Smith sets career win mark
OXFORD – Just 13 races into his 2007 season, Rusty Smith has already had a career season.
Although he may not match his 2001 points championship at Tioga Speedway, Smith, who travels to multiple tracks, won his career-high fourth race this season – the third at a different track – taking the Sunoco Race of Champions asphalt modified feature at Wyoming County Speedway last weekend.
“I just rode around the track most of those early laps, and people probably wondered what I was doing,” Smith.
Noting the tough conditions on the track that placed excessive wear and tear on his tires, Smith knew he needed a back wheel replacement at some point, so he waited for the first caution before pitting. That caution came on lap 43, and he was running 15th out of 20 cars. An efficient turn in the pits had Smith roaring out in 10th place, and he picked off cars slowly taking the lead with 14 laps remaining. He held on for the win, his first-ever in the Sunoco Series.
“It’s been 10 years (running the Sunoco races), we finally got a win,” Smith said. “We just had an awesome car, and I wasn’t worried what was going on around me. Everything has been coming together, and our program gets better and better each year. We have a lot of notes, and that makes a big difference.”
Smith has this weekend off, and returns to Mahoning Valley and Mountain Speedway in Pennsylvania the following weekend.
Although he may not match his 2001 points championship at Tioga Speedway, Smith, who travels to multiple tracks, won his career-high fourth race this season – the third at a different track – taking the Sunoco Race of Champions asphalt modified feature at Wyoming County Speedway last weekend.
“I just rode around the track most of those early laps, and people probably wondered what I was doing,” Smith.
Noting the tough conditions on the track that placed excessive wear and tear on his tires, Smith knew he needed a back wheel replacement at some point, so he waited for the first caution before pitting. That caution came on lap 43, and he was running 15th out of 20 cars. An efficient turn in the pits had Smith roaring out in 10th place, and he picked off cars slowly taking the lead with 14 laps remaining. He held on for the win, his first-ever in the Sunoco Series.
“It’s been 10 years (running the Sunoco races), we finally got a win,” Smith said. “We just had an awesome car, and I wasn’t worried what was going on around me. Everything has been coming together, and our program gets better and better each year. We have a lot of notes, and that makes a big difference.”
Smith has this weekend off, and returns to Mahoning Valley and Mountain Speedway in Pennsylvania the following weekend.
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