Story By: CHRIS MOORE / SHORT TRACK SUPER SERIES – LAKE CITY, FL – South New Berlin, N.Y.’s Payton Talbot claimed his fourth career STSS victory and his first in the state of Florida.
Talbot raced from the eighth starting position to third in the opening lap before taking lap on the fourth circuit and leading the final 21 laps of the feature.
Brian Calabrese, James Friesen, Cedric Gauvreau, and Joe Toth rounded out the top five.
Racing continues Thursday night with a 35-lap, $6,000-to-win STSS Modified main and a $1,500-to-win, 25-lap Crate 602 Sportsman event.
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 14T-Payton Talbot[8]; 2. 21C-Brian Calabrese[6]; 3. 72-James Friesen[2]; 4. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[14]; 5. 14J-Joe Toth[5]; 6. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[19]; 7. 89-Dylan Madsen[11]; 8. 73-Paulie Hartwig III[9]; 9. 61L-Donovan Lussier[13]; 10. 813-Jason Quenneville[12]; 11. 23-David Dickey[1]; 12. 16S-Tom Moore Jr[17]; 13. 5K-Kenny Peoples Jr[15]; 14. 38-Kevin Stevens[24]; 15. 49-Chris Jakubiak[22]; 16. 17T-Kris Thompson[26]; 17. 11Z-Nicholas Zielinski[20]; 18. 85-David Langlois[23]; 19. 42-Darryl Nutting[16]; 20. 43-Michael White[18]; 21. 27-Michael Ballestero[10]; 22. 28L-Eric Lauziere[25]; 23. 9A-Craig Pellegrini Jr[4]; 24. 21B-Yan Bussiere[7]; 25. 29-Matt Ellery[21]; 26. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[3]
Consolation (8 Laps): 1. 29-Matt Ellery[1]; 2. 49-Chris Jakubiak[2]; 3. 85-David Langlois[3]; 4. 38-Kevin Stevens[9]; 5. 28L-Eric Lauziere[5]; 6. 17T-Kris Thompson[7]; 7. 6S-John Santolin[4]; 8. 142-Justin Zook[6]; 9. 26B-Maddy Broedel[10]; 10. 44-James O’Hara[12]; 11. 30T-Robert Tete[11]; 12. 86-Trey Hicks[8]
Heat #1 (8 Laps): 1. 14T-Payton Talbot[4]; 2. 23-David Dickey[1]; 3. 21C-Brian Calabrese[3]; 4. 61L-Donovan Lussier[5]; 5. 16S-Tom Moore Jr[2]; 6. 29-Matt Ellery[6]; 7. 28L-Eric Lauziere[8]; 8. 38-Kevin Stevens[7]
Heat #2 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Paulie Hartwig III[3]; 2. 89-Dylan Madsen[2]; 3. 9A-Craig Pellegrini Jr[4]; 4. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[6]; 5. 43-Michael White[1]; 6. 49-Chris Jakubiak[7]; 7. 142-Justin Zook[8]; 8. 26B-Maddy Broedel[5]
Heat #3 (8 Laps): 1. 14J-Joe Toth[2]; 2. 27-Michael Ballestero[1]; 3. 72-James Friesen[5]; 4. 5K-Kenny Peoples Jr[3]; 5. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[8]; 6. 85-David Langlois[7]; 7. 17T-Kris Thompson[4]; 8. 30T-Robert Tete[6]
Heat #4 (8 Laps): 1. 21B-Yan Bussiere[2]; 2. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[1]; 3. 813-Jason Quenneville[3]; 4. 42-Darryl Nutting[5]; 5. 11Z-Nicholas Zielinski[6]; 6. 6S-John Santolin[7]; 7. 86-Trey Hicks[8]; 8. 44-James O’Hara[4]
Penske Racing Shocks Hot Laps Group 1: 1. 21C-Brian Calabrese, 00:22.775[3]; 2. 16S-Tom Moore Jr, 00:22.943[5]; 3. 23-David Dickey, 00:23.302[1]; 4. 14T-Payton Talbot, 00:23.426[4]; 5. 61L-Donovan Lussier, 00:23.454[6]; 6. 29-Matt Ellery, 00:24.030[7]; 7. 38-Kevin Stevens, 00:24.403[2]; 8. 28L-Eric Lauziere, 00:24.982[8]
Penske Racing Shocks Hot Laps Group 2: 1. 73-Paulie Hartwig III, 00:22.327[5]; 2. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:22.372[6]; 3. 43-Michael White, 00:22.400[1]; 4. 9A-Craig Pellegrini Jr, 00:22.945[7]; 5. 26B-Maddy Broedel, 00:22.986[3]; 6. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau, 00:23.308[2]; 7. 49-Chris Jakubiak, 00:23.376[8]; 8. 142-Justin Zook, 00:24.025[4]
Penske Racing Shocks Hot Laps Group 3: 1. 5K-Kenny Peoples Jr, 00:21.813[8]; 2. 14J-Joe Toth, 00:22.008[1]; 3. 27-Michael Ballestero, 00:22.066[6]; 4. 17T-Kris Thompson, 00:22.166[2]; 5. 72-James Friesen, 00:22.230[7]; 6. 30T-Robert Tete, 00:22.354[4]; 7. 85-David Langlois, 00:22.506[3]; 8. 5C-Ayden Cipriano, 00:22.689[5]
Penske Racing Shocks Hot Laps Group 4: 1. 813-Jason Quenneville, 00:21.875[1]; 2. 21B-Yan Bussiere, 00:22.006[4]; 3. 5EJ-EJ Gallup, 00:22.012[6]; 4. 44-James O’Hara, 00:22.154[3]; 5. 42-Darryl Nutting, 00:22.459[8]; 6. 11Z-Nicholas Zielinski, 00:22.534[7]; 7. 6S-John Santolin, 00:22.897[2]; 8. 86-Trey Hicks[5]
Did Not Qualify: 6-John Santolin, 142-Justin Zook, 26B-Maddy Broedel, 44-James O’Hara, 30T-Robert Tete, 86-Trey Hicks
American Racer/Lias Tire Bonus (FREE Tire Certificate): Ayden Cipriano (sixth)
Belmont’s Garage Hard Charger Award ($100): Ayden Cipriano (19th to sixth)
Beyea Custom Headers Redraw Bonus ($25): Jason Quenneville (Redrew 12th)
Fastline Performance Bonuses ($100 Certificates): Brian Calabrese (second) & Tom Moore Jr. (12th)
Fastline Performance ‘Hot Lap Hero’ ($50): Kenny Peoples Jr. (21.813)
Henry’s Exhaust Power Position ($50 Certificate): David Dickey (11th)
TV 12 Race Products Bonus (Two Wheel Covers): Tom Moore Jr. (12th)