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Dutilly beats long-time nemesis for Desoto win

jesse Dutilly by Scott Lockwood

For the last several years Bradenton’s Jesse Dutilly has been trying to beat Anthony Campi in a head-to-head battle for a race victory at Desoto Speedway.

Using a brand new car in Saturday’s Brighthouse Challenge Series 100-lap Super Late Model event, Dutilly finally got the leg up on his chief rival. The defending series and track champion drove from deep in the field and got the best of Campi on a late restart to take his first victory of the season.

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By rick|2015-04-12T18:44:11-04:00April 12th, 2015|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Racing News|Comments Off

Moff takes second straight win at Desoto

Doug Moff by Scott Lockwood

Doug Moff’s red hot start to the 2015 season continued last weekend with his second consecutive J.D. Byrider 50-lap feature event win at Desoto Speedway on Saturday night.

Moff and Travis Roland spent the first seven laps running side-by-side for the lead, with Roland finally clearing Moff for the top spot at the end of the eighth lap. Roland would lead a five-car freight train of Moff, Hoelzle, Nick Hernandez and Cameron Ray around the three-eighths mile oval for the next several laps.

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By rick|2015-04-05T20:00:01-04:00April 5th, 2015|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Racing News|Comments Off

Chastain wins in Late Model debut

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Despite his young age, Chad Chastain has already piled up several wins at Desoto Speedway, including the inaugural Joey Coulter Florida Pro Truck Series opener.
On Saturday night, the 16 year-old driver scored perhaps the biggest victory of his career, picking up the win in his first start in a Pro Late Model in front of a crowd that included his brother, NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Ross Chastain.

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By rick|2015-03-29T19:34:58-04:00March 29th, 2015|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Racing News|Comments Off

Allen charges through pack twice in Desoto victory

Sport Allen has accomplished a lot during his sprint car racing career, which has included wins on both dirt and asphalt.

But one thing Allen had never done before was come from the back of the field twice for a victory. He can now add that particular accomplishment to his list of accolades after recovering from two early spins and taking Saturday night’s 40-lap Winged Sprint Car feature at Desoto Speedway.

Outside polesitter Johnny Gilbertson grabbed the lead at the start and was joined by Dude Teate, who climbed to second from his starting spot of eighth in just three laps. As the pair were racing for the lead on lap 6, Teate got into the back of Gilbertson heading into turn three causing the leader to spin in front of the field.

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By rick|2015-03-22T20:01:42-04:00March 22nd, 2015|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Racing News|Comments Off

Scofield takes win in 30th Icebreaker 100

Jeff Scofield
By SCOTT LOCKWOOD

Desoto Speedway

For the first three quarters of the 30th running of the Icebreaker 100 this weekend at Desoto Speedway, 2014 Brighthouse Series and Desoto track champion Jesse Dutilly looked like he’d start 2015 in a place he found quite often in 2014: victory lane.

But after a mechanical failure 26 laps from the end of the race brought the Bradenton’s driver’s hopes of winning the track’s biggest race of the year to a screeching halt it was veteran driver Jeff Scofield who was left holding the trophy in front of the sun-drenched crowd in Eastern Manatee County.

Dutilly started on the pole and led the first five laps before being overtaken by Scofield for the top spot. As Scofield, Dutilly, Chris Fontaine and Anthony Cataldi battled for the top spot Cataldi and Fontaine tangled, triggering a melee that collected several cars and sending Cataldi to the pits with damage. He was able to rejoin the field before the restart after quick repairs.

Dutilly passed Scofield for the lead on the outside on a lap 21 restart and wasted no time pulling out to a 10 car-length lead over Scofield, Fontaine and defending race winner Joe Boyd. He had over a one-second advantage over Scofield when the caution flew for Troy McNabb’s spin in turn four. (more…)

By rick|2015-02-11T00:29:51-05:00February 11th, 2015|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Green takes first win at Desoto Speedway

By SCOTT LOCKWOOD

Desoto Speedway

In a little over two years of driving sprint cars 16 year-old Garrett Green has already achieved the honor of being the youngest driver to ever win rookie of the year honors at the Little 500 – the biggest asphalt sprint car race held in the country held each year in May in Anderson, Indiana. After Saturday night, Green has something else he can add to his budding racing resume: sprint car winner. He drove like a seasoned veteran in beating some of the state’s best sprint car drivers in winning the evening’s 40-lap main event.

Green started fourth and got by Matt Alfonso for second on lap 12. The caution flew a lap later for Keith Butler’s spin coming out of turn four.On a restart after a debris caution on lap 17, leader Shane Butler and and Green made contact, sending Butler into a spin in front of the rest of the field. Officials sent Butler back to sixth as the last car on the lead lap for brining out the caution.

Butler needed just two laps to go from sixth to second, passing both Sport Allen and Alfonso in the same pass to go from fourth to second. As the field came to the stripe to complete the race’s halfway point Butler suddenly slowed coming out of turn four, ending his night.Green and Allen pulled away until the caution flew for the final time for debris with 11 laps to go. Green got the jump on Allen on the final restart and went on to win his first ever sprint car win.

“This is unbelivable,” Green said. “The tires were going away for sure and I didn’t have much left. I’m not sure how much this mean yet and it hasn’t sunk in yet. We finally got it and we’ve worked so hard for this.”Allen finished second, with Alfonso rounding out the top three.

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By rick|2014-10-05T22:11:50-04:00October 5th, 2014|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

Race #10 For Coulter Pro-Truck Series Saturday at Desoto Speedway

Orlando FL 8-8-14 – This Saturday night the Joey Coulter Florida Pro-Truck series joins the Super Late Model card on the high banks of Desoto Speedway for race #10 of the series!

The series is building momentum as the season championship, now to be held Nov. 1st at Desoto, approaches. Becca Monopoli continues to lead the points as we head into this important race. The top 10 in points are as follows :

Points After Race #9

1. 59 Becca Monopoli 214 (3)
2. 41 Steve Darvalics 193 (2)
3. 64 Brent Huber 175
4. 25 Cody McDuffie 159 (1)
5. 7 Dylan Martin 141
6. 36 Chad Chastain 120 (1)
7. 50 Danny Anderson 117 (1)
8. 31 Rodney Haddock 105
9. 51 Phil Ellis 66
10. 09 Tommy Caveney 58

(1) – Denotes wins

A good field of trucks is expected as several new drivers plan to race along with the series regulars and Desoto speedway regulars go at it for 50 Laps $1000 to win. (more…)

By Scott|2014-09-08T22:07:22-04:00September 8th, 2014|DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Anderson Survives Carnage to Win at Desoto

SCOTT LOCKWOOD (Desoto Speedway) – Bradenton's Danny Anderson survived a late scare to take Saturday night's crash-marred 50-lap main event for the Joey Coulter Florida Pro Truck Series at Desoto Speedway.

Outside polesitter Brent Huber took the lead on the start and paced the first 10 laps of the race with Bradenton's Tyler Lau and Cody McDuffie right on his tail. Lau pulled ahead for the lead on lap 11 just before the caution flew for debris on the track.

Lau lost the lead to McDuffie on a lap 17 restart. McDuffie, Lau, Anderson and Chad Chastain were pacing the field when Scott Hogan spun going into the third turn and collected series points leader Becca Monopoli on lap 20. Both trucks were able to continue despite heavy damage.

Anderson grabbed the lead on a lap 23 restart and was gradually pulling away from McDuffie and Steve Daravalics until the caution flew again for a spin involving Troy McNabb and Hogan.

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By Scott|2014-07-27T23:22:58-04:00July 27th, 2014|DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

Campi dominates Late Model feature at Desoto

SCOTT LOCKWOOD – Not even a rain delay could slow down Sarasota's Anthony Campi on his way to a commanding win in the Turner Tree & Landscape 75-lap Super Late Model feature at Desoto Speedway Saturday night.

Bradenton's Jesse Dutilly started second and passed polesitter T.J. Duke for the lead before the completion of the second lap. Dutilly pulled away early until Anthony Campi passed Duke for second. Campi started running Dutilly down and was within a couple of car lengths of the lead when the caution flew for Brian Richardson's spin on lap 17.

The caution flew again four laps later for a five-car pileup that started with Daniel Webster and David Green got together just past the start/finish line and ended in turn 1.

After what would be the final restart, Campi passed Dutilly on the outside for the lead at the end of the 25th lap. He would go unchallenged the rest of the way, leading the final 50 laps on his way to the win.

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By Scott|2014-06-02T14:42:55-04:00June 2nd, 2014|DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

Hernandez and Stickler take Twin 35’s

desoto Jake Wilson – The Open Wheel Modifieds, sponsored by J.D. Byrider took to the high banks of Desoto Speedway for Twin 35 lap features. The field was set from an inversion of the heat races starting Travis Roland on the pole alongside Dalton Nelson. A nice stretch of green flag racing came to a halt as the first and second place cars, #10 of Travis Roland and the #0 of Josh Todd would tangle in turns 3 and four. Nick Hernandez in the 37 machine, who has had nothing but bad luck so far this year took advantage of the restarts to work through the field and pick up a huge win. The 03 of Kyle Bookmiller took second while Josh Todd in the 0 recovered to take third.

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By Scott|2014-05-27T18:41:24-04:00May 27th, 2014|DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off