Chandler, IN- May 2- The Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series started the month of May at Chandler Motor Speedway in Chandler, IN with the tour’s first-ever visit to the Hoosier state track and Brian Shaw of Robinson, IL would claim the $1,500 payday.
Shaw would score his fifth career series victory behind the wheel of the Ted Brown’s Quality Paint and Body/Mason’s Recycling/Premier Auto Detail/REB Powdercoating/TLC Resale Shop/Crampton’s Painting and Drywall/Maxima Racing Oil/FOX Shocks/All Star Performance/Quick Car/Frankland Racing Equipment/Willy’s Carbs/KBC Graphix sponsored #1s Bandit Race Car powered by a Mullins Race Engine. The win by Shaw also marked the first repeat winner with the tour in 2015
Brian Shaw would take the lead at the event and Shaw would only be slowed the three cautions in his assault for the win. However, the battle for second would heat up in the final laps as Josh Harris, Clayton Miller, and Tyler Nicely would duke it out for the spot and actually close in on Shaw at bit, but Shaw would drive to the win, while the trio of Harris, Miller, and Nicely would come to the finish line three-wide and Harris would get the runner-up spot, with Miller nipping Nicely for third, while Danny Claycomb would complete the top five.
The remainder of the top ten at the completion of the Chandler Motor Speedway A-Main would be Mark Lamont, Dave Mitchell, John Clippinger, Clifford Tooley, and Nathan Seale. The 30 lap, $1,500 to win event would be slowed by three caution periods.
In preliminary action, Tyler Nicely would be the Quick Car Racing Product top qualifier among a field of 11 entries at 16.360 seconds. Summit Racing Equipment heat one went to Josh Harris, while Shaw scored the win in Wiles Driveshafts heat two.
The next events for the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series will be a two-race weekend at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway on Friday May 15 and Saturday May 16. The event will be the rescheduled Bluegrass Nationals from back in March, but will now be two complete shows, with the tour racing for $2,000 to win on Friday May 15 and $4,000 to win on Saturday May 16.
The Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series presents UMP DirtCar Modified sanctioned dirt track entertainment at racing venues throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Tennessee. For more information concerning the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series, contact series race director Jeff Evans at (859) 358-7178 or by email at jdevans@live.com or by visiting the series social media outlets at www.americanmodifiedseries.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/pages/American-Modified-Series, and on Twitter @AmericanModSeri.
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series Race Summary-2015 Event #5: Chandler Motor Speedway –Chandler, IN-May 2, 2015
Quick Car Racing Products Overall Top Qualifier- Tyler Nicely 16.360
Summit Racing Equipment Heat #1- Josh Harris, Tyler Nicely, Dave Mitchell, Clifford Tooley, John Clippinger
Wiles Driveshafts Heat #2- Brian Shaw, Clayton Miller, Danny Claycomb, Mark Lamont, Nathan Seale
Chandler Motor Speedway A-Main– Brian Shaw, Josh Harris, Clayton Miller, Tyler Nicely, Danny Claycomb, Mark Lamont, Dave Mitchell, John Clippinger, Clifford Tooley, Nathan Seale
Race Statistics
*Entries- 11
*Race Leaders- 1 (Brian Shaw 1-30)
*Cautions- 3 (lap 15, 19, 21)
*Red Flags- None
*Series Provisional Starters- None
*Track Provisional Starters- None
*Time of Race- N/A
*Quick Car Racing Products Fast Time Award ($100 cash)- Tyler Nicely
*All Star Performance Hard Charger Award ($100 certificate)- Mark Lamont (started 8th- finished 6th: advanced 2 positions)
*Crane Cams Ignition Systems Live Wire Award ($250 certificate for the highest finisher using a Crane Cams Ignition system)- Brian Shaw
*Maxima Racing Oil Tough Fifth Place Finisher ($50 certificate)- Danny Claycomb
*Wilwood Lucky Seven Award ($50 certificate)- Dave Mitchell
*Summit Racing Equipment Heat One Winner ($50 certificate)- Josh Harris
*Wiles Driveshafts Heat Two Winner ($75 certificate)- Brian Shaw
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series Points (after 3/28/2015)
1. Clayton Miller (Elkton, KY)- 1,090
Tyler Nicely (Owensboro, KY)- 1,090
3. Brian Shaw (Robinson, IL)- 995
Josh Harris (Owensboro, KY)- 995
5. Mark Lamont (Crossville, IL)- 905
6. Matt Cooper (McKenzie, TN)- 705
7. Danny Claycomb (Vincennes, IN)- 655
8. Trent Young (Hopkinsville, KY)- 460
9. Paul Miles (Owensboro, KY)- 395
10. Jeff Curl (Fairbury, IL)- 385
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2015 Racing Schedule March 21 (Saturday)- Clarksville Speedway (Clarksville, TN)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start- 11th Annual Tuckasee Toilet Bowl Classic (www.clarksvillespeedway.com)- Clayton Miller (Elkton, KY) March 28 (Saturday)- Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, TN)- 35 laps/$3,000 to win/$225 to start (www.smokymountainspeedway.com)- Nick Stroupe (Iron Station, NC) April 18 (Saturday)- Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert City, KY)- 40 laps/$4,000 to win/$250 start (www.kylakespeedway.com)- Brian Shaw (Robinson, IL) April 24 (Friday)- Bloomington Speedway (Bloomington, IN)- 30 laps/$2,000 to win/$200 to start- 2nd Annual J.B. Robinson Memorial (www.bloomingtonspeedway.com)- Kent Robinson (Bloomington, IN) May 2 (Saturday)- Chandler Motor Speedway (Chandler, IN)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.chandlermotorspeedway.com)- Brian Shaw (Robinson, IL) May 15 (Friday)- Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert City, KY)- 30 laps/$2,000 to win/$200 to start (www.kylakespeedway.com) May 16 (Saturday)- Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert City, KY)- 40 laps/$4,000 to win/$250 to start (www.kylakespeedway.com) May 22 (Friday)- Farmer City Raceway (Farmer City, IL)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.farmercityracing.com) May 23 (Saturday)- Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL)- 30 laps/$2,064 to win/$200 to start- 2nd Annual Gary Cook, Jr. Memorial (www.fairburyspeedway.com) May 24 (Sunday)- LaSalle Speedway (LaSalle, IL)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.lasallespeedway.com) June 26 (Friday)- Moler Raceway Park (Williamsburg, OH)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.molerracewaypark.com) June 27 (Saturday)- Florence Speedway (Union, KY)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.florencespeedway.com) July 17 (Friday)- To Be Announced July 18 (Saturday)- Clarksville Speedway (Clarksville, TN)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.clarksvillespeedway.com) September 4 (Friday)- Farmer City Raceway (Farmer City, IL)- 35 laps/$3,000 to win/$225 to start (www.farmercityracing.com) September 5 (Saturday)- Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL)- 50 laps/$10,000 to win/$300 to start- 3rd Annual Casey’s AMS Modified Nationals (www.fairburyspeedway.com) September 6 (Sunday)- Spoon River Speedway (Canton, IL)- 50 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start- 25th Annual Modified Fall Nationals (www.spoonriverspeedway.com) September 26 (Saturday)- Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert City, KY)- 40 laps/$4,000 to win/$250 to start (www.kylakespeedway.com) October 24 (Saturday)- Florence Speedway (Union, KY)- 40 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start- 6th Annual Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series Championship (www.florencespeedway.com)
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2015 Official Sponsors *Summit Racing Equipment (www.summitracing.com)- “Title Sponsor for the American Modified Series and Sponsor of Heat Race #1”
*All Star Performance (www.allstarperformance.com)- “Official Hard Charger of the Race” Award Sponsor at all Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series events *Crane Cams Ignition Systems- (www.cranecams.com)- “Official Ignition System” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series *KBC Graphics- (www.kbcgraphix.com)- “Official Graphics Company” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series (www.kbcgraphix.com) *Maxima Racing Oil- (www.maximausa.com) “Official Oil” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series and Tough Fifth Place Award Sponsor *Quick Car Racing Products- (www.quickcar.net)- “$100 Fast Qualifier Award” at all Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series events *VP Racing Fuels (www.vpracingfuels.com)- “Official Race Fuel” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series *Wilwood (www.wilwood.com)- “Official Brakes” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series and “Lucky 7” Award Sponsor
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2015 Marketing Partners Bad Fast Race Chassis (www.734dirt.com) Bandit Race Cars (www.banditracecars.net) Bilstein (www.bilsteinus.com) Bob Poynter GM (www.bobpoynter.com) Boknecht Trucking Dale Meers Race Engines DASCO Racing Supply Fox Shocks (www.ridefox.com) Frankland Racing Equipment (www.franklandracing.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #4”
Hypercoils (www.hypercoils.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #3”
Impressive Race Cars (www.impressiveracecars.com) Integra Shocks (www.integrashocksprings.com) Maximum Energy Development (www.maximumenergy.us) Mullins Race Engines (www.mullinsraceengines.com) Nemesis Race Cars (www.nemesisracecars.com) Out-Pace Racing Products (www.out-pace.com)- “Sponsor of B-Mains”
RACEceiver (www.raceceiver.com)
Reaper Race Cars
UMP Dirt Car (www.umpracing.com)
Wick Oil Company (www.wickoil.com)
Wiles Driveshafts (www.wilesdriveshafts.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #2”
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