Jersey Presence at Syracuse Super Dirt Week 40

  For fans of dirt racing this weekend's Super Dirt Week in Syracuse is truly the Daytona 500 of their sport. Although New Jersey is home to only two dirt tracks, Bridgeport Speedway and New Egypt Speedway, and neither is affiliated with the Dirt Series, the Garden State will be well represented, if not in numbers, then quality.
  Certainly the best chance for a win in the Big-Block event for New Jersey will be Brett Hearn, however there are several others who hope to contend for the prestigious event. Jimmy Horton, a former winner, will be joined by Rich Scagliotta, and Ryan Godown. While Hearn may have the best chance, and Godown will be driving a car very familiar to NJ race fans, the 747, the most interesting driver from the Garden State may be one making his first visit to Syracuse as a driver.
  Jimmy Blewett is a very accomplished asphalt driver, who decided to take up the new challenge of racing on dirt in 2011. He competed most of the year in the Big-Blocks at New Egypt Speedway, although he did compete in several NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events, and return to his home track, Wall Stadium, to win a race run in his late brother's memory, the John Blewett III Memorial 76-lap Race.
  Blewett is entered in the 358 event at Syracuse, and by all early accounts has adapted well to the flat, hard, dirt mile. While this may be surprising to many, maybe it really shouldn't be. Afterall, the Syracuse mile runs more like a slick, fast, asphalt track. I have felt for years that an asphalt driver, with good equipment, should be able to do well at Syracuse.
  Well Jimmy Blewett certainly has good equipment, and he is not just any asphalt driver. He is a proven winner who now has a full year of dirt racing under his belt.
  So while the rest of the world of dirt racing wouldn't be shocked if a New Jersey driver won at Syracuse, especially if that driver was named Hearn, Horton, or Godown. I would not be surprised, at all, if that Garden State winner actually turns out to be named Blewett.
  It would, afterall, confirm my belief that Syracuse actually drives much more like an asphalt track, than your typical Northeast dirt track.
  Good luck to all the competitors, especially those from Jersey.