INNISFIL, ON- ‘Mr. Excitement’ Chris Morrow survived a late-race blitz from Dwayne Baker to earn his second victory of the young 2014 season, claiming the first event of the Sunset Speedway Super Series.
The Anten Mills, ON veteran started on pole by virtue of the redraw, alongside the aforementioned Baker.
The two veterans would swap the lead in the race’s early goings, with defending Sunset champion Mike ‘Lights Out’ Bentley completing the 3-car battle for much of the 50-lap event.
Baker would put forth a late-race run, but could not find a way past 7-time champion Morrow.
“This was a good run from the get go, we won our heat race, we were good in practice, I love this new format”
Morrow was quick to credit the young fan that helped put the No. 11 on pole, “Have to thank the young gentleman who drew number 1 for me, he can come every week as far as I’m concerned!”
“This was a great race tonight”, added Morrow. “Bentley, Baker, Witty all spent time at the front. This was a lot of fun”
“I’m happy we didn’t get a final caution”, admitted the winner. “Because, having Baker on the outside is tough. A driver can carry so much momentum on the outside, it’s tough to hold them off”
In Super Stock competition, Lane Zardo completed his Hat Trick, after claiming both his Heat race and Dash For Cash earlier in the evening. Zardo endeared himself to the crowd after a spectacular side-by-side battle with reigning division champion Randy Rusnell.
Karting graduate Miles Tyson outran fellow Mini Stock standout Brandon McFerran to earn his first career Mini Stock Victory.
SUNSET SPEEDWAY SUPER SERIES ROUND 1 RESULTS
Limited Late Model
1) ‘Mr. Excitement’ Chris Morrow
2) ‘The Bully’ Dwayne Baker
3) Jason ‘Bam Bam’ Witty
4) Sean Cronan
5) Mike ‘Lights Out’ Bentley
6) Mat Box
7) Steven Wilson
8) ‘The Hillsdale Hurricane’ Thayne Hallyburton
9) Dario Capirchio
10) ‘BGres’ Brittney Gresel
11) Kyle Passer
12) Bruce Rankin
13) ‘Hollywood’ Taylor Holdaway
14) Gary Elliott
15) Jared Ranson
16) Ernie Fumerton
17) Michael Wilkinson
18) ‘Livewire’ Nick Goetz
19) Scott Beatty
20) Billy ‘Z3’ Zardo
21) Paul Maltese
22) Stompin’ Tom Walters
Super Stock
1) Lane Zardo
2) Randy ‘The Rocket’ Rusnell
3) ‘The Prodigy’ Cayden Lapcevich
4) Paul Geniole Jr.
5) Dennis Cybalski
6) Tyler Liscum
7) Dan Archibald
8) Chris Howse
9) Steve Cashmore
10) Stan Coe
11) Mike ‘The Strut’ Weeda
12) Coltin Everingham
13) Nick Tooley
14) Johnny Morrison
Mini Stock
1) Miles Tyson
2) ‘The Astronaut’ Brandon McFerran
3) Geritt Tiemersma
4) ‘The Instant Classic’ Andy Kamrath
5) Rory Collett
6) Warren Paxton
7) Ken Townsend
8) Samantha Shaw
9) Billy Melenhorst
10) Ben Melenhorst
11) ‘The Derringer’ Jake Watson
12) Connor James
13) Kendra Adams
14) Jordan Howse
15) Lauren Halliday
16) Shawn Gerrior
17) Terry ‘The Carpenter’ Woodley
18) ‘The King of Hearts’ Brian Love
19) Jerry Noble
20) Bob Phinnemore
21) Chris Free
22) Stefan Woyslaw
23) Candiss Everingham
24) Wendy Adams
25) Eric Rainey
26) Steve Love
27) Dave Middell
By Spencer Lewis
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