{"id":16557,"date":"2016-09-06T18:27:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T22:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracing.com\/16\/?p=16557"},"modified":"2016-09-06T18:27:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T22:27:59","slug":"jason-myers-claims-1st-smrs-modified-win-labor-day-action-dillon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2016\/09\/jason-myers-claims-1st-smrs-modified-win-labor-day-action-dillon\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Myers Claims 1st SMRS Modified Win In Labor Day Action At Dillon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DILLO, SC (September 5) \u2013 Walnut Cove, NC\u2019s Jason Myers used the correct pit strategy to edge out his older brother, Burt, and New York driver Andy Jankoiak to claim his first career Southern Modified Racing Series (SMRS) Presented By PASS win Monday afternoon at Dillon Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew how good our car was for about 60 laps, so when the caution fell when it did, I knew we needed to pit then,\u201d said J. Myers, driver of the Adams Towing & Recovery #4.\u00a0 \u201cI started worrying though when the last caution flew so much later and everybody was able to get that much more fresher tires than we did.\u00a0 My dad was on that radio making those pit calls is what put us back up front.\u00a0 We had a heck of a race car to set on the pole, lead as many laps as we did, and come home with the win.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the first time this year, J. Myers was able to capture the Precision Built Spindles Pole Award with a lap of 15.659 seconds (96.959 MPH) around the egg-shaped, 4\/10 mile speedway.\u00a0 But, after the top six qualifiers redraw, Scott Hall and Cale Gale would move to the front row, while J. Myers, would join his brother, Burt, on row three.<\/p>\n

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At the drop of the green, Gale would jump into the lead from the outside pole position, but the Myers brothers were quickly making their way towards the front, with Jason taking the lead on lap 10.\u00a0 J. Myers and Gale would swap the lead several times, until B. Myers would join the fray, passing Gale for second on lap 40.\u00a0 Just six laps later, Burt would go by Jason for the lead and begin to stretch his advantage.<\/p>\n

The race would go green until lap 58 when AJ Winstead and Mike Norman spun in turn four as they battled for the seventh position.\u00a0 Under the caution, Norman, Jankowiak, and J. Myers would pit, with J. Myers being the only one of the three to take tires.<\/p>\n

Back under green, Gale would take the lead, until B. Myers reclaimed the top spot just past the halfway mark on lap 69.\u00a0 B. Myers would remain in the lead until the final caution of the afternoon waved with 32 laps to go for debris.\u00a0 All the leaders would pit for tires, with only J. Myers staying out to assume the lead.<\/p>\n

When the race went back to green, J. Myers quickly moved out front, while Jankoiak would pass Brandon Ward for second.\u00a0 B. Myers would make his way back up towards the front, joining J. Myers and Jankoiak in the battle for the lead.\u00a0 While J. Myers made his way through lapped traffic, Jankoiak and B. Myers raced hard for second, with Burt finally able to move by with three laps to go.\u00a0 Burt would run out of time as Jason claimed his first win with the SMRS tour, followed by Jankoiak, Gale, and John Smith in the top five.\u00a0 Rounding out the top 10 were Mod Lite winner, Scott Hall, Ward, Jason Tutterow, Norman, and local favorite, Justin Hicks.<\/p>\n

The Southern Modified Racing Series Presented By PASS will be in action again this Saturday<\/span> night, September 10<\/span> at Caraway Speedway as part of the track\u2019s 51st<\/sup> Anniversary celebration.\u00a0 Entry forms will be available at SouthernModifiedRacingSeries,com.\u00a0 Be sure to \u201cLike\u201d the Pro All Stars Series and Southern Modified Racing Series on Facebook or follow us on Twitter at @PASSSLM14.<\/p>\n

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SMRS Modifieds \u2013 Labor Day Classic \u2013 Unofficial Results<\/u><\/p>\n

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  1. 4 \u2013 Jason Myers<\/li>\n
  2. 1 \u2013 Burt Myers<\/li>\n
  3. 37 \u2013 Andy Jankoiak<\/li>\n
  4. 95 \u2013 Cale Gale<\/li>\n
  5. 25 \u2013 John Smith<\/li>\n
  6. 54 \u2013 Scott Hall<\/li>\n
  7. 19 \u2013 Brandon Ward<\/li>\n
  8. 33 \u2013 Jason Tutterow<\/li>\n
  9. 12 \u2013 Mike Norman<\/li>\n
  10. 9 \u2013 Justin Hicks<\/li>\n
  11. 99 \u2013 AJ Winstead<\/li>\n
  12. 70 \u2013 John Barillka<\/li>\n
  13. 75 \u2013 Ronnie Souders, Jr.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    DILLO, SC (September 5) \u2013 Walnut Cove, NC\u2019s Jason Myers used the correct pit strategy to edge out his older brother, Burt, and New York driver Andy Jankoiak to claim his first career Southern Modified Racing Series (SMRS) Presented By PASS win Monday afternoon at Dillon Motor Speedway. \u201cI knew how good our car was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1,6,3,4],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-16557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine-racing-news","category-uncategorized","category-new-england-racing-news","category-pass","category-latest-touring-news","tag-pass-south"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}