By Carol Andrews

By Carol Andrews

By Carol Andrews

We had a very good night at racing at Auburndale Speedway. The winners in each division are as follows:Florida’s Barn 40 Lap Open Wheel Modified’s

1-#56 James Wright II

2-#98 Wayne Morris

3-#07 Harold Crooms

4-#10 Travis Roland

5-#87 Keith Lilley

6-#29 Rick Coffin

7-#75 Bobby Blake

8-#101 David Grogan

9-#01 Von Pope

Street Stocks

1-#53 Kyle Peters

2-#5 Matt McCrary

3-#17 Kyle Hall

4-#4 Dave Colpritt

5-#80 Larry Braswell

6-#56 James Wright III

7-#86 Jamie Castleberry

8-#8 Brian Harbin

9-#25 Cody McDuffie

10-#62 Jammie Dunnahoe

11-#42 Jeff Waterman

Modified Mini

1-#89 Scotty Sharpe

2-#15 Jason Rendell

3-#2 Corbin Gibbs

4-#55 Mike Sweet

5-#85 Drew Carter

6-#02 Bo Collier

7-#07 Bruce Anderson

8-#9 Ashton Hunt

9-#36 Danny Dobbins

10-#45 Dennis Jones

11-#80 Mike Bruno

Mini Stocks

1-#21 Fred Harrison Jr

20#42 Chris Spring

3-#4 Marilyn McCrary

4-#40 Jason Swilley

5-#551 Mark Wells

V-8 Bombers

1-#89 Preston Davis

2-#51 Matt Johns

3-#05 Buddy Phillips Jr

4-#7 Frank Pierce

5-#81 Mark Roadarmel

6-#111 Josh Borem

Scramblers

1-#66 Brian Tyre

2-#62 Richard Brown

3-#00 Chad Cutting

4-#77 Jeremy Watts

5-#28 Kimberly Gullett

6-#7 George Gorham Jr

7-#71 Dave Canfield

8-#17 Gary Pruitt

No Show #18 Bobby Rowland

No Show # 88 Jason Sopczak

Next week August 14, racing schedule will consist of Trucks, Sportsman, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Legends, Bandoleros, Kids Club, V-8 Bombers and Scramblers. Racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com

by Dave Westerman

Auburndale Speedway’s “Family Fun Night” played to a full house with plenty of great racing on a warm, muggy evening. There was plenty of lightning off in the distance, but the rains stayed away once again.

Matt McCrary came into the evening with a small point lead in the Street Stock class and looked like he was going to increase his advantage by quite a bit as he won the heat race and had the pole for the feature looking for his first main event win since moving up from the Scramblers.

McCrary wasted little time in taking the lead as Dave Colpritt settled into second spot. Meanwhile the second place driver in points, Jeff Waterman, was having a tough evening battling a very sour engine. After some early race problems and a couple of yellow flags, McCrary asserted himself out front with Colpritt a few car lengths back. With just three laps to go, Colpritt began to close in.

Then, on lap 18, McCrary slammed into the back stretch wall ending his evening with victory in sight. Colpritt, who celebrated a birthday on Friday, got a late present as he sped to his fifth win of the year and picked up valuable points on the two drivers ahead of him as it now seems the 2010 point battle will come down to the wire between McCrary, Waterman and Colpritt.

Larry Braswell returned after a few weeks off to claim the runner-up position while Austin Jenkins drove a steady race for third. Bobby Mobley and Kyle Peters came from deep in the field to take fourth and fifth while Jerrell Cook, Waterman, Jamie Castleberry, Ken Lawrence and McCrary rounded out the top ten.

For the second straight week, the 25 lap Legend Car feature ran green to checker without a caution flag and saw Gerald White, Jr. again lead every lap to claim yet another win and add to his ever-increasing point lead. Jake Perkins finished a distant second trailed by Tyler Smith, Devin McLeod and Zach Napoleon. Completing the top ten were Donovan Ponder, Justin Brown, Mason Ketterman, Seth Adams and Lynn Wiles. White and Smith were the heat race winners.

Jeff Lacey won the V-8 Bomber heat and then took off like a rocket in the feature before something broke on his car and he hit the turn three wall on lap four. Larry Chumney II took over at that point but once again it would be Preston Davis putting on a show for the fans as he used the outside lane once again to pass Chumney on lap 17 before scoring his third win of the year. Chumney held on for second followed by James Wright, Jr., Justin Meyer and Michael Smith.

Kimberly Gullett’s run for the Scrambler point championship took a big hit Saturday night. After winning the feature race by a wide margin, Gullett’s car was set down in tech for an unapproved shock absorber spacer. That meant what would have been her second win was taken away and she was awarded no points on the evening.

Scotty Sharpe, the Modified Mini Stock point leader who was driving for Ted Tidwell, crossed the stripe in second but was ultimately awarded his first Scrambler feature race win of the year. Jerry Pruitt took a career best second while Richie Acres came back from an early incident to claim third over Bryan Tyre and Jeremy Watts. Acres won the heat.

Robbie Powell led from start to finish in the Figure 8 race but it wasn’t as easy as it sounds. Wayne Calkins passed Powell on several occasions but never could make a full pass and eventually settled for second after several very close calls with backmarkers during the latter stages of the event. Third place went to Terry Zimmerman ahead of J.R. Meyer and Wayne Whitehead.

Teddy Lively continued his mastery of the Bandoleros taking the lead from Cameron White and zipping to another easy victory. Andy Metz was second followed by White, Daniel Conlin, Jr. and Jake Hunter.

Dakota Hunt won her first career race in the Kids Club topping Heather Guy and Brandon Guy. Eugene Malverty topped the Demolition Derby. Malverty and Billy Dennis’ cars locked bumpers and track officials decided to separate the two cars and let them go at it for the win. However Dennis’ car would not re-fire giving Malverty the victory.

Several cars showed for the Enduro race however, after pre-race tech, only two were found to comply with the “stock” rules. Management decided to cancel the race and allow some of the other cars to compete in the other divisions. The drivers with the two legal cars, Michael Teschner and Kyle Alford were each given $250 for their efforts.

This week, August 7th, the Open Wheel Modifieds are back in action along with the Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Modified Mini Stocks, V-8 bombers and Scramblers. Racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS – AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY – 7/31/10:

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STREET STOCKS:

1-#4 Dave Colpritt

2-#80 Larry Braswell

3-#89 Austin Jenkins

4-#29 Bobby Mobley

5-#53 Kyle Peters

6-#46 Jerrell Cook

7-#42 Jeff Waterman

8-#86 Jamie Castleberry

9-#65 Ken Lawrence

10-#5 Matt McCrary

11-#0 Paul Bookmiller

N/S #8 Brian Harbin

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LEGEND CARS:

1-#38 Gerald White, Jr.

2-#59 Jake Perkins

3-#4 Tyler Smith

4-#21 Devin McLeod

5-#4R Zach Napoleon

6-#81 Donovan Ponder

7-#8 Justin Brown

8-#71 Mason Ketterman

9-#5 Seth Adams

10-#31 Lynn Wiles

11-#67 Matt Larmore

12-#51 Roger Englund

13-#99 Leroy Moore

14-#07 Dave Gleason

15-#83 Danielle Stratton

16-#159 Dakota Baggette

DNS #65 Coty Bibeau

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SCRAMBLERS:

1-#7 Scotty Sharp

2-#17 Jerry Pruitt

3-#8 Richie Acres

4-#66 Brian Tyre

5-#77 Jeremy Watts

6-#62 Richard Brown

7-#67 T. J. Tanner

8-#88 Jason Sopczak

9-#7x Ray Hindman

DQ #28 Kimberly Gullett

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V-8 BOMBERS:

1-#89 Preston Davis

2-#96 Larry Chumney II

3-#56 James Wright II

4-#A6 Justin Meyer

5-#29 Michael Smith

6-#18 Kevin Barton

7-#88 Gene Harrison

8-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr.

9-#7 Eugene Malverty

10-#105 Jeff Lacey

11-#06 Shane Williams

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FIGURE 8:

1-#18 Robbie Powell

2-#14 Wayne Caulkins

3-#4 Terry Zimmerman

4-#A6 J.R. Meyer

5-#31 Wayne Whitehead

6-#0 Paul Bookmiller

7-#21 Brandon Duchscherer

8-#05 Buddy Phillips, Sr.

9-#89 Rodney Davis

10-#27 John Baranuskas

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KIDS CLUB:

1-#99 Dakota Hunt

2-#30 Heather Guy

3-#32 Brandon Guy

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BANDOLEROS:

1-#96 Teddy Lively – Outlaw

2-#48 Andy Metz – Outlaw

3-#38 Cameron White – Bandit

4-#11 Daniel Conlin, Jr. – Outlaw

5-#03 Jacob Hunter _ Outlaw

DNS # 1Jr – Dustin Turnage

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DEMO DERBY:

1-#16 Eugene Malverty

2-#89 Billy Dennis

3-#XX Roger Nicholas

4-#00 Jeremy Graves

5-#99 Leonard Fussell, Jr.

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by Dave Westerman

There was rain all around Auburndale Speedway Saturday afternoon and early evening, but none of the wet stuff fell directly at the track allowing for a full night of great competition.

The Open Wheel Modifieds were back in action and in qualifying it was James Wright III the fastest, turning a lap at 14.302 seconds topping the 14.392 lap of Von Pope. Keith Lilley, Kyle Bookmiller and Travis Roland rounded out the quickest five in time trials.

The re-draw for the 40 lap feature saw Lilley on the pole with Pope outside of him. Roland and Harold Crooms made up row two while fast-timer Wright lined up fifth with Bookmiller in sixth.

Lilley wasted little time grabbing the early lead. Pope gamely tried to make the outside line work but had to settle in third spot behind Lilley and Roland. Wright zipped by Pope and took third on lap nine as Roland was putting constant pressure on Lilley. By lap 15, Wright had caught the leaders and the race was on.

The first caution flag flew on lap 25 for a two car altercation coming off turn two involving Crooms and Bookmiller and both continued. On the restart, Lilley missed a shift but was able to keep the lead along with avoiding piling up the cars behind him. The second yellow flag came out on lap 29 for a John Markovich spin.

Lilley, Roland and Wright continued to run bumper to bumper with some good, clean racing as they left the rest of the field in their wake. Lap 35 saw the final caution as Crooms took a wild slide off turn four into the infield grass.

Lilley, who has had nothing but bad luck in the Modifieds this year, got the monkey off his back with a wire-to-wire win and praised Roland’s clean driving in his victory lane interview. Roland backed up his June win with a strong second while Wright grabbed yet another third place finish. Pope came home fourth while Tommy Schnader took fifth spot. Completing the top ten were Bookmiller, Johnnie Newsome, Bobby Blake, Shain Held and Markovich. All 15 starters were running at the finish.

There’s a new “hot dog” in the Sportsman class as young Lance Daubach of Plant City simply put on a show in taking his first-ever win in the class in just his second time out in his new racer.

This one was a fantastic race from start to finish with the entire field running side-by-side the opening three laps. Heat winner Richard Elkins, Jr.

led the first two laps before a very strong Brett Jenkins took over on lap three. Daubach got by Elkins for second on lap five but was a good distance behind the leader.

Daubach began to eat away at Jenkins’ lead while Elkins and point leader Dave Dunkin started a crowd-pleasing dogfight for third. Daubach was flying and zoomed past Jenkins for the top spot on lap 20. Three laps later, the only caution of the race flew for a tangle involving Josh Todd and Mark Medeiros. Brandon Duchscherer slowed with a flat tire just before the restart to keep the yellow out but was able to return again before the green flag flew.

Daubach had no trouble scooting to the win while Jenkins finished a solid second. Elkins will have to take a hammer to beat out the body damage on his car from Dave Dunkin’s repeated attempts to snatch third spot toward the end of the race, but he held on to the position ahead of Dunkin and Jerrell Cook.

Gerald White, Jr. added to his point lead with a green to checker victory in the Legend Car feature. Tyler Smith started sixth and gamely worked his way to second, but with the race running without a caution flag, Smith had no chance of catching the fleet White. Jake Perkins took the checkered flag in third followed by Seth Adams and Justin Brown. Lynn Wiles, Mason Ketterman, Devin McLeod, Matt Larmore and Dakota Baggette rounded out the top ten. Heats went to White and Perkins.

The Street Stocks ran a rare all-green flag race and it was Bobby Mobley leading every lap for his second win of the season. Dave Colpritt kept Mobley honest in the early going and fell back a few car lengths at the checker but still finished a solid second. James Wright III picked up his second third place finish of the evening while point leaders Matt McCrary and Jeff Waterman were fourth and fifth. The rest of the top ten were Jerrell Cook, Kyle Hall, Cody McDuffie, Robert Crisp and Richie Shepherd. Mobley also won the heat race.

Fred Harrison, Jr. returned to victory circle in the Mini Stocks leading every lap as yet again another feature race went all the way without a yellow flag. Point leader Chris Spring was a distant second ahead of Jason Swilley, Mark Wells and Shawn Jenkins.

The V-8 Bombers saw Gene Harrison snare his second win of the year in wire-to-wire fashion in a race slowed twice, once for a big-time blown engine in Buddy Phillips, Jr.’s car. Harrison topped Larry Chumney II, Preston Davis, newcomer Frank Pierce and Jeff Lacey.

Teddy Lively added to his win streak in the Bandoleros as he led most of the way to make it four straight victories. Cameron White took second with young Jake Hunter taking a third in just his second week out. Heat winner Andy Metz was fourth ahead of Michael Held and new driver Dustin Turnage, Jr.

Next Saturday night, July 31st, it’s Family Fun Night featuring a Demolition Derby, 100 lap Enduro race, Figure 8’s, 4 Cyl. Figure 8’s, V-8 Bombers, Scramblers, Street Stocks, Legend Cars, Bandoleros and the Kids Club. Racing starts at 7PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS – AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY – 7/24/10

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OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS:

1-#87 Keith Lilley, Lakeland

2-#10 Travis Roland, Lake Alfred

3-#56 James Wright III, Lakeland

4-#101 Von Pope, Haines City

5-#19 Tommy Schnader, Largo

6-#03 Kyle Bookmiller, Riverview

7-#31 Johnnie Newsome, Ocala

8-#75 Bobby Blake, Zephyrhills

9-#55 Shain Held, Orlando

10-#62 John Markovich, Eaton Park

11-#29 Ricky Coffin, Lutz

12-#07 Harold Crooms, Lakeland

13-#65 Ken Lawrence, Auburndale

14-#9 Ron Armillei, Land O’ Lakes

15-#98 Matt Jarrett, Orlando

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SPORTSMAN:

1-#77 Lance Daubach, Plant City

2-#89x Brett Jenkins, Lakeland

3-#55 Richard Elkins, Jr., Auburndale

4-#71 Dave Dunkin, Lakeland

5-#47 Jerrell Cook, Eagle Lake

6-#13 Mark Medeiros, Lake Wales

7-#48 Eddie Hartin, Lakeland

8-#22 Brandon Duchscherer, Eagle Lake

DQ-#89 Josh Todd, Polk City

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LEGEND CARS:

1-#38 Gerald White, Jr., Lakeland

2-#4 Tyler Smith, Clermont

3-#59 Jake Perkins, Ocala

4-#5 Seth Adams, Mulberry

5-#8 Justin Brown, Orlando

6-#31 Lynn Wiles, Plant City

7-#71 Mason Ketterman, Palm Bay

8-#21 Devin McLeod, Zephyrhills

9-#67 Matt Larmore, Clermont

10-#7 Dakota Baggette, Lakeland

11-#99 Leroy Moore, Brooksville

12-#4R Zach Napoleon, Wesley Chapel

13-#81 Donovan Ponder, Orlando

14-#07 Dave Gleason, Orlando

15-#83 Danielle Stratton, Tavares

16-#51 Roger Englund, Palm Bay

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STREET STOCKS:

1-#29 Bobby Mobley, Eagle Lake

2-#4 Dave Colpritt, Lakeland

3-#56 James Wright III, Lakeland

4-#5 Matt McCrary, Auburndale

5-#42 Jeff Waterman, Lake Wales

6-#46 Jerrell Cook, Eagle Lake

7-#17 Kyle Hall, Winter Haven

8-#25 Cody McDuffie, Lakeland

9-#88 Robert Crisp, St. Petersburg

10-#92 Richie Shepherd, Sarasota

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V-8 BOMBERS:

1-#88 Gene Harrison, Lakeland

2-#96 Larry Chumney II, Auburndale

3-#89 Preston Davis, Polk City

4-#7 Frank Pierce, Mulberry

5-#105 Jeff Lacey, Winter Haven

6-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr., Winter Haven

7-#29 Michael Smith, Auburndale

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MINI STOCKS:

1-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr., Polk City

2-#42 Chris Spring, Auburndale

3-#40 Jason Swilley, Auburndale

4-#551 Mark Wells, Seffner

5-#89 Shawn Jenkins, Lakeland

6-#2 Dwight Ryals, Jr., Plant City

7-#155 James Pate, Lakeland

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BANDOLEROS:

1-#96 Teddy Lively, Ruskin (Outlaw)

2-#38 Cameron White, Lakeland (Bandit)

3-#03 Jacob Hunter, Sebastian (Outlaw)

4-#48 Andy Metz, Lakeland (Outlaw)

5-#55 Michael Held, Orlando (Bandit)

6-#1Jr Dustin Turnage, Jr., Vero Beach (Bandit)

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 By Carol Andrews