Sad news had lingered in the air all night as word of a member of the PGS racing family had been injured in a race at another track. Punta Gorda Speedway owners and staff continue to keep the Morr family in their thoughts and prayers. It was tough staying focused on the nights racing events but some great talent showed up to put on some of the best racing action.
First feature of the night was the Cowboy Cadillacs and Jeff Debble of Port Charlotte tried again to hold off Stuart Vandevender as they battled for the lead. Vandevender would go onto win the feature with Debble second and making his way to a third place finish was Brad Weigert in his 88 truck and Phil Ellis hung on for fourth.
T.Q. Midgets took to the track and saw Mike Belusar go start to finish while being chased by Jamie Barnum second and young Chris Gimmler third while Rob Kohler was fourth.
Pro 4 class got to qualify for a big forty lap featured event that saw the 73 of Randy Johnson from Bradenton set fast time of 18.814 and would start second row inside. The fifth caution had come out by lap eight when the 91 of Jessica Ostrovskis got tangled with the 87 of Skyler Null and both had to pit to change flat tires. Ten laps were ran with no cautions as the 61 of Paul Richards Jr. had been leading while fast qualifier Johnson was fighting for second with the 04 of Ryan Collver. Johnson made his way pass Collver and by lap twenty one, had passed Richards on the outside to take over the lead for five laps. Ten laps to go Paul Richards Jr of Naples got back by Johnson and went on to win the feature while Randy Johnson was running in second got passed on the last lap by Ryan Collver who finished second and Johnson hung on for third. Dan Collver would fight his was to a fourth place finish while Skyler Null of N. Ft. Myers rounded out the top five.
Street Stock class was up next for a fifty lap feature and it was Ryan Pancoast of N. Ft. Myers that set fast time of 16.862 with only taking one lap to do it and was the only car in the sixteens. Pancoast pulled the lucky draw and started on the pole and the green flag dropped it was Pancoast that jumped to the lead over Tim Miller Jr. of Bradenton who started outside. Shane Leonard of Cape Coral was on Pancoast’s bumper running in second while “Big Dog” James Dellea of Port Charlotte was making his way through the field when a caution came out on lap ten. On the restart, Dellea made his way by Leonard to take over second and set his sights on Pancoast while a lot of “Rubbin is Racin” was going on for position behind them. Leonard had made his way back around Dellea as they battled hard back and fourth while Pancoast was in the lead and now Bobby Fischer from Naples had joined the fight. Lap twenty nine, Leonard had to pit with a flat tire and would reenter the race on the end of the field. Cars lined back up it was Pancoast on the pole Dellea outside the green dropped and Pancoast was scored first over the line, could Dellea break Pancoast’s three wins in a row streak or would Pancoast be able to hold on. This class had racing action from front to back you didn’t know who to watch as all the cars were fast and the racing was fierce. When the checkers flew, it was Ryan Pancoast taking his fourth win in a row and James “Big Dog” Dellea second, Bobby Fischer third.
Late Model Sportsman came out for fifty laps and fast qualifier David Williamson of Mulberry with a 16.413 started inside second row. Sitting on the pole would be Brian Richardson of Cape Coral who had been taking some time off while building a new car with the twenty one of Devin McLeod (Legend car driver)of Zepherhills outside. After a few attempts of a good start, it took the flagman pointing the black sticks to the front row to finally get a good side by side start and the race was on. Richardson jumped to the lead but young McLeod was right there with only four laps in the books, McLeod broke a tranny going into one and would retire his 21 machine for the night. After several caution in the first ten laps, the race would run forty laps caution free and the battle between Richardson and David Williamson who was running on the outside kept everyone on the edge of their seat. Williamson at times was slinging that car out of the turns sideways while Brandon Morris made the pass for second and then muscled his way past Richardson on lap seventeen for the lead. Richardson was stuck on the outside while father David Williamson and son Aaron Williamson passed him for the seond and third spot. When the smoke clear and the checkers flew it was Brandon Morris that made it three in a row trips to victory lane while Aaron Williamson came home second, his father David Williamson third and Richardson fourth, Johnny Casady of Arcadia rounded out the top five.
The last race of the night would be the Road Warriors and it was Ann Marie Ricardi of Naples that would get the jump and lead the first five laps of the race. Chris Scott of Nakomis would make the move on Ricardi and take over the lead on lap six while Richardi was hung out to the ouside and slipped back to fifth. Rocket Rick Reed was in the second spot chasing down Scott while team mate Jason Miller was battling with Chris Loney for third. Miller running in second and putting pressure on Scott for the lead as they battled for the last ten laps, white flag in the air, Miller makes the move on Scott to take the win on the last lap. Chris Scott would come home second, Chris Loney third and Ann Marie Ricardi would battle back for fourth place.
Punta Gorda Speedway on May 26th
Super Late Model Goodyear 12 Pack Series # 4 for 100 Laps
Three different winners so far, who will be the winner of race number 4, while Richie Anderson has claimed the points lead for now. Also the Pro truck races have really been heating up with the two girls in the points lead.
Pro Trucks for 50 Laps and Rookie Trucks for 25 Laps
you will not want to miss.
SLM 100 Race #4, Pro Truck 50, Rookie Truck 25, RW, CC Pro 4
Make plans now for a great night of racing.
PUNTA GORDA SPEEDWAY RESULTS
5/19/12
Sportsman
1. 56M Brandon Morrison Mulberry
2. 13 Aaron Williamson Mulberry
3. 12 David Williamson Mulberry
4. 56R Brian Richardson Cape Coral
5. 7C Johnny Cassidy Arcadia
6. 09 Donnie Ollie Jr. Lehigh
7. 51 Michael Atwell Naples
8. 8 Dan Scott Naples
9. 98 Danny Brown Lehigh
10. 7R Kyle Rice LaBelle
11. 67 James Dubose Arcadia
12. 21 Devin McLeod Zepherhill
13. 1 Gary McFall Venice
Street Stock
1. 47 Ryan Pancoast Lehigh
2. 77 James Dellea Port Charlotte
3. 2 Bobby Fischer Naples
4. 57x Jim Brenner Sarasota
5. 18 Shane Leonard Cape Coral
6. 10 Tim Miller Jr. Bradenton
7. 75 Allen Tyson Bartow
8. 85 Randy Sober Punta Gorda
9. 98 A.J. Mott Ocala
10. 80 Richard Nelson Port Charlotte
11. 1 Matt Dunn North Port
12. 88 Jimmy Meiser Lehigh D.N.S.
Road Warrior
1. 10 Jason Miller LeHigh Acres
2. 97 Chris Scott Nokomis
3. 33 Chris Loney Naples
4. 27 Anna Marie Ricardi Naples
5. 1 Rick Reed Port Charlotte
6. 80 Peggy Nelson Port Charlotte
7. 17 James Stokes LeHigh
8. 13 Justin Teston LeHigh
9. 5 Jeremy Daring LeHigh Acres
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Cowboy Cadillac’s
1. 36 Stuart Vandevender Cape Coral
2. 8 Jeff Deeble Port Charlotte
3. 88 Brad Wegert Port Charlotte
4. 30 Phil Ellis Jr.
Pro 4
1. 61 Paul Richard Jr. Naples
2. 04 Ryan Collver Fort Myers
3. 73 Randy Johnson Bradenton
4. 00 Dan Collver Fort Myers
5. 87 Skyler Null North Fort Myers
6. 91 Jessica Ostrovskis St. Pete
7. 30 Stephen Babcock Punta Gorda
8. 21 Jeremy Perkins North Fort Myers
9. 32 Karl Garrard Naples
10. 97 Mark Davis Bonita Springs
11. 05 Ronnie Robertson Bradenton
12. 28 Corey Bigley Naples
13. 3 Chuck Null North Fort Myers
14. 13 Alex Teston Lehigh D.N.S.
T.Q. Midgets
1.63 Mike Belusar Punta Gorda
2. 7 Jamie Barnum Brooksville
3. 51 Chris Gimmler Palm Beach Gardens
4. 30 Rob Kohler Naples
5. 5 David Patterson Port Charlotte
6.14 John Ciolino Cape Coral
7. 23 Steve Maier Port St. Lucy