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| Night Of The Polesitters At Lake City Speedway | By Jon Harney
Lake City, FL - The pole was the starting spot of choice at Lake City Speedway as four of the five who started from the inside of the front row drove away with comfortable victories.
The race of the night was in Modifieds. Starting from the inside of the third row, Derek Crawford methodically picked off his competition and took the lead on lap 10.
Crawford was fortunate to have made progress through the pack early for it spared him the battle for second raging behind him between Mark Whitener, J. O. Nobles, Steve Whitener, and Jason Garver. The quartet of cars ran as close as open wheel cars possibly could without wrecking. Positions got swapped, bumpers got bumped, and fans got excited with each passing lap. Few noticed Crawford crossing victory lane as the race in the pack had the attention of the masses. Mark Whitener was the best of the rest while J. O. Nobles and Steve Whitener bounced off each other in the final turn before Nobles beat him out by mere inches at the stripe. Jason Garver was close behind in fifth. Crawford picked up his seventh win of the 2002 season.
Modifieds Official Results:
1. #18 Derek Crawford
2. #90 Mark Whitener
3. # 5 J.O. Nobles
4. # 0 Steve Whitener
5. #90X Jason Garver
6. #29 Bill Johnson
7. #F1 Kyle Owen
8. #21 Bob McQuaig
9. # 7 George Hart
10 #00 Shane Cambell
All other races were won from the pole. Eddie Gainey led every lap in winning the Late Model feature. Gary Palmer continues to improve and finished second ahead of Wayne Stevens. Rance Phillips finished fourth with Wilson Griffis took fifth.
Late Model Official Results:
1. # 8 Eddie Gainey
2. #37 Gary Palmer
3. #55 Wayne Stevens
4. #27 Rance Phillips
5. #86 Wilson Griffis
6. #74 Terry Jones
7. #77 Mike Brown
8. #37JR Allen Cribbs
9. #40 Adam Bennett
10. #56 Bill Littell
Jason Garver earned the top prize in Street Stocks. Second place Shane Taylor and third place Adam Bedenbaugh kept Garver within sights but posed no serious threat. Dean Sands finished fourth and maintained his lead in overall points over Taylor. Randy Smith rounded out the top five.
Street Stock Official Results:
1. #27 Jason Garver
2. #82 Shane Taylor
3. #33B Adam Bedenbaugh
4. #44 Dean Sands
5. #41 Randy Smith
6. #79 Duane Teckenbrock
7. NINE Sony Sapp
8. #61 Ronnie Soltis
9. # X Wayno Risner
10. # 8 Debbie Shepard
Joey Rolling continued the onslaught of the polesitters with a strong win. Like Garver, Rolling had company during his ride to the checkers, but was largely untested by the trailing duo. Mike Harvard finished second ahead of Coleman Jandle III. Gene O'Steen and Trisha Taylor were scored in fourth and fifth.
Pure Stock Official Results:
1. #97 Joey Rolling
2. #65J Mike Harvard
3. #65 Coleman Jandle III
4. # 9 Gene O'Steen
5. #28 Trisha Taylor
6. # 3 Tedd Callihan
7. #6X Blake Scott
8. #07 Shawn Creech
9. # 1 Jerry Fortner
10. #18 Andrew Davis
The Mini Stocks were on their way to an all-Stalnaker podium finish when Jeff Stalnaker Jr. provided the scare of the evening on the eve of his seventeenth birthday. His car got away from him in the fourth turn, hit the dirt berm, then proceeded to plant itself on the guardrail. Despite the hard hit, Jeff got out of the car on his own power and walked away from the incident. He was especially fortunate since several of the guardrail posts penetrated through the floorboard of his #10 Mustang. The winner of the race was Jeff Stalnaker Sr. in a "borrowed" ride from Curtis Clark. Bill Stalnaker took home second over Jacob Antis. Fourth and fifth were Jim Courson and Chris Antis respectively.
Mini Stock Official Results:
1. #03 Jeff Stalnaker Sr.
2. #59 William Stalnaker
3. # X Jacob Antis
4. #73 Jim Courson
5. #22 Aaron McQuaig
7. #10 Jeff Stalnaker Jr.
8. #54 Gary White
9. # T Harvey Johnson
Racing resumes this Saturday with double points and increased purses for all classes.
Late Models will run for $1000 to win, Modifieds $600 to win, Street Stocks $700 to win, Pure Stocks and Mini Stocks $500 to win. Gates open at 4 PM and races begin at 7 PM.
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