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| Volusia County Sheriffs Take on the High Banks of New Smyrna Speedway | by Jane Smith
Samsula, Fla (August 6, 2003) A very special guest will be the Grand Marshall this Saturday night at New Smyrna Speedway for the Sheriff's Annual School Bus Race which benefits the Florida Sheriff's Youth Ranches. Florida's Attorney General Charlie Crist has accepted the invitation to be the Grand Marshall.
Crist believes that this will be a great opportunity for everyone to come together and show support for their local law enforcement. Without the Sheriffs and their support, there would be no Florida Youth Ranches.
New Smyrna Speedway is honored to help not only the local law enforcement but the children of the state of Florida who benefit from the Youth ranches.
In other racing action, David Rogers comes into the Super Late Model division with a 104 point lead after B.J. McLeod. McLeod, who won his second feature race of 2003 last Saturday, has an eight point lead over third place Wayne Parker. Guy Thomas comes in fourth with 220 points and David Frohlich rounds out the top five with 176 points.
Joe Fitos, Brent Hobbs, Mark Vandevender, Chris Fontaine and Mike Finn round out the top ten.
Brian Bellaw leads the Late Model division with 376 points over Tim Clark in second with 268 points. Mark Smith sits third with 236 points. Feature winner Bobby Orr from last Saturday night comes in fourth with 180 points followed by Timmy Todd and Larry Osteen who are tied in fifth and sixth with 172 poitns each. Don Hess, Chris Lawrence, Daviod Rogers and Aaron Dreher round out the top ten.
It has been a weekly battle in the Open Wheel Modifieds as Bobby Blake and Mark Vandevender are both looking for the 2003 Championship. Blake leads the points with 392 points but only 20 points behind is Mark Vandevender.
Matt Wheeler comes in third with 208 points followed by David Castello in fourth with 128 points followed by Brad May with 124 points. Justin Henderson, Jim "Hoot" Flynn, John Zidek, Skip Honaker, and David Hite round out the top ten.
Billy Spade leads the Sportsman division but Ron Lufcy seems to be closing in fast. Spade has a 32 point lead over Lufcy. This will definitely be one division to watch as the points get closer and closer. Bill Love comes in third with 256 points followed by Chris Peludat and Dale Clouser. Jim Snyder, John Nusbaum, Dusty Downer, Paul Colgan and Cory Kaiser round out the top ten.
The Mini Stock division is another very close championship battle. Ted "Mr Mini Stock" Vulpius and Tim "Missileman" McPhail are only 16 points apart in the run for the championship. Vulpius stands at 524 to McPhail's 508.
Rex Christensen has gotten better and better each week and now sits third in points with 424 points. David Castello, who entered the Mini Stock points battle late, comes in fourth with 248 points followed by Ben Hutto with 196 points. Wayne Clark, Bob Delmastro, Troy Kruse, Chris Jones, and Ron Dubeau fill out the top ten. I am happy to report that this class is growing with new Mini Stocks coming in each week.
Ron Whaley and Charlie Collins are in the fight of their lives as they go for the Super Stock Championship. Whaley leads Collins by 32 points. Jeff Colburn comes in third with 340 points followed by Josh Wronkowski with 292 points and Mike Amato with 244 points. Butch Pierce, Bob Trombley, Todd Driscoll, Rob Watford, and Ted Head round out the top ten.
Grandstands will open at 6 p.m. on Saturday with racing action at 7:30 p.m. New Smyrna Speedway is located between SR44 and SR417 between I-95 and I-4 eight miles west of New Smyrna Beach in beautiful Samsula, Florida.
Come early for a good seat for the Sheriff's Annual School Bus Race with Special Grand Marshall Charlie Crist.
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