JoJo Watson Claims Long Awaited Georgetown Speedway Win

Georgetown Speedway had great weather conditions for “September Showdown” modified race along with 6 other classes on the card for the evening.  A strong field of 29 modifieds were on hand for the $3,000 to win event and chasing the season point championship.

Local Delaware driver Jojo Watson took the lead on a lap 12 restart from Jeff Strunk and checked out for his first Georgetown win of the season followed by Danny Bouc and Ryan Watt.

The 27 car field was lead to green by Ryan Watt and Jeff Struck.  Watt led into turn 1 but then went over the turn 3 berm and ended up with a flat tire before lap 1 that sent him to the pits and from the pole to 29^th position.  Strunk took the lead by lap 4 and Billy Pauch JR had already moved from 9^th to 2^nd only to have a left rear tire knocked off the bead and had to go to pits and back of the field.  Pratt worked his way into the top 5 only to have mechanically problems retire him to the pits for the night.  Jordon Watson was next car to fall out of 2^nd place on lap 7 bringing out the 5^th caution.   On the lap 11 restart JoJo Watson made his move from the inside line and took the lead and from there he checked out on the field and glided through lap traffic to victory lane for his first Georgetown win of the season.

In victory lane JoJo Watson noted “It was something else out there tonight.   When we got two good restarts and I thought we got something for these guys.  This track has been a thorn in our side for a while and we either run good and then break or just run like a shitbox out there.  We finely got it is right tonight and everything was good.”

The top ten was rounded out by Danny Bouc, Ryan Watt, Jeff Strunk, Rick Laubach, Billy Pauch Jr, Scott Hitchens, Jordan Watson and Kevin Sockritter.

Heat race winners were Bill Pauch Jr., Jordan Watson and Danny Bouc.

Georgetown September Showdown 9-11-20 Feature Finish (25 laps):

1. JOSEPH WATSON, 2.) Danny Bouc, 3.) Ryan Watt, 4.) Jeff Strunk, 5.) Rick Laubach, 6.) Billy Pauch Jr., 7.) Matt Stangle, 8.) Scott Hitchens, 9.) Jordan Watson, 10.) Kevin Sockriter, 11.) Brandon Grosso, 12.)Ron Roberts, 13.) Billy Lasko, 14.) Kevin Gardner, 15.) Clay Tatman, 16.) Tom Solderich, 17.) Ricky Johnson, 18.) Ryan Krachun, 19.) H.J. Bunting, 20.) Jimmy Horton, 21.) Greg Nailor, 22.) Dave Shirk, 23.) Richie Pratt Jr., 24.) Norman Short, 25.) Roger Manning, 26.) Brandon Watkins, 27.) Jordon Justice, 28.) Ryan Riddle DNS, 29.) Carson Wright DNS

September Showdown Modified Pit Notes

Jojo Watson got the monkey off his back with his first win since he started racing at Georgetown in 2016.  He adds Georgetown to a growing list of tracks he has wins at in 2020 which includes Bridgeport Motorsports Park and Delaware International.

 Danny Bouc was strong from the onset of the racing as he stormed from 8^th to 1^st in his heat race.  The Pondish # 6 continued to move to the front in the feature with a 2^nd place finish from a 10^th place starting position.

Just before the modified feature Ryan Watt was running 2^nd in the URC spring race when hard contact down the front stretch took him to the pits on the hook.  Watt jumped right in the modified for his next feature of the night in his 14W experimental Teo Pro Car. 

Ryan Watt drew the pole for the modified feature but as luck would have it he was back in 29^th before lap 1 was completed due to a flat tire.  Watt used the high line to his advantage and moved through the field to a 3^rd place finish.

Several drivers ended up with flat tires but made solid runs back through the field.  Both Billy Pauch Jr and Jordan Watson had flats while running in 2^nd place and ended up in the back of the field only to come back to a 6^th place finish for Pauch and a 9^th place finish for Jordan Watson.

Richie Pratt Jr was another driver that had a strong car and run to the front end early with a broken race car.  Pratt moved quickly from 11^th to 4^th but on lap 7 went into the pits with mechanical issues and was unable to return.

Matt Stangle had a string of 6 races were he was running in the top 5 only to have mechanical issues take him out of the race. But now Stangle appears to have turned his luck around for the better with a strong 7^th place finish from an 18^th starting position to add to a recent Coalcracker 6^TH place finish.  That’s two top 10 in a row that Stangle has been able to secure.

Scott Hitchens made his 2^nd outing in the Brain Hitz’s 32H entry and had his best run with an 8^th place finish.  Hitchens will continue to drive the 32H at Delaware International in the next few weeks.