Matt Hirschman entered the World Series as the driver to beat. He’ll leave New Smyrna as the driver to beat.
Hirschman made World Series history Friday night when he won the Richie Evans Memorial 100 for a record third straight year.
With the win, “Big Money” Matt easily locked up the Tour Modified points title for the third time in four years, closing the week with back-to-back victories.
“I started my career over 20 years ago… I never knew if I’d win one race,” Hirschman said. “To come down here to Florida, and win the biggest race here, named after Richie Evans, is quite a career.”
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Behind Hirschman was Jon McKennedy in second. Rounding out the top-five were Anthony Nocella, Ryan Preece and Anthony Nocella. Sixth was Eddie McCarthy, followed by Ronnie Williams, Chuck Hossfeld, JR Bertuccio, and Dave Sapienza.
Craig Lutz started on the pole and led the first lap. Lutz dominated the event until he suffered a mechanical problem with less than 20 laps to go, giving Hirschman the lead. Despite having to fend off Preece on several restarts, it was Hirschman who held on for the win.
After a largely tumultuous week of racing and wrecking, the Richie Evans Memorial 100 was run relatively cleanly, with only four caution flags slowing the race. For the second straight night, there were no red flags that stopped the race.
The full results can be found below:
- Matt Hirschman
- Jon McKennedy
- Anthony Nocella
- Ryan Preece
- Eric Goodale
- Eddie McCarthy
- Ronnie Williams
- Chuck Hossfeld
- JR Bertuccio
- Dave Sapienza
- Zane Zeiner
- Jeremy Gerstner
- Tyler Rypkema
- Bobby Measmer Jr.
- Brian Robie
- Timmy Catalano
- Matt Galko
- Stephen Kopcik
- Chris Finocchario
- Tom Martino Jr
- Danny Knoll Jr.
- Craig Lutz
- Tommy Catalano
- Patrick Emerling
- Chris Jensen
- Jimmy Blewett
- Tyler Catalano
- Ron Silk
- Amy Catalano
- Andy Seuss
- Bobby Jones
- Paul Hartwig
- Jonathan Laureigh
- Jim Gavek
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