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| Fox Grabs 100 Lap Charlotte Late Model Win | By Claude Lewis
 Randy Fox is officially back in the groove again. He confirmed that by cruising to victory lane in Saturday nights Limited Late Model 100 at Charlotte County Speedway.
Fox, who was on fire during the summer at the Punta Gorda paved oval but had cooled off in early fall, collected $2,000 for his win in the No. 88 Bruno Concrete.
It took a daring move by Fox on lap 54 to cement the win.
Wayne Morris had held the lead from lap 1, but Fox had worked his way up from the seventh starting position to put the pressure on the 56 car.
Fox raced side by side with Morris for 10 laps. In turn one on lap 54, they came up on the car of Todd Cooper, who was about to go down a lap. It appeared Cooper would block Fox high, but midway through the turn Fox squeezed between the two cars to take the lead.
From there, Fox checked out on the field, winning by more than half a lap. Morris held off Richie Anderson for second. Mike Hovis was fourth and Steve Arnold fifth.
Anderson was the hard charger, moving up from a 12th-place starting position.
We went three wide and I saw a little opening, Fox said. It was win, lose or draw. I worked hard outside and I wasnt going to back out. I said the hell with it, its now or never.
Fox, who won a regular feature the previous week, believes his team has the problem figured out. Fox had slipped to second in points but regained the points lead with Saturday nights effort.
We thought it was the chassis, but it turned out to be the carburetor, Fox said.
Hard luck awards went to Glenn Morris and Chris Turner, who wrecked on lap 74 trying to get around Wayne Morris.
Glenn Morris had won the last two 100-lappers at CCS, but had nothing for Fox.
The limited late models qualified Friday night. They ran four-lap sets. Fox was fastest at 61.973 seconds. Glenn Morris was second quickest at 62.273.
There was also a 50-lap race for road warrior Friday night. Clete Trimmer of Fort Myers put on quite a show, coming from the back to the front twice to take checkers. Bob Waltz of Cape Coral was second. There were four support divisions Saturday night.
In the street stock 25-lapper, Brian Richardson of Fort Myers had enough to win by five car lengths over Port Charlottes Terry Price. Mark Collins of Cape Coral took third when it was ruled that Randy Miller spun David Fischer on a last-lap wreck.
The outside groove paid off for Port Charlottes Cheryl Weaver, who won the thunder trucks feature. Weaver sat outside John Garrett for 14 laps. With two laps to go, a suspension part in Garretts 22 truck gave way, allowing points leader Weaver to claim victory. Justin Bryant of Arcadia took second and Garrett limped home third.
The pure stock feature saw the VanDevender brothers bash into each other on lap 12. Older brother Stuart was shaken up a bit and the No. 36 car he drives was damaged. Billy was able to continue and place second. The top spot went to Wayne Wilson of Fort Myers. Dennis Hale of Punta Gorda was third.
The outlaw modifieds were a guest class, running a 25-lapper. Don Hopper, the No. 2 man in points, was the winner. Raymond Jones of Arcadia was second. Christy Boyette on Punta Gorda took third.
This coming Saturday night, the TBARA winged sprints return to Charlotte County Speedway.
Limited Late Model Qualifying
Fast Qualifier
88 Randy Fox
Road Warrior 50-Laps
0 Clete Trimmer
5 Bob Waltz
711 Mark Ludvigsen
61 Christopher Oncken
19 Brandon Anderson
18 Shane Leonard
7 Jonathan Abraham
66 Ricky Gill
00 Trey Almand
30 Chris Huntoon
1 Jesse Gargus
88 Larry Rudd
Saturday Nov. 2nd.
Heat Races
Outlaw Modified
#1
94 Christy Boyette
71 Patrick Brigham
69 Bruno Millet
2 Carlos Puig
83 Mike Kohut
18 Fred Matsen
52 Dan Curl-DNS
#2
15 Doug Hopper
7 Phill Brigham
41 Raymond Jones
60 Bobby Dayton
17 Gary Boals
23 Cory Cullum
24 Don Peacock
5 Ted Hoversen
#3
4 Bill Mattress
56 Robby Bean
25 Kelly Curl
16 Mark Boalch
31 Heidi Locke
8 Neil Hornerkamp
11 Billy Campbell
50 Bill Hornack
Street Stock
99 Mark Collins
23 Brian Richardson
49 Joe Butler
39 Fred Kight
88 George Mangual
#2
2 David Fischer
27 Terry Price
13 Randy Miller
56 Walt Korkiner
711 Mark Ludvigsen
10 Eric Smith
Pure Stock
36 Stuart Vandevender
112 Billy Vandevender
4 Wayne Wilson
77 Dennis Hale
19 Scott McDaniels
36v Brian Verhaagh
Thunder Trucks
22 John Garrett
44 Raymond Tucker
56 Bob Charette
8 Mike Bialecki
14 Randy Layman
16 James Wright
9 Ray Scott
37 Cheryl Weaver
24 Justin Bryant
93 Shawn Wade
Feature's
Limited Late Model 100-Laps
88 Randy Fox
56 Wayne Morris
95 Richie Anderson
29 Mike Hovis
19 Steve Arnold
107 Glenn Morris
75 Marty Pierce
62 Buzz Martin
96 Frank Welch
3 Johnny Cassidy
94 Chris Turner
12 Joe Sumasky
10 Steve Doerr
2 George Richardson
7 Todd Cooper
Outlaw Modified
15 Doug Hopper
41 Raymond Jones
94 Christy Boyette
5 Ted Hoversen
2 Carlos Puig
4 Bill Mattress
60 Bobby Dayton
71 Patrick Brigham
7 Phill Brigham
69 Bruno Millet
25 Kelly Curl
24 Don Peacock
50 Bill Hornack
31 Heidi Locke
8 Neil Hornerkamp
16 Mark Boalch
18 Fred Matsen
23 Corey Cullum
11 Billy Campbell
83 Mike Kohut
52 Dan Curl
56 Robby Bean
17 Gary Boals
Street Stock
23 Brian Richardson
27 Terry Price
99 Mark Collins
10 Eric Smith
711 Mark Ludvigsen
56 Walt Korkiner
13 Randy Miller
2 David Fischer
88 George Mangual
39 Fred Kight
49 Joe Butler
Pure Stock
4 Wayne Wilson
112 Billy Vandevender
77 Dennis Hale
19 Scott McDaniels
36v Brian Verhaagh
36 Stuart Vandevender
Thunder Truck
37 Cheryl Weaver
24 Justin Bryant
22 John Garrett
8 Mike Bialecki
44 Raymond Tucker
93 Shawn Wade
14 Randy Layman
9 Ray Scott
56 Bob Charette
16 James Wright
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