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Orlando SpeedWorld Schedule for 5/21

ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE for 5/21/10
JOSLIN MEMORIAL – MODIFIED 50

General Admission – Adults $15.00
Kids 11 & under FREE
Active Military with I.D. receive $5.00 Off General Admission

4:00pm – Pit Gates Open
5-6:30pm – Division Practice
6:00pm – Grandstands Open
6:45pm – Qualifying – Modifieds
7:15pm – Drivers Meeting – Mandatory
7:30pm – Autograph Session – All Divisions
7:55pm – Parade Lap / National Anthem
8:00pm – Feature Racing Begins

Bandoleros – 12 laps
Sportsman – 25 laps
Super Stocks – 25 laps
Mini-Stocks – 25 laps
–INTERMISSION–
Open Wheel Modifieds
Joslin Memorial – 50 laps
Legends Cars – 25 laps
Pro-Trucks – 25 laps
Strictly Stocks – 20 laps

– Registration for ALL DIVISIONS closes at 6:45pm. ANY Driver not registered at that time WILL START IN REAR – NO EXCEPTIONS.

– PLEASE NOTE: Any division with less than 6 cars taking the green flag for the Feature will run a minimum of 10 laps, maximum 15 laps.

By Jane Smith|2010-05-20T13:31:21-04:00May 20th, 2010|Upcoming Events|Comments Off

The Boys Were Back In Town

By Razpewton/ Track Webmaster, photographer and Philanthropist

North Florida Speedway was once again entertained by the high-octane performance of the Florida Mini Sprints as they swarmed around the track at insanely high speeds while executing tight-formation maneuvers. Their precision driving made for some intense racing excitement as several cars jockeyed for position in their quest for the checkered. In the end however, Steve Crabtree in the # 5 car, out-drove his competitors and crossed the finish in first place.

In the Pure Stock feature, track favorites such as Dave Hess, Tim Odom and Brent Zimmerman dominated the front pack until the last few laps, when Willard Driggers surged ahead and captured the checkered flag. The Street Stocks produced a few bang-up, caution flags and provided Michael Moore in the 65w with his first win ever, much to the delight of many excited fans. The Box Stocks yielded a first time winner as well, with Robert O’Neil capturing his first checkered flag, trophy and bragging rights for the night’s victory. It is very likely we will be seeing more of Robert in Victory Lane in the very near future.

The thunderous roar of the Open Wheeled Modifieds rocked the grandstands with their usual heart-thumping entrance and went on to provide much of the night’s dramatic interaction. Henry Hall in car # 131 blasted down the straight-aways, with Chip and Kyle Owen in hot pursuit, along with Jeff Sweeney and Ronnie Chance not far behind. As these five, fearless combatants battled for position, Jamie Carter in the number 15 car maintained his lead over the field with some outstanding driving and flawless execution. His competitors were counting on the one mistake that would yield the lead and give them the edge, but that moment never came. He crossed the finish line well ahead of the second placed car and experienced the thrill of Victory with a trophy and first place prize money.

North Florida Speedway will be hosting more exciting dirt racing action on May 29, 2010. They will feature the National Late Models, Pure Stocks, Sportsmans and Limited Mods. Additionally, May 29^th is Driver Trading Card Night. There will be door prizes and drivers giving away trading cards to their fans. For more information visit www.northfloridaspeedway.com.

TOP FINISHERS 5-15-10

STREET STOCK

1ST- MICHAEL MOORE #65W

2^ND– CHAD SCRANTON #22

3^RD– BOBBY RIVERS 317

4^TH– ROBBY DISBROW #58

5^TH– JOE BOYD #83

6^TH– RANDY MOODY #13

7^TH– GLENN BAUM #23

8^TH– JIM WEAVER #71X

9^TH– MARTY SMITH #18

10^TH– BRIAN HODGES #09

11^TH– JOHN WINDHAM #65R

12^TH– PAUL WEBB #4RD

13^TH– JOEY BROWN #65

14^TH– CHRIS NORTHRUP #91

15^TH– HEATH WALKER #55

16^TH– DAVE DOWLING #66

PURE STOCKS

1^ST– WILLARD DRIGGERS #21

2^ND– BRENT ZIMMERMAN #OOZ

3^RD– ANDY OLSON #13

4^TH– FLOYD MARTIN #01

5^TH– JERRY FORTNER #F16

6^TH– TIMOTHY ODOM #41

7^TH– RICK REED #66

8^TH– CHRIS ROWE #23

9^TH– BRAD NIXON #19

10^TH– BILLY SMITH #00

11^TH– DAVID HESS #15

12^TH– JAMES TROWELL #58

13^TH– DARRELL KENNINGTON #31

14^TH– ROBERT BURKES JR #9H

15^TH– MICKEY KEEDWELL #81

16^TH– DANIEL KEEN #53

17^TH– SHANE TAYLOR #82

18^TH– CHARLES MILLER #03

19^TH– BERNIE THRIFT #3XL

20^TH– DANNY DUKES #98

21^ST– DORAN CHENEY #74

22^ND– TIM SNYDER #3T

MINI SPRINTS

1^ST– STEVE CRABTREE #5

2^ND– TIM O’DONNELL #28

3^RD– JESSE TEED #7

4^TH– BRETT O’DONNELL #11

5^TH– MARK RIDER #2

6^TH– RAELYNN MOSS #23

7^TH– SHELDON KINSER #2JR

8^TH– CHRIS PARTIN #81

9^TH– CHRIS PACETTI #16

10^TH– STEVE WHEELER #26

11^TH– WALTER ARNOLD #116

12^TH– PETE SMITH #34

13^TH– EDDIE MOSS JR #8

14^TH– JOHN CROWDER #30

15^TH– TOMMY BOWDEN #31

16^TH– DARRIN DAVIS #92

17^TH– JODY MCKENZIE #18

18^TH– DYLAN COLDING #23D

19^TH– AUSTIN JACKSON #X59

20^TH– ANDREW KURJACK #6

OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS

1^ST– JAMIE CARTER #15

2^ND– DONNIE HALL #131

3^RD– CHIP OWEN #1

4^TH– KYLE OWEN #2

5^TH– JEFF SWEENEY #51

6^TH– RONNIE CHANCE #7S

7^TH– KENNY BLAIR #412

8^TH– DAVID CREWS JR #10

9^TH– MATT PADGETT #61

10^TH– JOSH CARTRETTE #231

11^TH– JOHNNY MULLNER #28

12^TH– JAMES BURNELL #91

13^TH– CODY GARDNER #47

14^TH– MARK PADGETT #23

BOX STOCK

1^ST– ROBERT ONEAL #1

2^ND– CHUCK KUESTER #22

3^RD– MARK SLOAN #7

4^TH– CHARLES HOWARD SR #74

5^TH– CARL TAYLOR #44

6^TH– JC FRISBEE #25

7^TH– CHRIS ROTHWELL #4

8^TH– DEVIN WALKER #55JR

By Jane Smith|2010-05-21T16:57:27-04:00May 19th, 2010|Front Page News, North Florida Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off

New Smyrna Speedway Update for this Weekend

NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY
5/22/10 Fan Appreciation Night
Sportsman / Super Stock 50’s

Purse / Rules Information

*** All Sportsman and Super Stocks MUST go through Tech BEFORE you Practice.

* NSS SPORTSMAN 50 – 5/22 RULES…

Bring your Track Rules and Weight Rule (Weight may be adjusted slightly if needed to ensure a level playing field… Please bring 50lbs of lead.)

There is NO body rule. Sideboards and other enhancements are allowed provided that they are attached to the car in a safe and secure manner. Tires MUST be fully contained within wheel well. No part of tire may extend outside of the body. ALL ENHANCEMENTS MUST BE DEEMED SAFE BY FASCAR OFFICIALS.

Pit Entry – $25.00 non-Member / $20.00 Member

NO Slab Fee, NO Minimum Fuel Purchase, MUST run 110 or 112 octane or Regular Unleaded Pump Fuel.

Guaranteed Purse. NO Entry Fee.

May run FASCAR Approved Tire, or your Track Approved Tires ONLY. NO Stamp Fee. FASCAR Sportsman MUST run 8″ Wheel with FASCAR Approved 8″ Tire.

50 Green Flag Laps – Double File Restarts. Leader has choice of inside or outside lane on Restarts.

General Admission is $5.00 per Adult for Fan Appreciation Night… Good crowd expected, please be ready to Race .

Guaranteed Purse:

1. $600.00

2. $300.00

3. $200.00

4. $150.00

5. $125.00

6. $100.00

7. $90.00

8. $85.00

9. $75.00

10. + $60.00

* NSS SUPER STOCK 50 – 5/22 PURSE…

This is a Guaranteed Purse with NO Entry Fee.

1.                    $500.00

2.                    $250.00

3.                    $125.00

4.                    $100.00

5.                    $90.00

6.                    $80.00

7.                    $75.00

8.                    $70.00

9.                    $65.00

10. +        $60.00

By Jane Smith|2010-05-19T00:19:39-04:00May 19th, 2010|Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Team Car Warz Heads to Columbus Motor Speedway on May 29th

Old Town, FL (May 18, 2010) Team Car Warz is gearing up again for another great show in Columbus, Ohio at the Columbus Motor Speedway located at 1841 Williams Road in Columbus, Ohio.

The pilot for the new Demo Diva’s being filmed by Film Garden should air in July sometime with 10 more shows being added this year. The pilot for the new reality series was shot at Desoto Super Speedway in Bradenton, Florida.

Fans at Columbus Motor Speedway will be entertained with 4 and 6 cylinder enduros, flag pole race, skid car race, boat trailer race, Figure 8 School Bus race, Fan Burnout competition, Roller Derby, 4 and 6 cylinder fwd demo derby and the Jet Truck will be there.

Racing starts at 7 pm with general admission $20.00, children $5.00. Columbus Motor Speedway is a 1/3 mile paved oval with 8 to 10 degree banking.

On June 5th, Team Car Warz will move to Holland, New York with school bus racing, 4 or 6 cylinder enduro, flag pole race, boat trailer race, rollover contest, stock roller derby, FWD Demo derby, chain race, Fan Burnout Competition and much more.

For more information on Team Car Warz please go to www.crash-a-rama.com for rules and schedule of upcoming events.

By Jane Smith|2010-05-18T16:13:33-04:00May 18th, 2010|Upcoming Events|Comments Off

TIMELY CAUTION HELPS BOBBY BLAKE TO SECOND OWM WIN OF THE YEAR AT AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY

by Dave Westerman

Race drivers are often asked how much “luck” plays a part in their sport. Saturday night at Auburndale Speedway, Bobby Blake used a very well-timed caution flag to score his second Open Wheel Modified feature of the year in front of yet another big crowd.

Keith Lilley and Shawn Harper won the heat races for the 19 cars entered for the nights’ Modified competition, but it would not be a good feature race for either driver. The pair tangled on the opening lap in turn three causing a wild melee that saw several cars bruised and bent. Harper took his car to the pits for repairs along with Josh Todd who had to replace a flat right rear tire.

Both drivers made it back out for the restart, but Harper now found himself going from the pole position to the rear of the restart line-up. With the inside row moving up a position, that now put Bobby Blake on the pole with Lilley on the outside front row.

Blake zipped to the lead as Lilley fought to maintain the high line. This time it was Colin Cabre drifting into Lilley in the exact same spot as the first incident happened. Again, Lilley went for a spin, but this time no one else received any damage and a third complete restart was called for.

This time a full lap would be completed before things went awry again… and again it was Lilley involved as he slid high off turn four, collided with Raymond Lovelady and went sliding full-speed into the infield. Lilley’s car struck the Elkins Automotive push truck but fortunately no one was injured. Lilley’s car had the rear end shoved to the side and he was done for the night while the push truck was badly damaged and needed a tow home at the end of the evening.

On the restart, Blake began to set the pace with James Wilkins in tow as the pair sped away from third-running Cabre. Action continued under green until Harper looped his mount in turn two on lap 14. Blake continued to set the pace with Wilkins all over him. On lap 25, Wilkins drove by Blake on the outside to take the lead only to see the caution flag out for a tangle between Eddie Hartin and Ken Lawrence in turn two.

For the restart, the field reverted back to the running order from lap 24 place a relieved Blake back in the lead. Wilkins kept up his charge but things were changing behind the lead duo as Travis Roland and James Wright III both got by Cabre and closed on the front pair.

Wilkins tried his best but had to settle for a close second to Blake who won his second Modified race of the year after taking the checker on opening night this year. Only one driver, Lilley, was able to win two OWM features in all of 2009, now Blake and Kyle Bookmiller have already turned the trick in 2010.

Action continued right to the checker as Wright passed Roland for third on the final lap. Roland settled for fourth with point leader Wayne Morris fifth. Rounding out the top ten were Von Pope, Kevin Macy, Harold Crooms, Cabre and Harper. As a testament to the quality of the field, once again all cars running finished on the lead lap of the 40 lap feature.

The Sportsman feature race was very un-sportsmanlike in the early going with caution flags flying numerous times before the first three laps could be completed with many cars suffering body damage and a few left “dragging their tails.”

Once things settled down, first heat winner Mark Medeiros settled into the lead with Dave Dunkin and second heat winner Bart Weatherford in tow. Weatherford eventually got by Dunkin for second but Medeiros was up to the task and led all the way for his second win of the year with Weatherford a very close runner-up. Dunkin held on for third trailed by Brett Jenkins and Chris Lewellen.

The Mini Cup feature was a much tamer affair than last time out as Harold Crooms won his second straight 25 lap headliner.

Crooms and Sam Scott won the heats but Scott never got a chance to challenge as he slapped the front stretch wall on lap three and retired from the race. From that point Crooms was on cruise-control as he easily topped Rick Ragan and Georgia’s John Beach who were the only two cars within a half-lap of him. Tyler Scofield was fourth and Rick Cline, Jr. took fifth spot.

The Legend Car feature saw some wild late race action, but it was all well behind winner Gerald White, Jr. as he took his fourth win of the year. Just two cautions slowed the event for minor incidents. Justin Brown led the opening 16 laps before giving way to White who drove off from the field at that point.

Jake Perkins would ultimately end up second followed by Tyler Smith, Mason Ketterman and Brown. Heat race wins went to Brown and Smith.

Heat winner Jeff Lacy spun out in turn two while leading the V-8 Bomber feature handing the lead and eventual win to Larry Chumney II. Point leader Josh Borem was second while Lacy got back to third at the finish. Matt Johns and Gene Harrison were fourth and fifth.

Bandolero racing saw the Bibeau family back in action and they scored a one-two finish as son Coty topped dad Mark. Cameron White was third ahead of Teddy Lively, Daniel Conlin, Sr. and Andy Metz.

Heather Guy shook off a balky engine to top the Kids Club feature over Dakota Hunt, Megan Gosselin and Brandon Guy.

OFFICIAL RESULTS – AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY – 5/15/10:

OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED:

1-#75 Bobby Blake

2-#76 James Wilkins

3-#56 James Wright III

4-#10 Travis Roland

5-#98 Wayne Morris

6-#01 Von Pope

7-#19 Kevin Macy

8-#07 Harold Crooms

9-#51 Colin Cabre

10-#00 Shawn Harper

11-#5 Eddie Hartin

12-#35 Ron Abney

13-#65 Ken Lawrence

14-#11 Jimmy Wilkins

15-#101 David Grogan

16-#89 Josh Todd

17-#87 Keith Lilley

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LEGEND CARS:

1-#38 Gerald White, Jr.

2-#59 Jake Perkins

3-#4 Tyler Smith

4-#71 Mason Ketterman

5-#8 Justin Brown

6-#07 Dave Gleason

7-#31 Lynn Wiles

8-#21 Devin McLeod

9-#7 Dakota Baggette

10-#67 Matt Larmore

11-#5 Seth Adams

12-#4R Zach Napoleon

13-#51 Roger Englund

14-#83 Danielle Stratton

15-#99 Leroy Moore

16-#11 Daniel Conlin, Sr.

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SPORTSMAN:

1-#13 Mark Medeiros

2-#1 Bart Weatherford

3-#71 Dave Dunkin

4-#89 Brett Jenkins

5-#19 Chris Lewellen

6-#22 Austin Carr

7-#8 Brandon Duchscherer

8-#35 Greg Krom

9-#16 Wayne Jones

10-#01 Pat Dent

11-#21 Chuck Harrison, Jr.

DNS #60 Richard Fiore

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V-8 BOMBERS:

1-#96 Larry Chumney II

2-#111 Josh Borem

3-#105 Jeff Lacey

4-#51 Matt Johns

5-#88 Gene Harrison

6-#1 David Fletcher

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MINI CUPS:

1-#07x Harold Crooms

2-#21 Rick Ragan

3-#74 John Beach

4-#07 Tyler Scofield

5-#37 Rick Cline

6-#71 Duane Foster

7-#27x Dale Pulst

8-#2 Skip Baird

9-#22 Rick Cline, Sr.

10-#66 Shawn Edge

11-#57 Brittney Huntington

12-#9 Cole Partelo

13-#46 Frank Beach

14-#14 Sam Scott

DNS #47 Brandon Beach

DNS # 4 Ray Black

DNS #05 Cindarae Irish

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BANDOLEROS:

1-#4 Coty Bibeau (Bandit Winner)

2-#1 Mark Bibeau (Outlaw Winner

3-#38 Cameron White (Bandit)

4-#96 Teddy Lively (Outlaw)

5-#11 Daniel Conlin, Jr. (Outlaw)

6-#48 Andy Metz (Outlaw)

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KIDS CLUB:

1-#30 Heather Guy (Junior Division Winner)

2-#9 Dakota Hunt (Novice Division Winner)

3-#10 Megan Gosselin (Novice)

4-#32 Brandon Guy (Novice)

Next week on May 21, it’s a special Friday night practice at 5PM and party at 8PM. Only the pits will be open but all fans are welcome. Admission is just $10. Saturday, grandstands open at 5PM, qualifying for all divisions startsat 5:30PM and racing starts at 7 PM with the Late Models running the AMF Chassis/Chassis Works 100 plus Modified Mini Stocks, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Legends, Bandoleros, Scramblers, and V-8 Bombers. For more informationcall 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com.

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By Jane Smith|2010-05-18T02:26:08-04:00May 18th, 2010|Auburndale Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off

Late Models Highlight Friday’s Action at Ocala

by BJ Cavin- Ocala Speedway Media

OCALA, FL- Ocala Speedway will return to action this Friday night with four divisions challenging the toughest 3/8ths mile in the southeast. Ocala’s Late Model Division will be back, as will the Amsoil Synthetics V8 thunder Stocks, the Mini Stocks, and the Gladiators.

Mark Whitener has a solid grip on the points lead as the Late Models return this Friday, but Ivedent Lloyd lurks just 21 points back, and from there back the standings become extremely close. The 2009 Late Model champion, J.O. Nobles, is just 3 points shy of second place, and Phillip Cobb trails Nobles by a point. Depending on who shows up and how the race plays out, anyone could be anywhere by the time racing ends on Friday night.

Scott Mooers has become the man to beat when it comes to Amsoil V8 Thunder Stock racing in central Florida with wins at both the big half mile and at Ocala. Michael Stalnaker managed to get past him last Friday night but then failed the post race tech inspection, thus handing the win back to Mooers. Meanwhile Willard Driggers could not repeat his big win from two weeks ago this past Friday night and is looking for some redemption, while Harold Erickson has quietly slipped into the hunt with some consistent runs as of late. Stalnaker’s troubles on Friday leave Jerrid Bennett leading the points race despite a recent run of bad luck.

Ocala Speedway’s Mini Stocks may have turned the corner and provided some thrilling racing under the new rules package, but Nick and Dan Kerr still seem to have a firm hold on the top of the heap at present. Last year’s champion, Paul Combast, holds the third spot behind the Kerr’s in the points, and keeps getting good finishes but few wins, while Keith Briggs could not buy a break with a million dollars and would simply like to finish a race.

Steven Johnson remains the points leader in the Gladiator Division, but the youngsters are right on his tail. Devin Walker has a determined spirit that keeps him in the hunt, and at just 11 points out of first place he is Johnson’s “man in the mirror” at present. And while Kody fisher remains in the third spot in the points race, he is more focused on learning to drive his new rear wheel drive race car, plus repair the damages he did to it on Friday night with two head on smacks into the wall.

Ocala Speedway will fling open the grandstand gates at 5PM on Friday, and racing will be underway at 8PM with the first heat races. For more information, be sure to visit www.OcalaSpeedway.com, or phone the track at 352-622-9400.

By Jane Smith|2010-05-18T01:59:08-04:00May 18th, 2010|Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Teens Admitted Free This Saturday at Volusia Speedway Park

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.

By Jane Smith|2010-05-18T01:56:22-04:00May 18th, 2010|Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Bobby Blake On Top In Modifieds at Auburndale Speedway

By Carol Andrews

We had seven classes running Saturday Night at Auburndale Speedway, the winners in each division are as follows:

Open Wheel Modified

1-#75 Bobby Blake

2-#76 James Wilkins

3-#56 James Wright III

4-#10 Travis Roland

5-#98 Wayne Morris

6-#01 Von Pope

7-#19 Kevin Macy

8-#07 Harold Crooms

9-#51 Cvollin Cabre

10-#00 Shawn Harper

11-#5 Eddie Hartin

12-#35 Ron Abney

13-#65 Ken Lawrence

14-#11 Jimmy Wilkins

15-#101 David Grogan

16-#89 Josh Todd

17-#87 Keith Lilley

Legends

1-#38 Gerald White Jr

2-#59 Jake Perkins

3-#4 Tyler Smith

4-#71 Mason Ketterman

5-#8 Justin Brown

6-#07 Dave Gleason

7-#31 Lynn Wiles

8-#21 Devin McLeod

9-#7 Dakota Baggette

10-#67 Matt Larmore

11-#5 Seth Adams

12-#4R Zach Napoleon

13-#51 Roger Englund

14-#83 Danielle Stratten

15-#99 Leroy Moore

16-#11 Daniel Conlin Sr.

Bandeleros

Outlaws

1-#4 Coty Bibeau

2-#1 Mark Bibeau

3-#96 Teddy Lively

4-#11 Daniel Conlin Jr

5-#48 Andy Metz

Bandits

1-#38 Cameron White

Sportsman

1-#13 Mark Medeiros

2-#1 Bart Weatherford

3-#71 Dave Dunkin

4-#89 Brett Jenkins

5-#19 Chris Lewellen

6-#22 Austin Carr

7-#8 Brandon Duchscherer

8-#35 Gregory Krom

9-#16 Wayne Jones

10-#01 Pat Dent

11-#21 Chuck Harrison Jr

N/S#60 Richard Fiore

V-8 Bombers

1-#96 Larry Chumney II

2-#111 Josh Borem

3-#105 Jeff Lacey

4-#51 Matt Johns

5-#88 Gene Harrison

6-#1 David Fletcher

MIni Cups

1-#07x Harold Crooms

2-#21 Rick Ragan

3-#74 John Beach

4-#07 Tyler Scofield

5-#37 Rick Cline

6-#71 Dewayne Foster

7-#27x Dale Pulst

8-#2 Skip Baird

9-#22 Rick Cline Sr

10-#66 Shawn Edge

11-#57 Brittney Huntington

12-#9 Cole Partelo

13-#46 Frankeach

14-#14 Sam Scott

N/S#47 Brandon Beach

N/S# 4 Ray Black

N/S#05 Cindarea Irish

Kids Club

Junior Division

1-#30 Heather Guy

NoviceDivision

1-#9 Dakota Hunt

2-#10 Megan Gosselin

3-#32 Brandon Guy

Next week May 21, Friday Night Practice @ 5:00 PM and Party @ 8:00 PM. $10 per person. Saturday Night Racing starts at 7 PM with Late Models, Modified Mini, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Legends, Bandeleros, Scramblers, and V-8 Bombers. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com

By Jane Smith|2010-05-17T13:13:23-04:00May 17th, 2010|Auburndale Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off

Volusia Speedway Honors the Military with Five Divisions

by VSP Media

BARBERVILLE, FL- The racers and fans at Volusia Speedway Park got a break last Saturday night as a pause in the schedule allowed for a weekend off from racing, and when they returned this Saturday it was with a renewed focus and determination, that led to high quality racing. Fans saw action from the Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models, the Taylor Racing Products Sportsman Division, the Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks, the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks, and VSP’s own 4 Cylinder Challengers, as everyone paid special tribute to our fighting forces on Volusia Speedway Park’s Armed Forces Night.

Over the past few outings Mike Tovet has made some waves in the Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks, but some time off seemed to refresh others who needed to win, so Tovet found himself following instead of leading. And from the start of the race, it became evident that Joe Belkey was back, as he grabbed second place from Mike Tovet and began working on the race leader, Cory Hupp. But Trevor Gamble was right behind him and slipped around for second, and the front four cars began a several lap long mix and match for the top spots.

Belkey, who has suffered through some setbacks as of late, cranked up the determination a few more notches, made his way back to second place, and got alongside Cory Hupp in a battle for the lead. Belkey won that battle on lap 12 as he overwhelmed Hupp and sprinted out to a sizable lead, as Hupp developed mechanical issues and slowed his pace. Belkey dominated the rest of the race despite a challenge from Trevor Gamble, and notched his first win of the 2010 racing season. Gamble followed in second place while Mike Tovet claimed the third spot. Mark Maresca had a good showing in fourth place and “Shady” Grady Christian returned to the field with a fifth place finish.

Many of the racers who normally compete with the Taylor Racing Products Sportsman Division at VSP used their weekend off to venture west to Ocala for a race, and that event left many of them beaten and bruised. And one of the most damaged of the group was Aaron Barsness, who got tangled in an accident early in that race and left with a mangled race car, which looked greatly healed as it pulled onto the clay at Volusia Speedway Park on Saturday night. But Barsness had to find a way to overcome a hard charging Stanton Mills, who was out of the blocks like a racer possessed, and who hit turn two so hard and fast that the race car actually bicycled.

Mills looked to be too much for Barsness to overtake as the two of them separated themselves from everyone else, but a lack of caution flags allowed the field to spread out and forced the leaders to cope with traffic everywhere on the track. And as fate would have it, that traffic came into play as Barsness and Mills entered the final five laps of the race. A slower car caused Mills to lift just long enough for Barsness to get the advantage, and that determined who won the race.

Aaron Barsness recovered from last weekend’s Ocala disaster with a win at VSP, followed by Stanton Mills in second place. Shaun Daugharty, who also suffered through a miserable experience at Ocala, recovered for a third place finish, followed by Chris Day and Kyle Chappell to round out the top five.

The Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models put on quite a show for the fans Saturday night as some regulars fell by the wayside and a determined winner drove a wounded race car into Victory Lane. The race featured one red flag on lap 7, as Hamp Conley executed a cartwheeling crash along the backstretch wall. While it was both exciting and frightening to see and mangled the race car, Conley thankfully walked away from the carnage.

The race was dominated by Tyler Ivey, who jumped to the front and left everyone else to fight over what was left. David Clegg patiently worked his way up to the second spot just before Conley’s accident stopped things, and held that position despite Lawton Minchew’s efforts to pass him. but in a rare moment for the veteran driver. Clegg simply overdrove the car in turn 3 and nosed into the inside barrier, which damaged the nose enough that it sent him to the pits for the remainder of the race. Joe Kump also worked his way into the top three, but had nothing for Ivey until late in the race.

But just as it looked like Tyler Ivey was going to win by an embarrassingly large margin, his car began smoking heavily and his pace slowed. Ivey kept after it, realizing that he might have enough left to make it to the finish, and that he had such a huge lead that Kump might not catch him. Each lap the car smoked worse and the engine sounded flatter, but Ivey never relented, and although Kump managed to catch him in the final laps, Tyler Ivey scored a victory as the laps ran out on Joe Kump. Ivey celebrated in Victory Lane while VSP fire crews made sure that the car would not provide any fireworks, and Joe Kump went to the pits in second place. Lawton Minchew finished in the third spot followed by Donnie Chappell in fourth and Jeff Phipps in fifth place.

The Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks seem to always provide a tough and tumble brand of racing, and Saturday night was more of the same. Randy Strehle was one of the victims as he and three other cars tangled in turn two, Jim Goempel struggled in the race until his engine expired on lap 6, and Robert Donaly suffered a loose wheel in turn 3 that caused him to limp to the pits, following the tire and rim which went there on its own accord.

And while others were trying to survive , Scott Mooers was totally in control as he led the race from flag to flag. Matt Schell scored a second place finish thanks to his determined moves throughout the race that helped him climb up from the 13th starting position. But the big mover of the race was Austin Kirkpatrick, who struggled with mechanical issues in his heat race and wound up calling a friend in the grandstands to come and help fix it before the feature event. Kirkpatrick finished in the third spot while David Whitt and Richard Calmes finished behind him in fourth and fifth places.

The 4 Cylinder Challengers had something to race for as Astor Recycling provided a $100 bonus to the winner, and from the start it looked like it was once again time for things to change at the top. Mechanical issues delayed Casey Feaster from staging for the race, and he failed to get onto the track before the green flew. Shawn Kosier, who dominated the Challengers in the early part of the season, suffered a flat tire and limped into the pits, while Nathan Rhoades and Steven Johnson wound up with damaged cars from contact.

Meanwhile, Tony Laporta was back at the track and looked like his past issues were long gone, as he shot to the lead and stayed there for the win. Larry Langston came on strong and worked his way to second place, but could not find a solution for Laporta and had to settle for the runner up position at the checkers, and James Smith fought his way to a third place finish. Kevin Dugan was fourth, while Denica Hetznecker overcame some close calls and raced hard for the fifth place finish. And despite the flat tire early on, Shawn Kosier battled back to salvage sixth place, gaining 13 positions from his original 19th starting position.

Teenagers will be the focus this coming Saturday night at Volusia Speedway Park. “Teen Night” will feature giveaways, prizes, contests, plus special events geared for teens, and there will be a special teen section at the track. Gates open at 5:30PM on Saturday, May 22nd, with racing at 7:30PM. For more information, visit www.VolusiaSpeedwayPark.net.

Volusia Speedway Park Results for 5/15/10

Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models

1- 47 Tyler Ivey
2- J17 Joe Kump
3- 23 Lawton Minchew
4- 25 Donnie Chappell

5- 32P Jeff Phipps

6- 35 Christian Augspurger
7- 11 Howard Stalls
8- 45 Bobby Richardson
9- 98C Kent Corbin
10- 21Q Chris Freeman
11- RP1 Bug Rose
12- 5 Johnny Collins
13- 07 David Clegg
14- 46 Hamp Conley
DNS- 16 Wayne Shugart

Taylor Racing Products Sportsman

1- 11 Aaron Barsness
2- 57P Stanton Mills
3- 00 Shaun Daugharty
4- 8 Chris Day
5- 66C Kyle Chappell
6- 10 Steve Shead
7- 05 Dan Lane Sr.
8- 96 Matt McGillivray
9- 29S Drew Smith
10- 17K Marc Kinley
11- 17H Blaise Hetznecker
12- 22 Brad Humphries
13- 77 Wayne Allen Jr.
14- 57 Karl Heinz Haas
15- 18S David Showers Jr.
16- 38 Doug White
17- 88 Samuel Ashley

DNS- 80 Paul Shead
DNS- 56 Tony Sansom

Daytona Sportswear Street Stock

1- 119 Joe Belkey II
2- 64 Trevor Gamble
3- 98T Mike Tovet
4- 77M Mark Maresca
5- 36 Grady Christian
6- 54 Tim Hughes
7- 13 Phillip Brown
8- 51 Steve Oldaker
9- 2H Cory Hupp
10- 66V Greg Vandergriff
11- 34 Pat Buckley
12- 61 Mike Tripp
13- 2S Mick Kulak
14- 11S James Smith

15- 17 D.J. Nobles

Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stock

1- 10 Scott Mooers
2- 57 Matt Schell

3- 11 Austin Kirkpatrick
4- 13 David Whitt
5- 07 Richard Calmes Jr.
6- 6 Wally Douglas
7- 17 Donnie Nobles
8- 03 Robert Schrunk

9- V1 Delbert Moyer
10- 19 A.J. McKay
11- 81 Courtney Eubanks
12- 29 Tom Hughes
13- 24 Randy Strehle
14- 15 Luke Sadler
15- 9 Jim Goempel
16- 114 John Thorpe
17- 22 Kelly Snyder

18- 0 Ricky Lara
19- 42 Dalton Strehle
20- 9R Robert Donaly
21- 14 Brian Cox
DNS- 32 James Shaw

4 Cylinder Challengers

1- 3T Tony Laporta
2- 49 Larry Langston
3- 60 James Smith Sr.
4- 5S Kevin Dugan
5- 16 Denica Hetznecker
6- 97 Shawn Kosier
7- 88 Steven Cox
8- 7 Jamie Farris
9- 20 Casey Feaster
10- 16E Gilbert Espy
11- 18PAC Michael Stein
12- 11 David Ladrie
13- 004 R.J. Glaser
14- X Justin Dean
15- 31 Scott Sullivan
16- 51 Nathan Rhoades
17- 12 Robert Graham
18- 81 Steven Johnson
19- XX Jordan Myers
20- 1X James Clay
21- 101 Wade Lear
22- 37 Steve Danese
23- 6E Gilbert Espy

By Jane Smith|2010-05-16T21:51:44-04:00May 16th, 2010|Race Results, Volusia Speedway Park|Comments Off

Shane Butler tops TBARA at Columbia Motorsports Park

LAKE CITY, Fla. – Patience paid off big time for Shane Butler Saturday night at Columbia Motorsports Park as he waited until leader Larry Brazil, Jr. bobbled on the last lap then sped past on the bottom side to claim the victory in the 30 lap TBARA sprint car feature event.

Steve Heisler and Johnny Gilbertson led the field to the green flag on the very fast half-mile oval but the guy on the move from the outset was young Ben Fritz who had started sixth. By lap eight Fritz was on the point and motoring away from the field until a caution on lap 12 for the stalled car of Larry Brazil.

When the green flag reappeared it was Fritz over Brazil, Jr., Butler, Dude Teate and Bo Hartley. On lap 15 D.J. Hoelzle spun in front of the leaders and Fritz could not avoid contact. Neither driver was injured but both cars were finished for the evening.

Brazil, Jr. was the new leader with Butler, Teate and Hartley in tow but they only got in two laps under green before Gilbertson looped his mount in turn two to bring out the final yellow of the event. The final dozen laps were all green and it appeared that Brazil, Jr.was headed for a win but with three laps remaining his car began to get loose and Butler just waited until Brazil nearly lost the handle on the final lap, then dove for the bottom, grabbed the top spot and drove to victory, his first this season on the tour. Brazil, Jr. claimed runner-up money over Teate, Bo Hartley and Aguilar. Aguilar and Brazil, Jr. won the heat races.

Feature (30 laps) – 1. Shane Butler, 2. Larry Brazil, Jr., 3. Dude Teate, 4. Bo Hartley, 5. Joey Augilar, 6. Tommy Nichols, 7. Bobby Rose, 8. Sonny Hartley, 9. Johnny Gilbertson, 10. Steve Heisler, 11. Ben Fritz, 12. D. J. Hoelzle, 13. Larry Brazil – DNS.

By Jane Smith|2010-05-16T21:48:45-04:00May 16th, 2010|Columbia Motorsports Park, Race Results|Comments Off

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