McLeod and Ebersole Tie Points Lead in Super Lates at SpeedWorld
by Jane Smith
Bithlo, Fla (October 24, 2003) Fall is in the air and as the 2003 season comes to a close, racing is getting really hot at SpeedWorld. Fans were treated to some really great side-by-side action Friday night as only a few weeks remain in the points season.
Bandoleros had double features Friday night due to the washout of their feature from the previous week. Derrick Wood took the checkered flag in the first feature followed by Josh Williams, Blake Eden, Gerald White Jr., and Chad Akins. The second feature for the Bandits saw Josh Williams on the pole and quickly taking the point over Blake Eden, Derrick Wood, Gerald White Jr., and Chad Akins. Akins put the pedal down and passed White and took over fourth. Spencer Taylor spun high in turn 2 bringing out the yellow.
Williams holds the point on the restart followed by Wood, Akins, Eden, and Taylor. Taylor passes Eden for fourth with Eden falling back to fifth. Williams takes the checkered followed by Derrick Wood, Chad Akins, Gerald White Jr. and Spencer Taylor.
The rainout feature for the Young Gun Bandolero saw Kevin Henry lead from green to checkered over Scott Jarrett, Chelsea Schilling, and Nick Wesenick.
The second feature for the Young Guns saw Scott Jarrett on the pole but before a lap was down, Chesea Schilling brought out the yellow as she spun at the bottom of turns 1 and 2. The field was realigned with Kevin Henry taking the point on the green. Henry took the checkered followed by Brandon Thomson, Scott Jarrett, Nick Wiesenick, and Chelsea Schilling.
The visiting Mod Lites saw Mike Belusar on the pole for their feature race. Belusar quickly took the point on the green followed by George Landis, James Wagner, Doug Pavlamento, and Dan Berry. Berry passed Pavlamento for fourth with Pavlamento sliding to fifth. Belusar found his hands full of Landis right on his tail and then doing some great side-by-side action. Landis took the point, made it stick and took the checkered followed by Mike Valusar, Dan Berry, James Wagner, and Doug Pavlamento.
George Landis and Mike Belusar took the heat wins.
The Pro Challenge Series put on another great show with Howard Brannan on the pole for their feature race. But it was Brad Sanders who took the point on the green and never looked back. Sanders basically walked away from the second, third, fourth, and fifth place cars as they went nose-to-tail for a good portion of the race. Sanders took the checkered followed by Rod Sanders, Howard Brennan, Mike Lago, and Tim Hart.
Howard Brennan took the heat win.
David Lebeau had the pole for the Sportsman feature race but it was Earl Beckner who quickly jumped to the lead. Justin Hall and Cory Kaiser brought out the yellow when they spun in turns 3 and 4. The race went back green with Beckner on the point followed by Lebeau, Donnie Smith, Cory Kaiser, and Justin Hall. Hall had to drop out ending his night and finishing sixth. Beckner took the checkered followed by Donnie Smith, David Lebeau, Danny Shearer, and Cory Kaiser.
Donnie Smith took the heat win.
It was Jim "Hoot" Flynn in his Jimmy Spencer look-alike modified that had the pole for the Open Wheel Modifieds. Flynn quickly jumped to the lead on the green followed by Shane Held, Jason Boyd, Jon Compagone, and Matt Wheeler.
Boyd moved into second with Held sliding to third and suddenly Flynn finds his hands full of Boyd right on his tail. Flynn and Boyd go lap after lap nose-to-tail until on the last lap, Flynn pushes just alittle too hard coming off turn 2 and puts the car into a spin at the bottom of the backstretch.
Boyd takes the checkered followed by Shane Held, Jon Compogone, Matt Wheeler, and Lynn Dicandio (was was racing with the flu and felt terrible).
Jim "Hoot" Flynn took the heat win.
Fifteen Super Lates saw Ricky Wood on the pole for their feature event. Wood jumped to the point on the green followed by B.J. McLeod, Eric Deffendall, Chris Fontaine and Kevin Ingraham. The yellow came out for Jim Mattheus and Mike Embler who got gether at the bottom of turn 3. Both cars were done for the night but the drivers were fine.
On the restart, Wood held the point but it was B.J. McLeod who took the lead away from Wood. Wood slide back to fourth with Eric Deffendall in second and Chris Fontaine in third. The yellow came out again for Rick Bates who spun in turns 3 and 4 McLeod holds the point on the restart followed by Deffendall, Fontaine, Wood and Ingraham.
The yellow comes out again for Bobby Fleckinger and Rick Bates as they get together in turn 3. Fleckinger is next to the turn wall and Bates is on his outside. Both drivers were fine but their cars were done for the night.
McLeod holds the point on the restart but the yellow comes out again for a bad start. The field is realigned and the green comes out again with McLeod, Deffendall, Fontaine, Wood and Ebersole in the top five.
Fontaine passes Deffendall and takes over second and sets his eyes on McLeod in first. The yellow comes out for the last time as Greg Brooks and Rick Lyons spin at the same place Mattheus and Embler had earlier, at the bottom of turn 3.
McLeod holds the point and takes the checkered followed by Chris Fontaine, Eric Deffendall, Ricky Wood and Rusty Ebersole With his first place finish, once again this tied B.J. McLeod and Rusty Ebersole in the points lead for the Super Late Model Championship. Chris Fontaine and B.J. McLeod took the heat wins.
Jeff Wright returned to Orlando SpeedWorld in his No. 50 Super Stock and sat on the pole for their feature event and lead from green to checkered. Following Wright on the green was Bobby Woodley, Brent Brown, Mike Soukup, and Bob Beiler. Sean Bass brought out the caution when he spun on the frontstretch and Bob Starr spun in turn 4 coming down the frontstretch.
The field was realigned with Wright on the point. Andy Nichols has a wild ride as he spins going into the dirt and retires from the race. Brown takes over second from Woodley with Woodley slipping backwards and Ted Head moved into the top five. Wright holds the point and takes the checkered followed by Brent Brown, Ted Head, Bob Beiler and Cory Freed.
Jeff Wright and Bobby Woodley took the heat wins.
Chad Pierce had the pole for the Mini Stock feature and lead from green to checkered. Following Pierce on the green was Michael Seay, Dick Laszlo, Sean Bass and Rex "Boneman" Hollinger. Bass passed Seay and took over second with Hollinger moving into fourth.
R.J. Arnone and Dick Laszlo put on a great side-by-side show as they fought for the fifth place spot. Arnone eventually won the spot with Laszlo sliding to sixth.
Pierce holds the point and takes the checkered followed by Sean Bass, Michael Seay, Rex "Boneman" Hollinger, and R.J. Arnone.
Sean Bass took the heat win.
Our only Strictly Stock Truck David Murphy had the pole for the Strictly Stock feature and quickly jumped to the lead on the green followed by Chester Sutorius, Russell Britt, Richie Laszlo, and Donald Springer. Roger Benton and Bobby Crites take over fourth and fifth as Laszlo takes over third.
The yellow comes out for Crites and Springer who spun at the bottom of turn 3. On the restart, Murphy finds his hands full of a hard charging Sutorius. Sutorius takes the lead from Murphy with Eric Hodge, Richie Laszlo and Roger Benton in the top five.
Murphy and Sutorius do a few more lead swaps until Murphy finds himself against the backstretch wall and done for the night. Sutorius holds the point on the restart but it is Bobby Crites who is able to pass and take the lead and the checkered. Following Crites across the finish line was Chester Sutorius, Richie Laszlo, Eric Hodge and Roger Benton.
Bobby Crites took the heat win.
Our newest class, the Hurricane, saw Bobby Crites on the pole for their feature event but it was Michael Bass who took the point followed by Chris Meade, Bobby Crites, #4P, and Chuck Dipasquale.
Bass is able to hold the point until Meade passes and takes over the lead. Meade takes the checkered for his first win at Orlando SpeedWorld followed by Bobb Crites, Chuck Dipasguale, Terry Roedell, and Adam Soukup.
Michael Bass took the heat win.
OFFICIAL RESULTS, ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD, OCT. 24TH
BANDOLERO BANDITS (Rainout Feature) 1. #33 Derrick Wood 2. #6 Josh Williams 3. #17 Blake Eden 4. #38 Gerald White Jr. 5. #60 Chad Akins 6. #8 Donovan Ponder 7. #9 Matt Jarrett
BANDOLERO BANDITS
1. #6 Josh Williams 2. #33 Derrick Wood 3. #60 Chad Akins 4. #38 Gerald White Jr. 5. #15 Spencer Taylor 6. #9 Matthew Jarrett 7. #74 Eric Salvessen 8. #8 Donovan Ponder 9. #17 Blake Eden
BANDOLERO YOUNG GUNS (Rainout Feature)
1. #9 Kevin Henry 2. #97 Scott Jarrett 3. #75 Chelsea Schilling 4. #7 Nick Wesenick
BANDOLERO YOUNG GUNS
1. #9 Kevin Henry 2. #54 Brandon Thomson 3. #97 Scott Jarrett 4. #7 Nick Wesenick 5. #75 Chelsea Schilling
PRO CHALLENGE
1. #12 Brad Sanders 2. #1 Rod Sanders 3. #56 Howard Brennan 4. #25 Mike Lago 5. #10 Tim Hart 6. #11 James Rodriquez 7. #22 David Hall
MOD LITES
1. #5 George Landis 2. #82 Mike Belusar 3. #44 Dan Berry 4. #17 James Wagner 5. #3 Doug Pavlamento 6. #2 Phil Kronthoff 7. #15 Kenny Anderson 8. #40 Donald Hess 9. #8 Stan Hope 10. #74 Zane Davis 11. #49 Rick McFarland 12. #68 Nick Shadid
SUPER LATES
1. #78 B.J. McLeod 2. #47c Chris Fontaine 3. #26d Eric Deffendell 4. #33 Ricky Wood 5. #47e Rusty Ebersole 6. #47I Kevin Ingraham 7. #45 Mack Hanbury 8. #0 John Kennedy 9. #44 Greg Brooks 10. #5 Rick Lyons 11. #34 Bobby Fleckinger 12. #4 Rick Bates 13. #14 Ronnie Roach 14. #41 Mike Embler 15. #7 Jim Mattheus
OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED
1. #2X Jason Boyd 2. #55 Shane Held 3. #5 Jon Compognone 4. #96 Matt Wheeler 5. #20 Lynn Dicandio 6. #38 Ricky Moxley 7. #57 Jim "Hoot" Flynn
SPORTSMAN
1. #3 Earl Beckner 2. #48 Donnie Smith 3. #16 David Lebeau 4. #77 Danny Shearer 5. #48x Cory Kaiser 6. #50 Justin Hall 7. #23 Robert Hight
SUPER STOCK
1. #50 Jeff Wright 2. #57b Brent Brown 3. #92 Ted Head 4. #44 Bob Beiler 5. #12 Cory Freed 6. #45 Mike Soukup 7. #98 Bobby Woodley 8. #17 Sean Bass 9. #28 Ron Edwards 10. #34 Jim Rix 11. #20 Justin Reynolds 12. #721 John Bennett 13. #66 Andy Nichols 14. #05 Bob Starr 15. #08x Paul Hudson
MINI STOCK
1. #30 Chad Pierce 2. #28 Sean Bass 3. #10 Michael Seay 4. #7x Rex "Boneman" Hollinger 5. #88 R.J. Arnone 6. #07 Dick Laszlo 7. #56 David Tullis 8. #77 Randy Blakeslee 9. #33 Bob Delmastro 10. #61x Rick G. 11. #97 Darren Gould
STRICTLY STOCKS
1. #2B Bobby Crites 2. #3 Chester Sutorius 3. #07 Richie Laszlo 4. #00 Eric Hodge 5. #14 Roger Benton 6. #11 7. #17 Rip Dyal 8. #34 Russell Britt 9. #38 David Murphy 10. #66 Donald Springer
HURRICANES
1. #102 Chris Meade 2. #2 Bobby Crites 3. #11 Chuck Dipasquale 4. #414 Terry Roedell 5. #14 Adam Soukup 6. #4P 7. #88 Michael Bass
