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| Charlotte Beats the Rain Crowns Mid-Season Champs | Story by Dan Snow
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After a lengthy rain delay, the Mid Season Championship racing began with the Big Wheels Mini Stocks. #17 Michael Johns of Alva sat on the pole for the twenty lap race. Johns had a nice lead on the rest of the field until a caution on lap ten bunched up the pack. On the restart, a bump by #94 Keith Risinger of Ft. Myers caused #17 Johns to slide in to the inside wall on the backstretch and landed him in the pits for the rest of the race. Risinger went to the rear while #56 Brian Richardson of North Ft. Myers had made his way up through the pack to take the lead on the restart. Richardson stayed out in front to take the win followed by #98 Johnny Allen in second and #51 Rick Nastan of Sarasota in third.
Nineteen cars lined up for the Lee's Auto Repair Road Warriors twenty lap feature. #92X Frank McIntosh of Lehigh Acres had the pole. With two laps in for the thundering herd, #M00 Bob Williams of Naples blew an engine right under the flag stand. The restart saw #2 Lonnie Retherford of N. Ft. Myers on the point. By lap six it was #61 Chris Oncken out in front and #73 Del Beckner of Naples in second. Onchen and Beckner battled side by side over first place for the final twelve laps of the race until the last lap when #27 Terry Price of Punta Gorda was able to take advantage of lapped traffic to move out in front for the win. #73 Beckner came in second followed by #61 Oncken in third.
The Hendry's Mango Maniacs Cowboy Cadillacs were up next for their twenty lap feature. #1 Chuck Merchant of Arcadia had the pole but #33 Don Van Acker of Punta Gorda took the early lead. After ten green flag laps, #44 Raymond Tucker of Ft. Myers and #46J Jay Bryant of Arcadia got together in turn two. Tucker went to the rear on the restart , Bryant ended up in the pits for the night with the help of Mackie's Auto Wrecker, and #33 Van Acker was still on the point. Van Acker held of for the win followed by #2 Gene Pack of Grove City in second and #73S Richard Martin of Port Charlotte in third.
The Lee's Auto Detail & Transmission Pure Stocks feature began with #56 Walt Korkiner on the pole. Until lap six it was green flag racing, but when it appeared that #10 Eric Smith of Bonita Springs and #11 Doug Spitzer of Cape Coral were going to spin while doing a little paint swapping, flagman Greg Roeback started waving the caution. The two drivers managed to pull it together and continue the race, but the incident did cause a restart. Greg said later "that was a wreck that started, but never finished". #7 Danny Caylor made his way up from the middle of the pack to take over the lead by lap eleven. Caylor held on for the win followed by #11 Doug Spitzer in second and #711 Mark Ludvigsen in third.
#1 Dave Moskwa of N. Ft. Myers sat on the pole for the Little Vic's Concessions Modified Minis. #22 Doug Wilson of Cape Coral took the lead on lap five of this twenty lap feature and #99 Jason Kuykendall of Port Charlotte moved up for a close second place, but not for long. #3 Danny Yates of Cape Coral made it around Kuykendall to take over the spot. Lap fourteen saw #99 Kuykendall heading for the pits on the backstretch while #22 Wilson and #3 Yates moved out for a commanding lead. Wilson held on for the win followed by Yates in second and #98 Mike Ginaitt of Punta Gorda in third.
The Cat Country Limited Late Models thirty five lap feature got underway with #62 Buzz Martin of Lehigh Acres on the pole. #36X Al Fradette of N. Lauderdale took the lead on lap two, but was in third by lap nine when #4 Randy Fox of Lehigh Acres took over the lead and #29 Mike Hovis of N. Ft. Myers moved into second. #127 Karo Vaughn of Naples blew an engine on lap ten bringing out the all volunteer broom crew, and lap sixteen saw a caution for debris on the track, but #4 Fox held position. Fox went on to take the win followed by #29 Hovis in second and #81 Chuck Sweet of Port Charlotte in third.
#72 Shawn Van Wie of Naples sat on the pole of the Kix Country Sportsman twenty five lap feature. When the green flag dropped, it was #8 Raymond Jones of Arcadia heading to the front of the pack. A caution on lap four, and again on lap six brought the field together but #8 Jones held onto his position for the win. #67 James DuBose of Arcadia came up from the middle of the pack to take second, and #E38 Ralph Goddard of Naples, also moving up from the middle, took the third place finish.
The K & S Transport, Inc Open Wheel Modifieds began their twenty five lap feature with #72 Ronny Barnett of Port Charlotte on the pole. #6 Kevin Williams of Port Charlotte took the lead on the first lap of the race. A caution came out on lap four, bringing the field together when #28 Mike LeMaster of Naples did a little spin. #6 Williams was still out in front on lap nineteen when #80 Chris Dean of Ft. Myers and #8 Kent McLean of N. Ft. Myers got together. Dean went to the rear for the restart. #6 Williams held on for the win followed by #72 Barnett in second. #25 Scott Kleiber of Naples made his way up from the back of the pack to take third.
Ten cars lined up for the Shirley's Bookkeeping Rebel Road Warriors fifteen lap feature and #68H John Hanuchik of Cape Coral had the pole. By lap three, it was #55 Conrad Molter of Naples out in front, as #3 John Boyer of Cape Coral was steadily making his way up through the pack. #68 Al Welling of N. Ft. Myers blew an engine in turn one of lap six ending his night. #55 Molter held on for the win followed by #3 Boyer in second and #36 Steve Schroeder of Ft. Myers who had moved up from the back to take third.
Thank you Gina Ferrah for starting our night by singing the National Anthem. A big thank you to all the drivers and fans who came to help support the track. While the rain delay put us over the time limit for the curfew, we all had a good and exciting night of stock car racing.
Mid Season Champions
Cat Country Limited Late Models Randy Fox
K & S Transport Open Wheel Modifieds Scott Kleiber
Kix Country Sportsman James DuBose
Lees Auto Detail & Transmission Pure Stocks Elbert Butts
Little Vics Concession modified Minis Danny Yates
Big Wheels Mini Stocks Keith Risinger
Shirleys Bookkeeping Rebel Road Warriors Conrad Molter
Lees Auto Repair Road Warriors Del Beckner
Hendrys Mango Maniacs Cowboy Cadillacs Don Van Acker
Race Results from 7-14-2001
Cat Country Limited Late Models
4 Randy Fox
29 Mike Hovis
81 Chuck Sweet
65 Jeremy Meier
36X Al Fradette
64 Chris Libak
51 Richie Anderson
67 James DuBose
127 Kayo Vaughn
62 Buzz Martin
59 John Garrett
43 Glenn Morris Disqualified
K & S Transport Open Wheel Modfieds
6 Kevin Williams
72 Ronny Barnett
25 Scott Kleiber
55 Dan Atwell
31 Kurt Riley
80 Chris Dean
8 Kent McLean
125 Bill Brewer
2 Kevin Brricley
28 Mike LeMaster
63 Phil Morrison
95 Chris Turner
Kix Country Sportsman
8 Raymond Jones
67 James DuBose
E38 Ralph Goddard
20 George Ellsworth
22 Danny Yates
94 Chuck Wolfe
40 Jeremy Goddard
19 Kenny Eaton
39 Phillip Johnson
9 Jerry Bryant
27 Bryan Beckner
74 Dan Benoit
63 Ryan Malone
1 Dave Johnson
0 Dick Robinson
72 Shawn Van Wie
35 Calvin Fillingame
21 Vince Koch
Lee’s Auto Detail & Transmission Pure Stocks
7 Danny Caylor
11 Doug Spitzer
711 Mark Ludvigsen
38 Joe Reese
19 Greg Anderson
11X Mike Gette
91X John Plakiotis
31X Elbert Butts
99 Mark Collins
2 David Fischer
16 Wally Smith
10 Eric Smith
39 Fred Kight
49 Joe Butler
56 Walt Korkiner
13 Randy Miller
22 Kevin Murphy
67 Jon Basquin
Little Vic’s Concession Modified Minis
22 Doug Wilson
3 Danny Yates
98 Mike Ginaitt
1 Dave Moskwa
99 Jason Kuykendall
96 Frank Welch
Big Wheels Mini Stocks
56 Brian Richardson
98 Johnny Allen
51 Rick Nastan
94 Keith Risinger
1 John Trotta
41 Billy Ray, Jr.
6 Marshall Parr, Sr.
31 Harlan Wilson
69 Dennis Scarborough
7 Hank Fielder
17 Michael Johns
2 Roger Garrett
Shirley’s Bookkeeping Rebel Road Warriors
55 Conrad Molter
3 John Boyer
36 Steve Schroeder
74 Chuck Stevens
68H John Hanuchik
35 Ron Duchek, Jr.
36V Brian Verhaaugh
68 Al Welling
88 Wayne Wilson Disqualified
9S Storm Sidock Disqualified
Lee’s Auto Repair Road Warriors
27 Terry Price
73 Del Beckner
61 Chris Oncken
28 Joe Bossey
21 Andy Wood
59 Steve Benoit
42X Trey Almand
11X David Doherty
10 Mark Regner
0 Clete Trimmer
14 Ricky Gill
2 Lonnie Retherford
15 Clint Snyder
1 Jesse Gargus
92 Richard Dupont
79 Leigh Elliott
29 Derek Ficarra
MOO Bob Williams
92X Frank McIntosh
Hendry’s Mango Maniacs Cowboy Cadillacs
33 Don Van Acker
2 Gene Pack, Jr.
73S Richard Martin
37 Cheryl Weaver
24 Justin Bryant
44 Raymond Tucker, Jr.
69 Gerald Bates
1 Chuck Merchant
46J Jay Bryant
08 Eddie Allen
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