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Bryce Davis BRP CanAm Winner At Little Valley…wins Brock Young Memorial and $1422 …

Little Valley, NY…Bryce Davis won his first BRP CanAm Late Model Series tour event of 2010 on Saturday night (July 17) at Little Valley Speedway (LVS).  The Canisteo teenager is on a hot streak at LVS where he has now won three in a row.  The kid is good, his Hot Rod Lincoln is fast, and he had some good luck which all added up to a win in the prestigious Brock Young Memorial and a $1422 payday.

Davis is just 18 and a 2009 high school graduate, but in the cockpit of his White Lightening Hot Rod Lincoln he shows the maturity of a seasoned veteran.  Outwardly he appears calm and cool at all times, but somewhere inside he has the fire to compete with the best in the BRP CanAm Series.  Not only compete, but compete at the highest level, and win.  Davis won his first BRP CanAm tour event at Black Rock last September.  He came out of the box for the 2010 season on a mission to win a lot of races and hopefully the Series championship.  He has won Series weekly events at both Black Rock and Woodhull, was second in the Series tour event at Humberstone, and now with the LVS tour win stands third in the point tally.

Perhaps the headline story for the night is that had it not been for a lap four incident between race leader Jeremy Wonderling and second place driver Wayne Robertson there might have been a different winner. That incident collected nine cars, put Jeremy Wonderling in the rear, and put Robertson, Mike Wonderling and AJ Young in the pits out of the race. 

Davis fought off Adam Ashcroft for the lead on the lap four restart and led for the duration.  Great racing for second between Ashcroft, Jim Johnson, and Jeff Chesebro probably worked to Davis advantage.  On lap 17 Chesebro got to second where he finished.  Jim Johnson had another great run in his Hot Rod Lincoln to complete the podium finishers.  Larry Knowles recovered from the lap four incident to finish fourth.  Mikey Wonderling dodged a lot of bullets to bring the Schuyler’s Himrod Hot Rod home fifth.

The rest of the Davis story is that between the wins and good finishes Davis has missed several Series weekly events with engine problems.  The most recent failure was at Canandaigua on July 10.  Repairs were completed from that disappointment just after 4PM on Saturday afternoon.  Canisteo and Little Valley are separated by 84 miles.  Do the calculation and you will understand why Davis almost missed the 6PM hot laps!

The spirit story belongs to Jeremy Wonderling – Mr. Excitement.  Jeremy really wanted to win Brock’s race and had a car capable.  It isn’t possible to exceed 100%, but Mr. Excitement was at the limit in his charge from the rear.  He took to the outside – the extreme outside – where nobody else dared to run and passed cars at a rate of two or three per lap to claw his way back to fourth on lap 12.  He was faster than the leader and closing in a hurry.  We will never know if he could have gotten back to the lead.  On lap 17 Jeremy went into four too hot and almost spun out.  He recovered, but lost four positions.  In the final two laps he made up some of the lost ground, but time ran out and he finished seventh – an incredible spirited run.

Notes…Bob Close earned the Dart Hard Charger Award with his run from 22 at the start to 10th at the finish in Ron Scharf’s beautiful #65 CRS Camaro…Jeremy Wonderling declined the $700 ISKY Camfather Back Row Challenge...The ISKY Challenge will be $800 at the next Series tour event on August 6 at Black Rock Speedway…Greg Young may be the luckiest guy to finish 15th ever.  His race car rolled off the trailer and into the two vehicle at an intersection just a few miles from the Speedway – just a few miles off the Interstate…The Brock Young Memorial trophy build by Rod Biehler was the tallest and prettiest of the seven presented in prior years…BRP CanAm Series weekly event winner over the weekend were Mikey Wonderling at Black Rock and Glenn Whritenour at Woodhull.

Brock Young Memorial A-Main Finish:  BRYCE DAVIS ($1422), Jeff Chesebro, Jim Johnson, Larry Knowles, Mikey Wonderling, Adam Ashcroft, Jeremy Wonderling, Bruce Miller, Brian Knowles, Bob Close, Dave DuBois, Jason Knowles, Quinn Sutherland, Greg Galligan, Greg Young, Brian Kotarski, Brian Hoffman, John Waters, AJ Young, Mike Wonderling, Beamer Guzzardi, Jon Lichy, Don Krug, Wayne Robertson………DNQ: Jon Rivers, Rich Hale, Kevin Olinger 

Lap Leaders: J Wonderling 1-3, Davis 4-20

Landrum Springs Heat Race Winners - $50 each –Johnson, John Waters, J Wonderling

F/A Products – Mahle B-Main - $50 –Sutherland

ISKY Cams Camfather Back Row Challenge offered to Jeremy Wonderling – declined - $700

Dart Heads Hard Charger –$100 – Bob Close start 23 / finish 10

Miles-Agency.com Rookie of the Race – Adam Ashcroft

Next Series Tour Event – Friday August 6 – Black Rock Speedway – NASCAR @ the Glen Weekend   

Series information at www.BRPCanAmSeries.com

Marketing Partners of the BRP CanAm Series include: Bicknell Racing Products, BC Designs, Beyea Headers, Close Racing Supply, Cousins Designs, Dart Machinery, EastCoastSpeed.com, Ed Carley Motorsports, F/A Products, Fleming Design Solutions, Hoosier Tire, Isky Racing Cams, Landrum Performance Springs, Lias Tire, Mahle Clevite, Miles-Agency.com, Bob Mullen’s ProSpeed, National Parts Peddler, Phair Enterprises, Signs Plus of Kanona, RobertSymondsPhotography.com, Joe Willcox Performance Automatics, Wrisco Aluminum, and the host tracks.

Landrum Springs Heat Race winners: Mazur, Robertson, Hoffman, and Ashcroft

F/A Products – Mahle B-Main winner – Brady Wonderling

ISKY Cams Camfather Back Row Challenge offered to Jim Johnson – declined - $600

Dart Heads Hard Charger –$100 – Brady Wonderling start 21 / finish 1

Miles-Agency.com Rookie of the Race – Brian Hoffman

Next Series Tour Event – Saturday July 17 – Little Valley Speedway – Brock Young Memorial   

Series information at www.BRPCanAmSeries.com

Marketing Partners of the BRP CanAm Series include: Bicknell Racing Products, BC Designs, Beyea Headers, Close Racing Supply, Cousins Designs, Dart Machinery, EastCoastSpeed.com, Ed Carley Motorsports, F/A Products, Fleming Design Solutions, Hoosier Tire, Isky Racing Cams, Landrum Performance Springs, Lias Tire, Mahle Clevite, Miles-Agency.com, Bob Mullen’s ProSpeed, National Parts Peddler, Phair Enterprises, Signs Plus of Kanona,RobertSymonds.8m.com, Joe Willcox Performance Automatics, Wrisco Aluminum, and the host tracks.

In victory lane a very emotional Robertson shared, “The car was fast and working great, but so were the cars that started in front of me.  I knew that I needed to stay as consistent as possible and stay out of trouble.  This is very special for the entire Team 20.  A Series win here at our home track is a dream come true.  We have a lot – I mean a whole lot – of family and friends that come here every week and to win in front of them is just great.  I had pretty much accepted that we would go out of here with a top five, but when Jeremy (Wonderling) and Glenn (Whritenour) crashed out I thought well maybe I can win this thing.  I thought that I might be able to get by John (Waters), but I knew that Larry (Knowles) was behind me and on restarts with three to go you just never know what will happen.  I got a great run on John when he opened the bottom and this Rocket was a rocket to the front.  We added weight to adjust for track conditions and it worked. This is just great!”

Behind Robertson at the checkers were John Waters, Larry Knowles, Greg Galligan, and Bryon Knowles.

Robertson who has many Woodhull wins, a Woodhull late model championship, a Black Rock Speedway BRP CanAm win, and now a BRP CanAm win on the high banks of Woodhull Raceway on his racing resume.  The Woodhull win combined with a runner-up finish at Little Valley puts the Corning, NY driver on top of the 2010 Series point standings. 

White’s Repair A-Main Finish:  WAYNE ROBERTSON, John Waters, Larry Knowles, Greg Galligan, Brian Knowles, Quinn Sutherland, Steve Watson, Greg Young, Dave DuBois, Bryce Davis, Dan Gardner, Jared Hill, Jeremy Wonderling, Glenn Whritenour, Mikey Wonderling, Steve Hartman, Mike Wonderling, Cecil LaBarron, Dan Guild, Jim Johnson, Jason Knowles, Bruce Miller, Shane Smith, Brady Wonderling

Lap Leaders: Jeremy Wonderling 1-27, Wayne Robertson 28-30

Landrum Springs Heat Race Winners - $50 each – Whritenour, Miller, J. Knowles

ISKY Cams Camfather Back Row Challenge offered to Jeremy Wonderling – declined - $400

Dart Heads Hard Charger –$100 - Greg Young start 23 / finish 8

Next Event – Sunday June 20 – Humberstone Speedway   

Series information at www.BRPCanAmSeries.com

Marketing Partners of the BRP CanAm Series include: Bicknell Racing Products, BC Designs, Beyea Headers, Close Racing Supply, Cousins Designs, Dart Machinery, Ed Carley Motorsports, F/A Products, Fleming Design Solutions, Hoosier Tire, Isky Racing Cams, Landrum Performance Springs, Lias Tire, Mahle Clevite, Miles-Agency.com, Bob Mullen’s ProSpeed, National Parts Peddler, Phair Enterprises, Signs Plus of Kanona, Joe Willcox Performance Automatics, Wrisco Aluminum, and the host tracks.