IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

March 8, 2004 FSCR ARCADIA'S JONES LEADS OUTLAWS AT CHARLOTTE COUNTY SPEEDWAY By Claude Lewis PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (March 6) - Arcadia's Raymond "Superfrog" Jones hopped his way to the winner's circle in Saturday night's 25-lap feature for Outlaw Modifieds at Charlotte County Speedway. Jones, the defending series points champ, was strictly a stock car racer up until a few years ago when Arcadia car builder Dave Osteen talked him into giving the 4-cylinder open wheel cars a try. It didn't take Jones long to catch on. Billy Campbell was the early leader Saturday night but started his way back when Ted Hoversen passed him on lap 8. Jones hopped around Doug Hopper and into second place on lap 12. Then Jones challenged Hoversen on lap 16, taking over the point. It was a fight to the finish, but Jones held off Ted Hoversen, who settled for second. His son, Lance Hoversen, was a close third. Charlotte County Speedway's Sportsman division went 50 laps Saturday night. John Garrett of North Fort Myers crossed the finish line first in the yellow No. 74 car, but he was disqualified in post race technical inspection because of illegal distributor. Garrett at least got some consolation later in the night when he won the 25-lap Thunder Trucks feature. He gave away his trophy to a young fan. Back to Sportsman. George Ellsworth originally crossed the finish line second, but with Garrett's DQ bumped up to first. Defending Super Stock champion Danny Caylor was second in his first race up in Sportsman. Punta Gorda's Jerry Bryant was third. Garrett won by a comfortable margin in Thunder Trucks. Cheryl Weaver of Port Charlotte was second, far ahead of third-place Mike Bialecki, also of Port Charlotte. The Super Stock 25-lapper was an entertaining affair, as it came down to the final laps. John Hanuschik kept the point throughout, but he survived some three-wide thrills. Arcadia's Elbert Butts also had his moments, but he settled for third. Charles Parsons was second. The Road Warrior 25-lapper went to Englewood's Chris Huntoon. Jesse Gargus was second and Jonathan Abraham took third in the 20-car field. The 4-Cylinder race belonged to Cody Benoit of Fort Myers. Chris Loney of Naples was second. The Road warrior 25-lapper went to Englewood's Chris Huntoon. Jesse Gargus was second and Jonathan Abraham took third in the 20-car field. The 4-Cylinder race belonged to Cody Benoit of Fort Myers. Chris Loney of Naples took second. Results for Saturday, March 6, from Charlotte County Speedway: Road Warrior 1. 30 Chris Huntoon 2. 1 Jesse Gargus 3. 7 Jonathan Abraham 4. 18 Shane Leonard 5. 73 Del Beckner 6. 2F Bobby Fischer 7. 22 Ann Marie Ricardi 8. 8 Bob Waltz Jr. 9. 00 Larry Grabowski 10. 14 Roger Hunt 11. 6 John Leazenby 12. 9 Gary Miller 13. 11 Robert Hendry 14. 15 Clint Snyder 15. 23 Jeff Rumbold 16. 21 Lee Rhodes 17. 88 Larry Rudd 18. 99 Robert Benning 19. 98 Robert St. John 20. 19 Brandon Anderson 21. 4sr Dick Hansborough DQ - 5 Bob Waltz Thunder Truck 1. 22 John Garrett 2. 37 Cheryl Weaver 3. 8 Mike Bialecki 4. 16 Wally Smith 5. 9 Ray Scott 6. 13 Jay Bryant 7. 56 Bob Charette 8. 24 Paul Fargo 9. 70 Bob Maine Super Stock 1. 83 John Hanuschik 2. 15 Charles Parsons 3. 31x Elbert Butts 4. 10 Eric Smith 5. 8 George Tanner 6. 4 Wayne Wilson 7. 33 Mike Loney 8. 39 Fred Kight 9. 85 Roger Wolfe DNS - 42 Mike LeBeau Sportsman 1. 20 George Ellsworth 2. 7c Danny Caylor 3. 9 Jerry Bryant 4. 24 Justin Bryant 5. 7 Johnny Casady 6. 72 Shawn Reim 7. 46 Buck Wilson 8. 67 James Dubose 9. 93 Kay Jackson 10. 19d Dale Dean III 11. 40 Jeremy Goddard 12. 50x Steve Rimes 13. 30 Chris Huntoon DQ - 74 John Garrett 4-Cylinder Kids 1. 39 Codey Benoit 2. 33 Chris Loney 3. 9 Danny Benoit 4. 77 Jeremy Skaggs 5. 15 Walter Forbes 6. 8 Cody Lane Outlaw Modified 1. 41 Raymond Jones 2. 5 Ted Hoversen 3. 55 Lance Hoversen 4. 15 Doug Hopper 5. 56 Robbie Bean 6. 11 Billy Campbell 7. 7 Phillip Brigham 8. 29 Mike Endee 9. 10 Robert Campbell 10. 1 Steve Quick 11. 17 Gary Boals 12. 69 Bruno Millet 13. 24 Don Peacock 14. 71 Patrick Brigham 15. 00 Destiny Swinson 16. 16 Brandon Panse 17. 51 Mark Patten 18. 28 Mike Bean 19. 4 Tom Meyer 20. 23 Cliff Steinmann DNS - 8 Randy Sands Have an opinion on this story? Post a message on our Message Board! news@karnac.org or send a letter to the editor!