Sergi Comes from the Rear for Top-Five at New Smyrna

Mechanical Issues Hinder, but Don’t Slow, Sergi’s Charge to Fourth in Bright House Event

Anthony Sergi, working without crew chief BJ McLeod for the weekend, overcame carburetor issues and a sticking throttle as well as an aggressive event that took many strong cars out of competition to finish fourth in Saturday night’s Marion

Edwards, Jr. Memorial at New Smyrna

Speedway. 

“We had a good night,” said Sergi.  “BJ was

away up in Pensacola and Mobile, so it was

just us down here in New Smyrna.  We

qualified sixth and then we had a carburetor

problem so we decided to go to the back. 

We changed it and started from the back of

the pack.  We went out to race and in the

first 25 laps the throttle was sticking so I

came in under a caution and we got that all

handled and went back out.  Then the car

was just too tight during the whole race and

we ended up finishing fourth.

“Overall it was an alright night, hopefully we’ll won’t have as many issues to work around this week.”

This weekend Sergi will head back to New Smyrna Speedway for a Pro Late Model 100-lap main event on Saturday night, September 29.