By Dave Westerman
Auburndale Speedway closes out the 2010 regular racing season Saturday night with a six division program featuring extra-distance, extra-cash races for the Legend Cars and the Street Stocks. They will be joined by the Mini Stocks, Scramblers, and Bandoleros along with a ladies Powder Puff race.
Although the point season ended last week for the Legend Cars, they will get a jump on the upcoming Winternationals with a special 50 lap feature paying $500 to win. 2010 champion Jake Perkins will be in the field along with a host of others going for the extra cash and some bragging rights heading into the off season.
The only track championship as yet undecided is for the Street Stocks, however all point leader Matt McCrary has to do is start the special 40 lap feature and the title is his to claim. McCrary’s only challenger is Jeff Waterman who sits 56 points behind him after two straight DNF’s. Unless McCrary takes a victory this week, he would pull off the rare feat of winning a championship without winning a feature race. McCrary has had closet full of second-fifth place finishes this year and his consistency has kept him on top.
Scrambler points will be awarded this week as well, and although Kimberly Gullett has already laid claim to the championship, second place is nowhere near decided with Brian Tyre leading Richard Brown by just eight points.
Congratulations to Teddy Lively and Cameron White who wrapped up the 2010 Bandolero track championships last week in the Outlaw and Bandit classes respectively.
Pit gates open at 2PM Saturday and grandstand gates open at 5PM with racing beginning with time trials for the Legend Cars and Street Stocks at 7PM. Adult admission is just $12 and seniors are $10. Kids aged 5-12 are $5 and all children aged 4 and under are free. Family four-packs (two adults and two kids aged 5-12) are $25. For more information log on to www.auburndaleracing.com powered by Palm Tree Computers.
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“Toys for Tots” will be collecting new, unwrapped toys at Auburndale Speedway this week. Please try and help as the program is overwhelmed with requests for toys this year. Just bring them and drop them in the box at the entrance way.
Once again another pair of youngsters will carry away bicycles this week courtesy of “Lindsey’s Little Racers.” Each child aged ten and under will get an extra “ticket” which will be good for the drawing for the bikes and a pair of Prize Packs which will include autographed photos of Sprint Cup driver Joe Nemechek. Thirty kids will get a free ice cream treat courtesy of Legend Car champ Jake Perkins and race fan Martin Stubbs.
Julius and Lindsey Bruce shocked everyone by announcing last week that they are retiring “Lindsey’s Little Racers” due to Julius’ health issues. The program, which has awarded over 100 bicycles to kids at the track since its inception in 2005 will not be going away, just changed a bit. Starting in
2011, the “Auburndale Little Racers” will continue the tradition set down by the Bruce family. Roger Turcott will be heading up the program and is looking for sponsors to help purchase bikes and other prizes for the kids as well as items for the weekly raffle which has become a big hit with the fans this year. Roger can be reached at (863)662-5146.
A new face in the Legend Car pit area last week was Torstein Larsen who hails from Narvik, Norway. Larsen, who winters in Vero Beach four months out of the year had his new car out last week and hopes to race here as often as possible. Also making the trip down from Moncton, NB in Canada was Legend Car veteran Gary Bursey who is getting some track time before the Winternationals in February.
The 2011 Schedule for Auburndale Speedway is now up at www.auburndaleracing.com. The schedule is subject to change but is pretty well set for the upcoming year. The Trucks will gain extra dates in 2011 and the popular Outlaw Modifieds will see action 14 times in 2011. Nine Late Model races are scheduled including a pair of Florida United Promoters Series dates in March and May. Sprint cars are also returning with one date already booked and more a possibility.
Look for Brent Tyler, who finished third in Truck points this year, to move up to a Late Model during 2011 along with continuing to run a few shows in his Cleanse-All sponsored Truck.
Points as of November 6, 2010:
LATE MODELS (FINAL):
1-#07 Jeff Scofield 586 (3 wins) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#50 Perry Lovelady 505
3-#36 Tim Russell 501 (3 wins)
4-#17 Ryan Lisak 493
5-#407 Jason Vail 477
6-#49 Ron Lofquist 444
#22 David King 444
8-#33 Daniel Webster 418 (1 win)
9-#5 Joe Boyd 401
10-#21 Kevin Ingram 382
OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS (FINAL):
1-#56 James Wright III 1347 (2 wins) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#75 Bobby Blake 1218 (2 wins)
3-#87 Keith Lilley 1170 (3 wins)
4-#98 Wayne Morris 1118 (1 win)
5-#01 Von Pope 825
6-#10 Travis Roland 690 (1 win)
7-#00 Shawn Harper 614
8-#19 Kevin Macy 598 (1 win)
9-#03 Kyle Bookmiller 596 (2 wins)
10-#07 Harold Crooms 572
SPORTSMAN (FINAL):
1-#71 Dave Dunkin 674 (7 wins) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#13 Mark Medeiros 640 (2 wins)
3-#22 Brandon Duchscherer 360 (2 wins)
4-#77 Lance Daubach 316 (4 wins)
#55 Richard Elkins, Jr. 316
6-#18 Austin Carr 310 (1 win)
7-#60 Richard Fiore, Jr. 298
8-#89 Brett Jenkins 252
9-#8 Chuck Harrison, Jr. 244
10-#1 Bart Weatherford 238
MODIFIED MINI STOCKS (FINAL):
1-#89 Scotty Sharpe 596 (2 wins) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#55 Mike Sweet 574 (4 wins)
3-#15 Jason Rendell 558 (3 wins)
4-#45 Dennis Jones 342
5-#02 Bo Collier 246
6-#85 Drew Carter 238
7-#07 Bruce Anderson 218
8-#37 Brandon McSwain 190 (1 win)
9-#26 Jimmy Pugh 186
10-#38 Burt Morse 170 (2 wins)
TRUCKS (FINAL):
1-#16 Tim Sozio 292 (1 win) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#2 Jim Cowhey, Jr. 282
3-#99 Brent Tyler 244
4-#37 Nick Hernandez 238 (1 win)
5-#87 Keith Lilley 216 (4 wins)
6-#15 Roger Blevins 160
7-#18 Cheyne Hammond 156
8-#25 David Hartin 142
9-#13 J.R. Garcia 140
10-#23 Michael Smith 124
LEGEND CARS (FINAL):
1-#59 Jake Perkins 978 (7 wins) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#38 Gerald White, Jr. 952 (8 wins)
3-#8 Justin Brown 850 (1 win)
4-#71 Mason Ketterman 770
5-#07 Dave Gleason 756
6-#31 Lynn Wiles 742
7-#7 Dakota Baggette 552
8#4R Zach Napoleon 500
9-#4 Tyler Smith 496 (5 wins)
10-#21 Devin McLeod 490 (1 win)
STREET STOCKS:
1-#5 Matt McCrary 1124
2-#42 Jeff Waterman 1068 (4 wins)
3-#4 Dave Colpritt 908 (4 wins)
4-#56 James Wright III 812 (8 wins)
5-#53 Kyle Peters 764 (6 wins)
6-#29 Bobby Mobley 686 (5 wins)
7-#25 Cody McDuffie 630 (1 win)
8-#17 Kyle Hall 520
9-#142 Chris Spring 474
10-#65 Ken Lawrence 374
MINI STOCKS: (FINAL as of Oct 9)
1-#42 Chris Spring 1152 (9 wins) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr. 1078 (10 wins)
3-#40 Jason Swilley 700
4-Chris Narramore, Sr. 532 (3 Wins)
5-#3 Donnie Guy 520 (1 win/non -point)
6-#4 Marilyn McCrary 462 (2 wins/non-point)
7-#551 Mark Wells 432
8-#88 Kevin Steadman 326
9-#46 Randy King 302
10-#55 James Pate 258
V-8 BOMBERS:
1-#111 Josh Borem 1140 (5 wins) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr. 1002 (1 win)
3-#89 Preston Davis 926 (10 wins)
4-#51 Matt Johns 622
5-#56 James Wright, Jr. 580 (2 wins)
6-#96 Larry Chumney II 548 (3 wins)
7-#88 Gene Harrison 478 (2 wins)
8-#96 Larry Chumney, Sr. 354
#18 Kevin Barton 354
10-#0 Paul Bookmiller 352
SCRAMBLERS:
1-#28 Kimberly Gullett 946 (6 wins) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#66 Brian Tyre 834 (4 wins)
3-#62 Richard Brown 826
4-#00 Chad Cutting 500 (1 win)
5-#71 Dave Canfield 496 (1 win)
6-#8 Richie Acres 328 (4 wins)
7-#17 Jerry Pruitt 286
#77 Jeremy Watts 286
9-#42 Mike Bauer 246
10-#01 George Gorham, Jr. 244 (1 win)
MINI CUPS: (FINAL)
1-#74 John Beach 242 (1 win) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#21 Rick Ragan 234 (1 win)
3-#7 Harold Crooms 180 (2 wins)
4-#47 Brandon Beach 160
5-#2 Skip Baird 150
6-#07 Tyler Scofield 114 (1 win)
7-#14 Sam Scott 112 (1 win)
#46 Frank Beach 112
9-#22 Rick Cline, Sr. 102
10-#27X Dale Pulst 82
BANDOLEROS:
BANDITS (FINAL):
1-#38 Cameron White 1130 (5 wins) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#5 Derek Sobel 148 (2 wins)
3-#30 Noah Cornman 130
#55 Michael Held 130
5-#1Jr Dustin Turnage 44
4-#19 Keith Sinkula 42
OUTLAWS (FINAL):
1-#96 Teddy Lively 768 (8 wins) 2010 CHAMPION
2-#48 Andy Metz 624 (2 wins)
3-#11 Daniel Conlin, Jr. 392 (1 win)
4-#65 Mark Bibeau 282
5-#13 Ryan Shattuck 276 (5 wins)
6-#03 Jake Hunter 262
7-#65 Coty Bibeau 164 (1 win)
8-#16 Nick Baluch 86
9-#83 Joey Padgett 76
10-#65 Daniel Conlin, Sr. 28
FIGURE EIGHTS: (FINAL)
1-#14 Wayne Calkins 114 2010 CHAMPION
2-#31 Wayne Whitehead 98
3-#03 Paul Bookmiller 66
4-#27 John Baranauskas 62
5-#89 Rodney Davis 60
6-#25 Ronnie Powell 40 (1 win)
#0 Jimmy Thompson 40 (1 win)
8-#4 Terry Zimmerman 36
9-#A6 J.R. Meyer 34
#89X William Hindman 34