BRYCE DAVIS ENDS A NEAR 6-YEAR FLYNN’S TIRE TOURING SERIES WINLESS DROUGHT WITH
$3,000 HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL VICTORY AT GENESEE TO BECOME 6TH DIFFERENT WINNER
IN 8 RACES
By Mike Leone
May 27, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
(Batavia, NY)...The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Dirt Late Model
Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants headed to Genesee Speedway on Saturday
in night two of the three-race Memorial Day weekend swing throughout the north
for the Flynn’s Tire Touring Series.
Race #8 of the 2023 season was the first and only appearance of the season at
the Genesee County Fairground oval promoted by Kurt and Bonnie Stebbins, which
hosts RUSH Late Model City Chevrolet Weekly Series action.
One night after getting caught up in an accident with
a lapped car battling for the lead, Bryce Davis led all 30 laps of the feature
thwarting challenges by last year’s Genesee May 28 winner, Chad Homan, to end a
near six-year winless drought with the Flynn’s Tire Touring Series!
Davis’ last win on the Tour came back on July 2, 2017 at Bradford
Speedway during his championship season.
Davis became the sixth different winner in eight Tour races this season
with his $3,000 victory.
“This feels pretty good,” acknowledged the
32-year-old Canisteo, New York racer.
“We’ve been close quite a few times recently, but the chips didn’t fall
our way- tonight they did. I just
wanted to hit my marks and not spin the tires and be consistent on those
restarts. I got into (turn) one
good, but I knew if I messed up he’d be there.
I have to give shout-outs to all of my family, my wife, my kids, my dad,
my brother along with Lane, Austin Allen, Freddy Griswold, and Rick.
Everyone that helps out is unreal.”
Davis took off in the lead at the start of the 30-lap
feature over Jason Knowles, Homan, David Pangrazio, and Friday night Outlaw
winner Joe Martin. After a caution
with two laps scored, seventh and eighth starting Dave DuBois and Jeremy
Wonderling moved into fourth and fifth respectively.
By lap five, Davis began to pull away from the field, while Knowles and
his hands full with Homan. The two
raced side-by-side for runner-up on laps 6-8 before Homan finally made the pass
with an inside move on the eighth circuit.
Davis had built up a straightaway lead by the time
Homan got to second, but by lap 11 Homan began chewing into Davis’ lead as the
deficit shrunk in half. Lapped
traffic came into play on lap 13 allowing Homan to close in on Davis’ rear
bumper. The two then raced
side-by-side for the lead with the lapped car of Carl Eldridge in play, but
Davis was able to maintain his lead.
After 17 caution-free laps, four cautions between
laps 19-21 slowed action before the final 9 laps went green-to-checkered.
Davis was perfect on all of the restarts allowing him to keep control of
the race. Davis and Homan pulled
away from the pack during the final green flag run, but Homan was never able to
seriously make a bid for the lead.
When the checkered flag waved, Davis crossed the line first by 1.051 seconds for
his 10th career Tour victory in the David Davis-owned, Griswold's ETR Services/Davis Electric/The Brick House/ML
Performance/Ed Carley Motorsports/Close Racing Supply-sponsored #94.
One year after his first career Flynn’s Tire Tour win, Homan was second and
earned $1,500. “I wish that race
went green,” acknowledged the 40-year-old Penfield, New York standout.
“We ran him down from a straightaway in the middle of the race and I felt
like I had a better car than him. I
caught a lapped car with the left front and the wheel wasn’t square anymore
after that. On those double file
restarts I could get a minor run off the bottom, but once he got the lead he was
in clean air and it was pretty much over at that point.
Another great run. We would
have loved to get the win, but second is a great run with this field of cars and
the car is one piece.”
Knowles was a solid third for his best finish since a third at McKean County
Raceway on August 17, 2017! “I’ll
tell you what- I’ll take this,” expressed the 41-year-old Addison, New York RUSH
Late Model veteran. “I will be on
cloud nine until my next race because the struggles we’ve had the last several
years in these Tour races. They are
a tough group of guys. These guys
right here (Davis and Homan), we race a lot together with because they are right
here in the area. Bryce helps me out
of ton. This is an awesome feeling
to get back up here where we belong.”
Jeremy Wonderling was fourth over his brother Mike Wonderling, who earned the
$50 Precise Racing Products “Pedal Down” Hard Charger gift card after starting
13th. It was Mike
Wonderling’s fourth top five in the last five races as he appears primed for a
title run in his first year on the Tour.
One night after recording his career best Tour finish in sixth, Austin Hauser
was sixth once again after starting 11th.
Martin struggled throughout the night, but salvaged a seventh place
finish. Doug Ricotta went 12th
to 8th in his first Tour start of the season and received a spoiler
kit from Ontime Body & Graphic. John
Waters was 9th after starting 15th.
Shane Crotty was 10th for the second straight night.
Homan earned his first $100 FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” fast time honors of
the season in qualifying with a lap of 17.426.
Homan, Davis, and Davis Pangrazio picked up $25 for their FK Rod Ends
heat races. Jon Rivers won the last
chance B main in his first Tour start of 2023.
Davis became the seventh different Sunoco Dash winner in eight races this
season and received a $100 fuel card.
Winning $100 Sunoco fuel cards through the random drawings were Ashton Briggs
and Marc Berzowski, while the $50 Sunoco fuel cards went to Homan, Eldridge,
Alan Chapman, and Kurt Stebbins. Dave
DuBois, who was battling for third with Knowles in the feature, was chosen as
the TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the Night” recipient.
Berzowski won a $100 Performance Bodies gift card for being the first
non-qualifier as part of the “Nosed Out” contingency.
The Flynn’s Tire Touring Series will right back in action on Sunday evening (May
28) at Bradford (PA) Speedway. Race
#9 will be a Platinum Event paying $3,000 to-win.
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Late Model Flynn’s Tire Touring Series Race #8
(30 laps, $3,000
to-win): 1. BRYCE DAVIS (94) 2. Chad
Homan (94) 3. Jason Knowles (4)
4. Jeremy Wonderling (3J) 5.
Mike Wonderling (18) 6. Austin
Hauser (51) 7. Joe Martin (Snyder
10s) 8. Doug Ricotta (01)
9. John Waters (LeBarron 11)
10. Shane Crotty (Briggs 4) 11.
Brandt Graham (14) 12. Ashton Briggs
(11A) 13. J.J. Mazur (13)
14. T.J. Downs (03) 15. Zack
Carley (2) 16. Brock Pinkerous (555)
17. Craig Graham (98) 18. Jim
Rasey (Wrightsman 21J) 19. Dave
DuBois (012) 20. David Pangrazio
(136) 21. Kurt Stebbins (26)
22. Carl Eldridge (7E) 23.
Jon Rivers (85) 24. Cody Dawson (36)
25. Billy DuBois.
(Note: Cody Dawson took a Tour
provisional)
DNQ for the
feature:
Marc Berzowski
(25M), Alan Chapman (64c).
Car Count: 27
Feature Margin of Victory:
1.051 seconds
Feature Lap Leaders: Bryce Davis
(1-30)
Ontime Body & Graphic “Spoiler Alert” Spoiler Kit:
Doug Ricotta
Performance Bodies “Nosed Out”: Carl Eldridge
Precise Racing Products “Pedal Down” Hard Charger:
Mike Wonderling (+8)
Sunoco Fuel Card Winners:
Ashton Briggs ($100), Marc Berzowski
($100), Alan Chapman ($50), Kurt Stebbins ($50), Chad Homan ($50), Carl Eldridge
($50).
TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the Night”:
Dave DuBois
FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” Flight Qualifying
(Track record 16.430 by Jeremy John Waters on 5/29/21)
($100 for fast time): 1. 91-Chad Homan, 00:17.426[16]; 2. 94-Bryce Davis,
00:17.451[2]; 3. 10S-Joe Martin, 00:17.729[8]; 4. 4-Jason Knowles, 00:17.754[3];
5. 26-Kurt Stebbins, 00:17.778[5]; 6. 136-David Pangrazio, 00:17.941[13]; 7.
012-Dave DuBois, 00:17.974[27]; 8. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling, 00:17.981[14]; 9.
01R-Doug Ricotta, 00:18.098[12]; 10. 21J-Jim Rasey, 00:18.106[22]; 11. 51-Austin
Hauser, 00:18.131[6]; 12. 11L-John Waters, 00:18.142[25]; 13. 4C-Shane Crotty,
00:18.168[1]; 14. 11A-Ashton Briggs, 00:18.245[7]; 15. 555-Brock Pinkerous,
00:18.275[18]; 16. 21BD-Billy DuBois, 00:18.322[10]; 17. 03D-TJ Downs,
00:18.334[17]; 18. 36-Cody Dawson, 00:18.377[19]; 19. 18-Mike Wonderling,
00:18.397[20]; 20. 13-JJ Mazur, 00:18.398[21]; 21. 14-Brandt Graham,
00:18.426[23]; 22. 2C-Zack Carley, 00:18.461[9]; 23. 85-Jon Rivers,
00:18.483[15]; 24. 64C-Alan Chapman, 00:18.524[4]; 25. 98-Craig Graham,
00:18.612[24]; 26. 25M-Marc Berzowski, 00:19.220[11]; 27. 7E-Carl Eldridge,
00:19.597[26].
FK Rod Ends Heat 1 (8
laps, Top 6 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 91-Chad Homan[1]; 2. 4-Jason
Knowles[2]; 3. 012-Dave DuBois[3]; 4. 4C-Shane Crotty[5]; 5. 18-Mike
Wonderling[7]; 6. 21J-Jim Rasey[4]; 7. 98-Craig Graham[9]; 8. 2C-Zack Carley[8];
9. 21BD-Billy DuBois[6].
FK Rod Ends Heat 2 (8
laps, Top 6 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 94-Bryce Davis[1]; 2. 26-Kurt
Stebbins[2]; 3. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[3]; 4. 51-Austin Hauser[4]; 5. 11A-Ashton
Briggs[5]; 6. 13-JJ Mazur[7]; 7. 85-Jon Rivers[8]; 8. 03D-TJ Downs[6]; 9.
25M-Marc Berzowski[9].
FK Rod Ends Heat 3 (8
laps, Top 6 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 136-David Pangrazio[2]; 2. 10S-Joe
Martin[1]; 3. 555-Brock Pinkerous[5]; 4. 01R-Doug Ricotta[3]; 5. 11L-John
Waters[4]; 6. 14-Brandt Graham[7]; 7. 36-Cody Dawson[6]; 8. 7E-Carl Eldridge[9];
9. 64C-Alan Chapman[8].
Last Chance B Main
(8 laps, Top 6
transfer to A): 1. 85-Jon Rivers[2]; 2. 98-Craig Graham[1]; 3. 03D-TJ Downs[5];
4. 2C-Zack Carley[4]; 5. 21BD-Billy DuBois[7]; 6. 7E-Carl Eldridge[6]; 7.
25M-Marc Berzowski[8]; 8. 64C-Alan Chapman[9].
DNS: 36-Cody Dawson.
Sunoco Dash
(6 laps, $100
Sunoco fuel card to-win): 1. 94-Bryce Davis[2]; 2. 4-Jason Knowles[1]; 3.
91-Chad Homan[6]; 4. 136-David Pangrazio[4]; 5. 26-Kurt Stebbins[3]; 6. 10S-Joe
Martin[5].
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