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Chastain takes second straight win at Desoto Speedway

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By SCOTT LOCKWOOD
Desoto Speedway
When it comes to Pro Truck racing at Desoto Speedway, Chad Chastain seems to have figured out the quick way around the three-eighths mile oval early this season.
In a near replay of last month’s Pro Truck feature, Chastain grabbed the lead at around the halfway point of the 50-lap feature and drove on to his second straight win at the Bradenton raceway.
Outside polesitter Gerald Campbell grabbed the lead at the start and led a four-truck freight train around the track for the first 20 laps. Chastain moved past Darvalics for second on lap 16 and began stalking Campbell for the lead.
As the field completed the 22nd lap, Campbell and Chastain ran up on the back of a lapped car. Darvalics, running third at the time, made slight contact with Chastain coming off turn 2, causing Chastain to spin wildly down the back stretch. Race officials sent Darvalics to the rear of the field while Chastain was allowed to keep his spot in second.
On the restart, Campbell, Chastain and Bradenton’s Danny Anderson battled for the lead. One lap later, Campbell lost control of his truck coming out of turn two. The spin also collected Anderson, whose truck was not badly damaged and was allowed to resume the race in second place. (more…)
By |2014-04-21T04:50:19-04:00April 21st, 2014|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Links, Race Results, Racing News|Comments Off on Chastain takes second straight win at Desoto Speedway

Monopoli grabs win in Coulter Pro-Trucks at Citrus County Speedway

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4-12-14 – The Joey Coulter Fellows Truck Brokers Florida Pro-Truck Series was at Citrus County Speedway this past Saturday night for race #2 in the series. Becca Monopoli used her 3rd place starting spot and some hard early lap racing to grab second spot and chase leader Brent Huber until she made her move on lap 27 to take the lead. She would then hold off challenges from Cody McDuffie the final 24 laps to grab the win. Jessica Murphy would cross the line 3rd with Chad Chastain fighting back for a 4th place at the checkered. Brent Huber with a tight truck slid back to finish in the 5th spot. (more…)
By |2014-04-15T15:48:30-04:00April 15th, 2014|Archives, Citrus County Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off on Monopoli grabs win in Coulter Pro-Trucks at Citrus County Speedway

Race Results from Citrus for April 12th, 2014

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CITRUS COUNTY
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Race Finishes for:
April 12, 2014
Joey Coulter Fl Pro-Trucks Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Finish
59x Becca Monopoli Lakeland 1
26 Jessica Murphy Groveland 2
36 Chad Chastain Alva 3
64 Brent Hubar Venice 4
9 Cole Partelo Largo 5
51 Phillip Ellis Arcadia 6
31 Rodney Haddock Hillard 7
84 Steve Darvalics Venice 8
44 Raymond Lovelady Lakeland 9
25 Cody McDuffie Lakeland DQ
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By |2014-04-14T14:57:56-04:00April 14th, 2014|Archives, Citrus County Speedway, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off on Race Results from Citrus for April 12th, 2014

Scofield uses late pass to win at Desoto

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By SCOTT LOCKWOOD
Desoto Speedway
As the laps wound down on Saturday night’s 75-lap Turner Tree and Landscape Super Late Model feature at Desoto Speedway, Jeff Scofield knew he had a car capable of winning but had to be a little patient.
Scofield would eventually prove the saying that “good things happen to those who wait” can actually be true. Riding in third place for most of the race, Scofield capitalized on a late restart and powered to his first win of the season at Desoto. (more…)
By |2014-04-13T04:52:20-04:00April 13th, 2014|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off on Scofield uses late pass to win at Desoto

Forrest Gough And John Moore Make It Two Wins In A Row At East Bay Raceway Park

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April 5, 2014, – Tampa, FL – Limited Late Models, Gagel’s Open Wheel Modifieds, V8 Warriors and the Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers were all on hand to find out who will be in Victory Lane at The Clay By The Bay tonight.

First feature of the night went to the V8 Warriors. Winning their heats early on were Derek Gray and Mike Wilson. It would be Bill Bill Smith and Brett Phillips making up the front row for the 15 Lap Feature Event. When the green waved it was Bill Bill Smith taking charge for the first few laps until Jimmy Baker and Smith crossed the line on lap three with Smith over Baker by just a half a car length. But it was on the very next lap as Smith was trying to hold off Baker and found himself spinning out in turn four putting him to the tail end of the field. On the restart it was Baker leading with Brett Phillips and Mike Wilson the top three. Baker did everything he could to hold off the field but it was on lap fourteen as Mike Wilson would take over the lead coming out of turn four and going on to win the feature. Rounding out the top five were Raymond Van, Jimmy Baker, Bill Whitney and Derek Gray. (more…)

By |2014-04-07T16:25:16-04:00April 7th, 2014|Archives, East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Racing News|Comments Off on Forrest Gough And John Moore Make It Two Wins In A Row At East Bay Raceway Park

Jeff Mathews Wins 2014 Mike Peters Open in Memory of Niokoa Johnson

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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 7 33     Jeff Mathews     Brandon , Fl 50.00
2 6 11     Austin Kirkpatrick     Ocala , Fl 48.00
3 3 12     Jack Nosbisch     Riverview , Fl 46.00
4 5 46P     Darrell Padgett     Jacksonville , Fl 44.00
5 8 58     Mark Whitener     Middleburg , Fl 42.00
6 16 1X     Shane Williams     Deland , Fl 40.00
7 14 14T     Tyler Clem      – 38.00

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By |2014-04-07T16:18:36-04:00April 7th, 2014|Featured|Comments Off on Jeff Mathews Wins 2014 Mike Peters Open in Memory of Niokoa Johnson

Roland wins wild Open Wheel feature at Desoto

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By SCOTT LOCKWOOD
Desoto Speedway
On a night that saw several cars spinning and even more tempers flaring, Travis Roland found himself standing in the winner’s circle at the end of Saturday night’s J.D. Byrider Open Wheel Modified 40-lap feature at Desoto Speedway.
Devin McLeod started on the pole and paced the field for the first 16 laps. During that time, Nick Hernandez and Doug Moff worked their way to the front of the field. McLeod looked to be holding up the field as the top seven cars ran nose to tail around the three-eighths mile oval. (more…)
By |2014-04-07T16:11:32-04:00April 7th, 2014|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Racing News|Comments Off on Roland wins wild Open Wheel feature at Desoto

Late pass sends Aguilar to TBARA win

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By SCOTT LOCKWOOD
Desoto Speedway
On a night when the Safety-Kleen TBARA Sprint Car series was honoring one of their pioneering drivers, Joey Aguilar made sure that he was honoring his mentor in a proper way with a pass coming to the white flag that allowed him to take his second consecutive win to open the season.
Aguilar – whose last visit to the speedway ended with a helicopter ride to a local hospital after he received burns from an oil line fire – started ninth in the inaugural Larry Brazil Memorial 30-lap event. As polesitter Tommy Nichols paced the field for the first 15 laps of the race, Aguilar, Shane Bulter and Ben Fritz were making quick work of the rest of the field on their way to the front of the field. Fritz, who started sixth, was already up to second by the end of lap one.
Butler made his way past Fritz for second at the end of lap 10 and quickly ran Nichols down to battle for the lead. Butler used a diamond manuver where he went high in the middle of turns three and four and shot to the bottom of the race track coming off the corner. Butler won a drag race with Nichols into the first turn. (more…)
By |2014-03-24T17:25:05-04:00March 24th, 2014|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Racing News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off on Late pass sends Aguilar to TBARA win

TYLER AUDIE SURVIVES FOR FIRST PRO LATE MODEL WIN AT NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY

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Just a few years ago Tyler Audie was racing on the Quarter Midget track
located between turns one and two at New Smyrna Speedway. Recently moving up
to the Pro Late Model class on the big high-banked half mile track, Audie
surprised everyone, including himself, by standing in victory lane Saturday
night following a wild and controversial season-opening 50 lap race for the
Pro Late Models as a new season of weekly NASCAR Whelan All-America Racing
Series action began. (more…)

By |2014-03-24T17:15:08-04:00March 24th, 2014|Archives, Front Page News, New Smyrna Speedway|Comments Off on TYLER AUDIE SURVIVES FOR FIRST PRO LATE MODEL WIN AT NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY

Joey Aguilar Aces Auburndale Opener

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The Safety-Kleen TBARA Sprint Series opened the 2014 season at Auburndale Speedway ,a track that they hadn’t visited in over a decade. The 1/4 mile bullring would surely provide plenty of tight side by side action for the capacity crowd. Dude Teate started on pole and would lead the first 18 of 30 circuits before relinquishing the lead to 9th place starter, Joey “the Ace”Aguilar. Aguilar would hold off Shane Butler and Teate to pick up the win. Heat races were won by Aguilar and Jimmy Alvis Sr. The next stop on tour is Desoto Speedway on March 23rd.

Feature Race Results – 30 laps: 1) Joey Aguilar, 2) Shane Butler, 3) Dude Teate, 4) Ben Fritz, 5) Jimmy Alvis Sr., 6) Matt Alfonso, 7) Rex Hollinger, 8) Herb Neumann Jr., 9) Chris Gimmler, 10) Larry Brazil, Jr., 11) Dave Retzlaff, 12) Garrett Green, 13) Richie Corr, 14) Tommy Nichols

By |2014-03-17T16:56:45-04:00March 17th, 2014|Archives, Auburndale Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Sprint Cars|Comments Off on Joey Aguilar Aces Auburndale Opener