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| Eric Black and Bobby Orr Winners at Orlando SpeedWorld | After all the warm weather we have had, the coolest
of the night was a welcomed change at Orlando SpeedWorld.
The track was hot and the racing was even hotter. In
the Sportsman heat race, we lost three of our best
Sportsman when an engine blew causing a mass pile-up.
Out for the night was #9 Kelly Jarrett, #17 Bill Loomis,
and #82 Tommy Johnson. A very short night for these
guys.
Kory Abbott #5 Bandolero sat on the pole for the feature
race and was leading until the #6 of Patrick Conrad
got around for the lead. Back was the #18 (#8 originally)
from racing last weekend in North Carolina - Kory
Abbott. Missing was Matt Martin #2 who is in Texas this
weekend with his dad, Mark Martin. Once Conrad got the
lead there was no passing him. Top five were: #6
Patrick Conrad, #60 Chad Akins, #18 Austin Carr, #32
Dana Layne, and #5 Kory Abbott.
After losing three of the top Sportsman in the heat
race, it was the #5 of David Dinger on the pole. But
it did not take #23 Robert Hight very long to pass
Dinger and take the lead. Crossing the finish line
behind Hight was the #5 David Dinger, #7 Bill Hall,
#22 Homer Gordon and #77 Danny Shearer.
Jason Boyd #2x sat on the pole for the Open Wheel Modified
feature race and winning from the pole. Shane Held #55
did a good job of staying in the second place position
until the #75 of Bobby Blake took over. Following
Boyd over the finish line was the #75 Bobby Blake, #55
Shane Held, #30 John Foerg, and #09 Rob Underwood.
Eric Black #10 sat on the pole for the Super Late Model
feature. Black had a new car and was testing it out for
the Sunbelt race next weekend at New Smyrna Speedway.
Last weekend Black came to test and had a few problems so
he told his crew chief, "just keep the tires on it and I
will win" and that is exactly what he did after quite
a few restarts. Russ Thomson's #54 did a very good job
of holding the second place position for a great portion
of the race but on one of the restarts, the #02 of Jared
Allison took over that position. It was a rough night
for the #20 of Ron Dicandio who seemed to get spun a few
times and the #45 of Mack Hamby who had to retire from
the race. In the end, it was the #10 of Eric Black,
#02 Jared Allison, #54 Russ Thomson, #20 Ron DiCandio,
and #30 Mark Emberson.
Super Stock feature saw #67 Darren Gould on the pole and
winning from the pole. Gould said, "he was going to
either wreck or win" but it was the latter that he got.
Scott Tyler #27 was keeping close tabs on the #67
until he and the #50 of Jeff Wright spun. Wright was
able to continue but Tyler was done for the night.
Cory Freed #12 did a very good job again even passing
his dad DeWayne Freed #11 taking over the second spot
that his dad had held. Top five were #67 Darren Gould,
#12 Cory Freed, #11 DeWayne Freed, #2 Ron Whaley and
#4 Larry McCormick.
Tim "Missileman" McPhail #7 sat on the pole for the Mini
Stock feature but while leading had a slight problem
with his overflow tube and did a slip and slide giving
Bobby Orr #30 the lead. McPhail's car was hooked up
and would have won but you can't drive with wet tires.
Folliwng Orr across the finish line was #99 Tom Clark,
#07 Dick Lazslo, #8 Kenny Hankins, and #98 Jeff Davis.
The last race of the night was the Strictly Stocks.
Winner was #5 Charlie Pitts but when the race was
over, the top two finishing cars #5 and #66 were
disqualified giving the win to the #3 followed by
#38 Jim and #00 Mike Shaver.
Next weekend Orlando SpeedWorld will host the 2nd Pro
Modified Series race with racing in all divisions except
Super Late Models.
Jane Smith
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