by Marty Little
BRADENTON, Fla. – Bo Hartley notched his second 30 lap TBARA feature victory during the four race winter tour on a bitterly cold Saturday night at DeSoto Super Speedway.
Hartley started the main event fourth in the 23 car field while outside front row starter D.J.Hoelzle powered his self-built mount into the lead at the drop of the green with a snarling field on their heels. The action on the track was anything but cold as the winged speedsters worked the high banked oval with close action throughout.
As the laps wound down Hoelzle had Hartley hot on his tail with Joey Aguilar, up from seventh, a close third. With six laps to go Hartley made his move on Hoelzle to wrestle away the top spot. Hoelzle stayed on the hammer to maintain second in front of Aguilar and they crossed the strip in close formation ahead of Shane Butler and Dude Teate in the caution free run.
Heat race wins fell to Tommy Nichols, Bo Hartley and Aguilar. For winning his heat race and the main event Hartley collected the Steele Performance Parts Sweep award, the first time its been done this season.
Feature (30 laps) – 1. Bo Hartley, 2. D.J. Hoelzle, 3. Joey Aguilar, 4. Shane Butler, 5. Dude Teate, 6. Tommy Nichols, 7. Troy DeCaire, 8. Brian Gringas, 9. Ben Fritz, 10. Ryan Litt, 11. Sonny Hartley, 12. Dakotah Stephens, 13. Stephen Bradley, 14. Craig Skene, 15. Larry Brazil, 16. Frankie Hurst, 17. Todd Donaldson, 18. Skeeter Faulconer, 19. Johnny Gilbertson, 20. Bill Pettijohn, 21. Larry J. Brazil, 22. Billy Riddle, 23. Wendy Mathis.