Volusia Speedway Park delighted the fans with an awesome night of racing under a clear sky. Valvoline Cup Series gave a case of oil to the top three drivers in all 5 class and the winner of each feature.
David Clegg #07 expertly manueverd his car from start to finish taking The Deland Truck Center Late Model Feature. Clegg #07 waited until the last possible moment to fire on the caution caused restarts, to keep his advantage over the remaining field for the win. Joe Kump #J17, Lawton Minchew #23, Rick Singler #4, Rod Burton #9, Mike Eubanks #18, David Shugart #71 and Eric Platt #44 put the pedal to the metal, ran 3 to 4 cars wide, only inches apart fighting for position and giving the fan's a continual heart stopping action packed feature. Top Ten: 1) David Clegg #07 2) Joe Kump #J17 3) Rick Singler #4 4) Eric Platt #44 5) Lawton Minchew #23 6) Mike Eubanks #18 7) David Shugart #71 8) Bill Littell #56 9) Chuck Julien #57 10) Kent Corbin#7
Dale Shade #77 won a well-earned Street Stock Feature after holding off the hard charging Shane Williams #1M, Trevor Gamble#64, Paul Shead #80, Joey Haslauer #14 and Pat Vareika #Z84. Vareika,#Z84 Shade #77, Shead #80,Gamble #64 and Williams #1m ran hard, traded paint, banged fenders and racing touching bumpers trying to get the preferred line of the track so they could forge ahead for the win. Shade #77 was the victory in the end. Top Ten: 1) Dale Shade #77 2) Shane Williams #1m 3) Trevor Gamble #64 4) Joey Haslauer 5) Paul Shead #80 6) Kevin Zahnen #4) 7) Mike Lanich #71 8) Ken Smith #7 9) David LeBeau #14L 10) Pat Vareika #Z84
David Showers #54 won The Speedway Pull & Save Auto Parts Hobby Stock A-Main Feature after taking the lead on lap 18 from David Kinsey #1M. From the drop of the green flag the entire field placed their cars 4 wide, 4 deep and head to head in attempts to capture the lead. Travis Gamble #46 took the lead on lap 1 only to be the first of many lead changes. David Kinsey, Steve Oldaker, Travis Gamble, Alan Peacock, David Showers and Jimmy Heffner raced hard and showed each other no mercy on their thrive for the winning position. A caution flag on lap 17 created a 3 lap shoot out with Showers being the victory over Kinsey and Oldaker. Top Ten: 1) David Showers #54 2) David Kinsey #1m 3) Steve Oldaker #51 4) Travis Gamble #46 5) Alan Peacock #15 6) Jimmy Heffner #01 7) Joe Belkey #17 8) Grady Christian #36 9) Kory Bush 19K 10) Tim Hughes #54H
Pat Taulbee #50 won the Hobby Stock B-Main after he jumped to the lead on lap 1 and stayed put the entire race. Top Ten: 1) Pat Taulbee #50 2) Davey Cline #71 3) Glenn Baum #23 4) Rick Cowart #03 5) 48 Name not Available 6) Tim Rodia #25 7) Phil Brown #13 8) Brian George #1 9) David Easterday
Charley MacNichols #99, a 16 year old tenth grader at Deland High School, showed no fear as he plowed his way to the Mini Stock Feature win. McNichols used lapped traffic to his advantage in keeping the 4 wide racing, fender to fender battling field of cars behind him in his quest for the win. Sitting on his back bumper was Ryan Vansickle #3V, Donnie Ashford #66, James McCague#888, Drew Smith #29, Dan Paterniti #0 racing hard for positions. Top Ten: 1) Charley MacNichols #99 2) Ryan Vansickle #3v 3) Donnie Ashford #66 4) James McCague #888 5) Drew Smith #29 6) Dan Paterniti #0 7) Joey Froehlich #43 8) Bobby Richardson #45 9) Rick Riedel #12 10) Jim Nichols #23
Mark Reiter #23 took the lead on lap 3 and never looked back to win the Pure Stock Feature. Shawn Pawlak #75 ran hard but couldn't catch the leader Reiter. Reiter #23 glided through lapped traffic giving him a 5 to 6 car link advantage over the remaining field. Top Ten: 1) Mark Reiter #23 2) Shawn Pawlak #75 3) Rick Picard #9 4) Chris Heaney #00 5) Mark Comitale 6) Bruce Burk #38 7) Rodney Wright #43 8) Justin Dixon #1 9) Jim Latremouille #175 10) Steve Buker #37
