David Wilson Takes First Win, Choquette Secures Championship
By Rick Anges
Bradenton, Fl. Jeff Choquette looked like he would walk away with the ’07 Hoosier Cup All American Challenge Series when the season started. Although he finished eleventh in the opening “Leroy Porter Icebreaker 125” his win in race number two set the pace a wild points race. He won three out of the next five races placing second twice to Jeff Sloan and Jeff Scofield.
Just when it looked like he would score the first hat trick winning three in a row his luck would change.
Choquette was walking away from the field when he got tangled up with the lapped car of Robert Yoho slamming him into the wall and destroying his hot rod. “Losing that car was like loosing a best friend,” Choquette said later in the year.
Chris Fontaine meanwhile had stayed right in the hunt with good finishes behind the point’s leader. On the night Choquette crashed Fontaine took the win and moved into the top spot. As the season wound down Choquette found his once again and win the first race in November to move back on top. Choquette lived up to the nickname “The Gunslinger” as he not only got fast time but blistered around the High-Banks with the fastest lap of the year with a 14.379.
“The Rocket Man” Wayne Jefferson would take advantage of the roll of the die jumping into the top spot on the drop of the green. Jefferson had a dominating car in the early stages of the race but he would eventually feel the heat from David Wilson. Wilson who moved up from the Truck ranks and also made a stab at the Hooters Pro Cup burst upon the Super Late Model scene with impressive runs against some of the top names in the game.
Several yellows would bunch the field but after several laps Wilson would be challenging for the lead.
Late in the race Wilson made a move on the outside of Jefferson getting on the outside of the 94. They made contact sending Jefferson slamming into the front stretch wall ending his night. The call on the track was the Wilson had the position before the contact and retained his spot. Choquette made several runs in the late laps but Wilson would not be denied as would take his first ever Super Late Model win. “ I have to thank Dicky Anderson and Junior Purcell for helping me all season, we are going fishing!” exclaimed a jubilant Wilson.
Choquette nailed down the championship with his second place run. “ We finished second to Scofield at Governors Cup and the Sunbelt Series Championship, to come down here and win the championship really feels great.” He said after the race.
Chris Fontaine impressed everyone coming from just over a half a lap down to finish in the third spot, fourth across the stripe was Richie Anderson and fifth Scot Walters.
Pos Driver Car # 1 DAVID WILSON 83 2 JEFF CHOQUETTE 70X 3 CHRIS FONTAINE 47 4 RICHIE ANDERSON 51 5 SCOT WALTERS 55 6 JOHN SPADAVECCHIA JR 8X 7 JESSE DUTILLY 74 8 ROBERT YOHO 00 9 WAYNE JEFFERSON 94 10 JEFF SLOAN 31 11 PERRY BROWN 22B 12 DAVID POLLEN, JR 88
Clear Channel Bombers Pos Driver Car # 1 MICHAEL CROOKS 33 2 RICK GERMONY 8 3 RANDY JOHNSON 73 4 JEROME WATLAND 31 5 CLIFF MITCHELL 17
DeSoto Pro Trucks Pos Driver Car # 1 CLINT SNYDER 95 2 MICHAEL CENZI 92 3 JEFF FIRESTINE 93 4 JIM REPPI 57 5 GARY DEEMER 18
Trailer Super Center Mini-Stocks Pos Driver Car # 1 DAVID-BUDDY TRAYLOR 54 2 MIKE KERRIVAN 45 3 TODD FREED JR. 97 4 ARLIN POPE 71 5 MICHAEL PEACE 25
Golden Corral Mod Minis Pos Driver Car # 1 RICHARD KELLY 61 2 DUSTIN PEREZ 0 3 JOE GAGEN 1 4 BRYAN WAGNER 4 5 PHILIP CRUSE 07
Q Auto and Injury OWM Pos Driver Car # 1 BOBBY BALDWIN 4 2 RALPH BOWMAN 2 3 TIMMY MOORE 57 4 ROBBY McAULIFFE 35X 5 DUSTIN CHISHOLM 23
Pyramid Employers Pure Stocks Pos Driver Car # 1 DUANE BEST-R-ollm 67 2 TYLER LAU 1 3 RICHIE THORBIN 30 4 JOHN BROWN 6 5 TROY MEREDITH 75
International Contractors Street Stocks Pos Driver Car # 1 CASEY HALL 11 2 GREGORY KROM 35 3 ALEX ABBOTT 17 4 BRUCE RIGGIO 75 5 IAN ROBB 23
Cowboy Caddys Pos Driver Car # 1 ANTHONY EASTON 95 2 CHRIS BETZ-R 73 3 MIKE AMO 10
School Bus Figure 8 Pos Driver Car # 1 ERNEST HELFRICK 4 2 BRIAN CONRAD 4Q 3 PAUL MANESS 13 4 MARK JACKSON 25 5 GREGORY ROBERTS 1UP
