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February 6, 1999
New Smyrna Speedweeks
After having to bite and claw his way from the rear of the field to salvage a good finish on night number one Wildwood (FL) driver Wayne Anderson led every circuit to best a 32-car field to win the Late Model Feature event on night number two of the 33rd Annual World Series of Asphalt Stockcar Racing.
Anderson started on the outside of row one for the main event and took the top spot heading into turn one from polesitter Brian Hoppe and never looked back.
''Last night it was a shame we had to come from the back three times to finish third,'' Anderson said, ''But I guess we didn't have anybody to run into tonight with starting up front.''
Anderson was challenged heavily twice during the event. An early challenge came from Canadian Scott Fraser on lap 12 when Fraser tried to get underneath Anderson coming off turn for. The two made contact and Anderson drove away while Fraser got hooked up with Ronnie Burkett, who was running third, when Burkett tried to take advantage of Fraser slowing from the contact with Anderson. Burkett and Fraser spun bringing out the caution and casuing some cosmetic damage to both cars. Fraser was able to continue while Burkett parked it for the remainder of the event.
Anderson's most serious challenge came from local standout David Rogers of Orlando when a late race caution flew bunching up the field for the final lap. Anderson started on the inside with Rogers on his high side and they battled sisd by side for the lead into turn three until Anderson came away with the adavantage.
''I knew that last restart was going to be tough with a guy like David Rogers on my outside,'' Anderson said, ''But he race me clean. Hard but clean. What do you expect from a professional like David.''
Rogers held on for second with Brian Hoppe, Jason Schuler and Lee Faulk rounding out the top five.
In the NASCAR Tour Type Modified main event it was Long Island, (NY) Jamie ''The Jet'' Tomaino taking top honors. Doug French started on the pole for the feature but was out dragged raced by Tomaino down into turn one and with the lead Tomaino's first win of the 1999 version of the World Series of Asphalt Stockcar Racing was secure.Ted Christiphor recovered from an early spin to finish second with Friday's winner George Kent finishing third and Eric Beers and Mike Fitch rounding out the top five. The SK Bonus winner was Jim Willis.
In the Mini-Stock 20-lap feature event New Smyrna Beach's Bob Doxie became the first repeat winner of the World Series of Asphalt Stockcar Racing on the second night as he bested a 30-car field to bring home the chekered flag. Doxie started from the fifth position and wasted little time in taking the lead, grabbing the top spot on lap five after the then leaders, Steve Rigsby and Steve Gill, got together in turn one and he then went on to control the final fifteen laps to take the top spot for the second night in a row. Kelly Jarrett, Randy Koon, Stev Gill and Greg Luecki rounded out the top five.
The Sportsman 20-lap feature saw a repeat of night one as Randy Hecker of Daytona Beach, (FL) took the checkered flag after a caution filled event for his second win of the World Series. Pat Buckley finished second with Larry Fitzsimmons, Brian Holifield and Chad Pierce rounding out the top five.
Other winners on the night included Rich Clouser, Bombers, and Jim Jones, Run-A-Bouts.
LATE MODEL NOTES
* Former FASCAR track champion Ricky Wood failed to make the feature event for the second night in a row. Wodd suffered tough luck in Late Model heat race #2 getting caught up in an accident on the frontstretch that caused severe sheetmetal damage and sent him to the pits.
* ''The competition here for the World Series is tough it's a lot tougher here than at some of the bigger shows I was at last year.'' said Wayne Anderson of Wildwood, (FL), ''It's like a who's who out there.''
* Florida Pro Series regular Lee Faulk is on hand for the World Series and has put together a deal with T.C.B. Ogle Racing and David Russell for Speedweeks and hopes to have something for the FPS for the upcoming season.
* Former World Series champion Pete Orr was oon hand for night number one as a spectator not a competitor. ''We'll be here later in the week the car just isn't ready yet.'' Orr said, ''This year we are just going to run for the big money shows and see what comes out of it.''
* Junior Hanley of Ontario, Canada, former World Series champion, has comitted to running all nine nights of the World Series and has some high hopes. ''We came here to win some races,'' Hanley said, ''The competition is tough but we can get it done.''
* Former Winston Racing Series National Champion and ageless short track veteran David Rogers of Orlando, (FL) is not surprised by the competition on hand. ''This thing runs in cycles,'' Rogers said, ''This just happens to be a real good cycle for the World Series.''
* 1998 World Series Late Model Champion Jason Schuler of Fort Atkinson, (WI) hopes that he can keep up with everybody this year. ''Boy, this is a lot different than last year,'' Schuler said, ''A win would be nice but with all these good cars on hand I just hope we finish up front.''
* Fourteen states and three provinces from Canada are represented by the Late Model drivers during the World Series.
* Scott Fraser of Shubenacatie, Nova Scotia set fast time on night #1 with a time of 18.131 seconds.
* Orlando, (FL) driver Ronnie Burkett set fast time in night #2 in the Big Daddy's Sauces Chevrolet with a time of 17.993 seconds.
* With the competition on hand the following drivers saw themselves in heat race action on night two trying to make the field, Junior Hanley, Bobby McClelland, Lee Faulk, Scott Wimmer, Chris Wimmer and Bruce Gowland.
LATE MODEL "B" MAIN
K7BIG JIM KELLY
33RICKY WOOD
8JOHN SILVERTHORNE
7CCLYDE COX
53BILL ROGERS
27MIKE GOOD
18XBRUCE GOWLAND
121RICHY COY
25XJOHN DABROWSKI
97ADAM FRIEND
45XMACK HANBURY
133BOBBY DELMASTRO
LATE MODEL FEATURE
84WAYNE ANDERSON
11DAVID ROGERS
51BRIAN HOPPE
37JASON SCHULER
38LEE FAULK
00LOUIS MECHELIDES
31XSCOTT FRASER
71LARRY MIDDLETON
46BILL ZARDO
14JOHNATHAN BROWN
82RANDY HARRIS
95XDANNY HEINRITZ
24GARY WHIPKEY
52CHRIS WIMMER
3XDAVE SEEBROOK
77ROBBIE DEAN
38XGARRETT FAIT
82XRICK ELWOOD
9SHANE SIEG
64DALE CLOUSER
5BOBBY GILL
14XJEFF FULTZ
31RONNIE BURKETT
99PSTEVE CARLSON
72JR HANLEY
24XBRAD CORRELL
78BJ MCLEOD
16BRUCE LAWRENCE
99BOBBY MCCLELLAND
30RICHARD DUECKER
12MARK CREEDY
25SCOTT WIMMER
NASCAR TOUR TYPE AND SK TYPE MODIFIED
99JAMIE TOMAINO
00TED CHRISTOPHER
26GEORGE KENT
9ERIC BEERS
9NHMIKE FITCH
95JOHN MARKOVIC
2JR BERTUCCIO
97TOM KIRCHMAN
9AAL EMMARINO
80DAN CLOVER
62JIM WILLIS
7XJESSIE ALMEIDA
7TERRY ZACHARIAS
94ADAM HORWITH
98DOUG FRENCH
14TIM ARRE
29GEORGE BOCH
35BOB GARTSIDE
13MIKE WIDGER
29XGLEN DIXON
39DNSLANCE CONLEY
LIMITED LATE MODELS
67CHAD ALLMAN
19TC MCELYEA
10XBRAD BARKIS
75MIKE BEYER
16BRUCE LAWRENCE JR
1DAVID LOGAN
7DAN DELISLE
22XDAVE SNODGRASS
61XRICHARD KELLY
95JOE STREHLE
50CHARLES DEVINE
42MARK TRACEY
6ANDY SAFFIOTTI
44ANDY ROWLAND
61DOUG BALDWIN
26MIKE MURPHY
90RUSS WOOD
38JOE JACALONE
3EARL BECKNER
27JOHN SANDBERG
49TRAVIS ROWLAND
77TONY AMICO
9BOBBY SEARS
4RANDY FOX
22LARRY OSTEEN
39MIKE GREENWELL
26XDAVID PONDER
21WESTLEE TALONS
5
87EDDIE RICE
SPORTSMAN
62RANDY HECKER
34PAT BUCKLEY
73LARRY FITZSIMMONS
31BRIAN HOLIFIELD
57CHAD PIERCE
78ANDY SIGNALL
90ALLEN JANNEY
56ANDY JAQUESS
46MIKE TROCKI
8RICH CLOUSER
M42PAT MORIARITY
80MIKE ORTH
07RON LUFCY
22FRED BERGER
3IAN HUFFMAN
84KENNY WILSON
1TRAVIS MCCOY
18JIMMY VALANTINE
76MIKE PHOENIX
98CHUCK VOLA
11RUSS SHAW
92JEFF STOCKSTILL
1XSTEVE GAINEY
2CARL GRASSI
MINI-STOCKS
2BOB DOXIE
97KELLY JARRETT
22RANDY KOON
5STEVE GILL
31GREG LUECKI
55RICK TUMEY
05RICK SIRMANS
15WAYNE CLARK
64STEVE RIGSBY
04TOM MEYER
33JD GERARD
164MARK RIGSBY
75ALLEN BUKER
80ROGER LARSON
21JIMMY JORDAN
94RON DUBEAU
99JD DUNCAN
34STEVE MILLER
11XMARY GREEN
115JOHNNIE JONES
11PEDIE ALLISON
9DALE CASTEEL
42EDDIE LOWERY
71TED VULPIUS
25TIM CLARK
15XDOUG HOPPER
0MIKE RUDDER
16BRIAN VANALSTINE
3TIM MCPHAIL
KD1TERRY CADY
BOMBER
8RICH CLOUSER
0MARK SCHERER
71MIKE HENDRIX
13JIM WINTERSTEIN
75GRADY CHRISTIAN
67DARREN GOULD
92PATRICK VARIEKA
40BOB WINES
26BRANDON JOHNSON
31GARY CUDDY
3CHARLES FRY
77HOLLY NICHOLAS
6BILLY MORTON
96TIMMY MORTON
15XBILLY SPADE
57CHARLIE MERZ
RUN A BOUT
1GARY HIGDON
45MIKE SOUKUP
91ALLEN DILLON
69WAYNE NARDELLA
77CHRIS RIDLEY
18
9ANDY GREEN
05KELLY FULLER
63JOE BROGAN
97RAYBO PITTS
54LES MILLER
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88NICK BOLEY |
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