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| Wild Fla Pro Race at Ocala Won by Anderson | 
by Marty Little
OCALA, Fla. - As he has done most of the season, veteran Dick Anderson proved his superiority in winning the Florida Pro Series event Saturday night at Ocala Speedway. Scheduled for 100 laps around the D-shaped oval, the event was called complete after 68 laps when Scott Grossenbacher crashed hard in turn four.
Running second at the time, Grossenbacher's car suffered apparent brake failure and slammed nearly head-on into the outside wall, flipped and caught fire.  The young driver quickly scrambled from the inferno without injury although his car was nearly destroyed.
Pole sitter Mac Johnson started from the pole and led the first 20 circuits around the 3/8 mile oval but when he slipped off turn four on the next circuit fast qualifier Anderson used the bottom lane to gain the lead. Once in front FPS point leader Anderson turned up the wick and was easily in command when the red flag flew for the Gosssenbacher incident.
The final rundown behind Anderson was Jonny Kay, Mike Fritts, Tate Pierce and Fain Skinner. Sixth went to Mike Bresnahan over Grossenbacher, the final car on the lead lap, Johnson, Rob McCalip, David Logan, Jeremy Fehrenbach and Rich Pratt.
photos by Carleen Wilbanks
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