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RON SILK WINS
INAUGURAL JOE BRADY 50 MEMORIAL AT NEW SMYRNA
Silk Captures First Modified win in 50th Annual World
Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing
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Denise DuPont |
In
December 2015, the modified family lost veteran car
owner Joe Brady in a tragic accident. For many years
Brady brought his familiar red #00 tour type
modified to New Smyrna Speedway. Many a year he
returned home with a championship with drivers
behind the wheel like John Blewett, III and Ted
Christopher. This year the tour type modifieds’
began Speedweekwith the “Joe Brady 50 Memorial”
race. Rain delayed pushed the running of the race
from Monday until Tuesday night. The delay in
running the race though did not remove any
excitement from the feature for the ground pounders.
When
the green flag flew, Ryan Preece from Berlin, CT
quickly took the Eddie Partridge #6 modified from
seventh to the front of the pack where he dominated
most of the race. A late race pass by Ron Silk of
Norwalk, CT. stole the win from Preece and gave car
#82 owner Danny Watts a win. “I think winning the
Joe Brady Memorial race is totally awesome,” stated
Watts. “Joe, I got to meet one of the years he was
down here. He was going to help me with an engine.
He told me that he would give me whatever I needed.
I am glad that we won this race tonight. I really
am.”
“Winning this race tonight, is incredible,”
expressed Watts. “Taking me from what has been
happening to me, I needed the lift. We all needed
the lift. Ron is one talented kid and it shows. It
was a good night.”
Silk started the race fourth and maintained his top
five position throughout all fifty laps. There were
a few times where he appeared to be sliding back in
the field but he charged forward without missing a
beat. ”My car stayed under me pretty good. We were
all sliding around out there. I have not been here
in two years and the track seems a little bit
different to me than it was two years ago. I do not
know if my car is a little bit different or what. It
seems like everyone is sliding around a little bit
more. Ryan was definitely sliding around more at the
end. You could see it. On corner exits we was losing
it a little bit. He was going really good in the
beginning and I do not know if he maybe used a
little bit more than he needed to. It could have
happened either way. We did a good job and we had a
good car and it was nice to get a win on night one.”
Winning the Joe Brady Memorial race, Silk has now
accomplished a hat trick at New Smyrna Speedway. “I
have won the John Blewett Memorial race a couple of
time. I have won the Richie Evans race and now to
win Joe’s race in the first year is a great deal.
Ever since I have been coming to New Smyrna I have
been racing against the #00. Teddy drove Joe’s car
most of the time but John Blewett also drove it. Joe
was a legend in modified racing. Hopefully everyone
will read the articles about the race and think
about Joe a little bit.”
After passing inspection and allowing the win to
sink in Silk summarized his first night of tour type
modified competition: “Our team is from the
Northeast so it is really nice to come down here and
get out of the cold. We always love coming here to
race. This is one of my first races with this team.
We have been working really hard since we got down
here to get the car better and better. It is just
gratifying to get a win. It is cool to win the first
annual Joe Brady Memorial race. I raced against his
car forever down here. Joe was a legend in Modified
racing and it is too bad we lost him. It is a real
honor to win this race.”
So join us back Wednesday for more exciting modified
racing action from New Smyrna Speedway!
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Source:
Denise DuPont / TheChromeHorn.com
Posted:
February 17, 2016 |
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