the lead on lap-95. Pitkat was third behind the two leaders with Solomito fourth and Matt Galko up to fifth. Kopcik got to the inside of Nocella in turn 3 and took over the lead on lap-96. The caution flew with 99 laps complete as Solomito spun into the turn 1 wall to set up a green white checkered finish to determine the winner.Kopcik took the lead with Pitkat and Nocella going side by side behind him for second. Pitkat got by Nocella on the final lap but couldn’t get close enough to Kopcik as Kopcik took the checkered flag to win the 53rd Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler®. Pitkat finished second with Nocella, Galko, and Cipriano rounding out the top-5.
Austin Beers pulled a rabbit of his own out of the hat in the Bunny Hop 75 at Mahoning Valley Speedway on Saturday, April 19
Beers started last in the 27-car field of Race of Champions Modified Series competitors, but raced his way through the field to win the season-opening event. Beers took the lead from Lou Strohl with three laps to go in the event, completing his charge through the pack for the victory.The Pennsylvania driver was a scratch during both time trials and heat races to set the evening's lineup, as he and his team diagnosed a mechanical issue on his car. That made for a long day at the track as well as an uphill battle in the feature, but it paid off with a trip to victory lane. "I've got to thank those guys so much," said Beers. "All of our guys, all the Blewett guys. We were kind of stumped on what the problem was. It ended up being the fuel pump, we think. What a hell of a race. "I'm out of breath. That was pretty intense. I've got to thank Louie. He ran me really clean. That was really fun. Definitely fun coming through the pack there. I just had to bide my time. My dad did an amazing job being a spotter. He's not great at it, but he's getting there. He's doing really good now, but it feels really good to get a win here." Beers' pass for the lead came on lap 73, as he muscled to the inside of Strohl entering turn one. With Strohl protecting the inside line around the tight quarter-mile at Mahoning Valley, Beers knew it would take one more surprise to take the win. "I just didn't really have enough drive," explained Beers. "I was tight, which built free towards the end of the run. I couldn't get the run around the top and he was doing a good job of protecting the bottom out of two. I knew my opportunity would be out of four when he wouldn't expect it. He got a little high, and this thing just gripped up enough to where I could motor on next to him and break his momentum." Strohl had to pass quite a few cars in his own right to get to the front, slipping back in the field in the opening laps after starting 10th. However, patience paid off as he took the lead on a lap 55 restart, following an incident with Matt Hirschman and Jack Ely as they battled for the top spot. "I was like 14th or 15th there after that first caution," said Strohl. "You know what, I kept my strategy. I knew the car was really good. I just kept to my strategy and passed them where I could. Didn't use the tires up. The clutch was slipping so hard. I couldn't throttle up off of two or off of four. He could, and that's how he got me. You can only do so much. If that clutch hadn't been slipping, the roles would have been reverse, but that's okay. That's racing, and we were fast."Blake Barney rounded out the podium, running in the top three for most of the evening. It was a bittersweet outcome, as Barney was pleased to have front-running pace but disappointed to see a chance at a win slip away. "I mean, it's always good to come out here and have a good top-three finish, but I'm just a little disappointed," said Barney. "I felt like there was a lot of opportunities for me to win and it kind of falls on me a little bit. "I got that restart in the lead and I felt like he jumped it. I'm not mad at him, you know? He's just trying to win the race, but seems like it was a little egregious and had a full car on me at the line, but it's whatever. It's my fault, I should have maybe went earlier, too. "From there, I was just trying to see what they were doing up front. They had a pretty good battle and it made for an exciting finish. I didn't really want to mess that up and kind of just jump when they were weak, but that really didn't happen for me. Kind of disappointed, but at the same time, any time you can come here with a stout field like this and finish top three, you can't really be too mad about it." Ron Silk finished fourth, with Daren Scherer finishing fifth. Hirschman rebounded from his incident to finish sixth, followed by Brian Defebo, Paulie Hartwig, III, Jaden Brown and Don Wagner.
Bunny Hop 75 Unofficial Results Fin No Driver Laps Diff 1 71 Austin Beers 75 --- 2 88 Lou Strohl 75 0.568 3 14 Blake Barney 75 0.605 4 16 Ron Silk 75 0.868 5 3 Daren Scherer 75 1.265 6 60 Matt Hirschman 75 1.549 7 53 Brian Defebo 75 1.555 8 11 Paulie Hartwig 75 2.157 9 03 Jaden Brown 75 2.467 10 22 Don Wagner 75 2.798 11 19B James Blewett 75 3.035 12 8P Earl Paules 75 3.655 13 51 Jayden Harman 75 4.207 14 8F Chris Finocchario 75 4.653 15 66 Austin Kochenash 75 5.157 16 95 Jacob Kersetter 75 5.538 17 87 Thomas Flanagan 75 5.880 18 7x Mark Miller 75 6.225 19 29 Cody Kohler 62 13 Laps 20 81 Jack Ely 60 15 Laps 21 17 Roger Coss 36 39 Laps 22 19W Tyler Wagner 36 39 Laps 23 76 Rod Snyder, Jr. 35 40 Laps 24 44 Kyle Strohl 31 44 Laps 25 72 John Bennett 31 44 Laps 26 41 Nick Baer 27 48 Laps 27 0 Randall Richard 3 72 Laps
Ron Silk survives pit road mishap for eighth career Thompson Modified Tour victory on April 16
A dominant performance from Ron Silk in Wednesday’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park was nearly derailed during the final pit sequence of the evening. While attempting to exit pit road, Silk made contact with his long-time Modified Tour rival Justin Bonsignore and spun. The contact resulted in damage to the front of Bonsignore’s Modified while Silk continued without losing any track position. Silk was unfazed by the pit road incident as he quickly worked his way around Patrick Emerling during the closing laps to reclaim the lead. With Emerling playing defense against the rest of the pack, Silk cruised to his 27th career Modified Tour win and his eighth overall at Thompson. “I was pretty confident if I got a good restart and got to the lead, I would be able to hold them off,” Silk said. “My car drove great. The first 40 laps or so we were a little bit free, but we fixed that on the pit stop. The car was just spot-on after that.” Thompson has always been a significant track in Silk’s career on the Modified Tour, as his first three triumphs in the series came at the facility. Joining Haydt Yannone Racing in 2022 proved to be a catalyst in Silk recapturing the efficiency he enjoyed at Thompson. Aside from his first campaign with Haydt Yannone, Silk has now won at least one race at Thompson each year piloting the silver No. 16. Finding his way to Victory Lane on Saturday evening required Silk and crew chief Phil Moran to be sharp with pit strategy. An early caution provided Silk and Moran the opportunity they needed to shift momentum in their favor, as Silk utilized fresh tires and adjustments to charge toward the front of the field. Silk was untouched at the front of the pack until a spin by Craig Lutz with 27 laps remaining brought most of the field back into the pits. Once Silk shook off the contact from Bonsignore, he had to quickly dispatch both Emerling and Jake Johnson to regain the lead. He comfortably did just that. Emerling, who was piloting a Geoff Bodine tribute scheme, endured an eventful evening of his own. After losing control of his Modified on Lap 64, problems in the pit lane for Emerling resulted in his falling a lap behind the leaders, which he quickly regained on an ensuing yellow flag. Going off-sequence from the leaders enabled Emerling to salvage a runner-up finish. Emerling was pleasantly surprised by the outcome, one that could prove to be beneficial in his quest for a Modified Tour title. “That was an absolutely insane run by the team,” Emerling said. “We got stuck a lap down, but luckily there was quick caution there. We got our lap back and we passed a ton of cars. Our car was feeling good on those old tires, but that was an insane run.”Following Silk and Emerling home in the third was Trevor Catalano, with Austin Beers and Bonsignore completing the top five. The rest of the top 10 consisted of Chase Dowling, Stephen Kopcik, polesitter Jon McKennedy, Tommy Catalano and Matt Swanson.
116Ron SilkBlue Mountian Machine/ Future Homes150-- 21Patrick EmerlingFleetworks Inc1500.665 356Trevor CatalanoUSNE Power & Construction1500.788 464Austin BeersG&G Electrical Supply/ AP Marquadt & Sons1500.873 551Justin BonsignorePhoenix Communication Inc1500.913 644Chase DowlingS&S Paving/ Harshaw Paving1501.045 721Stephen KopcikNewtown Pools/Wanick Contruction1501.09 879Jon McKennedyChristophers Towing1501.236 954Tommy CatalanoFX Caprara/USNE1501.264 1025Matt SwansonCeravolo’s Auto/1501.411 1160Matt HirschmanElite Towing1501.877 1222Kyle BonsignoreMTT/ChaLew Performance/Munns Auto1501.904 1346Craig LutzRiverhead Building Supply1501.968 147Luke Baldwin*Baldwin Automotive1502.068 153Tyler RypkemaUSNE/Northeast Drilling1502.198 1659Tyler Barry*Pro Systems/BNP Machine1502.803 1781Mark Stewart*Cromers Market/ Keith Grimes Excavating1503.257 1824Andrew KrauseSupreme Manufacturing1503.436 1982Woody PitkatGunsmoke Stables Racing/Danny’s Cesspool Service1503.872 2088Roger TurbushRheem1504.51 2111Eric BerndtAlliant Insurance Services1491 Lap 2220Max ZachemUSNE/Lu-Mac’s1491 Lap 2318Ken HeagyAvon Prime Meats1491 Lap 2412Brian Sones*Dennis Wenner1473 Laps 2558Eric GoodaleGAF Roofing1446 Laps 2607Jake JohnsonLin’s Propane/1419 Laps 2755Teddy Hodgdon IV*Montanari Fuel/Business Time Motorsports1419 Laps 2829Mike Marshall*MLM Diagnostics/Business Time Motorsports13911 Laps 2963Dylan SlepianEastport Feeds6882 Laps
Thompson Speedway - March 29 A great start to the @MonacoModsseason at @ThompsonSpdwy, bringing home the Jensen 179 in 5th place. Have to send a big thanks to USNE Power for supporting our efforts along with many others in short-track racing. http://USNEPower.com
Ron Silk earned the victory in the Propane Plus Heating & Cooling 75 for the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series on Saturday at Thompson Speedway, besting a field of 27 cars for the win.
Zach Evans on Mar 29, 2025
Silk earned the victory in the Propane Plus Heating & Cooling 75 for the Modified competitors on Saturday, besting a field of 27 cars for the win. The Connecticut driver started ninth and took the lead from Stephen Kopcik on lap 32 en route to the win.A seven-time race winner with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Thompson, Silk can now add a Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series trophy from Thompson to his collection. It is his fifth career victory with the series. "We had a great car all day today," said Silk after the win. "It was really fast, had a lot of speed, drove really well. I can't thank my entire team enough. Tyler Haydt and Joe Yannone, my two owners, Phil Moran, Bob Tulipani, Henry, all the guys that come and do this." Silk dedicated the victory to Bob Horn, who passed away in February. A fixture in the Modified racing world, Silk once raced for the car owner and wore the Bob Horn Racing firesuit while competing in Saturday's race. "We're in Bob Horn Racing's firesuit today. We lost him last last month. Really good friend of mine and a previous car owner that I drove for. I wanted to dedicate this one to him." Silk set fast time in qualifying for the event, but started from the ninth position following the redraw. Despite starting deeper in the field, Silk knew 75 laps would be plenty of time to pick his way through the field on the 5/8-mile oval. He patiently waited until the field filtered out before starting his drive through the pack. "I was just kind of waiting for it to get single file. It got singled out pretty quickly there and I was really confident in the car all day. I thought once it got singled out, I could make a run to the front and it worked out that way." Anthony Nocella finished second, followed by Jake Johnson, Jon McKennedy and Austin Beers.The Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series returns to Thompson for its next race, the RaceChoice.com 75 on Wednesday, May 14.
Propane Plus Heating & Cooling 75 Unofficial Results FinNoDriverLapsDiff 1CT16Ron Silk75--- 292Anthony Nocella751.031 315Jake Johnson755.918 479Jon McKennedy756.992 5179Austin Beers758.665 6CT5Chris Pasteryak7510.510 7NY1Patrick Emerling7510.712 839George Bessette7510.738 9W50Ronnie Williams7511.665 10CT55Teddy Hodgdon7512.158 1125Matt Swanson7512.967 1258Eric Goodale7512.853 1313Max Zachem7514.754 1488Woody Pitkat7514.881 1512Anthony Bello7515.159 163Tyler Rypkema7516.488 1724Mikey Flynn7517.298 1876Brett Meservey7518.456 1975David Arute7519.022 2019Jeffrey Battle741 Lap 21NY81Mark Stewart714 Laps 2240Luke Baldwin6411 Laps 2348Marcello Rufrano5817 Laps 241Stephen Kopcik3342 Laps 25CT51Joey Cipriano3342 Laps 26NY8Tyler Barry3342 Laps 2736Dave Sapienza3342 Laps
New Smyrna - Feb 14 Matt Hirschman continued his winning streak in the Richie Evans Memorial, while Patrick Emerling finished second to wrap up a dominant week and claim the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing's Tour-type Modified championship. Zach Evans on Feb 15, 2025\ Matt Hirschman continued his winning streak in the Richie Evans Memorial on Friday night at New Smyrna Speedway, while Patrick Emerling finished second to wrap up a dominant week and claim the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing's Tour-type Modified championship. Hirschman took the lead from Ronnie Williams on lap 56 of the 100-lap event and never looked back. While Emerling passed Williams and briefly closed the gap on Hirschman, Hirschman stretched out his advantage to more than 1.5 seconds by the checkered flag.For Hirschman, this particular World Series has been a struggle. Hirschman won multiple World Series feature races each of the last four years, but that streak ended in 2025.However, when the week reached its traditional conclusion with the Richie Evans Memorial, Hirschman was singing a different tune. "It's like that Toby Keith song," quipped Hirschman. "I wasn't as good this week as I once was, but I was as good once as I ever was. Finally put it together. I don't know if taking last night off was the right thing, but we just had to reset. Just didn't start off the week good. Last year, we did the same thing, but Wednesday we turned it around. This year, Wednesday, we didn't turn it around with a win." Still, Hirschman keeps some important streaks alive. He goes home with at least one win during the World Series, a trend dating back to 2017. Hirschman also hasn't lost the Richie Evans Memorial since Ryan Preece won the event in 2018. "I'm glad we're leaving here with a win," said Hirschman. "It's always special to win the Richie Evans Memorial. It's still the biggest part of the World Series for the Tour Modifieds, and we've done it many times in a row, so we continue that streak. "We've never come here with Pee Dee Motorsports and not left herewith a win. That would have made for a long trip home, but this makes it a little bit shorter." Hirschman's win stopped a different streak - Emerling's run of dominance during this year's World Series. Emerling entered Friday night with three wins in a row in the Tour-type Modified division, and four Modified wins in total going back to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season opener last Saturday. Emerling settled for a second-place finish in the caution-free Richie Evans 100, but there were still plenty of reasons to celebrate a week that ended with an average finish of 1.6 in World Series competition and the week-long championship. "We've had long green flag runs here before in this Richie Evans 100," said Emerling. "I don't think we've ever went cautionless, so that's interesting. "Congrats to Matt. He had a little bit of a tough week, and he got it turned around a little bit. I've just got to give it up to the entire Fleet Works No. 1 team. Everyone did an excellent job all week. A great week. This race, the tire stagger just came in a little bit off from what it shoudl have been. Otherwise, we would have been probably knocking at the door there. "We were really close to winning a championship down here several times. To be able to get it is awesome. We had an awesome week. We won the big one last Saturday. Pretty much everything else was a bonus. It was an awesome week for us." Tyler Rypkema finished third, followed by Jake Lutz and Monday night Tour-type Modified winner Austin Beers.
Richie Evans Memorial 100 Unofficial Results FinNoDriverLapsDiff 160Matt Hirschman100--- 21EPatrick Emerling1001.543 332Tyler Rypkema1006.411 414LJake Lutz1006.650 5179Austin Beers10011.531 692Anthony Nocella10015.243 764ATommy Catalano10015.459 88MCam McDermott10018.892 925Brian Robie991 Lap 1050Ronnie Williams991 Lap 1156Trevor Catalano991 Lap 1224Andrew Krause991 Lap 135Jeff Goodale991 Lap 1417Danny Knoll991 Lap 1566Timothy Solomito991 Lap 1619Jeffrey Battle991 Lap 1711Norman Newman991 Lap 1858Eric Goodale982 Laps 1909Christopher Hatton973 Laps 2046Craig Lutz7822 Laps 217PRich Parker3169 Laps 227NYJack Baldwin595 Laps
February 13 - New Smyrna - Patrick Emerling scored his third consecutive World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing Tour-type Modified win on Thursday evening, his fourth victory of the week at New Smyrna Speedway.
Zach Evans
It's three in a row for Patrick Emerling, who took his third consecutive World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing Tour-type Modified victory on Thursday night at New Smyrna Speedway. Starting on the pole after qualifying was rained out, Emerling took the lead on a lap 34 restart as Jake Lutz fell off the pace from the lead. From there, Emerling led the rest of the way and claimed his fourth victory in Modified competition during this year's World Series. “I’ve just got to give it up," said Emerling in victory lane. "This is an awesome team. We’ve been working together a little bit longer and we’re just getting a little bit stronger. We were a little bit tight to start that race. The 14 [of Lutz] was rolling really, really good. There was a little bit more grip than I thought there was going to be out there. “Just a little snug to start. I was a little worried, I got my brake bias stuck about 10 rounds in the rear. That got me a little bit in the last half of the race. One of those racing things. The car was coming alive towards the end. We had the track position today and we were able to stay up front.” Lutz's misfortune proved to be Emerling's greatest benefit. Not only did it allow Emerling to take the top spot, but it stacked up the field behind Lutz and gave Emerling a chance to break free from the pack. Anthony Nocella finished second, happy to bounce back after fighting his car throughout the World Series. Nocella believed he had a car that could compete with Emerling for the win, but suffered some wheel damage during the stack-up behind Lutz on the restart. “We were coming, you know. We’ve been struggling all week, blew a motor, a few other problems. It was a good day to finally have a good run. The car, I thought, could win the race, pretty sure. Just that last restart, when the 14 didn’t get going there, we got the toe knocked in some. A little bit too tight there at the end, but still good enough. We were slowly gaining, but nowhere near enough to get to him.” Similarly, Trevor Catalano's third-place finish was a rebound effort for that driver. A former race winner in the 602 Modified division during the World Series, the podium finish was Catalano's first in the Tour-type Modified division across two years of competition.“This was a really good run," said Catalano. "We struggled all week with this thing. We were 15th or something the first night, 13th the second night, ninth last night. Tonight, we decided, you know what, we’re going to take the morning off, not practice, put the thing on scales, go through it deep. We changed almost everything on the car, and it was way better.”Eric Goodale crossed the line fourth, followed by Timmy Solomito.
Tour-type Modified 50 Unofficial Results FinNoDriverLapsDiff 11EPatrick Emerling50--- 292Anthony Nocella500.527 356Trevor Catalano502.237 458Eric Goodale504.150 566Timothy Solomito504.374 6179Austin Beers504.848 75Jeff Goodale506.825 850Ronnie Williams507.078 964AAmy Catalano507.275 1019Jeffrey Battle507.593 112J.R. Bertuccio491 Lap 1209Christopher Hatton491 Lap 1311Norman Newman3911 Laps 1414LJake Lutz3317 Laps 1571James Pritchard3218 Laps 1617Danny Knoll3218 Laps 177BLuke Baldwin 187PRich Parker 1946Craig Lutz 2060Matt Hirschman 2184Tyler Catalano
February 12 - Mew Smyrna - Patrick Emerling's hot streak in Modified competition at this year's World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing continued on Wednesday night at New Smyrna Speedway, as Emerling won the John Blewett III Memorial.
Zach Evans
Patrick Emerling's hot streak in Modified competition at this year's World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing continued on Wednesday night at New Smyrna Speedway, as Emerling won the John Blewett III Memorial. With an impressive two-for-one maneuver on lap 69 of the 76-lap event, Emerling surpassed both Tommy Catalano and Matt Hirschman. From there, the Orchard Park, New York driver pulled away while Catalano fell out of the race just four laps later and Hirschman fell to third behind Stephen Kopcik.Emerling opened the World Series by winning the kickoff for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on Saturday night. After a third-place finish on Monday night, Emerling has now won back-to-back race with the Tour-type Modified division to take the points lead for the division's World Series of Asphalt title.That string of success, along with winning one of the marquee memorial events during the World Series, made for a special victory lane for Emerling."It's pretty big," said Emerling. "We were just playing around with the car, trying to get a little note. We went with a completely different setup for tonight. It worked out pretty good. Absolutely incredible."I thought we missed a little bit at the beginning of the race. The 1 car here just stayed strong on the long run and we outlasted a lot of them guys."Catalano jumped out to the lead at the start of the race after starting alongside Hirschman on the front row. However, Hirschman pressured Catalano in the closing laps as they both searched for grip on the long run.While the two front-runners wrestled for control, Emerling closed the gap and capitalized, muscling to the inside of both Hirschman and Catalano for the top spot."You know how hard it is to pass that 60 car [of Hirschman] here," said Emerling. "That car is always so fast. It was a really, really good one. It was hard-fought. I thought we made a pretty good move, passing first and second on the bottom. I've got to give it up to the whole team. Did an excellent job again on the Fleetworks No. 1 car. Glad to get another win." "We were just trying to bide our time and put ourselves in a good position for the end all race long. I saw the opportunity, I saw the 60 wiggling. He was a little bit off tonight, so I saw him wiggling. I was like, man, I'm going to capitalize on that. They were both kind of fading. We were just staying a little bit stronger right at the end." Kopcik claimed the runner-up spot, giving him three straight podium finishes without a win to show for it this week. Like Emerling, Kopcik bided his time in the early stages and then charged late "The whole race was pretty exciting," said Kopcik. "The guys at the front were going hard the whole time. I figured I was better off just waiting out for a caution. We were definitely a little too free tonight, but you can't be too upset about it. Just had to take care of it longer." Meanwhile, Hirschman settled for a third-place finish, surprisingly the best showing of the week for the five-time World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing champion. It has been a frustrating week for Hirschman, and that was compounded by him not feeling 100 percent on Wednesday. "I've actually been under the weather today," said Hirschman. "I haven't eaten anything since breakfast. I've not been feeling that good. On top of being not a good week for the car, today wasn't very good for me. Just came up short, lost my drive at the same time as the 64 [of Catalano]. Emerling was there to bounce, basically a two-for-one. It didn't happen, but it's not from a lack of effort. "It's not a bad week. We had some uncharacteristic mechanical things, and that certainly doesn't help because we really didn't get the race notes in to build off of. I don't want to sound like I'm making excuses. It's just been a bad week, and the team's still working hard. There are still two races ahead of us, we'll see if we can leave with a win yet." Tyler Rypkema finished fourth, with Jake Lutz rounding out the top five. Two races remain for the Tour-type Modifieds at the World Series of Asphalt. They will contest a 50-lap feature on Thursday evening before the signature World Series finale, the Richie Evans Memorial 100, on Friday night.
John Blewett, III Memorial Unofficial Results FinNoDriverLapsDiff 11EPatrick Emerling76--- 21KStephen Kopcik760.935 360Matt Hirschman762.070 432Tyler Rypkema763.462 514LJake Lutz763.704 650Ronnie Williams766.847 7179Austin Beers767.373 858Eric Goodale768.417 956Trevor Catalano768.834 1066Timothy Solomito769.959 1136David Sapienza7610.289 1292Anthony Nocella7610.678 138MCam McDermott7610.929 1446Craig Lutz7613.672 155Jeff Goodale751 Lap 1684Tyler Catalano751 Lap 1711Norman Newman751 Lap 182J.R. Bertuccio751 Lap 1924Andrew Krause751 Lap 2025Brian Robie751 Lap 2171James Pritchard742 Laps 2217Danny Knoll742 Laps 2364TTommy Catalano733 Laps 240Glenn Styres733 Laps 257NYJack Baldwin6511 Laps 2619Jeffrey Battle5620 Laps 277PRich Parker5125 Laps 2809Christopher Hatton2650 Laps DNS8FChris Finocchario
February 11 - New Smyrna - Patrick Emerling's stellar World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway continued on Tuesday night, as the Orchard Park, New York driver returned to victory lane.
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Emerling won Tuesday's 50-lap Tour-type Modified feature, leading from flag to flag after starting second in a dominant showing. The victory comes on the heels of a third-place finish on Monday night, as well as a victory in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season opener on Saturday night. “This is awesome. I’ve got to give it up to the entire Fleetworks No.1 team," said Emerling. "We came out, won the Tour race, got a really solid third last night. We knew we had a little bit to gain, so that’s what we did. We were really, really good." While Emerling led all 50 laps, the No. 14 of Jake Lutz gave him plenty to think about in the closing laps, drawing within a second of the lead. “That 14 car, I used to drive that car, it’s really, really stout as well. We had our track position from the beginning. We were just able to go out there and maintain.” Unofficially, Emerling comes out of Tuesday night with a two-point lead in the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing's Tour-type Modified division over Stephen Kopcik. With three races to go, there is plenty of time for the outlook to change, but undoubtedly Emerling's performance thus far is reason for confidence. “By the looks of it right now, it’s definitely there," said Emerling. "You know, it’s a long week, we’ll see what happens.” Lutz's runner-up finish was a marked improvement after a disappointing start to the World Series, finishing 11th on Monday night. “We’re happy with that," said Lutz. "The first two days were terrible for us. I made a bunch of mistakes and we just didn’t roll out of the trailer well. We got it turned around and qualified better today. We’ll take it and keep moving. Kopcik finished third, following a runner-up placement on Monday to keep him in the title picture with Emerling. He stated a desire to improve on his qualifying efforts to find more success during feature racing.“I’m happy with that, but still two spots short. We’ve got to qualify better, that’s all it is. It’s hard to start back around 10th or 12th. When we don’t get yellows, it makes it tough.” Luke Baldwin finished fourth, with Tyler Rypkema rounding out the top five.
Tour-type Modified 50 Unofficial Results FinNoDriverLapsDiff 11EPatrick Emerling50--- 214LJake Lutz500.616 31KStephen Kopcik503.883 47BLuke Baldwin505.615 532Tyler Rypkema506.277 640Ryan Preece506.497 758Eric Goodale508.690 850Ronnie Williams509.872 946Craig Lutz509.872 1066Timothy Solomito5010.652 1156Trevor Catalano5013.522 1236David Sapienza5013.821 137NYJack Baldwin5014.037 142RJ.R. Bertuccio5018.375 155Jeff Goodale5018.398 1619Jeffery Battle491 Lap 1784Tyler Catalano491 Lap 1864Amy Catalano491 Lap 198FChris Finocchario491 Lap 2011Norman Newman491 Lap 2171James Pritchard491 Lap 2217Danny Knoll491 Lap 237PRich Parker3317 Laps 2424Andrew Krause3218 Laps 2509Christopher Hatton2624 Laps 26179Austin Beers644 Laps 2760Matt Hirschman446 Laps 2882Anthony Nocella446 Laps
February 10 - New Smyrna - Austin Beers scored the first victory in the battle for the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing's Tour-type Modified championship, taking the checkered flag in Monday's 59-lap feature.
While the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour raced on Saturday night at New Smyrna Speedway, the battle for the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing's Tour-type Modified championship began on Monday night. Austin Beers scored the first victory in that fight, taking the checkered flag in Monday's 59-lap feature. Beers took the lead from Ryan Preece on the 11th lap and distanced himself from the field on a long green-flag run to end the event. Beers finished more than two and a half seconds ahead of Stephen Kopcik for an impressive victory.“This team did an awesome job all day, just getting this car the way it needed to be for the long runs," said Beers. "How we perform with these long runs on Monday that usually happen, and we were prepared for that. We just ran our own pace, tried to keep Timmy [Solomito] at a safe spot. When Kopcik got there, I had enough room with all the lapped cars to maintain my gap and hold on.” Monday's victory was Beers' first at New Smyrna Speedway, but he boasts plenty of strong runs at the Florida half-mile. On Saturday, Beers led 46 laps and scored a top-five finish with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Beers lamented not taking the win on Saturday night, but was fortunate there were no late cautions to take away his advantage on Monday. “I feel like I gave the race away personally on Saturday. I was waiting for a yellow just like Saturday to give me a chance to give it up again, I guess.”Kopcik settled into second place in the final running order, pleased with a strong showing on a night that usually comes with twists and turns to start the battle for a World Series championship. “I feel really good about it," said Kopcik. "The first night’s always a little bit of a crapshoot. It usually sets the tone for the week. If we can build off of what we just did here, we should have a good week.” Saturday's winner, Patrick Emerling, finished third to continue a strong start to his World Series. While the car was a little too loose for his liking, Emerling was content with a third-place effort.“We’re not really used to these tires, but we had a really good car," said Emerling. "We started out just a little bit free and tried to manage it, just trying to keep the car pointed in the right direction. “We have that tough restart on the bottom there. It was all bottled up, it was just a bad restart on the bottom. We lost a little bit of track position there. We passed some cars and got a lot of it back. A caution towards the end would have been nice, but the car had a ton of speed. I think we have a little ways to go to get it quite a bit faster.”Timmy Solomito finished fourth, with Craig Lutz rounding out the top five. Preece finished sixth after leading the first 10 laps, followed by Cam McDermott, Eric Goodale, Anthony Nocella and Amy Catalano. The Tour-type Modifieds will be in action each of the next four nights in their battle for a World Series title. Tuesday's race will be a 50-lap feature following the ASA STARS National Tour Clyde Hart Memorial 200.
Tour-type Modified 59 Unofficial Results FinNoDriverLapsDiff 1179Austin Beers59--- 21KStephen Kopcik592.619 31EPatrick Emerling592.734 466Timmy Solomito594.215 546Craig Lutz597.541 640Ryan Preece598.488 78MCam McDermott598.729 858Eric Goodale599.256 992Anthony Nocella599.607 1064Amy Catalano5910.218 1114LJake Lutz5912.119 1236David Sapienza5913.306 1360Matt Hirschman5913.472 1424Andrew Krause5914.413 1556Trevor Catalano5916.780 1614BJ.R. Bertuccio5917.010 1719Jeffrey Battle581 Lap 188FChris Finocchario581 Lap 1925Brian Robie581 Lap 207NYJack Baldwin581 Lap 215Jeff Goodale581 Lap 2217Danny Knoll581 Lap 2371James Pritchard572 Laps 240Glenn Styres563 Laps 2509Christopher Hatton563 Laps 2684Tyler Catalano3722 Laps 277PRich Parker1841 Laps 2850Ronnie Williams1544 Laps 2911Norman Newman653 Laps
February 8 - New Smyrna NASCAR Tour - Patrick Emerling is starting 2025 on a high note after winning the New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 at New Smyrna Speedway.
Patrick Emerling finished 2024 as one of the hottest drivers on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Emerling is starting 2025 on a similarly high note after winning the New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 at New Smyrna Speedway. Emerling took the lead from Craig Lutz shortly after a lap 182 restart, maintaining the top spot through a green-white-checkered overtime restart for his eighth career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory.“I just have to thank everyone involved for this opportunity," said Emerling in victory lane. "This wouldn’t happen if it weren’t for Rich Gautreau, my family, and this whole awesome crew right here.“We have the best crew in the garage, best team, best everything. Thank you for everyone involved. This is incredible. This is what we expected to do."Emerling went to the rear of the field at the start of the race after post-qualifying adjustments due to an engine issue. However, he remained confident he could drive the No. 1 entry back through the field with a different strategy and plenty of speed."We made it a little harder on ourselves. We had a little motor issue. We started dead last today, but we knew. I’ve won races like that before in this series. It just puts you on a different schedule and a different pit cycle, really, to get you there.”For Emerling, the 2025 season starts much like the 2024 season ended. While 2024 champion Justin Bonsignore won the final three races of the year, Emerling won three of the four races before that streak, giving him four NWMT victories in the last eight events.“I was just tearing up for a second," said Emerling. "Just absolutely incredible, I was so happy. To do it in the first race of the season. I think we were the best team for the majority of the year last year. We’re just trying to pick up where we left off.“We were just so dialed. The fastest car on the race track, these are the fastest cars I’ve driven in my life. We can just go out there, do our thing. Everyone just has to execute, and we’ll finish like this."Lutz settled for a second-place finish after battling with Emerling late for the lead. Lutz was hungry for a victory to open the new season, coming away with a strong finish. “This race is so tough," said Lutz. "With 200 laps, the different tire strategies, a fuel stop, it’s a whole team effort. The first two cautions, we got behind on track position, so I didn’t know what was going to pan out here.“All my guys dug deep all day. We made good adjustments. My crew chief, Doug Ogiejko, did a great job. All my guys did a great job on their stops. We wanted this one bad for our fellow team member of ours that we lost at Martinsville. This was our first race without him. We were trying like hell, but Pat had a great car. The best car won, but we gave it a fight.” Meanwhile, Bonsignore's title defense started with a roller-coaster evening and a third-place finish. Officials assessed Bonsignore a one-lap penalty for stopping to bring out a caution when he suffered a flat tire in the first half of the race.The four-time series champion recovered, eventually getting his lap back, suffering a separate incident with the outside wall exiting turn two, and still persevering to a podium finish.“Just a wild night," said Bonsignore. "A tire went down like a half-a-lap into a restart. There’s really nothing you can do, you’ve just got to take that penalty. You’d be four to five laps down if you came down pit road. “It was just a hard-fought night after that. We didn’t get the lucky dog as early as we would have liked. Off of two, I ran out of talent and knocked the fence down. That probably hurt us the most of anything. Probably knocked the rear out of alignment pretty bad. “We still fought back. We were struggling there at the end. Just loose on every set of tires after the flat. That green-white-checkered probably saved us.”Luke Baldwin and Austin Beers finished fourth and fifth after sharing the front row to start the race. Stephen Kopcik, Eric Goodale, Ryan Newman, Ron Silk and Andrew Krause rounded out the top 10.
New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 Unofficial Results FINNO.DRIVERLAPSDIFF 11Patrick Emerling206--- 246Craig Lutz2060.380 351Justin Bonsignore2060.659 47Luke Baldwin*2060.740 564Austin Beers2060.918 621Stephen Kopcik2061.017 758Eric Goodale2061.284 88Ryan Newman2061.577 916Ron Silk2061.718 1024Andrew Krause2061.789 113Tyler Rypkema2062.004 1225Brian Robie2062.072 1356Trevor Catalano2062.248 1454Tommy Catalano2062.654 1560Matt Hirschman2062.818 1620Max Zachem2062.965 1781Mark Stewart2051 Lap 1884Tyler Catalano2051 Lap 1918Ken Heagy2051 Lap 2036Dave Sapienza2042 Laps 2129Mike Marshall2033 Laps 2259Tyler Barry2024 Laps 2311Norman Newman1988 Laps 2426Gary McDonald18125 Laps 259Chris Hatton16046 Laps 2655Jeremy Gerstner12482 Laps 2722Kyle Bonsignore86120 Laps 2840Frank Fleming70136 Laps 2944Chase Dowling70136 Laps 3012Brian Sones57149 Laps 3114Jacob Lutz29177 Laps
40th Anniversary Modified Tour season begins Saturday at New Smyrna Speedway NASCAR.com
The 40th anniversary season for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour begins Saturday night at Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway with the running of the New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 (7:30 p.m. ET on FloRacing). Saturday’s race at New Smyrna marks the fourth consecutive year the Modified Tour season has launched at the Florida half-mile as part of the track’s World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. Matt Hirschman claimed the first Tour event at New Smyrna in 2022, and Ron Silk won the last two events in 2023-24. More than 30 competitors are entered to compete at New Smyrna this weekend, led by four-time and defending Modified Tour champion Justin Bonsignore. He’ll look to deny Hirschman, Silk and the rest of the field as he pursues his fifth title. Tickets to the New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 are available trackside. Below is everything you need to know about the opening race of the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season. Making history is something with which Justin Bonsignore has become familiar. He captured his fourth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship one season ago, making him just the fourth driver in series history with four or more titles. Bonsignore also won his 45th Modified Tour race last fall at Martinsville Speedway, which moved him past Reggie Ruggiero for second on the all-time win list. If he can win Saturday’s New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200, he’ll add his name to yet another exclusive list. In the history of the Modified Tour, a driver has won three consecutive races 17 times. Of those 17 times, it’s been accomplished by 11 drivers. Of those 11 drivers, only two – Richie Evans and Mike Stefanik – have won four or more. Bonsignore enters Saturday’s opening race of the 40th anniversary season riding a three-race winning streak dating back to the end of 2023. A win Saturday would put him alongside Evans and Stefanik as just the third driver to win at least four consecutive races. A stacked field of competitors will look to deny Bonsignore another historic moment Saturday night. Among them are Ron Silk and Matt Hirschman, the only two drivers to win Modified Tour events at New Smryna. Silk has won the last two Modified Tour events at the track; Hirschman claimed the inaugural event at the venue in 2022. Craig Lutz, who is back in the Goodie Motorsports No. 46 this year, should be considered a contender after winning the pole and leading 80 laps last year. Patrick Emerling returns for Year 2 in the No. 1 for team owner Rich Gautreau after winning three races together last year. Jeremy Gerstner will be making his return to the Modified Tour on Saturday at New Smyrna. Gerstner was seriously injured in a crash during practice last year at New Smyrna, and his injuries forced him to sit out nearly the entire 2024 racing season. Trevor Catalano and Austin Beers, both of whom scored Modified Tour victories last year, are among the 31 entries for Saturday’s opener. Other notables include Eric Goodale, Luke Baldwin, Tommy Catalano, Chase Dowling, Kyle Bonsignore and Tyler Rypkema, among others. The complete entry list for Saturday’s New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 is available here.
RaceNew Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 DaStafford Motor Speedway hosted the 53rd Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler®, “The Greatest Race in the History of Spring,” on Sunday, April 27th with Open Modified cars.
Stephen Kopcik overcame an early race penalty to work his way back to the front of the field and took control of the race in the second half to score his first career NAPA Spring Sizzler® victory. The race took the green flag with Jake Johnson and Joey Cipriano leading the field and it was Johnson setting the early pace. Johnson would only lead the first lap as Michael Christopher, Jr. took the lead on lap-2. Sam Rameau was third in the early going behind Christopher and Johnson with Cipriano fourth and Matt Hirschman fifth. Jon McKennedy was sixth followed by Ron Silk, Marcello Rufrano, Anthony Nocella, and Matt Swanson.Rufrano went by McKennedy on lap-9 to move into seventh place while Christopher and Johnson continued to lead the field. Dana DiMatteo got into the turn 1 wall to bring the caution out with 11 laps complete.Christopher and Johnson were wheel to wheel for the lead back under green with Rameau in third. Hirschman was fourth and Silk was fifth in line. Johnson went by Christopher on lap-11 to move back into the lead. Behind Johnson, Christopher, and Rameau, Silk got around Hirschman to move into fourth place before the caution came out with 15 laps complete for a spin in the middle of turns 1+2 by Cipriano. Under the caution period, Silk pulled to the high side of the track and let the field pass by before he brought his car to pit road.Johnson took the lead back under green with Rameau taking second. Matt Swanson was now up to third with Hirschman fourth and McKennedy fifth. Stephen Kopcik was sixth in line followed by Christopher, Austin Beers, Jake Lutz, and Eric Goodale. Rameau spun in turn 4 to bring the caution flag out with 21 laps complete. Kopcik was shown the black flag for making contact with Rameau.Johnson was back out front on the restart with Swanson up to second behind him. Hirschman was now third in line with McKennedy fourth and Austin Beers fifth. Christopher was followed by Lutz, Woody Pitkat, Goodale, and Keith Rocco. The caution came back out with 29 laps complete for Ronnie Williams, who spun into the wall in turn 2.Johnson again took the lead on the restart with Hirschman taking second. Swanson slotted into third with Beers fourth and McKennedy in fifth. Lutz got loose on the backstretch and spun around to bring the caution flag back out with 31 laps complete.Johnson again took the lead as the race resumed on lap-32 with Hirschman, Swanson, McKennedy, Beers, and Pitkat lined up behind him. Cipriano, who had an earlier spin, was now back up to seventh place with Goodale, Nocella, and Rameau making up the top-10.At the halfway point of the race, it was Johnson, Hirschman, Swanson, McKennedy, Pitkat, Beers, Cipriano, Goodale, Rameau, and Tyler Rypkema. Johnson and Hirschman were beginning to put some distance between themselves and the trio of Swanson, McKennedy, and Pitkat.10 laps later on lap-50 Johnson was still in command with Hirschman giving chase. There was now a train of cars behind the lead duo with Pitkat in third place leading Cipriano, Rameau, Rypkema, and Chase Dowling. Johnson’s lead over Hirschman was erased with 59 laps complete for a spin on the backstretch by Max Zachem.Under the caution period, the leaders all came to pit road for 2 tires and adjustments. Rameau, Rypkema, and Kopcik all stayed out with Johnson winning the race off of pit road to restart in fourth place. Hirschman had an issue on his pit stop and fell from second back to 18th. Rameau led on the restart and just as Kopcik took the lead from Rameau on lap-61, the caution came out for a multicar incident in turn 3 involving McKennedy and Beers along with several other cars, which put Rameau back in front for the next restart.The restart saw Johnson get loose and back into the turn 1 wall to bring the caution flag right back out before a lap could be completed. Pitkat was sent to the rear of the field for making contact with Johnson while Johnson was parked for hitting Pitkat’s car under caution.Kopcik resumed his place out front on the restart with Rameau holding off a hard charge from Dowling to maintain second. Timmy Solomito was up to fourth behind Dowling with Goodale up to fifth. Dowling got around Rameau to move into second while Hirschman was on the charge back up through the field, taking seventh.With 30 laps to go the order was Kopcik, Dowling, Rameau, Goodale, Solomito, Nocella, Hirschman, Rufrano, Swanson, and Brian Robie. Goodale was coming to life as he took fourth on lap-71 and then third on lap-72. The caution came back out with 75 laps complete for a spin in turn 4 by Swanson.Kopcik took the lead on the restart with Goodale taking second. Nocella took third on lap-82 with Dowling settling into fourth, just in front of Solomito, Pitkat, and Hirschman. Nocella was all over the back bumper of Goodale looking for a way to take over second place while Kopcik was slowly lap by lap increasing the gap between himself and Goodale and Nocella. Robie spun coming out of turn 2 to bring the caution out with 92 laps complete and set up an 8 lap sprint to the finish.The restart saw both Goodale and Dowling go around in turn 3 to bring the caution right back out before a lap could be completed. Kopcik and Nocella went a lap side by side before Kopcik cleared into the lead on lap-93. Nocella worked his way to the inside of Kopcik on lap-94 and he took the lead on lap-95. Pitkat was third behind the two leaders with Solomito fourth and Matt Galko up to fifth. Kopcik got to the inside of Nocella in turn 3 and took over the lead on lap-96. The caution flew with 99 laps complete as Solomito spun into the turn 1 wall to set up a green white checkered finish to determine the winner.Kopcik took the lead with Pitkat and Nocella going side by side behind him for second. Pitkat got by Nocella on the final lap but couldn’t get close enough to Kopcik as Kopcik took the checkered flag to win the 53rd Annual NAPA Spring Sizzler®. Pitkat finished second with Nocella, Galko, and Cipriano rounding out the top-5.
FinishNameCar NumberStart 1Stephen Kopcik112 2Woody Pitkat815 3Anthony Nocella929 4Matt Galko314 5Joey Cipriano51ct2 6Brian Robie25nh29 7Tyler Rypkema3226 8Dana DiMatteo2010 9Timmy Solomito6620 10David Arute7525 11Marcello Rufrano484 12Matt Hirschman607 13Sam Rameau06ma5 14William Lambros77ny31 15Eric Goodale5818 16Chase Dowling44ma13 17Max Zachem1317 18Keith Rocco10a16 19Matt Swanson2511 20Ronnie Williams5021 21Jacob Perry424 22Jake Johnson151 23Jon McKennedy796 24Austin Beers17919 25Michael Chris003 26Jake Lutz1422 27Mikey Flynn2428 28Ronnie Silk168 29Chris Pasteryak5ct27 30Trevor Catalano55x23 31Joey Mucciaccia4730 DNQDanny Knoll, Jr.17- DNQJeffrey Battle19w- DNQTyler Barry8ny- DNQNoah Korner31- DNQBrett Meservey76- DNQBuddy Charette28- DNQNick Anglace10- DNQCory DiMatteo11-eSaturday, Feb. 8, 2025 TrackNew Smyrna Speedway LayoutHalf-mile asphalt oval LocationNew Smyrna Beach, Florida Start time7:30 p.m. ET Laps 200 Posted Awards $149,447 TicketsTrackside How To WatchFloRacing SCHEDULE: Saturday, Feb. 8… Practice from 2 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. ET … Final practice from 3:05 to 3:35 p.m. … Qualifying at 5:30 p.m. ET … New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 at 7:30 p.m. ET (FloRacing).
QUALIFYING: Two consecutive qualifying laps. Faster lap determines qualifying position. Adjustments or repairs may not be made on the vehicle after the vehicle has taken the green flag at the start/finish line. NASCAR reserves the right to have more than one vehicle engage in qualifying runs at the same time. Starting field for the New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 is limited to 32 starters including Provisional Positions. TIRE ALLOTMENT: The maximum tire allotment available for this event is ten (10) tires per team. All tires used for qualifying and the race must be purchased at the track and scanned by Hoosier, unless otherwise approved in advance by the Series Director. Four (4) tires must be used for qualifying and to begin the race. All qualifying tires must remain in impound until released by NASCAR Officials. The remaining tire allotment may be used for practice and/or change tires during the event. The tire change rule is two (2) tires, per stop.