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Kevin Lumley Wins 4-Cyl Class at Auburndale | Again devoted fans stayed through the light rain shower that delayed the races, but they got all classes in and great racing was ongoing throught the night.
Kids Club was the featured racing for the weekend sponsored by Florida Barns, with the Seniors taking the green first. Orrin Wright #2 was on the pole and took the lead with #97 Craig Cuzzone 2nd and #49 John Cummins 3rd, single file racing until Cuzzone started putting pressure on Wright for the lead and with l lap to go Cuzzone got to the in- side of Wright and took the lead, the same time #36 Laura Weaver got underneath Cummins for 3rd. 4 - 49 John Cummins 5 - 21 Daniel McClain
Juniors were next, #18 Gregory Harris bringing them to the green flag and #29 Matthew Cummins running 2nd, #9 Levi Hobbs went under #0l Casey Howell for 4th, #10 Michele Deaton after starting 2nd and slow on the start but kept going single file up front but a good battle between Hobbs and #26 Pamela Weaver for 3rd Weaver taking a hard hit into the wall in the warm-ups was offered the #26 car of Brandi Stifle to race for the night. Hobbs got under Weaver for the spot then Weaver pulled in with l lap to go, Gregory Harris takes the win. Matthew Cummins 2nd and Levi Hobbs 3rd. 4-01 Casey Howell 5-10 Michele Deaton 6- (58) 26 Pamela Weaver
Novice A Class had #27 Hollie Anderson taking the lead #7 Brittney Pitts 2nd and #42 Jonathon Guy running 3rd. Michael Henderson #94 went to the outside of #8 Kimbra Hobbs for the 4th spot then went around Guy for the 3rd position, #86 Jason Gamble drops some fluid on the track and #84 Ashlee Williamson slides in it but both keep going, restart Henderson puts pressure on Anderson for the lead and takes it with a few laps to go but Hobbs and Guy tangle and stop in turn l brining out the caution on the last restart going back to the last completed lap Anderson gets the lst spot again but Henderson went under Anderson and took the win, Brittney Pitts took home 3rd. 4-52 Gary Brown, Jr. 5-84 Ashlee Williamson 6-42 Jonathon Guy 7-8 Kimbra Hobbs 8-86 Jason Gamble
Novice B #63 Johnny Gamble took the top spot #20 Megan Patton 2nd and #43 Brett Jenkins went to the outside of Patton for 2nd #00 Devan Fair follows but Patton and Fair tangle in turn 4 bringing out the caution both restarting in the rear, green out again Gamble slowing in turn 4 and Jenkins puts the bumper to him not knowing Gamble was having mechanical trouble and Gamble stops on the front stretch having to go to the pits, restart #26 Brandi Stifle got to the inside of #88 Justin Haranda for the 3rd spot #92 Stephen Brown and Fair follow to 4th and 5th spots, Stifle gets under #5 Casey Smith for the 2nd spot and again Brown and Fair follow to 3rd and 4th, but Brett Jenkins takes the win with Brandi Stifle 2nd and Stephen Brown II finishes 3rd. 4-00 Devan Fair 5-5 Casey Smith 6-88 Justin Harnada 7-20 Megan Patton 8-l Andrew Olender 9-63 Johnny Gamble
With the FMSC race being cancelled at NSS we had some of the Auburndale regulars come back in time to race with us bringing the Mini-Stock class to 19 cars for the night. Chris Palmer #5 started from the pole and lead most of the race till toward the end #9 Robbie Storer took the lead with only a handful of laps to go. Battles in the middle of the pack between #89 Scott Sharpe, #77 Lee David, #99 Jamie Kennedy, and #2 Corbin Gibbs. Kennedy spinning after battling with Storer for 3rd causing a wreck #18 Kenny Hankins had no where to go and hit Kennedy. Robbie Storer went on to win, with Scott Sharpe 2nd and Corbin Gibbs 3rd. 4-77 Lee Davis 5-58 Wayne Weaver 6-38 Mike Margotta 7-67 Bo Davis 8-04 Randy Teston 9-33 David Fair 10-0l Donnie Howell
V-8 Street Stocks were ready to rumble with #77 Johnny Vaughn bringing them to the green, #21 Chris Narramore 2nd and #32 David Holland 3rd top 3 never changed positions, #40 Mike Pitts went to the outside of #38 Jason Stifle after Stifle got loose coming out of turn 4 then Pitts got under #08 Daniel Clough for 4th. Johnny Vaughn took the win, Chris Narramore 2nd and David Holland 3rd. 4-40 Mike Pitts 5-08 Daniel Clough 6-38 Jason Stifle 7-16 David Purvis 8-00 Rodney Peterson 9-31 Mike Wilson 10-88 Jacob Haranda
Kevin Lumley started from the pole in the 4 Cyl class and was never challenged #54 Jimmy Smith 2nd and #3 Terry Jones running 3rd, #l DAvid Jouppi was off the pace and getting lapped before the race was over, #96 Larry Chumney got under Jones for the 3rd spot, Kevin Lumley took the lst spot, Jimmy Smith 2nd and Larry Chumney 3rd. 4-3 Terry Jones 5-53 Donnie Jouppi 6-27 Wayne Guy 7-30 Gary Guy 8-9 Darryl Ashmore, Jr. 9-31 Jerod Guy 10-83 Mandy Robinson
Super Stocks had #9 Jimmy Castleberry taking the lead on the green, #62 Travis Wilson 2nd and #13 Aaron Williamson 3rd, #0l Chris Lewellen got under #40 Robert Eddy for 4th, 3 way battle between #26 Ronnie Miller, #31 Donnie Harp, and #2 Paul Gibbs, Miller and Harp spin causing the caution to come out. #12 David Williamson moves up a couple spot after #16 R.J. Williams and Williamson pass #51 Randy Shearer, then Williamson passes Williams for 6th. Miller spins in turn 2 but coming out of turn 4 the leader Castle- berry gets sideways from liquid on the track from Millers' car. Restart Castleberry slow coming out of turn 4 giving the lead to Wilson and moving Gibbs into the top 5 but Travis Wilson for the 2nd week in a row took the win. Aaron Williamson 2nd and Chris Lewellen 3rd. 4-12 David Williamson 5-2 Paul Gibbs 6-8 Adam King 7-42 Bubba Edwards 8-16 R.J. Williams 9-31 Donnie Harp 10-51 Randy Shearer
LLM had 13 cars in the feature race, #25 Billy Norris was on the pole and took the lead from the start #55 Richard Elkins Jr. went to the ijnside of #54 Steve Black for the 2nd spot, #45 Sam Cressman got to the outside of #0l Bryan Storer for the 4th spot and #65 Ollie Harbin follows to 5th, on the backstretch Cressman spins #00 Ronnie Heard spins into the infield and #l Bart Weatherford backs it into the wall, Weatherford goes to the pits with a flat tire. Restart Elkins gets under Norris for the lead but they make contact and that went Elkins over the hood of Norris's car, both to restart in the rear, handing the lead to Black, Harbin 2nd , Heard 3rd, #71 Dave Dunkin 4th and #5 Jason Bennett 5th. Dunkin got under Heard for the 3rd spot and Bennett follows, Dunkin gets to the outside of Harbin for 2nd and then under Black for the lead, meanwhile #8 Ricky Scruggs and Cressman bump off of each other on the backstretch then Scruggs gets side- ways in turn 3 and the back end of his car taps Cressman when it came around collecting Cressman too. Restart with l lap to go, Dave Dunkin takes home lst, Steve Black 2nd, and Ollie Harbin 3rd. 4-5 Jaosn Bennett 5-00 Ronnie Heard 6-46 Tommy Caveney 7-55 Richard Elkins, Jr. 8-31 Wendell Guy 9-25 Billy Norris 10-8 Ricky Scruggs
Next weeks scheduled feature race is the Legend Cars with all regular classes running LLM, Mini-Stocks, 4-Cyl, Super Stocks, and V-8 Street Stocks. There is a weekly bike give-a-way provided by Bob Storer all children receive a ticket at the gate for the drawing. Come join the racing action starting at 7:00 P.M.
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