Pete Orr Memorial Race
1. 36 Tim Russell Apopka
2. 84 Wayne Anderson Wildwood
3. 11 David Rogers Orland0
4. 28B Sean Bass Orlando
5. 49 Rich Clouser Palm Bay
6. 38 Chad Pierce Orlando
7. 8M Ryan Booth Charleston, SC
8. 4B Alan Bruns Clermont
9. 20 Anthony Sergi Geneva
10. 55 Todd Allen Debary (more…)
Feature Results:
Street Stocks
1. Marty Smith #18
2. Bobby Rivers #17
3. Heath Walker #NINE
4. Devin Walker #55 jr
5. Ray Durrence #2
6. Trisha Taylor #31
7. Chuck Odom #33A
8. Randy Moody #13
Late Models
1. Adam Bedenbaugh #26
2. Johnny Collins #5
3. David Browning #59
4. Kyle Van Sickle #3K
5. Brandon Cameron #22
6. Bo Allen #71
7. Shan Smith #99
8. Chuck Chitty #66
9. Gene Ross #33
10. Lee Newsome #8
11. Seth Caudell #C1
12. Gary Palmer #37
13. Travis Saunders #93
14. Allen Cribbs #14
15. Chuck Cumby #88
16. Jackie Nosbisch #12
17. Cory Howard #4H
18. Shawn Taylor #83
Box Stocks
1. Kevin Underwood #5
2. Bryan Zimmerman #00Z
3. James Vonleinen #7L
4. Baltimore Bill #71
5. Amber Willis #12
6. Daryl Larson #15D
7. Justin Russell #0
8. #65
9. Dylan Hurston #26
10. Brandon Henault #1
Open Wheel Modifiedsdy Moody #13 MARTY SMITH #18
2ND- BOBBY RIVERS #17
1. Donnie Hall #231
2. Shawn Taylor #83
3. Shane Taylor #82
4. Kyle Arvin #96
5. Duane Paul, Jr. #51
6. Marvin Hassell #29
7. Johnny Mullner #28
8. Dale Trask #51T
9. Adam Higgenbothom #21
10. Chuck Lintz #49
Pure Stocks
1. Chip Owen #21Ohip Owen #21O
2. Shane Taylor #82
3. Andy Olson #13
4. Billy Smith #00
5. Jerry Fortner #F16
6. William Martin #01
7. Rick Reed #66
8. Doran Cheney 98C
9. Chris Rowe #23
10. Richard Reed #91
11. Leonard Long #3L
12. Shawn Creech #07
13. David Hess #15
14. Edward Polbos #25
15. Charles Strickland #28
RD- HEATH WALKER #NINE
4TH- DEVIN WALKER #55JR
5TH- RAY DURRENCE JR #2
6TH- TRISHA TAYLOR #31
7TH- CHUCK ODOM #33A
8TH- RANDY MOODY #13
From Rick Anges, Desoto Super Speedway Media
DESOTO PRO TRUCKS
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 10 37 Nick Hernandez Palmetto , Fl
2 3 4 Dennis Colletti, Jr Florida , Fl
3 5 2C Gerald Campbell Sebring , Fl
4 9 18 Cheyne Hammond Apollo Beach, Fl
5 7 51 Roger Blevins Haines City, Fl
6 1 6 David Davis , Fl
7 6 96 P.j. Letourneau Riverview Dr., Fl
8 8 3 Jim Alterizio Brandon , Fl
9 2 50 Danny Anderson Bradenton , Fl
10 4 38 Cory France Seminole , Fl
ROOKIE TRUCKS
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 3 99 Cody Martell Arcadia , Fl
2 2 21 Randall Leonard Lake Placid, Fl
3 1 4 Brooke Storer Zephyrhills , Fl
DWARF CARS
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 5 56 Larry Hubbard Jr Cape Coral, Fl
2 3 14 Robert Bass Eustis , Fl
3 1 98 Christopher Mcclelland Ocoee , Fl
4 7 2 Jon Brown Lake Panasoffkee, Fl
5 6 00 Donny Bass Orlando , Fl
6 2 33 Roger Richmond Port Charlotte, Fl
7 4 25 John Bass Orlando , Fl
8 10 08 Rebecca George
9 8 77 Todd Brown Lake Panasoffkee, Fl
10 9 1A John Atherton Cape Coral, Fl
MODIFIED MINIS
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 1 26 Nathan Florian Clearwater , Fl
2 3 16 Glenn Kelley New Port, Fl
3 4 21 Andy Fischer Bradenton , Fl
4 2 82 Timothy Herrington Zephyrhills , Fl
5 5 20 Cody Stickler
6 6 4 Robbie Storer Zephyrhills , Fl
MINI STOCKS
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 3 32 Bruce Carbone Bradenton , Fl
2 2 33X Darrin Ellis Myakka City, Fl
3 1 17 James Wood Jr Bradenton , Fl
BOMBERS
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 1 02 John Stewart Pinellas Park, Fl
2 2 42 Steve Elder St Petersberg, Fl
3 7 22 Randy Spicer New Port, Fl
4 8 33X Michael Crooks St Petersberg, Fl
5 3 67 Robert Vigilo Bradenton , Fl
6 6 3X Kyle Best Myakka City, Fl
7 5 81 Alex Patten St Petersberg, Fl
8 4 43 Duane Best Myakka City, Fl
TROPHY DASH
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 3 53 Craig Jackson Bradenton , Fl
2 2 7 Tommy Harper Bradenton , Fl
3 1 25 Mark Jackson Bradenton , Fl
March 26, 2011 – Roger Crouse came close the last time the Gagel’s Auto Parts Open Wheel Modifieds visited East Bay. He watched from second as 2010 division champion Austin Sanders opened the year with a win. On this night, the tables were turned as it was Crouse leading the field home. In picking up the win, Crouse has now scored a feature win at East Bay in every season since 1984, 27 consecutive years.
Crouse praised his crew and pointed out the car was for sale as a new one is being built for him and competitor Mickey Wright. Crouse’s win deadlocks the division points in the early stage since he and Sanders now each possess a first and second.
Kevin Bryant rebounded from an early race spin to claim third in his first 2011 outing. Thomas Pratt, in his first year in the division and Alex Boerner rounded out the top five. Sanders and Bryant claimed heat wins.
The Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Limited Late Models proved to be an interesting race. Three different drivers held the point with Jason Pope first at the helm. Pope lost control of the car while leading, spinning out of the lead and handing it to John Bradley. He kept the top position until a subsequent caution when a fluid leak sent him out of the contest. Tim Gay took over and stretched the lead to more than a straightaway by lap eight. It turned out to be a good thing as Gay’s engine began to give him problems with five laps to go. J.R. Prather Jr. was charging hard but ran out of time as Gay literally coasted across the finish line. By picking up the win, Gay becomes the first driver in 2011 to win features in two divisions. He won the Street stock main on March 12. Prather’s run was good enough for second with Shane Koperda, Waylon Haynes and Forrest Gough (who started last) completing the top five. Pope and Koperda started the night with heat victories.
The Street Stock feature saw heavy attrition as only three cars were running on the lead lap when the checkered flag came out. One of those cars was Jeff Rodgers who had made an earlier visit to the tail after involvement in a spin. Rodgers rallied back and made a pass from third to first on the last restart. James Hook and Billy Carlbert trailed the winner across the line. Last week’s feature winner Jarod Gay spent a lap in the infield and finished fourth, one lap down. Mike Eaton was a lap down, but claimed his first top five of the year. Rodgers and Collin Kruse won their heats.
A field of 36 Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder bombers fought for the 24 starting spots in the A main. Heats were won by Patrick Tabb, Roberto Morfin Sr. and Jacob Vann. Dalton Epps won the B main. In the 15-lap A feature, Morfin Sr. proved to be the class of the field, but he had plenty of company. Patrick Fiore was hounding Morfin to double up his win from last week, but had to settle for second. Don R. Quinn had his best finish of the year with a third. Gene Gross took home fourth with Johnnie Alexander claiming fifth.
Dan Darnell dominated the Old Time Modifieds. Janine Dixon regained the lead on the last lap from husband bill to claim the Dirt Dauber victory.
ASA sanctioned racing returns to East Bay Raceway Park on Saturday, April 2, 2011. The program will include Late Models, East Bay Sprints, Street Stocks, Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers, Dirt Daubers and Fan Participation races. For more information, go to www.eastbayracewaypark.com or call the track office.
Late Model
1. Todd Jones 9
2. Joseph Joiner 10
3. Clint Holmes 18
4. Tyler Allen 221
5. Kenny Townsend 51
DNS John Cody 98
| Hobby
1. David Windham 7 |
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| Open-Wheel Modified
1. John Melton 39 Street Stock 1. Steven Fretwell 24 Vintage 1. Chris Bayhi 12 Stinger 1. Tally Warrick 20 |
From Linda Jericka
The weather and ten dollars admission made for a perfect combination to bring fans out to the Punta Gorda Speedway for a great night of racing action. 
The hill in turns three and four is becoming a very popular place for race fans as they packed the place with lawn chairs to settle in for some of the best short track racing in the state. A full night of racing was on tap which included two 50 lap features by the Q Auto Injury Attorney sponsored Open Wheels and PGS Late Models which both had to qualify for position.
The Cowboy Cadillacs were first to take to the track with eight trucks taking the green and it looked like Chuck Sweet was the truck to beat when at the halfway point the 77 of James Dellea over heated and blew water on the track going into turn one. As Dellea brought out the caution and sat sideways in the middle of the turn the hard charging trucks behind him tried to avoid him but the slick track from the water sent Andy Vanscyoc in the 4 truck slamming in too Dellea’s drivers door so hard it knocked the windshield right out of Dellea’s truck. All drivers were OK and James Wright ended up the winner with Les Couch second and Chuck Sweet settled for third after having mechanical problems.
Super Stock class had the lineup posted and ready for their 25 lap feature, when pole sitter Shane Leonard took the challenge to start in the rear of the field and try to win for a $50.00 bonus. Bobby Fischer and Randy Sober took the first and second spot for the first half of the race while Leonard was making his way through the field. Leonard had made his way into the second spot on a restart bringing Jim Mieser with him and shuffling Sober back a few spots. Shane Leonard took over the lead from Fischer with five to go and went on to win the feature and the bonus.
The PGS late Model line up was set and fast Qualifier Tom Styer out of Mirimar would be starting in the fifth starting position with long time track favorite Randy Fox on the pole. 
Randy “Hondo” Fox out of Lehigh lead the first few laps when he had to pull the black number 4 to the infield as he watched the big wreck happen on the next lap sending 4 more cars to the pits. Steve Gill out of Sarasota would be the only one of the 4 to make it back out with 40 laps still to go. Styer took over the lead from David Weaver on lap 11 while Josh Williams of Port Charlotte was in third. Gill battled his way up to second putting Weaver in third who seemed to be spraying oil all over the windshield of Williams 99 car making it difficult for Williams to see but hung in there to finish the race. Styer went on to win the feature with Hard Charger Steve Gill second Dylan Bigley of Naples ended up third.
Q Auto Injury Attorney is the new sponsor for the Open Wheel Modifieds who would come out next for their 50 lap feature with fast qualifier Doug Moff outside and Shawn Harper on the pole.
Doug Moff took the lead on the first lap with Harper in second as the racing action was fierce behind them for almost the entire caution free race until the “big one” with seven laps to go. It took fifteen minuets to run 43 laps with some of the best racing action of the night till something went wrong on the back stretch which involved the 19 of Steve Arnold and the 71 of L.B. Skaggs which sent Skaggs into the back fence and then back onto the track into the 99 of Sean McLaughlin and cars scattered everywhere.
That caution would bring out a red flag till the safety team announced that all drivers were ok, then track officials realized Skaggs had taken some of the fence down when he bounced off it. Some thought the night would have to be shortened with part of 
the fence gone but track owner Kevin Williams didn’t want to disappoint the crowd or the Pro 4 class that was in staging waiting for their race. Williams and his track officials, safety crew and the help from the Pro 4 drivers worked on the fence and the fans stuck around till it was announced that the Open Wheels would finish their last seven laps which Doug Moff of Ft Myers would that home the win Robbie Cooper of Bronson FL. Second and Shawn Harper of Lake Wales third.
Upward Sports Ministry was on hand for the exciting racing action and put up $50.00 for a hard charger award which was given to Eric Rudd in the number 12 Open Wheel and the number 5 of Steve Gill in the PGS Late Models.
The pro4 class would finally make it onto the track for their 25 lap feature at 11:00 with still plenty of time before the 11:30 curfew. What a great race to top off a great night with the 14 (4 cylinder) cars running 25 laps with no cautions. Dylan Bigley of Naples made his second trip to the winner circle but this time it was for the winner of the night, after his third place finish in his late model, Phillip Ellis of North Port would be second and Paul Richards Sr. third.
April 2nd racing action will be: Pro Trucks and Rookie Trucks, T.Q. Midgets, Pro 4, Fab 4, Road Warriors, Legend cars and Bandoleros. Front gates open at 5:00pm with racing to start around 6:00. All that racing for only $10.00 so bring a friend . Admission is $10.00 for Adults $8.00 for seniors Children 12 and under are FREE.
Punta Gorda Speedway is located at 8655 Piper Road Punta Gorda Exit 161. For more information you can visit the speedway web site at puntagordaspeedway.com or call the speedway at 941-575-7223
Late Model Feature
1. 2 Tommy Styer Miramar,Fl.
2. 5 Steve Gill Sarasota,Fl.
3. 28 Dylan Bigley NaplesFl.
4. 11 David Weaver Plantation,Fl.
5. 99 Josh Williams ,Port Charlotte,Fl.
6. 10 Jason Miller Lehigh Acres,Fl.
7. 8 Dan Scott Naples,Fl.
8. 54 Mark Childress Lakeland,Fl.
9. 93 Joe Gentry Punta Gorda,Fl.
10. 4 Randy Fox Lehigh Acres,Fl.
Open Wheel Modified Feature
1. 46 Doug Moff Ft Myers,Fl
2. 98 Robbie Cooper Bronson,Fl.
3. 00 Shawn Harper Lake Wales,Fl.
4. 12 Eric Ruud Naples,Fl.
5. 53 Doug Miller Largo,Fl.
6. 14 John Garrett Port Charlotte,Fl.
7. 71 L.B.Skaggs Fort Myers,Fl.
8. 19 Steve Arnold Cape Coral,Fl.
9. 99 Sean McLaughlin Port Charlotte,Fl.
10. 25 L.J. Grimm Bronson,Fl.
11. 11 Jimmy Wilkens III Fort Pierce,Fl
12. 76 James Wilkens Jr. Fort Pierce,Fl.
Pro 4 Feature
1. 28 Dylan Bigleyd
2. 29 Phillip Ellis jr.
3. 61 Paul Richards Sr.
4. 31 John Balzarano
5. 04 Ryan Collver
6. 98 Cody Allen
7. 00 Dan Collver
8. 32 Corey Bigley
9. 55 Jeremy Perkins
10. 30 Wally Smith
11. 97 Josh Flesher
12. 22 Thomas Willis
13. 87 Charles Null
14. 38 Gene Connell
Cowboy Cadillac Feature
1. 63 James Wright
2. 33 Les Couch
3. 15 Chuck Sweet
4. 18 Robert Willms
5. 30 Ken Badali
6. 24 Shane Moore
7. 77 James Dellea
8. 4 Andy Vanscyoc
Fab 4 Feature
1. 61 Paul Richards Jr.
2. 31 Karl Garrard
3. 4 David Patterson
4. 30 Linda Badali
5. 3 Zac Campilonga
6. 38 Duane Vandevender
7. 87 Skyler Null
8. 62 Mike McLallen
9. 67 Mike Simmons
10. 9 Allie Espinosa
11. 22 Tammy Phillips
12. 98 Aaron Hardgrove D.N.S.
Mini Stock Feature
1. 29 Chris Zimmerman
2. 21 Fred Harrison
3. 86 John Pummell Jr.
4. 09 Jessica Robbins
5. 29x Mike Slavik
6. 7 Kyle Rice
7 7r Joe Rice D.N.S.
Street Stock Feature
1. 18 Shane Leonard
2. 2 Bobby Fischer
3. 88 Jimmy Meiser
4. 68 Mike Wilson
5. 2s Randy Sober
6. 38 Jeff Gustafson
7. 1 Rick Reed
8. 9 Nic Ortega
Five Flags Media Feature News
How do you like your racing?
In your face or a methodical and calculated brand of door-to-door battles?
The Super Late Models in the Blizzard Series gave a near-capacity crowd both on opening night at Five Flags Speedway.
Bubba Pollard led just four laps Friday, but they all came down the stretch of the Pepsi Max 100.
As he did to kick off the Blizzard Series season last year, Pollard captured the victory, outlasting Grant Enfinger and Augie Grill.
“We were able to take our time and be patient,” said the Senoia, Ga., driver, who took the lead form Enfinger on Lap 96. “Early in the race, we had some chances, but the door would close. That was OK, though.”
Indeed it was.
Pollard followed Enfinger past Grill following the fourth and final restart with eight laps left Friday.
Two of Five Flags wrinkles to the 2011 season proved extremely entertaining.
The debut of new tire that has a different compound in it allowed the drivers to comfortable run all 100 laps without ever having to worry about wearing out.
Fans also got a chance to see double-file restarts for the first time at Five Flags.
Both Grill, who led the final two restarts, and Mike Garvey, who led the first two, chose the outside lane.
“I was real surprised when those guys picked the outside, but now I know why they did,” Pollard said. “I jumped to the outside on the last few laps and the car just stuck. It was awesome.”
It proved wise early on, but came to bite Grill at the end.
When he tried to get the jump on
“I don’t think the other cars were better than us at the end, I just screwed up on the restart,” said Grill, who led much of the race. “They got by me and I couldn’t get back up. The car was good. I may’ve run it a little too hard.”
Grill racing cars hard? Who would’ve believed it?
It came as no surprise to see Enfinger battling Pollard at the end. The fastest car in qualifying at 16.477 seconds, Enfinger had to start in eighth after a roll of the dice inverted the field.
He bided his time before making his move, leading for Laps 93-95 before Pollard edged to the front.
“We knew we could be patient and pick our time to push the envelope,” Enfinger said. “Everything played perfectly. I thought we had the best car at the end.”
Pensacola’s Johanna Long had a great car, too, for much of Friday.
The reigning Snowball Derby queen and NASCAR trucks rookie driver was running in the top five for most of the race before falling back to 10th.
She watched quite a battled unfold between the top three.
“This was great racing,” Pollard said. “That’s what it’s all about right there. Any three of those cars could’ve won tonight. That’s what the fans come out to see.”
Five Flags never disappoints.
Super Stocks
With the night beginning with a thrilling finish, it seemed only fitting that the night would end with another nail-biter.
Bubba Winslow made a late push on the last two laps to edge Jesse Reid at the line in a photo-finish victory.
“I have to thank my dad,” Winslow said. “He turns wrenches on (the car) like he’s out there driving it.”
Reid led the whole race until Winslow got him at very end.
“It was a good race,” a disheartened Reid said. “The car got a little loose at the end.”
Sportsmen
The more things change, the more they stay the same for Steve Buttrick.
Buttrick posted his 13th victory in the last calendar year dominating the field Friday just like he did all of last year.
The Cantonment driver led every lap. Buttrick briefly was challenged by Brannon Fowler, but did not let that faze him. He pulled away late to win by several car lengths.
Bombers
Pace’s Curtis Faircloth and Jay’s Tally Warrick made it a one-two Santa Rosa County finish.
Warrick passed Johnathan Day on Lap 13 of 20.
It appeared the young Warrick would make a flawless transition from the dirt at Milton’s Southern Raceway to the half-mile asphalt oval of Five Flags.
But, the kid got loose coming out of Turn 4 on Lap 17 and Faircloth pounced. He never looked back.
“That was good hard racing, I guess you could say,” Faircloth said. “We put on a show for these folks.”
Pepsi Max 100 results—1. Bubba Pollard; 2. Grant Enfinger; 3. Augie Grill; 4. Donnie Wilson; 5. T.J. Reaid; 6. Mike Garvey; 7. David Rogers; 8. Travis Kittleson; 9. Josh Hamner; 10. Joanna Long; 11. Scott Carlson; 12. Chris Davidson; 13. Dylan Presnell; 14. Junior Niedecken; 15. Dwyane Buggay; 16. Clay Alexander; 17. Allen Karnes; 18. Gary Sullivan; 19. Jeremy Pate; 20. D.J. VanderLey; 21. Ryan Crane; 22. Bobby Good Jr.; 23. Thomas Praytor; 24. Ron McDonald; 25. Daniel Hemric
Super Stock results—1.Bubba Winslow; 2.Jessie Reid; 3. Shannon Jackson; 4. John Shuffler; 5. Randy Thompson; 6. Joe Mahuron; 7. Darin Matthews; 8. Mike Moore
Sportsmen results—1. Steve Buttrick; 2. Brannon Fowler; 3.Michael Couture; 4. Chris Nielsen; 5. Jim Pokrant; 6. Mark Montgomery; 7. Tina Davidson; 8. Marty White; 9. Justin Babb; 10. Todd Jones
Bombers results—1. Curtis Faircloth; 2. Tally Warrick; 3. Johnathan Day; 4. Kenny Bullard; 5. Gary Goodwin; 6. Johnny Greene Jr.; 7. Brandon Burks; 8. James L. Beal III; 9. Courtney Rodrigues; 10. Tony Boyd; 11. Leonard Craig Jr.; 12. Tracy Soles; 13. John Burks; 14. Benny R. Bender; 15. Thom “Doc” Crosslin; 16. Brian Lane; 17. Robert Balkum; 18. Hunter Ward; 19. William C. Davis
Kentucky Star Remains Undefeated In Two Career World of Outlaws Late Model Series Starts At Florida Track
By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director
OCALA, FL – March 25, 2011 – Darrell Lanigan has really taken a liking to Ocala Speedway.
The 40-year-old star from Union, Ky., emerged victorious for the second time in as many career starts at the egg-shaped track, capturing Friday night’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Sunshine 50.’
“Our car runs pretty good here,” said the modest Lanigan, who won the national tour’s inaugural event at Ocala almost exactly one year ago. “We definitely like coming to this place.”
Continuing his torrid comeback in the wake of missing last month’s WoO LMS season opener at Volusia Speedway Park due to a medical issue,
Lanigan scored his second A-Main triumph in a row to join Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., as the tour’s only victors in four 2011 events. He pocketed $10,675 just six days after earning over $20,000 for winning the ‘Cash Cow 100’ at Columbus (Miss.) Speedway.
Lanigan, who started fifth, steered his self-owned Rocket car into third place by the second lap. The 2008 WoO LMS champion drove underneath Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., for second on lap 13 and made the same move to overtake race-long pacesetter Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., for the lead on lap 18.
The remainder of the distance belonged to Lanigan, who kept Richards at arm’s length and survived a lap-49 caution flag that necessitated a green-white-checkered conclusion.
Richards, who started third, settled for a season-best finish of second in his Rocket mount.
He nearly passed Davenport for the lead on lap 12 but skirted high in turns one and two the following circuit, losing the runner-up spot to Lanigan.
Davenport, who started from the pole position, relinquished second to Richards on a lap-18 restart but held on to place third in the Barry Wright house car. Reigning DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., ran among the top five for the entire distance and finished fourth in his Bob Pierce-built machine, and WoO LMS veteran Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., was fifth for his first top-five run of 2011 in his Rocket car.
“The track was a little one-lane tonight, but it was still racy at the beginning and you had to get there (to the front) – and we had the best car to get there,” said Lanigan, who recorded his 21st career win on the WoO LMS since 2004. “I knew I didn’t have too long to get to the front. We got to third quick, and then those two guys (Richards and Lanigan) slipped up a little and we were able to get by ’em.”
Lanigan maintained a half- to full-second edge over Richards throughout the green-flag run stretching from lap 18 to 49. He had just taken the white flag when the race’s third and final caution flag flew after Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., spun out of eighth place in a chain-reaction scramble caused by the slowing car of Seaford, Del.’s Austin Hubbard, who was struck by a flat right-rear tire while holding fifth place.
Richards, 23, was unable to offer a challenge on the ensuing two-lap sprint to the finish. He acknowledged that he had effectively allowed his opportunity to reach Victory Lane for the first time in 2011 slip through his fingers when his bid to unseat Davenport fell short early in the distance.
“When I was up beside of Davenport (on lap 12) he did what he had to do – he got wide and tried to run me out a little,” said Richards, who has won the last two WoO LMS championships.
“When we slipped up (in turns one and two), Darrell got by. That was our shot right there. I knew from then on that there wouldn’t be much passing and Darrell was good, so it would be tough to get back by him.
“I took a chance. I probably should’ve waited because Davenport was softer on tires, but you never know. I knew the bottom was getting rubbered up and I knew we had tire at the beginning, so I figured if we were gonna make a move I probably should try it. It didn’t work out this time, but we still had a good car and it was a good night for us.”
Richards vaulted from fifth to second in the WoO LMS points standings with his performance, closing within two points of Moyer, who remained the leader despite tumbling to 20th in the finish. Lanigan, meanwhile, cracked the top 10 for the first time this season, reaching ninth place, 56 points in arrears of Moyer.
Both of the A-Main’s early cautions involved Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, Ga., a crate Late Model standout making his first-ever WoO LMS start. He spun in turn four on lap five as part of a tangle that included Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa, who ran a backup car after a B-Main accident forced her to use a provisional to start the headliner, and 2011 Rookie of the Year contender Brian Reese of Sharpsburg, Ga., and the upstart spun again on the backstretch on lap 18.
Rick Eckert of York, Pa., finished sixth and Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., placed seventh despite racing the final two laps with a virtually flat right-rear tire. Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla., made his home track fans proud by advancing from the 17th starting spot to finish eighth – and earn the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-placing driver who hasn’t won a WoO LMS A-Main and isn’t ranked among the top 12 in the points standings – while Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Tim McCreadie, whose night went downhill after he fell from second to fifth with two laps remaining in his heat race because he clipped the inside tractor tire in turn two, rounded out the top 10.
Hubbard established a new track record in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, blazing around the track in 14.873 seconds for his first quick-time honor of 2011. He was one of six drivers in the 28-car field to surpass the former one-lap standard of 15.041 seconds set by Richards on Feb. 13, 2011.
Heat winners were Hubbard, Lanigan and Davenport, and Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., topped the B-Main.
The WoO LMS continues its Southeastern tripleheader on Saturday night (March 26) at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., and Sunday night (March 27) at Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Ga.
For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Sunshine 50’ at Ocala Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (5) Darrell Lanigan/51 $10,675
2. (3) Josh Richards/51 $5,750
3. (1) Jonathan Davenport/51 $3,000
4. (6) Jason Feger/51 $2,500
5. (8) Chub Frank/51 $2,550
6. (9) Rick Eckert/51 $2,250
7. (13) Shane Clanton/51 $1,950
8. (17) Ivedent Lloyd Jr./51 $1,800
9. (11) Steve Francis/51 $1,850
10. (15) Tim McCreadie/51 $1,750
11. (10) Vic Coffey/51 $1,100
12. (19) Brent Robinson/51 $1,000
13. (20) Pat Doar/51 $1,250
14. (16) Ron Davies/51 $900
15. (14) Tim Fuller/51 $1,400
16. (18) Clint Smith/51 $1,350
17. (22) John Lobb/51 $770
18. (23) Brian Reese/51 $750
19. (2) Austin Hubbard/51 $1,280
20. (7) Billy Moyer/51 $800
21. (24) Jill George/34 $1,200
22. (12) Tyler Ivey/33 $700
23. (21) Chip Brindle/17 $775
24. (4) David Breazeale/11 $700
NOTE: Race distance went to 51 laps due to green-white-checkered finish
* Earnings include Winners Circle program and cash contingency award bonuses
Time of Race: 21 Mins., 35.568 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.803 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 5, 18, 49)
Lap Leaders: Davenport (1-17); Lanigan (18-50)
Provisional Starters: Reese, George
Rookie of the Race: Doar ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Lloyd ($500)
Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):
1. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 14.873 (NTR)
2. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 14.881
3. 49-Jonathan Davenport/Blairsville, GA 14.907
4. 21B-Chip Brindle/Chatsworth, GA 14.921
5. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 14.941
6. 54-David Breazeale/Four Corners, MS 14.950
7. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 15.045
8. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 15.085
9. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 15.104
10. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 15.109
11. 21L-Ivedent Lloyd Jr./Ocala, FL 15.123
12. 47-Tyler Ivey/Tallahassee, FL 15.166
13. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 15.169
14. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 15.194
15. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 15.198
16. 11d-Pat Doar/New Richmond, WI 15.206
17. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 15.261
18. 3-Brent Robinson/Smithfield, VA 15.311
19. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 15.387
20. 35-Christian Augspurger/Palm Beach Gardens, FL 15.445
21. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 15.550
22. 71d-Ron Davies/Warren, PA 15.614
23. 1L-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 15.751
24. 16-Brian Nuttall Jr./Claxton, GA 15.761
25. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 15.893
26. 33-Brian Reese/Sharpsburg, GA 16.172
27. 10-Leon Henderson/Laurel, MS 16.565
28. 1*K-John Koller/Grand Island, FL 17.500
Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Hubbard, Richards, Moyer, Coffey, Clanton, Davies, George, Brindle, Doar, Koller
Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Lanigan, Feger, Frank, Francis, Fuller, Lloyd, Lobb, Augspurger, Reese
Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer): Davenport, Breazeale, Eckert, Ivey, McCreadie, Smith, Robinson, Henderson, Nuttall
B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Robinson, Doar, Brindle, Lobb, Reese, Nuttall, Augspurger, George, Henderson (DNS) Koller
World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:
Arizona Sports Shirts ($100 apparel certificate to 22nd fastest qualifier): Ron Davies
Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Jason Feger
Comp Cams ($50 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards
Comp Cams (certificate to 11th place in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Tim McCreadie
Eibach Springs (one free spring to each B-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Brent Robinson
JE Pistons ($50 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards
JE Pistons (one set of Pro Seal rings to 11th-place or next highest w/decal, redeemable w/next purchase of one complete set of rings): Vic Coffey
JE Pistons (one set of Pro Seal rings to 21st-place or next highest w/decal, redeemable w/next purchase of one complete set of rings): Jill George
MSD Ignition ($75 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Darrell Lanigan
MSD Ignition ($25 cash to last-place in A-Main or next lowest w/decal): Chip Brindle
Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash to fast qualifier or next highest w/decal): Chip Brindle
Quartermaster ($100 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Jonathan Davenport
Quartermaster ($50 product certificate to 5th-place or next highest w/decal): Chub Frank
Quartermaster ($25 product certificate to 15th-place or next highest w/decal): Tim Fuller
R2C Performance ($100 certificate to highest-finishing driver w/decal or $100 cash if race winner is using R2C filter and decal is displayed): Josh Richards
STP ($50 cash to 2nd-place in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards
Superflow Dynos ($50 cash to 7th-place in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Shane Clanton
VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash to winner of Heat 1 or next highest w/decal): Vic Coffey
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (one five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main or next highest w/decal): Christian Augspurger
WIX Filters ($50 cash to 13th-place in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Pat Doar
Wrisco Aluminum (Three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Darrell Lanigan
2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of March 25 – 4 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):
1. Billy Moyer 536
2. Josh Richards 534 (-2)
3. Rick Eckert 530 (-6)
4. Austin Hubbard 528 (-8)
5. (tie) Tim McCreadie 492 (-44)
5. (tie) Shane Clanton 492 (-44)
5. (tie) Jason Feger 492 (-44)
8. Steve Francis 490 (-46)
9. Darrell Lanigan 480 (-56)
10. Chub Frank 476 (-60)
11. Clint Smith 468 (-68)
12. Tim Fuller 456 (-80)
13. Brent Robinson 430 (-106)
14. Scott Bloomquist 424 (-112)
15. Pat Doar 412 (-124)
16. Vic Coffey 410 (-126)
17. Jonathan Davenport 372 (-164)
18. Ron Davies 364 (-172)
19. Brian Reese 356 (-180)
20. John Lobb 350 (-186)
FOLLOW THE ACTION ON TWITTER: Fans can keep up-to-date with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series online and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter, the internet’s fast-growing social-networking and micro-blogging website. Updates are provided to Twitter ‘followers’ of the WoO LMS throughout each race night, and fans also receive breaking news and interesting notes from the tour.
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LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, they can experience the excitement of the nation’s premier tour live on DIRTvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.
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America’s Favorite Home Track is set for it’s season opener this Friday Night, and we would like to invite you to be a part of it. For the first time in many years, 5 Flags Speedway will drop the inaugural Green Flag for the new season on the Buddy’s Home Furnishings Blizzard Series for Super Late Models, with the running of the Pepsi Max 100. Many of the finest drivers in the region, representing at least 9 states will be on hand. In addition to Friday’s 100 Green Flag Lap extravaganza, the Super Stock, the West Florida Coatings Sportsman, and the Butler’s U Pull It Bomber Divisions will also begin new seasons.
A rematch of the most recent Snowball Derby may very well be in the making Friday Night, as 1st and 2nd place finishers Johanna Long and Donnie Wilson will lead a super strong field of competitors, including recent Rattler 250 Winner Grant Enfinger, 2 time Derby Champ Augie Grill, Georgia hotshoe Bubba Pollard, and last year’s 5 Flags Pro Late Model Champion D.J. VanderLey, making his 5 Flags Super Late Model debut behind the wheel of Eddie Craig’s potent #4. Additionally, Friday Night will mark the return of Pensacola Driver Jeremy Pate, returning after a after a lengthy absence. Last year’s Champ Chase Elliott will be making his NASCAR K & N Series debut this weekend, but plans on returning to the Gulf Coast for Blizzard Series Race # 2 on May 27th.
Randy Thompson will return this week to begin defense of his Super Stock Championship, with Mike Moore, John Schuffler, Bubba Winslow, Shannon Jackson and a host of others out to dethrone the King of Super Stocks.
Thompson himself, and the strongest field ever predicted, of Sportsman Drivers will be on hand to try to stop the long winning streak of Steve Buttrick, last year’s Champion. Buttrick will only be running in the Sportsman Division part time this year, with a part of his schedule being devoted to his new Modified ride. Last year’s Bomber Division Champion Mike Goream will wheel the # 33 on Buttrick’s night off. And speaking of Bomber’s, there is definitely going to be a changing of the guard, with Goream out of the picture.
Inverted starting lineups, double file restarts and a faster running program are just a few of the things awaiting Fans at 5 Flags this year. Additionally on Friday Night, there will be an autograph session for the Super Late Model Drivers prior to the Night’s races. Plan to come early, where at the conclusion of Time Trials, the Fans will be allowed down on the front straightaway to meet and greet their favorite driver. The Steel Drum Band will be providing live music during this part of the activities.
We hope you will like the changes in store for 2011. We think you will. It is our intention to entertain you this year better than ever. Come on out and bring your friends and neighbors. We’re gonna have a blast.