By NICK SCHWIEN

nschwien@dailynews.net

It's pretty safe to label Travis Sherfick as a laid-back individual.

At the track, he never acts like a person who just snacked on a bag of Smarties and chased them down with three energy drinks.

Instead, he seems relaxed and worry-free.

His driving style, though? It's quite the opposite.

The modified driver from WaKeeney proved that again this weekend, winning Friday night at RPM Speedway in Hays, then following it up with another victory Sunday night as WaKeeney Speedway wrapped up its season.

The win Sunday night was his fifth in a row, and both wins came by comfortable distances. In fact, on his hometown track Sunday, he wasn't even mashing the gas all the way to the floor, instead taking it easy when he got out to a lead.

"That's the biggest thing,"  he said. "If you can get a car to where you can steer it through a corner and not have to jump on and off the gas, slam the brake pedal, if you don't have to do that, you can beat any race car any day of the week that's doing the complete opposite. We did make a few changes. I wanted to try one thing and moved some lead around in the back of my car. I'm not so sure that didn't help me out even more."

Perhaps it did. But one thing's for certain right now, and that's Sherfick is fast -- ridiculously fast.

"I never want to say I'm invincible, because about the time I'd start thinking that way, then I'd get in a wreck and tear the heck out of it,"  Sherfick said following Friday's win in Hays. "But I've never felt so comfortable just getting in a race car and knowing that I should be able to go out there and drive to the front. And if I don't, it's probably my fault I didn't make it to the front because of the way that car works. Anybody should be able to drive that car like that."

He might have a point, but he's got some driving skill, too. Earlier this year, Jason Schoenberger drove the car and won his fair share of modified features. Then Schoenberger let Sherfick try it out. What has resulted is the best winning streak Sherfick has been on in his career, including the years he used to dominate in the stock car class.

"He ain't getting it back, trust me," Sherfick said Sunday night.

On Friday night, Sherfick started outside the third row. He was fifth after the first lap, fourth after the second lap, third after the fourth lap and second after lap six.

On lap eight, he was in the lead, and the race basically was over.

His younger brother, Dylan, finished second, beating Nate Moore by inches at the checkered flag. It was the second time in their careers the two brothers swept the top two spots in a feature, the first coming at WaKeeney a few weeks ago.

"It seemed like my car wasn't too bad,"  Dylan said. "It seemed like I was passing some good cars, but I don't think I had anything for Travis. It seems like that car he's driving is just phenomenal. It just gets up and goes. He hardly has to change anything on it."

Moore finished behind Sherfick again, the same as he did a few weeks earlier at WaKeeney Speedway.

"The car felt good, and this is the best we've run at Hays,"  Moore said. "Kind of the same story as WaKeeney. Sherfick just had a ton of forward bite, and his little brother got me right at the end. Our car kept getting a little freer and freer. I felt we were pretty fast in one and two, but in three and four, we were losing side bite."

On Sunday at WaKeeney, Sherfick had to work a bit harder, starting 12th. By the end of the first lap, though, he was fifth.

The only thing slowing him down were cautions, which pushed him back a spot or two on two different occasions. The yellow flags only delayed the inevitable.

On lap seven, he was in the lead, and -- just like at Hays two days earlier -- the race was over.

"It just made me work that much harder for it," Sherfick said. "I knew the car was good enough. If I didn't get into a wreck or tear it up, I was going to be fine."

Moore finished second, followed by Tim Watts in third.

With the Fall Nationals approaching at RPM, Sherfick is happy with the way things have been going, and the possibilities of competing for the $5,000 payout.

"Hopefully this streak will continue," he said.