Hello and Happy Monday!

The 60th annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway is now complete. Actually for Late Model racing, it was complete after Thursday night. The final two nights at the half-mile in Samsula, Fla., were headlined by various open-wheel divisions; congrats to frequent Late Model racer and winner Cody Stickler on his triumph in Saturday's Modifieds of Mayhem Tour event.

New Smyrna's featured Super Late Model race was Tuesday's Clyde Hart Memorial 200 for the ASA STARS National Tour presented by Appalachian Sucker Punch. Carson Brown added to his stellar record with that victory (inset photo shown with Brian Taylor of Brown's longtime sponsor GBS Corporation; image courtesy Anthony Campi Racing).

Two more Super Late Model features and four for Pro Late Models took place last week. All of the results, plus story links for each race and a handful of photos, are shown below. That's the usual format of our Monday Digest each week.

Looking ahead to the rest of the week, the Wednesday Winners release will have profiles of the progress for each Late Model Speedweeks champion, Spencer Davis and Vito Cancilla. Then there will be plenty more from throughout the fields two days later in Friday Features.

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Above: Spencer Davis (96) and his Nexus Racing crew push their Super Late Model toward the tech area Wednesday afternoon at New Smyrna Speedway. Davis won the final two nights of SLM competition to clinch the division points crown at the 60th annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. (team photo)

Tristan McKee (5) and Dawson Sutton (26) battle during Tuesday's Clyde Hart Memorial 200. Sutton, with Rackley WAR Racing, finished second in the ASA STARS National Tour season opener, while McKee, driving for Wauters Motorsports, placed third and earned the pole in his first series appearance. (After the Scales Media)

—ASA STARS NATIONAL TOUR

—New Smyrna Speedway, Samsula, Fla.

—February 10

Clyde Hart Memorial 200 presented by Appalachian Sucker Punch and Sig Sauer Academy: 1. Carson Brown; 2. Dawson Sutton; 3. Tristan McKee; 4. Spencer Davis; 5. Carson Hocevar; 6. Cory Hall; 7. Jade Avedisian; 8. Conner Jones; 9. Stephen Nasse; 10. Michael Hinde; 11. Matt Craig; 12. William Sawalich; 13. Kyle Steckly; 14. Derek Kraus; 15. George Phillips; 16. Kaden Honeycutt; 17. Jake Finch; 18. Derek Thorn; 19. Kasey Kleyn; 20. Chase Pinsonneault; 21. Nicholas Naugle; 22. Ty Fredrickson; 23. Max Reaves; 24. Anthony Bello; 25. Hudson Bulger; 26. Casey Roderick; 27. Brad May; 28. Gabe Sommers; 29. Kyle Benjamin; 30. Kole Raz; 31. Bubba Pollard; 32. Hunter Wright.

Lap leaders: McKee 1-37, Brown 38-200 • Cautions: 6 for 27 laps • Red flag: 1 • Fast qualifier (of 39 drivers): McKee, 17.734 seconds • B-main winner: Raz • Provisionals: Thorn, Pinsonneault, Fredrickson

Series report

NASCAR Regional

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—WORLD SERIES OF ASPHALT STOCK CAR RACING

-SUPER LATE MODELS

—New Smyrna Speedway, Samsula, Fla.

February 11: 1. Spencer Davis; 2. Jade Avedisian; 3. Anthony Bello; 4. Max Reaves; 5. George Phillips; 6. Conner Jones; 7. Isaac Kitzmiller; 8. Kyle Benjamin; 9. Nicholas Naugle; 10. Billy Braun; 11. Joe Brainard; 12. Steve Weaver Jr.

Lap leaders: Avedisian 1-52, Davis 53-60 • Cautions: 3 • Fast qualifier: Reaves, 17.808 seconds

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February 12: 1. Spencer Davis; 2. Max Reaves; 3. Anthony Bello; 4. Kyle Benjamin; 5. George Phillips; 6. Jade Avedisian; 7. Nicholas Naugle; 8. Joey Brainard; 9. John Bolen; 10. Steve Weaver Jr.

Lap leader: Davis 1-35 • Cautions: 0 • Fast qualifier (of 12 drivers); Reaves, 17.728 seconds

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Below: Max Reaves' Super Late Model is shown. His best Super result was a second in the division finale Thursday, but he did win the final two Pro Late Model features in another #18 prepared by DLP Motorsports. (Sunshine State Racing photo)



Above: Vito Cancilla and his crew from Rackley WAR Racing celebrate his Tuesday victory in Pro Late Model competition. Two nights later Cancilla celebrated again as the class champion of the 60th annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing presented by Orlando Longwood Auto Auction. (Sunshine State Racing photo)

—WORLD SERIES OF ASPHALT STOCK CAR RACING

-PRO LATE MODELS

—New Smyrna Speedway, Samsula, Fla.

February 9: 1. Brody Monahan; 2. Vito Cancilla; 3. Conner Jones; 4. Raphael Lessard; 5. Jayden Johnson; 6. Cole Robie; 7. Jimmy Renfrew Jr.; 8. Brandon Lopez; 9. Mia Lovell; 10. Jarrett Butcher; 11. Toro Rodriguez; 12. Thomas Krasonis; 13. William Roberge; 14. Ben Mack; 15. Cole Robie; 16. Chloe Mazzagatti; 17. Marco Gilbert; 18. Josh Stade; 19. Eric St-Gelais.

Lap leaders: Lopez 1-2, Monahan 3-60 • Cautions: 1 • Fast qualifier (of 23 drivers): Jones, 18.251 seconds

Short Track Scene

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February 10: 1. Vito Cancilla; 2. Jayden Johnson; 3. Josh Stade; 4. Gage Gilby; 5. Thomas Krasonis; 6. William Roberge; 7. Brody Monahan; 8. Wesley Slimp; 9. Cole Robie; 10. Toro Rodriguez; 11. Conner Jones; 12. Will Robinson; 13. John Bolen; 14. Chet Monaweck; 15. Ben Mack; 16. Raphael Lessard; 17. Jimmy Renfrew Jr.; 18. Eric St-Gelais; 19. Mia Lovell; 20. Chloe Mazzagatti; 21. Buddy Head; 22. Marco Gilbert; 23. Max Reaves. DQ-4: Jarrett Butcher.

Lap leaders: Monahan 1-53, Lessard 54-55, Cancilla 56-60 • Cautions: 4 • Fast qualifier (of 25 drivers): Monahan, 18.31 seconds

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February 11: 1. Max Reaves; 2. Gabriel Casagrande; 3. Cole Robie; 4. Vito Cancilla; 5. Brody Monahan; 6. Jayden Johnson; 7. John Bolen; 8. Ben Maier; 9. Mia Lovell; 10. Conner Jones; 11. Raphael Lessard; 12. Thomas Krasonis; 13. Gage Gilby; 14. William Roberge; 15. Jarrett Butcher; 16. Toro Rodriguez; 17. Will Robinson; 18. J.T. Chastain; 19. Ben Mack; 20. Wesley Slimp; 21. Derrick Kelley; 22. Eric St-Gelais; 23. Marco Gilbert; 24. Buddy Head; 25. Chris Munson; 26. Josh Stade.

Lap leaders: Casagrande 1-15, Reaves 16-60 • Cautions: 1 • Fast qualifier (of 28 drivers): Reaves, 18.139 seconds

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February 12 Hart to Heart Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation 100 presented by Hoosier: 1. Max Reaves; 2. Raphael Lessard; 3. Conner Jones; 4. Gabriel Casagrande; 5. Nicholas Naugle; 6. Alex Labbe; 7. Josh Stade; 8. Evan McKnight; 9. Gage Gilby; 10. Jarrett Butcher; 11. Mia Lovell; 12. William Roberge; 13. Ben Mack; 14. Chloe Mazzagatti; 15. Brody Monahan; 16. Marco Gilbert; 17. Wesley Slimp; 18. Jayden Johnson; 19. Chris Munson; 20. Vito Cancilla; 21. Toro Rodriguez; 22. Thomas Krasonis; 23. J.T. Chastain; 24. John Bolen; 25. Cole Robie; 26. Ben Maier; 27. Will Robinson.

Lap leaders: Lessard 1-7, Reaves 8-100 • Cautions: 5 • Fast qualifier (of 28 drivers): Monahan, 17.983 seconds

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Below: Brody Monahan scored one Pro Late Model victory at Speedweeks and appeared to have the fastest car on at least two other occasions. (Sunshine State Racing photo)

Above: The 27 Pro Late Model drivers assembled for a prerace photo before the Hart to Heart 100 with track officials. (JimJonesphoto.com)

---2025 TOURING ROOKIES OF THE YEAR

Above: The weekend's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series race winners from Daytona International Speedway made plenty of laps in Late Models around New Smyrna Speedway in their formative years in racing. Truck winner Gio Ruggiero ran Speedweeks for three Februarys, winning once in an Anthony Campi Racing Pro Late Model in 2022 (81; Ryan Nuttleman/ Ultimate Lap Photo) and twice in a Donnie Wilson Motorsports Super Late Model in 2024 (22; JimJonesphoto.com).

Below: Chandler Smith competed at New Smyrna just once, starting on the pole in the 2021 Florida Governor's Cup before finishing 13th. (photo courtesy Donnie Wilson Motorsports)

Below: 2026 Daytona 500 winner Tyler Reddick never raced at New Smyrna Speedway. His only two starts in pavement Late Models came in the Granite State Pro Stock Series, in special appearances since he was already established in the NASCAR Cup Series by then.

However, O'Reilly Series Daytona race winner Austin Hill ran twice at the half-mile in Samsula, Fla. Both visits were in the then-NASCAR K&N Pro Series, including a victory in 2015 (NASCAR photo).

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