A near capacity crowd filled the grandstands at Auburndale Speedway to see
race number two in the twelve race series of the newly formed Florida United
Promoters  Late Model Series. This series is the result of six hard working,
dedicated race promoters with a common goal of revitalizing late model racing
in the Sunshine
State.

Twenty-four teams would make the pull to Auburndale for this race including
race  one winner Anthony Campi. Odds on favorite, a regular at Auburndale,
Jeff Scofield would also expect to contend for the victory. Other notables
including  the teams of Tim Russell, Joe Winchell, Wayne Anderson, and
Joe Boyd would  surely be a factor in the outcome of this race. 

Auburndale would live up to its reputation as Florida’s’ fastest quarter mile
Track with qualifying times below fifteen seconds. Wayne Anderson would
post the quickest time, with Tim Russell, Jeff Scofield, Jesse Dutilly, and
Joe Winchell rounding out the top five. Per series rules a blind draw among
the fastest qualifiers would determine the starting grid for the 100 lap feature
 event.

The crowd was excited as the cars lined up for the start of the race as local
favorite Jeff Scofield was on the pole, and would bring the field to the green.
Flanking Scofield on the outside of row one was the car of Tim Russell, the
winner of race one, Anthony Campi would start third, fast qualifier Anderson
would start on the outside of row four in the eighth position. 

As the cars came to the green, a four car tangle on the front stretch would
cause race officials to rerack and start again. The second attempt would fare
better, Scofield would jump out front with Russell on his rear bumper, and
again the pace was slowed by a single car spin in turn two. 

The restart would see Scofield on the point with Russell, Campi, and the ride
 of Jesse Dutilly all in pursuit. The running order would remain the same
through several more yellows, all for single car spins, 

A restart on lap 40 would see Scofield on the inside, Russell on the outside
in a side by side battle for the lead, the two drivers would stay like this for
another five laps when Russell was able to clear Scofield with a pass on the
outside.
 
Tim would build a three second lead over Scofield and seemed to be on cruise
control. At the halfway point the order would be Russell out front, Scofield
second, Campi running third, Dutilly fourth, and Daniel Webster rounding out
the top five.

The running order would remain the same until lap 67 when the red flag came
out for a grinding crash in turn one. Steve Doer who was running in the top
fifteen
drove deep into turn one, slower traffic forced Steve up, and out of the groove,
and he slammed the outside wall nearly head on. Everyone held their breath
waiting for a sign that Doer was okay, after several minutes Steve exited the
car and assisted the wrecker crew to get what was left of the car on a flatbed. 

Talking with Steve Monday following the incident he told us they were able to
salvage the engine, transmission, and seat, the rest of the car would go to scrap.
Most importantly, other than being very sore from the impact Steve suffered no
injuries from his wreck.

After a thirty minute delay to clean the track, the cars would restart with Russell
on the point and Scofield close behind. Again Russell would pull away from his
pursuers and would never be challenged again. A late caution would set up a
green white checker finish and Russell would not be denied taking the victory. 

In victory lane Russell thanked his sponsors, family and friends, and gave credit
to the promoters that have made this series possible. Jeff Scofield finished
second with Daniel Webster Third, Joe Winchell Fourth, and Wayne Anderson
completing the top five.

The next stop for the Florida United Promoters Series is April 2nd at Lake City
Speedway in Lake City Florida.

Florida United Promoters Series 100

1-#36 Tim Russell - Apopka
2-#07 Jeff Scofield -Plant City
3-#33 Daniel Webster - Brooksville
4-#64 Joe Winchell - Dade City
5-#77 Wayne Anderson - Wildwood
6-#42 Jonathan Guy - Auburndale
7-#88 Justin Larson - Safety Harbor
8-#97 Brian Dorer - Winter Haven
9-#15 Cody Blair - Winter Park
10-# 81 Anthony Campi - Sarasota
11-# 30 Jesse Dutilly - Bradenton
12-#17 Ryan Lisak - Lakeland
13-#29 Tracey Raven -
14-#20 Anthony Sergi - Geneva
15-#55 Dakotah Stephens - Brandon
16-#5 Joe Boyd - Riverview
17-#10 Steve Dorer - Lakeland
18-#87 Keith Lilley - Lakeland
19-#157 Jason Rendell - Lakeland
20#18 Steve Tregear - Bartow
21-#7 Darryl Shelnut - Homestead
22-#05 Harold Crooms - Lakeland
23-#19 Ray Black Jr - Ocala
24- #11 Aaron Owens - Lakeland

Legends

1-#7 Dakota Baggette
2-#5R Kory Abbott
3-#31 Lynn Wiles
4-#71 Mason Ketterman
5-#21 Devin McLeod
6-#87 Austin Blankenship
7-#15 Ryan Shattuck
8-#07 Dave Gleason
9-#00 Anthony Cataldi
10-#28 Joey Collins
11-#4R Marcelo Henriques
12-#83 Danielle Stratton
13-#65 Coty Bibeau
14-#59x- Becca Monopoli
15-#6 Zach Napoleon
16-#48 Andy Metz
17-#94 Matt Blankenship
18-#85 Drew Carter
19-#5 Seth Adams
20-#99 Leroy Moore
21- #44 Gary Verdier

Bandoleros

1-#11 Daniel Conlin Jr
2-#30 Noah Cornman
3-#19 Keith Sinkula
4-#24 Trey Lively
5-#65 Mark Bibeau

Scramblers

1-#8 Brandon Duchscherer
2-#7 George Gorham Jr
3-#66 Brian Tyre
4-#20 Bill Bennett
5-#25 Shane Bennett
6-#71 Dave Canfield
7-#21 Eric Wallace
8-#93 Bruce Cozad
9-#56 Vickie Cutting
10-#68 Jeremiah Frere

Sportsman

1-#10 George Gorham Jr
2-#55 Richard Elkins Jr
3-#171 Mark Medeiros
4-#71 James Wright III
5-#42 Brandon Duchscherer
6-#0 Josh Todd
7-#122 Chuck Harrison
8-#89 Scott Sharpe
9-#22 Chuck Harrison Jr
10-#12 Trevor Veasey
11-#8 Dustin Eldridge
12-#56 Brandon Morris

V-8 bombers

1-#58 Matt Bozeman
2-#65 Bobby Mobley
3-#05 Buddy Phillips Jr
4-#96 Larry Chumney II
5-#7 Bruce Brantley
6-#81 Mark Roadarmel Jr
7-#63 Brian Curry
DQ#34 John Smith
DQ#89 Preston Davis

Street Stocks

1-#56 James Wright III
2-#53 Kyle Peters
3-#4 Dave Colpritt
4-#97 Sam Cressman
5-#25 Cody McDuffie
6-#5 Matt McCrary
7-#29 Brian Harbin
N/S #42 Jeff Waterman

Pro Challenge

1-#1 Brandon Thomson
2-#2 Harvey JOhnson
3-#28 Randy Glick
4-#56 Mark Landis
5-#23 Jerry Heflin
6-#12 Steve Greenwell
7-#10 Tim Hart
8-#25 Paul White
9-#14 Bo Bass

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