Heading into Saturday night’s Sportsman King of the Blacktop 100 at Desoto
Speedway, Earl Beckner had a simple strategy: ride in the top 15 and then
get to the top 10 to get to the final 20-lap shootout.
Beckner did just that, finishing in the top 10 in the first segment and
landing in the perfect spot for the inversion of the final segment of the
elimination-style race. That gameplan – coupled with a little help from
Lady Luck – saw Beckner take the main event and earn the crown of King of
the Blacktop for the Sportsman for 2016. (more…)
1 40b Kyle Bronson 35 35:30.651 19.026 4 94.607 mi/h
2 1w Dillon Wood 35 35:30.765 00.114 18.834 15 95.572 mi/h
3 58 Austin Kirkpatrick 35 35:32.470 01.819 19.130 4 94.093 mi/h
4 84 Scott Gray 35 35:44.144 13.493 19.895 18 90.475 mi/h
5 17 Richard Ferry 34 35:31.922 1 lap 19.655 10 91.58 mi/h
6 3r Ryan Vansickle 34 35:38.007 1 lap 20.223 17 89.008 mi/h
7 66 Kyle Chappell 34 35:42.515 1 lap 20.390 22 88.279 mi/h
8 51 Chad Tuten 34 35:43.233 1 lap 20.297 4 88.683 mi/h
9 7 Jordan Lockhart 34 35:46.548 1 lap 20.020 1 89.91 mi/h (more…)
GIBSONTON — At East Bay Raceway on opening night it was Tim Gay winning the Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks, Ed Hill in the Limited Late Models, Michael Hart in the V8 Warriors, Keith Nosbisch in the Late Models and Dustin Cates in the Micro Sprints.
In the Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks it was the defending Champion Tim Gay picking up the win over Collin Kruse and Buck Woodhouse.
In the Limited Late Models it was Ed Hill getting by Phillip Cobb with just a few laps to go with Forrest Gough coming in third. (more…)
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 70N Bruce Bennett Jr. Belle Isle, Fl 24.00
2 2 11H Casey Hall Wesley Chapel, Fl 23.00
3 3 5 Billy Carlbert Jr Palmetto , Fl 22.00
4 4 39 Joey Catarelli Pinellas Park, Fl 21.00
5 7 94T Ryan Towers Ruskin , Fl 20.00
6 8 25H Roy Healey Auburndale , Fl 19.00
7 5 21 Brian Weir Port Richey, Fl 18.00
8 6 26 Mike Wedlick – 17.00
9 9 8W Tim Wilson Floral City, Fl 16.00
by Scott Lockwood
The long awaited regular season opener at Desoto Speedway saw a packed house treated to an action packed night of racing that saw Scott Hogan claim the Pro Truck “King of the Blacktop” title and Devin McLeod take the Florida Modified Invitational 100.
In the Q Auto and Injury Attorneys Desoto Pro Truck main event, Hogan started on the pole and grabbed the lead at the start of the opening 50-lap segment from Jeff Guilbault and Steve Darvalics. He held a slim lead when the caution flew for Cameron Cruse’s spin in turn one just after the field completed 11 laps.
Hogan withstood a series of challenges on a rash of restarts over the next 14 laps. Darvalics made a move for the lead and had just cleared Hogan before the caution flew at the halfway point – meaning that Hogan would keep the lead for the next restart – a restart that saw four trucks eliminated in a crash as the field came to the green flag. (more…)
1. #56 Brandon Morris
2. #111 Patrick Thomas
3. #71 Earl Beckner
4. #1 Derrick Wood
5. #5 RJ Glaser (more…)