Sommerville Gets First Win South of the Border
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Saint
John, NB, Canada 2/10/10- Florida in February is the place to be
for racing, no matter what type of racing you do. Florida Speedweeks at New
Smyrna Speedway is an experience that most racers try at least once in their
careers and in 2010 Lonnie Sommerville and his A.E. McKay Builders/Pub’s Drive
Thru Bottle Exchange race team thought they would see what the hype is all
about. After Monday night’s win in the super late model division they are sure
glad they did.
After rain washed out the first day of competition,
Sommerville scored a solid fifth place finish in his first ever Speedweeks
appearance. Day three of the nine day grind of stock car racing, Sommerville
timed in sixth quickest and started second for the thirty lap feature due to
the random inversion. The Canadian racer made his country proud leading the
first three laps before a loose racecar relegated him to a sixth place finish
at the line. However, the drama and excitement was just beginning. At the
conclusion of the race, infamous tech man Ricky Brooks deemed the top five
finishers too soft according to New Smyrna Speedway’s tire durometer rule,
which disqualified the top five finishers of the feature. Soon after, Sommerville’s
tires were checked as well and after passing the check, Lonnie was given his
first career win south of the border.
“They came down and wanted to check the tires,” said
Sommerville. “We figured we picked up a spot or something; we didn’t know. They
checked our tires and told us we won the race. I really didn’t want to pass
guys that way, but we’ll take them anyway we can get them. We’ve had a bit of a
struggle finding the handle, we we’re a little tight last night and a little
free tonight, but we feel like we’ll have a good handle on our car now for
Wednesday night. Even though we won like we did, it is pretty special for me
because it’s my first win down in the states and that’s been a goal of mine
since we started traveling south. It also means a lot for the racing community
as a whole back in
The win puts Sommerville in a tie for the World Series of
Asphalt Stock Car Racing points lead in the Super Late Model division with
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2010. For public relations and website information contact Chris Ragle with Tex
Motorsports Marketing at cragle02@yahoo.com
or call 704-706-3666.