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noticing a turn of the tide on racing Web sites like Florida's
Karnac.com, the gathering place for the most dedicated race
fans in the state." -Orlando Sentinel
Johnny Collins continued his dominance in the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series, extending it to the pavement by taking the $3000 first place prize in front a the largest audience CCMP has seen in years.
Mark Whitener started on the pole and outside pole Mike Bresnahan. Collins methodically picked off them both off and ran away with a comfortable lead throughout. Amazingly, the 17 cars in the race ran all 50 laps without a caution, though many tense moments as fans saw lots of side by side action.
Ziegler Racing Engines fast qualifier was Dusty Cone, who finished third but was dqed after the race. Mike Bresnahan picked up the Real Racin USA Runner-up Award.
The rebirth of the Fastruck racing series began tonight with a field of 16 cars running 50 lapsunder the direction of Ronnie Sims, the former Race Director of the series during its heyday. Ross Chastian was the race winner.
United Dirt Late Models 1.) 5C Johnny Collins Jacksonville 2.) 66 Mike Bresnahan Lecanto 3.) 5W Mark Whitener Middleburg 4.) 17SS Shan Smith DadeCity 5.) 13 J.R. Garcia Wimauma 6.) 101 Keith Nosbisch Valrico 7.) 88 David Pullen jr Tampa 8.) 42 Marshall Austin jr 9.) 7C Kent Corbin Punnell 10.) 32 Roger Crouse Plant City 11.) 48 Bill Howard Apollo Beach 12.) 51 Bobby Clark Brandon 13.) 2 Paul Gibbs Plant City 14.) 9 Jimmy Waldrop Seffner 15.) 00 Billy Castello Satsuma 16.) 98 Johnny Allen Lehigh Acres 17.) 17 Dusty Cone DQ IN TECH Jennings 18.) 121 Jack Nosbisch DNS Valrico
Legends 1.-40 - Josh Williams - North Port 2.-39B - Codey Benoit - Lehigh 3.-75 - Chelsea Schillig - Apopka 4-.21 - Devin McLeod - Zephyrhills 5.-7 - Mike Verhaagh 6.-4 - Tyler Smith - Claremont 7.-9 - Mitch Verhaagh 8.-39 - Gerald Campbell - Sebring 9.-60-Kevin Williams 10.-38 - Mike Fazio - Davie 11.-55 - Conrad Molter - Naples
Fastrucks #4
1.-36 - Ross Chastain - Alva 2-1- Dustin Breeden 3.-53 - Mario Romay - Coconut Creek 4.-4 - Al Neumann - Bradenton 5.41 - Steve Davalis - Venice 6.50 - Danny Anderson - Bradenton 7.34 - Blake Koch -&n bsp; W. Palm Beach 8.37 - Nick Hernandez - Palmetto 9.64 - Brent Huber - Venice 10.69 - Stephen Nasse - Pinellas Park 11.9 - Thomas Warnick - Ormond Beach 12.82 - Steve Jones - Tampa 13.9p - Rick Partridge - Brandon 14.3p-Terry Price -Port Charlotte 15.44-Michael Wear-Fort Myers 16.3 - Trey Miller - Fort Myers
Thunder Trucks
1. 63Wally Smith 2. 14-Randy Kile 3. 69-Tom Pryor 4. 6-Chuck Stevens 5. 2-Lance Sober 6. 9-Ray Scott
Road Warriors 1. 61 - Chris Onken 2. 97 - Chris Scott 3. 32- Jeff Firestine 4. 29 - Don Jericka 5. 38- Gary McFall 6. 93 - Spencer Ross 7. 23-Jeff Rumbold 8. 17 - Leonard Lindsey 9. 24 - Jeff Pacheco 10 .77-James Dellea Dqed
