(Orlando, FL; 10/6/2000)
Clouser 4 for 4 on 18th birthday!! Happy Birthday Rich....

Michael Williams passed point leader Travis Kittleson just past halfway to win the featured 50-lap Super Late Model event Friday night at Orlando Speedworld, but it was Rich Clouser who stole the show by winning all four events he entered while celebrating his 18th birthday.

Kittleson, who set fast time for the 50-lapper last week before the rains came, started from the pole and set the pace early with Williams on his tail. The race ran under green until Sid Stites spun on lap 27 to bring out the caution.

Two laps after the restart, Williams slipped underneath Kittleson and left the field in his dust until David Hart spun and stalled on lap 32. Only a spin by Stites on lap 36 slowed Williams' pace as he took an easy win in the South 40 Motorsports/Interstate Batteries Monte Carlo.

Kittleson took second ahead of Ronnie Roach, Bill Pratt and Marc Kinley. Completing the top ten were Eddie King, Rich Pratt, Sid Stites, Larry Osteen and David King.

Due to last week's rain, double features were run in every class but Modified with soon-to-be point champion Jason Boyd grabbing his 12th win of the year in that class. Boyd took advantage of a wreck on a restart involving the top three cars of Wayne Parker, Larry Osteen and Frank Polly to assume the lead from that point. Jim "Hoot" Flynn charged to second in front of Phillip Kessler, John Wills and Bruce Thompson.

Kenny Hankins' VW dominated both Mini-Stock main events as he easily outdistanced Geoff Williams, Eugene Davidson, Tim McPhail and Bo Davis in the make-up event then ran away with the scheduled 15-lapper as well taking the measure of McPhail, Davis, Gary Green and Davidson.

Rich Clouser was the talk of the town winning both features in the Sportsman and Super Stock classes. Clouser outran Larry Osteen, Richard Hight, Matt Griffin and Jeff Miller in the first Sportsman race then came on late to defeat Jeff Wright, Doug Samion, Osteen and Hight in the nightcap.

Clouser led every lap of the make-up Super Stock feature outrunning Duane Freed, Carl Peters, Mike Peppler and Charles Fry. Clouser wasted little time getting to the front in race two as Freed again chased him to the checkered flag. Homer Gordon was third followed by Peppler and John Smith.

The Late Model class was dominated by the Central Florida Septic Machine of Mike Murphy although he only drove it in the regular feature topping Jimbo Bjorkland, Chris Fontaine, Geoff Williams and Lyn Dicandio. Kenny Crites drove the same car to victory in the make-up feature over Williams and Dicandio.

Strictly Stock wins went to Russ Rinaldi and Don Smith.

-Dave Westerman-

ORLANDO SPEEDWAY RESULTS FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000

SUPER LATE MODELS 50-LAP SPECIAL
1. 40 MICHAEL WILLIAMS
2. 88 TRAVIS KITTLESON
3. 14 RONNIE ROACH
4. 43 BILL PRATT
5. 17X MARC KINLEY
6. 16 EDDIE KING
7. 0 RICH PRATT
8. 17 SID STITES
9. 22 LARRY OSTEEN
10. 23 DAVID KING
11. 6 DAVID HART
12. 6X MAC JOHNSON
13. 47 RUSTY EBERSOLE
14. 12 JUSTIN DRAWDY
15. 68 PERRY LOVELADY

LATE MODELS 1ST FEATURE
1. 1 KENNY CRITES
2. 51 GEOFF WILLIAMS
3. 20 LYN DICANDIO

LATE MODELS 2ND FEATURE
1. 26 MIKE MURPHY
2. 68 JIMBO BJORKLAN
3. 47 CHRIS FONTAINE
4. 51 GEOFF WILLIAMS
5. 20 LYN DICANDIO

MODIFIEDS
1. 2X JASON BOYD
2. 57 JIM "HOOT" FLYNN
3. 2W PHILLIP KESSLER
4. 14 JOHN WILLS
5. 84 BRUCE THOMPSON
6. 2 SKIP HONAKER
7. 90 HANK SANDERS
8. 30 JOHN FOERG
9. 55 SHANE HELD
10. 3 WAYNE PARKER
11. 21 AL VARNADORE
12. 66 MITCH REEVES
13. 10 MARK MOSHER
14. 12 LARRY OSTEEN
15. 34 FRANK POLLY

SPORTSMAN 1ST FEATURE
1. 8 RICH CLOUSER
2. 45 LARRY OSTEEN
3. 23 RICHARD HIGHT
4. 7 MATT GRIFFIN
5. ONO JEFF MILLER

SPORTSMAN 2ND FEATURE
1. 8 RICH CLOUSER
2. 50 JEFF WRIGHT
3. 04 DOUG SAMION
4. 45 LARRY OSTEEN
5. 23 RICHARD HIGHT
6. 41 MICHAEL CARR
7. 7 MATT GRIFFIN
8. ONO JEFF MILLER
9. 43X KEVIN MCMULLAN
10. 97 KELLY JARRETT

MINI-STOCKS 1ST FEATURE
1. 8 KENNY HANKINS
2. 17 GEOFF WILLIAMS
3. 5 EUGENE DAVIDSON
4. 30 TIM MCPHAIL
5. 67 BO DAVIS

MINI-STOCKS 2ND FEATURE
1. 8 KENNY HANKINS
2. 30 TIM MCPHAIL
3. 67 BO DAVIS
4. 46 GARY GREEN
5. 5 EUGENE DAVIDSON

SUPER STOCK 1ST FEATURE
1. 8 RICH CLOUSER
2. 11 DUANE FREED
3. 1 CARL PETERS
4. 81 MIKE PEPPLER
5. 22 HOMER GORDON
6. 32 JOHN SMITH
7. 12 CORY FREED
8. 12X KEVIN REESE
9. 7 CARA WELLS
10. 17 ROB WATFORD

SUPER STOCK 2ND FEATURE
1. 8 RICH CLOUSER
2. 11 DUANE FREED
3. 22 HOMER GORDON
4. 81 MIKE PEPPLER
5. 32 JOHN SMITH
6. 7X BOB WINES
7. 12X KEVIN REESE
8. 12 CORY FREED
9. 06 ROB AYERS
10. 17 ROB WATFORD

STRICTLY STOCK 1ST FEATURE
1. 04 RUSS RINALDI
2. 37 CHRIS SODOWSKI
3. 44 DAVE CZERWINSKI

STRICTLY STOCK 2ND FEATURE
1. 22 DON SMITH
2. 04 RUSS RINALDI
3. 37 CHRIS SODOWSKI
4. 44 DAVE CZERWINSKI
5. 35 ROD MOSS

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