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Bennett Tops Trucks, Williams Takes Sportsman at New Smyrna Speedway

NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY
OFFICIAL RESULTS – 5/1/10

PRO-TRUCKS

1. #24 Bruce Bennett
2. #15 Cody Blair
3. #20 Anthony Sergi

4. #7 Thomas Warnick
5. #9 Marty Wolf
6. #8 Bobby Kennedy

SPORTSMAN

1. #111 Donny Williams
2. #23 Mike Williams
3. #57 Anthony Sergi
4. #3 James Frisbie
5. #27 Phil Luizzo
6. #51 Ed Kennedy
7. #28 John Emerson

SUPER STOCKS

1. #60 Ernie Tumminello

2. #56 Bobby Holley
3. #86 Richard Goodrich
4. #22 Eric Kottwitz
5. #31 JT Tippins
6. #21 Mike Dahm

MINI-STOCKS

1. #81 Cody Blair
2. #09 Todd Haught
3. #14 Chace Miller
4. #53 Glen Ervin
5. #23 Wayne Wells
6. #8 Jordan Dixson
7. #6 Mark Broat
8. #11 Pug Puglisi

9. #19 Rick Maguire
10. #32 Jesse Powers
11. #90 Cody Johnson

STRICTLY STOCK

1. #35 Gino Tumminello
2. #58 Chris Brannon
3. #57 Joe Candalino
DQ #9 David Brannon
DQ #60 Chuck Hill

By Jane Smith|2010-05-02T16:53:07-04:00May 2nd, 2010|New Smyrna Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off

Shan Smith Sets the Pace at East Bay

By: Larry Jewett

5/1/2010

With the Scott Thompson Memorial race presented by Airgas looming in two weeks, a healthy field of Racecar Engineering Late Models headlined a Saturday night card at East Bay Raceway Park.

Shan Smith proved to be the class of the field, holding off the charges from Doug Watson, then Travis Varnadore to score the 25-lap main. Plenty of position battles dominated the race, which also saw plenty of yellow flags. Varnadore retained second at the finish, ahead of Bryan Bernhardt (who charged from 21^st starting spot), early leader Phillip Cobb and Ted Erskine. Smith, Varnadore and Bernhardt won heats.

Austin Sanders joined the crew that has scored wins in the Gagel’s Auto Parts Open Wheel Modifieds in an exciting main. Sanders led early, but point leader John Bradley was using the high side to advance. Bradley took the lead with five laps to go. Sanders tried to ease past, but wasn’t able to do so until the final set of turns in a close finish. Bradley notched a runnerup, ahead of Buzzie Reutimann, Shane Burrows and Kevin Bryant. Kyle Bronson and Reutimann set the stage with heat wins.

The Precision Kia Street Stocks led off the night as Clarence Pratt and Eric Moon posted preliminary wins. In the feature, the car of newcomer Tommy Whitley ended up on its lid in turn four on the first lap, scalping Justan Rodgers’ car in the process. The drivers were unhurt and amazingly the cars were able to continue in the race. Up front, Jeff Rodgers was the early leader, but Thomas Pratt charged to take the top spot on lap five. Those two would hog the spotlight to the end as Pratt claimed his third win of the year on the night before his birthday. Rodgers slipped back on the last lap, allowing Donnie Reed to snatch second. James Hook added a fourth while Mike Wilson posted his first top five of the year.

The motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers had three heats and a pair of features. The first feature, a makeup main from two weeks previous, put Raymond Vann into Victory Lane for the second time. John Detamore was second with Matthew Odell, Jim Baker and Kever Raulerson in the top five. Heats in the regular program fell to Odell, Raymond Vann and Roberto Morfin Jr. The tech man rained on the finale as drivers were disqualified for rules violations. When the smoke cleared, George Handy, who had finished fourth, was parked in Victory Lane. Disqualifications stemmed from “failure to have the manual for car type.” Jeff Porter, in his first start, gained second with Roberto Morfin Sr., Kever Raulerson and Robert Purcell credited with top five finishes.

ASA sanctioned racing returns to East Bay Raceway Park on Saturday, May 8, 2010. The Top Gun Sprints will pay a visit with the Gagel’s Auto Parts Open Wheel Modifieds, Precision Kia Street Stocks, motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers and Dirt Daubers with a special charity race. For more information, go to www.eastbayracewaypark.com or call the track office.

By Jane Smith|2010-05-02T16:48:37-04:00May 2nd, 2010|East Bay Raceway Park, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

	CITRUS
	COUNTY
	SPEEDWAY
	Finishes: 05/01/2010


	Mini Stocks	Feature
Car-#	Drivers Name	Finish
18	Jesse Henley	1
98	James Ellis	2
7	Clint Foley	3
15	Jason Rendell	4
44	Michael Lawhorn	5
0	Chad Rose	6
01	Johnny Siner	7
51	Christopher Harvey	8
47	Richard Kuhn	9
32	Steven Smith	10
24	Phil Edwards	11
20	Travis Hoefler	12
1	George Neumann	13

	Legends	Feature
Car-#	Drivers Name	Finish
59	Jake Perkins	1	Fastest Qualifier
4	Tyler Smith	2
71	Mason Ketterman	3
21	Devin Mcleod	4
07	Dave Gleason	5
44	Gary Verdier	6
4r	Zach Napoleon	7
55	Doug Hall	8
7	Dakota Baggett	9
5	Seth Adams	10
1	Coty Bibeau	11

	Bandolaros	Feature
Car-#	Drivers Name	Finish
13	Ryan Shattack	1
5	Derek Sobel	2
96	Teddy Lively	3
11	Alan Willison	4
4	Mark Beebo	5
48	Andy Matt	6

	Pure Stocks	Feature
Car-#	Drivers Name	Finish
27	Sherry Makula	1
69	Richard Dinkins	2
58	Larry Welter Jr.	3
99	Cody Stickler	4
88	Vic Shahid	5
68	Drew Matissek	6
81	Morris Richardson	7
4	Abe Lord	8
35	David Walls	9
421	Tyler Currier	10
20	Chris Ickes	11
86	Justin Meyer	12
29	Juan Montalvo	13
14	Alex Wilder	14
5	James Peters	15
36	Mike Dubbs	16
01	Dwight Carter	17
23	Ron Sellars	18
44	Glen Colyer	19
7	Ardin Franklin	20
41	Tara Wilder	21
38	Troy Davis	22
37	Rick Selvage	23
6	Eddie Hudak	24

	Super Late Models	Feature
Car-#	Drivers Name	Finish
98	Herb Neumann	1
84	Wayne Anderson	2	Fastest Qualifier
09	Scott Grossenbacker	3
7	Raymond Lovelady	4
9	Rob Partelo	5
127	Kyle Maynard	6
62	John Gerstner	7
39	Tyler Laing	8
4B	Alan Bruns	9
1	Dale Sanders	10
70	Jeremy Gerstner	11
10	Talon Croft	12
8	Bobby Shelton	13
55	Todd Allen	14
82	Danny Maddox	15
110	Steve Dorer	16
86	Randy Anderson	17
21	Mike Bresnahan	18
85	Austin Kirkpatrick	19
36	Gary Padula	20
50	Perry Lovelady	21
04	John Handen	22
170	Rick Kase	23
67	Chas Allman	24

	SS/PS Figure-8s	Feature
Car-#	Drivers Name	Finish
58	Larry Welter	1
7	Jay Witfoth	2
169	Jonathan Appleby	3
81	Morris Richarson	4
15	Bobby Fudge	5
29	Juan Montalvo	6
35	Travis Nichols	7
44	Glen Colyer	8
88	Vic Shahid	9
10	Troy Davis	10
86	Justin Meyer	11

	Street Stocks	Feature
Car-#	Drivers Name	Finish
19	Jeff Stalnaker	1
33	Bill Ryan	2
97	Tim Quick	3
9	Artie Hewitt	4
31	Tom Potts	5
27	John Makula	6
25	Raynold Lyon	7
15	Bobby Fudge	8
21	Mike Loudy	9
58	Larry Welter Jr.	10
007	Mark Fallows	11
34	Lee Gardner	12
73	Jeffrey Eisenhouser	13
42	Richie Smith	14
26	Bradley Lyon	15

	Mini Cup	Feature
Car-#	Drivers Name	Finish
07	Danny Scofield	1
21	Rick Raygen	2
14	Sam Scott	3
27	Dale Pulse	4
47	Brandan Beach	5
9	Cole Partelo	6
3	Dan Sugges	7
67	Zach Hoyt	8
18	Duane Foster	9
37	Ric Cline Jr.	10
74	John Beach	11
46	Frankie Beach	12
99	Carlie Lewis	13
12	Bobby Rodgers	14
22	Rick Cline Sr.	15
05	Cindarae Irish	16
57	Brittini Huntington	17
4	Ray Black	18
00	Joe Karshner	19

By Jane Smith|2010-05-02T16:39:55-04:00May 2nd, 2010|Citrus County Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off

Matthews Gets Second Double Win at Volusia

by VSP Media

BARBERVILLE, FL- Fans arriving at Volusia Speedway Park on Saturday night may have thought that they has stumbled into a fiesta as Uno De Mayo Night at VSP brought back five divisions of racing action to the fastest half mile in the south. The Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models, Budweiser Modifieds, Taylor Racing Products Sportsman, Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks, and the 4 Cylinder Challengers, all took to the festive atmosphere and cranked up the excitement level to maximum. And the night brought some different faces to Victory Lane celebrations as some of the divisional front runners struggled on the hottest night so far in 2010.

The Budweiser Modifieds were the only regular division to race at Volusia Speedway Park last week, and while Jamie Carter had used that opportunity to solidify his place at the top of the points standings, Jeff Mathews fell short as he had to leave the race early. This Saturday it was Carter who had some difficulties while Larry Burkins took control and dominated the race, but Burkins still had a hard charging Jeff Mathews right on his tail in the final three laps. And despite Burkins racing with an intensity that had the crowd cheering wildly, Jeff Mathews managed to get the nose of the 33 car under him in turn 3 on the final lap, then snatch the win away coming out of turn 4.

As exciting as the finish was, Larry Burkins was not pleased. As Jeff Mathews stood on the Victory Lane stage, Burkins charged up and accosted the race winner in the middle of his winner’s interview. That incident was very quickly defused by Volusia Speedway Park officials, and the resulting disqualification for bad conduct sent Burkins from a second place finish to the dog house. Kent Corbin moved into the second spot, followed by Rob Underwood in third place. Jamie Carter struggled but salvaged a fourth place finish, while Don Rollison Jr. capped off the top five.

As is often the case with Jeff Mathews, he raced again later on, this time challenging the Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Model Division. And as had been the case with the Budweiser Modifieds, Mathews found himself starting in the 7th spot on the grid and having to deal with some traffic to get to the front. But the early part of the race was no picnic as repeated mishaps took some cars out of contention and required three restarts before lap 2. Mathews avoided the mayhem and used the opportunity to make his way forward, as Jason Kimball led the early laps.

Kimball managed to outrun Mathews for a bit, but the Tampa “Repo Man” was coming fast and was all over Kimball’s car by lap 6. Joe Kump and David Clegg were also making moves behind Mathews and Kimball, and had a race of their own developing for the third spot. The earlier confrontation in Victory Lane must have lit a raging fire inside of Jeff Mathews, because he blew past Kimball on lap 7 and opened up an insurmountable lead on his way to his second double divisional win night of 2010 at VSP. David Clegg managed to get past Kimball as well, grabbing second place and forcing Kimball to third, while Joe Kump and Bobby Richardson rounded out the top five.

The Taylor Racing Products Sportsman Division came into Saturday night with Shaun Daugharty and Aaron Barsness tied at the top of the points standings, and fans knew that the tie would somehow be broken before the race was over. Complicating matters for both drivers were their starting positions, as Daugharty wound up in the 5th spot on the grid, while Barsness was 7th, and the fact that no one had accounted for the unsponsored car of Chris Day, which shot out to the early lead and became the one to beat.

Both Daugharty and Barsness would be the beneficiaries of six cautions that were fairly evenly dispersed through the race, which kept things close among the leaders and never allowed anyone to run away from the others. And it was just after one of those cautions when Shaun Daugherty discovered the high line and began using it to his advantage, making four passes in one lap to move to the second spot. And on lucky lap 13 Daugharty again went high to pass Chris Day and take the lead.

Daugharty may have grabbed the lead, but Day was in no mood to let the front spot go without a fight. Chris Day kept the 8 car either beside Daugharty, or right under his spoiler, for the final few laps of the race, creating a spectacular battle that had the fans on their feet. And on the final lap Day positioned himself under Daugharty in turn 3, forcing a drag race to the checkers that Daugharty won by a nose. Day would be second, with Stanton Mills coming on late in the race to grab third place. Matt McGillivray finished fourth, while Aaron Barsness came home fifth.

The Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks saw a new face in Victory Lane on Saturday night after a hard fought and exciting race. Phillip Brown was the early leader, but Mike Tovet was not about to allow a 7th starting position to ruin his night and was rapidly moving forward during the first half of the race. Tovet would grab the lead after a restart halfway through, but only held it briefly before Tim Hughes cranked up the heat on him and snatched the lead away on lap 12.

While Tim Hughes was finding his grip on success, Trevor Gamble was losing his. Gamble managed to create a caution as a flat tire sent him to the pits, but he failed to get back out in time to take the green, and thus ended up a lap down to the field and out of contention. Hughes, on the other hand, was out in front and looking to stay there, as he grabbed his first win. Mike Tovet was the second place finisher with Phillip Brown following for third. Steve Oldaker drove his 51 car to fourth place, and D.J. Nobles also notched a top five finish.

Another top racer was having difficulties as the Challenger Division hit the track on Saturday. This time it was Casey Feaster, who has been virtually unbeatable, as his primary racecar developed mechanical issues that forced him into his backup ride. That looked like a golden opportunity for Shawn Kosier to reclaim his winning ways, but no one accounted for Allen Espy, who climbed into the race car he had prepared for his daughter and showed that he still had a trick or two at his disposal.

At the restart from a late race caution, R.J. Glaser pounced on Espy at the green to steal the lead away, but a spinout in turn 2 forced yet another restart, and Glaser had shown his hand to the veteran racer. So the second time that the field approached the green, Espy slowed to an absolute crawl, then fired off suddenly which totally snookered Glaser and gave the veteran a lead too big to erase. Allen Espy got the win as James Sullivan moved ahead of Glaser for second place. R.J. Glaser finished in the third spot followed by Casey Feaster and Shawn Kosier.

Volusia Speedway Park will take the next week off, but returns to action on May 15th with Fastlane 5 Racing on Military Appreciation Night. All emebers of our armed forces past and present will be admitted free of charge with their military identification, and will see racing from VSP’s Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models, the Taylor Racing Products Sportsman, the Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks. the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks, and the 4 Cylinder Challengers.

Volusia Speedway Park Results for 5/1/10

Budweiser Modified

1- 33 Jeff Mathews
2- 7 Kent Corbin
3- 09 Rob Underwood
4- 15 Jamie Carter
5- 88 Don Rollison
6- 41D Darron Smith
7- 75 Jimmie Carter
8- 40 James Smith
9- 91 Trevor Boettcher
10- 11P Michael Phillips
DQ (conduct)- 54 Larry Burkins

Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models

1- 33 Jeff Mathews
2- 07 David Clegg
3- 79 Jason Kimball
4- J17 Joe Kump
5- 45 Bobby Richardson
6- 23 Lawton Minchew
7- 32P Jeff Phipps
8- 11 Howard Stalls
9- 46 Hamp Conlay
10- RP1 Bug Rose
11- 21Q Chris Freeman
12- 3 Billy Boyd Sr.
13- 41 Barry Sheffield
14- 25 Donnie Chappell

Taylor Racing Products Sportsman

1- 00 Shaun Daugharty
2- 8 Chris Day
3- 57S Stanton Mills
4- 95 Matt McGillivray
5- 11 Aaron Barsness
6- 29S Drew Smith
7- 66C Kyle Chappell
8- 17K Marc Kinley
9- 22 Mike Haney
10- 88 Samuel Ashley
11- 05 Dan Lane Sr.
12- 17H Blaise Hetznecker
13-80 Paul Shead
14- 56 Tony Sansom
15- 18M Justin Merry
16- 2 Jimmie Norman
17-57 Carl Heinz Haas
18- 10 Steve Shead
19- 26 George Lane
DNS- 18S David Showers Jr.

Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks

1- 54 Tim Hughes
2- 98T Mike Tovet
3- 13 Phillip Brown
4- 51 Steve Oldaker
5- 17 D.J. Nobles
6- 11S James Smith
7- 34 Pat Buckley
8- 12 Travis Gamble
9- 77M Mark Maresca
10- 2S Mick Kulak
11- 18 John Rolling
12- 2H Cory Hupp
13- 64 Trevor Gamble
14- 66V Greg Vandergriff
15- 5H Chris Heaney

16- 91 Chris Montgomery

4 Cylinder Challenger

1- 16E Allen Espy
2- 31.5 James Sullivan
3- 004 R.J. Glaser

4- 20G Casey Feaster
5- 97 Shawn Kosier
6- X Justin Dean
7- 6E Gilbert Espy
8- XX Jordan Myers
9- 51 Nathan Rhodes
10- 01 Davy Wolf
11- 5S Thomas Parker
12- 16 Denica Hetznecker

13- 12 Robert Graham
14- 1.4 Anthony Morris
15- 1.5 Hubert Jett
16- 11 David Ladrie
17- 18PAC Michael Stein
18- 27S Alan Scott
DNS- 10 Miguel Hernandez
DNS- 60 James Smith Sr.
DNS- 81C Steven Cox

By Jane Smith|2010-05-02T16:11:45-04:00May 2nd, 2010|Race Results, Volusia Speedway Park|Comments Off

Justin Reynolds Tops Super Stock 50 at Orlando SpeedWorld

Orlando Speedworld – 30^th April 2010

A big 50-lap race for the Super Stocks was the highlight of Friday night’s racing at Orlando Speedworld as the season continued into week 8. This would see the best of the division from both Orlando and New Smyrna Speedway competing for top-dog honors on a night that also featured Legends cars, E-Modifieds and that ended with a twist for the Strictly Stock drivers.

The Bandolero racers would take their usual place as the night’s curtain-raiser with a race that saw #17 Mark Hooven beat out brother #27 Shawn Hooven to claim his first win of the season in the ‘Young Gun’ division. In the ‘Bandit’ division for the even younger drivers the win went to #55 Michael Held, who just held off the hard-charging #30 Noah Cornman in a dash for the finish line on the last lap.

by Andy Sandall, FASCAR Media

Orlando, Fl. (April 30, 2010) The Super Stocks would soon be out on track, led away by pre-race favorites #01 Scott Smith and #16D David Gould, both benefiting from the post-qualifying invert that dropped #211 Jarret Korpi back down to 5^th place on the grid despite earlier setting the fastest time. Right behind them would be #3 Jeff Colburn and #16x David Russell, as Korpi started alongside #23 Shannon Kelly, himself already a feature winner at Orlando Speedworld in 2010.

Kelly would have the worst possible start, pulling off the track without a single lap being recorded as he slowed down the back straight and lost power. Ahead of him Gould was taking advantage of his front-row start to power around the outside of Smith and take the early lead, but the cars were soon back together once #316 Joe Bandur suffered a flat right rear tire, causing a big spin coming out of turn 4 of the 5^th lap to force the caution lights on. Bandur would head to the pits to get a new tire fitted, but unfortunately miss the restart, instantly sending him a couple of laps down when he later returned to action.

Gould would now have the inside line for the restart, meaning Smith would need to go around him if he wanted to grab the leader’s spot. Once back underway Smith would do his best to have a look at the high line, but this meant his concentration was all focused in front of him, and not noticing Colburn having a look down his inside, pulling level and then nosing his way in front to claim 2^nd place. But with this race getting exciting another spin at the back, this time for #5 Tony Bandur, brought the pace truck out once more. This caution period would be critical in the outcome of the race as suddenly Korpi, who had been running well in the top 6 pack at the front of the race, slowed and pulled to a halt on the back-straight, needing a push back to the pits. He was quickly joined there by #14 Roger Benton, who also lost power and headed down onto the bandolero track to wait for assistance.

Korpi’s retirement now reduced the number of threat’s to Gould’s lead by one, and the current Orlando points leader wasted no time at the restart in charging away to build a lead over the chasing cars. Again his progress would be halted prematurely, this time as the race between #77 Justin Reynolds and Russell saw pressure turn into contact as the two came together in turn 3, spinning Russell out as they came around the corner and meaning both cars would be sent to the rear for the restart. This demotion did little to stop Reynolds progress, as when the green flag had been waved once more he was quickly back up to 5^th and around the slower cars, while Russell had a little more trouble getting around his fellow racers, dropping slightly back before eventually making his way up through the field.

The first half of the race would see plenty of cautions to break up the action, but each time Gould was able to keep his composure and maintain his slim lead over Smith and Colburn, on one occasion keeping his car expertly under control despite the heavy nudges to his rear bumper from Smith to let him know his intentions of getting past. Once the action began to settle down the battle at the front was between Gould, Smith and Colburn, with a gap now developing between the leaders and the race for 4^th place between Reynolds, Russell and #721 John Bennett.

The race’s halfway point would quickly pass, and the drivers made their way up to the 30 lap mark before they were bunched back up again thanks to a spin in turn 2 for #7i Scott Edwards that left him stranded at the bottom of the track. Again the leaders would pull away at the restart and quickly get back into order, but by now Russell had made his way past Colburn, and Reynolds was also beginning to consider a move towards the front, checking out the high line from his 6^th position to see if he could deal with a number of his rivals in one swift move.

Russell would see his push into 3^rd quickly fade, dropping back and being passed by Bennett, as Reynolds followed him through to claim 4^th place. Gould was also having issues as Smith fought back at the front, forcing the Orlando favorite to move high up the track to block Smith’s run and slow him down. The ten laps to go signal would soon be displayed to signal the time for the racers to begin making their final moves, and quickly Bennett and Reynolds capitalized as Gould’s blocking move left Smith high and dry, allowing the two chasing cars through and sending Smith all the way back to 4^th. Reynolds and Colburn would also sense a chance to advance at the expense of Smith, but their race got too close and Russell’s spin would see one last caution period for the race.

With so 7 laps to go, Gould made no mistake on the restart to stay in front and leave the field to fight it out behind him, expertly wheeling his car around the track for the final few laps. The race for 2^nd was much closer as Reynolds and Bennett went door-to-door around the turns before Reynolds sent his rival high up the banking with just a couple of laps to go. Bennett fought back and set himself up for a drag race for the line out of turn 4, but Reynolds had justenough speed to hold him off and grab 2^nd place, Bennett settling for 3^rd with Colburn and Russell pushing Smith back even further as the race came to an end.

The result would still be pending the tech inspection of course, and this saw David Gould continue his ‘all or nothing’ year, where he has either won the race or failed to finish so far in the 2010 season, with a new twist as his car was disqualified by the inspector, handing the win to Reynolds and bumping the other drivers up a position. This added to an already successful return to the track after a couple of week’s absence for Reynolds, who has now won at Orlando in two separate divisions this season.

The Legends cars were up next in a race that ran caution free and saw #12 Critter Saile quickly move into the lead and head off into the sunset. Behind him the early running for 2^nd place would be by #50 Ted Ruffo, but by half distance it was young #8 Donovan Ponder who had worked his way through and was setting off in pursuit of the leader. By the time checkered flag was waved just Saile, Ponder and Ruffo were left on the lead lap leaving Saile to cruise over the line, well ahead of his rivals for another victory to cement his position at the top of the points standings.

A small field of E-Modifieds returned to the track for their race, finally giving a first win to the #89 Josh Todd as a reward for his patient development of his car week after week so far this season. He would enjoy a flag-to-flag win, beating off the challenge of #40 Michael Williams Jr in their race at the front, both finishing well ahead of the fight for 3^rd place between #15 Bruce Packer and #93 Bruce Gayton.

The final race of the night saw the racing end quite literally with a bang for a number of racers as the Strictly Stock drivers headed onto the track to find themselves heading for a race with a difference. Rather than their usual trip around the oval counter-clockwise, they were being turned around to head the other way. Worse was to come when they followed the pace-truck around their new route and saw cones directing them back into the infield, using the infield crossover road to create a temporary chicane for them to deal with, meaning they left the track onto the infield road in turn 3, made a left-handed turn at the crossover point, and headed back onto the track in turn 2!

The race now became more like an enduro than a stock car race, so it was no surprise that jumping out at the start were Crash-A-Rama regulars #32 Jim Erb and #86 William Hindman, joined up front by #19 Ricky Solomon and #27 Dan Binda, who both adapted to the changes remarkably quickly. Behind them a number of the driverss found the going much tougher, especially former track champion #8 Neil Kirby who was on the receiving end of some rough treatment on an early trip through the chicane that saw him spin out, damaging his car in the process and forcing an early retirement.

Contact was a fact of life in this race, Solomon competing for most of the race having to peer over a bent-up hood thanks to a rear-end hit on Hindman in the infield. Slowly the definition of the course began to loosen, with plenty of drivers opting to run over the infield grass rather than make the hard turn in the center chicane, and quickly the leaders at the front were cutting this corner, instead taking the penalty of bouncing over the rutted infield dirt in an attempt to get back onto the asphalt turns as quickly as possible.

The race at the front would be between Solomon, Erb and Hindman, but this was reduced to two competitors with just 3 laps to go as Hindman headed into turn 4 only to find his car unwilling to turn right, sending him nose-first into the wall with a loud bang that could only mean bad news. Hindman’s frustration was clear – and audible – to all present as he climbed from his car to survey the damage. Having only just got his season underway with his new 2010 car, it was now very badly bent and would be needing substantial repair work before it could head back out onto the track again.

The race would end with Erb and Solomon well out at the front, with Solomon holding off the enduro regular on the line to claim another win, this one in the most unusual of circumstances. His win would end up being much easier than the car length he managed eke out on the track suggested once Erb was disqualified in post-race tech, handing 2^nd place to #00 Steve Daniels and 3^rd to Binda, both of whom had adapted quickly to the new challenges thrown at them to run strongly for the whole 20 lap

ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD
OFFICIAL RESULTS – 4/30/10

SUPER STOCK 50

1. #77 Justin Reynolds
2. #721 John Bennett
3. #3 Jeff Colburn
4. #16x David Russell
5. #01 Scott Smith
6. #35 Ray Mullis
7. #18 Billy Rouse
8. #7i Scott Edwards
9. #5 Tony Bandur
10. #316 Joe Bandur
11. #211 Jarrett Korpi

12. #14 Roger Benton

13. #23 Shannon Kelly

DQ #16 David Gould

E-MODIFIEDS

1. #89 Josh Todd
2. #40 Michael Williams Jr
3. #15 Bruce Packer
4. #93 Bruce Gayton

LEGENDS

1. #12 Critter Saille
2. #8 Donovan Ponder
3. #50 Ted Ruffo
4. #6 Jim Rix

5. #51x Roger Englund
6. #11 Daniel Conlin Sr

7. #13 Ryan Shattack

STRICTLY STOCKS

1. #19 Ricky Solomon
2. #00 Steve Daniels
3. #27 Dan Binda

4. #8x Luis Guillen Jr

5. #63 Glenn Rhodes

6. #86 William Hindman
7. #3 Shane Setorus
8. #5 Steve Smith
9. #8 Neil Kirby
DQ #82 Jim Erb

BANDOLERO YOUNG GUNS

1. #17 Mark Hooven
2. #27 Shawn Hooven
3. #13 Ryan Shattack

BANDOLERO BANDITS

1. #55 Michael Held
2. #30 Noah Cornman

3. #5 Derek Sobel

By Jane Smith|2010-05-02T17:00:39-04:00May 1st, 2010|Orlando Speedworld, Race Results|Comments Off

Strictly Stocks for Sale at New Smyrna Speedway

(4/29/10 – New Smyrna Speedway) The Sanford Auto Dealers Exchange, sponsors of the 2010 Strictly Stocks division, will have cars available for purchase at New Smyrna Speedway each week for competition in the Strictly Stock division.

Cars will be available both Race Ready and Non-Race Ready for the following prices:

Race Ready – $750.00
Non-Race Ready – $500.00
Non-Race Ready cars can be prepared for competition with very few modifications and some minor safety enhancements. All glass, except windshield, must be removed and the doors welded shut. For complete Strictly Stock Rules, log onto: www.NewSmyrnaSpeedway.org and click on the Rules link.

On May 1, 2010, Sanford Auto Dealers Exchange will strip and prepare a car for competition in that nights Strictly Stock Feature right on Pit Road in front of the Grandstands. The car will be available for sale following the races for $750.00.

By Jane Smith|2010-04-29T21:38:02-04:00April 29th, 2010|Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Quick tops Street Stocks at Citrus

INVERNESS, Fla. — Results for Saturday, April 24, 2010 from Citrus County Speedway.

Mini Stocks Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Finish
20 Travis Hoefler 1
98 James Ellis 2
9 Mark Powers 3
18 Jesse Henley 4
32 Steven Smith 5
44 Michael Lawhorn 6
7 Clint Foley 7
55 Max Seaman 8
33 Chris Allen 9
2 Don Faunce 10
07 Willy Hall 11
01 Johnny Siner 12
51 Christopher Harvey 13

Sportsman Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Finish
15 Joey Catarelli 1
13 Aaron Williamson 2
73 Mark Peterson 3
17 Mike Bell 4
57 Timmy Lowe 5
07 Scott Garrity 6
3 David Lee 7
2 David Mothershed 8
01 Tom Posavec 9
177 Lee Weldy 10
20 Shawn White 11
114 John Buzinec 12
83 Dennis Neighbor 13
72 JoJo Viverito 14
55 Ernie Reed 15
64 Richie Smith 16
34 Kevin Harrod 17

Street Stocks Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Finish
97 Tim Quick 1
42 Richie Smith 2
33 Bill Ryan 3
11 Michael Ruff 4
007 Mark Fallows 5
71 Jason Warsing 6
25 Raynold Lyon 7
27 John Makula 8
58 Larry Welter Jr. 9
34 Lee Gardner 10

4CS Figure Eights Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Finish
71 Wayne Heater 1
84 Aaron Williamson 2
77 Travis Nichols 3
7 Neil Herne 4
21 Phil Edwards 5
29 Chris Snow 6
79 Fred Henick 7
199 Robert Carter 8
60 Ricky Henick 9
2 Mike Feazell 10
77 Justin Cretty 11

Four Cylinders Stock Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Finish
26 Nathan Florian 1
24 Tim Scalise 2
84 Ashlee Williamson 3
71 Sonya Heater 4
77 Kevin Knox 5
29 Chris Snow 6
79 Wayne Heater 7
65 Happy Florian 8
47 Richard Kuhn 9
98 Kevin Stone 10
117 Mark Nagel 11
199 Robert Carter 12
007 Jeremy Bush 13
18 Bo Denney 14
7 William Stanbury 15
48 Vincent Scalise 16
50 Buddy Mallory 17
60 Seth Mullis 18
32 Jeremy Sharrone 19
21 Phil Edwards 20
2 Dalton Feazell 21

South East
Champ Kart Series Feature
# Name Finish
14 Tim Simmons 1
30 Billy Smith 2
73 Kenner Brown III 3 1st Heat Winner
22 Rusty Chancy 4
3 Andy Whah 5
93 Ryan Walters 6
37 Alan McKinney 7
47 Wesley Gonzalez 8
16 Paul Letourneau 9
77 Phil Harp 10
13 Romay Venta 11
89 Caylyn Brown 12
61 PJ Letourneau 13
63 Ed Brilhante 14
1 Dennis Mace 15
33 Mitchell Stevens 16
7 Dustin Chisholm 17 2nd Heat Winner
20 Chad Nokken 18
66 Joey Coaxum 19
8 Doug Schmidt 20

By Jane Smith|2010-04-29T16:11:01-04:00April 29th, 2010|Citrus County Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off

Racer Profile: “Super” Dave Ladrie

by VSP MediaBARBERVILLE, FL- For anyone seeking proof that you are never too old to start, simply look to the Challenger Division at Volusia Speedway Park and locate the white and blue number 11 race car driven by “Super” Dave Ladrie. The retired Daytona Beach fireman caught the itch to go racing, and instead of wishing that he had done it when he was younger, he did went out and did it. And not only did he do it, but he did it well, and is still doing it every Saturday night.

Dave Ladrie is certainly not the sort of Florida retiree that one might find tooling down the highway in the left hand lane at 10 miles per hour under the speed limit, with the right turn signal flashing. He is an accomplished pilot who loves to fly, and he has been a certified scuba diver for over 40 years. On top of that, the Maine native returns home in the fall each year to go hunting and fishing, and maintains a hunting camp there which he frequents after the racing season ends in Florida. That is the exact reverse of how the Florida snowbirds do it, but Ladrie does not care. In fact, he revels in his own uniqueness. And while one might not expect a man like Dave Ladrie to have a “bucket list,” he does, and racing was on it.

So at 63 years young Dave Ladrie wanted to race, and as luck would have it his neighbor was Volusia Speedway Park’s Thunder Stock racer, Scott Mooers. Mooers loaned a spare race car to Dave, and Dave hit the track, plus a few other things as well. And as Ladrie puts it, it became cheaper to purchase his own race car than it was to repair Scott’s car, so Dave Ladrie got some wheels and did his own thing, and has since honed his skills and developed the ability to race without wrecking. And beyond keeping the car in one piece, Super Dave managed to finish inside the top 10 in the points race for 2009, which is an accomplishment in a division as diverse as the Challengers are at VSP.

And Ladrie’s racing accomplishments have attracted some attention. After a season that saw marked improvement and a fierce desire to get into the top five, Dave Ladrie was honored as Challenger Division Rookie of the Year for 2009 at Volusia Speedway Park. But again, Ladrie wants more, and has his mind set on a new race car and a top three finish sometime in 2011. Should he achieve that goal, no doubt he will be gunning for a win, or two, or even more.

Up until this past weekend, Dave Ladrie’s racing career has been restricted to Volusia Speedway Park’s wide and fast half mile, but Super Dave made the trek westward over to Ocala Speedway on Friday night and took on what is known as the toughest 3/8ths mile in the southeast. Driving a car that was neither geared nor set up for Ocala’s tricky layout, he scratched out a 13th place finish, and in the process developed a liking for Ocala’s unique quirks. Not bad for a guy who had never raced on a track so different from the familiar confines of VSP.

Dave Ladrie will turn 65 years old on Mother’s Day, and while he may not act his age, he certainly has the wisdom to go with his years. Ask him what he wants from racing and Ladrie will give a simple, yet wise answer. Super Dave just wants to have fun, and he avoids the serious attitudes that many other racers take toward the sport. He wants to enjoy life and his hobbies, and taking things too seriously makes the fun go away.

This Saturday night Dave Ladrie will again rev it up with the rest of the 4 Cylinder Challengers at Volusia Speedway Park. Fans will find the 11 car out there mixing it up with the others, and the driver will be wearing a smile instead of the usual look of focused intensity. That is because if nothing else, Dave Ladrie will be having fun.

By Jane Smith|2010-04-28T23:14:03-04:00April 28th, 2010|Upcoming Events|Comments Off

CAR SHOW AND OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS ON TAP SATURDAY AT AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY

by Dave Westerman

Auburndale Speedway is the place to be this Saturday starting with a big car show and the end of the 2010 “World’s Largest Poker Run” followed by a full night of racing and fun which includes the Open Wheel Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Scramblers and the Kids Club. As a special added attraction, the Outlaw Modifieds will make their first appearance of the year with a 25 lap feature race scheduled.

Auburndale Speedway is partnering with the Red Knights Motorcycle Club to present the FFSF 2010 World’s Largest Poker Run which benefits the Fallen Firefighter Survivors Foundation.
The event begins at Honda of Winter Haven, 3699 Highway 17 in Winter Haven, with bike registration starting at 8AM. The first bike will head out at 10AM and it will be a “pick your poker run” format. The Red Knights are hoping to break their own Guinness World Record set at this event last year. The run itself will end at Auburndale Speedway.

Here at the track, there will be a Classic Car Show from 1-5PM, so fans are invited to come out early and browse among a large group of classic, antique, special interest and muscle cars. If you would like to take part in either the poker run or car show, contact Matt Nichols at (863) 412-1098 or visit www.redknightsfl10.com for more information.

Everyone is urged to come out and support this event as it benefits the Fallen Firefighter Survivors Foundation.

Once the poker run and car show wrap up, it will be time for more great racing at Auburndale Speedway and, as an extra added attraction, “Wheelie Magic” will be on hand. This one of a kind wheel-standing fire truck is sure to excite both the kids and the adults.

This week will be the second of back-to-back racing weeks for the Open Wheel Modifieds. Last week saw Kyle Bookmiller lead a close pack to the checker for his second win of the year despite a car which, acording to Bookimiller, was “not up to par.” Kevin Macy’s fourth place finish kept him on top of the season-long point race as he now heads second place Wayne Morris by a scant four markers headed into this weeks action. James Wright III came home second last week and moved to within seven points of the leader while Bookmiller is fourth in the tally, 16 back of Macy.

In the Sportsman class, veteran driver Dave Dunkin has won every feature he’s finished this year making him three for four headed into Saturday evening. Dunkin holds a fairly comfortable margin of 30 points over rookie contender Austin Carr. Carr has a 12 point edge over Mark Medieros, the only other driver to visit victory lane so far this year.

Following his second win of the year last week, Jeff Waterman has opened up a 38 point advantage over Matt McCrary in the Street Stock point chase. Dave Colpritt is third in Street Stock points and the only one at present even within shouting distance of the two front-runners.

Fred Harrison, Jr. continues to have the hot hand in the Mini Stock class. Yet another victory last week has propelled Harrison to a 14 point lead over a very close group behind him. Chris Spring remains second in the current running just four markers in front of Chris Narramore, Sr. while Donnie Guy is a close fourth.

Josh Borem didn’t finish the V-8 Bomber feature last week but, with all the disqualifications in tech, still wound up finishing third and maintains a point lead of 52 over last weeks winning driver Buddy Phillips, Jr.

Kim Gullett saw her Scrambler point lead trimmed a bit last week as Brian Tyre is now just 12 points behind. Chad Cutting has moved to third in points but is 50 markers behind Tyre.

The Outlaw Modifieds are a late addition to this weeks program as their race scheduled at another track is being moved here this week. Ric Mills currently leads the point chase for these exotic four-cylinder-powered cars over Tom Meyer, Doug Hopper, Craig Sherar and John Gula.

Again, the car show is from 1-5PM at the track, so make plans to come out and support the Fallen Firefighter Survivors Foundation. Pit gates will open at 2PM, grandstand gates at 5PM and racing begins at 7PM.

NOTES: Make sure to bring the kids this week. Not only will “Wheelie Magic” be here, but “Lindsey’s Little Racers” are going to be giving away another pair of bicycles along with other prizes. All kids aged ten and under will get an extra ticket as they enter the grandstand area which is good for the prize drawings.

Apparently some things just get better with age. James Wilkins turned in a strong third place run in the Open Wheel Modified race last week in a 26 year old race car. The car is just a baby compared to James himself who is 68 years young.

Once again fans will be invited to come out to a special practice session that will be held on Friday, May 21st before the next Late Model race which will be held the following night. Pit admission will be $10 and includes free beer, hot dogs and hamburgers after practice concludes along with a live band.

AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY POINTS (Thru 4/24/10):

OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS:
1-#19 Kevin Macy 411
2-#98 Wayne Morris 407
3-#56 James Wright III 404
4-#03 Kyle Bookmiller 395
5-#87 Keith Lilley 388
6-#75 Bobby Blake 360
7-#3 Harold Cannon 303
8-#102 Von Pope 286
9-#101 David Grogan 277
10-#00 Shawn Harper 270

SPORTSMAN:
1-#71 Dave Dunkin 176
2-#8 Austin Carr 146
3-#13 Mark Medeiros 134
4-#51 Kyle Alford 122
5-#60 Richard Fiore 84
6-#1 Bart Weatherford 82
7-#8 Brandon Duchscherer 66
#47 Bobby Mobley 66
9-#92 Ted Head 56
10-#19 Chris Lewellen 34

STREET STOCKS:
1-#42 Jeff Waterman 340
2-#5 Matt McCrary 302
3-#4 Dave Colpritt 276
4-#56 James Wright III 186
5-#17 Kyle Hall 182
6-#29 Bobby Mobley 162
7-#3 Kevin O’Quinn 150
8-#65 Ken Lawrence 130
#48 Eddie Hartin 130
10-#16 Andy Harvard 122

MINI STOCKS:
1-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr. 436
2-#42 Chris Spring 422
3-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr. 418
4-#33 Donnie Guy 394
5-#46 Randy King 246
6-#88 Kevin Steadman 232
7-#40 Jason Swilley 162
8-#4 Marilyn McCrary 128
9-#55 Steve Routt, Jr. 126
10-#90 Danny Pearson 114

V-8 BOMBERS:
1-#111 Josh Borem 400
2-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr. 348
3-#56 James Wright, Sr. 272
4-#0 Paul Bookmiller 266
5-#42 Brandon Duchscherer 178
6-#96 Larry Chumney, Sr. 128
7-#14 Donnie King 124
8-#29 Brian Harbin 118
9-#60 Greg Valdez 92
10-#96 Larry Chumney II 90

SCRAMBLERS:
1-#28 Kimberly Gullett 278
2-#66 Brian Tyre 266
3-#00 Chad Cutting 216
4-#51 Matt Johns 210
5-#62 Richard Brown 178
6-#71 Dave Canfield 160
7-#4 Scott Russ 146
8-#52 Gary Brown 138
9-#42 Mike Bauer 100
10-#9 Ashton Hunt 96

LEGEND CARS:
1-#38 Gerald White, Jr. 314
2-#9 Justin Brown 290
3-#59 Jake Perkins 288
4-#71 Mason Ketterman 268
5-#07 Dave Gleason 232
6-#31 Lynn Wiles 186
7-#4R Zach Napoleon 160
8-#7 Dakota Baggette 136
9-#83 Danielle Stratton 122
10-#51 Roger Englund 114

MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:
1-#89 Scott Sharpe 220
2-#15 Jason Rendell 176
3-#55 Mike Sweet 174
4-#38 Burt Morse 170
5-#45 Dennis Jones 154
6-#26 Jimmy Pugh 136
7-#07 Bruce Anderson 94
8-#09 Jessica Robbins 82
9-#33 Chris Allen 46
10-#44 Mike Lawhorn 40

LATE MODELS:
1-#07 Jeff Scofield 201
2-#407 Jason Vail 167
3-#21 Kevin Ingram 165
4-#50 Perry Lovelady 156
5-#49 Ron Lofquist 153
6-#54 Ryan Lisak 132
7-#82 Danny Maddox 122
8-#39 Tyler Laing 120
9-#36 Tim Russell 103
10-#27 Cody Lane 100

MINI CUPS:
1-#14 Sam Scott 88
2-#07 Harold Crooms 84
3-#74 John Beach 76
4-#1 Rick Ragan 68
5-#08 Tyler Scofield 56
#47 Brandon Beach 56
7-#27x Dale Pulst 54
#37 Rick Cline, Sr. 54
9-#48 Carlos Pinto 52
10-#24 Mike Holt 42

BANDOLEROS
BANDITS:
1-#38 Cameron White 342
2-#5 Derek Sobel 98
3-#11 Coty Bibeau 44
4-#30 Noah Cornman 42

OUTLAWS:
1-#13 Ryan Shattuck 146
2-#96 Teddy Lively 142
3-#48 Andy Metz 138
4-#1 Mark Bibeau

By Jane Smith|2010-04-28T18:17:03-04:00April 28th, 2010|Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Monster Jam Summer Tour Returns to Ocala

by BJ Cavin-Ocala Speedway Media
OCALA, FL- As is the tradition on the first weekend in May, racing has come to a halt at the historic Ocala Speedway in order to make room for the Monster Jam Summer Tour, featuring the most popular monster truck on the planet, Grave Digger. Four shows will run over the course of the weekend and fans will travel from across Florida to see these internationally famous trucks perform.

Fans know these wildly popular trucks from the Monster Jam TV series on Speed, and from the large stadium shows that they perform across the country. But what many fans may not know is that the Ocala Speedway shows offer a much more intimate look at these huge machines and their drivers, as the fans will be literally feet from the action. Also, the trucks have the run of the entire infield of the Ocala Speedway complex, offering them more space to do their freestyle competitions. This translates into longer slap wheelies, higher and longer jumps, plus faster races as well. The trucks can open it up and go full throttle at Ocala, where that is all but impossible on the restricted space of a stadium floor.

Shows are scheduled for Friday night, Saturday afternoon and evening, and there will be a Sunday afternoon farewell show as well. Gates open at 6:30PM for the evening shows with action beginning at 7:30PM. Afternoon show gates open at 1 PM with the show beginning at 2 PM. Admission is $15 per person at the gate. Fans are encouraged to arrive early as seating is on a first come basis in the grandstands, plus the bleachers in turns one and four. Fans are also reminded that due to strict insurance restrictions, no food or drinks can be brought into the speedway, but tailgating is allowed in the parking area as long as it does not obstruct access to parking for others.

Regular racing will return to Ocala Speedway on May 7th for the Night of Thousands, with $1000 to win feature races for the Sportsman, Tee Pee Tire Hobby Stocks, and the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks. Ocala’s competitive Gladiator division will also be racing.

For more information about the Monster Jam Summer Tour, directions to the speedway, or pricing information, please visit www.OcalaSpeedway.com, or call the track at 352-622-9400.

By Jane Smith|2010-04-28T00:44:52-04:00April 28th, 2010|Upcoming Events|Comments Off

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