VSP MEDIA

Barberville, FL  (March 27, 2010)  Another perfect spring night greeted fans and drivers at Volusia Speedway Park.  Not too cold nor too hot, just right.

Emily Chaney won the Ms Volusia Speedway Park contest and quickly began her duties Saturday night as she handed out the winning trophys and feature winner hats to the winners and posed with the winning driver.    April Gray won first runner up.

Winning the heat races on Saturday night were Jason Davis and Ivedent Lloyd in the Daytona Dodge Chrysler Jeep Late Model Division.  The Taylor Racing Products Sportsman class saw Sammy Ashley and Steve Shead win their two heat races.  The Amsoil Thunder Stocks had three heat races with David Whitt,  Chad Scranton and Scott Mooers taking the wins.    The 4 Cylinder Challenger class also had three heats with Shawn Kosier, RJ Glaser and Thomas Parker taking their heat wins.

Twenty three Amsoil Thunder Stocks signed in the pit gate to race but after the heat races, only eighteen ran the feature.  Randy Strehle had the pole for the 20 lap feature with Luke Sadler on the outside pole.    Strehle took the early lead but it was Scott Mooers who took over on lap 3 and never looked back.   With only a few cautions to stop the action, Mooers sailed to the checkered followed by Randy Strehle, David Whitt, Ryan Lisak, and D.J. Nobles.

In 2009, the Thunder Stock class was new to Volusia Speedway Park and has grown weekly every since then which was shown Saturday night in the very nice car count brought in by the Thunder Stocks.    Watch this class as it continues to grow and grow.

The Florida Mini Sprints made their first appearance of 2010 at Volusia Saturday night with 20 sprints.   Jesse Teed took the early lead but it was Brett O’Donnell, the 2009 Rookie of the Year, that showed he had the right stuff Saturday night.  O’Donnell took over the point and there was no catching him although Teed tried very hard.  O’Donnell took the checkered followed by Jesse Teed, Chris Pacetti, Steve Crabtree, and Eddie Moss, Jr.

Thirteen Late Models took the green with Joe Kump on the pole and last week’s winner David Clegg on the outside pole.   Clegg took the lead and kept it until lap 17 when Ivedent Lloyd took over.  Lap 15 saw the caution come out for debris on the track which turned out to be the front wheel cover off of Clegg’s car.
On the restart, Clegg was able to take the point but Lloyd was hot on his heels as Clegg’s car began having handling problems.  Lloyd took advantage and took over the point and began sailing away from the field.  Lloyd took the win for his first feature win of the year at Volusia Speedway followed by David Clegg, Joe Kump, Donnie Chappell, and Bo Allen.

Nineteen Sportsman took the green for the Taylor Racing Products Sportsman feature.  Dan Lane, Sr. had the pole with last week’s winner Aaron Barsness on the outside pole.   Barsness quickly jumped to the point followed by Lane, Shaun Daugharty, Drew Smith and Steve Shead.  As Barsness begins to build up the distance between him and second place, the caution comes out on lap 7 for Blaise Hetznecker and Bruce Birkitt.   Two more cautions before the race sees halfway involving Karl Haas and Collin Wright and Alan Peacock and Paul Shead.  This was Peacock’s first night back at Volusia after being wrecked at North Florida Speedway before opening night.

On the restart, Barsness and Shead go side-by-side for the point as Shead takes the lead this time.  A few more lead changes follow but Shead holds on and  takes his first win of the season followed by Aaron Barsness, Drew Smith, Shaun Daugharty and Corey Holley. 

Joining the Taylor Racing Products Sportsman for the first time and his first race in a dirt car was Jimmy Norman who previously ran Legend cars at Orlando SpeedWorld and other tracks.  Norman said he will be racing the rest of the year at Volusia in his #2 Sportsman.

The final race of the night saw 25 4 Cylinder Challengers take the green with Steven Cox on the pole and Steven Johnson on the outside pole.  Debuting his brand new Challenger was Casey Feaster who finished fourth in the feature.   Johnson takes the point on the green followed by Kosier, Epsy, Feaster, and Glaser.  Lap 4 saw the caution come out for Tom Parker who went hard into the turn 4 wall.  Parker was okay but the same cannot be said about his car.

On the restart, Johnson and Kosier go side-by-side for the point with Kosier taking the lead this time.    With no more cautions, it was a fight to the finish but Kosier held on to take the checkered followed by Larry Langston, Tony Laporta, Casey Feaster, and RJ Glaser.

Next Saturday night, April 3rd, it is Easter Fun with a visit from the Easter Bunny and Egg Hunt for the kids.  On the program will be the Budweiser (Quality Brands) Open Wheel Modifieds,  Taylor Racing Products Sportsman,  Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks, Amsoil Thunder Stocks and the 4 Cylinder Challengers. 

Racing starts at 7:30 pm.

OFFICIAL RESULTS, VOLUSIA SPEEDWAY PARK, MARCH 27, 2010

DAYTONA DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP LATE MODELS
 1.  #21 Ivednet Lloyd
 2.  #07 David Clegg
 3.  #J17 Joe Kump
 4.  #25 Donnie Chappell
 5.  #71A Bo Allen
 6.  #145 Jason Davis
 7.  #46P Darell Padgett
 8.  #16 Shane Williams
 9.  #32P Jeff Phipps
10. #88 Andy Schell
11. #45 Bobby Richardson
12. #79 Jason Kimball
13. #98C Kent Corbin

 TAYLOR RACING PRODUCTS SPORTSMAN
 1.  #10 Steve Shead
 2.  #11 Aaron Barsness
 3.  #29S Drew Smith
 4.  #00 Shaun Daugharty
 5.  #11C Corey Holley
 6.  #88 Sammy Ashley
 7.  #95 Matt McGillivrary
 8.  #05 Dan Lane, Sr.
 9.  #9 Bruce Birkitt
10. #38 Collin Wright
11. #57 Karl Haas
12. #17H Blaise Hetznecker
13. #20 Mitchell Wise
14. #5 Alan Peacock
15. #80 Paul Shead
16. #18 Justin Merry
 17. #17K Marc Kinley
 18. #2 Jimmy Norman
 19. #77 Wayne Allen, Jr.

 AMSOIL THUNDER STOCKS
 1.  #10 Scott Mooers
 2.  #24 Randy Strehle
 3.  #13 David Whitt
 4.  #17L Ryan Lisak
 5.  #17 D.J. Nobles
 6.  #07 Richard Calmes, Jr.
 7. #9R Robert Donaly
 8.  #9 Joe Goempel
 9.  #22 Kelly Snyder
10. #114 John Thorpe
11. #6 Wally Douglass
12. #32 James Shaw
13. #14 Bryan Cox
14. #81 Courteney Eubanks
15. #03 Robert Schrunk
16. #33 Tim Hughes
17. #15 Luke Sadler
18. #27 Chad Scranton
19. #V1 Delbert Moyer  DNS
20. #0 Rickie Lara  DNS
21. #23 Jim Nichols  DNS
22. #000 Jason Tovet  DNS
23. #57 Matthew Schell   DNS

 FLORIDA MINI SPRINTS
 1. #11 Brett O’Donnell
 2.  #7 Jesse Teed
 3.  #116 Chris Pacetti
 4.  #5 Steve Crabtree
 5.  #8 Eddie Moss, Jr.
 6.  #711 David Pleaugh
 7.  #23 Rae Lynn Moss
 8.  #18 Jody McKenzie
 9.  #13 Eddie Moss
10. #83 Justin Kolves
11. #88 Dick Miller
12. #6 Andrew Kurjack
13. #2 Tim O’Donnell
14. #21 Larry Dallmen
15. #14 Brian Penrose
16. #2 Mark Kider
17. #2M Sheldon Kinse, Sr.
18. #459 Austin Jackson
19. #15 Paul Lanag
20. #31 Tommy Boisden

 4 CYLINDER CHALLENGERS
 1.  #97  Shawn Kosier
 2.  #49 Larry Langston
 3.  #3T Tony Laporta
 4.  #20 Casey Feaster
 5.  #004 RJ Glaser
 6.  #31 Scott Sullivan
 7.  #XX Jordan Myers
 8.  #20G Shane Torman
 9.  #1.4 Anthony Morris
10. #60 James Smith, Sr.
11. #1.5 Hubert Jett
12. #11 David Ladrie
13. #126 Robert Graham
14. #76 Ken MacLeod
15. #6E Gilbert Epsy
16. #81 Steven Johnson
17. #1X James Clay
18. #01 Davey Wolf
19. #X Justin Dean
20. #16 Denica Hetznecker
21. #5S Thomas Parker
22. #27S Alan Scott
23. #101 Wade Lear
24. #88 Steven Cox
25. #911 Michael Lane
26. #21S James Sullivan  DNS
27. #18PAK Nathan Rhodes  DNS