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Jack Smith Fundraiser at Citrus County Speedway

BY:ANDY SANDALL

Citrus County Speedway – April 17th, 2010

Drivers, fans, track staff and the whole spectrum of people from across the Florida racing family came together at Citrus County Speedway on Saturday to take part in a weekend of races to raise money for Jack Smith, founder and leading light of the KARNAC multimedia racing community. Now battling a terrible debilitating illness, the fondness and respect Jack has engendered in his many years supporting Florida racing and its drivers was obvious as the pits and grandstands filled with people representing all of Florida’s short-track racetracks and beyond, all coming to raise money to help Jack and his family through this difficult time.

But this was an evening of celebration as well as of fundraising as the racers put on a party the only way they know how – with high-speed, wheel-to-wheel racing! Top of the bill tonight would be a 50-lap showdown for a big field of Open Wheel Modifieds, while the Checkered Flag Sprints would also bring their show to the tight Inverness track. The fans would also be treated to the spectacular Dwarf Cars and regular division races for the Pure Stock, Street Stock, Truck and 4 cylinder Bomber divisions. (more…)

By Jane Smith|2010-04-20T15:34:55-04:00April 18th, 2010|Citrus County Speedway, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

Sonny Hartley tops TBARA at Desoto Super Speedway

by Marty Little

BRADENTON, Fla. – Veteran Sonny Hartley drove around Tommy Nichols on lap 16 and sped to his first TBARA feature victory in several season Saturday night’s 30 lap sprint car headliner at DeSoto Super Speedway.

Things got off to a rough start in the feature when outside front row starter Dakotah Stephens broke an axle and spun in front of the field on the first lap. The ensuing melee took out point leader Shane Butler, Dude Teate, Troy DeCaire and Stephens.

When the green waved following the clean up it was pole sitter Steve Heisler out front with Hartley, Tommy Nichols and Johnny Gilbertson in tow. Nichols quickly worked around Hartley for second but a caution waved on lap five when leader Heisler looped his mount to put Nichols in front over Hartley.

The field reformed and it was Nichols the point man but Hartley was on his game this night and kept the pressure on before making a pass for the lead on lap 16. Once in front it was no contest as Hartley motored away until a yellow waved for debris on lap 28. The offending trash was removed from the racing surface and Hartley never looked back, taking his No. 27 to the checkers ahead of Nichols, Larry Brazil, Jr., Bo Hartley and Ben Fritz.

Heat race victories went to DeCaire and Gilbertson.

Feature finish (30 laps) – 1. Sonny Hartley, 2. Tommy Nichols, 3. Larry Brazil, Jr. 4. Bo Hartley, 5. Ben Fritz, 6. Johnny Gilbertson, 7.David Retzlaff, 8. Steve Heisler, 9. Larry Brazil, 10. D.J. Hoelzle, 11. Dakotah Stephens, 12.Troy DeCaire, 13. Dude Teate, 14. Shane Butler, 15. Joey Aguilar DNS.

By Jane Smith|2010-04-18T17:52:42-04:00April 18th, 2010|DeSoto Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off

Fast Lane 5 Thrills the Fans At Volusia Speedway Park

by VSP Media

BARBERVILLE, FL- The world famous Volusia Speedway Park played host to an exciting night of “Fast Lane 5” racing on Saturday, as fans were entertained by the Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models, Taylor Racing Products Sportsman, Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks, Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks, and the 4 Cylinder Challengers. And to make things even more interesting, fans and some racers got to go head to head in a very “chilly” intermission game that failed to go exactly as planned.

A strong field of Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models cruised to the green flag behind the bright yellow machine of JO Nobles, but Brandon Dewitt leapt forward and grabbed the lead on the first lap as Nobles was overwhelmed by the top five cars. A caution for a spin by Larry Anderson set up a restart and Dewitt interestingly chose the inside position versus a very quick Dillon Wood, who had the 7 machine absolutely hooked up on the outside. Dewitt’s choice worked at first, but Wood was coming fast and creating awesome momentum using every inch of the track near the walls.

Dillon Wood kept working the high line and swung past the leader on lap nine in turns 3 and 4, leaving Dewitt to deal with David Clegg who was trailing in the third spot. And also making moves was the 35 of 14 year old Christian Augspurger, who was at VSP in order to get some seat time on the half mile in preparation for the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series. Augspurger had been very conservative in his heat race and early in the feature, but now had taken a liking to the big half mile track, blowing past the competition, and setting his sights on Clegg.

Dillon Wood kept it high and in front, grabbing an impressive win and making it two victories for the night. Wood had also been the only competitor to successfully unroll and don a solidly frozen t-shirt at intermission, after what seemed like an endless battle that included beating the shirt into the front stretch wall and heating it over the exhaust of an ATV. Brandon Dewitt held off David Clegg for second and Clegg claimed the third spot despite Christian Augspurger’s efforts. Augspurger was fourth and Bobby Richardson claimed the fifth spot.

Things got off to a rather rocky start for the Taylor Racing Products Sportsman Division, as an early race incident in turn 4 ruined the plans of Blaise Hetznecker, Marc Kinley,and others. But once clean up was completed the Shaun Daugharty show began, as he jumped out front and grabbed the lead. But waiting to spoil the show was a host of contenders, including Aaron Barsness and Drew Smith. Smith had the first shot at Daugharty but could not make the pass, and later got tangled up with a hard charging Steve Shead who had begun challenging him for second place. Their contact in turn one brought out a caution and sent both racers to the rear of the field for the restart.

As Daugharty continued to lead, Aaron Barsness inherited second place and began working on the leader, while Paul Shead filled the void in third place. But Daugharty was too strong for either, and once again ” The Destroyer” Shaun Daugharty got to celebrate in Victory Lane. Aaron Barsness settled for second place while Paul Shead claimed the third spot. Matt McGillivray finished fourth as Steve Shead fought his way back to salvage a top 5 finish.

When the Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks exited the track after their feature race, the fans in the grandstands probably thought that was that. The 64 machine had yet again outshined the entire field, and had earned another celebratory moment in Victory Lane. But shortly after the celebration ended, a closer look revealed the 64 of Trevor Gamble held in quarantine, which meant that there could be a late night in tech later on.

Early on the 13 of Phillip Brown got the lead but could not hold it as Trevor Gamble blasted to the front. Right behind Gamble was Bubba Christian, who also had his sights on the clear track ahead, and Mike Tovet who was battling his way forward from a ninth position start. Trevor Gamble had an absolute lock on the top spot, so everyone else battled for position behind him. Three wide racing was common, and as the dust settled in the end Trevor Gamble had outrun the rest yet again. Mike Tovet won the battle for second place and Tim Hughes went home with a third place finish. After getting as high as second place, Bubba Christian settled for fourth and Phillip Brown finished fifth.

And as expected, Trevor Gamble’s car was completely torn down by Volusia Speedway Park tech officials after racing had ended for the night. And even if Gamble had to transport his engine home in boxes once it was over, he at least went home with the first place trophy as well as a disassembled motor. The car was declared legal and the victory stands.

The Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stock Division has had a good share of drama over technical issues as of late, but on Saturday night it appeared that all of that was washed away and a new attitude had prevailed. Randy Strehle led the field to the green flag but could not hold it as racers went three wide on the backstretch, and as it sorted itself out in turn 3 Luke Sadler had made some leaps forward along with Matt Schell. Sadler challenged Strehle again in turn 2 and wrestled the lead away, and Schell also muscled his way around Strehle a lap later.

Luke Sadler, who had gone through four engines in a month of racing before Saturday night, got an interview with Joe Dirt in Victory Lane as the winner of the race while Matt Schell scored the second place finish. Randy Strehle crossed the line behind them to claim third place, followed by Scott Mooers for fourth. Tom Hughes rounded out the top five finishers.

Things looked very different as the 4 Cylinder Challengers took the green flag on Saturday night. For one thing, Casey Feaster was starting the race from the front of the pack instead of in the rear, and Shawn Kosier, who had a dismal heat race experience earlier, was stuck behind 15 other cars. The role switch for these two racers went even further, as Kosier came away as the hard charger on the night, gaining 12 positions despite a bent wheel that he acquired in his earlier heat race misfortunes. And Casey Feaster jumped out in front early and remained there, and although he got the win it didn’t come without him having to fight RJ Glaser tooth and nail for the victory.

Casey Feaster had finished first at Ocala Speedway on Friday night but was later disqualified in tech for an illegal part. With that in mind, his car was watched carefully by VSP officials, who verified that the race car was as it should be. That made Feaster, who was very worried that his reputation might be tarnished by the Ocala incident, very happy to be in Victory Lane and have the win stand. RJ Glaser raced hard but settled for second place, as Kevin Dugan grabbed the third spot. Shawn Kosier vibrated his way to fourth place, bent wheel and all, as Denica Hetznecker claimed the fifth spot.

“Rasslin and Racin” returns to Volusia Speedway Park this Saturday, April 24th, as the Florida Wrestling Association will battle it out behind the turn one grandstands at 6PM. Then at 7:30PM the racing action begins with 16 year old Amanda Ferguson trying to build on her earlier win at Ocala Speedway with the Top Gun Sprint Car Series. The exciting Florida Mini Sprints will also be back, as will the DAARA Vintage Race Cars. And topping off the program will be VSP’s own Budweiser Modifieds, returning after a week off to blister the fastest half mile in the south. For more information, visit www.VolusiaSpeedwayPark.net or call the track at 386-985-4402.

Volusia Speedway Park Results for 4/17/10

Daytona Dodge-Chrysler Late Model

1- 7 Dillon Wood
2- 2D Brandon Dewitt
3- 07 David Clegg
4- 35 Christian Augspurger
5- 45 Bobby Richardson
6- 16 Shane Williams
7- J17 Joe Kump
8- 18 J.O. Nobles

9- 46 Hamp Conlay
10- RP1 Bug Rose
11- 25 Donnie Chappell
12- 30 Larry Anderson
DNS- 23 Lawton Minchew
DNS- 42 Adam Bennett
DNS- 10 Win Ingersoll

Taylor Racing Products Sportsman

1- 00 Shaun Daugharty
2- 11 Aaron Barsness
3- 80 Paul Shead
4- 95 Matt McGillivray
5- 10 Steve Shead
6- 26 George Lane
7- 05 Dan Lane Sr.
8- 57P Ronnie Ponce
9- 29S Drew Smith
10- 77 Wayne Allen Jr.
11- 2 Jimmy Norman
12- 38 Colin Wright
13- 57 Karl Heinz Haas
14- 56 Tony Sansom
DNS- 17H Blaise Hetznecker
DNS- 17K Marc Kinley
DNS- 5 Alan Peacock
DNS- 18M Justin Merry
DNS- 96 Lonnie Wagner Jr.

DQ (weight) 66C Kyle Chappell

Daytona Sportswear Street Stock

1- 64 Trevor Gamble
2- 98T Mike Tovet
3- 54 Tim Hughes
4- 04 Bubba Christian
5- 13 Phillip Brown
6- 66V Greg Vandergriff
7- 12 Travis Gamble
8- 77M Mark Maresca
9- 94 Robert Simmons
10- 2S Mick Kulak
11- 2H Cory Hupp
12- 18E Mike Eubanks

13- 28 David Higgs
14- 17M Billy Medders
DNS- 11S James Smith

Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stock

1- 15 Luke Sadler
2- 57 Matt Schell
3- 24 Randy Strehle
4- 10 Scott Mooers
5- 29 Tom Hughes
6- 13 David Whitt
7- 27 Chad Scranton
8- 6 Wally Douglass
9- 23 Jim Nichols
10- 9 Jim Goempel
11- 03 Robert Schrunk
12- 9R Robert Donaly
13- 42 Dalton Strehle
14- 19 AJ McKay
15- 22 Kelly Snyder
16- 114 John Thorpe
17- 11 Austin Kirpatrick
18- 07 Richard Calmes Jr.
19- 13G Timothy Gigon
20- 28 Glenn Vincent
21- 14 Bryan Cox
22- 32 Jim Shaw
23- 81 Courtney Eubanks
24- V1 Delbert Moyer

4 Cylinder Challengers

1- 20 Casey Feaster
2- 004 RJ Glaser

3- 5S Kevin Dugan
4- 97 Shawn Kosier
5- 16 Denica Hetznecker
6- 67 Pete Hanstine

7- 11 David Ladrie
8- 86 James Clay
9- XX Jordan Myers
10- 48X Harold Lewis
11- 01 Davey Wolf
12- 60 James Smith Sr.

13- 17D Rick Sullivan
14- 101 Wade Lear

15- 6E Gilbert Espy
16- 33 Jason Higgins
DQ- 12 Robert Graham

By Jane Smith|2010-04-18T16:37:38-04:00April 18th, 2010|Race Results, Volusia Speedway Park|Comments Off

Crouse Wins, But Rain Stops East Bay

By: Larry Jewett

4/17/2010

Only one feature was completed for East Bay’s Saturday program before rain showers changed the plans, washing away the rest of the night.

The rain arrived after six laps were completed in the Outlaw 4 class feature. The rain stopped and the track was re-prepared after 90 minutes. The cars returned to the track, but so did the rain, spelling the end to the night’s action.

Before the rain came, Roger Crouse picked up his third consecutive Gagel’s Auto Parts Open Wheel Modified feature event. Crouse took the lead from John Bradley with just a few laps remaining in the 15-lap main. “I ran hard tires,” Crouse said in Victory Lane, “and he (Bradley) was on soft tires. We were able to get him in the end.” Bradley kept second and took the division point lead. Austin Sanders was third, ahead of Bobby Dixon and Alex Boerner. Heat races were won by Dale Kelley and Kyle Bronson

All divisions were able to hold their heat races. Outlaw 4 preliminaries were won by Chris Zimmerman and Brian Danforth. The Racecar Engineering Late Models had three preliminaries, taken by Josh Peacock, Jack Nosbisch Jr. and Paul Gibbs. The East Bay Sprint heats were taken by point leader Gene Lasker and Danny Martin Jr. A trio of motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers heats were won by Kever Raulerson, Raymond Vann and Roberto Morfin Sr.

The Racecar Engineering Late Models will have double features next week (April 24) with the Outlaw 4s picking up their feature with six laps complete in addition to a full program. The East Bay Sprint main will be made up on May 22 and the motorstats.com 4 Cylinder bomber make-up will be May 1.

ASA sanctioned racing returns to East Bay Raceway Park on Saturday, April 242010. The Limited Late Models will be featured with an event sponsored by Advance Auto Parts that sees an increased payout in top positions. Double features for the Racecar Engineering Late Models and Outlaw 4 class will be part of the menu, as well as the Precision Kia Street Stocks, Dirt Daubers and Florida Old Time Modifieds. For more information, go to www.eastbayracewaypark.com or call the track office.

By Jane Smith|2010-04-18T13:17:16-04:00April 18th, 2010|East Bay Raceway Park, Race Results|Comments Off

Colortyme Night Debuts Mods and Sportsman at Ocala

by Ocala Speedway Media

Ocala, FL- After losing some battles with wet weather earlier in the racing season, Colortyme Rent-To-Own Night at Ocala Speedway finally saw the Modified and Sportsman Divisions take the green flag and go racing for the first time in 2010. In addition, the Tee Pee Tire Hobby Stocks put on a wild show for the fans, and were followed by the Gladiator Division which bent plenty of sheet metal and never got settled until after most fans had headed for home.

After much hoopla surrounding the addition of the Sportsman Division at Ocala Speedway, things got off to a rocky start for two teams that had high hopes of making a good impression on their first night racing at Florida’s oldest track. As soon as the green waved and Tim Dowling hit the gas during hot laps, his brand new Sportsman erupted in a cloud of smoke and deposited oil and engine shrapnel the length of the Ocala backstretch. Meanwhile, Billy Costello was having persistent carburetor issues that had his 00 car stumbling again and again. Costello would miss his heat race and have to start on the rear of the feature race, and then climbed to 3rd place before the carb problems returned.

Augie Burttram said he had something to prove by getting behind the wheel of the 58 Sportsman, and that is what he did by leading flag to flag and scoring a victory. Burttram dominated the race, and try as he might the second place finisher, Kevin Mills, could never catch him. Tim “Shaky Pudding” Powers came from Okeechobee to finish third, followed by Shane Nichols and Chad Scranton to round out the top five.

Fans might have been confused by watching the Tee Pee Tire Hobby Stock race, which took on the look of a Thunder Stock event with all of the pushing, shoving, beating, and banging, that was going on. Jody Wells jumped out to the early lead, but was muscled out of the way on a restart by Kevin Durden, who protected his lead to the checkers. Dean Jarvis also had to fight to remain in contention, and came away finishing second behind Durden, while Heath Walker placed third. Jody Wells never really managed to recover from his earlier unseating by the top three cars and finished fourth, and Mike Eubanks climbed back into the driver’s seat at Ocala to register a fifth place finish.

The Colortyme Modifieds took their first green flag of 2010 at Ocala in what was dubbed as the Annual Spring Fling. The 30 lap race paid $1500 to the winner, and there was quite a scramble to see who could win it. Roger Crouse, who came to Ocala with two victories at East Bay under his belt this season, led the field to the green in his crate engine powered 9 car, but it was Devin Dixon who took early control of the race and held off all challengers to take home the big payout. Dixon liked the high line around Ocala Speedway, while Jeff Mathews stuck mostly to the bottom route, but try as he might he never could do much more but briefly get under Dixon before falling back.

Dixon grabbed the win, followed by Mathews in second place. Kyle Owen nabbed a third place finish while Roger Crouse came home in the fourth spot. And arriving at the checkers in the fifth spot was Kyle Bronson.

A solid field of Gladiators went after each other as the green waved and before the race ended there was quite a bit of damage done. Daryl Veltman smacked turn one wall on the first lap, while Kyle Morse spun on lap 4 and collected two innocent bystanders. Meanwhile Casey Feaster had taken over the lead and was setting the pace as Steven Cox, Devin Walker, and Ephren Souther, all squabbled over the second spot. Walker claimed second place, but a moment of distraction caused a meeting with the backstretch wall under caution, and when the green waved again his right front tire was quickly deflating. Walker would get the tire changed and return, but was unable to get back inside the top 8.

By lap 5 the 96 of Matt Shea had entered the top five and then overpowered Steven Cox for second place on lap 13. But Casey Feaster was strong and remained out of reach in the final couple of laps, so Feaster and Shea crossed the line first and second. Steven Cox and Ephren Souther tangled in the final turn and both plowed into the front stretch wall, further confusing the final results.

After a celebration in Victory Lane, there was a date with the dreaded tech man in the pit area as both top cars were checked. Both the 20 of Casey Feaster and the 96 of Matt Shea were found to be outside of the rules, so both were disqualified. That passed the win to Steven Johnson, and moved Kody Fisher up to the second spot. Ephren Souther would nab the third place finish, followed by Matthew Kramer and Steven Cox.

On Friday, April 23rd, Ocala Speedway presents the debut of the Pepsi Wheel of Fortune where a lucky racing division and some lucky race fans will benefit from extra cash provided by the good folks at Pepsi Cola. The Late Models will be back after a week off, plus fans will see exciting action from the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks, the Mini Stocks will be back, and the Gladiators will run their third race of 2010. For a complete schedule of events, or for ticket prices and more, visit www.OcalaSpeedway.com, or call the track at 352-622-9400.

Ocala Speedway Results for 4/16/10

Colortyme Modified

1- 2D Devin Dixon
2- 33 Jeff Mathews
3- 2 Kyle Owen
4- 9 Roger Crouse
5- 40 Kyle Bronson
6- 1 Chip Owen
7- 67 Garrett Stewart
8- 48 Wayne Hammond
9- 0B John Bradley
10- Z Tim Zackery
11- 0 Richard Dickinson
12- 75C Charles O’Neill
13- Z06 Larry Mott
14- 0J Justin Tilton
15- 10X David Ponton
16- 09 Rob Underwood

Sportsman

1- 58 Augie Burttram
2- 01 Kevin Mills
3- 44 Tim Powers
4- 65 Shane Nichols
5- 17S Chad Scranton
6- 00 Billy Costello
DNS- 8 Tim Dowling

Tee Pee Tire Hobby Stock

1- 56 Kevin Durden
2- 37J Dean Jarvis
3- 55 Heath Walker

4- 11 Jody Wells
5- 18E Mike Eubanks
6- 69 Jonathon Appleby
7- 9 Sean Babcock
8- 40J Danny James
9- 5W Vaughn Woodall
10- 08 William Edwards
11- 7 Paul Passamonte

12- 58 Robbie Disbrow
13- 99 Daniel Miller Jr.
14- 37S Tyler Sistrunk
15- 81 Donald Woosley
16- 119 Joe Belkey Jr.

Gladiator

1- 81 Steven Johnson
2- 83 Kody Fisher
3- 48 Ephren Souther
4- 77 Matthew Kramer
5- 88 Steven Cox
6- 55JR Devin Walker
7- 14 Jeffrey Olive
8- 3 Robert Haseleu
9- 5 Daryl Veltman
10- 82 Kyle Morse
11- 94 Raymond Rogers Jr.
DNS- 00 Amber Tovet
DNS- 3T Tony LaPorta
DQ (tech) 20 Casey Feaster
DQ (tech) 96 Matt Shea

By Jane Smith|2010-04-17T15:03:41-04:00April 17th, 2010|Bubba Raceway Park, Race Results|Comments Off

Dick Anderson Shows the Way Over Son and Grandson at Orlando SpeedWorld

ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD
OFFICIAL RESULTS – 4/16/10

SUPER LATE MODELS

1. #92 Dick Anderson
2. #84 Wayne Anderson
3. #96 Ben Kennedy
4. #86 Randy Anderson
5. #127 Brandon Booth
6. #11 David Weaver
7. #75 Don Keithley
8. #02 Scott Bramlett
9. #28 Mark Adams
10. #55 Shain Held
11. #13 Bob Greene

SPORTSMAN

1. #66 Andy Nicholls
2. #44 Ed Michalak
3. #00 Brian Lynch Sr

E-MODIFIED

1. #40 Michael Williams Jr

2. #12 John Zidek
3. #89 Josh Todd
4. #93 Bruce Gayton
DNS #00 John Hodge
DNS #15 Bruce Packer

MINI-STOCK

1. #98 James Ellis
2. #31 David Russell
3. #15 Casey Loeffler
4. #5x Jay McKenzie
5. #85 Rex Hollinger

SUPER STOCK

1. #16 David Gould
2. #3 Jeff Colburn
3. #55 Denny Johns
4. #316 Joe Bandur
5. #7i Scott Edwards
6. #721 John Bennett
7. #18 Billy Rouse
8. #23 Shannon Kelly

LEGENDS CARS

1. #12 Critter Saille
2. #8 Donovan Ponder
3. #51x Roger Englund
4. #6 Jim Rix
5. #11 Daniel Conlin Sr

STRICTLY STOCKS

1. #19 Ricky Solomon Jr
2. #8 Neil Kirby
3. #00 Steve Daniels
4. #86 William Hindman
5. #8x Luis Guillen Jr
6. #27 Dan Binda
7. #3 Shane Sutorus
8. #51 Wes Railing
DQ #8A Richie Acres

By Jane Smith|2010-04-17T03:02:28-04:00April 17th, 2010|Orlando Speedworld, Race Results|Comments Off

Wayne Anderson tops Super Lates at Columbia Motorsports Park

OFFICIAL RESULTS

COLUMBIA MOTORSPORTS PARK

APRIL 10, 2010

Super Late Models

1.	#84	Wayne Anderson
2.	#86	Randy Anderson
3.	#9	Kurt Jett
4.	#26	Jessica Murphy
5.	#09	Scott Grossenbacher
6.	#12	Cliff Bifaro
7.	#5	Jason Garver
8.	#23	Todd Brown
9.	#123	Jon Brown
10.	#88	Jimmy Andrews (DNS)

Sportsman

1.	#07	Jeff Prescott
2.	#8	Wesley Keller
3.	#16	Brian Hull
4.	#06	Josh Wise
5.	#9	Kody Jett
6.	#76	Jim Higginbotham
7.	#1F	Robert Ford

Pure Stocks

1.	#22	Randy O’Neal
2.	#39	Tim Alldredge
3.	#12	Jason Garver
4.	#42	Bruce Flowers
5.	#96	Don Cruce

Sun State Collision Center Hornets

1.	#2	Bert Daugherty
2.	#69	Mark Copeland
3.	#98	Todd Brown
4.	#1D	Donald Davis
5.	#09	Ed Petrow

V8 Bombers

1.	#22	Stan Lang
2.	#27	Nathan Huffingham
3.	#54	Eric Hoffman
4.	#76	Andy Nichols
5.	#15	Derek Davis
6.	#8	John DeSotle

Queen Bee Hornets

1.	#46	Kim Alldredge
2.	#69	Vicky Copeland

By Jane Smith|2010-04-16T23:36:46-04:00April 16th, 2010|Columbia Motorsports Park, Race Results|Comments Off

Ernest Helfrick wins School Bus Figure 8 at Desoto Super Speedway

SCHOOL BUS FIGURE 8 – SB FIGURE 8

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	5	4	Ernest Helfrick	Myakka City, Fl	40.00
2	12	0	Michael Gamache	Tarpon Springs, Fl	38.00
3	1	13	Paul Maness	Myakka City, Fl	36.00
4	6	25	Mark Jackson	Bradenton , Fl	34.00
5	4	11X	William Carlbert Jr	Bradenton , Fl	32.00
6	2	85	Jay Seykora	Palm Harbor, Fl	30.00
7	11	88	Larry Saffold	Brandon , Fl	28.00
8	10	22	Craig Jackson	Bradenton , Fl	26.00
9	3	21	Christopher Dodson	Bradenton , Fl	24.00
10	8	47	Robert Latinka	Bradenton , Fl	22.00
11	7	11	Peter Bohn	Sarasota , Fl	20.00
12	9	44	Ernest Helfrick	Myakka City, Fl	18.00

By Jane Smith|2010-04-15T00:14:54-04:00April 15th, 2010|DeSoto Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off

Channing Conolly wins Checkered Flag Sprint Feature at CCMP

<span style=”font-size: x-small;”><strong>By:Melanie Beckner</strong>

Punta Gorda, FL…It was another night full of action at the jewel of the South, the Charlotte County Motorsports Park this past Saturday night. Eight divisions took on the 3/8th mile track with the Pro 4 and Road Warriors running special 35 lap features. TQ Midgets were the first feature event of the evening with Geoff Styner leading the field to the start of the 25 lap feature. Styner immediately took his car the the front and led until lap 6.

At that point Ted Durfee took over the top spot with the oldest person in the field Jack Duffy, coming throught the field fast. With 2 laps remaining Duffy was on Durfee’s tire tracks. On the final lap Jack Duffy seen a hole open up and jumped to the inside of Ted Durfee going into turn 3 and passed him at the line. Jack Duffy took the win with Ted Durfee finishing as close second and Geoff Styner was third.

Mike Belusar sat on the pole for the 25 lap feature for the Dwarf cars. Belusar took the lead at the wave of the green flag and held the position for the first 7 laps. Andy Pryor made a run for the lead on lap 6 and successfully made the pass the following lap.

The only caution to wave came out on lap 19 for Ray Gonzalez III, when he spun his car around in turn 4. On the restart Bo Bass was all over the back of Andy Pryor’s car. As the fianl 6 laps went on Pryor was able to make some breathing roon between him and Bass. Andy Pryor went on to clain the victory with Bo Bass finishing in second and Rick Lundee was third.

The Pro4’s were next out for there special 35 lap race with Corey Bigley sitting on the pole. On the start Kyle Rice hit the backstretch wall,resulting in a complete restart. On the restart Phillip Ellis spun his car around in turn two. Before the second restart the driver’s were warned that if they could not get it together that they would sent to the pits until the end of the night, luckily that did not happen.

On the second restart Corey Bigley missed a shift and Stuart Vandevender took full advantage and took the lead. John Pummell Jr., brought out the caution on lap 3 afer spinning in turn 3.Vandevender, still held the lead on the restart with Ryan Collver running him down. Lap 5 saw another caution after John Pummell Jr. spun in turn 4.

On the restart Collver had a good run and took over the lead from Vandevender, however the following lap Stuart Vandevender took back the lead with the final caution coming out again for John Pummel Jr. Since it was Pummel’s third caution he was sent to the pits for the rest of the evening.

The remainder of th race ran cautionless with Stuart Vandevender battling it out for the top spot for the remainder of the race. With 5 laps remaining Dylan Bigley, had caught up to second and first place making it the 3 car battle until the end. On the last lap lap traffic got into the way of the leaders.

Going into turn 4 Ryan Collver went low and Stuart Vandevnder got cautght behind the lap car of Billy Benoit which aloud Collver to take over the lead. Ryan Collver went on to win the feature with Stuart Vandevender having to settle for second and Dylan Bigley took home the third place throphy.

The Checkered Flag Sprint Series were back for another exciting 30 lap feature with Ric Voisey on the pole. On the start Frankie Hurst grabbed the lead and kept his car out front until lap 2. Rookie Channing Conolly passed Hurst on lap three to gain the lead. The entire feature ran catuin free and the race lasted less then 10 minutes. Even though the race ran caution free there were alot of side by side action from the second position on back. Channing Conolly took the win with Jimmy Alves in second place and Gary Gimmler was third.

The Fastrucks took to the track for their 50 lap feature with Sean Bass leading the field to the start and took the lead. The first caution waved on lap 8 for Cody Allen, whose muffler was dragging. On the restart Bass continued where he left off and gained a healthy lead over the rest of the field. The next caution whould not come out until lap 31 for the spin on the frontstretch by Jerry Maxson.

Whitney Poole started smoking heavily and on lap 36 the caution was brought out to check to see if she was leaking any fluids. Sean Bass captured the victory with Ricky Moxley coming in second with Mike Burns completing the top three positions.

Jim Meiser was the polsitter for the 35 lap, Florida Suncoast Outlaw Street Stock and Outlaw Thunder Trucks. On the start Larry Braswell got into the side of Robert Crisp in turn four, spinning Robert Crisp and came to a stop on the frontstretch all cars beside Robert Benning came out of it unharmed. Robert Benning had hit the wall as he went high to avaoid hitting Crisp’s spinning car.

On the restart Jim Meiser was able to take the lead with the caution coming out again after lap 1 was complete. Donna Biggar’s motor expired and slicked up the track in turn four and half of the frontstretch, she pulled her car into the infield before she could lay down any more oil. Jim Meiser still held the lead when the race resumed with Bobby Fischer and Robert Crisp all over the back of Meiser’s car. Meiser was able to hold off Crisp until lap sixteen, when Robert Crisp was able to take over the lead. Robert Crisp never looked back and took home the win with Danny Daniels Jr and JIm Meiser completing the top three spots.

Junior’s Trim Shop Road Warriors ran a special 35 lap feature with Billy Benoit sitting on the pole.

On the start Hank Ferguson got into Clint Snyder going into turn one, both went up the track and collected James Dellea. On the restart Billy Benoit put his car to the front and held the lead for

6 laps. Logan Leonard who has been dominating in the Road Warrior’s this year, took over the position from Benoit on lap seven. Jason Miller spun his car around in turn 1 on lap nine collecting Jeremy Daring. Leoanrd held the lead on the restart with the next caution coming out just 5 laps later with Dave Licking spinning in turn 2.

On lap 21, Billy Benoit drove into the side of Blaine Baer, bring out the caution. The final caution came out on lap 31. Hank Ferguson and Dave Licking had got into one another in turn 2 with both spinning. Logan Leonard went on to claim his 4th win in a row for the Juniors Trim Shop Road Warrior’s. Jeff Firestine finsihed in second with Derrick Horton taking third place.

The fianl race of the evening was the 20 lap Fab 4 feature with Mark Milthaler on the pole for his first race. On the start Milthaler jumped to the early lead. The first caution came out for Joe Lemier and Shane Moore Jr after contact with one another in turn one. On the restart Kerrington McFadden had a good run going into turn 1 and took the lead from Milthaler. Lap seven had the next caution when second place car Kim Mabbit spun in turn two.

On the restart McFadden, missed a shift which aloud Phillip Ellis to take the lead. Phillip Ellis went on to take his third win of the year and now has to move up to the Pro 4 division. Kerrington McFadden was second and Nick Callin was third.

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By Jane Smith|2010-04-14T23:17:13-04:00April 14th, 2010|Punta Gorda Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off

EDDIE HARTIN FINDS VICTORY LANE AGAIN AT AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY

by Dave Westerman

Another huge crowd of fans enjoyed yet another action-packed night at Auburndale Speedway with the School Bus Figure 8 event the icing on the racing cake.

Veteran driver Eddie Hartin picked up a ride in the Street Stock class a few weeks ago and he finally had his new mount working to perfection Saturday night as he took a very popular win.

Hartin and Brandon Duscherer topped the heats and made up the front row for the 20 lap feature with Duscherer grabbing the early lead. Duscherer was battling a loose racer and Hartin wasted little time asserting himself out front by lap four. From there it was simply a battle for second place as Hartin streaked away to the victory. Duscherer held off Jeff Waterman for second but it was all for naught as Duscherer’s car came up light on the scales and he was disqualified.

Waterman thus moved up to second in the finishing order trailed by Kyle Hall, Dave Colpritt and Kyle Peters, who was making his first start of the year.

Duscherer gained a bit of revenge by dominating the V-8 Bomber feature race as well as making it through the tech shed unscathed.

After winning the heat, Duscherer was pretty much in control of the feature from green to checker despite having to wait out a lengthy red flag period late in the going after Larry Chumney blew the engine in his car dumping fluid all over the track.

James Wright II took runner-up honors ahead of Paul Bookmiller and Josh Borem. So many cars had dropped out before his engine blew that Chumney still finished fifth.

The best race of the night had to be the Mini Stock feature. Heat winner Chris Narramore, Sr. took the early lead but ran side by side for many laps with Fred Harrison, Jr. with Harrison actually leading on a couple of occasions by a mere bumper.

Narramore managed to get the top spot but had to hold off both Harrison and Chris Spring in a crowd-pleasing finish that had the fans applauding vigorously after the checker fell.

It was Narramore’s second win of the year while point leader Harrison settled for second in front of Spring. Young Jason Swilley had his best finish since moving into the class from the Kids Club in fourth while James Pate had a great run for fifth.

Burt Morse ran off and hid from the rest of the field in the Modified Mini Stock 25 lap run. The race ran from green to checker without a caution as Morse was in a different zip code by the finish.

Jason Rendell was a distant second just ahead of Scotty Sharpe while Mike Sweet and Chad Rose claimed fourth and fifth.

Legend Car point leader Jake Perkins had a tough weekend. After destroying his car in a bad crash Friday night in Orlando, Perkins borrowed a car from fellow racer Dakota Baggett for the Saturday races here.

Perkins seemed to be in pretty good shape as he won his heat race and had a front row start for the 25 lap feature outside first heat winner Gerald White, Jr. but after a false start, something broke on Perkins’ car and he was towed to the pits as his “weekend to forget” ended with a last place finish.

For White, it was finally time for the Lakeland Youngster to shine as he led all the way to take the win, his first of the year. Justin Brown gave chase but White pulled away late in the going with Brown taking second trailed by Mason Ketterman, Dave Gleason and Zach Napoleon.

Only two Bandoleros were still around after hot laps with Ryan Shattuck getting his second win of the year with Cameron White second.

The final event of the night was the School Bus Figure 8 race which saw several different leaders before Danny Taylor pulled away for the win.

Although there were a few close call in the “X,” the worst incident of the event came when a fuel line broke on Robert Aaron’s bus with the engine compartment erupting in flames. Several fire exinguishers were needed before the fire was finally put out.

Gary Swing trailed Taylor to the checker with Mark Carraro taking third spot.

Next week the Late Models return to Auburndale Speedway for a 100 lap event paying $3,000 to win. Also racing will be the Mini Cups, Kids Club, Legends, Bandoleros, Mini Stocks, Scramblers, V-8 Bombers, and Sportsman. Qualifying is at 5:30PM and racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS – AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY – 4/10/10:

SCHOOL BUS FIGURE 8: (Top 4)

1-#19 Danny Taylor

2-#701 Gary Swing

3-#100 Mark Carraro

4-#40 Bobby Gordon

SCRAMBLERS:

1-#88 Gene Harrison

2-#8 Richie Acres

3-#66 Brian Tyre

4-#36 Todd Morey

5-#51 Matt Johns

6-#4 Scott Russ

7-#7 Tony Tidwell

8-#62 Richard Brown

9-#84 Ron Sorensen, Jr.

10-#71 Dave Canfield

11-#42 Mike Bauer

12-#00 Chad Cutting

13-#98 Ronald Norman

14-#28 Kimberly Gullett

15-#52 Gary Brown

DNS #9 Terry Shaver

STREET STOCKS:

1-#48 Eddie Hartin

2-#42 Jeff Waterman

3-#17 Kyle Hall

4-#4 Dave Colpritt

5-#53 Kyle Peters

6-#65 Ken Lawrence

7-#5 Matt McCrary

8-#52 Mike Rowland

9-#44 Mark Waterman

10-#1 Zach Zellner

11-#45 Joe Dowdy

DNS #25 Cody McDuffie

DNS #21 Chris Narramore Jr

DQ #26 Brandon Duscherer

MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:

1-#38 Burt Morse

2-#15 Jason Rendell

3-#89 Scott Sharpe

4-#55 Mike Sweet

5-#0 Chad Rose

6-307 Bruce Anderson

7-#26 Jimmy Pugh

8-#8 John Markovich

9-#45 Dennis Jones

10-#09 Jessica Robbins DNS #85 Drew Carter V-8 BOMBERS:

1-#42 Brandon Duscherer

2-#56 James Wright II

3-#0 Paul Bookmiller

4-#111 Josh Borem

5-#96 Larry Chumney, Sr.

6-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr.

7-#1 David Fletcher

8-#105 Albert Phillips, Sr.

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MINI STOCKS:

1-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr.

2-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr.

3-#42 Chris Spring

4-#40 Jason Swilley

5-#155 James Pate

6-#33 Donnie Guy

7-#88 Kevin Steadman

8-#4 Marilyn McCrary

9-#46 Randy King

10-#55 Steve Routt

11-#10 Michael Foster

LEGEND CARS:

1-#38 Gerald White, Jr.

2-#8 Justin Brown

3-#71 Mason Ketterman

4-#07 Dave Gleason

5-#4R Zach Napoleon

6-#31 Lynn Wiles

7-#55 Doug Hall

8-#44 Gary Verdier

9-#7 Dakota Baggett

10-#51 Roger Englund

11-#99 Leroy Moore

12-#83 Danielle Stratton

13-#59 Jake Perkins

BANDOLEROS:

1-#13 Ryan Shattuck

2-#38 Cameron White

By Jane Smith|2010-04-13T15:28:14-04:00April 13th, 2010|Auburndale Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off