Rain In Victory Lane At Bubba Raceway Park

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

With 5 divisions on tap and some hungry drivers we knew that it was going to be good racing as it always is with the UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks, Gladiators, and Florida Mini Sprints Association.

The Hobby Stocks went out first, but not before the violent backstretch barrel roll for the driver of the #28. Jeff Miller had stepped out for the night. Making the accident even worse was when Bill Gardner was hard on the brakes and was trapped into running into the #28. Both drivers walked from the carnage to the pitlane, but the cars were not as fortunate. However, Joe Boyd was starting from pole with Joe Belkey to his outside. Ken Hall spun on lap 1 and Billy Carlbert, Jr. took a big hit in the points when he made unfortunate contact with Hall. On the restart it was time for Bud Chancey to go around. James Erickson and Chuck McHone made contact on lap 3 with Erickson getting the worst of it. This yellow gave us a chance to see Joe Belkey start in the lead. It would be 12 laps in which Boyd dropped and Tim Powers constantly attacked the 12 of Belkey. The run would end when Howard Osteen lost his engine. Lap 19 was a debris caution for a driveshaft on the backstretch that would set up a final shootout between Belkey and Powers. At the line it would be Belkey taking the win and the $750 payday with Powers extending the points lead, especially with Double Points, from 2nd, Donnie Reed again finished 3rd, Chuck McHone was 4th, and Kevin Durden rounded out the top 5. However, Reed was later disqualified moving Buck Woodhouse into 5th, and put the Biggest Movers, Lasoski Racing’s Devin Walker and James Erickson, 6th and 7th, respectively.

The highly competitive Florida Mini Sprints Association are unpredictable, but the dominant driver could’ve been expected there. Chris Pacetti took the 16 for a spin in turn 4 bringing out the yellow on lap 6. Meanwhile Jesse Teed, in his 1st race at Bubba Raceway Park in 2011, was coming in a hurry. David Pleaugh broke something in the left rear of his 711 and when he slowed it caught Justin Kolves and Brian Penrose by surprise. Penrose continued, Kolves and Pleaugh would go no further. The final 11 laps were green, 8 being led by the 7 of Jesse Teed, the Biggest Mover and race winner. Eddie Moss would again go home 2nd, Dirk Miller was 3rd, Steve Crabtree in 4th, and Andy Detton moved into 5th on the final lap.

UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds action has been intense at Bubba Raceway Park in 2011 and nothing less was expected on this night. Paul Sizemore took his 1S for a spin in turn 4 on lap 2 for the 1st yellow of the night. Cory Hupp and Bruce Harvey each took a turn spinning in turn 1 on the restart. Jason Davis was quickly displaced as leader by Jeff Mathews on lap 3, but Devin Dixon got going and took the lead on lap 9. Mathews would begin to fall down the order. David Wansley had a flat tire on lap 14 and he was right in front of Devin Dixon and was enough for Larry Bowden to throw the yellow flag. Dixon would again try to pull away, but was reigned back in with 4 to go for Michael Flick’s spin. Dixon wouldn’t be denied and took the win with “Racin” Jason Davis in 2nd, Biggest Mover was 3rd place finisher Kyle Bronson, Dave Barber was very quiet from the time he entered to the time he left, and Jeff Mathews gained some small points over his driver Ivedent Lloyd, Jr.

As always the Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks were the first, this time being the ones to have a race deemed a “wet race” as it would be called in open-wheel racing. William Martin and Ryan Lasik were the first victims of the rain as they spun in turn 1 on lap 1. The restart saw 2 competitive drivers, Woodall Racing’s Vaughn Woodall and EBD Racing’s Eddie Lentz, go for spins in the rain. After that incident, the race was halted until the drops stopped. Lap 7 saw pole sitter Jonathan Appleby take the lead back from John Thorpe. Brian Cox and Michael Valdez both spun on the frontstretch and the yellow waved once more. Appleby pulled off with a flat tire leaving Thorpe with the lead and Chad Scranton in 2nd. Scranton, happy that the rains had left, went around Thorpe and was leading when Donnie Dobbins flipped his brand new Miller Lite #33. Dobbins was okay after, but said the car was not. He was proud to say the rollcage did it’s job during the accident. Points leader Jason Gamble lost power steering on lap 14 and dropped in the order on lap 14. Gamble would have 6 laps and 14 cars to pass. With Gamble down the order, Vaughn Woodall would’ve left with the points lead, but his 3W ended up in the turn 1 grass and brought a caution out with 3 to go. Another accident on lap 19 resulted in John Thorpe’s driver side door being caved in when Tim Mathieu made the wrong choice to get around Thorpe. Both were okay, but Thorpe’s family said he had been complaining about his left leg hurting. Brian Shea barely qualified for the feature, but was running 2nd with 1 to go. Chad Scranton made his moves in the dry and took the win, his 3rd of the year. Gamble’s team owner Eddie Tillander said the rain brought the Pondbird in him out and 2nd was the result. Brian Shea was the Biggest Mover gaining 21 spots from his starting position of 24th. Veronica Clark kept her 17 clean all night and left with a 4th place finish. Jeff Baer took a heat win and a top 5 in the feature.

In a Gladiators division that needs cars to survive past this coming week-end, it was an S&S kind of night. The final wreck of the night at Bubba Raceway Park was memorable as Larry Langston drove turn 4 over his head, literally, as he flipped the 49. Langston was okay, but he left Steve Cox with no wingmen as Steve Johnson also pulled off course. Steve Cox went past Reid Christensen for the lead on lap 6 and never looked back. Cox took his 6th win in 7 starts in 2011 with Reid Christensen a career best 2nd which puts away the bad memories from the past weeks. Casey ” call me Black Lightning” Feaster was 3rd in his return to the 3/8 mile with British Bulldog Stephen Frankland in 4th and Brandon Haseleu in 5th. Frankland and Haseleu were the Biggest Movers. Please know that this division needs cars to survive the season so bring those 4-cylinder cars out to Bubba Raceway Park!

Next week is RaceCar Engineering Late Models action, Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks for $500, Mini Stocks, and Gladiators are still pending. For more information you can call the Speedway hotline or visit www.bubbaracewaypark.com.

Bubba Raceway Park Results (7/23)

UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds

1- 2 Devin Dixon

2- 145 Jason Davis

3- 40B Kyle Bronson

4- 56 Dave Barber

5- 33 Jeff Mathews

6- 333 Ivedent Lloyd, Jr.

7- 54 Larry Burkins

8- 34 Jim Passino

9- 67 Garret Stewart

10- 7S Ronnie Chance

11- 31 Donnie Hall

12- 1S Paul Sizemore

13- 75 Jimmy Carter

14- 33F Michael Flick

15- 1K Scott Kurtzner

16- 2H Cory Hupp

17- 28 David Wansley

18- 8W Steve Whitener

19- 10 Scott Mooers

20- Z06 Larry Mott

21- 27B Bruce Harvey

22- 66M Dale Murray

Hobby Stocks

1- 12 Joe Belkey

2- 44 Tim Powers

3- A2Z Chuck McHone

4- 56D Kevin Durden

5- 55W Buck Woodhouse

6- 55JR Devin Walker

7- 7E James Erickson

8- 77M Mark Maresca

9- 18 Eric Moon

10- 04 Bubba Christian

11- 81 Donald Woosley

12- 83 Joe Boyd

13- 69 Tommy Ausburn

14- 27 Cody Albright

15- 2J unlisted driver

16- 88 Howard Osteen

17- 1 Randy Clark

18- 26 Brian Jerrels

19- 2 David Bange

20- 36 Grady Christian

21- 22 Chris Barnhart

22- 32 Bud Chancey

23- 11 Billy Carlbert, Jr.

24- 56S Jeffrey Sargent

25- 03 Ken Hall

DQ- 07 Donnie Reed

Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks

1- 27S Chad Scranton

2- 21 Jason Gamble

3- 19 Brian Shea

4- 17C Veronica Clark

5- 3 Jeff Baer

6- 54 Glenn Baum

7- 3W Vaughn Woodall

8- 121 Gordon Cade

9- 18 Chris Watson

10- 60 Jonathan Appleby

11- 64 Jonathan Gillette

12- 14M Tim Mathieu

13- 114 John Thorpe

14- 06 Willaim Martin

15- 15V Michael Valdez

16- 26 Brian Mullins

17- 66 Harold Erickson

18- 76 Chris Shea

19- 33 Donnie Dobbins

20- 96Z Eddie Lentz

21- 14C Brian Cox

22- 32 Jim Shaw

23- 14S James Sullivan

24- 15S Luke Sadler

25- 17L Ryan Lasik

Gladiators

1- P38 Steve Cox

2- 30 Reid Christensen

3- 20 Casey Feaster

4- 7UK Stephen Frankland

5- 3H Brandon Haseleu

6- 57 Jerry Taylor

7- 198 unlisted driver

8- 43 Richard Todd

9- 2M Chuck Mathias

10- 74B Jaylyn Amspaugh

11- 49 Larry Langston

12- 81 Steve Johnson

13- 77K Matt Kramer

14- 69 David Pate

DNS- 126 Robert Graham

Florida Mini Sprints Association (Unavailable)

By |2011-07-24T20:08:43-04:00July 24th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Race Results, Tracks|Comments Off on Rain In Victory Lane At Bubba Raceway Park
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New Smyrna Speedway Official Results for 7/23/11


Limited Late Models – 50 laps
– Qualifying Results –

1. #9 Rich Clouser
2. #11 Aaron Barsness
3. #4B Alan Bruns
4. #6 Norbert Gostl
5. #19 Ray Black Jr
6. #20 Anthony Sergi
7. #15T Tank Tucker
8. #00 CJ Castetter
9. #00x Daniel Miller
10. #66 Jerry Symons
11. #18 Zack Jarrell
12. #21 Larry Blount
13. #9z Zack Donatti
14. #15 Jason Boyd
15. #29 Joe Yarborough

Sportsman – 25 laps

1. #27 Mike Soukup
2. #57 Chad Pierce
3. #111 Donny Williams
4. #09 John Emerson
5. #96 Tim Morton
6. #33 Bob Kleinhans
7. #23 Mike Pletka
DNS #95 Glenn Garceau

E-Modifieds – 25 laps

1. #112 Jarrett Korpi
2. #51 Richie Smith
3. #59 Chris Brannon
4. #11 Earl Beckner
5. #00 John Hodge
6. #54 David Hite
7. #21 Mike Dahm
8. #17 Phillip Bessette

SADE Super Stocks – 25 laps

1. #95 Chuck Hill
2. #3 Jeff Colburn
3. #56 Bobby Holley
4. #60 Ernie Tumminello
5. #5 Joe Gerard
6. #15 Mike Wofford
7. #35 Gino Tumminello
8. #31 JT Tippins
9. #88 Jay Vinacco
10. #21 Mike Dahm
DNS #22 Bruce McGonigal

Strictly Stocks – 20 laps

1. #57 Joe Candalino
2. #44 Dustin Higdon
3. #95 Garrett Hill
4. #66 Rick Gaither
5. #21 Maureen Dahm
6. #88 Mark Shukwit
7. #37 Steven Metts
8. #67 George Acker
By |2011-07-24T06:06:12-04:00July 24th, 2011|New Smyrna Speedway, Race Results|Comments Off on New Smyrna Speedway Official Results for 7/23/11
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Augie Grill stays cool under the firesuit for Tucson 100 victory at 5 Flags

By Chuck Corder

Augie Grill swears he hasn’t sweated through any sensitivity training sessions recently.

Yet, it was a kinder, gentler Grill on Friday since the last time he was winning at Five Flags.

Be it the bulldog, intimidating Grill as fans are used to seeing or the cooler, more collected Grill they witnessed this night, the No. 112 just keeps winning.

Grill made it three late model wins in a row with his victory in the Allen Turner Tucson 100 on Friday at Five Flags Speedway. He led the last 60 laps of the race.

“Everybody was running hard early, and I didn’t want to finish back in 10th,” Grill said. “So I decided to run hard later.”

He needed it, as defending track champion D.J. VanderLey and Bubba Pollard made a hard push on the final and fifth restart Friday with 80 laps complete.

VanderLey, on the outside, made a hard push for the lead with Grill. The pair was door-to-door for several laps, as VanderLey would put his nose ahead down the straightaways before Grill reclaimed the lead in and out of the turns.

“It was boring until Lap 80, then it got exciting quickly,” said VanderLey, who finished third. “I just about had cleared him. It was so on the edge, but if I would’ve bumped him I would’ve gone backward.”

All three nearly went backward when Pollard made it three wide at the start-finish line on Lap 85. Instead of pushing for a lead, Pollard thought better of it.

He eventually got by VanderLey for second, as the hottest late model driver in the southeast collected another runner-up.

“Anybody else would’ve stuck it in there,” Pollard said. “But I don’t race like that. Why do that? It’s not worth it. There’s some of these guys that think it’s worth to waste a racecar.

“People don’t know how to race, that’s the problem. Most of these drivers think you can mash the gas and turn left. It takes more than that to win a race.”

He should know. This was Pollard’s 19th top-five finish in 27 races this season.

His rivals knew Pollard was going to make the right decision late in the race.

“I think Bubba thought better of it,” Grill said. “That was the smart thing to do or he might’ve wrecked three perfectly, good racecars.”

Grill had a perfect racecar, both in speed and look mostly. The fast qualifier at 16.935 seconds, Grill had a few black doughnuts on his side panels from leaning on VanderLey in the closing laps.

“He gave me a hard run at the end,” Grill said of VanderLey. “I wasn’t expecting it. I thought we had a better racecar, but it got tight there at the end.”

Through it all, though, Grill remained cool as a cucumber.

Allen Turner Pro Late Models Tucson 100 — 1. Augie Grill, 2. Bubba Pollard, 3. D.J. VanderLey, 4. Hunter Robbins, 5. Kyle Benjamin, 6. Kyle Sirizzotti, 7. Chris Davidson, 8. Dwayne Buggay, 9. Korey Ruble, 10. Jake Moore, 11. Keith Thorpe, 12. David Jones, 13. Brandon Odom, 14. Eddie Craig, 15. Jeremy Mullinax, 16. Thomas Praytor, 17. Matt Smith, 18. Kyle Bryant, 19. Brandon Bendele, 20. Hal Martin, 21. Joe Aramendia, 22. Jason Young, 23. Matt Montineri, 24. Troy Grisaffi

Super Stocks

It wasn’t long ago Bubba Winslow was one of the cars to beat in the Sportsmen division.

These days, the Cantonment youngster has the car to beat in the Super Stocks.

Winslow won for the second time this season and took over the series championship lead when previous leader Shannon Jackson finished dead last of the six cars remaining on the track.

Super Stocks 25-Lap Feature Results — 1. Bubba Winslow, 2. Jessie Reid, 3. Darin Matthews, 4. Joe Mahuron, 5. Cory Jones, 6. Shannon Matthews, 7. Mike Moore, 8. Randy Thompson

Sportsmen

These boys don’t let you catch your breath.

Brannon Fowler was the eventual win, but not before some wild theatrics took place.

Another seemingly, ho-hum 20-lap victory for Steve Buttrick got interesting in the final two laps.

With a comfortable lead, Buttrick sustained a flat with two to go, setting the stage for a wild finish between Randy Thompson, Brannon Fowler and Jim Pokrant.

Thompson led with Fowler and Pokrant close behind. As the trio came out of Turn 4, Pokrant made his push and took out Thompson down the front straightaway to edge Fowler for first.

Pokrant, though, almost immediately was penalized and Fowler collected his second win of the season.

“I hate what happened to Randy’s car, and Jim and all that, but we’ll take ’em as we can get ’em,” an out-of-breath Fowler said. “Man, I owe so much to my dad and my crew.”

Thompson’s crew will have a lot of work to do before the next race.

His No. 42 went up in a cloud of smoke as he spun from the collision. He got out of his car, leaned inside the passenger side of Pokrant’s No. 7 and the two exchanged a heated conversation that ended with Thompson lunging at Pokrant.

It paved the way for Chris Nielsen to finish second, his best finish of the season.

“I’m getting to old to do this, but I sure love it,” the veteran driver said.

With racing like this, it’s easy to see why.

Sportsmen 20-lap Feature Results — 1. Brannon Fowler, 2. Chris Nielsen, 3. Marty White, 4. Jimmy Goodwin, 5. John Ward, 6. Gary Robinson, 7. Michael Couture, 8. Justin Babb, 9. Daniel Fleming, 10. Paul Mathis, 11. Randy Thompson, 12. Jim Pokrant, 13. Steve Buttrick, 14. Wayne Burkett, DQ. Scott Barbaric

Bombers

Brandon Burks likes the few out front.

Unfortunately, he won’t likely being staying out there after a post-race disqualification for an illegal chassie gave Kenny Williams his first win of the season.

Burks, who assumed the points lead after being awarded the win earlier this month, initially backed it up on the racetrack Friday with his third trip to Victory Lane this season.

“Man, that’s so much fun,” said Burks, the 18-year-old Milton driver. “The race means a lot because my dad was in town and he doesn’t get to see a lotta races because he works outta town.”

On the racetrack, that is. Technical inspection was a different story.

Bombers 20-lap Feature Results — 1. Kenny Williams, 2. Tracy Soles, 3. Courtney Rodrigues, 4. Robert Balkum, 5. Sam Mellema, 6. Leonard Craig Jr., 7. Gary Goodwin, 8. Hunter Ward, 9. Dayton Sidner, 10. Kenny Bullard, 11. Brandon Sidner, DQ. Brandon Burks

By |2011-07-23T11:43:09-04:00July 23rd, 2011|Five Flags Speedway, Race Results, Tracks|Comments Off on Augie Grill stays cool under the firesuit for Tucson 100 victory at 5 Flags
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Results from Auburndale Speedway: July 16, 2011

By Carol Andrews
What started out looking like a bad night for racing weather wise, turn out to be a good night. We had a good field of cars in the pits waiting for the track to dry so they could race. After an hour rain delay, the races were able to start. The winners in each division are as follows:
Scramblers
1-#7 George Gorham Jr
2-#93 Bruce Cozad
3-#20 Bill Bennett
4-#25 Shane Bennett
5-#77 Adam Brooks
6-#8 John Beedham
7-#13 Mike Meadows
8-#21 Eric Wallace
9-#777 Brett Jenkins
10-#92 Troy Lacey
11-#39 Beth Swanson
V-8 Bombers
1-#58 Matt Bozeman
2-#2 Alan Seay
3-#96 Larry Chumney
4-#89 Preston Davis
5-#05 Buddy Phillips Jr
6-#81 Mark Roadarmel
7-#46 Reggie Ware II
8-#47 Aaron Cook
9-#55 Brandon Christian
N/S#88 Mike Bruno
Street Stocks
1-#29 Brandon Duchscherer
2-#25 Cody McDuffie
3-#4 Dave Colpritt
4-#46 Jerrell Cook
5-#5 Matt McCrary
6-#32 A J Olender
Sportsman
1-#48 Eddie Hartin
2-#171 Mark Medeiros
3-#13 Sam Cressman
4-#10 George Gorham Jr
5-#71 Dave Dunkin
6-#55 Richard Elkins Jr
7-#199 Austin Jenkins
8-#89 Scott Sharpe
N/S #81 Larry Braswell
Open Wheel Modified
1-#10 Travis Roland
2-#51x Josh Todd
3-#42 Richie Smith
4-#55 Mike Sweet
5-#29 Bobby Mobley
6-#51 Roger Blevins
7-#1x Wayne Jefferson
8-#87 Keith Lilley
9-#56 James Wright III
10-#11 Jason Vaill
11-#31 Johnnie Newsome
12-#98 Matt Jarrett
13-#75 Bobby Blake
14-#65 Ken Lawrence
N/S#11 Earl Beckner
N/S#92 Ted Head
Legends
1-#7 Dakota Baggette
2-#31 Lynn Wiles
3-#21 Devin McLeod
4-#00 Anthony Cataldi
5-#144 Justin Brown
6-#49 Chris Young
7-#99 Leroy Moore
8-#5 Seth Adams
9-#94 Matt Blankenship
10-#59x Becca Monopoli
11-#87 Austin Blankenship
12-#44 Gary Verdier
13-#96L Teddy Lively
14-#33 Dallas Ingram
15-#11 Daniel Conlin Jr
16-#83 Danielle Stratten
17-#84 Paul Ingram
18-#28 Joey Collins
Bandoleros
1-#19 Keith Sinkula
2-#55 Michael Held
3-#24 Trey Lively
4-#11 Sam Audie
5-#27 Kirston King
6-#23 A J Freitas
7-#13 Braden Nash
KIds Club
1-#10 Megan Gosselin
2-#5 Kristen Clements
3-#18 Justin Cribbs
4-#30 Drew Kingsley
5-#1 Tyler Porter
Next week at Auburndale Speedway, July 23, we will be running: Trucks, Modified MIni, Legends, Street Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Scramblers and Bandoleros. Racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com

By |2011-07-18T20:26:24-04:00July 18th, 2011|Auburndale Speedway, Race Results, Tracks|Comments Off on Results from Auburndale Speedway: July 16, 2011
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Twice Is Nice At Bubba Raceway Park

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

On this night, the Top Gun Sprint Cars made their debut at Bubba Raceway Park this season, the RaceCar Engineering Late Models ran 2 features, the Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks put another great show on, and the Gladiators gave the fans their money’s worth.

The Late Models went out first and Mark Whitener showed the field why he’s “The Magic Man” and the defending RaceCar Engineering Late Models champion. “The Magic Man” took the lead at the start (more…)

By |2011-07-17T23:29:40-04:00July 17th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Front Page News, Race Results, Top Gun Sprints, Tracks|Comments Off on Twice Is Nice At Bubba Raceway Park
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Moff and Harper split the wins in Punta Gorda Open Wheel twin 35s

From Linda Jericka

Got to love the rainy season if your a track owner in Florida and it’s Saturday night. Hot and sunny in the morning, clouds start rolling in by noon, dedicated drivers and staff start showing up at the track, is it going to rain or not. Still no rain but down pours everywhere and your loyal fans start to pull into the parking lot wondering if they will get their weekly racing fix and the owner has to make a call to open up and take a chance. Those drivers that made the decision to race, put on a great show for those fans that rolled the dice and came out and got to see some great side by side bumper to bumper racing action. Never give up on PGS on Saturday night, the owner and staff do what they can to make sure you can see some of the best racing action every Saturday night.

Q Auto Injury and Power FX Open Wheel modifieds had two 35 lap featured events planned for the night. With the field set and Eric Rudd of Naples on the pole it took Steve Arnold five laps to make a move for the lead on Rudd which cause Rudd to spin and sending Arnold to the tale. Rudd had his hands full with Doug Moff now sitting outside him on the restart and Moff jumped into the lead. Arnold was making his way up through the field while Shawn Harper was trying to get by Rudd for the second spot and made contact with Rudd sending him around and Harper to the rear. Those would be the only two cautions of the race so it was hard to chase down Moff who was leading the race and went on to win with Arnold finishing second and Rudd held onto third. In the interview, Moff thanked Steve Arnold for the motor he had borrowed to be able to race, with out it, Moff would have been watching from the grandstands.

Pro 4 saw a caution free race, which means you really have to race hard for a top three finishing spot. They all gave it their all as the 04 of Ryan Collver led the entire race but not with out a hard fought challenge by Cody Allen of Lehigh and Dylan Bigley of Naples. At the stripe it was Collver that would cross first and Allen along side him for second and Bigley third.

T.Q. Midgets came out for twenty five laps that saw the thirty of Mike Belusar leading until a caution came out for him stopped on the track in turn three. After deciding that Belusar would start in the rear the restart of the race was questioned as all drivers and classes know the track has a spot on the track that the flagman watches closely to start every race at and drivers know when to fire. The flagman watched the spot closely, through the green, and the track’s finishing order was the 30 of Mike Belusar first, Chris Gimmler second and Geoff Styner was third.

If you have not seen a Champ kart race, they will be back Sept 17th, and you do not want to miss it. Nineteen Champ Karts ran for twenty five laps of drafting like you have never seen before, and when it was all over the winner was the 44 of Tara Henderson. Chris Henderson would come in second and Chase Fitzgerald was third.

Road Warriors came out next and on the first caution of the race Chris Scott got sent to the back for spinning the 33 of Chris Loney on lap eight. Did Loney think he got spun by the five of Jeremy Daring, cause on the restart the 33 plowed into the five sending him on a flat and Loney to the rear. Loney stopped at the flag stand to discus the situation with the flagman who ended up sending him to the pits for the night. Kile would hold onto the lead by holding off Shane Leonard who came in second and Jason Miller charged up for a third place finish.

You ask, what is a Cowboy Cadillac, well it is everyone’s favorite and most entertaining class at the speedway and Saturday night was a race you should have been there to see in person. As Andy Vanscyoc, winner of the last three in a row races said, “the glass slipper fell off and the handling went away.” The drivers of the class were out this week to steal the glass slipper or bang it off as there was so much side by side, beating and banging and three wide racing going on in the twenty five lap feature. It was anyone’ss race and the 8 truck of Jeff Debble who was scored as the leader for twenty two laps as returning Jeff Dellea in the 77 took the lead with two to go. Side by side bumper to bumper, two laps to go Dellea slips up the track and Robert Willms takes over the lead with Deeble right behind him sending Dellea to the third spot. That is how the race would finish with Robert Willms back in the winners circle and July 30th they will be back for racing action you do not want to miss.

Open Wheel Modifieds came out for their second feature of the night and fast qualifier Shawn Harper from Lake Wales in the 00 was sitting on the pole. The drivers had some minor handling repairs to do after the first race and you could tell by the almost caution free race. Harper ran start to finish in the lead with Steve Arnold second while Moff was trying to get around the 76 of James Wilkens Jr. who hauls all the way from Fort Pierce Fl. On the restart of the only caution Moff was able to get by Wilkens and challenge Arnold for the second spot. Three laps to go, Harper still with a nice lead, Moff was able to get by Steve Arnold and bring it home in second and Arnold third.

The last race of the night was the Fab 4 class were Karl Garrard started on the pole and looked to be the winner as he led for sixteen of the twenty lap feature. JRC Jess as she likes to be called, driving her pink number 91 rocket had other plans as she put the moves on Garrard with three laps to go, taking the rocket to the outside and taking over the lead. Paul Richards Jr back with a new car and motor had plans of his own and came up short at the finish line coming in second with a good run from the back of the field and Garrard would settle for third.

Next weeks racing action will be

July 23- Pro Trucks, Rookie Trucks, Mini Stocks, Pro4, Fab4, Legends 30 Lap, Bandolero

Remember the Sportsman have been moved to the 30th of the month

You can find all the great photos from the night and all updates on the web site at

http://puntagordaspeedway.com or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Punta-Gorda-Speedway

Stats by Greg Roeback

Open Wheel Modified 1st 35 laps

1. 46 Doug Moff Alva

2. 19 Steve Arnold Cape Coral

3. 12 Eric Rudd Naples

4. 76 James Wilkens Jr. Fort Pierce

5. 00 Shawn Harper Lake Wales

6. 2R John Rogers Naples

7. 14 John Garrett Port Charlotte

8. 11 Jimmy Wilkens 3rd. Fort Pierce

9. 29 Zach Rudd N. Fort Myers

Open Wheel Modified 2nd 35 laps

1. 00 Shawn Harper Lake Wales Fast Time

2. 46 Doug Moff Alva

3. 19 Steve Arnold Cape Coral

4. 12 Eric Rudd Naples

5. 76 James Wilkens Jr. Fort Pierce

6. 11 Jimmy Wilkens 3rd. Fort Pierce

7. 14 John Garrett Port Charlotte

8. 29 Zach Rudd N. FT. Myers

9. 2 John Rogers Naples

Road Warriors

1. 14 Randy Kyle Lehigh

2. 8 Shane Leonard Cape Coral

3. 10 Jason Miller Lehigh Acres

4. 1 Rick Reed Arcadia

5. 80 Richard Nelson Bradenton

6. 27 Derrick Horton N. Ft. Myers

7. 74 Aaron Hardgrove Lehigh

8. 2 Pete Bloodgood Venice

9. 97 Chris Scott Nikomis

10. 90 Hunter Morrison Punta Gorda

11. 5 Jeremy Daring Lehigh Acres

12. 18 Logan Leonard Cape Coral

13. 33 Chris Loney Naples D.Q.

Cowboy Cadillac

1. 18 Robert Willms Cape Coral

2. 8 Jeff Deeble Port Charlotte

3. 77 James Dellea Port Charlotte

4. 30 Ken Badali Port Charlotte

5. 88 Brad Wegert Port Charlotte

6. 4 Andy Vanscyoc Rotonda West

7. 39 Tee Jay Hoholik Port Charlotte

8. 33 Les Couch Punta Gorda

Pro 4

1. 04 Ryan Collver Ft. Myers

2. 98 Cody Allen Lehigh

3. 28 Dylan Bigley Naples

4. 61 Paul Richards Sr. Naples

5. 29 Phil Ellis North Port

6. 00 Dan Collver N. Ft. Myers

7. 91 Jarrett Cornell N. Ft. Myers

8. 32 Corey Bigley Naples

9. 31 John Balzarano Naples

10. 27 Jeremy Perkins N. Ft. Myers

11. 38 Ken Badali Port Charlotte

Fab 4

1. 91 Jessica Ostrovskis Bradenton

2. 61 Paul Richards Jr. Naples

3. 31 Karl Garrard Naples

4. 98 Skyler Null N. Ft. Myers

5. 3 Zac Campilonga Bradenton

6. 68 Logan Allen N. Ft. Myers

7. 30 Linda Badali Port Charlotte

8. 27 Tammy Phillips Ft. Myers

9. 38 Duane Vandevender Cape Coral

T.Q. Midgets

1. 30 Mike Belusar

2. 51 Chris Grimmler

3. 2 Geoff Styner

4. 23 Steve Mair

5. 14 John Ciolino

6. 6 Jay Stutz

7. 5 David Patterson

8. 7 Jamie Barnum

9. 1 Jack Duffy

Champ Karts

1. 44Tara Henderson

2. 15 Chris Ellis

3. 22 Chase Fitchgerald

4. 13 Romay Venta

5. 8 Doug Schmidt

6. 66 David Harp

7. 29 Ron Sanford

8. 14 Tim Simmons

9. 33 Mitchell Steven

10. 25 Erik McElroy

11. 38 Ricky Moxley

12. 75 Shelby LaPlant

13. 63 Ed Brilhante

14. 05 Timmy Ellis

15. 88 Bo Howard

16. 16 Paul Letourneau

17. 57 Brian Scherrer

18. 61 P. J. Letourneau

19. 77 Phil Harp

20.14 John Garrett Port Charlotte

By |2011-07-17T22:38:50-04:00July 17th, 2011|Front Page News, Punta Gorda Speedway, Race Results, Tracks|Comments Off on Moff and Harper split the wins in Punta Gorda Open Wheel twin 35s
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New Smyrna Speedway Results for July 16, 2011

Late Model – Features

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 6 9 Rich Clouser Palm Bay, Fl 100.00
2 3 4B Alan Bruns Clermont , Fl 98.00
3 5 18 Zachary Jarrell Port Orange, Fl 96.00
4 8 21 Larry Blount Orange Park, Fl 94.00
5 9 00 Clayton Castetter Cocoa , Fl 92.00
6 2 00X Daniel Miller Tavares , Fl 90.00
7 7 6 Norbert Gostl Cape Coral, Fl 88.00
8 4 9Z Tom Donatti Roofing, Inc. New Smyrna, Fl 86.00
9 1 11 Aaron Barsness St Augusting, Fl 84.00
10 11 48 Mark Smith Palm Coast, Fl 82.00
11 10 15T James Tucker New Smyrna, Fl 25.00 DNS
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Modified – Features
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 66 Jerry Symons New Smyrna, Fl 100.00
2 3 4B Alan Bruns Clermont , Fl 98.00
3 4 4 Jarrett Snowden – 96.00
4 5 36 Austin Stamper Deland , Fl 94.00
5 6 18 Ryan Rust Pt St, Fl 92.00
6 7 17 Phillip Bessette New Smyrna, Fl 90.00
7 8 21X Michael Dahm New Smyrna, Fl 88.00
8 1 15 James Tucker New Smyrna, Fl 86.00
9 9 7 Mike Smith – 84.00
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Trucks – Features
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 21 Daniel Scott Reeves Royal Palm, Fl 100.00
2 1 6 Joe Fitos Loxahatchee , Fl 98.00
3 5 63 Zachary Curtis Palm Bay, Fl 96.00
4 4 24 Bruce Bennett Orlando , Fl 94.00
5 3 18 Jason Rosarius Oviedo , Fl 92.00
6 6 11 Robert Strader Jr Longwood , Fl 90.00
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Mini Stock – Features
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 81 Cody Blair Winterpark , Fl 100.00
2 1 09 Todd Haught Eustis , Fl 98.00
3 5 14 Chace Miller – 96.00
4 3 8 James Dixson Titusville , Fl 94.00
5 6 6 Mark Broat Sanford , Fl 92.00
6 4 23 Wayne Wells Paisley , Fl 90.00
7 8 32 Jesse Powers Edgewater , Fl 88.00
8 7 36 Danny Dobbins Eustis , Fl 86.00
9 9 31 David Russell – 84.00
10 10 45 Dennis Jones Leesburg , Fl 25.00 DNS
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Strictly Stock – Features
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 3 57 Joe Candalino Deland , Fl 100.00
2 1 21 Michael Dahm New Smyrna, Fl 98.00
3 5 66 Rick Gaither Edgewater , Fl 96.00
4 4 21X George Dahm Enterprise , Fl 94.00
5 6 37 Steven Metts Port Orange, Fl 92.00
6 7 67 George Acker Edgewater , Fl 90.00
7 9 44 Dustin Higdon Edgewater , Fl 88.00
8 2 951/4 Garrett Hill Orlando , Fl 86.00
9 8 3 Shane Sutorus – 84.00
10 10 88 Mark Shukwit Deltona , Fl 25.00 DNS
11 11 1 Eddie Moran Merritt Island, Fl 25.00 DNS
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Desoto Super Speedway Results for July 16, 2011

PRO FIGURE 8 CARS – FEATURE

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 6 01 Mason Love – 40.00
2 2 25 Robert Towe Pinellas Park, Fl 38.00
3 1 38 Carl Mc Peak Apollo Beach, Fl 36.00
4 5 5 Ronnie Powell Pinellas Park, Fl 34.00
5 4 86 Justin Meyer Largo , Fl 32.00
6 3 49 Jared Meyer Largo , Fl 30.00 DNF

CARS OF YESTERDAY – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 31 Tom Mcdonald – 0.00
2 2 38 Steve Parrish – 0.00
3 3 11 Vernon Hart Jr Plant City, Fl 0.00
4 6 400 Tim Brush – 0.00
5 5 X Steve Mattingly – 0.00
6 4 1 Dave Ritter – 0.00
7 7 03 John Paradis – 0.00
8 9 40 Bob Fink – 0.00
9 10 6 Dennis Copenhagen – 0.00 DNF
10 8 2 Clay Fray Kenneth City, Fl 0.00 DNS

ROOKIE TRUCKS – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 99 Cody Martell Arcadia , Fl 40.00
2 7 4 Brooke Storer Zephyrhills , Fl 38.00
3 5 8 Joseph Mursuli Holiday , Fl 36.00
4 3 74 Brad Bowman Largo , F 34.00
5 6 1 Lindsay Bowman Clearwater , Fl 32.00
6 1 21 Randall Leonard Lake Placid, Fl 30.00
7 2 7 Dylan Martin Lakeland , Fl 0.00 DQ

FLYIN 4s – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 20 Marvin Cavey Parrish , Fl 40.00
2 1 1R Charles “chucky” Ramsey Myakka City, Fl 38.00
3 4 94 Lynn Schwartz Lakewood Ranch, Fl 36.00
4 3 7 Tommy Harper Bradenton , Fl 34.00

MODIFIED MINIS – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 4 Robbie Storer Zephyrhills , Fl 40.00
2 3 6 David Davis , Fl 38.00
3 1 16 Glenn Kelley New Port, Fl 36.00

PURE STOCKS – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 71 Darrin Ellis Myakka City, Fl 40.00
2 1 21X George Bartimac St Peteersberg, Fl 38.00

BOMBERS – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 67 Jimmie Best Sarasota , Fl 40.00
2 3 33X Michael Crooks St Petersberg, Fl 38.00
3 2 02 John Stewart Pinellas Park, Fl 36.00
4 4 81 Rex Hawkins Pinellas Park, Fl 34.00
5 5 43 Mark Petty Venice , Fl 32.00
6 7 3X Kyle Best Myakka City, Fl 30.00
7 6 96 Robert Vigilo Bradenton , Fl 28.00 DNF
8 8 3 Duane Best Myakka City, Fl 26.00 DNF

DS TRUCKS – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 37 Nick Hernandez Palmetto , Fl 40.00
2 3 50 Danny Anderson Bradenton , Fl 38.00
3 1 4 Dennis Colletti, Jr Florida , Fl 36.00
4 5 2X Gerald Campbell Sebring , Fl 34.00
5 4 7 Robert St.john Arcadia , Fl 32.00
6 6 75X Brad St John Arcadia , Fl 30.00
By |2011-07-17T05:29:06-04:00July 17th, 2011|DeSoto Speedway, Race Results, Tracks|Comments Off on Desoto Super Speedway Results for July 16, 2011
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