(New Smyrna; 8/5/2000) David Rogers let B.J. McLeod beat him in the heat, so he blasted right by on lap #1 of the feature and held B.J. off for the Super Late Model feature win. The TM Ranch Dodge was 'King of New Smyrna" again. Mike Good's #27 Briar Construction Gang's hot rod was in fine form following up his win at Orlando SpeedWorld (OSW), and ran third. Jeff Emery had the #12E running strong and took fourth over Tom Root's #19 Orlando Dodge Intrepid.

Randy Dye's #43 Country 93.1/Speedway Dodge Avenger had to work hard to hold off hard-charging rookie challenger Chad Pierce for the Late Model feature win. The #43 currently holds the points lead, and is on a streak. The #57 Biscuits and Gravy/ASM Chevy has run second for the past 2 weeks, and is poised for a win. Phil Bessette #17 ran third with Bill Morris #3 and Bill Eggerton #5 rounding out the field.

Track record holder and defending OSW Sunbelt champ, Mike Fritts, made a daring and brave move on lap 14 to slide under the #14 of leader Aric Almirole's "Dirt Devil" and beat him to the line for the crowd-pleasing Modified win in the deadly black #112. Herman Korpe and Billy Walker (owners) were very pleased, and decided to put the car up for sale on the spot. Jim Flynn driving the #57 Business Archives Chevy is really getting better every week, and was right there for third. Sammy Graham drove Mark Vandevender's #7x Document Technologies machine to victory over the car owner, Mark who placed the #7 Phase 11 car fifth. It was great to see a big field of Mods for a weekly show!

BBM 25-lap Mini-Stock feature with $500 to win brought Bob Doxie flying in from Georgia, and he drove the Boot Barn #2 hard to win over the #75 of race sponsor Marty Pierce. Ted "Mr. Mini-Stock" Vulpius ran strong thirds both nights of this weekend. Geoff Williams #17 was fourth over the silver #94 of Ron Dubeau.

Bob Andrecheck's #90 KOA/ Marines Camaro put on another hard charge to blast to the front and get another Sportsman win as Friday Night winner Bobby Lee Good #27 fell out. Ian Huffman put the Gator Golf car in third, John Nusbaum's #70 "Bad Bee", was back in good running order and nailed down the fourth spot over Steve Redditt's good looking #1, blue and red Pontiac.

Again, the Super Stocks were a crowd favorite with a big field of cars. Past Champ Rich Clouser borrowed the #17 car and drove it to a clear victory over a much improved #45 of Mike Soukup. The lady's man, Homer Gordon brought his #22 up from "The Trail" to claim third. Chris Peludats, the "Wild Lithuanian", #28 battled the #57 for fourth, Merz's car was experiencing ignition failure, and settled for a disappointing fifth.

Strictly Stock: After the inspections, I don't know who won!

-Hank Sanders-

SUPER LATE MODELS
1. #11 DAVID ROGERS
2. #78 B. J. MCLEOD
3. #27 MIKE GOOD
4. #12E JEFF EMERY
5. #19 TOM ROOT
6. #10 JEFF ANDERSON
7. #39 MORGAN HOOVER
8. #88 TRAVIS KITTLESON
9. # 6 MIKE FINN
10. #21 SCOTT REEVES

LATE MODELS
1. #43 RANDY DYE
2. #57 CHAD PIERCE
3. #17 PHILLIP BESSETTE
4. # 3 BILL MORRIS
5. # 5 BILL EGGERTON

MODIFIED
1. #112 MIKE FRITTS
2. #14 ARIC ALMIROLE
3. #57 JIM FLYNN
4. #7X SAMMY GRAHAM
5. # 7 MARK VANDEVENDER
6. #71 JOE MIDDLETON
7. #16 JUSTIN HENDERSON
8. #540 BRAD BASCOM
9. #51 JOHN ZIDEK
10. #23 MIKE PELTKA

SPORTSMAN
1. #90 ROBERT ANDRECHECK
2. #43 WILLIAM FULLER
3. # 3 IAN HUFFMAN
4. #70 JOHN NUSBAUM
5. # 1 STEVE REDDITT
6. #ONO JEFF MILLER
7. #07 RON LUFCY
8. # 2 BILL LOVE
9. #27 BOBBY LEE GOOD

MINI-STOCK
1. # 2 BOB DOXIE
2. #75 MARTY PIERCE
3. #71 TED VULPUIS
4. #17 GEOFF WILLIAMS
5. #94 RON DUBEAU
6. #37 JIM ENGSTROM
7. #11 DERRICK REEVES
8. #38 ERIC POWELL
9. #31K BARRY KNIGHT
10. #31C CHAD CARPENTER

SUPER STOCK
1. #17 RICH CLOUSER
2. #45 MIKE SOUKUP
3. #22 HOMER GORDON
4. #28 CHRIS PELUDATS
5. #57 CHARLIE MERZ
6. #35 TIM EWING
7. #13 JUSTIN HALL
8. #61 TED HELMES
9. #92 BOBBY SIMCOX
10. #55 JIM SNYDER


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