Spencer, Emerling, and Reaves Double Up on Wins at New Smyrna with Thursday Night Wins

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New Smyrna Beach, FL - Just two nights remain of the scheduled nine nights of racing from New Smyrna Speedway for the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. On Thursday night, Pro Late Models took center stage for the Hart to Heart 100.

Max Reaves, who collected his first win of the week on Wednesday night, came from 6th and made his way around polesitter Raphael Lessard for his second win of the week. Despite a crash on Thursday night, Vito Cancilla was crowned Pro Late Model Champion of the World Series.

In Tour Type Modified action, Patrick Emerling backed up his win from Wednesday night with another trip to Victory Lane. An engine issue on Monday took them out of contention for a World Series Championship, but the No.1E is going all in on winning as many races as they can this week.

Spencer Davis kept Reaves from taking both Template Late Model honors on Thursday night. Davis, who also won on Wednesday night, took advantage of his outside-front-row starting spot and collected the 35 lap feature win. Davis was also crowned the 2026 World Series of Asphalt Super Late Model Champion.

14-year-old Paulie Hartwig III tried to keep up the trend of Wednesday/Thursday winners, but Eric Zeh spoiled the party. Hartwig led the field to green alongside Zeh, who got the jump from the outside. Hartwig was crowned World Series Champion for the 602 Modifieds.

Friday night, Tour Type Modifieds are back on the center stage for the Richie Evans Memorial 100. Florida Modifieds, Pro Trucks, and Ground Pounders are also on the card.

David Rogers Super Late Models

Feature (35 Laps): 1. 96D-Spencer Davis[2]; 2. 18R-Max Reaves[4]; 3. 51B-Anthony Bello[5]; 4. 9B-Kyle Benjamin[1]; 5. 22P-George Phillips[6]; 6. 24-Jade Avedisian[3]; 7. 08-Nicholas Naugle[7]; 8. 54B-Joe Brainard[8]; 9. 96B-John Bolen[10]; 10. 112-Steve Weaver[9]

Qualifying: 1. 18R-Max Reaves, 17.728[4]; 2. 24-Jade Avedisian, 17.736[1]; 3. 96D-Spencer Davis, 17.744[6]; 4. 9B-Kyle Benjamin, 17.813[3]; 5. 51B-Anthony Bello, 17.866[5]; 6. 22P-George Phillips, 17.884[2]; 7. 08-Nicholas Naugle, 18.041[8]; 8. 54B-Joe Brainard, 18.291[9]; 9. (DNS) 112-Steve Weaver

Hoosier Pro Late Models

A Feature 1 (100 Laps): 1. 18-Max Reaves[6]; 2. 48-Raphael Lessard[1]; 3. 44-Conner Jones[8]; 4. 96C-Gabriel Casagrande[4]; 5. 08-Nicholas Naugle[12]; 6. 42G-Alex Labbe[28]; 7. 17S-Josh Stade[10]; 8. 20-Evan McKnight[3]; 9. 25-Gage Gilby[18]; 10. 54-Jarrett Butcher[11]; 11. 24-Mia Lovell[24]; 12. 83-William Roberge[19]; 13. 96-Ben Mack[17]; 14. 87-Chloe Mazzagatti[21]; 15. 31-Brody Monahan[7]; 16. 17B-Marco Gilbert[26]; 17. 9S-Wesley Slimp[23]; 18. 8-Jayden Johnson[2]; 19. 3-Chris Munson[25]; 20. 27-Vito Cancilla[5]; 21. 8R-Toro Rodriguez[14]; 22. 15-Thomas Krasonis[22]; 23. 31C-JT Chastain[15]; 24. 2-John Bolen[13]; 25. 29R-Cole Robie[9]; 26. 67-Ben Maier[16]; 27. 51R-Will Robinson[20]; 28. (DNS) 55-Palmer Haag

Qualifying 1: 1. 31-Brody Monahan, 17.983[17]; 2. 18-Max Reaves, 18.042[11]; 3. 27-Vito Cancilla, 18.182[25]; 4. 96C-Gabriel Casagrande, 18.204[5]; 5. 20-Evan McKnight, 18.224[9]; 6. 8-Jayden Johnson, 18.237[3]; 7. 48-Raphael Lessard, 18.259[8]; 8. 44-Conner Jones, 18.259[16]; 9. 29R-Cole Robie, 18.268[24]; 10. 17S-Josh Stade, 18.340[13]; 11. 54-Jarrett Butcher, 18.366[19]; 12. 08-Nicholas Naugle, 18.398[22]; 13. 2-John Bolen, 18.402[4]; 14. 8R-Toro Rodriguez, 18.429[10]; 15. 31C-JT Chastain, 18.459[28]; 16. 67-Ben Maier, 18.464[18]; 17. 96-Ben Mack, 18.481[15]; 18. 25-Gage Gilby, 18.526[21]; 19. 83-William Roberge, 18.592[26]; 20. 51R-Will Robinson, 18.608[12]; 21. 87-Chloe Mazzagatti, 18.638[20]; 22. 15-Thomas Krasonis, 18.663[27]; 23. 9S-Wesley Slimp, 18.691[23]; 24. 24-Mia Lovell, 18.897[6]; 25. 3-Chris Munson, 19.017[7]; 26. 17B-Marco Gilbert, 19.520[14]; 27. (DNS) 55-Palmer Haag; 28. (DNS) 42G-Alex Labbe

Tour Modified

A Feature 1 (60 Laps): 1. 1E-Patrick Emerling[2]; 2. 50-Ronnie Williams[3]; 3. 19-Jeffrey Battle[7]; 4. 76-James Blewett[6]; 5. 81-Mark Stewart[14]; 6. 24NJ-Andrew Krause[12]; 7. 2-Jimmy Blewett[4]; 8. 84-Tyler Catalano[8]; 9. 46-Jeffrey Goodale[10]; 10. 7-Jon Puleo[11]; 11. 11-Norman Newman[15]; 12. 09-Christopher Hatton[13]; 13. 56-Trevor Catalano[5]; 14. 73J-Jack Handley Jr[17]; 15. 64-Amy Catalano[9]; 16. 7P-Rich Parker[16]; 17. 20-Paulie Hartwig III[1]; 18. (DNS) 66-Timmy Solomito

Qualifying 1: 1. 50-Ronnie Williams, 17.619[7]; 2. 1E-Patrick Emerling, 17.702[11]; 3. 20-Paulie Hartwig III, 17.703[13]; 4. 2-Jimmy Blewett, 17.703[16]; 5. 56-Trevor Catalano, 17.728[18]; 6. 76-James Blewett, 17.750[9]; 7. 19-Jeffrey Battle, 17.869[2]; 8. 84-Tyler Catalano, 17.928[3]; 9. 64-Amy Catalano, 17.996[17]; 10. 46-Jeffrey Goodale, 18.021[5]; 11. 7-Jon Puleo, 18.036[14]; 12. 24NJ-Andrew Krause, 18.069[10]; 13. 09-Christopher Hatton, 18.085[1]; 14. 81-Mark Stewart, 18.110[8]; 15. 11-Norman Newman, 18.228[6]; 16. 7P-Rich Parker, 18.763[15]; 17. (DNS) 73J-Jack Handley Jr; 18. (DNS) 66-Timmy Solomito

J&C Gradall Modifieds

Qualifying: 1. 42-Cody Stickler, 18.799[14]; 2. 18-Matthew Laprade, 18.965[11]; 3. 55-Chuck Barnes Jr, 19.076[21]; 4. 96-Jared Maupin, 19.084[10]; 5. 2-Brad Bowman, 19.115[13]; 6. 131-Jeff Letson, 19.161[19]; 7. 93-Brian Nester, 19.319[8]; 8. 15T-Tank Tucker, 19.355[18]; 9. 15G-Matthew Green, 19.397[9]; 10. 99-Tim Moore, 19.440[3]; 11. 57N-Tyler Nuckles, 19.454[20]; 12. 72-LJ Grimm, 19.478[15]; 13. 66-Jerry Symons, 19.487[6]; 14. 148-Max Calles, 19.503[16]; 15. 1-Scottie Lamp, 19.528[1]; 16. 37-Spencer Stineman, 19.537[2]; 17. 36-Gregg Campbell, 19.833[12]; 18. 16-Jimmy Whittredge, 19.884[7]; 19. 14X-Tre Huff, 19.944[22]; 20. 91-Ander Jackson, 20.016[5]; 21. 14-Dalton Symons, 20.095[17]; 22. (DNS) 61-Brad Springer

602 Tour Modifieds

A Feature 1 (66 Laps): 1. 34-Eric Zeh[2]; 2. 73P-Paulie Hartwig III[1]; 3. 49-Jack Handley Jr[4]; 4. 84-Ethan Truell[11]; 5. 2NY-Tony Pettinelli[18]; 6. 12B-Nick Baer[16]; 7. 0-Steve Whitt[14]; 8. 3P-Joe Papin[13]; 9. 94-Paul Flye[6]; 10. 12A-Annabeth Crum[25]; 11. 66-Jim Storace[8]; 12. 2G-Jerry Gradl Jr[10]; 13. 46-Vinny Delaney[19]; 14. 09-Christopher Hatton[17]; 15. 17-Joey Torchia[23]; 16. 9-Matthew Montineri[9]; 17. 77-Brian Schoch[24]; 18. 57B-Justin Beecher[5]; 19. 48-Tovia Grynewicz[7]; 20. 27-Adam LaCicero[12]; 21. 06-Chris Hatton[22]; 22. 99-James Williams[21]; 23. 12-Cody Norman[3]; 24. 36-Richie Cooper[20]; 25. 2B-Hank Baker JR[15]

Qualifying 1: 1. 49-Jack Handley Jr, 19.039[21]; 2. 12-Cody Norman, 19.047[4]; 3. 34-Eric Zeh, 19.063[5]; 4. 73P-Paulie Hartwig III, 19.138[17]; 5. 57B-Justin Beecher, 19.165[14]; 6. 94-Paul Flye, 19.203[7]; 7. 48-Tovia Grynewicz, 19.211[19]; 8. 66-Jim Storace, 19.238[25]; 9. 9-Matthew Montineri, 19.274[20]; 10. 2G-Jerry Gradl Jr, 19.275[13]; 11. 84-Ethan Truell, 19.297[16]; 12. 27-Adam LaCicero, 19.324[10]; 13. 3P-Joe Papin, 19.328[23]; 14. 0-Steve Whitt, 19.388[18]; 15. 2B-Hank Baker JR, 19.393[3]; 16. 12B-Nick Baer, 19.411[1]; 17. 09-Christopher Hatton, 19.429[9]; 18. 2NY-Tony Pettinelli, 19.451[24]; 19. 46-Vinny Delaney, 19.472[12]; 20. 36-Richie Cooper, 19.534[22]; 21. 99-James Williams, 20.220[11]; 22. 06-Chris Hatton, 20.242[8]; 23. 17-Joey Torchia, 20.264[15]; 24. 77-Brian Schoch, 21.061[6]; 25. (DNS) 12A-Annabeth Crum