14-Year-Old Hartwig III Continues to 'Wow' New Smyrna; Monday World Series Results

New Smyrna Beach, FL - Monday night, the Tour Type Modifieds headlined the action at New Smyrna Speedway for the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. With names in the field like Ron Silk, Austin Beers, Ryan Preece, and Burt Myers, the field was stout. But what many didn't see coming was the dominant performance by 14-year-old Paulie Hartwig III.

Just one night prior, Hartwig showed his strength in the 602 Modifieds using an impressive move out of turn four to take the lead midway through and hold on for the win, his first career win in the 602s at New Smyrna.

On Monday, the task was taller, scheduled to start from the fifth spot, Hartwig was able to slide up a row due to a scratch from the event. The distance was 60 laps in honor of the 60th World Series. Luke Baldwin led the first three laps before back-to-back cautions bunched the field up and put Hartwig to his inside. A perfect restart and an aggressive move in turn one put Hartwig's No.20 at the front of the field.

Throughout the course of the race, Hartwig opened up a nearly two-second lead at one point in the race as Baldwin fell through the field. With just nine laps to go, and Ron Silk on the charge to catch Hartwig, the caution flew. Hartwig timed the restart perfectly and held off two advances from Silk to pick up his first career Tour Type Modified win in his first career start.

Hartwig has been impressive in his young career. In 2022, at just 11 years old, Hartwig became the youngest ever driver to win a race at North Wilkesboro Speedway with a Crate Modified feature win. Then, in April of 2025, he became the youngest driver to ever win a feature at Hickory Motor Speedway with a last corner pass in the SMART Modified Tour.

Last year during the World Series, Paulie Hartwig, Jr announced his retirement from driving to focus on his son's career - a decision that appears to be paying off.

Hoosier Pro Late Models

Feature (60 Laps): 1. 31-Brody Monahan[5]; 2. 27-Vito Cancilla[4]; 3. 44-Conner Jones[8]; 4. 48-Raphael Lessard[7]; 5. 8-Jayden Johnson[1]; 6. 29R-Cole Robie[6]; 7. 00R-Jimmy Renfrew Jr[9]; 8. 47-Brandon Lopez[2]; 9. 24-Mia Lovell[12]; 10. 54-Jarrett Butcher[11]; 11. 8R-Toro Rodriguez[14]; 12. 15-Thomas Krasonis[25]; 13. 83-William Roberge[17]; 14. 96-Ben Mack[19]; 15. 51R-Will Robinson[24]; 16. 87-Chloe Mazzagatti[16]; 17. 17B-Marco Gilbert[21]; 18. 17S-Josh Stade[10]; 19. 42G-Eric St Gelais[20]; 20. (DNS) 20-Evan McKnight; 21. (DNS) 22-Todd Delisle; 22. (DNS) 25-Gage Gilby; 23. (DNS) 9S-Wesley Slimp; 24. (DNS) 3-Chris Munson; 25. (DNS) 2-John Bolen

Qualifying: 1. 44-Conner Jones, 00:18.251[18]; 2. 48-Raphael Lessard, 00:18.265[15]; 3. 29R-Cole Robie, 00:18.274[23]; 4. 31-Brody Monahan, 00:18.309[9]; 5. 27-Vito Cancilla, 00:18.366[21]; 6. 20-Evan McKnight, 00:18.368[1]; 7. 47-Brandon Lopez, 00:18.391[3]; 8. 8-Jayden Johnson, 00:18.391[11]; 9. 00R-Jimmy Renfrew Jr, 00:18.408[8]; 10. 17S-Josh Stade, 00:18.412[2]; 11. 54-Jarrett Butcher, 00:18.467[5]; 12. 24-Mia Lovell, 00:18.483[7]; 13. 22-Todd Delisle, 00:18.533[25]; 14. 8R-Toro Rodriguez, 00:18.570[16]; 15. 25-Gage Gilby, 00:18.628[13]; 16. 87-Chloe Mazzagatti, 00:18.656[20]; 17. 83-William Roberge, 00:18.676[14]; 18. 9S-Wesley Slimp, 00:18.685[22]; 19. 96-Ben Mack, 00:18.698[24]; 20. 42G-Eric St Gelais, 00:18.761[4]; 21. 17B-Marco Gilbert, 00:19.626[10]; 22. (DNS) 3-Chris Munson; 23. (DNS) 2-John Bolen; 24. (DNS) 51R-Will Robinson; 25. (DNS) 15-Thomas Krasonis

Tour Modified

A Feature 1: 1. 20-Paulie Hartwig III[5]; 2. 16-Ron Silk[6]; 3. 179-Austin Beers[7]; 4. 40-Ryan Preece[2]; 5. 7NY-Luke Baldwin[3]; 6. 2-Jimmy Blewett[22]; 7. 1K-Stephen Kopcik[1]; 8. 50-Ronnie Williams[4]; 9. 8-Cam McDermott[29]; 10. 24NJ-Andrew Krause[16]; 11. 66-Timmy Solomito[10]; 12. 17-Burt Myers[15]; 13. 32-Tyler Rypkema[17]; 14. 19-Jeffrey Battle[20]; 15. 81-Mark Stewart[23]; 16. 64-Tommy Catalano[11]; 17. 7-Jon Puleo[13]; 18. 76-James Blewett[14]; 19. 11-Norman Newman[19]; 20. 39-Conner Jones[21]; 21. 46-Jeffrey Goodale[12]; 22. 84-Tyler Catalano[18]; 23. 7P-Rich Parker[25]; 24. 09-Christopher Hatton[24]; 25. 73J-Steve Whitt[28]; 26. 56-Trevor Catalano[8]; 27. 73S-Max Handley[27]; 28. (DNS) 1E-Patrick Emerling; 29. (DNS) 21-Mike Bologna

Qualifying 1: 1. 16-Ron Silk, 00:17.605[26]; 2. 20-Paulie Hartwig III, 00:17.609[19]; 3. 50-Ronnie Williams, 00:17.611[23]; 4. 7NY-Luke Baldwin, 00:17.623[11]; 5. 40-Ryan Preece, 00:17.630[6]; 6. 1K-Stephen Kopcik, 00:17.736[27]; 7. 179-Austin Beers, 00:17.737[25]; 8. 56-Trevor Catalano, 00:17.742[3]; 9. 1E-Patrick Emerling, 00:17.771[13]; 10. 66-Timmy Solomito, 00:17.782[5]; 11. 64-Tommy Catalano, 00:17.786[28]; 12. 46-Jeffrey Goodale, 00:17.802[29]; 13. 7-Jon Puleo, 00:17.830[1]; 14. 76-James Blewett, 00:17.896[14]; 15. 17-Burt Myers, 00:17.905[8]; 16. 24NJ-Andrew Krause, 00:17.924[9]; 17. 32-Tyler Rypkema, 00:17.926[4]; 18. 84-Tyler Catalano, 00:17.935[22]; 19. 11-Norman Newman, 00:17.948[20]; 20. 19-Jeffrey Battle, 00:17.954[18]; 21. 39-Conner Jones, 00:17.955[2]; 22. 2-Jimmy Blewett, 00:17.958[21]; 23. 81-Mark Stewart, 00:17.975[10]; 24. 09-Christopher Hatton, 00:18.340[15]; 25. 7P-Rich Parker, 00:18.614[16]; 26. (DNS) 21-Mike Bologna; 27. (DNS) 73S-Max Handley; 28. (DNS) 73J-Steve Whitt; 29. (DNS) 8-Cam McDermott

602 Tour Modifieds

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 15F-Ryan Flores[5]; 2. 73P-Paulie Hartwig III[3]; 3. 12A-Annabeth Crum[10]; 4. 2-Jerry Gradl Jr[7]; 5. 49-Jack Handley Jr[12]; 6. 46-Vinny Delaney[26]; 7. 48-Tovia Grynewicz[4]; 8. 12-Cody Norman[2]; 9. 57-Justin Beecher[6]; 10. 13-Eric Zeh[11]; 11. 66-Jim Storace[23]; 12. 22S-Tom Sekulski[21]; 13. 9-Matthew Montineri[8]; 14. 09-Christopher Hatton[18]; 15. 12B-Nick Baer[13]; 16. 40-Bruce Bennett Jr[1]; 17. 27-Adam LaCicero[19]; 18. 94-Paul Flye[15]; 19. 15B-Michael Brennan[20]; 20. 2P-Tony Pettinelli[17]; 21. 0-Steve Whitt[9]; 22. 06-Chris Hatton[22]; 23. 3P-Joe Papin[16]; 24. 2B-Hank Baker JR[24]; 25. 73J-James Blewett[14]; 26. (DNS) 36-Richie Cooper; 27. (DNS) 17-Joey Torchia

Qualifying 1: 1. 57-Justin Beecher, 00:19.062[3]; 2. 15F-Ryan Flores, 00:19.105[8]; 3. 48-Tovia Grynewicz, 00:19.144[10]; 4. 73P-Paulie Hartwig III, 00:19.193[24]; 5. 12-Cody Norman, 00:19.240[16]; 6. 40-Bruce Bennett Jr, 00:19.253[22]; 7. 2-Jerry Gradl Jr, 00:19.254[9]; 8. 9-Matthew Montineri, 00:19.263[15]; 9. 0-Steve Whitt, 00:19.294[19]; 10. 12A-Annabeth Crum, 00:19.305[6]; 11. 13-Eric Zeh, 00:19.347[20]; 12. 49-Jack Handley Jr, 00:19.355[11]; 13. 12B-Nick Baer, 00:19.367[1]; 14. 73J-James Blewett, 00:19.370[23]; 15. 94-Paul Flye, 00:19.378[21]; 16. 3P-Joe Papin, 00:19.390[25]; 17. 2P-Tony Pettinelli, 00:19.407[26]; 18. 09-Christopher Hatton, 00:19.450[13]; 19. 27-Adam LaCicero, 00:19.476[14]; 20. 15B-Michael Brennan, 00:19.505[4]; 21. 22S-Tom Sekulski, 00:19.567[17]; 22. 06-Chris Hatton, 00:19.733[12]; 23. 66-Jim Storace, 00:19.742[27]; 24. 2B-Hank Baker JR, 00:19.806[2]; 25. (DNS) 36-Richie Cooper; 26. (DNS) 46-Vinny Delaney; 27. (DNS) 17-Joey Torchia