9.2.19 Empire Super Sprints Results
Weedsport, NY – The series returned to that historic facility on Labor Day with Varin finally having everything go his way. Varin started on the front row of the 25-lap feature event, led every lap en route to scoring his first win of the 2019 season while collecting a $2,000 paycheck and his third series win at Weedsport.
“That was a blast,” said Varin after the win. “There is nothing like ‘The Port.’ You get to ride up against the fence, hammer down or you can go down on the bottom and crawl. You can’t ask for a better race track than that.”
It was Varin’s race from the get-go after he started in the second spot via the redraw. He jumped out early on Joe Trenca running away from the field on the cushion in the early laps.
By lap five, Varin was working traffic with Jason Barney tracking him in second. That was until lap six when Barney abruptly pulled off into the infield ending his chase for a second consecutive win.
Tyler Cartier brought caution on lap nine as he slowed in turns one and two. At this point Varin got a new challenger in Paulie Colagiovanni. When the green lights came back on Colagiovanni challenged Varin on the bottom, but as he had done at the beginning, he opened up the gap on the field.
Varin’s second foray into traffic developed just past the halfway point on lap 14. He kept working the top of the speedway while Colagiovanni pursued through the middle of the race track. Varin’s line was perfect in traffic as he was up by the wall while Colagiovanni struggled a bit to get by the slower cars.
Varin kept up the intense pace with Colagiovanni trying to get close enough to challenge. Varin was able to continue to stretch the lead as the laps clicked off as he was more maneuverable in traffic.
On lap 23 the driveline in Scott Holcomb’s No. 91 went south causing him to stop on the backstretch. Everyone got one last shot at Varin on the restart as Colagiovanni and others looked to steal the win.
Varin restarted off the bottom of turn four allowing him to get the jump on Colagiovanni. He won the race to the first turn. He slid from the bottom to the top and pulled away. He led the final laps to take the win.
“We had to do something,” commented Varin. “I couldn’t give anyone an opportunity to slide job us so I took the bottom. The car was phenomenal tonight.”
Colagiovanni finished second. He fought the good fight in the closing laps, but had nothing for Varin. The second-place effort was good enough to seal the overall tour title for the teenage. The championship is the first of his career with the series.
“I caught the wall a couple times there off of four,” said Colagiovanni about the race. “I switched lanes and tried running the bottom. Lapped traffic was tough in this one. I got stuck behind people a couple times. The car was good and this is a good run.”
Jonathan Preston secured the third position at checkered flag beating out Larry Wight. Preston was the winner at Weedsport the last time the series visited the facility. He raced forward, but wasn’t able to challenge for his third win of the weekend.
“I was a tick tight,” commented Preston. “The harder I drove it, the better it got. At the end I was giving it all she had.”
Wight crossed the line in fourth, but was placed last in the finishing order for not going directly to the scales at the conclusion of the A-Main. This moved Trenca up to the fourth spot with Tommy Wickham completing the top five.
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