Tardiff finds the podium for the first time this season and tops it. Repeat winners at Wiscasset. More rain on PASS parade. Mainer wins New Hampshire race.
Florida Race Official Dies After Breaking Up Short Track Fight
It’s not yet clear if Rusty Crews’ death can be attributed to his involvement in the incident. ARCA
A short track technical official was killed on Saturday night shortly after attempting to break up a fight between rival teams during the World Series of Asphalt at New Smyrna Speedway just 15 miles south of Daytona Beach, Florida.
Rusty Crews, 58, had worked in the short track community for nearly two decades and was an occasional NASCAR crew member, as well.
The World Series of Asphalt is a NASCAR sanctioned short track event held annually alongside Daytona 500 each February. The event contains nightly racing for a variety of short track divisions racing on the historic half-mile in New Smyrna Beach.
By Adam Fenwick-NASCAR Media
Derek Griffith celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Super Late Model feature at Florida’s New Smyrna Saturday on Night 2 of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. Photo: Jim Dupont/NASCAR
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – Derek Griffith finished on the podium during Friday’s David Rogers Super Late Model feature that opened the 55th World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway, but that simply wasn’t enough for the driver from New Hampshire.
Fast forward to Saturday and Griffith, the defending World Series champion in the David Rogers Super Late Model division, was in his own zip code as he roared to his first victory of the week and third of his career during the World Series.