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| Rich Pratt Winner of Limited Late Model Special at Ocala Speedway | Ocala, Fla - Rich Pratt figured he'd just "ride and hope
for the best" in the Ltd. Late Model feature at Ocala
Speedway Saturday night after having to be towed off of
the track earlier in the evening. His pit crew figured
differently. They worked feverishly to make the
mechanical repairs during the heat races for the other
divisions running that night and by the time the Ltd.
Late Model feature rolled around the car was ready.
Pratt started in the 4th position outside of last month's
winner, E.J. Wise. When the green flag dropped, Pratt
moved into 3rd place behind the leader, Robbie Smith and
Wise. About a third of the way through the 30 lap
feature, Wise spun in turn 4 and had to go to the rear
of the field. A couple of laps later, Pratt passed Smith
to take over the lead. Wise worked his way back up through
the field and when the checkered flag flew it was Pratt
in lst, Wise in 2nd and Doug Levesque in 3rd. Smith and
Jared Allison rounded out the top five.
Pete Close, Jr. took home the trophy in the Steven A
Bagen Sportsman division feature. Close, Jr. made it
look easy, leading from flag to flag, but he had to work
thoughout the race to keep William Edwards and Bob
Masciarelli from getting by. All three drivers appeared
to have equally matched cars so the secret was to make the
car as "wide" as possible without getting reckless. Edwards
finished in 2nd place followed by Masciarelli, Michael
Mennenga and Tom Posavec.
The Coca Cola 4 Cylinder Bomber division brought a field of
17 cars to the track for their feature race. Once again,
A.J. Schreier dominated the race. Bill Brezner, Rick Kuhn,
Joel Eckman and Shane Goodyear battled it out behind the
leader for a few laps for the top five position but then
Eckman started to go backwards and Goodyear had to leave
the track for mechanical problems. Schreier took home the
trophy followed by Kuhn, Mike Hilliary, Ric Fort and Rocky
Bowden.
J. T. Schimborski took the win in the Ford of Ocala Pure
Stock division feature. With the likes of Rick Hart,
Chuck Stewart, and David Danielson ahead of him, Darren
Dukes beside him and several other former feature winners
behind him, the task getting to the front seemed pretty
big. When the dust was settled thought, Schimborski took
the win followed by Paul Fletcher, Stewart, Bobby Valeo and
Michael Rosa.
Moose Alderman has been the runner up several times this
season, but Saturday night he got the win in the Thrifty
Nickel Hobby Stock division feature. Sharing the moment
with him was his wife, Joan, who is also his #l fan and
his crew chief. John Betts finished in the 2nd position
followed by Mark Mitchell, Chauna Johnston and Tommy
Roberts.
On Saturday, June 22, the Dwarf Cars will return along
with the Diamond "H" Air and Heat Modifieds, the Steven A.
Bagen Sportsmans, the Thrifty Nickel Hobby Stocks, the
Ford of Ocala Pure Stocks and the Coca Cola 4 Cylinder
Bombers. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. and racing begins at
6:30 p.m. The cost for this event is $10.00 for Adults,
Children 36" - 55" are $2.00 and Children under 36" are
free.
For complete race results or more information, call the
Speedway Office or visit our website at www.ocalaspeeday.
com.
****Limited Late Models******
Rich Pratt #0
E.J. Wise #57
Doug Levesque #68
Robbie Smith #0l
Jared Allison #02
John Buzinec #08
Lee McCullough #H20
Mack McCullough #86
Keith Zavrel 47
George Recevur 0w
****Steven A Bagen Sportsmans****
Pete Close Jr. #86
William Edwards )08
Bob Masciarelli #72
Michael Mennenga #16
Tom Posavec #0l
John Smith #31
Jim Higginbotham #76
Gary Crouthamel #28
****Thrifty Nichel Hobby Stocks****
Moose Alderman #7
John Betts )08
Mark Mitchell #71
Chauna Johnston #43
Tommy Roberts
Jamie Dunn #24
Harold Edwards #65
Kenny Fisher #00
Frank Buchanan #07
****WTRS Pure Stocks****
J.T. Schimborski #0
Paul Fletcher #94
Chuck Stewert #8
Bobby Valeo #8b
Michael Rosa #76
Bobby Carter #99
Darren Dukes #4
James Cook #58
Rick Hart #13
Sid Mosbrucker #62
Rick Bass #21
Kyle Maynard #72
David Danielson #70
Michael Fiddia #41
****Coca Cola 4 Cylinder Bombers****
A.J. Schreier #98
Richard Kuhn #47
Mike Hilliary #9
Ric Fort #43
Rocky Bowden #l
Joey Durbin #38
Steve Gallagher #39
Kyle Helt #M
Bill Brezner #19
Joel Eckman #27
Robert Oxendine #24
Harry Dreier #61
Dennis Harden #17
John Hagans #23
Kurtis Mitchell #00
Dan Sanderson #7
Shane Goodyear #5
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