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Thank you for taking a Pit Stop at the Brand new JackSmithRacing.com! Please feel free to drop Jack a line in the Guestbook, and check back all season for the latest photos.Tough Tangle for the 09 Team
By the end of the night it became clear that “Liquid” Lou Cicconi came to Lorain County (OH) Speedway with one thing in mind, win! Cicconi bested the 18 car Midwest Supermodified Association (MSA) field winning the 30 lap feature in convincing style. Cicconi blasted to the front from his tenth starting position and on lap seven zipped past then leader Mark Sammut never looking back until the checkered flag flew. This was the second stop of the MSA tour and Cicconi’s first MSA victory of the young season.
Rookie driver Zach Gibson and Mark Sammut brought the field to the green flag, but it did not last long. On lap two the first of three race cautions flew when Jack Smith and Trent Stephens got together and both spun up the track in turn one. When racing resumed Smith was in the pit area and Stephens tagged the tail. At the drop of the green hankie Sammut set sail trying to get some distance between himself and the field, however, Cicconi, Tim Ice, and Charlie Schultz had other ideas as they where coming fast. By lap seven Cicconi took the point with Schultz and Ice in tow. At lap seven Schultz got tagged and spun to the inside of the track slowing the field just briefly until he got re-fired and rejoined the field on the tail. From that point a blistering pace was laid down by Cicconi as Ice stayed right in his tracks with Randy Burch keeping pace in third. Both Stephens and Schultz where setting sail to the front from their back marker positions, until lap 28 when Schultz and Sammut got together both going off track in turn four. Once again Schultz had to go to the tail as Sammut went pit side out of competition. The green dropped with just two laps to go and try as he might Ice could not get past the Steve Stout owned No. 49 of Cicconi. Following winner Cicconi across the line was Ice in second, Randy Burch very quietly nabbed third, Stephens, also in a Stout car, charged back to get fourth and Jon Henes rounded out the top five. Brandon Fisher, Schultz, Gibson, Joe Armbruster, and Rich Reid completed the top ten finishers. 
#52 Randy Burch & #09 Jack Smith (Todd Ridgeway photo)
Racing with a heavy heart Ice was very happy to get second. “The car was really good, right there at the start I got kind of bunched up and Lou and Charlie got by me. I think I had plenty for Charlie, but I don’t think I had anything for Lou; his car was getting off the corners better than mine was. I wanted to win so bad here for my Father-In-Law, he passed away Tuesday. He is our engine builder and my best friend, I wanted to win so badly, but it is awful good what we did,” concluded Ice.
“It was a good run for our team tonight,” said Burch. “We definitely had a good car that stayed underneath us. You had to pick your moves tonight; we had a lot of traffic out there. I had a real good car from the time we unloaded. We made a few changes, but then went back with what we had and it was great. I just want to thank the crowd we had a great show for the fans. It looked like they had a good time. We appreciate all those guys coming out,” finished third place driver Burch.
Jack finishes a fast 7th in MSA opener!
On a day that looked like it may never see a green flag May Motorsports driver Charlie Shultz took command in the early stages and bested the field to win the 2010 season opening Midwest Supermodified Association (MSA) 30 lap feature race at Sandusky Speedway (OH) last Saturday night. Coming from his ninth starting position in his bright red trademark No. 7 Shultz sailed to the front in dominating fashion setting a torrid pace to get his first checkered flag of the new season. Defending MSA Champion Timmy Jedrzejek finished second followed by the Steve Stout teammates of Trent Stephens third and “Liquid” Lou Cicconi fourth as the May Motorsports No. 77 with Tim Ice aboard rounded out the top five.
“When they first threw the green the car felt pretty good,” said the race winner. “After we got that little bit of a run there under green I thought this car feels pretty loose. We had the red flag and the car set there long enough that the stager closed up to where I wanted it. Then on the restart I was able to get on the outside in the clean air and the car was just really, really good,” finished Shultz.
After a three hour track drying process between the heat races and the feature race veteran racers Jon Henes and Jack Smith brought the field to the green flag and start of the MSA season. Smith would lead the first handful of laps which included just two caution periods, one of which went red for the upturned car of Rich Reid. No injuries reported and no serious equipment damage was reported and racing resume going to the checkers non stop from that point. By lap five Shultz was out moving while in front Timmy J was also setting sail for the leaders. Once Shultz got to Timmy J they ran side by side for two laps until Shultz cleared the Champion setting sail for leader Smith. The horsepower showed as Shultz went to the point and wore out the rest of the field with blinding speed on a track he is very familiar with. Smith faded to sixth followed by Randy Burch, Jon Henes, Bobby Dawson, and Rich Reid rounded out the top ten.
“Opening night, we had some problems in the heat race,” said Timmy J. “We’ll take home second place and tip our hats over to No. 7 team, they where awful strong tonight. We’ll go back to the shop, see what we got, and bring out a better machine than last time,” finished the series Champion. 14 Supermodifieds were in the pit are on opening night as Cicconi set fast time of 14.873 around the northern Ohio oval. Heat winners included Brandon Fisher and Shultz.
“When they first threw the green the car felt pretty good,” said the race winner. “After we got that little bit of a run there under green I thought this car feels pretty loose. We had the red flag and the car set there long enough that the stager closed up to where I wanted it. Then on the restart I was able to get on the outside in the clean air and the car was just really, really good,” finished Shultz.
After a three hour track drying process between the heat races and the feature race veteran racers Jon Henes and Jack Smith brought the field to the green flag and start of the MSA season. Smith would lead the first handful of laps which included just two caution periods, one of which went red for the upturned car of Rich Reid. No injuries reported and no serious equipment damage was reported and racing resume going to the checkers non stop from that point. By lap five Shultz was out moving while in front Timmy J was also setting sail for the leaders. Once Shultz got to Timmy J they ran side by side for two laps until Shultz cleared the Champion setting sail for leader Smith. The horsepower showed as Shultz went to the point and wore out the rest of the field with blinding speed on a track he is very familiar with. Smith faded to sixth followed by Randy Burch, Jon Henes, Bobby Dawson, and Rich Reid rounded out the top ten.
“Opening night, we had some problems in the heat race,” said Timmy J. “We’ll take home second place and tip our hats over to No. 7 team, they where awful strong tonight. We’ll go back to the shop, see what we got, and bring out a better machine than last time,” finished the series Champion. 14 Supermodifieds were in the pit are on opening night as Cicconi set fast time of 14.873 around the northern Ohio oval. Heat winners included Brandon Fisher and Shultz.
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