NickHolt Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Houff, Haws Winners on a Hot, Wild Night at Tri-County HUDSON, NC (June 13, 2015) -- The CARS Racing Tour reached the halfway point of its inaugural season with fireworks and excitement at Tri-County Motor Speedway on Friday night. A familiar face in Brayton Haws (Late Model Stock) and a first-time winner, Quin Houff (Super Late Model), found their respective ways to Edelbrock victory lane as part of the the LeftTurnsAndSunBurns.com 200 presented by CCC&TI. Super Late Model Recap: After a brief rain shower cancelled qualifying, the lineup was determined by the rulebook (driver points) and that put Cole Timm and Kyle Grissom on the front row to begin the 100 lap contest. Grissom grabbed the lead on the start from Timm, but fast-moving Steve Wallace, who started 9th, began a quick charge through the field. By lap 16, when the first caution flew for an oil down from Stephen Leicht’s broken rear end, Wallace had made his way up to second behind rival Grissom. The pair began a game on restarts that led to both receiving admonishment from race control. Brandon Setzer and Zane Smith tangled on lap 49, and on the ensuing restart Wallace once again stepped over the boundary set by race control for the restart tolerances and was penalized to the rear for jumping the restart. Following the pivotal penalty, Quin Houff restarted alongside Grissom, and they, along with Jake Crum and Timm, performed a classic, Tri-County style, side-by-side battle for the top four spots. Chasing down Grissom, Houff was unable to make the pass until a late race yellow on lap 76. Houff muscled his way around Grissom by lap 78 and took command of the race, never relinquishing the top spot. Houff drove his LFR Chassis Chevrolet to the win over Grissom, Crum, Wallace and Timm. It was the first career Late Model or Super Late Model victory of any kind for the development driver out of Weyers Cave, VA. “I would've never thought I'd be this good at a track I've never seen before in my life,” said Houff after climbing from the car in victory lane. “I can't thank LFR enough, my dad and my family for standing behind me, this is great. I can't believe we're here! “I never doubted those guys, they're all great racer and I respect them all and race them clean,” he continued. “I ran my butt off until the last lap and never gave them an inch. They never gave me an inch and I never gave them an inch, but I never doubted and never slowed down. It hasn't sunk in yet, this is unreal.” Late Model Stock Recap: The .400-mile Tri-County Motor Speedway has earned a reputation for great Late Model Stock races over the years, and the first CARS Tour LMSC event was no exception. Just like the SLM Tour, qualifying was cancelled due to weather and curfew restraints at the facility. Brayton Haws, already a two-time winner this season, and Deac McCaskill, winner of the last event at Southern National, consequently started on the front row for their 100 lap affair. Haws shot out into the lead for the first 32 before the first of many caution flags flew, the first for an incident with Chris Hudspeth and Black Stallings in turn three. After the restart, McCaskill and Myatt Snider moved around Haws for the top two spots and fought each other hard for the lead. When the field again restarted after another yellow on lap 55, Snider overdrove turn 3 and 4 and slid into McCaskill, nearly crashing both cars, and cutting down a tire on the No. 08 Ford. McCaskill’s stopped machine warranted yet another caution, and Snider fell to midpack after the near-disaster in turn three. The largest and most spectacular incident of the night occurred in turn three on lap 58. While battling for third, Tyler Ankrum touched tires with Todd Gilliland, sending the Ankrum automobile on top of Gilliland’s car in a shower of sparks. No less than eight drivers received damage and a number of top contenders were eliminated from contention. Haws clung to the lead and did not relinquish it, despite heated attempts by veteran Jamey Caudill to bypass the No. 41 Rheem Ford on a plethora of late-race restarts. Haws survived to pick up his third win in just five CARS Tour starts in 2015. R.D. Smith finished second ahead of Caudill, Snider, and Garrett Campbell who charged from 22nd starting position. “In the beginning of the race, I was riding the inside and I was kinda pulling away a bit until that caution came out,” Haws explained after climbing from the car in Edelbrock Victory Lane. “I gave Deac the outside and that's when he and Myatt got around me. So I tried the outside and my car just felt amazing on the outside. It was insane. I moved to the outside with about 50 to go and made it work.” When Snider and McCaskill tangled on a restart, “I knew it wasn't over, it couldn't be over when you've got the guys I do working on this car. We went into three and all I saw was hard racing. It was just a racing deal and we came out of it. I couldn't do this without all my sponsors and my family, even those from Iowa who made a 16-hour drive to come watch me race.” “Hopefully this win will start another win streak like we had a couple races ago. I can almost promise you that we will be a very hard contender throughout the rest of the season,” Haws concluded. THE FINISHES: Super Late Model Tour POS DRIVER/CAR # LAPS1 Quin Houff (17) 1002 Kyle Grissom (31) 1003 Jake Crum (01) 1004 Steve Wallace (66) 1005 Cole Timm (57) 1006 Tyler Church (7) 1007 Zane Smith (77) 1008 Clay Jones (67) 1009 Chris Davidson (14D) 10010 Joey Mucciacciaro (45) 10011 Spencer Wauters (5W) 10012 Stephen Nasse (51N) 10013 Lucas Jones (16) 10014 Vinnie Miller (5M) 10015 Matthew Craig (54) 10016 Dave Mader III (118) 10017 Lucas Ransone (00) 9218 Richard Gould (24) 7619 Roger Lee Newton (33) 7520 Brandon Setzer (6) 4921 Stephen Leicht (25) 16 Late Model Stock Tour POS DRIVER/CAR # LAPS1 Brayton Haws (41) 1002 R.D. Smith (16S) 1003 Jamey Caudill (50) 1004 Myatt Snider (2) 1005 Garrett Campbell (12C) 1006 Deac McCaskill (08) 1007 Chad McCumbee (21M) 1008 Tommy Lemons, Jr. (27) 1009 Austin McDaniel (12M) 10010 Clint King (07) 10011 Robert Tyler (88T) 10012 Thomas Beane (31) 10013 Justin Crider (7) 10014 Craig Stallard (42) 10015 Jeff Oakley (16) 8716 Payton Ryan (23R) 8017 Christian PaHud (63) 7418 Tyler Ankrum (58) 5819 Todd Gilliland (98G) 5820 Roddy Sterling (59) 5821 Michael Fose (54) 5822 Stefan Parsons (98) 5823 Chris Davis (88) 5824 Shane Lee (00) 5525 Mike Darne (99) 5526 Blake Stallings (77) 3227 Chris Hudspeth (28) 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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