by Dave Westerman

Auburndale Speedway will be the place to be this Memorial Holiday weekend as the Figure Eight racers make their first appearance of the year while the Southeast Champ Kart Series (SECKS) entertains for the second time this season. Also on tap are the Sportsman Cars, Street Stocks, Legend Cars, Mini Stocks, V-8 Bombers and Bandoleros. The night will end with a big Demolition Derby.

The Southeast Champ Kart group always put on a dynamic show and expect plenty of karts to be on hand Saturday. Tim Simmons leads the SECKS point standings following his recent win at Citrus County Speedway. Kenner Brown III trails Simmons by 25 points heading into this weeks action. Romay Venta, Ryan Walters and Billy Smith sit third through fifth in the standings while the winner at Auburndale back on March 13th, Dustin Chisholm, is eighth in the current SECKS standings.

The Sportsman cars return after a slam-bang affair two weeks ago that left several cars in need of new body panels. Dave Dunkin continues to lead the point chase by eight markers over young Austin Carr while Mark Medeiros is now just four points behind Carr after winning his second race of the year two weeks ago.

Jeff Waterman’s win last week coupled with an absolutely terrible night for Matt McCrary saw Waterman regain the point lead by 20 over McCrary. Each driver has suffered through some awful weeks in the last month and that has allowed steady Dave Colpritt to climb to within 34 points of the division lead.

Gerald White, Jr. added to his Legend Car point lead with yet another win last week. White now has a somewhat comfortable 32 point edge over Jake Perkins. Meanwhile, third place Justin Brown has climbed to within just two points of Perkins.

The Mini Stock point battle continues to be hot and heavy as Chris Spring holds a slim six tally advantage over Fred Harrison, Jr. with Chris Narramore, Sr. not that far behind in third. The fourth place driver in points, Donnie Guy, doesn’t have a race car anymore, having sold his mount to Narramore.

Josh Borem continues to run and hide in the V-8 Bomber point chase. Borem has now opened up his lead over Buddy Phillips, Jr. to 112 points.

Saturday, pit gates open at 2PM, grandstand gates open at 5PM and racing begns at 7PM.

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NOTES:

The month of June will be very active at Auburndale Speedway starting with the return of School Bus Figure Eight racing on June 5th. The Auburndale Trucks make their third appearance of the year on June 12th while the next big Late Model race is scheduled foJune 19th along with the return of the Mini Cups. The Open Wheel Modifieds are enjoying a bit of time off, but will return to action on June 26th before the speedway takes a week off to celebrate the July 4th Holiday.

The representatives from Aarons were overwhelmed at the fan response at last weeks’ races, so much so they plan to return later in the year. Several fans hauled of great raffle prizes from Aarons last week including a 60 inch TV, some desk top printers, a camera and more. It was good to see that many of the winners were Auburndale Speedway “regulars” who support the track week in and week out.

The young lady who won a bicycle as part on the ongoing “Lindsey’s Little Racers” program was very, very young… a baby in fact. Her parents decided to give the bike to an older girl who was part of a family they had come to the races with… a very nice gesture. The next “Lindsey’s Little Racers bike giveaway will be on June 5th, the night of the School Bus Figure Eight race. The fans have been supporting the weekly raffle drawings very well which is allowing for the purchase of more bicycles this year. Prizes are needed to support the raffle, so if you have anything you’d like to donate, just bring it to the track on Saturday evening and you’ll get plenty of publicity for it. Speaking of publicity, Auburndale Speedway is looking for a seat cushion sponsor. This is a great way to prmote a business while keeping the fans more “comfortable.” Fans have also been asking about Auburndale Speedway shirts and hats. The track is seeking a partner to help produce apparel for the speedway. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Announcer/PR Director Dave Westerman by e-mail at announcerdave@usa.net.

Auburndale Speedway Points as of May 22, 2010:

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LATE MODELS:

1-#07 Jeff Scofield 301

2-#407 Jason Vail 260

3-#21 Kevin Ingram 243

4-#50 Perry Lovelady 231

5-#49 Ron Lofquist 215

6-#54 Ryan Lisak 204

7-#36 Tim Russell 198

8-#47 Chris Fontaine 156

9-#23 Rusty Ebersole 146

10-#22 David King 141

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OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS:

1-#98 Wayne Morris 614

2-#56 James Wright III 595

3-#19 Kevin Macy 590

4-#75 Bobby Blake 545

5-#87 Keith Lilley 542

6-#03 Kyle Bookmiller 499

7-#01 Von Pope 475

8-#00 Shawn Harper 449

9-#35 Ron Abney, Jr. 406

10-#51 Colin Cabre 382

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SPORTSMAN:

1-#71 Dave Dunkin 242

2-#22 Austin Carr 234

3-#13 Mark Medeiros 230

4-#1 Bart Weatherford 166

5-#51 Kyle Alford 146

6-#19 Chris Lewellen 102

7-#8 Brando Duchscherer 94

8-#92 Ted Head 88

9-#60 Richard Fiore 86

10-#89 Brett Jenkins 70

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MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:

1-#89 Scott Sharpe 294

2-#15 Jason Rendell 258

3-#55 Mike Sweet 242

4-#45 Dennis Jones 176

5-#38 Burt Morse 170

6-#26 Jimmy Pugh 162

7-#07 Bruce Anderson 158

8-#37 Brandon McSwain 112

9-#09 Jessica Robbins 82

10-#77 Lee Davis 80

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TRUCKS:

1-#72 Keith Lilley 100

2-#1 Tommy King 78

3-#16 Tim Sozio 72

4-#2 Jim Cowhey, Jr. 70

5-#13 J.R. Garcia 60

6-#15 Roger Blevins 56

7-#77 Lance Daubach 46

8-#37 Nick Hernandez 44

9-#36 Austin Stamper 32

10-#99 Brent Tyler 30

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LEGEND CARS:

1-#38 Gerald White, Jr. 448

2-#59 Jake Perkins 416

3-#8 Justin Brown 414

4-#71 Mason Ketterman 364

5-#07 Dave Gleason 336

6-#31 Lynn Wiles 244

7-#4R Zach Napoleon 236

8-#7 Dakota Baggette 208

9-#83 Danielle Stratton 178

10-#51 Roger Englund 170

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STREET STOCKS:

1-#42 Jeff Waterman 422

2-#5 Matt McCrary 402

3-#4 Dave Colpritt 388

4-#56 James Wright III 314

5-#17 Kyle Hall 264

6-#48 Eddie Hartin 202

7-#29 Bobby Mobley 200

8-#65 Ken Lawrence 192

9-#3 Kevin O’Quinn 150

10-#52 Mike Rowland 136

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MINI STOCK:

1-#42 Chris Spring 548

2-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr. 542

3-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr. 522

4-#33 Donnie Guy 470

5-#46 Randy King 302

6-#88 Kevin Steadman 292

7-#40 Jason Swilley 268

8-#4 Marilyn McCrary 230

9-#551 Mark Wells 188

10-#55 Steve Routt, Jr. 158

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V-8 BOMBERS:

1-#111 Josh Borem 560

2-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr. 448

3-#0 Paul Bookmiller 352

4-#56 James Wright, Sr. 306

5-#42 Brandon Duchscherer 178

6-#96 Larry Chumney II 166

7-#96 Larry Chumney, Sr. 128

8-#14 Donnie King 124

9-#29 Brian Harbin 118

10-#1 David Fletcher 116

#89 Preston Davis 116

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SCRAMBLERS:

1-#28 Kimberly Gullett 378

2-#66 Brian Tyre 376

3-#00 Chad Cutting 330

4-#62 Richard Brown 294

5-#4 Scott Russ 220

6-#51 Matt Johns 216

7-#71 Dave Canfield 214

8-#42 Mike Bauer 172

9-#9 Ashton Hunt 150

10-52 Gary Brown, Jr. 138

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MINI CUPS:

1-#07X Harold Crooms 134

2-#74 John Beach 118

3-#21 Rick Ragan 114

4-#14 Sam Scott 112

5-#08 Tyler Scofield 98

6-27X Dale Pulst 82

7-#22 Rick Cline, Sr. 78

8-#47 Brandon Beach 58

9-#48 Carlos Pinto 52

#2 Skip Baird 52

#66 Shawn Edge 52

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BANDOLEROS:

BANDITS:

1-#38 Cameron White 474

2-#5 Derek Sobel 148

3-#11 Coty Bibeau 94

4-#30 Noah Cornman 42

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OUTLAWS:

1-#96 Teddy Lively 196

2-#48 Andy Metz 180

3-#13 Ryan Shattuck 146

4-#1 Mark Bibeau 84

5-#11 Daniel Conlin, Jr. 76