By Rick Anges
Bradenton, Fl. After a three-week mid-season break the High Banks of DeSoto Super Speedway roared back into action with plenty of fender to fender ASA sanctioned racing.
Qualifying for the DeSoto Pro Trucks for their fifty lapper was first up on the nights racing. Stephen Darvalics came out with the fast time over twelve of the toughest truck racers.
The field was inverted four trucks for the feature. Short track Truck racing has always been known to be one of the most aggressive classes with plenty of cautions.
Tonight the racing would tough and hard fought but the flagman was able to keep his yellow laundry at his side as the fans saw fifty laps of some great green flag racing.
Drivers would jockey for the top spot but once Darvalics got out front he would check out on the field and add another win to his impressive Truck racing career.
Nick Hernandez would come across the stripe with a well-deserved second, third was hard charging Brent Huber, fourth went to J.R.Garcia III and fifth Andrew Gipson.
RESULTS:
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 4 41 Stephen Darvalics Venice , Fl
2 1 37 Nick Hernandez Palmetto , Fl
3 2 64 Brent Huber Venice , Fl
4 5 13 J R Garcia III Wimauma , Fl
5 3 64X Andrew Gipson Bradenton , Fl
6 6 40 Jessica Green Lakeland , Fl
7 7 40G George Gorham, Jr. Lakeland , Fl
8 9 4C Dennis Colletti Bradenton , Fl
9 10 13X Steven Irish Largo , Fl
10 11 15D Jeff Dulaney Naples , Fl
11 12 14 Cory France Seminole , Fl
12 8 28 Michael Laplant Tampa , Fl
Open Wheel Modifieds
Eric Rudd visited the winners circle once again with convincing run in the thirty-five lap Open Wheel Modified feature. Bobby Ervien moved ever closer to the top spot with a second place finish. Ralph Bowman would come from his eleventh starting spot to take third. Second generation driver Dalton Baldwin would be fourth. Mike Birk Jr. was fifth.
RESULTS:
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 12 Eric Rudd Naples , Fl
2 4 88 Bobby Ervien St. Petersberg, Fl
3 11 2 Ralph Bowman Largo , Fl
4 3 4 Dalton Baldwin Oldsmar , Fl
5 6 10 Mike Birk Jr Pinellas Park, Fl
6 1 60 Pat Nanney Bradenton , Fl
7 8 94X Dalton Nelson Pinellas Park, Fl
8 10 37 John Shields Bradenton , Fl
9 5 20 Ricky Coffin Lutz , Fl
10 9 2R John Rogers Naples , Fl
11 7 9 Mickey “Mary” Wright , Fl
Juniors Trim Shop Bombers
RESULTS:
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 9 83 Randy Spicer New Port, Fl
2 4 31 Jerome Watland Holiday , Fl
3 3 80 Richard Nelson Bradenton , Fl
4 6 89 Allen Bragg Bradenton , Fl
5 1 33X Michael Crooks St Petersberg, Fl
6 5 67 Jimmie Best Sarasota , Fl
7 8 43 Mark Petty Venice , Fl
8 7 11 Ken (paul) Smith Largo , Fl
9 2 02 John Stewart Pinellas Park, Fl
Street Stocks
RESULTS:
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 98 Roger Welch St Petersburg, Fl
2 2 6 James Nanney Bradenton , Fl
3 4 3 Duane Best Myakka City, Fl
4 3 17 William Gould Myakka City,Fl
Q Auto and Injury Pure Stocks
RESULTS:
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 3 Duane Best Myakka City, Fl
2 4 71 Darrin Ellis Myakka City, Fl
3 3 67 Jimmie Best Sarasota , Fl
4 5 30 Robert Crisp Largo , Fl
5 1 88 Jamie Wilson Sarasota , Fl
Carbone Motorsports Mini-Stocks
RESULTS:
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 33X Jesse Dutilly Bradenton , Fl
2 1 32 Bruce Carbone Bradenton , Fl
3 2 35 Duane Best Myakka City, Fl
4 4 88 Anthony La Point Zephyrhills , Fl
5 5 48 Mike Kerrivan Myakka City, Fl
6 6 17 James Wood Jr Bradenton , Fl
Magic 4’s
RESULTS:
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 01 Dallas Troyer Bradenton , Fl
2 1 38 Joann Danielson Pinellas , Fl
3 4 3 Kyle Best Myakka City, Fl
4 2 44 Shanna Clark St. Petersburg, Fl
Strudy Built Trailers Flyin 4’s
RESULTS:
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 7 3 Duane Best Myakka City, Fl
2 9 81 Brittany Barr St Petersburg, Fl
3 4 91 Jessica Ostrovskis St Petersburg, Fl
4 2 90 Anthony Easton Bradenton , Fl
5 8 05 Ronald Robinson Bradenton , Fl
6 5 13 Alex Patten St Petersberg, Fl
7 1 38 Arthur Danielson Pinellas , Fl
8 6 44X Daven Query St Petersburg, Fl
9 3 73 Randy Johnson Bradenton , Fl