RANSOMVILLE, N.Y. — Brett Senek picked a good night to collect his first DIRTcar Sportsman Super Modified Series victory. In front of his hometown crowd at Ransomville Speedway, Senek edged out veteran Scott Kerwin to win the Sean Letts Memorial Friday night.
“I knew Sean pretty well,” said Senek. “He lived right up the road from me. He helped me out and sponsored me when we raced go-karts. Everybody knew him as a nice guy and every night after the races I’d walk up in the stands and he’d ask me how the car was and what I needed to make it better. He was just a great guy gone too soon.”
Senek took the lead on lap one from pole-sitter David DiPietro. Kerwin charged from his fifth starting spot to challenge Senek in the early going. Senek survived a strong restart by Kerwin in the late stages of the race to become sixth different first-time winner in DIRTcar Sportsman Super Modified competition this season.
“Kerwin was taking the lead going into Turn 3,” Senek said. “He had about a tire on me. He had me pretty much neck and neck by the flag stand. I thought he was really good in Turn 1 and was going to drive around me but luckily I had enough on the top to get into Turn 3 around him.”
The finish:
- Breett Senek 2. Scott Kerwin 3. Derek Wagner 4. Zack George 5. Cameron Tuttle 6. Austin Susice 7. Dylan Duhow 8. Andrew Smith 9. Derrick Borkenhagen 10. Clayton Cain 11. Brandon Michaud 12. Brian Harris 13. Noah Walker 14. Cliff Gregg 15. Sam Hoxie 16. AJ Custodi 17. Dave DiPietro 18. Brett Martin 19. Kyle Richner 20. Jessica Kriegisch 21. Jordan Moden