From Johnny Sanders

Photos by Bob Wing

Colin Cabre got his first win in the Wingless Sprint Feature

Was this wreck intentional in the Figure 8 race?

Mini Stocks provided three wide thrills.


Race Report: Tony Modica
Wingless Sprints
Eighteen wingless sprints were in the field for the twenty five lap feature. After several attempts to get started ,the field had to survive a few quick yellows,their were a total of six cautions in the race,including contact between father and son drivers Jimmy Alvis Sr.and Jimmy Alvis Jr bring out one of those yellows.By the third complete restart the drivers came to the line three wide with Tampa driver Joey Aguilar flying into turn one and would grab the lead coming from inside of row two,Aguilar looked the car to beat as he lead the first ten laps,when yet another yellow would come out in lap ten,at that time Aguilar would be notified that was being penalized three positions for jumping the start,that would turn the lead over to Tampa driver Collin Cabre who would go on and prove he was just to strong for the field,Cabre would go on to lead the remaining fifthteen laps.Second went to Bushnell driver Shane Butler who made the pass around Alvis in lap twenty for that spot and third it was Lutz driver Tony Carreno.
Heat winners Jimmy Alvis Sr. and Mickey Kempgens.
Taylor Made Homes Pure Stock  50 Lap
Twenty six Pure Stocks were signed for the fifty lap feature event.
In qualifying Inverness Fl driver Levi Roberts set fast time ,with a 16.805,the only driver in the sixteen second bracket.
After the two row inversion ,that put Michael Martin on the pole,and points leader David Walls starting outside row one.Walls wasted no time jumping out to the lead in lap one,on the move was Roberts getting second place away from Martin in lap seven and was on the move,yellow came out in lap eight,and that tighten up the field,by lap eleven it was door to door ,down the front stretch for the lead,that door to door battle went on for two laps with Roberts getting the lead in lap twelve,Roberts,then would continue on to pick up his second points win of the season.Second it was James Peters and third went to Michael Martin.
Mini Cup
Ten Mini Cup drivers took the green flag for their twenty lap feature,with Carlos Gonzales on the pole,by lap two it was a new leader in the name of  GA driver, Brandon Beach one of three drivers from the Beach family in the field.
By the halfway point ,leader Beach was recording lap times in the mid sixteen second bracket,and Brandon would goon and pick up the win. Second went to Carlos Gonzales and third it was ten year old Cole Partelo.
Heat winners Carlos Gonzales and Frank Beach
Street Stock
The sixteen car field quickly saw two cautions trying to get started,on the pole it was Mark Fallows.
Fallows would lead for the first lap and a half as Jeff Stalnaker would get around him as the new leader,Stalnaker then would  run very steady working through traffic and would go on to pick up his first win of the season.Coming in second was points leader Curtis Flanagan coming from outside row ten,Curtis gave it all he had putting on a late charge in the closing laps and third it was Kenny May.
Heat winners Mark Fallows and Jeff Stalnaker Jr.
Mod Mini Stock
After a two row inversion,the field was set with the 2010 champion Clint Foley on the pole.
When the green flag dropped, Foley would take he field into turn one as the leader,and started to bust away.
Behind your leader their was some good racing between,Michael Lawhorn and James Ellis  fighting for second,by lap eleven Foley would have 5.62 second lead over the field and contiue to lead the remaining laps for his first win of the season.
Second went to Michael Lawhorn who had good race with third place finisher James Ellis.
Heat winners Donald Faunce and James Ellis.
Daytona Antique Auto Racing Assc.
A very strong turn out from  DAARA bringing a total of twenty nine cars with four separate classes,Midgets/Speedsters,Uncaged /Caged Sprints,6 cyl,/ Small V-8 and Stock Cars /Modifieds.
Drivers treated the crowd to great look back in time with cars from back as far as the 1930,s .
Top three finishers were interviewed  at the end of their races and talked about the history of their carsand racing careers.Miami driver David Johnson would win the  Midgets/Speedsters.
Six Cyl / Small V-8 would go to Steve Parrish from Okeechobee,Uncaged /Caged Sprints Dave Cash coming in from Palm Coast andin the V-8 Stocks / Modifieds Ft Myers driver Pat McNear would score the win.
Pure Stock / Street Stock Figure Eight
Fifthteen figure eight cars would take the green flag for the twenty lap feature, with Neil Herne starting on the pole,things did’nt start out to well for the field as caution would drop in lap one,for a two car wreck,the field would continue to have troublewith a total of five yellows and a red flag in lap five after a hard wreck in the intersection,with both drivers walking away. Officials then called it a complete race. Top three were Eric Sharrone,second Ronnie Schrefiels and thrid went to Neil Herne
Final results 4-16-11
Street Stocks Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
19 Jeff Stalnaker Jr. 1
3 Curtis Flanagan Inverness 2
10 Kenny May Spring Hill 3
53 Kyle Peters Ferndale 4
33 Bill Ryan Bushnell 5
7 Michael Stalnaker Ocala 6
65 Dave Wright 7
007 Mark Fallows Crystal River 8
68 Austin Hughes 9
12 Jhana Hughes 10
48 Dora Thorne Floral City 11
1 Larry Triana Homosassa 12
98 Tom Bubba Martone 13
26 Bradley Lyon Brooksville 14
00 Carl Glaum Crystal River 15
PS/SS Figure-8’s Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
62 Eric Sharrone Floral City 1
6 Ronnie Schrefiels 2
13 Neil Herne Homosassa 3
82 Jimmy Kruse 4
00 Del Beckner Inverness 5
81 Wallace (Gator) Jones 6
1 Larry Triana Homosassa 7
44 Glen Colyer Homosassa 8
33 David Ross 9
38 Troy Davis Spring Hill 10
7 Chuckie Franklin Hernando 11
69 Michael Appleby 12
56 Johnathan Appleby 13
35 Thomas Peet Floral City 14
35 David Wells 15
Pure Stocks – 50 LAPS Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
15 Levi Roberts Inverness 1
5 James Peters Winter Garden 2
76 Michael Martin Citrus Springs 3
7 Ardin Franklin Hernando 4
0 Steve Stineduf Weeki Watchee 5
27 Sherry Makula New Port Richey 6
68 Drew Matissek New Port Richey 7
17 Nicholas Malverty 8
00 Del Beckner 9
20 Chris Ickes Brooksville 10
44 Glen Colyer Homosassa 11
13 William Stanbury 12
06 Wayne Alexander Spring Hill 13
771 James Coyle 14
30 Tom McKay Loxahatchee 15
35 David Walls Summerfield 16
156 Johathan Appleby 17
65 Happy Florian Lecanto 18
3 James Nocella 19
9 Tyler Stickler 20
38 Troy Davis Spring Hill 21
117 Robert Gregg 22
39 Carl Peters Winter Garden 23
62 Erick Sharrone 24
32 Michael Misko 25
73 Jeffery Eisenhauer 26
Mod Mini Stocks Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
7 Clint Foley Dunnellon 1
44 Michael Lawhorn Clermont 2
98 James Ellis Brooksville 3
33 Chris Allen Center Hill 4
2 Don Faunce Spring Hill 5
18 Jesse Henley Homosassa 6
26 Nathan Florian Clearwater 7
24 Phil Edwards Crystal River 8
47 Richard Kuhn Ocala 9
88 Chris Hooker Floral City 10
51 Jeff Cole 11
9 Shaun Cater Hernando 12
DARA
Midgets/Speedsters Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
88 David Johnston Miami 1
6 Jerry Paquin Lake Worth 2
56 William Rynd Lakeland 3
71 Bill Wendt Cape Coral 4
59 Jerry Carbae Pompano Beach 5
29 Bill Stelcher Sarasota 6
8 Rick Sanders Sarasota 7
23 Rob Jordan Georgia 8
W No Name 9
DARA
Six Cyl./Small V8 Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
138 Steve Parrish Okeechobee 1
9red Richie Gomes Flagler Beach 2
73 Bill McPeek Oviedo 3
9 Al Jurkouski Spring Hill 4
97 Dave Jarrett Orlando 5
0 Steve Miller Sebastion 6
A1 Shirley Morden Ontario 7
72 Hank Goodrich Port Orange 8
61 Ralph Foursworth Tampa 9
93 Lenny Goding Palmato 10
04 Frank Lenerise Cape Coral 11
DARA
Uncaged Sprints/Caged Sprints Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
98 Dave Cash Palm Coast 1
9 Scott Jarrett Orlando 2
7 Sue Yoder Sarasota 3
8 Scott Winter Wesley Chapel 4
56 Josh Rynd Lakeland 5
80 Fred Strickland Plant City 6
92 Craig Paterson Daytona Beach 7
DARA
V8 Stocks/Modifieds Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
93x Pat McNear Ft. Myers 1
93 Frank Lenhardt Punta Gorda 2
78 Cory Lane Zepherhills 3
33T Mike Tanner Frostproff 4
18 Ron Hess Port Orange 5
2x Toby Smith Titusville 6
711 Larry Larivee Titusville 7
4 Gary Lane Lutz 8
Mini Cups Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
47 Brandon Beach Ocala 1
42 Carlos Gonzales Wildwood 2
9 Cole Partelo Largo 3
52 Bryan Kuak 4
71 Duane Foster Ocala 5
3 Brett Suggs Geneva 6
17 Frank Beach Atlanta Georgia 7
99 Johnny Marra North Port 8
05 James Irish Largo 9
74 John Beach Atlanta Georgia 10
6 No Name 11
Wingless Sprints Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
12 Collin Cabre Thonotosassa 1
18 Shane Butler Bushnell 2
78 Tony Carreno Lutz 3
21 Jimmy Alvis Sr. Seffner 4
52 Joey Agvilar Tampa 5
9 Jimmy Alvis Jr. Sefner 6
90 Craig Skene Dublin, Australia 7
69 Ric Voisey Wesley Chapel 8
1 Jason Bradford Port Charlotte 9
2 Larry Brazil Tampa 10
55 Tommy Nichols Tampa 11
8 Stan Butler Bushnell 12
21m Bobby Gordon Springhill 13
75 Darin Miller Tampa 14
41 Mathew Hall Apollo Beach 15
89 Trent Bosb Wesley Chapel 16
30 Wendy Mathis Valrico 17
70 Mickey Kempgens Dade City 18
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Finishes: 4/16/2011
Street Stocks Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
19 Jeff Stalnaker Jr. 1
3 Curtis Flanagan Inverness 2
10 Kenny May Spring Hill 3
53 Kyle Peters Ferndale 4
33 Bill Ryan Bushnell 5
7 Michael Stalnaker Ocala 6
65 Dave Wright 7
007 Mark Fallows Crystal River 8
68 Austin Hughes 9
12 Jhana Hughes 10
48 Dora Thorne Floral City 11
1 Larry Triana Homosassa 12
98 Tom Bubba Martone 13
26 Bradley Lyon Brooksville 14
00 Carl Glaum Crystal River 15
PS/SS Figure-8’s Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
62 Eric Sharrone Floral City 1
6 Ronnie Schrefiels 2
13 Neil Herne Homosassa 3
82 Jimmy Kruse 4
00 Del Beckner Inverness 5
81 Wallace (Gator) Jones 6
1 Larry Triana Homosassa 7
44 Glen Colyer Homosassa 8
33 David Ross 9
38 Troy Davis Spring Hill 10
7 Chuckie Franklin Hernando 11
69 Michael Appleby 12
56 Johnathan Appleby 13
35 Thomas Peet Floral City 14
35 David Wells 15
Pure Stocks – 50 LAPS Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
15 Levi Roberts Inverness 1
5 James Peters Winter Garden 2
76 Michael Martin Citrus Springs 3
7 Ardin Franklin Hernando 4
0 Steve Stineduf Weeki Watchee 5
27 Sherry Makula New Port Richey 6
68 Drew Matissek New Port Richey 7
17 Nicholas Malverty 8
00 Del Beckner 9
20 Chris Ickes Brooksville 10
44 Glen Colyer Homosassa 11
13 William Stanbury 12
06 Wayne Alexander Spring Hill 13
771 James Coyle 14
30 Tom McKay Loxahatchee 15
35 David Walls Summerfield 16
156 Johathan Appleby 17
65 Happy Florian Lecanto 18
3 James Nocella 19
9 Tyler Stickler 20
38 Troy Davis Spring Hill 21
117 Robert Gregg 22
39 Carl Peters Winter Garden 23
62 Erick Sharrone 24
32 Michael Misko 25
73 Jeffery Eisenhauer 26
Mod Mini Stocks Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
7 Clint Foley Dunnellon 1
44 Michael Lawhorn Clermont 2
98 James Ellis Brooksville 3
33 Chris Allen Center Hill 4
2 Don Faunce Spring Hill 5
18 Jesse Henley Homosassa 6
26 Nathan Florian Clearwater 7
24 Phil Edwards Crystal River 8
47 Richard Kuhn Ocala 9
88 Chris Hooker Floral City 10
51 Jeff Cole 11
9 Shaun Cater Hernando 12
DARA
Midgets/Speedsters Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
88 David Johnston Miami 1
6 Jerry Paquin Lake Worth 2
56 William Rynd Lakeland 3
71 Bill Wendt Cape Coral 4
59 Jerry Carbae Pompano Beach 5
29 Bill Stelcher Sarasota 6
8 Rick Sanders Sarasota 7
23 Rob Jordan Georgia 8
W No Name 9
DARA
Six Cyl./Small V8 Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
138 Steve Parrish Okeechobee 1
9red Richie Gomes Flagler Beach 2
73 Bill McPeek Oviedo 3
9 Al Jurkouski Spring Hill 4
97 Dave Jarrett Orlando 5
0 Steve Miller Sebastion 6
A1 Shirley Morden Ontario 7
72 Hank Goodrich Port Orange 8
61 Ralph Foursworth Tampa 9
93 Lenny Goding Palmato 10
04 Frank Lenerise Cape Coral 11
DARA
Uncaged Sprints/Caged Sprints Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
98 Dave Cash Palm Coast 1
9 Scott Jarrett Orlando 2
7 Sue Yoder Sarasota 3
8 Scott Winter Wesley Chapel 4
56 Josh Rynd Lakeland 5
80 Fred Strickland Plant City 6
92 Craig Paterson Daytona Beach 7
DARA
V8 Stocks/Modifieds Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
93x Pat McNear Ft. Myers 1
93 Frank Lenhardt Punta Gorda 2
78 Cory Lane Zepherhills 3
33T Mike Tanner Frostproff 4
18 Ron Hess Port Orange 5
2x Toby Smith Titusville 6
711 Larry Larivee Titusville 7
4 Gary Lane Lutz 8
Mini Cups Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
47 Brandon Beach Ocala 1
42 Carlos Gonzales Wildwood 2
9 Cole Partelo Largo 3
52 Bryan Kuak 4
71 Duane Foster Ocala 5
3 Brett Suggs Geneva 6
17 Frank Beach Atlanta Georgia 7
99 Johnny Marra North Port 8
05 James Irish Largo 9
74 John Beach Atlanta Georgia 10
6 No Name 11
Wingless Sprints Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Winner
12 Collin Cabre Thonotosassa 1
18 Shane Butler Bushnell 2
78 Tony Carreno Lutz 3
21 Jimmy Alvis Sr. Seffner 4
52 Joey Agvilar Tampa 5
9 Jimmy Alvis Jr. Sefner 6
90 Craig Skene Dublin, Australia 7
69 Ric Voisey Wesley Chapel 8
1 Jason Bradford Port Charlotte 9
2 Larry Brazil Tampa 10
55 Tommy Nichols Tampa 11
8 Stan Butler Bushnell 12
21m Bobby Gordon Springhill 13
75 Darin Miller Tampa 14
41 Mathew Hall Apollo Beach 15
89 Trent Bosb Wesley Chapel 16
30 Wendy Mathis Valrico 17
70 Mickey Kempgens Dade City 18