At 25-years-old, Ty Majeski is already one of the most decorated short track racers in America, and he added to that legacy on Saturday night at New Smyrna Speedway.
Just 24 hours after a wild rollover in the NASCAR Truck Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway, Majeski returned south to the nearby short track and captured his 100th career Super Late Model feature in winning the Orange Blossom 100.
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Orange Blossom 100@TyMajeski pic.twitter.com/27a8r1I0DE
— Matt Weaver (@MattWeaverAW) February 16, 2020
Majeski is now a four-time ARCA Midwest Tour champion, 2016 World Series of Asphalt champion, two-time Rattler 250 winner and 2016 Oktoberfest winner.
His reached the century mark of success in the 2020 World Series of Asphalt finale.
“It’s so special given the little amount of time that we’ve done it in,” Majeski said. “My first win came in 2013. We were part-time that year. In 2014, we only had two wins. In 2015, we started to pour it on. It’s really cool and a testament to my team and all the good people that’s been around.”
Anthony Sergi did not make it easy for Majeski to earn the achievement, leading the first 71 laps from the pole, after winning the invert lottery. He qualified eighth but was shuffled to the pole when fastest qualifier Bubba Pollard drew an invert of eighth.
Majeski spent the better part of 20 laps trying to find away around the local contender. After working the bottom for several attempts, Majeski moved to the outside and just powered around Sergi with relative ease.
There was a restart with 21 to go, but Majeski simply drove away from the field, not having to worry about a brake issue that had developed early in the race.
“We were losing brakes there when I was racing with Sergi, trying to manage them and they were going almost all the way to the floor,” Majeski said. “I was about the let the No. 9 (May) by, I took a desperation shot to the top and it stuck. I was trying to pump the brakes really hard trying to get the thing to hang in there and the brakes came back there during that caution. The car was pretty decent tonight and we got it done.”
Majeski crossed the finish line ahead of a top-5 that included Brad May, Jesse Love, Derek Griffith and Bubba Pollard.
PASS National Champion. ✔
Breakout ARCA performer ✔
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2020 World Series of Asphalt Super Late Model champion
✔✔✔@DerekGriffith12 pic.twitter.com/SDD2C432F6— Matt Weaver (@MattWeaverAW) February 16, 2020
That result was enough for Griffith to secure the 2020 World Series of Asphalt championship by 10 points over Brad May.
“I have been coming here since 2013, and just didn’t have a lot of strong runs like we have this week,” Griffith said. “I finally get to add my name to a list that includes Louie Mechalides, my crew chief, who won this championship in 2005.
“This is the best Speedweeks I have had for sure. It will be a career highlight for sure.”
His week included a victory in Race Four, one night after coming agonizingly close in his ARCA East debut for Chad Bryant Racing and ended it with the Speedweeks championship.
In addition to Mechalides, he joins the likes of Mark Martin, Dick Trickle, Gary Balough, Steve Wallace, Bubba Pollard and Majeski.
Already the 2018 Pro All-Stars Series National Champion, Griffith also established himself as a national prospect at 23-years-old and hopes to secure funding to continue on with CBR.
“If I’m going to do more ARCA stuff, I’m going to need some help,” Griffith said. “So, if anyone reads this and wants to be a part of it, give me a shout out.”
The complete results from the Orange Blossom 100 can be found below.
- Ty Majeski
- Brad May
- Jesse Love
- Derek Griffith
- Bubba Pollard
- Sammy Smith
- Ryan Moore
- Anthony Sergi
- Justin Mondeik
- Daniel Dye
- Stephen Nasse
- Todd Stone
- Jake Garcia
- Colin Garrett
- Jerry Artuso
- Trey Bayne
- Austin MacDonald
- Gus Dean
- Brad Kossow
- Steve Weaver, Jr.
- J. Duke
- Patrick Thomas
- Kyle Sieg
- Augie Grill
- Vincent Staggs
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