By Carol Andrews

By Carol Andrews

by Dave Westerman

 A huge crowd of race fans were treated to 292 laps worth of racing Saturday night at Auburndale Speedway. The show was scheduled to begin at 7PM but was delayed a half-hour to allow the long line of fans at the ticket booth to make their way in to witness all of the nights racing activity. A total of 124 cars participated in the show which was still completed at just past 11PM. Twenty-six Late Models made the trip to the speedway with Brooksville’s Daniel Webster setting quick time at 13.543 seconds. Anthony Campi of Sarasota was second quick at 13.682 with Kevin Ingram, Jeff Scofield and Ron Lofquist rounding out the top five in qualifying.

Luck of the draw saw Webster on the pole for the 100 lap headliner and he wasted little time showing he was the car to beat, grabbing a quick early lead in what was to be a caution-plagued race. The first yellow flew on lap ten as Ryan Lisak spun in turn four. The restart would prove costly for several teams Brian Dorer got turned sideways coming off turn four. With the track blocked and nowhere to go, eight cars piled into each other in chain reaction fashion. When the smoke cleared, the cars of Rusty Ebersole, Scott Millar, Chris Fontaine, Randy Plantz and Danny Maddox were done for the night. Despite damage, Dorer, Keith Lilley, George Gorham, Jr. and David Weaver were able to continue.

Webster continued to set the pace on the restart and again on restarts from caution flags on laps 20, 23 and 27, all for minor spins. Campi moved up to fourth spot during lap 32 while Lofquist pulled off the track and out of sixth place on lap 36 as the caution flew once again to see if he had laid any fluid down on the track.

David Weaver brought out the yellow as his badly damaged machine started overheating and watered down the track surface on lap 46. Just as the field took the half-way signal, the caution flew yet again for debris. The running order at lap 50 found Webster in the top position followed by Scofield, Ingram, Campi, Joe Boyd, David King, Perry Lovelady, Bobby Shelton, Josh Todd and Lisak. Just 15 of the starters remained on the speedway at that point.

The second half of the race saw just two more yellow flags for single car spins on laps 64 and 67 and the final 33 laps ran under green as Webster made it a cakewalk, taking the checkered flag a full straightaway in front of Scofield. Ingram held on for third while Campi took fourth and David King a strong fifth. Completing the top ten were Joe Boyd, Perry Lovelady, Bobby Shelton, Ryan Lisak and Josh Todd. The win was worth a cool $3,000 to Webster.

The 40 lap run for the Open Wheel Modifieds was a barn-burner from the start as pole sitter Kevin Macy and Travis Roland ran side by side for five laps before they bumped slightly coming across the start-finish line sending Macy into a long slide into the infield. Track officials deemed it a “racing incident” as the restart found Roland in the lead and an unhappy Macy going to the rear of the field.

From that point the race ran the remainder of the way under green as Roland held off all challengers to score his first win of the year. Fast qualifier James Wright III threw everything he could at Roland but had to settle for second while point leader Wayne Morris finished several car lengths back in third. Harold Crooms took fourth and Bobby Blake fifth while Billy Bectelheimer, Tommy Schnader, Johnnie Newsome, Rick Coffin and Dwayne Dempsey rounded out the top ten.

Old pro Dave Dunkin passed Mark Medeiros for the lead on lap 12 then led the rest of the way to score his fifth Sportsman win of the year. Bart Weatherford slipped by Medeiros for second on lap 16 but could not track down Dunkin before the laps ran out. Medeiros held on for third trailed by Brandon Duchscherer and Richard Elkins, Jr.

Jake Perkins set quick time, then led from green to checker in the 25 lap Legend Car feature. The race was pretty tame for most of the distance until point leader Gerald White, Jr. spun out of fifth place on lap 21 to bring out the only caution. Perkins led the rest of the way for his fourth win of the year as Lynn Wiles took the runner-up spot ahead of Justin Brown, Devin McLeod and Mason Ketterman.

Cody McDuffie led all the way to score his first career win in the Street Stocks. The former Kids Club driver held off a furious last-lap charge by Bobby Mobley to take the win. Mobley was given his chance when the second and third place cars of Mike Rowland and Kyle Hall tangled just before the white flag flew. Following McDuffie and Mobley to the checker were Matt McCrary, James Wright III and Kyle Peters.

Tyler Scofield was also a first time winner as he topped the Mini Cup field, leading every lap. Rick Ragan, Cindarae Irish, Corey White and Cole Partelo finished behind Scofield.

Chris Spring took yet another Mini Stock win, taking the lead from Jason Rendell on lap five and pulling away for the victory. Steve Routt, Jr. was unhurt after a nasty bout with the turn three wall on lap twelve while Fred Harrison, Jr. slowed to a halt on the restart and had to be towed from the track. Trailing Spring and Rendell were Gary Brown, Jr., Kevin Steadman and Mark Wells.

Preston Davis led all the way to snare his first V-8 Bomber win of the year taking an easy victory over Gene Harrison, David Hartin, Edward Howell and Larry Chumney II. Teddy Lively took his third straight Bandolero win over Andy Metz, Cameron White, Daniel Conlin, Jr. and Nick Baluch while Matt Anderson topped the Kids Club feature over Dakota Hunt and Magan Gosselin.

Auburndale Speedway will be closed July 3rd for the Independence Day Holiday, but will re-open On July 10th with the Auburndale Trucks, Sportsman, Mini Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Legends, Bandeleros and Outlaw Modifieds. Racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS – AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY – 6/26/10:

LATE MODELS:

1-#33 Daniel Webster

2-#42 Jeff Scofield

3-#54 Kevin Ingram

4-#81 Anthony Campi

5-#22 David King

6-#5 Joe Boyd

7-#50 Perry Lovelady

8-#8 Bobby Shelton

9-#17 Ryan Lisak

10-#89 Josh Todd

11-#97 Brian Dorer

12-#11 Donny Williams

13-#16k Tommy King

14-#15 George Gorham, Jr.

15-#10 Talon Craft

16-#71 John Markovich

17-#11 David Weaver

18-#49 Ron Lofquist

19-#87 Keith Lilley

20-#20 Scott Millar

21-#23 Rusty Ebersole

22-#47 Chris Fontaine

23-#82 Danny Maddox

24-#14 Randy Plantz

DQ #36 Gary Padula

DNS #21 Johnathan Waters

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SPORTSMAN:

1-#71 Dave Dunkin

2-#1 Bart Weatherford

3-#13 Mark Medeiros

4-#8 Brandon Duchscherer

5-#55 Richard Elkins, Jr.

6-#19 Chris Lewellen

7-#89 Brett Jenkins

8-321 Chuck Harrison, Jr.

9-#92 Raulie Morse

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OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS:

1-#10 Travis Roland

2-#56 James Wright III

3-#98 Wayne Morris

4-#07 Harold Crooms

5-#75 Bobby Blake

6-#6 Billy Bechtelheimer

7-#19 Tommy Schnader

8-#31 Johnnie Newsome

9-#29 Rick Coffin

10-#101 Dwayne Dempsey

11-#89 Josh Todd

12-#65 Ken Lawrence

13-#06 Brian Hutcheson

14-#9 Ron Armillei

15-#01 Von Pope

16-#00 Shawn Harper

DQ #19 Kevin Macy

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MINI STOCKS:

1-#42 Chris Spring

2-#5 Jason Rendell

3-#52 Gary Brown, Jr.

4-#88 Kevin Steadman

5-#551 Mark Wells

6-#40 Jason Swilley

7-#89 Shawn Jenkins

8-#17 Mark Nagle

9-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr.

10-#55 Steve Routt, Jr.

11-#24 Larry Hallam

12-#2 Paul Bookmiller

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V-8 BOMBERS:

1-#89 Preston Davis

2-#88 Gene Harrison

3-#42 David Hartin

4-#123 Edward Howell

5-#96 Larry Chumney II

6-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr.

7-#93 Bruce Gayton

8-#29 Bobby Mobley

9-#51 Matt Johns

10-#111 Josh Borem

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STREET STOCKS:

1-#25 Cody McDuffie

2-#29 Bobby Mobley

3-#5 Matt McCrary

4-#56 James Wright III

5-#53 Kyle Peters

6-#89 Austin Jenkins

7-#42 Jeff Waterman

8-#891 Edward Howell

9-#142 Chris Spring

10-#17 Kyle Hall

11-#52 Mike Rowland

12-#45 Joe Dowdy

DQ #4 Dave Colpritt

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LEGEND CARS:

1-#59 Jake Perkins

2-#31 Lynn Wiles

3-#8 Justin Brown

4-#21 Devin McLeod

5-#71 Mason Ketterman

6-#57 Bryan Silas

7-#4R Zach Napoleon

8-#44 Gary Verdier

9-#07 Dave Gleason

10-#5 Seth Adams

11-#59x John Inman

12-#7 Dakota Baggette

13-#65 Coty Bibeau

14-#83 Danielle Stratton

15-#51 Roger Englund

16-#38 Gerald White, Jr.

17-#11 Daniel Conlin, Sr.

18-#99 Leroy Moore

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BANDOLEROS:

1-#96 Teddy Lively

2-#48 Andy Metz

3-#38 Cameron White

4-#11 Daniel Conlin, Jr.

5-#16 Nick Baluch

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KIDS CLUB:

1-#22 Matt Anderson

2-#9 Dakota Hunt

3-#10 Megan Gosselin

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MINI CUPS:

1-#07 Tyler Scofield

2-#21 Rick Ragan

3-#05 Cindarae Irish

4-#77 Cory White

5-#9 Cole Partelo

6-#2 Skip Baird

7-#6 Kenny Sarrasin

8-#3 Brett Suggs

9-#27x Dale Pulst

10-#7 Harold Crooms

11-#12 Devin McLeod

Auburndale Speedway will be closed July 3rd for the Independence Day Holiday, but will re-open On July 10th with the Auburndale Trucks, Sportsman, Mini Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Legends, Bandeleros and Outlaw Modifieds. Racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com.

by Dave Westerman

 Auburndale Speedway made every attempt possible to get the show in Saturday night for the huge crowd that was on hand but Mother Nature had other ideas.

The big storms stayed away from the track but a persistent drizzle caused track officials to call the program at about 9:30. The track had just about dried out from the first rain shower and the first feature was being called into staging just as the drizzle started up for a second time. Officials did not want to keep the fans as late as it would have been in order to try to dry the track a second time.

The rain out will create a big racing program next week as the Late Models will be added to the schedule to make up this weeks race. 27 cars signed in and 25 took time Saturday evening with Chris Fontaine turning the fastest lap at 13.552 seconds. Daniel Webster was second quick followed by Jeff Scofield, Scott Millar and Jason Howell. However, all cars will re-qualify next week, so this weeks times were all for naught.

The Open Wheel Modifieds will also be on the schedule and will qualify for starting positions next week. Also on the program will be the Sportsman cars, Street Stocks, Modified Mini Stocks, Mini Stocks, Legend Cars, V-8 Bombers, Bandoleros and Kids Club. Those classes will run features only. In all, ten classes will be in action.

Rain checks from Saturday night will be honored this week or on July 10th if fans can’t make it back this week. Over 100 cars were in the pits Saturday night and expect many more next Saturday.

by Dave Westerman

Once again Auburndale Speedway played host to another large group of fans who braved hot, steamy weather conditions to enjoy yet another great night of racing highlighted by the School Bus Figure 8’s.

The Street Stock class continues to easily provide some of the best competition week in and week out. The feature race took three tries to finally get a full lap in with the second attempt finding Matt McCrary into the backstretch wall. McCrary returned to the line-up after replacing a tire but had to start from the scratch position and dropped out just a few laps into the race.

Dave Colpritt out-ran heat winner Jeff Waterman into turn one and would set the pace the entire way as, once the race did get going, it ran straight through from green to checker. Colpritt did not have it easy though as James Wright III and Kyle Peters ran him hard the entire distance. On the final lap, Wright bumped Colpritt’s car and got him loose. Wright drove alongside and the pair crossed the stripe in a near dead heat with Colpritt declared the victor by a scant inch.

For Colpritt it was win number four on the year with Wright and Peters getting the place and show spots. Waterman took fourth and Josh Todd was fifth.

After Jason Rendell was sent off the track for a persistent fuel leak, heat winner Mike Sweet ran off and hid in the Modified Mini Stock feature for his second win of the year. Brandon McSwain claimed second trailed by Drew Carter, Dennis Jones and Bruce Anderson.

Best moment of the night came when Kim Gullett took the checkered flag for her first-ever win in the Scrambler division. After winning the heat, the 15-year-old high school student led all the way in the feature race holding off first a determined challenge from Richard Brown, then a late race effort from fellow lady driver Ashton Hunt as the girls would eventually scored a 1-2 finish.

Brown came home third followed by Chad Cutting and Richie Acres. Acres’ drive to fifth came after a lap five tangle with Bryan Tyre that sent Acres to the pits to change a tire. Tyre, who had climbed to within two points of point leader Gullett, lost ground as he was forced out of the event.

Fred Harrison, Jr. was back in victory lane again in the Mini Stocks as he won the heat then led every lap of the feature. The race was slowed by just one caution for debris as Harrison easily led point leader Chris Spring to the line.

Marilyn McCrary was running third coming to the checker but her engine expired and she spun in her own oil coming off turn four. Everyone else managed to snake through with Chris Narramore, Sr., Dwight Ryals, Jr. and Shawn Jenkins taking third through fifth. However, both Narramore and Jenkins were found to have too much forward weight in their FWD machines and were disqualified. That moved Ryals into third and McCrary to fourth with Scott Russ awarded the fifth spot.

The V-8 Bomber feature was a crazy one full of caution flags and crazy driving. James Wright, Sr. was leading when he had to go to the pits with a flat tire during a yellow flag on lap five. Undaunted, Wright came back to pass Gene Harrison on lap eleven, pacing the remaining laps for the win. Preston Davis came on late to secure second followed by Harrison, Kevin Barton and Willie Lacey. Wright also won the heat.

Robert Aaron zipped by early leader Buddy Kessler and held off the pack to win the School Bus Figure Eight race. Despite several close calls, the race was red-flagged just once for a brief period to remove debris from the track. Trailing Aaron to the checker was Danny Taylor while Kessler held on for third in front of Dave Ross and Gary Swing.

Heather Guy topped the Kids Club feature over Megan Gosselin and Dakota Hunt.

Next Saturday night, June 12th, the Auburndale Trucks return to action along with the Sportsman cars, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Legends and Bandeleros. Races start at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndalespeedwy.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS – AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY – 6/5/10:

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STREET STOCKS:

1-#4 Dave Colpritt

2-#56 James Wright III

3-#53 Kyle Peters

4-#42 Jeff Waterman

5-#891 Josh Todd

6-#52 Mike Rowland

7-#26 Mike Bruno

8-#142 Chris Spring

9-#5 Matt McCrary

10-#0 Paul Bookmiller

11-#29 Adam King

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MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:

1-#55 Mike Sweet

2-#37 Brandon McSwain

3-#85 Drew Carter

4-#45 Dennis Jones

5-#07 Bruce Anderson

6-#02 Bo Collier

7-#30 Donnie Guy

8-#15 Jason Rendell

DNS #26 Danny Lunn

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MINI STOCK:

1-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr.

2-#42 Chris Spring

3-#2 Dwight Ryals, Jr.

4-#46 Scott Russ

5-#4 Marilyn McCrary

6-#40 Jason Swilley

DQ #3 Chris Narramore, Sr.

DQ #89 Shawn Jenkins

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V-8 BOMBERS:

1-#56 James Wright, Sr.

2-#89 Preston Davis

3-#88 Gene Harrison

4-#05 Willie Lacey

5-#18 Kevin Barton

6-#105 Jeff Lacey

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SCRAMBLERS:

1-#28 Kimberly Gullett

2-#9 Ashton Hunt

3-#62 Richard Brown

4-#00 Chad Cutting

5-#8 Richie Acres

6-#26 Jerry Cutting

7-#71 Dave Canfield

8-#42 Mike Bauer

9-#77 Jeremy Watts

10-#17 Jerry Pruitt

11-#66 Brian Tyre

12-#4 Jordan Spring

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KIDS CLUB:

1-#30 Heather Guy (Senior)

2-#10 Megan Gosselin (Novice)

3-#9 Dakota Hunt (Novice)

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SCHOOL BUS FIGURE 8’s:

1-#1 Robert Aaron

2-#19 Danny Taylor

3-#13 Buddy Kessler

4-#6 Dave Ross

5-#701 Gary Swing

6-#17 Tom Carroll

7-#9 Andrew Tweedy

8-#11 Chick Whitehead

9-#007 Dustin Aaron

10-#49 Bobby Gordon

11-#10 Dallas Maynard

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