IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

February 24, 2008 Auburndale Speedway Opens 2008 Championship Chase Lilley Wins Stars Pro Truck Series Feature By John Berti -KARNAC.com Staff Writer Winter Haven, FL -February 23, 2008- Keith Lilley made it two wins in a row this season as he won the abbreviated Stars Pro Truck Series feature at Auburndale Speedway Saturday night. Lilley's first win came back on February 3rd in a non-points race as part of Speedfest Weekend at the Winter Haven oval. Lilley started on the outside of row one with Jason Vail on the pole for the 25 lapper decreased from the originally scheduled 50 laps because of a short field. At the drop of the green the two took off side by side and stayed that way through the first lap. Lilley was able to shake off Vail on lap two to take the lead with Vail running second, Mike Smith third, Mario Romay fourth and Mike Cenzi fifth. The running order remained that way until lap 22 when Vail cut a tire and had to retire to the infield. This moved Smith up to the number two spot followed by Romay and Cenzi and that is the way they stayed until the checkered flag. In the companion 20 lap Stars Young Guns Truck Series feature it was Lance Daubach registering his first win of the 2008 season doing it up in fine style by leading from green to checker. Austin Stamper took second with Nick Hernandez, Aubrey Burris and Dion Holmes completing the top five on the scoresheet. Shawn Harper Shawn Harper nailed down the win in the 25 lap Sportsman feature besting Aaron Williamson, James Wright III, ageless veteran Dave Dunkin, and L.J. Grimm. James Pate took off from his pole starting postion to take the early lead in the 25 lap Modified Mini main event. It was a tale of two leaders as at the mid point of the race Pate was passed on the bottom by Eric Cuchta in the Matt Kenseth look alike car. Left out to dry on the top of the track Pate was drop kicked back to 7th before he was able to pull back in line. When the checkered flag waved it was Cuchta claiming the win followed by Jason Bertsch, Levi Parsons, Scott Sharpe and Jason Rendell. The Fast Mini Cup race win, over the 25 lap distance, went to Jason Schroeder who took the lead from Jerry Parker at the half way point. Frank Phister finished third, with Rick Auriemma fourth and Flint Anderson fifth. Jason Schroeder Eugene Davidson wired the 20 lap Mini Stock feature which saw some great racing action. There was an intense battle going on for the third position between Robert Bryant, Jr. Chris Spring and Fred Harrison, Jr. in the mid point of the race. Spring made contact with the rear of Bryan's car sending him around on the backstretch. Track officials decided to put the whole threesome to the rear of the pack for the restart moving Jared Guy up to third behind Davidson and Donnie Guy for the restart. The top three ran in that order to the checkers with Spring and Harrison racing up from the back of the pack to finish fourth and fifth respectively. David Holland led from start to finish in the 20 lap Street Stock feature. Holland was pressured throughout the race by Ronnie Miller, who spun Holland out on lap 15 and relegated to the rear of the field. Holland was given the lead back with 15 year old Brandon Morris second, and Robert Capps third. --Advertisement-- When the checkered flag waved it was Holland for the win Morris second, Miller raced back up through the field to take third, with Robert Capps and Larry Chumney II rounding out the top five. Mike Vanderpool dominated from start to finish winning the 15 lap Scrambler feature. Devon Cuddy was runner up followed by Scott Shipman and Kyle Hall. The 15 lap V-8 Bomber, two car, match race was won by Jamie Donahoe over Jason Miller. Finishing Orders Sportsman 1-#00 Shawn Harper 2-#131 Aaron Williamson 3-#156 James Wright III 4-#71 Dave Dunkin 5-#25 L.J. Grimm 6-#12 David Williamson 7-#6 Pat Dent 8-#0 John Markovich 9-#38 Jason Stifle 10-#17 Jeffrey Waterman 11-#54 Brian Lynch DNS #13 Mark Medeiros Scramblers 1-#74 Scott Shipman 2-#17 Kyle Hall DQ#35 Mike VanEepoel DQ#4 Devon Cuddy DNS#18 Walt Kinney Modified MIni 1-#17 Eric Cuchta 2-#18 Jason Bertsch 3-#3 Levi Parsons 4-#99 Jammie Kennedy 5-#89 Scotty Sharpe 6-#98 Jason Rendell 7-#55 James Pate 8-#75 Joe Thomas 9-#71 Mike Sweet 10-#0 Kenny Uhl Jr 11-#88 Chris Narramore Jr. 12-#38 Burt Morse Young Guns Trucks 1-#77 Lance Daubach 2-#36 Austin Stamper 3-#37 Nick Hernandez 4-#08 Aubrey Burris 5-#42 Dion Holmes DNS #16 Tim Sozio Street Stocks 1-#32 David Holland 2-#56 Brandon Morris 3-#26 Sam Cressman 4-#44 Robert Capps 5-#57 Larry Chumney II 6-#1 Randy Kitzman 7-#557 Josh Bence DNS#22 Roger Harrison Mini Stocks 1-#5 Eugene Davidson 2-#33 Donnie Guy 3-#56 Jared Guy 4-#42 Chris Spring 5-#21 Fred Harrison Jr. 6-#84 Ashlee Williamson 7-#27 Charlie Alexander 8-#2 Dwight Ryals 9-#08 Tim Kelley 10-# 60 Kynda Marie Valdez 11-#31 Everett Wisby 12-#14 Kevin Hoffrichter 13-#97 Craig Cuzzone 14-#70 Bobby Kelley Jr. 15-#7 JImmy McLeod DQ#64 Robert Bryant Star Trucks 1-#87 Keith Lilley 2-#23 Michael Smith 3-#53 Mario Romey 4-#42 Michael Cenzi 5-#407 Jason Vail DNS #1 Dustin Breeden V-8 Bomber 1-#81 Jammie Dunnahoe 2-#01 Jason Miller FAST Mini Cups 1-#45 Jason Schroader 2-#6 Jerry Parker 3-#2 Frank Pfister 4-#21 Rick Auriemma 5-#44 Flint Anderson 6-#07 James Irish 7-#05 Cindarae Irish 8-#8 Alana Cohen 9-#22 Rick Cline 10-#06 Aaron Irish 11-#08 Steve Irish 12-#83 Don Huntington 13-#55 Jordan Martin 14-#46 Tom Mellin Have an opinion on this story? 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