by VSP Media

 
BARBERVILLE, FL-  Volusia Speedway Park is back in action again this Saturday night, and putting the focus on our younger races fans.  Saturday has been designated as Teen Night at VSP with all persons 17 and under admitted free of charge.  The teenagers will be provided with their own special sections where they can socialize with each other and enjoy the action on the track, plus there will be teen oriented giveaways, contests, and more.

After a weekend off the Budweiser Modifieds will be back on the track as Jamie Carter looks to stay ahead of Jeff “Repo Man” Mathews in the points race.  Mathews got the better of Carter in the last outing back on May 1st, narrowing Carter’s advantage to only 55 points.  Kent Corbin also had a good showing in that race, as did “The Underdog” Rob Underwood, which leaves Corbin in fourth place in the points while Underwood is currently sixth.

Aaron Barsness notched himself a Taylor Racing Products Sportsman win last Saturday night while Shaun Daugharty finished in third place.  That narrows the points gap between Barsness and Daugharty to just 10 going into this week’s race, and sets the stage for Barsness to possibly gain more ground if not take the lead.  Meanwhile, Stanton Mills has come alive as of late and is shaking things up at the top, as he finished in second place last weekend.  Mills could become a wild card in the race even though he is 345 points out of first place for the season, as the guys at the top have to deal with him as well as each other.

Joe Belkey has had some time away from Volusia Speedway Park and the Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks, and most of it was not his idea.  But apparently he used that time effectively because he returned on Saturday night and scored his first win of the 2010 racing season.  Meanwhile Phillip Brown hangs onto the points lead by a fingertip as Tim Hughes used a sixth place finish to draw within one point of him, and may well pass him this Saturday night.  But Brown and Hughes had better keep an eye peeled behind them while they battle in the points race, as Trevor Gamble is just 18 points shy of passing the entire top three.

Scott Mooers has dominated the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks so far in 2010, and from the look of things his 156 point lead may already be too tough to tackle.  But while Mooers dominated the race this past Saturday night, Matt Schell finally broke free of traffic and was chasing him down when he ran out of laps, so Mooers may not be as ironclad as some may think.  Another threat at the top could be Austin Kirkpatrick, who has put himself into position to do damage but then gets hobbled by breakdowns and bad luck.  Kirkpatrick ran well on Saturday night after yet another mechanical failure during his heat race put him deep in the field for the feature, and yet he managed a third place finish and was gaining on Schell and Mooers.

Shawn “Beavis” Kosier got to enjoy some time at the top of the 4 Cylinder Challengers before his luck changed, then it was Casey Feaster who enjoyed some time in Victory Lane.  Meanwhile Tony Laporta has been all but absent from the races as he has fought his way through mechanical issues, but he made quite a return last Saturday night by racing to a win and celebrating in Victory Lane.  Kosier’s luck may have changed a bit, but he still hangs onto the top spot in the points race with R.J. Glaser just 49 points back.  Glaser’s luck has not gone much better than Kosier’s as he was swallowed up in someone else’s mistakes last weekend.  Glaser needs a win, Kosier needs for his luck to change, and Casey Feaster just wants his car to stop failing him before the race ever begins, thus putting him behind everyone else.

Teen Night at Volusia Speedway Park will begin when the gates open at 5:30PM, and heat racing will begin at 7:30.  For more information on events, prices, or directions to the fastest half mile in the south, please visit www.VolusiaSpeedwayPark.net.