Attrition is a factor in final night, Bishop secures win
Saturday (Night 9) - 02/17/2007

By David Smith

New Smyrna Beach, FL - The annual Pete Orr Memorial 100 turned out to be a war of attrition and Jeff Scofield claimed the victory and clinched the week-long Super Late Model championship.

B.J. McLeod, Jeff Choquette, and Ryan Sieg headlined a group that suffered mechanical failures on the night. Ted Christopher suffered equipment woes after being bulldozed by Brian Scott in an early-race accident.

Scott Bishop dominated in another Pro Truck win, again leading every lap on the evening. Bishop, who pitched a perfect two nights by leading every lap of competition at the World Series of Asphalt, took the final checkered flag of the week.

For the fourth time during the WSA, Justin Larson fell short of the win, finishing second to Jason Boyd, the eventual champion in the limited late model division.

Jimmy Blewitt won the Touring Modified race, edging out Donny Lia for the victory. Four-star prospect James Civali had his best effort of the week, finishing sixth in Johnny Blewitt's backup car. Eric Beers won the overall championship.

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Choquette, Bishop score wins on Night 8
Friday (Night 8) - 02/16/2007

By David Smith

New Smyrna Beach, FL - The night clearly belonged to Jimmy Blewitt, who not only captured a win in the SK Modfied race, but was also victorious in the annual Richie Evans Memorial 100 Touring Mod event. Although the spotlight was on him, the youngsters made sure they were heard loud and clear.

Jeff Choquette cruised to an easy super late model victory, entering his first race since Sunday. Following the Palm Beach native to the finish line was last night's winner Jeff Scofield and Grand National East rookie Jesus Hernandez.

Scott Bishop paced every lap in the 25-lap Pro Truck feature, earning a win in his first event of the week. The South Carolinian finished ahead of track champion Chad Akins in a crash-filled race.

Will Thomas edged out the talented Dalton Zehr in the ASA/Crate style late model race. Oklahoma's Jonathan Beason clinched the week-long championship with a sixth-place finish.

Lastly, the 50-lap limited late model race saw Sam Watts get his first victory of Speedweeks while Justin Larson came home with his third third-place finish on the week.

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No wins for prospects, Logano and Russell impress
Wednesday (Night 6) - 02/14/2007

By David Smith

New Smyrna Beach, FL - Several of the nation's top prospects were shut out of the winner's circle but most didn't fail to deliver solid runs.

In the evening's main event, Jeff Scofield scored his first win of the WSA after he held off a host of young prospects. Tim Russell, the eventual runner-up was the closest, making several runs at the leader late in the 30-lap race. Brian Scott and B.J. McLeod battled back and forth in the race's close but went on to settle in at third and fourth respectively.

Ryan Sieg set the track qualifying record earlier in the day and sat on the pole but was taken out after being caught up in a chain reaction accident caused by Ted Christopher.

Joey Logano had a terrific run in the Touring Modified race, falling in line third behind winner Jimmy Blewitt and Eric Beers. Logano battled the car of Johnny Blewitt for the majority of the night and eventually played enough defense to hold off Ted Christopher for his best finish of the week.

Blackboard-ranked prospect James Civali was marred with mechanical difficulties throughout the night and exited the race on lap 16.

Jason Boyd won the limited late model race and 18 year-old Jonathan Beason captured the ASA/Crate style win.

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McLeod finds the checkers again, Townsend scores
Tuesday (Night 5) - 02/13/2007

By David Smith

New Smyrna Beach, FL - After an hour-long downpour earlier in the afternoon, the surface of New Smyrna Speedway was slick and dicey throughout the evening's events. Several drivers made it out unfettered.

B.J. McLeod earned his second win of the WSA, grabbing the lead after beating leader Ryan Sieg on the final re-start. Sieg took the lead after pole-sitter Jeff Scofield crashed his late model on the slippery turn 4 surface.

McLeod then held off hard challenges from runner-up Tim Russell and Ginn Racing development driver Jesus Hernandez.

Tyler Townsend earned his first victory in the ASA/Crate style division in a wild race which saw pole-sitter Cole Pearn nearly flip his car on the backstretch. Townsend edged out Jonathan Beason and Dalton Zehr. For Towsend, this was the 14 year-old Texan's fourth race with his new team.

Johnny Blewitt won the Touring Modified race and 14 year-old Drew Brannon was victorious in the limited late model event.

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Zehr is a winner on Night 4
Monday (Night 4) - 02/12/2007

By David Smith

New Smyrna Beach, FL - After a wreck on Friday night ripped off the entire right side of his ASA/Crate style late model, Dalton Zehr recovered and claimed the win in the feature race of Night 4. The Port Orange, FL native and ASA regular has been impressive all week.

Zehr is still considered a sleeper to win the week-long standings in the ASA style division.

Johnny Blewitt won the Touring Modified race after grabbing an early lead and running away with the victory in the 25-lapper. Zach Sylvester, Earl Paules, and Sunday winner Donny Lia completed the top four. Five-star prospect Joey Logano finished sixth.

Super Late Models and Limited Late Models had the evening off.

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Rough night for previous winners, Sieg gets second 2nd
Sunday (Night 3) - 02/11/2007

By David Smith

New Smyrna Beach, FL - Whereas Friday and Saturday nights were memorable for two of the nation's top prospects, Sunday will be a night to forget.

Mike Fritts won the Super Late Model race after fast qualifier B.J. McLeod was mired in mid-pack traffic and dodged several accidents after the inversion and Jeff Choquette was caught in not one but two accidents. The second, an incident involving his #70 machine and the #01 of Brian Scott, put him into the wall and out of the race for good.

McLeod finished 15th but still holds on to second in the super late model standings, two points behind Fritts.

Ryan Sieg earned a second-straight runner-up finish in the WSA and Jay Middleton finished third.

In limited late model action, Kevin Ingram, who had been knocking on victory's door the past two nights, finally pulled into victory lane after holding off Jason Boyd and Justin Larson. Ingram leads the limited late model standings by 40 points over A.J. Currelli.

ASA/Crate late models and the Tour Mods had the night off.

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Choquette, Lia earn Saturday wins
Saturday (Night 2) - 02/10/2007

By David Smith

New Smyrna Beach, FL - After a night where Jeff Choquette couldn't quite find the outside groove, he hugged the bottom from start to finish and captured the super late model victory Saturday night. Choqutte qualified fifth and started from the pole after the inversion. He never looked back.

Fellow National Top 100 prospects Ryan Sieg, B.J. McLeod, and Jay Middleton followed suit, finishing second, third, and fourth respectively. Modified veteran Ted Christopher came home fifth.

New York's Donny Lia captured the victory in the Touring Modified race beating the pair of Blewitt brothers, Jimmy then Johnny, and Friday night winner Eric Beers. Joey Logano made his modified debut, finishing eighth after wrecking in the afternoon practice session.

Cole Pearn won the ASA/Crate late model event but the race was highlighted by another Dustin Skinner incident. This time, Shane Sawyer tuned up Skinner's late model, shooting him from the bottom groove on the backstretch to the track sponsor sign on the outside retaining wall. Skinner was uninjured.

Jason Boyd was the winner of the limited late model event. Kevin Ingram and Justin Larson rounded out the top three.

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McLeod takes SLM victory, wild night for Seuss and Zehr
Friday (Night 1) - 02/09/2007

By David Smith

New Smyrna Beach, FL - B.J. McLeod must love New Smyrna Speedway. Three months removed from celebrating his Brighthouse Challenge Series victory at the same track, McLeod found himself in victory lane Friday night in the first run for the super late models in the World Series of Asphalt.

The four-star prospect held off a late surge by Mike Fritts and various attacks by fellow Blackboard-ranked racer Jeff Choquette. Fritts and Choquette finished second and third respectively.

Even with the speedway's newly-paved surface, the same favorites were making waves.

In the touring modified race, Eric Beers, who nearly broke the track qualifying record earlier in the day, led wire-to-wire for the victory. Johnny Blewitt finished second, followed by Andy Seuss and Ted Christopher. Seuss may have had the wildest night, wrecking his car during the pace lap, denting the entire right side of the car, and driving up through the field for an admirable third-place finish.

Dalton Zehr looked as if he had the ASA/Crate late model race after executing a bump-and-run on Dustin Skinner for the lead on lap 2. Instead of taking the checkers, Zehr settled for the wreckers after a lapped-car ran him up the race track and into the wall. Jack Smith took home the win and 14 year-old Tyler Townsend placed runner-up.

A.J. Curreli won the 25 lap limited late model show after starting from the pole.