Twenty year old harnerss racing driver Trevor Smith won his first-ever race on Tuesday afternoon (April 5) at Miami Valley Raceway…and did it in style, scoring in 1:53.2 at 31-1 odds.
Smith worked out a covered-up trip for Alwysbreakinhearts in the $8000 condition race, found room in the lane and collared favored Ideal Race (Peter Wrenn) in the final few strides of his personal maiden-breaking voyage.
Trevor, who just started driving a year ago and who now has 32 lifetime starts, is the son of Jeff and Kathy Smith of Washington Court House, Ohio, and the younger brother of phenom Tyler Smith. Jeff Smith, who hasn't driven since mid-2015 but has 978 wins of his own, trains Alwysbreakinhearts for owner James Behrendt.
Tyler Smith made harness racing history when he became the youngest reinsman ever to reach 1000 wins, and he is now on the verge of becoming the youngest driver ever to win 2000 races. Tyler, now 23, needs just eight more victories in the next four months to unseat Scott Zeron, who currently is the youngest driver to reach 2000 wins at age 23 years, nine months and 23 days. Tyler is currently racing at both Hoosier Park, where he finished second in the dash standings in 2015, and Miami Valley, where he currently ranks fifth, so his milestone 2000th triumph is likely to happen in the near future.
While Tyler has garnered the lion's share of the family headlines to date, Trevor can always remind him (good naturedly of course) that when he won his first race his older brother was several lengths behind, finishing fourth with Ilikeitrealhot.
Gregg Keidel