LANDIS GARNERS EMOTIONAL SUPERPRO WIN AT PLYMOUTH

TOM SMITH IS THE CHAMP

 September 27, 2009

     Earlier this week, Jack Landis Sr. passed away after a long illness. On Saturday, his son Jack and his family attend funeral services for the elder Landis. Sunday afternoon, the junior Landis took the lead on lap 53 and went on to win the Randercar Racing 75 for the SUPERPRO Series at Plymouth Speedway in Plymouth, Indiana.  In victory lane, an emotional Landis dedicated his win to his late father.

     Tom Smith’s seventh place finish wrapped up the 2009 SUPERPRO Series championship by 31 points over runner up Mike Kugler. The Tinley Park, Illinois driver won two races and finished in the top 10 seven times to garner his first SUPERPRO title.

     Newly crowned Corrigan Oil-Turbo Blue Racing Gas Rookie Of The Year Kyle Hayden and 2008 ROY Matt Hall brought the 25 car field to the green with Hayden jumping into the early lead. Fourth starter Landis and Jason Dietsch moved around Hall on lap 15 to grab second and third in the running order. A lap 17 caution involving Ryan Inman and Paul Freeland closed up the field and allowed Landis on the rear bumper of Hayden.

     Hayden continued to lead at the half way point followed by Landis, Dietsch, Hall and Mark Hankowsky. On lap 45, Landis pulled to the outside of Hayden and they battled side by side for the next five laps before Hayden resumed command. Rick Everidge’s 2009 bad luck tour continued with a flat tire on lap 52 bringing out the caution.

On the restart, Landis moved to the outside of Hayden and grabbed the lead a lap later. A great battle went on for fifth between Kugler and Brett Sontag for the final 20 laps of the race with Sontag finally moving into the position on the white flag lap. At the finish it was Landis, Hayden, Dietsch, Hall, Sontag in the top five with Kugler, Smith, John Nutley, Hankowsky, and Kevin Todd rounding out the top ten.

     Sontag was the Aluminum Racing Products Fast Qualifier with a time of 13.255 seconds (101.848 miles per hour) around the three-eighths mile paved Plymouth oval. Doug Hayes was the All Star Performance-Lane Automotive Hard Charger and Steven Brooks grabbed the Penske Racing Shocks “Shocking Move of the Race” award. Hayden was the Corrigan Oil-Turbo Blue Rookie of the Race for the sixth time in 2009 and Hank Tews was awarded the Aluminum Racing Products “Hard Luck Award”. Sontag and Todd were the Randercar Racing Enterprises winners and Hall, Kugler and Nutley received Racing Junk.com certificates.

RANDERCAR RACING ENTERPRISES 75-PLYMOUTH SPEEDWAY-SEPT. 27, 2009

1. JACK LANDIS

2. KYLE HAYDEN

3. JASON DIETSCH

4. MATT HALL

5. BRETT SONTAG

6. MIKE KUGLER

7. TOM SMITH

8. JOHN NUTLEY

9. MARC HANKOWSKY

10. KEVIN TODD

11. TOMMY COOK

12. AL COOK JR.

13. DOUG HAYES

14. PHIL BOZELL

15. STEVEN BROOKS

16. DERRICK GRIFFIN

17. JIM WEBER

18. GREG NIENHOUSE

19. RYAN INMAN

20. TYLER MIDDLETON

21. ANDY MARCHINIAK

22. HANK TEWS

23. JEREMY CURNS

24. RICK EVERIDGE

25. PAUL FREELAND