By Carol Andrews

By Carol Andrews

Auburndale Speedway was the place to be for entertainment this past weekend. Action started on Thursday Night for regular practice, then continued on to Friday with a full day of practice and food from Sonny’s Bar-b-que and music entertainment. Then the big day Saturday, Super Late Models made their appearance at Auburndale Speedway with 24 cars competing for 100 laps of racing action. The winners in this race and the others are as follows:

Super Late Models
1-#07 Jeff Scofield
2-#49 Ron Lofquist
3-#85 Austin Kirkpatrick
4-#407 Jason Vail
5-#127 Kyle Maynard
6-#50 Perry Lovelady
7-#21 Kevin Ingram
8-#57 Joe Winchell
9-#70 Jeremy Gerstner
10-#62 Johnny Gerstner
11-#82 Daniel Maddox
12-#54 Ryan Lisak
13-#86 Randy Anderson
14-#42 Jonathan Guy
15-#77 Daryl Shelnut
16-#7 Raymond Lovelady
17-#04 Gayle Haines
18-#27 Cody Lane
19-#39 Tyler Lang
20-#4B Alan Bruns
21-#8 Andrew Carbonell
22-#69 Steve Avinger
N/S-#22 David King
DQ#84 Wayne Anderson

Street Stocks
1-#56 James Wright III
2-#29 Bobby Mobley
3-#17 Kyle Hall
4-35 Matt McCrary
5-#3 Kevin O’Quinn
6-#396 Levi Parsons
7-#16 Andy Harvard
8-352 Mike Rowland
9-#10 Kenny May
10-#22 Chuck Harrison Jr
11-#42 Jeff Waterman
12-#4 Dave Colpritt
13-#25 Cody McDuffie
14-#1 Zack Zellner
N/S#7 Jody Robbins

V-8 Bombers
1-#29 Roger Blevins
2-#111 Josh Borem
3-#96 Larry Chumney II
4-#56 James Wright Sr
5-#12 Dustin Strott
6-#05 Buddy Phillips Jr
7-#0 Paul Bookmiller
8-#14 Donnie King
9-#17 T. J. McLean
10-#87 Chris McGivern
N/S#5 Eugene Davidson

Kids Club
1-#22 Matt Anderson
2-#10 Megan Gosselin
3-#30 Heather Guy
4-#32 Brandon Guy
N/S#84 Ricky Anderson

MIni Cups
1-#14 Sam Scott
2-#08 Tyler Scofield
3-#07 Harold Crooms
4-#74 John Beach
5-#21 Rick Reagon
6-#48 Carlos Pinto
7-#27x Dale Pulst
8-#22 Rick Cline Sr.
9-#47 Brandon Beach
10-#2 Skip Baird
11-#99 Carley Lewis
12-#24 Mike Holt
13-#57 Britney Huntington
14-#20 Brady Marshall
15-#66 Shawn Edge
16-#00 Chuck Tegethoff
17-#14x Jim Irish
18-#3 Danny Suggs
19-#67 Azh Hoyt
20-#9 Cole Partelo
N/S#27 Dale Pole
N/S#37 Rick Cline Jr

Mini Stocks
1-#84 Aaron Williamson
2-#3 Chris Narramore Sr
3-#42 Chris Spring
4-#21 Fred Harrison Jr
5-#33 Donnie Guy
6-#46 Randy King
7-#88 Kevin Steadman
8-#1 Bill Bell
9-#40 Jason Swilley
10-#26 Nate Florian
11-#17 Mark Nagle
12-#2 Dwight Ryals
13-#551 Mark Wells
14-#155 James Pate
15-#5 Tony Davidson
16-#53 Sonny Miles
17-#4 Marilyn McCrary

Legends
1-#59 Jake Perkins
2-#8 Justin Brown
3-#4 Tyler Smith
4-#38 Gerald White Jr
5-#22 Mason Ketterman
6-#44 Gary Verdier
7-#17 Mike Gleason
8-#01 Amber Colvin
9-#31 Lynn Wiles
10-#4R Zach Napoleon
11-#51 Roger Englund
12-#5 Seth Adams
13-#83 Danielle Stratten
14-#4x Brandon Love
15-#56x David Tullis
16-#07 Dave Gleason
17-#7 Dakota Baggette

Bandeleros
1-#13 Ryan Shattuck
2-#38 Cameron White
3-#11 Coty Bibeau
4-#1 Mark Bibeau

Next week at Auburndale Speedway the schedule of races will include the Pro Challenge Cars along with Open Wheel Modified, Modified Mini, V-8 Bombers, Scramblers, Mini Stocks, Legends and Bandeleros. Racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com

Auburndale Speedway; Winter Haven, Florida: Race scheduled for Saturday, March 20, 2010.

Port City Race Cars/AMF Chassis 100 Qualifying
It was another great day for racing, weather-wise, as 24 Late Models took to the track for qualifying at 5:30. Jason Vail in the No. 407 held fast time throughout most of the round with a 13.46 second lap, only to see Jeff Scofield in the No. 07 lay down a lap of 13.37 seconds. Qualifying was red-flagged at about midway as a result of a serious crash involving David King in the No. 22. King’s throttle appeared to hang as he entered his second qualifying lap, sending him hard into the first turn wall. He walked away uninjured.

The top six qualifiers subsequently drew for starting spots, with Scofield drawing the pole, third fastest qualifier Wayne Anderson (No. 84) drawing the outside pole, and Ron Lofquist (No. 49), Jason Vail (No. 407), Kevin Ingram (No. 21), and Tyler Laing (No. 39) rounding out the top 6.

Port City Race Cars/AMF Chassis 100 Results
A multi-car wreck at the start of the Sunoco FAST Late Model feature, followed by a red flag while the damaged cars of Steve Avinger, Alan Bruns, Tyler Laing, and Andrew Carbonell were removed, set the tone for what would be a night of hard racing. When racing finally got underway roughly 20 minutes later, a lap two incident with Kevin Ingram (21) sent Wayne Anderson (84) spinning to the infield.

On lap 32, a caution sent Daryl Shelnut (77) to the rear, while Wayne Anderson moved back into the top five on lap 45. Meanwhile, a three-car battle between Scofield, Lofquist, and Vail continued at the front of the field, while Ingram and Wayne Anderson moved in to the top five.

On lap 65, Ingram and Wayne Anderson, running third and fourth, tangled again, sending Ingram into the first turn wall. Anderson was disqualified, finishing 24th.

On the restart, Austin Kirkpatrick (85) took over third place, while Scofield and Lofquist continued their battle, with Scofield steadily pulling away. On lap 81, Randy Anderson and Joe Winchell (57) tangled in turn 2, sending the Rookie Anderson’s car to the pits while Winchell rejoined the field.

The restart saw Scofield jump out to a three-car length lead, only to have the race go back under caution as Jeremy Gerstner (70) and Jason Vail collided in turn 2, sending Vail spinning to the infield. When the race resumed on lap 86, Scofield resumed command, building a straightaway lead by lap 90.

A caution on lap 98 caused by a spinning Ryan Lisak generated a final restart, but Scofield was not to be caught, leading all 100 laps of the Sunoco FAST feature. The race was slowed by seven cautions and two red flags.

UNOFFICIAL FINISHING ORDER
1. #07 Jeff Scofield
2. #49 Ron Lofquist
3. #85 Austin Kirkpatrick
4. #407 Jason Vail
5. #127 Kyle Maynard
6. #09/50 Perry Lovelady
7. #21 Kevin Ingram
8. #57 Joe Winchell
9. #70 Jeremey Gerstner
10. #62 Johnny Gerstner
11. #82 Danny Maddox
12. #54 Ryan Lisak
13. #86 Randy Anderson
14. #42 Jonathan Guy
15. #77 Daryl Shelnut
16. #7 Raymond Lovelady
17. #04/60 Gayle Haines
18. #27 Cody Lane
19. #39 Tyler Laing
20. #4 Alan Bruns
21. #8 Andrew Carbonell
22. #69 Steve Avinger
23. #22 David King DNS
24. #84 Wayne Anderson DQ’D

by Dave Westerman

Another good crowd of fans braved a somewhat chilly and very breezy night to enjoy some great action Saturday at Auburndale Speedway.

Veteran driver Dave Dunkin just seems to keep improving with age as he scored his second straight win in the Sportsman class. Heat winner Mark Medieros lined up on the pole and led the first three laps of the feature before Dunkin slipped by. Medieros never lost touch with the leader though and made a race of it as Dunkin’s car got very loose off the corners in the late stages of the race.

Dunkin’s years of experience got him to the checker first with Medieros a close second followed by Austin Carr, Chuck Harrison and Kyle Alford.
The Southeastern Champ Kart Series made its first appearance of the year with 18 karts signing it to do battle. Phil Harp led the majority of the race but some late cautions bunched up the field and made for a wide-open race to the checker.

When all was said and done, Dustin Chisholm ended up in victory lane trailed by Tim Simmons, Kenner Brown III, Dennis Mace and Romay Venta. Simmons and Joey Coaxum were the heat race winners.

The Street Stock feature was a real heartbreaker for rookie driver Matt McCrary who moved up from the Scrambler class this year. McCrary won the heat race and was running away with the feature when he spun all by himself coming off turn four on lap 14. A lap later, he got tangled up with another car and spun in the same spot.

Dave Colpritt gained the advantage at that point and held off a late charge by James Wright III to claim his first win of the year as some late-race shenanigans saw three drivers DQ’d for rough driving. McCrary managed to come back up to third at the finish while Andy Harvard sped past a final lap altercation between Jeff Waterman, Ken Lawrence and Cody McDuffie to get fourth spot. Waterman wound up fifth.

Point leader Chris Spring passed early leader Donnie Guy and sped to his second win of the year in the Mini Stocks in a race that ran without a caution flag. Fred Harrison, Jr. made a late charge to get second spot with Guy third, Randy King fourth and Tony Davidson fifth.

Once again, the apparent winner of the V-8 Bomber feature was set down in tech, this time for a controversial weight infraction penalty. Chris Narramore, Jr. crossed the stripe first after leading from lap four however the win was disallowed. The only thing different in the outcome this time was that Josh Borem didn’t win… this time it was Larry Chumney who netted the victory with Borem second. Finishing third through fifth were James Wright II, newcomer T.J. McLean and Brian Harbin.

It was quite a night for Jason Rendell in the Modified Mini Stocks. Rendell had worked it out with track owner Rex Guy to have the Mod Minis run their feature last on the card so he could run the feature at Citrus County Speedway where he was leading the points and the class was slated to be the first feature of the evening.

After finishing sixth at Citrus, Rendell made the hour-and-a-half trip to Auburndale arriving just in time to join the tail end of the feaure line-up.
Heat winner Mike Sweet led the opening five laps but Rendell was flying and took the point never to be headed in another green-to-checker race. Rendell is now two-for-two at Auburndale this year. Sweet took second followed by Scotty Sharpe, Dennis Jones and Jessica Robbins.

Scrambler action saw Reggie Ware lead all the way to take the win over heat winner Ashton Hunt, Kimberly Gullett and Dave Canfield.

Next weeks Special event will be the Fast Late Model Series. Weekend events will start on Friday Morning. Gates opening at 10AM with practice starting at 2PM. All classes are invited to practice. The Soggy Bottom Bait Shop Boys will play from 8 to 11PM. Cost is $15.00 a person and all race fans are welcome to come in the pits. There will be free Sonny’s BBQ and two kegs of beer plus sodas and water. Fans can bring their armband from Friday night back on Saturday Night for the Fast Late Model Race and receive $5.00 off general grandstand admission on March 20th only.

Also running on Saturday night will be the Mini Cups, Street Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Legends, Bandeleros, Mini Stocks and Kids Club. Racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com. Lindsey’s Little Racers will also be giving away a pair of Bicycles. All kids age 10 and under will be eligible.

OFFICIAL RESULTS – AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY – 3/13/10:

SOUTHEASTERN CHAMP KART SERIES:
1-#7 Dustin Chisholm
2-#14 Tim Simmons
3-#73 Kenner Brown III
4-#1 Dennis Mace
5-#13 Romay Venta
6-#66 Joey Coaxum
7-#33 Mitch Stevens
8-#11 Jessie Foster
9-#77 Phillip Harp
10-#30 Billy Smith
11-#93 Ryan Walters
12-#89 Caylyn Brown
13-#27 Mike Medrez
14-#47 Wesley Gonzales
15-#12 Kenner Brown, Jr.
16-#48 Sam Bowman
17-#63 Ed Brillhati
18-#71 Barry Bartlett

V-8 BOMBERS:
1-#96 Larry Chumney
2-#111 Josh Borem
3-#56 James Wright II
4-#17 T. J. McLean
5-#29 Brian Harbin
6-#0 Paul Bookmiller
7-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr.
N/S #5 Eugene Davidson
DQ#21 Chris Narramore, Jr.

SPORTSMAN:
1-#71 Dave Dunkin
2-#13 Mark Medeiros
3-#8 Austin Carr
4-#22 Fred Harrison, Jr.
5-#51 Kyle Alford
6-#92 Ted Head
7-#60 Richard Fiore

MINI STOCKS:
1-#42 Chris Spring
2-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr.
3-#33 Donnie Guy
4-#88 Randy King
5-#5 Tony Davidson
6-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr.
7-#12 Chuck Frazier
8-#55 Steve Routt, Jr.
9-#17 Mark Nagle
10-#551 Mark Wells
11-#46 Jordan Spring
12-#40 Jason Swilley

STREET STOCKS:
1-#4 Dave Colpritt
2-#56 James Wright III
3-#5 Matt McCrary
4-#16 Andy Harvard
5-#42 Jeff Waterman
6-#25 Cody McDuffie
N/S #76 Kyle Hall
DQ#22 Chuck Harrison
DQ#89 Austin Jenkins
DQ#65 Ken Lawrence

SCRAMBLERS:
1-#66 Reggie Ware
2-#9 Ashton Hunt
3-#28 Kimberly Gullett
4-#71 Dave Canfield

MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:
1-#15 Jason Rendell
2-#55 Mike Sweet
3-#89 Scott Sharpe
4-#45 Dennis Jones
5-#09 Jessica Robbins
6-#26 Jimmy Pugh

Next weeks Special event will be the Fast Late Model Series. Weekend events will start on Friday Morning. Gates opening at 10AM with practice starting at 2PM. All classes are invited to practice. The Soggy Bottom Bait Shop Boys will play from 8 to 11PM. Cost is $15.00 a person and all race fans are welcome to come in the pits. There will be free Sonny’s BBQ and two kegs of beer plus sodas and water. Bring your armband from Friday night back on Saturday Night for the Fast Late Model Race and receive $5.00 off general grandstand admission on March 20th only. Also running on Saturday night will be the Mini Cups, Street Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Legends, Bandeleros, Mini Stocks and Kids Club. Racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com.

By Carol Andrews

Saturday Night at Auburndale Speedway, we had 18 Southeast Champ Karts take the green flag for their feature race. The winners in the Karts and the other classes are as follow:
1-#7 Dustin Chisholm
2-#14 Tim Simmons
3-#73 Kenner Brown III
4-#1 Dennis Mace
5-#13 Romay Vent
6-#66 Joey Coaxum
7-#33 Mitch Stevens
8-#11 Jessie Foster
9-#77 Phillip Harp
10-#30 Billy Smith
11-#93 Ryan Walters
12-#89 Caylyn Brown
13-#27 Mike Medrez
14-#47 Wesley Gonzales
15-#12 Kenner Brown Jr
16-#48 Sam Bowman
17-#63 Ed Brillhati
18-#71 Barry Bartlett

V-8 Bombers
1-#96 Larry Chumney
2-#111 Josh Borem
3-#56 James Wright III
4-#17 T. J. McLean
5-#29 Brian Harbin
6-#0 Paul Bookmiller
7-#05 Buddy Phillips Jr
N/S #5 Eugene Davidson
DQ#21 Chris Narramore Jr

Sportsman
1-#71 Dave Dunkin
2-#13 Mark Medeiros
3-#8 Austin Carr
4-#22 Fred Harrison Jr
5-#51 Kyle Alford
6-#92 Ted Head
7-#60 Richard Fiore

Mini Stocks
1-#42 Chris Spring
2-#21 Fred Harrison Jr
3-#33 Donnie Guy
4-#88 Randy King
5-#5 Tony Davidson
6-#3 Chris Narramore Sr
7-#12 Chuck Frazier
8-#55 Steve Routt Jr
9-#17 Mark Nagle
10-#551 Mark Wells
11-#46 Jordan Spring
12-#40 Jason Swilley

Street Stocks
1-#4 Dave Colpritt
2-#56 James Wright III
3-#5 Matt McCrary
4-#16 Andy Harvard
5-#42 Jeff Waterman
6-#25 Cody McDuffie
N/S #76 Kyle Hall
DQ#22 Chuck Harrison
DQ#89 Austin Jenkins
DQ#65 Ken Lawrence

Scramblers
1-#66 Reggie Ware
2-#9 Aston Hunt
3-#28 Kimberly Gullett
4-#71 Dave Canfield

Modified Mini
1-#15 Jason Rendell
2-#55 Mike Sweet
3-#89 Scott Sharpe
4-#45 Dennis Jones
5-#09 Jessica Robbins
6-#26 Jimmy Pugh

Next weeks Special event will be the Fast Late Model Series. The weekend events will start on Friday Morning with gates opening at 10:00 A M, Practice starts at 2:00 PM. All classes will practice. Band will play from 8:00 to 11:00 PM Cost is $15.00 a person.

Bring your armband from Friday Night back on Saturday Night for the Fast Late Model Race and receive $5.00 off general grandstand admission on March 20th only. We will also be running Mini Cups, Street Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Legends, Bandeleros, Mini Stocks and Kids Club.

Auburndale Speedway will be the place to be for the best entertainment for the whole family. Racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com

by Dave Westerman

The third week of the racing season still saw some chilly weather at Auburndale Speedway Saturday night, but a nice crowd of fans was treated to a full pit of race cars and plenty of action.

Fifteen Open Wheel Modifieds checked in to do battle in their 40 lap headliner with Kyle Bookmiller and Von Pope taking heat race wins to earn front row starting spots for the feature.

The first start was aborted when several cars at the rear of the starting grid got shuffled around sending Harold Cannon for a spin. No cars were damaged and a second try at starting the race saw Bookmiller waste little time showing who would be the boss on this night.

Pope slid back a few spots as Wayne Morris held on to second but was unable to do more than just keep Bookmiller in sight. Caution flew on lap eight as L.J. Grimm and Eddie Hartin got tangled up in turn four with both restarting at the tail. Bookmiller resumed his charge out front as Keith Lilley slid into third to challenge Morris.

The top three continued in that order until the second and final yellow flag of the race came out on lap 24 when Bobby Blake suffered a flat tire. He went pit side but returned with new rubber in time for the restart.

Bookmiller was not able to run and hide from Morris and Lilley after the restart but had plenty of “reserve” to take a relatively easy win admitting in victory lane that his old tires “were giving up a bit.”

Morris, who indicated his well-worn engine was holding him back, was elated with finishing second. “I should have my new engine ready for the next race, then we’ll be ready to get to the checker first,” said Morris. Lilley was also happy with his third place run after an altercation between he and Morris during the first race of the year put him out of the running while leading.

Back behind the wheel of his own car, James Wright III had a steady run for fourth while Pope settled for fifth. Rounding out the top ten were Kevin Macy, Cannon, Harold Crooms, Colin Cabre and Grimm.

All fifteen starters were still running at the end. Blake’s tire troubles just added to a frustrating night for him. After winning here on opening night, Blake struggled all race long and eventually finished dead last.

The Legend Cars were out in force for their first racing of 2010 with five drivers seeing their first-ever Legends racing action at the track.

Jake Perkins won the first heat and sat on the pole for the feature. That was pretty much all she wrote as “No Brake Jake” set the pace all 25 laps although he did have constant pressure from Devin McLeod. Gerald White, Jr.

was a close third trailed by Justin Brown and Dave Gleason. Second heat winner Mason Ketterman took the checker in sixth with Lynn Wiles, John Inman, Doug Hall and Mike Gleason completing the top ten.

The Street Stocks put on a crowd-pleasing show. Only one caution flag slowed the pace on lap three as Kyle Hall suffered a flat tire while riding in the top five.

Jeff Waterman grabbed the early lead and appeared to possibly be on his way to a second consecutive win but his car seemed to go away on him during the last few laps. James Wright III got around Waterman and sped to his second win of the year.

Dave Colpritt also passed Waterman and came home second while Waterman eventually wound up third. Bobby Mobley took the checker in the show spot but was DQ’d in tech. Matt McCrary was fourth and Chuck Harrison, Jr. fifth. Heat wins went to Wright III and Waterman.

Fred Harrison, Jr. became the third different winner in three weeks as the defending class champion took the win in the Mini Stock feature. After winning the second heat, Harrison chased first heat winner Chris Narramore, Sr. for several laps before eventually making the winning pass. Chris Spring got by Narramore late in the going and took second while Narramore held on for third in front of Donnie Guy and Tony Davidson.

The tech area, sometimes referred to as “Ted Head’s Shed,” was a busy place again Saturday night. Apparent V-8 Bomber winner Chis McGivern was set down for a rules infraction. That gave Josh Borem his third straight win in the class, two of which have come after the car that took the checker first was disqualified. “Guess it pays to be legal,” said Borem.

Larry Chumney, Sr. took second while Matt Bozeman ended up third after apparent third and fourth place finishers Dustin Strott and Paul Bookmiller were DQ’d for rough driving. Fourth eventually went to Kevin Barton with Donnie King fifth. Buddy Phillips, Jr. and McGivern won the heat races.

After heat winner Matt Johns hit the wall, Brian Tyre drove to what he thought was an easy Scrambler win. However his car, as well as that of second place Brandon Henault, were disqualified moving Dave Canfield to the winners circle. Jeremy Watts would take second with Johns third and Scott Russ fourth.

Johnathan Guy made yet another runaway of the Dwarf Car competition. The 2009 champion, who is moving up to the Late Models this year, led all the way to win over Bo Bass, heat winner Sonny O’Sullivan, Johnny Bass and Terry Taylor.

OFFICIAL RESULTS – AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY – 3/6/10:

OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED:
1-#03 Kyle Bookmiller
2-#98 Wayne Morris
3-#87 Keith Lilley
4-#56 James Wright III
5-#01 Von Pope
6-#19 Kevin Macy
7-#4 Harold Cannon
8-#07 Harold Crooms
9-#51 Colin Cabre
10-#25 L.J. Grimm
11-#101 David Grogan
12-#35 Ron Abney
13-#5 Eddie Hartin
14-#00 Shawn Harper
15-#75 Bobby Blake

BANDOLEROS:
1-#38 Cameron White

LEGEND CARS:
1-#59 Jake Perkins
2-#21 Devin McLeod
3-#38 Gerald White, Jr.
4-#8 Justin Brown
5-#07 Dave Gleason
6-#22 Mason Ketterman
7-#31 Lynn Wiles
8-#59x John Inman
9-#55 Doug Hall
10-#17 Mike Gleason
11-#4x Brandon Love
12-#5 Seth Adams
13-#51 Roger Englund
14-#83 Danielle Stratton
15-#4R Zach Napoleon
16-#56x David Tullis
17-#7 Dakota Baggett

DWARF CARS:
1-#42 Jonathan Guy
2-#00 Bo Bass
3-#0 Sonny O’Sullivan
4-#25 Johnny Bass
5-#99 Terry Taylor

MINI STOCKS:
1-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr.
2-#42 Chris Spring
3-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr.
4-#33 Donnie Guy
5-#5 Tony Davidson
6-#40 Jason Swilley
7-# 55 Steve Routt
8-#90 Danny Pearson
9-#46 Randy King
10-#60 Tracy Maynard
11-#8 Jordan Spring
12-#10 Michael Foster
13-#155 James Pate
14-#53 Sonny Miles
15-#88 Kevin Steadman

SCRAMBLERS:
1-#71 Dave Canfield
2-#77 Jeremy Watts
3-#51 Matt Johns
4-#4 Scott Russ
DNS #00 Chad Cutting
DQ #66 Brian Tyre
DQ #1 Brandon Henault

STREET STOCKS:
1-#56 James Wright III
2-#4 Dave Colpritt
3-#42 Jeff Waterman
4-#5 Matt McCrary
5-#22 Chuck Harrison, Jr.
6-#3 Kevin O’Quinn
7-#17 Kyle Hall
8-#16 Andy Harvard
9-#10 Kenny May
10-#65 Ken Lawrence
11-#1 Achary Zellner
12-#7 Jody Robbins
13-#48 Eddie Hartin
14-#98 Mike Rowland
DQ #29 Bobby Mobley

V-8 BOMBERS:
1-#111 Josh Borem
2-#96 Larry Chumney, Sr.
3-#29 Matt Bozeman
4-#18 Kevin Barton
5-#14 Donnie King
6-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr.
7-#60 Greg Valdez
8-#16 Tommy King
DNS #118 Eddie Davis
DNS #5 Eugene Davidson
DQ #0 Paul Bookmiller
DQ #87 Chris McGivern
DQ #12 Dustin Strott

Next week, March 13th, The Sportsman cars return for their second race of the year. Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Scramblers, and Modified Mini Stocks will also be in action. Racing begins at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com.

 By Carol Andrews

by Dave Westerman

About the only thing hot at the races Saturday night other than the racing at Auburndale Speedway were the hot dogs, hot chocolate and hot coffee which was consumed in mass quantities by a surprisingly good-sized crowd on what could only be described as a bone-chilling Central Florida evening.

The Sportsman cars made their 2010 season debut and one thing was for certain in this race… give veteran Dave Dunkin the pole and more than likely he’ll win. That’s exactly what happened although Dunkin had to use all of his years of knowledge racing on the tight third-mile to hold on for the victory.

A short field of Sportsman were made even shorter when the rear end broke on Mark Medeiros’ car during hot laps and his mount was on the trailer before sunset.

Outside pole sitter Bart Weatherford got loose on cold tires during the initial start and spun but everyone was able to avoid him. Dunkin jumped to a quick lead with Weatherford trailing once the green was displayed. But the car that was really hooked up was that of Aaron Williamson.

Williamson dusted off Weatherford and began pressuring Dunkin using everything but the figure eight track to try and get by while the “old man” in his familiar “Blue Goose” Chevy thwarted every move.

Brett Jenkins was running well but had something break on his car and he slapped the turn one wall to bring out the caution on lap 20. He was able to drive his machine to the pits but retired it for the rest of the race.

Weatherford again got loose on the restart, nearly tagged the wall and was just clipped by Austin Carr while Kyle Aflord spun to avoid getting involved. All cars restarted.

Dunkin held off a furious charge by Williamson to take the checker and add to his already huge win total at Auburndale. Weatherford came home third trailed by Carr and Alford. Dunkin also won the heat race.

Chris Spring had it all together in the Mini Stocks as he dominated both the heat and feature in what is a usually tightly-contested class.

Spring jumped out front at the outset and just drove away from the field as the race went green to checker without a yellow flag. The best race was for second as Chris Narramore, Sr., the opening night winner, held off Donnie Guy and Fred Harrison, Jr. at the stripe. Danny Pearson took the fifth spot.

Brandon Duscherer looked to have the car to beat in the Street Stocks as he took the heat race win and had the pole for the feature. However, Duscherer’s car wasn’t up to the task come feature time. He barely made it out for the start, then passsed Matt McCrary (who led the first lap) and easily stayed out front for a few laps before his machine began to falter. Jeff Waterman zipped by on lap 16 while Duscherer took his now-smoking car to the infield. Caution was displayed as a small fire was put out under the hood of Duscherer’s racer.

Waterman set the pace the remaining few laps to score a popular win. Austin Jenkins took the checker second but was set down in tech for an infraction moving McCrary up to second. Chuck Harrison, Jr. was also DQ’d after the race actually giving third spot to Duscherer.

Chris Narramore, Jr. was out with a beautiful new V-8 Bomber and led all the way to apparently win the race, but the heavy hand of the tech man took the win away. That gave Josh Borem his second win in a row after he though he finished a distant second. Heat winner James Wright, Sr. took the runner-up spot trailed by Paul Bookmiller and Buddy Phillips, Jr.

Scrambler action saw Chelsea LaJoie hit the turn one wall nearly head-on in the heat race. She was OK, but done for the night. After winning the heat, Matt Johns also raced to victory in the feature. Brian Tyre led the early going but Johns kept up the pressure and snared the top spot on lap eight never to be headed. Tyre came home second ahead of Kimberly Gullett and Brandon Henault.

Craig Jackson actually crossed the line in fourth but became yet another driver to succumb to the pressures of post-race tech.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS – AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY – 2/27/10:

MINI STOCKS:

1-#42 Chris Spring

2-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr.

3-#33 Donnie Guy

4-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr.

5-#90 Danny Pearson

6-#8 Jordan Spring

7-#20 Kenny Uhl

8-#17 Mark Nagle

9-#46 Randy King

DNS#88 Kevin Steadman

STREET STOCKS:

1-#42 Jeff Waterman

2-#5 Matt McCrary

3-#26 Brandon Duchscherer

DQ#89 Austin Jenkins

DQ#22 Chuckie Harrison, Jr.

SCRAMBLERS:

1-#51 Matt Johns

2-#66 Brian Tyre

3-#28 Kimberly Gullett

4-#1 Brandon Henault

DQ#53 Craig Jackson

DNS#4 Scott Russ

DNS#3 chelsea Lajoie

V-8 BOMBERS:

1-#111 Josh Borem

2-#56 James Wright, Sr.

3-#0 Paul Bookmiller

4-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr.

DQ#21 Chris Narramore, Jr.

SPORTSMAN:

1-#71 Dave Dunkin

2-#113 Aaron Williamson

3-#1 Bart Weatherford

4-#8 Austin Carr

5-#51 Kyle Alford

6-#89 Brett Jenkins

DNS#13 Mark Medeiros

SCHOOL BUS FIGURE 8 RACE:

Top 3 of 12 buses

1-#701 Gary Swing

2-#19 Daniel Taylor

3-#1 Robert Aaron

Next Weeks racing schedule includes: Open Wheel Modifieds, Street Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Scramblers, Mini Stocks, Legends and Bandeleros. Racing starts at 7 PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to www.auburndaleracing.com.

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 By Carol Andrews