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| Doug Hevron:Out of retirement, into Victory Lane At Charlotte County | 
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By CLAUDE LEWIS
Up until a couple of weeks ago, racing was a fading memory for Doug Heveron.
But when he got a call from sprint car owner Don Heckman, Heveron decided to climb behind the wheel and give it a go.
The choice was a wise one. Heveron checked out on the field in Saturday night's Tampa Bay Area Racing Association's 25-lap feature for winged sprints at Charlotte County Speedway.
"This was only my second race this year," said Heveron, who replaces Wayne Reutimann Sr. in the No. 22 car. "It's a good ride. It's probably the only ride I would have taken."
Heveron, now 41 years old, has raced since he was a kid. He was good enough to run Indy cars and took a few greens in the NASCAR Busch and Winston Cup series back in the '80s.
Until recently, Heveron was content running his own business in Jensen Beach.
"I was just working," he said. "Don gave me a call. It looks like I'll be in the car next year."
A total of 21 cars took the green flag in Saturday's feature.
Heveron passed Todd Schmidt's 96 car on lap 11 and walked out to a big lead before a caution with four laps to go tightened the field. The biggest problem for second-place Shane Butler was the lapped car of Chuck Klausing wedged between him and Heveron on the restart. It helped Heveron win comfortably.
Butler took second and padded his points lead over older brother Keith, who was caught up in some contact with Wayne Reutimann Jr. and Wendy Mathis on lap 3. Keith had to settle for a 19th-place finish.
Schmidt was third, David Steele fourth and Dude Teate fifth.
Steele is fresh from racing the Silver Crown Series up north. He was second in points in that series.
Steele, now 28, began racing as a teenager with the TBARA and graduated to full-time rides on the USAC sprint and midget series. He also ran a few NASCAR Busch Series races in 2000.
With the USAC season over, Steele is back racing with the TBARA. He will be at Charlotte County Speedway when the sprints return Nov. 9.
There were five regular stock car divisions also racing Saturday night at CCS.
In the limited late model 35-lapper, Randy Fox took the lead from Karo Vaughn early in the race and was able to keep a safe lead over runner up Glenn Morris. Chris Libak passed Jeff Dufresne on lap 31 for third.
Raymond Jones of Arcadia led from wire to wire in the 25-lap street stock feature. Ralph Goddard was second and Scott Kleiber third.
Scott McDaniel won the 25-lap pure stock feature. Punta Gorda's Dennis Hale held off Stuart VanDevender for second. Billy VanDevender was fourth.
It was an Englewood thing in road warrior, as the top two drivers call the western Charlotte County community home. Teenager Brandon Anderson was first by a healthy margin. Chris Huntoon grabbed second. Jim Kacynski Jr. was third.
Port Charlotte's Cheryl Weaverreturned to victory lane in thunder trucks. John Garrett was a close second and Mike Bialecki a distant third.
There will be racing this coming Friday and Saturday at CCS. On Friday night, there will be a 50-lap road warrior race and qualifying for Saturday night's 100-lap limited late model race. Admission is $20 a carload Friday night.
By CLAUDE LEWIS
FULL RESULTS:
Heats
Limited Late Model
#1 127 Karo Vaughn 100 Jim Keating 94 Scott Klieber 96 Frank Welch 62 Buzz Martin
#2 88 Randy Fox 107 Glenn Morris 34 Jeff Dufrense 64 Chris Libak 95 Richie Anderson
T.B.A.R.A.
#1 00 Wayne Reutimann Jr. 96 Todd Schmidt 2 Scott Adema 10 Matt Mercer 91 David Steele 51 Mark Gimmler 9 Bill Pettijohn 68 Shaun Farr-DNS
#2 22 Doug Heveron 18 Shane Butler 79 David Slawiak 61 Scott Steffe 32 Sonny Hartley 29 Gary Gimmler 2c Curtis Carter-DNS
#3 80 Wendy Mathis 0 Dude Teate 3x Bo Hartley 19 Keith Butler 99 Waye Reutimann Sr. 44 Chuck Klassing 6 Skeeter Faulcorner
Sportsman
#1 8 Raymond Jones 94 Scott Klieber 20 George Ellsworth 38 Ralph Goddard 63 Ryan Malone 0 Dick Robinson
#2 9 Jerry Bryant 39 Phillip Johnson 37 Jeremy Goddard 22 Danny Yates 1 Michael Wear 36 Steve Leonard
Pure Stock 4 Wayne Wilson 36 Stuart Vandevender 77 Dennis Hale 68h John Hanuchik 36V Brian Verhaagh 112v Billy Vandevender-DQ 19 Scott McDaniels-DQ
Road Warrior
#1 1 Jesse Gargus 7-11 Mark Ludvigsen 98 Danny Ryder 18 Shane Leonard 88 Larry Rudd 19 Brandon Anderson-DQ
#2 5 Bob Waltz 59 Dan Benoit 0 Clete Trimmer 30 Chris Huntoon 61 Christopher Oncken 00 Trey Almand
Thunder Truck 8 Mike Bialecki 22 John Garrett 37 Cheryl Weaver 56 Bob Charette 14 Randy Layman 44 Raymond Tucker 9 Ray Scott
Features
LIMITED LATE MODEL
88 Randy Fox 107 Glenn Morris 64 Glenn Morris 34 Jeff Dufrense 94 Scott Klieber 127 Karo Vaughn 100 Jim Keating 62 Buzz Martin 96 Frank Welch 95 Richie Anderson
T.B.A.R.A.
22 Doug Heveron 18 Shane Butler 96 Todd Schmidt 91 David Steele 0 Dude Teate 3x Bo Hartley 32 Sonny Hartley 10 Matt Mercer 99 Wayner Reutimann Sr. 19 Keith Butler 2 Scott Adema 29 Gary Gimmler 79 David Slawiak 44 Chuck Klassing 6 Skeeter Faulconer 51 Mark Gimmler 9 Bill Pettijohn 61 Scott Steffe 2c Curtis Carter 80 Wendy Mathis 00 Wayne Reutimann Jr.
Sportsman
8 Raymond Jones 39 Phillip Johnson 94 Scott Klieber 22 Danny Yates 20 George Ellsworth 1 Michael Wear 38 Ralph Goddard 63 Ryan Malone 0 Dick Robinson 36 Steve Leonard 9 Jerry Bryant 37 Jeremy Goddard
PURE STOCK
77 Dennis Hale 36 Stuart Vandevender 36v Brian Verhaagh 68H John Hanuchik 4 Wayne Wilson 19 Scott McDaniels-DQ 112v Billy Vandevender-
DQ
Road Warrior
30 Chris Huntoon 59 Dan Benoit 0 Clete Trimmer 7-11 Mark Ludvigsen 5 Bob Waltz 1 Jesse Gargus 61 Christopher Oncken 00 Trey Almand 88 Larry Rudd 98 Danny Ryder 18 Shane Leonard 19 Brandon Anderson-DQ
THUNDER TRUCK
37 Cheryl Weaver 22 John Garrett 8 Mike Bialecki 56 Bob Charette 14 Randy Layman 44 Raymond Tucker 9 Ray Scott
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