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| Racing Action from Auburndale Speedway | By Billie May
Mother Nature didn't interfere this Saturday and we had a
great night of racing, had another 1st time winner and
some exciting action from all classes.
Kids Club took to the track for the 2nd time this year,
and had 25 cars running for their feature races in 3
divisions. The Senior division was the first on the
track. Orrin Wright #2 took the lead, #49 John Cummins
2nd and #971/2 Craig Cuzzone was 3rd and #36 Laura
Weaver running in the 4th spot but not for long and
she took over the 3rd spot from Cuzzone. Lap 2 Cuzzone
pulls in with carburator problems. Weaver trying the
outside for the 2nd spot over Cummins but he shuts the
door and Orrin Wright goes on to take the win with John
Cummins 2nd, Laura Weaver 3rd and Craig Cuzzone 4th.
Next was the Junior Division #18 of Gregory Harris went
to the lead early with #24 Dustin Riley into 2nd and
#58 Pamela Weaver 3rd. Weaver tapped the 2nd place
Riley and they both spin collecting #21 Daniel McClain.
Pamela Weaver wasn't able to continue and pulled into
the infield. Restart Harris still leading Riley 2nd,
McClain 3rd, #10 Michele Deaton 4th. Riley went high
in turn one and McClain got underneath him for 2nd,
Dustin Riley spun on the last lap running 3rd but
Greory Harris took the victory Daniel McClain 2nd and
Michele Deaton 3rd.
1-8 Gregory Harris
2-21 Daniel McClain
3-10 Michele Deaton
4-24 Dustin Riley
5-58 Pamela Weaver
6-01 Casey Howell
The Novice Division was the last to take to the track but
with so many cars in this divsion they split them into two
races. The first race #7 Brittney Pitts took the lead
#26 Brandi Stifle was off of the pace on the start. #63
Johnny Gamble 2nd and #9 Levi Hobbs 3rd. Johnny Gamble
went to the outside to battle for the lst spot. Hobbs
took the 2nd spot and Pitts drops to 3rd. Hobbs went to
the outside of Gamble for the lead but in turn 3 Gamble
tapped Hobbs and Hobbs spun while leading. Gamble was
put to the rear for the restart. With Hobbs leading
#52 Gary Brown took over the 3rd spot but Levi Hobbs
took the win with Brittney Pitts 2nd and Gary Brown 3rd.
1 - 9 Levi Hobbs
2 - 7 Brittney Pitts
3 - 52 Gary Brown
4 - 84 Ashlee Williamson
5 - 63 Johnny Gamble
6 - 8 Kimbra Hobbs
7 - 20 Megan Patton
8 - 26 Brandi Stifle
The second race #27 Holli Anderson went to the front
#86 Jason Gamble 2nd but he would take over the lead on
the inside of Anderson and #92 Jonathan Guy would follow
moving him into 2nd and #5 Casey Smith 3rd. #00 Devan
Fair went to the outside of Anderson for 4th. Battle
for the lead heating up Jonathan Guy went around Jason
Gamble on lap 4 and #88 Justin Haranda moved into the
top 5 late in the race. Taking the win ws Jonathan
Guy, 2nd Jason Gamble and rounding out the top 3 was
Casey Smith.
1 - 92 Jonathan Guy
2 - 86 Jason Gamble
3 - 5 Casey Smith
4 - 00 Devan Fair
5 - 88 Justin Haranda
6 - 27 Holli Anderson
7 - 94 Michael Henderson
Bombers were next to take to the l/4 mile. Wayne Guy #27
went to the lead at the start, Larry Chumney II running
2nd, caution came out bunching up the field. Restart top
2 still the same, 3rd was #1 David Jouppi and #3 Terry
Jones moved into the top 5 going around #22 Darryl Ashmore
then #21 Keith Shirah moved underneath Jones for 5th.
Chumney and Wayne Guy get together and Chumney gets the
lead Shirah moves into 3rd around #31 Donnie Guy and Jones
goes to the 4th spot. Shirah got around Wayne Guy for
the 2nd spot and Jones followed moving Wayne Guy to 4th,
Larry Chumney II took the win with Keith Shirah 2nd and
Terry Jones 3rd.
2 - 96 Larry Chumney II
2 - 21 Keith Shirah
3 - 3 Terry Jones
4 - 27 Wayne Guy
5 - 31 Donnie Guy
6 -1 David Jouppi
7 - 5 Ivan Davis
8 - 43 Kevin Lumley
9 - Darryl Ashmore
10 - Ricky Barker
V-8 Street Stocks had 19 cars in their race. #8 Ron
Reed lead from the start, #40 Mike Pitts running 2nd and
#17 Alex Abbott 3rd. Wesley Harbin #66 spins in turn 4
to bring out the lst caution. Restart Abbott and Pitts
get together and Pitts ends up spinning, Abbott went to
the rear for the restart #00 Rodney Peterson passed #7
David Williams for the 3rd spot, with another caution
for a car hitting the wall, the top five didn't change
and Ron Reed took the victory Mike Pitts 2nd and Rodney
Peterson 3rd.
1 - 8 Ron Reed
2 - 40 Mike Pitts
3 - 00 Rodney Peterson
4 - 68 Mike Wilson
5 - 7 David Williams
6 - 75 Shaye Brooks
7 - 99 Jason Deaton
8 - 37 Rob Hockaday
9 - 17 Alex Abbott
10 - 51 Mark Lowe
Again Robbie Storer was the name at the top for the Mini
Stock race. #76 Ken Lawrence started at the front and #01
Donnie Howell battled early for the lead. #9 Robbie Storer
went inside of #38 Mike Margotta for 4th and under #99
Jamie Kennedy for 3rd, the next move was "awesome" Robbie
Storer went to the inside of Howell and Lawrence making it
3-wide and making the pass with no problem. Meanwhile #87
Bobby Judah spins Kennedy in turn 4 causing the yellow.
Restart #77 Lee Davis was on the move passing Margotta
for 4th then Davis went to the inside of Howell for 3rd
caution again a couple cars get together in turn 1 and 2.
Restart DAvis went to the outside of Lawrence for 2nd,
Howell went around Lawrence for the 3rd spot. Jodah
folows dropping Lawrence to 5th but Lawrence passes Judah
back for the 4th spot at the end of the race. DAvis
ran out of time and with no late cautions Robbie Storer
had a big lead and is still undefeated. Lee DAvis 2nd,
and Donnie Howell 3rd. I know that Robbie Storer and Lee
Davis will not be at Auburndale next week, they are
running the Florida Mini Stock Challenge series at New
Smyrna Speedway so there will be a new face in Victory
Lane next week but the bounty will still be $75 on Robbie
Storer, and will roll over till the following week.
1 - 9 Robbie Storer
2 - 77 Lee Davis
3 - 01 Donnie Howell
4 - 76 Ken Lawrence
5 - 87 Bobby Judah
6 - 67 Bo Davis
7 - 5 Chris Palmer
8 - 04 Randy Teston
9 - 41 Bryant Nickols
10 - Randy Storer
A 16 car field took the green in the Super Stock race with
#51 Randy Shearer on the pole and #42 Bubba Edwards outside
they battled for several laps side-by-side and put on a good
race until lap 4. Shearer took the lead but the caution
flew when a couple cars got together and spun in turn 3 and
caused a pile-up including #16 R.J. Williams, #12 David
Williamson, #31 Donnie Harp, #80 Dustin Breeden, #62 Travis
Wilson. Wilson had the worst damage and ended up on the
wrecker but Breeden and Harp were able to return after
going into the pits for repairs. Restart #13 Aaron
Williamson went to the outside of #01 Chris Lewellen for
the 4th spot, battle for the lead Edwards went to the
outside of Shearer for lst and Lewellen went to the outside
of Shearer for 2nd, Aaron Williamson still on the outside
dropped back a few spots and was battling for the 3rd spot
with Shearer then the caution came out for the debris on
the backstretch. Restart with Edwards leading the way,
Edwards went high coming out of turn 2 and Lewellen got
under him and took the lead. Meanwhile Shearer got sideways
on the frontstretch and spun collecting R.J. Williams and
Donnie Harp. Williams ended up busing a radiator but
Shearer and Harp were able to keep racing. Restart again
going into turn 3 Dustin Breeden scatters an engine and
taps the wall, Shearer was involved and slid in the oil,
but like the energizer bunny he kept going, but no one
could battle with Lewellen after he took the lead and he
went on to win his very first victory followed by Bubba
Edwards and #08 Jim Orisich 3rd.
1 - 01 Chris Lewellen
2 - 42 Bubba Edwards
3 - 08 Jim Orisich
4 - 13 Aaron Williamsn
5 - 2 Paul Gibbs
6 - 12 David Williamson
7 - 31 Donnie Harp
8 - 40 Robert Eddy
9 - 3 Chuck Steele
10 - 51 Randy Shearer
Profile Driver of the Week is Chris Lewellen, he drives #01
Super stock. He is 25 years old and is married to Daneva
Lewellen and they have a daughter named Michaela. He is the
local manger for Verizon and he lives in Winter Haven.
This is his 1st year of full competition, he has been racing
alittle over a year. His sponsors are Mobility Express
and OAS (On Any Sunday) Powersports. His most memorable
race is the one he just won this Saturday ngiht, showing
patience and battling on the inside and outside for
postions. His goals for the 2002 season is to finish in
the top 5 in points, and he would like to say a "Special
Thanks" to his Dad, Mom, Wife and his Sponsors for all of
their support.
The last race of the night was the LLM which had the
biggest field yet with 14 cars and plenty of yellow flags.
#45 Sam Cressman took the lead only to have the caution
come out for #25 Billy Norris and #00 Ronnie Heard getting
together in turn 2 both continue. Complete restart with
only 1 lap down caution again Norris and Heard get together
for the 2nd time. When Norris spins Heard, Norris to the
rear and Heard maintains the 3rd spot. Restart with #1
Bart Weatherford leading the way, Cressman 2nd, DeWayne
Parker #03 spins in turn 4 after brushing the wall a lap
earlier. Lap 7 #28 Tim Gullett slowed to pull into the
infield and Parker made contact and lost some sheet metal
because of it and his hood went flying off going down the
frontstretch. Caution again, then Norris spins in turn 2
on his own. The yellow comes out. Richard Elkins Jr. #55
went to the inside of Cressman for the 2nd spot and Heard
follows dropping Cressman to 4th. Norris causes another
caution spinning on the backstretch. Weatherford still
leading 4th place Cressman spins in turn 2 everyone avoids
hitting him except his team mate Norris, ending Norris's
night, but Cressman continues. Wesley Bass #63 went to the
inside of #54 Steve Black and #71 Dave Dunkin followed
moving Black back a couple spot. Dunkin got to the inside
of Bass for the 5th spot and around #46 Tommy Cavney for
4th. Bass followed but coming off of turn 2 Dunkin blew
his radiator and spun, moving #65 Ollie Harbin into the
top 5. Last restart Weatherford leadingl, gets a charge
from Elkins on the outside but he slipped coming out of
turn 4 and Weatherford took the win, Richard Elkins 2nd
and Ronnie Heard 3rd.
1 - 1 Bart Weatherford
2 - 55 Richard Elkins Jr.
3 - 00 Ronnie Heard
4 - 63 Wesley Bass
5 - 65 Ollie Harbin
6 - 46 Tommy Cavney
7 - 03 DeWayne Parker
8 - 54 Steve Black
9 - 17 Mitch Hawk
10 - 45 Same Cressman
Next week's schedule is regular casses: LLM, 4-Cyl
Bombers, V-8 Street Stocks, Super Stocks, and Mini-
Stocks plus Dwarf cars will have their first races of
the season at Auburndale Speedway. Races start at
7:00 PM. Come join us for some great racing action.
Billie May
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