Post by Admin on Jul 14, 2022 17:37:08 GMT -8
Arizona’s Levitt wins Night of Fire at Bullring (LVMS)
First-time LMTS winner takes checkers at iconic race
David Levitt wat greeted by his wife, Cassie, in Victory Lane after winning the Late Model Truck Series
race on the Night of Fire at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 3.
Photo Credit: Rob Street
David Levitt’s first Late Model Truck Series race could not have ended better.
The 36-year-old from Sierra Vista, Arizona, won his heat race and then wheeled his way to the checkered flag on the Night of Fire at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday night. Levitt – who owns Sierra Cycles with his father, Barry – fought his way to the front on lap 12 and crossed the line just .442 of a second ahead of points leader Mark Allison and another Las Vegas veteran driver, Stan Mullis, on a special night at the 3/8-mile paved oval.
“It’s a crown jewel event, and winning it is amazing, but just being able to race in front of the Las Vegas fans there was just a one-of-a-kind and special evening,” said Levitt, who races trucks in Tucson, Arizona, when he’s not running the family business. “Just being at The Bullring and at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in front of a packed crowd is awesome. Gary [Wyatt], Mike [Riefler] and the other racers were just amazing, clean and fun to race with.”
Levitt joked there was only one thing wrong with is yellow No. 28 truck, which was tuned and prepped by his good friend, Jeff Spencer.
“The only thing that truck needed was a better driver,” said Levitt, who raced in the Spears Series on one occasion at The Bullring in 2019. “We unloaded from the trailer just awesome, and I couldn’t have asked for a better truck. It was just flat-out fast right from the get-go.”
Levitt’s father finished seventh in the Super Stocks race, and he also was joined at the track by his mother, Susan Brown, and wife, Cassie, so the win was a family celebration.
“To have family and friends there was great, and I just couldn’t ask for more from the whole weekend,” said Levitt, who was encouraged by Gary Cheek to race in the LMTS. “It was absolutely special, and I’m just very blessed to be able to do that.”
LMTS rookie Chloe Lynch finished fourth, with Bill Black and Gary Wyatt following in fifth and sixth, respectively. The Night of Fire was a special event for the LMTS, which will take a couple of months off before returning to action Sept. 10 at the Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway and Event Center.
“We had another great truck race with a super-close finish, and Gary Wyatt and I couldn’t be happier with the Night of Fire weekend at our home track,” said series co-manager Mike Riefler, who finished eighth. “David is a talented driver, and it was great to have him and his family join us at The Bullring. It’s been a fun season so far, and we look forward to heading back to Irwindale in September once again.”
For more information on the Late Model Truck Series, please visit LMTS online at www.lmtstruck.com.
