On Saturday night at Florida’s Five Flags Speedway, a Florida racing veteran scored his first career Southern Super Series victory.
Jesse Dutilly outdueled Giovanni Bromante on a restart with eight laps to go in the 150-lap event to take the win.
Bromante had taken the lead from Jeremy Pate with 21 laps to go, but a late caution after Jett Noland came to rest on the backstretch erased his lead. On the ensuing restart, Dutilly took the top spot with eight laps to go and led the rest of the way for the victory.
Dutilly is a long-time veteran of the Florida short track scene, with championships in tours such as the Sunshine State Challenge Series and the Bright House Challenge Series to his credit. However, the Bradenton native had never found victory lane at Five Flags Speedway until Saturday night.
“This place is so hard and so challenging,” Dutilly said. “Eight and a half hours to get here one way. The track will just eat you up and can be really frustrating. This track is so hard. You come in here with high expectations and find a new way for it to whoop up on us every week. This is really special.”
Dutilly overcame a car that wasn’t to his liking to start the day, but came alive after the sun set.
“I just want to say thank you to everyone who follows me around,” said Dutilly. “I was a real pain in the … this week. The car wasn’t very good and I was frustrated. I was high-maintenance this weekend, so I want to thank everyone.”
Stephen Nasse finished in third, with Connor Okrzesik in fourth and Jeremy Pate in fifth.
Kaden Honeycutt, Boris Jurkovic, Cole Butcher, Matt Craig and Brad May rounded out the top ten.
The Southern Super Series returns to action at Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway on Saturday, October 19. For more information, visit SouthernSuperSeries.com.
Southern Super Series
Five Flags Speedway – Pensacola, FL
Race Results – September 21, 2019
1. Jesse Dutilly
2. Giovanni Bromante
3. Stephen Nasse
4. Connor Okrzesik
5. Jeremy Pate
6. Kaden Honeycutt
7. Boris Jurkovic
8. Cole Butcher
9. Matt Craig
10. Brad May
11. Chandler Smith
12. Corey Heim
13. Lucas Jones
14. Casey Roderick
15. Nolan Pope
16. Willie Allen
17. Carson Kvapil
18. Logan Boyett
19. Kyle Bryant
20. Colten Nelson
21. Kyle Sieg
22. Jett Noland
23. Bubba Pollard
24. Augie Grill
25. Kyle Plott
26. Hunter Robbins
27. Brandon Herbert
28. Michael House
29. Anthony Sergi
30. Mike Garvey
