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| Jared Allison Takes Super Late Model Win at OrlandoSpeedWorld | By Jane Smith
(KNS)A full moon, packed grandstands for a Figure 8 School Bus
race and plenty of hot action on the track was the name
of the game Friday night at Orlando SpeedWorld. In the
pits were all divisions except Modifieds and a few
surprise racers. Chris Fontaine, Eric Black, Ronnie
Roach were on hand to add to the Super Late Model
division. Plenty of racing for the fans.
The Bandoleros were the only division that had both
heat and feature races. On the pole for both races
was the #6 of Patrick Conrad who won both the races.
Conrad was the first night winner in the new 2002
season. Top five for the heat race were #6 Patrick
Conrad, #5 Kory Abbott, #63 Dalton Zehr, #2 Matt
Martin and #21 Eric Needs. Top five for the feature
race were #6 Patrick Conrad, #21 Eric Needs, #5 Kory
Abbott, #63 Dalton Zehr, and #2 Matt Martin. Matt's
dad, Mark Martin, got to enjoy watching his son Matt
for the first time in the Bandolero division and
was definitely one proud papa.
Carl Peters #1 sat on the pole for the Super Stock
Feature and lead the race to the very end when the
#12 of Cory Freed, last week's winner, passed Peters
and came home with his second win of the season. Rick
Johns in his new #11 also was in the fight for the lead
and almost got Freed but just not quite this night.
Top five were #12 Cory Freed, #11 Rick Johns, #1
Carl Peters, #50 Jeff Wright, and #4 Larry McCormick.
Bill Loomis #17 was set for the pole for the Sportsman
feature race but elected to go to the rear for some
reason which gave the number one starting position to
the #23 of Robert Hight When the green flew, it was
the #9 of Kelly Jarrett taking the lead and holding
it for the entire feature. Paul Colgan #31 tried
but could not catch Jarrett nor could Loomis. Top
five were #9 Kelly Jarrett, #31 Paul Colgan, #17
Bill Loomis, #5, and #23 Robert Hight.
Eric Black #10 sat on the pole for the Super Late
feature. Even with two big races this weekend, 15
cars took the green including Chris Fontaine #46,
who began his racing career at Orlando SpeedWorld,
Ron DiCandio #20 who will run the season this year
at Orlando SpeedWorld, Ronnie Roach, and Sid Sites.
Ray Rivers #98 also tried to run his first Super Late
race but ended up losing his rotor, wheel and was
towed off to return another night. Top five were
#02 Jarred Allison, #10 Eric Black, #30 Mark Emberson,
#47 Rusty Ebersole, and #14 Ronnie Roach. This was
a rough night for the leaders as they kept spinning
out and retiring to the rear. Better not to lead if
you wanted to win.
Jeff Davis #98 lead the Mini Stocks as he sat on the
pole but it was the #8 of Kenny Hankins taking home
the win. Trish Gray was in the top five until she
got tapped in the rear sending her into the wall along
with Jamie Dixson #6. Gray was able to continue,
Dixson had to retire. Also David Castello #1 did a
great job of going side by side with Hankins but
just as it looked like he was headed for Victory
Circle, his engine developed a miss. Bobby Orr,
winner of the past two weeks, was able to take the
second spot over Castello but could not pass Hankins.
Top five were #8 Kenny Hankins, #30 Bobby Orr, #1
David Castello, #07 Dick Laszlo (great job for our
Mini Truck) and #98 Jeff Davis.
Strictly Stocks saw the #lx Joe Whittenton, #38 Walt
Diel, #711 (our only 4 cylinder in the bunch), #00
Mike Simpson and #5 Charlie Pitts.
Since the school buses parked right in front of the
pit grandstands as they broke, it was hard to see
the race. The #14 won. There were 22 buses taking
the green.
Jane
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