IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

October 4, 2009 Six New Winners at Volusia Speedway Park VSP MEDIA Barberville, FL (October 3, 2009) You could not have asked for a more perfect night than Saturday night at Volusia Speedway Park. No rain in sight, great fans, plenty of racecars, and six brand new feature winners and one unhappy first time winner. As the old saying goes, "it ain't over until the fat lady sings", held true for Steve Mooers. Mooers won the Street Stock feature only to be dq'd in tech and lost his wonderful feeling of that first feature win. Mooers proceeded to tear the top off the trophy he had to return and mess up his first feature winner hat. The win was given to Wally Schneider after tech. Heat wins went to P.J. Wiggins and Dale Murray in Modifieds; Ken Hall, Sr. and Mike Haney in Sportsman; Dan Kerr in Mini Stock; Davey Wolf and Rusty Robinson in 4 Cylidner Challengers; David Higgs and Wally Schenider in Street Stocks; and Bobby Peterson and Augie Burtham, Jr. in Thunder Stocks. P.J. Wiggins was the first new feature winner as he took the Modified win. Greene had the pole but it was Dale Murray who jumped to the early lead with Wiggins behind him. By lap 2, Wiggins had taken the point and once he was there, there was no looking back. Wiggins worked his way up to a quarter mile track lead over the rest of the field and it looked like he was going to lap the whole field if a caution had not come up for Rick Scott and Barry Sheffield drawing the field back together for the restart. It was P.J. Wiggins all the way to the checkered followed by Dale Murray, Barry Sheffield, Tiny Greene, and Chuck Gustafson, Jr. Mike Haney had the early lead in the Sportsman feature turning it over to Drew Smith for awhile. Smith was able to keep the lead up until the halfway point when Joey Haslauer powered past Smith for the point. Then it was a battle between Haslauer and Smith to see which one would get their first feature win. Smith gave it his all but could not pass Haslauer neither on the inside or outside. Joey Haslauer held on to take the checkered over Drew Smith, Paul Sheed, Steve Sheed, and Marc Kinley. Mini Stocks saw Dan Vogel take the early lead in their feature race but by lap 2, it was Dan Kerr leading the way. With Kerr on the inside, Vogel on the outside after a lap 3 caution, it was Kerr takikng the point over Vogel. Kerr then began to build a fifteen car lead over Vogel and the rest of the field and as they say, "never looked back" as he took the feature win over Dan Vogel, Tommy Saunders, Mark Taylor, and Lance Lee. Rusty Robinson gave it his best shot at trying to win the 4 Cylinder Challenger feature. Robinson lead early on in the race until RJ Glaser put the heat on Robinson and took over the point. As Robinson and Glaser went side-by-side after several restarts for cautions, Glaser did not budge from that number one position. But Glaser found a new challenger in Mark Comitale who passed Robinson and took over second and put the heat on Glaser. By lap 11, Comitale was the new leader and never looked back taking his first feature win over Rusty Robinson, Davey Wolf, Vinnie Richards, and pole sitter Casey Feaster. Steve Mooers not only had the pole for the Street Stock feature but lead every single lap until the checkered. Right behind Mooers in second was Wally Schneider who never once let the heat off of Mooers. This was a total caution free race and the only reason anyone dropped out during the race was mechanical problems. David Higgs ran third the whole race and was able to finish third in spite of a last lap flat rear tire. No one thought Higgs would make it but he did as he was very determined. Getting his first feature win, after tech, was Wally Schneider followed by David Higgs, Pat Buckley, James Smith, and Mark Maresca. Thunder Stocks were the last feature of the night and it was all Dave "Augie" Burttram, Jr's race. Burttram was able to take the lead on the initial green and inspite of several cautions, was always able to take the point on the restart. Jared Bennett gave Burttram a run for his money but was outpowered by Bobby Peterson who took over the chase of Burttram in second. Burttram, Peterson, and Bennett ran first, second, and third for most of the race until Tom Hughes turned up the heat and took third away from Bennett. Dave "Augie" Burttram claimed his first feature win over Bobby Peterson, Tom Hughes, Andy Hicks, and Jared Bennett. Next week, Volusia County Fair presents DIRToberFAST from October 8th thru October 10th. Thursday, October 8, it is open practice for all divisions from 6 to 9 pm. On Friday, October 9th, it is qualifying events for Sportsman, Modifieds and Street Stocks plus an Octoberfest party. Thunder Stocks will run a full show with $500 to win along with the 4 Cylinder Challengers Twins, each $250 to win. On Saturday, October 10th, it was be an all day fun fair with a pancake breakfast from 9 am to 11 am followed by a Racer Swap Meet from 11 am to 2 pm. Saturday night will see Last Chance events and features for Sportsman, Modifieds, and Street Stocks. Late Models will qualify and race for a $2500 purse. Sportsman and Modifieds go for $1500 to win with Street Stocks going for $1000 to win. Adult general admission is $15.00 with a Two-Day General Admission of $22.00. Plus there is free camping for the 3 day event. OFFICIAL RESULTS VOLUSIA SPEEDWAY PARK OCTOBER 3, 2009 MODIFIED 1. #410 P.J. Wiggins 2. #66 Dale Murray 3. #41B Barry Sheffield 4. #54 Tiny Greene 5. #11 Chuck Gustafson, Jr. 6. #410K Kenneth Blair 7. #74 Jacob Buie 8. #88 Don Rollison, Jr. 9. #F90 Alan Thomas 10. #75F Chris Freeman 11. #90 Mark Buie 12. #8 Rick Scott 13. #77A Wayne Allen, Jr. 14. #12 David Moheng SPORTSMAN 1. #57J Joey Haslauer 2. #29 Drew Smith 3. #80 Paul Sheed 4. #10 Steve Sheed 5. #17K Marc Kinley 6. #17H Blaise Hetznecker 7. #65 Shane Nichols 8. #57 Karl Heinz Haas 9. #95 Matt McGillvray 10. #03 Ken Hall, Jr. 11. #99 Stanton Mills 12. #31 Donnie Birdwell, Jr. 13. #22 Mike Haney 14. #3 Ken Hall, Sr. 15. #3S David Showes, Jr. 16. #11C Corey Holley MINI STOCK !. #73 Dan Kerr 2. #99 Dan Vogel 3. #09 Tommy Saunders 4. #77 Mark Taylor 5. #00 Lance Lee 6. #63 Calvin Christian 7. #82X Blake Spencer DNS STREET STOCK 1. #57S Wally Schneider 2. #28 David Higgs 3. #34 Pat Buckley 4. #11S James Smith 5. #77M Mark Maresca 6. #2S Mick Kulak 7. #17M Billy Medders 8. #0 George Richards 9. #5H Chris Heaney 10. #17 D.J. Nobles 11. #96J Scott Haas 12. #21 David Miller, Jr. 13. #54 Tim Hughes 14. #12 Rick Friend 15. #76 Italo Deblasi DNS 16. #7MC Dale McKinney DNS 17. #71 Rick Davis DNS 18. #95 Steve Mooers DQ'D THUNDER STOCK 1. #XX Dave Burttram, Jr. 2. #24 Bobby Peterson 3. #33H Tom Hughes 4. #17 Andy Hicks 5. #12 Jared Bennett 6. #03 Robert Schrunk 7. #00 Eddie Tovet 8. #18 Justin Merry 9. #1 Jamie Anderson 10. #0 Skip Land 11. #22 William Rickey 12. #D10 Michael Rood 13. #07 Richard Calmes DNS UMP 4-CYLINDER CHALLENGERS 1. #6E Mark Comitale 2. #75K Rusty Robinson 3. #48W Davey Wolf 4. #96 Vinnie Richards 5. #20 Casey Feaster 6. #004 RJ Glaser 7. #11 David Ladrie 8. #39 Gilford Williams 9. #66 Leonard Underwood, Jr. 10. #B12 Brian Smith 11. #27S Alan Scott 12. #73 Kelsey Kerr 13. #71 Ed Richards DNS Have an opinion on this story? Post a message on The Real Racin USA Florida Fan Message Board! or Email KARNACto send a letter to the editor!

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