It was a great night for racing as the sun went down and the weather was cool, the racing action was ready to heat up the night.
T.Q. Midgets were up first with the 30 car of Mike Belusar out of Punta Gorda taking the lead on lap 8 and finishing the race as the leader with hard charging Jamie Barnum second and Jack
Duffy third.
Rookie Trucks took to the field for their fifteen lap feature event which took some time to get in as most of the drivers are young kids racing for the first time. Kelli Burns of Port Charlotte led the first half of the race but the many cautions from the young drivers had the 39 of Michael
Atwell charge to the lead on a restart to take over the lead. Michael Atwell would go on to win the feature race and celebrate with his family and truck sponsor “Bubba The Love Sponge” in the winners circle with Joseph Mursuli second and Cody Martell third.
Pro 4 class once again drove a caution free race with battles going on all throughout the field. Phillip Ellis of North Port jumped out to the lead till Ryan Colver got past him on lap eight. Phillip tried for the next seventeen laps to take back the lead with no luck and no cautions he would have to settle for that second spot for the second week in a row while Dylan Bigley of Naples would come in third.
Bandoleros came out for their fifteen lap feature, which are another class of young drivers, some of them coming up from Go-Karts and Quarter Midgets. Trevor Taylor out of Zellwood would take an early lead and raced all fifteen laps trying to hold off hard charging Tyler Clem to the finish line while Johnny Holmes of Port Charlotte came in third. There was some celebration going on in the winners circle as Trevor and the son of Bubba The Love Sponge Tyler Clem pulled their cars up into the winners circle as pictures were taken and thank yous were made to their sponsor Bubba the Love Sponge.
Legend Cars put on a great show as the two number fourteens battled for the lead with the fourteen B of Jordan Black of Orlando winning and the fourteen of Brady Marshall of Sarasota second and Mitch Verhaagh of Bonita third.
Pro Trucks also ran a caution free race with Josh Williams of Port Charlotte took over the lead from Steve Darvalics on lap three and never looked back. Darvalics gave it everything he had but it just wasn’t enough to catch Williams and would have to settle for second while Michael Burns of Port Charlotte came in with a strong third place finish. Williams treated the fans to burn outs on the front stretch before his interviews and smoked them up again leaving the track as the fans cheered.
The Road Warriors are coming back stronger then ever with eighteen Bomber type cars that are called the thundering heard and they don’t leave anything on the track except maybe some oil from blown motors, that is how they Roll. It was a tough night for Blaine Baer of Port Charlotte that led the first five laps but after several restarts had the eighty car of Richard Nelson take over the lead and go onto win the feature. Baer would run second to Nelson until his motor blew with five laps to go which ended up being the longest five laps of the night with six different cautions coming out on lap twenty, but the fans stayed to the end. When the Checkers finally were waived it was Richard Nelson coming across the line first with Shane Leonard second and Randy Kile third who later did not pass the tech inspection which moved Chris Scott up to the third spot.
Fab 4 was the last class to finish off the night with most of the fans staying around to see every bit of racing the PGS drivers had to offer. It was another fast, caution free race that saw the eighty one of Brittany Barr out of St Pete take the checkers first and Zac Csmpilonga from Bradenton second and third would go to David Patterson of Port Charlotte.
Punta Gorda Speedway is becoming the place to be on Saturday night for some of the best short track racing in the state.
April 9 th racing will be the popular Sportsman, Dwarf Cars, Pro 4, Fab 4, Super Stock and the Mini Stock
Door to Door racing action every Saturday night for only $10.00
It is a night you do not want to miss.
Front gates open at 5:00pm with racing to start at 6:00 pm.
All that racing for only $10.00 so bring a friend and come hungry, great food and ice cold drinks.
Admission is $10.00 for Adults $8.00 for seniors Children 12 and under are FREE.
Punta Gorda Speedway is located at 8655 Piper Road Punta Gorda Exit 161.
For more info you can call the speedway at 941-575-7223 or visit our web site at www.puntagordaspeedway.com.
You can also find us now on face book “Punta Gorda Speedway”.
Punta Gorda Speedway Results 4/2/2011
Pro Trucks
1. 6 Josh Williams Port Charlotte Fl.
2. 41 Steve Darvalics Venice Fl.
3. 14 Machael Burns Port Charlotte
4. 36 Ross Chastain Alva Fl.
5. 60 Mark Haaven Orlando Fl.
6. 00 Whitney Poole
7. 14s Sam Scott Naples Fl.
8. 75 Robert St. John Arcadia
9. 99 Ricky Bullard Jr.
10. 19 Scott McDaniel Cape Coral Fl. D.N.S.
Road Warriors
1. 80 Richard Nelson
2. 8 Shane Leonard
3. 97 Chris Scott
4. 9 Nic Ortega
5. 89m Phil Morrison
6. 10 Jason Miller
7. 89w Mike Wilson
8. 2 Pete Bloodgood
9. 11 Willard Hadden
10. 90 Hunter Morrison
11. 5 Jeremy Daring
12. A1 Jessie Gargus
13. 63 Kris Bridges
14. 7 Blane Bear
15. 96 Joe Morales
16. 33 Chris Loney
17. 74 Johnny Allen
18. 14 Randy Kile D.Q.
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Pro 4
1. 04 Ryan Collver
2. 29 Phillip Ellis Jr.
3. 28 Dylan Bigley
4. 55 Jeremy Perkins
5. 00 Dan Collver
6. 32 Corey Bigley
7. 05x Ronald Robinson
8. 21 Jason Perkins
9. 63 Matt Fewox
10. 87 Charles Null
11. 98 Cody Allen
Fab 4
1. 81 Brittany Barr
2. 3 Zac Campilonga
3. 4 David Patterson
4. 30 Linda Badali
5. 98 Zac Fewox
6. 67 Mike Simmons
7. 32 John Lucrezi
8. 21 Janene Elwell
9. 87 Skyler Null
10. 55c Carolyn Milinowski
11 63 Aaron Hardgrove D.N.S.
Legends
1. 14B Jorden Black Orlando Fl.
2. 14 Brady Marshall Sarasota Fl.
3. 9 Mitch Vahaagh Bonita Fl.
4. 7 Mike Vahaagh Fort Myers Fl.
5. 48 Carl Haag Port St. Lucie Fl.
6. 17 Shawn Hooven Orlando Fl.
7. 55 Conrad Molter Naples Fl.
8. 26 Joey Langis Coral Springs Fl
9. 54 Tony Steinbuck Tamarac Fl.
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T.Q. Midgets
1. 30 Mike Belusar
2. 7 Jamie Barnum
3. 1 Jack Duffy
4. 51 Chris Gimmler
5. 23 Steve Mair
6. 2 Geoff Styner
7. 14 John Ciolino
8. 6 Jay Stutz
9. 58 Stu Chamberlain
10. 15 Terry Taylor
Rookie Trucks
1. 39 Michael Atwell Naples Fl.
2. 1x Joseph Muisuli Holiday Fl.
3. 99 Cody Martell Arcadia Fl.
4. 4 Kelli Burns Port Charlotte Fl.
5. 25 Darrin McCurdy
6. 36 Chad Chastain Alva Fl.
7. 10 James Bullard Arcadia Fl.
Bandolero
1. 7 Trevor Taylor Zellwood Fl.
2. 14 Tyler Clem
3. X Johnny Holmes Port Charlotte Fl.
4. 1 Kerstin King Bartow Fl.
5. 74 Shawn Hooven