Orlando, FL (July 30, 2010)  Mother Nature called the races at Orlando SpeedWorld about 8:30 pm when she opened the doors and let it all come out.   The TBARA race schedule for last  night was cancelled.  The next scheduled date for the TBARA Sprint Cars at Orlando is October 1st.

TONIGHT’S RACING AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BONNIE.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

LIMITED LATE MODELS (unofficial)

1. #97 Patrick Staropoli
2. #20 Anthony Sergi
3. #36 Ross Chastain
4. #89 Josh Todd
5. #1 Zach Harris

E-MODIFIEDS

1. #00 John Hodge
2. #12 John Zidek
3. #98 Matthew Jarrett
4. #93 Bruce Gayton
5. #51 Butch Herdegen
6. #15 Bruce Packer

SPORTSMAN

1. #66 Andy Nicholls
2. #11 Henry Shepherd
3. #20 Shawn Waits
4. #3 Sandy Lee

SUPER STOCKS

1. #16 David Gould
2. #721 John Bennett
3. #44 Jason Pick
4. #316 Joe Bandur
5. #77 Shannon Kelly
6. #18 Billy Rouse
7. #51 Butch Herdegen

STRICTLY STOCKS

1. #51 Wes Railing
2. #3 Shane Sutorus
3. #8x Luis Guillen

SUPER LATE MODELS

1. #18 Jared Allison
2. #32 Michael Williams
3. #89 Josh Todd
4. #20 Anthony Sergi
5. #96 Ben Kennedy
6. #1 Tom Root
7. #57 Chad Pierce
8. #75 Don Kiethley
9. #68 Russ Shaw
10. #13 Bob Greene
11. #88 Justin Larson
12. #28 Mark Adams

PRO-TRUCKS

1. #54 Zach Harris
2. #20 Anthony Sergi
3. #2 Blake Koch
4. #74 Doc McKinney
5. #18 Jason Rosarius
6. #30 Eric Pierce
7. #17 Ken Lilley
8. #03 Wayne Skinner
DNS #63 Zach Curtis

OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS

1. #22 Jason Boyd
2. #55 Shain Held
3. #98 Matthew Jarrett

LEGENDS CARS

1. #8 Donovan Ponder
2. #50 Ted Ruffo
3. #6 Jim Rix
4. #12 Critter Saille

SPORTSMAN

1. #66 Andy Nicholls
2. #11 Henry Shepherd
3. #93 Brandon Johnson

STRICTLY STOCKS

1. #51 Wes Railing
2. #3 Shane Sutorus
3. #00 Steve Daniels
4. #85 Andy Sandall
5. #8x Luis Guillen
DQ #10 Brandon Duchscherer

BANDOLERO BANDITS

 1. #55 Michael Held

ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD
OFFICIAL RESULTS – 6/25/10
SUPER LATE MODELS
1. #18 Jared Allison
2. #96 Ben Kennedy
3. #20 Anthony Sergi
4. #11 David Weaver
5. #28 Mark Adams
6. #13 Bob Greene
7. #73 Eric Pierce
PRO-TRUCKS
1. #54 Zach Harris
2. #20 Anthony Sergi
3. #30 Eric Pierce
4. #03 Wayne Skinner
5. #17 Ken Lilley
DNS #18 Jason Rosarius

E-MODIFIEDS

1. #00 John Hodge
2. #12 John Zidek
3. #93 Bruce Gayton
4. #55 Matthew Jarrett
5. #15 Bruce Packer

SPORTSMAN

1. #3 James Frisbie
2. #66 Andy Nicholls
3. #11 Henry Shepherd
4. #93 Brandon Johnson

SUPER STOCKS
1. #721 John Bennett
2. #16 David Gould
3. #316 Joe Bandur
4. #77 Shannon Kelly
5. #35 Ray Mullis
6. #18 Billy Rouse
7. #66 Sean Bass
DNS #23 Matt Reynolds
LEGENDS CARS

1. #8 Donovan Ponder
2. #6 Jim Rix
STRICTLY STOCKS
1. #51 Wes Railing
2. #3 Shane Sutorus
3. #00 Eric Hodge
4. #8x Luis Guillen Jr
5. #27 Dan Binda
6. #89 William Hindman
7. #8 Neil Kirby

BANDOLERO BANDITS
1. #55 Michael Held

SUPER LATE MODELS
ORANGE BLOSSOM 100

1. #11 David Rogers (7)
2. #64 Joe Winchell (3)
3. #75x Marty Pierce (2)
4. #92 Dick Anderson (11)
5. #18 Jared Allison (8)
6. #80 Brian Finney (9)
7. #1 Tom Root (16)
8. #13 Frank Alberson (19)
9. #68 Russ Shaw (20)
10. #88 Justin Larson (5)
11. #36 Tim Russell (1)
12. #96 Ben Kennedy (4)
13. #75 Don Keithley (17)
14. #12 Scott McKinley (23)
15. #73 Sam Watts (6)
16. #13 Bob Greene (22)
17. #407 Jason Vail (21)
18. #89 Jimmy Crowe Jr (13)
19. #112 Steve Weaver (14)
20. #22 Dusty Cornelius (10)
21. #7 Dillon Jackson (15)
22. #17 Robert Jenkins (18)
23. #28 Mark Adams (12)
DNS #12x David Green

 

QUALIFYING – TOP TEN

1. #11 David Rogers
2. #73 Sam Watts
3. #88 Justin Larson
4. #96 Ben Kennedy
5. #64 Joe Winchell
6. #75x Marty Pierce
7. #36 Tim Russell
8. #18 Jared Allison
9. #80 Brian Finney
10. #22 Dusty Cornelius

 

SPORTSMAN

1. #3 Sandy Lee
2. #77 Lee Weldy
3. #16 David Gould
4. #45 Michael Soukup
5. #20 Shawn Waits
6. #44 Ed Michalak
7. #16 David Gould

 

MINI-STOCKS

1. #31 David Russell
2. #85 Rex Hollinger
3. #15x Jason Rendell
4. #78 Mark Avery
5. #15 Casey Loeffler
6. #11 Steve Young

 

LEGENDS CARS

1. #12 Critter Saille
2. #71 Mason Ketterman
3. #8 Donovan Ponder
4. #6 Jim Rix
5. #50 Ted Ruffo
6. #51x Roger Englund

 

STRICTLY STOCKS

1. #3 Shane Setorus
2. #6.7 Todd McCreary
3. #56 Bill Loomis
4. #8x Luis Guillen Jr
5. #27x Scott Tyler
6. #3x William Hindman
7. #24 Joe Bandur
8. #27 Dan Binda

BANDOLERO YOUNG GUNS

1. #17 Mark Hooven
2. #27 Shawn Hooven

BANDOLERO BANDITS

1. #55 Michael Held

Due to heavy rains in the Orlando area, with more forecasted for this evening, Officials have canceled tonight’s racing program for Orlando Speedworld.

 

We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to see everyone at New Smyrna Speedway on Saturday night for the TBARA Winged Sprint Cars!

Orlando Speedworld – May 28^th 2010

by Andy Sandall, FASCAR Media

 Heavy afternoon showers all over the Orlando area thankfully missed Bithlo and allowed for a full night of racing, but with memories of last season’s rainouts still fresh in many people’s memories the turn-out of both fans and drivers was smaller than usual. As if to reward the hardy souls who braved the weather, the drivers who turned out put on a great show that provided plenty of entertainment, lots of passing, and will have sent everyone home happy.

The first race of the night saw the conclusion of the 12-week mini-season for the Bandolero drivers. Once again the race at the front would be between the Hooven brothers, with #17 Mark Hooven coming home first ahead of #27 Shawn Hooven, who by holding off the late charge of #13 Ryan Shattack claimed the early season Young Gun championship. Behind him the Bandit class would again see #55 Michael Held well ahead of his competitors and mixing it with the older drivers for most of the race. For these younger drivers the championship crown would go to #30 Noah Cornman.

Just 3 E-Modifieds turned out for their truncated feature of 15 laps, although all 3 cars would take a turn at leading the race during that time. Straight away #00 John Hodge leapt away at the front, to be quickly chased down by #12 John Zidek. Hodge would soon drop back to give Zidek his chance as leader, before #93 Bruce Gayton made his decisive move on the 10^th lap to slip down the inside and take 1^st place. Gayton would not look back and soon take the checkered flag to confirm his win over Zidek in 2^nd, with Hodge happily claiming a 3^rd place finish – and the points that come with that – to move closer to 3^rd place in the 2010 track championship race.

The Legends cars feature saw #50 Ted Ruffo moving out into an early lead and benefiting from the gaggle of cars behind him fighting for position and distracting each other while he raced away with open track ahead of him. By the time the chasing pack had sorted themselves out it was #8 Donovan Ponder who worked his way into 2^nd and set off after the leader. It took him a few laps to get on Ruffo’s rear bumper and start to look for a way round, but the laps were ticking down and every look around the side of Ruffo was met with a firm blocking maneuver by the veteran driver ahead of him.

One last attempt to nudge Ruffo high on the way into turn 1 failed and Ponder would have to settle for a close 2^nd place behind Ruffo, coming home flag-to-flag to claim his first ever Legends feature win. Way behind the leaders #6 Jim Rix managed to beat off the challenge of #51x Roger Englund for 3^rd place, while #13 Ryan Shattack successfully completed his second race of the night, moving up to the senior divisions after his earlier Bandolero race.

The first race of the season at Orlando Speedworld for the Limited Late Models would see the field increased with the addition of the Sportsman cars of #66 Andy Nicholls and #93 Brandon Johnson, both added to this field to help speed the show along with overhead clouds threatening. Away at the front the race soon developed into a three-car shootout between #20 Anthony Sergi, #36 Ross Chastain and #19 Bobby Good. These three would put the first half of the race in the books with relatively little trouble before they were brought under caution thanks to contact between #1 Zach Harris and #7 Dillon Jackson that caused both cars to spin, Jackson losing some of his front bodywork in the process.

The second half of the race would have a lot more action than the first, as Sergi and Chastain fought door to door for the first few laps after the restart, making contact in every turn before Sergi asserted himself on the low line and managed to create a small lead for himself. Chastain instantly fought back, trying a crossover move that lead to a pass on the low side heading into turn 3 to take the lead. Good would see this as his chance to advance too, but his attempt to follow Chastain through was met with a firm, decisive block by Sergi that caused him to stand on his brakes quickly.

The next trip around the track would see Sergi give Chastain a firm tap to his rear-bumper in an attempt to send him up the banks. This had the desired effect, but as Sergi moved through low to complete the maneuver Chastain turned down hard to block the pass, causing Sergi to spin. Both cars would be sent to the rear for the restart, but with these two and Good having already demonstrated they were significantly faster than the field and were embroiled in a spirited fight amongst themselves, the remaining drivers were happy – and probably relieved – to wave them through and allow them to start behind Good and #89 Josh Todd on the front row.

Once the pace truck had peeled off the track Good was away with Chastain in hot pursuit while Sergi unluckily found himself in the wrong place behind Todd, being blocked on the high line and having to watch his rivals pulling away. The young Pro Truck ace was soon back down low on the track and coming through, but his chase was quickly halted as Todd span in turn 2 to bring the yellow flags back out once more. The first attempt to get up to speed was jumped badly by Chastain, but the second was successful and saw the top 3 again pulling away quickly and resuming their race at the front.

The race erupted into life once more with just two laps to go, after Chastain had moved around Good to get out in front once more. Good planted himself firmly on the rear bumper of Chastain’s car where a nudge out of turn 2 was enough to get Chastain loose down the back straight, allowing Good underneath and back into the lead. Sergi would try to capitalize too, trying to get through to 2^nd place with an inside move into turn 3, but with his car back under control Chastain again moved down to block Sergi’s run through. This move left Sergi with nowhere to go, inevitably hitting Chastain hard in the side and spinning both cars out once more, seeing both again sent to the 2^nd row for the restart.

Another restart would see Good make the best of his good fortune and pull away with clear track ahead of him and no back-markers to worry about. Within two laps the checkered flags were out to give Good a win ahead of Chastain, who managed to hold off Sergi’s attempts to grab 2^nd in what had been a thrilling race at the front between three hard-driving racers. Back down the field the ‘race within a race’ saw Nicholls beat out Johnson to take honors in the Sportsman division.

The Super Stock race would see another great three-car battle, but in this case it was for the runners-up spot once #16D David Gould had again put a stranglehold on the race right from the green light and raced away in the lead. Even a mid-race caution and restart gave Gould no problems as he lived up to the new decals on his car declaring himself ‘the fastest chicken in the South’ to take yet another win with no-one in the field having the speed to trouble him.

But behind him the battle between #316 Joe Bandur, #721 John Bennett and #77 Matt Reynolds was an absolute classic that had the fans enthralled for the length of the race. Early on it was Bandur who took advantage of his 2^nd row starting position to head the chasing pack, but Reynolds would quickly be looking on the high side for a way round, forcing Bandur to move up the track and block to preserve his position. This tactic would cost Reynolds dear on the 7^th lap when he went just too high in turn 4 and gave Bennett the line he needed to come underneath, relegating Reynolds back to 4^th.

Navigating their way through lapped traffic bunched the cars back together slightly but still Bandur was holding off Bennett and Reynold’s attempts to get around him on the high line. Nothing they tried seemed to work as Bandur produced his best drive of 2010 to keep his 2^nd spot, but his rhythm was broken as the caution lights suddenly came on, needed after a spin way back in the field by #55 Denny Johns, who had just overcooked things coming out of turn 2 and couldn’t get his car restarted in time to pull himself clear before the leaders came around.

The restart put Bandur alongside Gould, who wasted no time in rocketing away to rebuild his cushion at the front, but with Bandur up high there was room for Bennett and then Reynolds to barge their way through and push Bandur back down to 4^th. Bennett would seize this opportunity and put some distance between himself and the 3^rd place man, but Bandur wasn’t in any mood to see his hard work go to waste and he was quickly all over the rear of the #77 car, giving him a taste of his own medicine from earlier in the race.

With two laps to go the pressure being applied by Bandur told as Reynolds went into turn 3 too hot, his car getting loose and sliding high as they came around into turn 4. Bandur saw his chance and powered underneath as Reynolds grappled with his sliding car. Gould would soon be taking the checkered flag to continue his ‘hero or zero’ season of wins or nothing, with Bennett comfortably clear in 2^nd place. Bandur would take home an excellent 3^rd place as a reward for his great drive, beating out Reynolds as the top 4 finished well ahead of Johns back in 5^th place.

It was a case of quality over quantity in the Mini Stocks feature as the five cars on show contained 4 of the fastest cars in the division, each perfectly capable of winning a feature. Pole position would go to points leader #15 Casey Loeffler, but the young driver still gaining experience in Mini Stock racing would swiftly drop all the way to the back of the field, leaving his much more experience rivals to battle it out in front of him.

Profiting from the outside front row start was #85 Rex ‘Boneman’ Hollinger who had the dual benefits of not only having clear track ahead of him but also missing being involved in the near-carnage behind him as Loeffler dropped back, leading to #78 Mark Avery, #77 Lee Davis and #31 David Russell trying get around the pole sitter in the first corner. This almost put the cars 4-wide mid-corner before Russell realized this just wasn’t going to work and slammed on his brakes. Avery also had to take immediate action as he was squeezed down low onto the Bandolero track, also braking hard to regain control of his car.

All of this was of no consequence to Hollinger who was pulling away and watching it unfold in his rear view mirror. Once around to complete the first lap his lead was already comfortable and being helped by the chasing drivers battling it out amongst each other. The race reached half distance with no real resolution to the melee for 2^nd place and it seemed to be in the bag for the Boneman, but as the chasing cars headed into turn 3 Davis would see his car’s engine compartment go up in a spectacular fireball and straight-line into the turn 3 wall. Thankfully the incident looked much more serious than it had actually been, with a minor mechanical issue in the motor of the #77 car momentarily spilling fluid onto the hot engine that quickly burst into flames, but no matter how bad it had looked Davis was still able to return to the pits under his own power.

A lengthy cleanup followed that saw plenty of oil-dry applied to the track before the drivers gave the signal to the flagstand that they were happy to get back up to speed again. Once back underway it was a different fluid spill that would affect the outcome of the race as Hollinger roared away, only to have a scary moment in turn 4 just two laps later as his car skidded on a new oil patch, forcing the driver who act quickly to catch his sliding car and continue. This gave Russell in 2^nd a chance to close in on the leader’s bumper, but just one lap later, and with Hollinger tip-toeing his way through the same spot in turn 4, Russell found it for himself. Unlike Hollinger, Russell was unable to control the slide and would spin out to bring about another caution with just 5 laps to go.

This would put Avery alongside Hollinger on the front row, and for the first time in the race Hollinger would not have it all his own way, as Avery kept pace on the outside and even nosed his car in front out of turn 2 before Hollinger used his extra speed to pull back ahead down the back straight and into the corner. The leaders would now be nose to tail around the track, and with the white flag on display Avery would try a hard nudge to the back of Hollinger’s car in turn 2 as he looked for a way underneath to the lead. All this did was spur Hollinger on and unsettle Avery’s car, forcing the #78 to drop back and let Loeffler through to grab a handy 2^nd place behind the Boneman, who came through unscathed to claim his first win of the 2010 season. Avery would hold on to 3^rd ahead of Russell, who did more than enough to keep hold of his lead in the points table.

The Strictly Stock feature would see former track champion #8 Neil Kirby get away to an early lead that he would never surrender as he came around to add another feature win to his impressive tally. Behind him 2^nd place would be taken by the ever-improving  #8x Luis Guillen Jr. who produced his best performance of the season so far to hold off a charge by #3 Shane Setorus in 3^rd.

ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD
OFFICIAL RESULTS – 5/28/10

LTD LATE MODELS

1. #19 Bobby Good
2. #36 Ross Chastain
3. #20 Anthony Sergi
4. #7 Dillon Jackson
5. #89 Josh Todd
6. #66 Andy Nicholls
7. #93 Brandon Johnson
8. #1 Zach Harris

 

E-MODIFIEDS

1. #93 Bruce Gayton
2. #12 John Zidek
3. #00 John Hodge
DNS #97 Kelly Jarrett

MINI-STOCKS

1. #85 Rex Hollinger
2. #15 Casey Loeffler
3. #78 Mark Avery
4. #31 David Russell
5. #77 Lee Davis

SUPER STOCKS

1. #16 David Gould
2. #721 John Bennett
3. #316 Joe Bandur
4. #77 Matt Reynolds
5. #55 Denny Johns
6. #18 Billy Rouse
7. #35 Ray Mullis
8. #23 Shannon Kelly

STRICTLY STOCKS

1. #8 Neil Kirby
2. #8x Luis Guillen Jr
3. #3 Shane Setorus
4. #27 Dan Binda
5. #3x Aaron Sickler

LEGENDS

1. #50 Ted Ruffo
2. #8 Donovan Ponder
3. #6 Jim Rix
4. #51x Roger Englund
5. #13 Ryan Shattack

BANDOLERO YOUNG GUNS

1. #17 Mark Hooven
2. #27 Shawn Hooven
3. #13 Ryan Shattack

BANDOLERO BANDITS

1. #55 Michael Held
2. #30 Noah Cornman
3. #00 Brandon Lynch

by Andy Sandall, FASCAR Media

Orlando Speedworld – 21^st May 2010

The Joslin Memorial 50 for the regular Open Wheel Modifieds was top of the bill on a beautiful Friday night at Orlando Speedworld, and the drivers treated the fans to a great race and a win by the slimmest of margins. The regular divisions provided their usual thrills and spills, with plenty of cars brushing the walls, spinning across the track and, for two Legend car drivers, literally saw loose wheels flying across the infield.

The Bandoleros began the night’s action with a race that saw a scary moment early when #30 Noah Cornman lost control in a spin and reversed straight up the banks to hit the wall squarely with his back bumper. Thankfully the youngster was OK but his car was unable to continue. Once their 12 lap feature ended it was again #17 Mark Hooven who came home ahead of brother #14 Shawn Hooven in the Young Gun class, while #55 Michael Held survived a late spin and restart to continue his 100% record in the Bandit class, well ahead of #00 Brandon Lynch.

A growing field of Sportsman cars would be the first of the senior divisions to race, and all eyes were on #66 Andy Nicholls, the points leader who returned to the track after mechanical troubles saw him retire on the opening lap the previous week. Starting on the 2^nd row behind championship rivals #11 Henry Shepherd and #3 James Frisbie, Shepherd made the best start as Nicholls coolly moved under Frisbie to drop into 2^nd and then set off after the leader. Frisbie was now left to defend his position from the hard-charging #32 Shelton Bowers. Bowers tried to replicate Nicholls earlier move going into turn 3, but a big hit on Frisbie’s rear quarter sent the #3 spinning up to the wall. A flat tire was the end result for Frisbie, but after a trip to the pits for a wheel change he would return for the restart and complete the race.

The green flag dropping saw Shepherd again move to the front, but now he had #00 Brandon Johnson right on his tail, with Nicholls swarming all over both drivers as he looked for a line around. Johnson saw his chance two laps later with a low pass on Shepherd into turn 3, and Nicholls was quick to follow on the high line. By the halfway point the two lead cars were well clear of Shepherd in 3^rd, but it was beginning to show that Nicholls car was perfectly dialed in and had superior speed in the turns.

It took until the 15 lap for this extra pace stamp its mark on the race. Twice Nicholls tried runs down the inside into the turns, but a blocking move from Shepherd and then the discovery of a slower car running low caused him to quickly abort his pass, his car squirming under his hard braking in both cases. Then, with just 4 laps left, Nicholls made his decisive move by tapping Johnson hard to the rear in turn 4, unsettling the leader and forcing him slightly wide, leaving enough room to power through heading into turn 1. By the checkered flag Nicholls had pulled away in the lead, leaving Johnson to settle for 2^nd after a great performance in a seriously over-matched car. Shepherd would take 3^rd ahead of Bowers and Frisbie.

The big story in the Super Stock race was whether #16D David Gould could continue his ‘hero or zero’ season, where in every race this season he’s either finished first or retired before the end. Starting back in 6^th place Gould had it all to do if he wanted to get his push for the points championship back on course after recent disappointing weeks. Gould would waste no time in working his way up the field to take 2^nd place as early the 2^nd lap, but up at the front #77 Justin Reynolds was in no mood to give up his lead without a major fight.

Several laps would pass as Gould continued his hunt for Reynolds, nibbling away at his lead and getting closer with ever trip around the track. Suddenly the yellow lights came on for a caution as the track crew rushed over to #316 Joe Bandur, parked in the infield after an earlier retirement, but who’s car had crept too close to the track for safety and needed to be pushed back to the pits.

The restart would put Reynolds and Gould together, but the moment the green flag dropped it would be Gould who pulled away, leaving Reynolds to mount a spirited charge that threatened at first but would soon tail away. Gould would soon confirm the continuation of his remarkable finishing record with a comfortable win, with Reynolds taking 2^nd after beating off a late challenge from #721 John Bennett.

A small field of Mini Stocks came out for a shortened 15-lap feature, and memories of last week’s nose-to-tail battle between #31 David Russell and #85 Rex ‘Boneman’ Hollinger were quickly stirred up as the two drivers, both starting on the outside of their respective rows, tried to power around the outside right from the green flag. Russell would quickly be around pole-sitter #15 Casey Loeffler and Hollinger would get alongside #78 Mark Avery, but a robust block from Avery would see Hollinger swiftly applying the brakes and dropping back. Russell would set off and build a large lead with Avery in pursuit as Hollinger settled back to look for ways around Loeffler.

Hollinger would find his way up to 3^rd just a lap later with a low-groove pass out of turn 2 but by now Russell was clear at the front and Avery already pulling away in 2^nd. Both chasing cars would eat into Russell’s lead slightly over the following laps, but he would respond and pull away towards the end before crossing the finish line to take yet another 2010 win to cement his place at the top of the points standing. Avery would take 2^nd and Hollinger 3^rd, both well clear of Loeffler at the rear.

Once the driver introductions had been finished it was time for the Modified drivers to get to work as they lapped the track preparing for the 50-lap Joslin Memorial race. The post-qualifying invert handed pole position to #98 Robbie Cooper, alongside #55 Shain Held and just ahead of the two pre-race favorites #66 Jerry Symons and #38 Chad Pierce. Fast time setter in  qualifying #97 Matthew Wheeler would start from the back after needing a tire change before the race.

Cooper would use his pole position perfectly to keep the lead as the cars completed the first lap, but by now Symons had already made short work of Held to grab 2^nd, leaving him to defend his position from Pierce. The move by Pierce to get under Held for 3^rd would come just before Symons made a near identical move on the leader to seize the initiative in the race, leaving Cooper to deal with the constant bumps from behind as Pierce let it be known he wanted to be fighting it out with Symons at the front.

Behind the leader the race for 5^th was equally entertaining, in no small part to the visibly loose #29 car of Joe Yarborough, sliding its way around every corner. Yarborough’s battle with #13 John Ditges and Wheeler for 5^th soon provided the first caution of the race as Ditges followed Wheeler around the sliding Yarborough, but contact between the two saw Wheeler spinning up the track and into the wall. He was able to pull away and take his place at the rear of the field for the restart, which quickly saw Symons away in the lead again, but now with Pierce behind him thanks to a smart move underneath Cooper in turn two to advance his position.

The poor handling of Yarborough’s car caused another quick caution, this time as he himself span in turn 3. Again Symons and Pierce made good starts and looked set for a race for the lead, but this was quickly halted once Ditges, Yarborough and #330 Joe Gerard Sr. came together at the back of the field, span and headed hard up into the turn 3 wall.  Ditges was able to pull away under his own power once pulled clear, Yarborough was able to continue once pulled clear by track staff, but Gerard was not so lucky and had to head back to the pits with his race over.

Once the pace truck pulled off once more it was Pierce who took the initiative, making a tremendous start to pull around Symons and snatch the lead for the first time. Behind him Held was mounting an attack on Cooper’s 3^rd place, but this was short-lived as he quickly dropped back leaving Cooper to concentrate on chasing the lead cars. Soon Symons had clamped himself on Pierce’s rear bumper as the two cars clocked lap after lap with bumping and nudging the whole way around the track. Cooper would join the party, showing the same respect to Symons that the 2^nd place man was showing to the leader with an array of pushes, shoves and nudges to try and unsettle the car in front of him.

The tension was finally broken as the race hit 40 laps after a spin in turn 2 for Held. This would see Pierce and Symons back alongside each other for the restart, but Pierce was quick to repay the earlier contact with a big nudge to the side of Symons’ car as they headed into the first turn, sending him high and giving Pierce breathing room to stay on-line and regain his lead. But this had been for nothing once another incident behind him, again involving Yarborough, Ditges and this time #41 Doc McKinney, saw the three cars hook together and head into the turn 2 wall. Yarborough and Ditges’ luck finally ran out as all 3 cars headed back to the pits with the aid of the tow trucks.

Pierce would take charge from the restart to get back to the lead, blocking Symons with everything he had. Cooper remained in contention, but was needing the front two cars to make errors if he was to grab a win. As the laps counted down the hits to Pierce’s rear got harder and more frequent, but nothing seemed to ruffle the feathers of the Orlando specialist as he took every hit in his stride and was soon taking the checkered flag and coming around to victory lane. Symons would take a hard-fought 2^nd place, although the badly mangled front-bumper on his car that was visible to all the crowd showed how hard he had been pushing for the victory. Cooper claimed a good 3^rd place, ahead of Held and #40 Michael Williams, who had avoided trouble all race to claim a creditable finish.

The return of #99 Alex Kempf to Orlando Speedworld was the big story for the Legends division, with Kempf making his first appearance at the track in 2010 after a dominant season last year. Straight away he was back into the groove with outrageous moves from the rear to pass the entire field and be leading by the time the first lap was in the books. Following him closely came #12 Critter Saile, multiple winner this season in Kempf’s absence, and soon the two were racing hard at the front to the delight of the fans in the stands. With just 3 laps to go Saile could still not find a way around Kempf’s car so resorted to desperate measures with a ‘checkers or wreckers’ dive under the leader coming around turn 4. This sent both cars high up and hard into the wall, both cars slamming back down onto the track minus their front right wheels, which by now were bouncing across the infield grass before coming to rest for retrieval by track staff.

Now minus the two leaders the restart would see just 3 cars left in the race. Quickly #8 Donovan Ponder took control to power ahead of #51 x Roger Englund and put distance between himself and his rivals. The checkered flag would quickly be thrown to give Ponder the 2^nd win of his young career, well ahead of Englund.

The Pro Truck race started spectacularly as the front row of #17 Ken Lilley and #00 Whitney Poole headed into turn 1 leaning hard on each other and causing the rest of the drivers behind them to quickly slam on their brakes, seeing the unlucky #20 Anthony Sergi and #26 Jessica Murphy left with no option but to spin out to avoid the gaggle of rapidly decelerating cars ahead of them. Once restarted Lilley and Poole would again head the field, but rapidly making ground on them both came #2 Sean Bass, who would take just 3 laps to make a great move in turn 2 that saw his car hook-up mid-turn and slingshot underneath Lilley down the back straight for the lead.

Bass would build a big lead as Sergi and Murphy fought back from their first lap woes to work their way towards the front. Sergi would have no problems as he strode forward and soon he was sitting right on the tail of #18 Jason Rosarius and looking for 2^nd place. Behind them #54 Zach Harris was also moving up and had worked his way around Lilley into 4^th. Halfway in the race was the signal for Sergi to make his move, and so with a tap to the rear of Rosarius that sent the 2^nd place man high he found the lane he needed to accelerate through and set off after Bass. This charge was soon halted once a great race between Poole, #121 Andy Leserra and Murphy saw Poole spinning out of turn 4, ending her race and bringing out the pace truck.

The restart put Sergi immediately behind Bass on the 2^nd row and, after making short work of Rosarius, the front two cars were nose-to-tail. With the laps running out Sergi tried every move in the book to find a way past, but Bass was keeping his cool and making his truck very wide. One last move out of turn 4 saw Sergi set himself up for a drag race for the win, but Bass had just too much speed and held on by a nose as the two cars crossed the line, with Harris well placed in 3^rd ahead of Rosarius and Murphy.

As with the Pro Truck race the first lap of the Strictly Stocks saw spins for two of the cars, #51 Wes Railing and # Shane Setorus. Railing would put this behind him to quickly get to the front and build an unassailable lead while Setorus would suffer all kinds of handling problems that would ultimately lead to his retirement. By the end of the race Railing confirmed another win to add to his 2010 haul, just beating out a charge by the improving #8x Luis Guillen Jr. and #00 Steve Daniels.

OFFICIAL RESULTS – 5/21/10

OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS
JOSLIN MEMORIAL 50

1. #38 Chad Pierce (4)
2. #66 Jerry Symons (3)
3. #98 Robbie Cooper (1)
4. #55 Shain Held (2)
5. #40 Michael Williams (6)
6. #41 Doc McKinney (8)
7. #97 Matthew Wheeler (9)
8. #13 John Ditges (7)
9. #29 Joe Yarborough (5)
10. #330 Joe Gerard Sr (10)

PRO-TRUCKS

1. #2 Sean Bass
2. #20 Anthony Sergi
3. #54 Zach Harris
4. #18 Jason Rosarius
5. #26 Jessica Murphy
6. #17 Ken Lilley
7. #121 Andy Leserra
8. #30 Eric Pierce
9. #03 Wayne Skinner
10. #00 Whitney Poole

SPORTSMAN

1. #66 Andy Nicholls
2. #00 Brandon Johnson
3. #11 Henry Shepherd
4. #32 Shelton Bowers
5. #3 James Frisbie
6. #73 Eric Pierce

SUPER STOCKS

1. #16 David Gould
2. #77 Justin Reynolds
3. #721 John Bennett
4. #23 Shannon Kelly
5. #4 John Guinn
6. #18 Billy Rouse
7. #7i Scott Edwards
8. #316 Joe Bandur

MINI-STOCKS

1. #31 David Russell
2. #78 Mark Avery
3. #85 Rex Hollinger
4. #15 Casey Loeffler

LEGENDS

1. #8 Donovan Ponder
2. #51x Roger Englund
3. #99 Alex Kempf
4. #12 Critter Saille
5. #50 Ted Ruffo

STRICTLY STOCKS

1. #51 Wes Railing
2. #8x Luis Guillen Jr
3. #00 Steve Daniels
4. #27 Dan Binda
5. #5 Daly Lloyd
6. #3 Shane Setorus

BANDOLERO – YOUNG GUNS

1. #17 Mark Hooven
2. #27 Shawn Hooven

BANDOLERO – BANDITS

1. #55 Michael Held
2. #00 Brandon Lynch
3. #30 Noah Cornman