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Choquette prevails on veteran-dominated night

Jeff Choquette thought he had a tire going down. He also thought his night could be over.

A pit stop, a new right rear tire, and one outstanding performance later, the Palm Beach, Fla. five-star took his third win of this week's World Series of Asphalt at New Smyrna Speedway and his fifth overall win of 2008.

After the lap 14 pit stop, Choquette went to the rear of the 29-car field and unloaded on a quest for the lead that culminated in his passing of leader Tim Russell with 14 laps to go.

Russell would go on to finish second, followed by Tucker, Ga. prospect Ryan Sieg, Parsonsfield, Maine's Trevor Sanborn, and Louis Mechalides.

DSM 75 prospect B.J. McLeod (seventh) and Clearwater, Fla. racer Ricky Carmichael (eighth) corralled top-ten finishes.

The rest of the night was primarily veteran-dominated.

Jimmy Blewett took wins in the SK Modified division and the Tour-type Modified division. He won a Tour-type race that consisted of Chuck Hossfeld (finished second), Teddy Christopher (third), Eric Beers (fourth), Marshfield, Mass. prospect Bobby Grigas (sixth), and Meriden, Conn. five-star James Civali (eighth).

The lengthy Limited Late Model race was won by veteran Joe Winchell, holding off A.J. Curreli as track officials shortened the race from 50 laps to 30 laps as a result of the myriad of caution flags, causing the 20-car field to be dwindled to ten participants left in the race.

Will Thomas finally grabbed a Crate Late Model win after much contention over the course of the week. David Rigan finished second, followed by Jimmy Lang, Brentwood, Tenn. racer Logan Ruffin, and race pole-sitter Griffin McGrath in the 25-lap contest.

Night #7 action kicks off tomorrow at 7:30 pm EDT. Coverage of the nine-day event continues on davidsmithmotorsports.com.