From John Chance & Johnny Sanders
Mother nature finally kept the rains away from Citrus County Speedway this week, but the rain was replaced with triple digit temperatures just before the start of the race program. A near capacity crowd filled the friendliest track in the south for a night of fun and excitement. The evening started off with the 75 lap V8 Enduro race, it didn’t take long to see who were going to be the cars to beat. William Hindman (82) jumped out to an early lead, only to loose his left rear wheel less than 15 laps in. Kathy Ray (63) then took over the lead and started to drive away from the field. Back in the pack, Robert Ray (9), Mike Bresnahan (7), and Duane Campbell (27) were charging to the front. The first mandatory red flag came out on lap 25 to reverse the direction of the cars. On the restart Kathy Ray would lead the pack, with her husband Robert in 2nd, and Campbell in 3rd. Robert would take over the top spot on lap 29 and begin to start lapping cars at a furious pace to end the second 25 lap segment. At lap 50, there were only 3 cars left on the lead lap. 
The final 25 lap segment would be run through the “kidney bean” infield portion of the track. Robert would jump out to a quick lead over the now 2nd Campbell, but a quick spin by Campbell a few laps later would move Kathy Ray back to the 2nd position. Over the last 20 laps, this husband and wife duo would wage a close battle for the win. As the cars came to take the white flag, Kathy was taking measure of her husband, looking for a way around. On the final turn of the last lap, the door would finally open. Kathy would make an inside move coming to the finish line, but come up just a few feet short at the finish. Robert would go on to take the victory over Kathy, with Campbell bringing home 3rd after his late race spin.
Kane Dixon (15) would make it 2 in a row in the Inter-county Recycling Hornet division, dominating the field in their 15 lap feature. Jeremy Wall (1) would take the track owned rental car to a 2nd place finish followed by Jay Kock (31) in 3rd.
8 cars registered for the 10 lap flag pole race. This race would involve the cars making a 360 degree turn each lap, right in the middle of the backstretch, around a light pole in the infield. Tracy Webb (85) and Jay Seykora (96) put on a great bumper to bumper battle over the 1st 8 laps of the race. Coming to take the 2 lap to go signal, Thomas Peet (62) had made his way from the back of the field to challenge for the win. Seykora would lead as the cars made their way to the turn around point, Seykora would go wide, giving Webb and Peet room to move by and battle for the lead. On the last lap, Webb would suffer the same fate as Seykora, as his car would push wide of the turn around and give Peet a shot at the victory. Both cars would race side by side coming to the checkered flag with Peet narrowly taking the victory. This was perhaps one of the most entertaining races of the night, and fans can look forward to more in the future.
14 Pro figure 8’s took the green for their 35 lap feature with point leader Joey Catarelli (6) on the pole position. Catarelli would jump out to and early lead, but outside pole sitter Mason Love (01) would get by to take the top spot on lap 6. A lap 8 traffic jam in the intersection would make the leader lift off the gas for just a second, which allowed Catarelli to retake the lead. The top 2 were then joined by Wayne Calkins (14) to make it a 3 way battle for the win. 
Lap 23 saw one of the nights most exciting moments, as the 185 of Tim Wilson launched his car off of an infield dirt mound 15 feet in the air, after contact with another car. Wilson’s car would land on it’s wheels and continue running, very reminiscent of a scene from the Dukes of Hazard television show. Wilson’s car would end up with a stuck throttle pedal, and would retire quickly. Catarelli would go on to take the win followed by Love in 2nd, and Calkins in 3rd.
27 school buses were split into 2 20 lap figure 8 races to headline the nights events. Bus race #1 saw Josh Hamilton (3) jump out to an early lead. Dwane Fults (6) would take the most prolific bus in speedway history to the lead on lap 9, getting by Hamilton. Mike Hinde (142) had by far the best looking bus in the field, but it was also just as fast as good looking. Hinde would move by Hamilton for 2nd and bring Chad Markland (69) with him just past the half way mark in the race. Fults seemed to be headed to a commanding victory, but smoke from under his bus showed something was going wrong. Fults bus then overheated but continued to run all the way till the 2 lap to go signal, where his bus lost power and coasted to a stop in the infield. Hinde would take over the top spot coming to take the white flag and go on to take the victory over Markland in 2nd and Hamilton in 3rd.
Bus race #2 saw 12 buses take the green flag, with Mike Gamache (0) taking the early lead. Back in the field Richard Dinkins (2) and Joey Catarelli (98) had their sights set on the top spot. Gamache would lead all the way till the 2 lap to go signal, when Catarelli would find a way by in turn 1. As the leaders encountered the lapped bus of Chic Whitehead (11) in the intersection, contact with Whitehead, would send the new leader Catatrelli for a spin and into the turn 4 retention pond. Catarelli would manage to never stop moving, drive his bus through the pond, and rejoin the race in the 3rd position. In all of the intersection Mayhem, Danny Taylor (10) would take advantage of the confusion, and move in to the 2nd position. Gamache would then cruise to victory while Taylor held off the hard charging Catarelli for 2nd.
Tim Wilson (185)would repair his racer after going airborne in the Pro Figure 8, race to take the victory in the Boat and Trailer race. Following home Wilson in 2nd was flagpole race winner Thomas Peet (85), and Fred Henick (60) coming home in the 3rd position.
One of the highlights of the nights program were the annual kids bicycle races. Children were divided in to 3 age groups, and given the chance to take on the speedway with pedal power instead of horsepower. Several local businesses and track sponsors donated 10 bicycles and cash prizes for the top 3 in each race. After the races, children’s names were randomly drawn from a container, and 10 children were given a brand new bicycle. Winners of the bicycle races were: Jeremy Wall (3-6), Keshana Addison (7-12), and Austin Dinkins (13-17).
This week will be headlined by the Super Late Models back in action along with a 50 lap Modified Mini Stock race. Also on the race card will be the Street Stocks, Sheldon Palmes Insurance Mini Stocks, Inter-County Recycling Hornets, and the Pro Challenge Series. Gates open a 4pm and racing starts at 6pm sharp. For complete details please visit www.citruscountyspeedway.com or call the track office at 352-726-9339. See you at the races!
From Johnny Sanders
| CITRUS COUNTY | |||
| SPEEDWAY | |||
| Race Finishes for: | |||
| July 30, 2011 | |||
| PRO FIGURE-8s | Feature | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | Home Town | Winner |
| 6 | Joey Catarelli | Pinellas Park | 1 |
| 01 | Mason Love | Pinellas Park | 2 |
| 14 | Wayne Calkins | St. Pete | 3 |
| 25 | Robbie Powell | St. Pete | 4 |
| 25 | Benny Harris | Spring Hill | 5 |
| 94 | Charlie Meyer | Pinellas Park | 6 |
| 86 | Justin Meyer | Largo | 7 |
| 185 | Tim Wilson | Floral City | 8 |
| 83 | Charles Herne | Homosassa | 9 |
| 49 | Jared Meyer | Largo | 10 |
| 13 | William Stunsburn | Hernando | 11 |
| 47 | Slim (Jim) Donaldson | Spring Hill | 12 |
| 85 | Thomas Peet | Floral City | 13 |
| 27 | Neil Herne | Homosassa | 14 |
| Hornet Division | Feature | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | Home Town | Winner |
| 15 | Kane (Franklin) Dixon | Inverness | 1 |
| K1M | Jeremy Walls | 2 | |
| 31 | Jay Kock | Dade City | 3 |
| 60 | Carson Taylor | Lecanto | 4 |
| V8 Enduro | Feature | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | Home Town | Winner |
| 9 | Robert Ray | Floral City | 1 |
| 63 | Kathy Ray | Floral City | 2 |
| 27 | Duane Campbell | 3 | |
| 7 | Mike Bresnahan | Lecanto | 4 |
| 96 | Jay Seykora | Palm Harbor | 5 |
| 132 | Richard Campbell | 6 | |
| 85 | Tracy Webb | St. Pete | 7 |
| 99 | Cody Stickler | Pinellas Park | 8 |
| 8 | Shaun Mercer | Holiday | 9 |
| 60 | Rick Henick | Inverness | 10 |
| 82 | William Hindman | Orlando | 11 |
| Flag Pole Race | Feature | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | Home Town | Winner |
| 62 | Thomas Peet | Floral City | 1 |
| 85 | Tracy Webb | St. Pete | 2 |
| 96 | Jay Seykora | Palm Harbor | 3 |
| 185 | Tim Wilson | Floral City | 4 |
| 15 | Kane (Franklin) Dixon | Inverness | 5 |
| 09 | Wayne Heater | Homosassa | 6 |
| 35 | Eric Sharrone | Floral City | 7 |
| 160 | Carson Taylor | Lecanto | 8 |
| 8 | Shaun Mercer | Holiday | 9 |
| 1 | Mike Gamache | Tarpon Springs | 10 |
| 60 | Rick Henick | Inverness | 11 |
| Boat & Trailer Race | Feature | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | Home Town | Winner |
| 185 | Tim Wilson | Floral City | 1 |
| 851 | Thomas Peet | Floral City | 2 |
| 60 | Fred Henick | Inverness | 3 |
| 35 | Eric Sharrone | Floral City | 4 |
| 1 | Mike Gamache | Tarpon Springs | 5 |
| 27 | Neil Herne | Homosassa | 6 |
| 85 | Tracy Webb | St. Pete | 7 |
| 71 | Wayne Heater | Homosassa | 8 |
| 8 | Shaun Mercer | Holiday | 9 |
| School Bus Fig-8 (A) | Feature | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | Home Town | Winner |
| 142 | Mike Hines | Hernando | 1 |
| 69 | Chad Markland | Bushnell | 2 |
| 3 | Josh Hamilton | Inverness | 3 |
| 96 | Tracey Webb | Tarpon Springs | 4 |
| 701 | J.D. Goff | Brooksville | 5 |
| 6 | Dwane Fults | Hernando | 6 |
| 13 | Marcus Summer | Spring Hill | 7 |
| 1 | Dustin Aaron | Floral City | 8 |
| 85 | Wayne Calkins | St. Pete | 9 |
| 41 | Andy Tweedy | Ocala | 10 |
| 29 | Shane Goff | Brooksville | 11 |
| 38 | John Gramzow | Floral City | 12 |
| 49 | Matt Young | Brooksville | 13 |
| 04 | Danny Walker | Floral City | 14 |
| 36 | Gary Swing | Floral City | 15 |
| School Bus Fig-8 (B) | Feature | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | Home Town | Winner |
| 0 | Mike Gamache | Tarpon Springs | 1 |
| 10 | Danny Taylor | Brooksville | 2 |
| 98 | Joey Catarelli | Pinellas Park | 3 |
| 4 | Dave Ross | Brooksville | 4 |
| 11 | Chic Whitehead | Ocala | 5 |
| 5 | D.J. Macklin | Tampa | 6 |
| 2 | Rick Dinkins | Floral City | 7 |
| 01 | Jimmy Harrington | Hernando | 8 |
| 37 | Austin Roberts | Inverness | 9 |
| 44 | Dora Thorne | Floral City | 10 |
| 33 | Greg Dougman | Englis | 11 |
| 14 | Adam Krug | Brooksville | 12 |
| Kids Bike Races (3-6 yrs) | |||
| Name | |||
| Jeremy Wall | Winner | ||
| Kids Bike Races (7-12 yrs) | |||
| Name | |||
| Keshana Addison | Winner | ||
| Kids Bike Races (13-17 yrs) | |||
| Name | |||
| Austin Dinkins | Winner |
Top Ten Points All Classes
| Super Late Models | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | YTD Points |
| 98 | Herb Neumann Jr. | 425 |
| 09 | Scott Grossenbacher | 414 |
| 10 | Talon Craft | 391 |
| 70 | Jeremy Gerstner | 385 |
| 82 | Danny Maddox | 378 |
| 50 | Perry Lovelady | 367 |
| 97 | Andy Anderson | 338 |
| 14 | Randy Plantz | 335 |
| 27 | Cody Lane | 332 |
| 47 | Keith Zavrel | 281 |
| Open Wheeled Modifieds | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | YTD Points |
| 88 | Bobby Ervien | 898 |
| 53 | Doug Miller | 882 |
| 42 | Richie Smith | 873 |
| 98 | Robbie Cooper | 872 |
| 70 | Jeremy Gerstner | 863 |
| 6 | Billy Bechtelheimer | 818 |
| 25 | (Johnny) L. J. Grimm | 753 |
| 94 | Dalton Nelson | 740 |
| 3 | Ricky Coffin | 621 |
| 8 | Michael Stalnaker | 607 |
| Mod. Mini Stocks | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | YTD Points |
| 33 | Chris Allen | 726 |
| 18 | Jesse Henley | 722 |
| 7 | Clint Foley | 721 |
| 44 | Michael Lawhorn | 603 |
| 24 | Phil Edwards | 569 |
| 47 | Richard Kuhn | 547 |
| 98 | James Ellis | 497 |
| 26 | Nathan Florian | 480 |
| 13 | Richard Heath | 368 |
| 2 | Jeremy Gerstner | 284 |
| Sportsman | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | YTD Points |
| 55 | Ernie Reed | 1086 |
| 99 | Cody Stickler | 1069 |
| 56 | Brandon Morris | 1068 |
| 13 | Aaron Williamson | 954 |
| 01 | Tom Posavec | 884 |
| 83 | Dennise Neighbor Sr. | 784 |
| 51 | Christopher Harvey | 709 |
| 4 | Richie Smith | 697 |
| 12 | David Williamson | 603 |
| 199 | Brett Jenkins | 579 |
| Street Stocks | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | YTD Points |
| 3 | Curtis Flanagan | 1471 |
| 33 | Bill Ryan | 1388 |
| 98 | Tom Bubba Martone | 1358 |
| 10 | Kenny May | 1291 |
| 68 | Austin Hughes | 1229 |
| 26 | Bradley Lyon | 1061 |
| 53 | Kyle Peters | 937 |
| 85 | Tim Wilson | 872 |
| 27 | John Makula | 789 |
| 55 | Jesse Veltman | 688 |
| Pure Stocks | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | YTD Points |
| 35 | David Walls | 1730 |
| 44 | Glen Colyer | 1541 |
| 9 | Tyler Stickler | 1309 |
| 65 | Happy Florian | 1222 |
| 27 | Sheri Makula | 1193 |
| 15 | Levi Roberts | 1126 |
| 39 | Carl Peters | 1108 |
| 20 | Chris Ickes | 1059 |
| 17 | Nicholas Malverty | 962 |
| 7 | Arden Franklin | 773 |
| Mini Stocks | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | YTD Points |
| 71 | Sonya Heater | 1393 |
| 98 | Kevin Stone | 1390 |
| 32 | Jeremy Sharrone | 1383 |
| 35 | Kenneth Watkins | 1199 |
| 29 | Chris Snow | 1169 |
| 50 | Jessey Mallory | 1026 |
| 43 | Shawn Jenkins | 1005 |
| 84 | Ashlee Williamson | 942 |
| 46 | Shannon Kennedy | 889 |
| 77 | Kevin Knox | 848 |
| PRO FIGURE-8s | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | YTD Points |
| 6 | Joey Catarelli | 1042 |
| 14 | Wayne Calkins | 1036 |
| 94 | Charlie Meyer | 984 |
| 27 | Neil Herne | 926 |
| 3 | Cliff Rousseau | 896 |
| 25 | Robbie Powell | 886 |
| 85 | Thomas Peet | 776 |
| 01 | Mason Love | 670 |
| 59 | T. J. Sharrone | 448 |
| 86 | Justin Meyer | 442 |
| PS/SS FIG-8s | ||
| Car-# | Drivers Name | YTD Points |
| 62 | Eric Sharrone | 590 |
| 6 | Ronnie Schrefiels | 576 |
| 35 | Thomas Peet | 536 |
| 71 | Neil Herne | 522 |
| 82 | Jimmy Kruse | 442 |
| 89 | Charles Herne | 360 |
| 81 | Wallace (Gator) Jones | 354 |
| 33 | David Ross | 346 |
| 00 | Del Beckner | 338 |
| 1 | Larry Triana | 338 |