NEW SMYRNA, Fla. - Harrison Burton has won plenty of races at Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway. Saturday night, the 16-year-old from Huntersville, North Carolina, captured the ultimate prize.
Burton finished sixth in the PPG/Tower Sealants 100, the finale the Super Late Model Division on the high-banked half-mile. It was enough to out-distance Dawsonville, Georgia’s Spencer Davis by 10 points and Ty Majeski by 16.
Majeski, the defending World Series champion, was not able to overcome a mid-week post-race disqualification. He was also not able to chase down race winner Jeff Choquette, finishing Saturday’s feature on the winner’s back bumper as they crossed the line.
Choquette, the grandson 1954 NASCAR Modified champion Jack Choquette, had won a Pro Late Model and Florida Modified feature earlier in the week. Choquette also won the 100-lap Pro Late Model finale Friday night.
Last year, Burton had a pair of wins but finished a distance second by 24 points to Majeski in New Smyrna’s top NASCAR Whelen All-American Series division.
This year, Burton started the week strong with two wins and two runner-up finishes, and by Saturday had built a commanding lead. He started third in the extra-distance race to close out the weekend and was able to cruise.
Davis, who started the week off with a win last Friday, finished fourth behind Choquette, Burton and Steven Wallace. Gus Dean completed the top five.
After Burton, David Rogers, Brad May, Cole Anderson and Gainesville, Georgia's Fredrick Moore rounded out the top 10.
In other action, Matt Wallace scored the Pro Late Model victory, with Travis Eddy winning the Florida Modifieds feature and Sean Bass winning the Sportsman feature.
World Series of Asphalt Racing
New Smyrna Speedway – New Smyrna Beach, FL
Race Results (Unofficial) – Feb. 25, 2017
Super Late Models
1. 9C Jeff Choquette
2. 91 Ty Majeski
3. 66 Steven Wallace
4. 29 Spencer Davis
5. 56 Gus Dean
6. 12 Harrison Burton
7. 11 David Rogers
8. 9M Brad May
9. 97A Cole Anderson
10. 30 Fredrick Moore
11. 9W Brandon Watson
12. 14 Austin Nason
13. 112 Steve Weaver
14. 68 Russell Shaw
15. 10G George Gorham, Jr.
16. 51 Stephen Nasse
17. 9 Derek Kraus
18. 32 Tyler Dippel
19. 94 Garrett Hall
20. 20 Anthony Sergi
21. 12G Derek Griffith
Pro Late Models
1. 6 Matt Wallace
2. 9C Jeff Choquette
3. 1X Todd Stone
4. 76 Ryan Millington
5. 26 Bill Burba
6. 29K Mason Keller
7. 8 Hope Hornish
8. 12 Joe Graf, Jr.
9. 28 Jeff Marcum
10. 11W David Weaver
11. 33 Carter Stokes
12. 407 Jason Vail
13. 117 Phillip Bassette
Florida Modifieds
1. 78 Travis Eddy
2. 46 Doug Moff
3. 9C Jeff Choquette
4. 1W Wayne Parker
5. 57 Tim Moore
6. 66 Jerry Symons
7. 15T Tank Tucker
8. 26 Gordon Watson
9. 4B Alan Bruns
10. 15D Robert Deal
11. 22 James Ellis
12. 75 Ben Bosowski
13. 3 Kyle Bookmiller
14. 44B Matthew Green
15. 55 Shain Held
16. 96 Mathew Wheeler
17. 1R Roger Blevins
18. 9K Art Kunzeman
Sportsman
1. 17 Sean Bass
2. 111W Patrick Thomas
3. 407 Jason Vail
4. 71 Earl Beckner
5. 24 Bruce Bennett
6. 25 Timmy Todd
7. 45 Mark Bryer
8. 55 Mike Trainor
9. 11 Andy Holt
10. 45A Brian Soukup
11. 33 Mike Dham
12. 86 Rich Ciriello
13. 5 Jason Praysner
14. 77 Dennis Misuraca
15. 0 D.J. Farr
16. 38 Ron Gustafsa
17. 51 Chris Harvey
18. 10 Sandy Lee
19. 21 George Dahm
