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Williams, Blake, McPhail, Colgan. Wright all Winners at Orlando SpeedWorld | A beautiful night for racing. Stars in the sky, no "r" word and cars ready to rumble.
Patrick Conrad did it again winning both the heat race and the feature for the Bandoleros leading every single lap of the feature. Following Conrad to the checkers was #63 Dalton Zehr, #14 Troy Atkins, #2 Matt Martin, and #11 Brandon Thomson.
Rich Clouser #17 won the heat race for the Super Stock division but it was #50 Jeff Wright on the pole for the feature race and winning from the pole. Following Wright to the checkers was #12 Cory Freed, #17 Rich Clouser, #6 Chad Pierce, and #7b Bob Wines, #44 Bob Beiler, and #79 Rip Dyal.
In the Open Wheel Modified division it was #3 Wayne Parker taking the heat win and also sitting on the pole for the feature race. Parker quickly jumped to the lead and held it until the caution was brought out for his car leaking fuel. Parker retired to the pits, the gas was burned off the track, and Bobby Blake #75 took over the lead. Blake kept the point to take the checkers followed by #30 John Foerg, #34 Frank Polly, #55 Shain Held, and #3 Wayne Parker.
Richard Hight #23 and Earl Beckner #3 took the heat wins for the Sportsman division. On the pole for the feature race was Hight #23 but it was a hard charging #3 Earl Beckner who took the lead on the green. Paul Colgan #31, who has blown an engine weekly it seems, was running second to Beckner and was able to make the pass and take the lead winning the race. Following Colgan to the checkers was #3 Earl Beckner, #23 Richard Hight, #82 Tommy Johnson, #4 Rick Johns, #9 Kelly Jarrett, #77 Danny Shearer, #13, #22 Homer Gordon, #ll Justin, #7 Bill Hall, and #5 Bobby Rinaldi.
Mike Murphy #26 and Michael Williams #40 were the heat winners for the Super Late Models. On the pole for their feature was #26 Mike Murphy but it was the #40 South 40 Motorsports car of Michael Williams who jumped to the point and never looked back. Ronnie Roach brought out one caution for a spin and Travis Kittleson #88 and Mike Murphy #26 brought out the second caution as they were going door-to-door, handle- to-handle for the second place spot. Murphy spun and both Kittleson and Murphy were sent to the rear. Following Williams to the checkers was #14x Aric Almirola, #18 Jared Allison, #16k David King, #26D Eric Deffendal, and #14 Ronnie Roach.
The Officials Race was Donnie Lewis #17 (Rob Watford's car) on the pole for their feature event. Lewis and Chuck Rush #44 (Bob Beiler's Super Stock) went side-by side for several laps until Rush was able to take the lead. Lewis had problems and retired to pit road. James Adams #22 (Homer Gordon's Sportsman) had a flat and had to pull in also. Following Rush across the checkers was #6 Barbara Pierce and #7b Don Nerone (Bob Wine's Super Stock).
Tim "Missileman" McPhail won the heat race for the Mini Stocks and also sat on the pole for their feature event and won from the pole. Sean Bass #28 did a great job of holding second until #30 Bobby Orr took that spot putting Bass to third. Bass suffered engine problems and had to retire from the race turning the third spot over to #88 R.J. Arnone. McPhail was able to hold his lead and win the race followed by #30 Bobby Orr, #88 R.J. Arnone, #34 Josh Roberson, #24, #28 Sean Bass, #07 Dick Laszlo, and #3 Cory Kaiser.
Jim Leslie #45 took the heat win for the Strictly Stocks but it was the #33 Frank Costantino who sat on the pole for their feature event. Costantino took the lead on the green but it was #20 Justin Reynolds who was able to overtake Costantino and take the checkers. Following Reynolds was #l, #33 Frank Costantino, #45 Jim Leslie, #27 Robert Ward, and #77.
Next Friday night the "Big Boys" of Super Late Model Racing will return to Orlando SpeedWorld for the Sunbelt Super Late Model Series 125 race with racing in all divisions
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