by Dave Westerman
Thanks to Florida’s Barn, the Open Wheel Modified class will have a little extra money in their purse Saturday night at Auburndale Speedway. Saturday’s
40 lap headliner will now pay $700 to win along with $500 for second and $400 for third place. Along with the Modifieds, the Modified Mini Stocks, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Scramblers and V-8 Bombers will also be in action.
Although James Wright III has yet to win this year in the Open Wheel Modified class, he now has hold of the point lead in the class. Wayne Morris, who failed to show for the last race, has dropped to third in the standings. Wright has a decent 80 point edge on two-time winner Bobby Blake while Morris is 14 markers in back of Blake. Wright III has used consistency to snare the top spot in the standings. In eight races, Wright has finished second three times and third twice. Travis Roland has been the hottest driver in the class during the last three events with a win, a second and a fourth place finish to his credit.
The Street Stock point battle continues to heat up. After both Matt McCrary and Jeff Waterman had bad nights last week, race winner Dave Colpritt has closed to within shouting distance of the two leaders. McCrary, who had his first win in the bag last week before hitting the wall with less than two laps to go, still leads by 16 over Waterman who had to battle a sick engine all evening last Saturday. Colpritt’s win moved him to within 44 points of the lead.
Modified Mini Stock point leader Scotty Sharpe is coming of his first win in the class last time out. The point battle in the class is far from over as Jason Rendell sits just 12 back of Sharpe and just two points separate Rendell from third place Mike Sweet.
The fight for the Mini Stock point title is still a two-man show with Chris Spring leading Fred Harrison, Jr. by 30. Together, the pair have won 15 of the 20 features run so far this year. Jason Swilley should take over third in points this week from Chris Narmore, Sr. who is no longer active in the class.
Brian Tyre is the new point leader in the Scrambler division after previous point leader Kim Gullett’s car was DQ’d after an apparent win last week. Tyre still has only a six point edge on Gullett who vows to be back on top again after this week. Chad Cutting continues to lurk in third spot, 64 points out of first. The class continues to be very competitive as there have been 11 different winners in the 15 races held.
The once huge point lead of Josh Borem has now been trimmed to just 50 in the V-8 Bombers. Borem has not raced in over a month and Buddy Phillips, Jr.
has been steadily eating away at Borem’s advantage.
There will be open practice for all divisions Thursday evening from 5-8PM. Cost is $10 per person. Saturday, pit gates open at 2PM, grandstands open at
5PM, Open Wheel Modified qualifying will be at 7PM followed by all the racing action. Adult admission is $12, seniors are $10, kids 5-12 are $5 and children 4 and under are free. Family packs are $25.
All kids aged 10 and under will receive an extra ticket from “Lindsey’s Little Racers” and will be eligible for two great prize packs donated by Martha Nemecheck & Chek Motorsports. Twenty free ice creams will also be up for grabs courtesy of Street Stock drivers Dave Colpritt and Jerrell Cook.
Points as of July 31, 2010:
LATE MODELS:
1-#07 Jeff Scofield 483 (2 wins)
2-#21 Kevin Ingram 382
3-#50 Perry Lovelady 369
4-#17 Ryan Lisak 348
5-#407 Jason Vail 339
6-#49 Ron Lofquist 332
7-#36 Tim Russell 303 (2 wins)
8-#33 Daniel Webster 301 (1 win)
9-#47 Chris Fontaine 284
10-#22 David King 277
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OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS:
1-#56 James Wright III 809
2-#75 Bobby Blake 729 (2 wins)
3-#98 Wayne Morris 715 (1 win)
4-#101 Von Pope 651
5-#87 Keith Lilley 650 (1 win)
6-#19 Kevin Macy 598 (1 win)
7-#03 Kyle Bookmiller 596 (2 wins)
8-#00 Shawn Harper 526
9-#10 Travis Roland 491 (1 win)
10-#07 Harold Crooms 468
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SPORTSMAN:
1-#71 Dave Dunkin 444 (6 wins)
2-#13 Mark Medeiros 416 (2 wins)
3-#22 Austin Carr 276 (1 win)
4-#8 Brandon Duchscherer 250 (1 win)
5-#1 Bart Weatherford 238
6-#89X Brett Jenkins 216
7-#19 Chris Lewellen 166
8-#92 Ted Head 152
9-#55 Richard Elkins, Jr. 150
10-#51 Kyle Alford 146
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MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:
1-#89 Scott Sharpe 334 (1 win)
2-#15 Jason Rendell 322 (2 wins)
3-#44 Mike Sweet 320 (2 wins)
4-#45 Dennis Jones 232
5-#07 Bruce Anderson 190
#37 Brandon McSwain 190 (1 win)
7-#26 Jimmy Pugh 186
8-#38 Burt Morse 170 (2 wins)
9-#77 Lee Davis 118 (1 win)
10-#85 Drew Carter 90
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TRUCKS:
1-#16 Tim Sozio 150 (1 win)
2-#1 Tommy King 148
3-#2 Jim Cowhey, Jr. 134
4-#15 Roger Blevins 130
5-#37 Nick Hernandez 118 (1 win)
6-#99 Brent Tyler 110
7-#72 Keith Lilley 100 (2 wins)
8-#54 Zach Harris 98
9-#18 Cheyne Hammond 80
10-#13 J.R. Garcia 60
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LEGEND CARS:
1-#38 Gerald White, Jr. 712 (8 wins)
2-#59 Jake Perkins 694 (6 wins)
3-#8 Justin Brown 580 (1 win)
#71 Mason Ketterman 566
5-#07 Dave Gleason 532
6-#31 Lynn Wiles 468
7-#4R Zach Napoleon 414
8-#7 Dakota Baggette 346
9-#21 Devin McLeod 330
10-#4 Tyler Smith 320 (2 wins)
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STREET STOCKS:
1-#5 Matt McCrary 656
2-#42 Jeff Waterman 640 (3 wins)
3-#4 Dave Colpritt 612 (4 wins)
4-#56 James Wright III 472 (6 wins)
5-#29 Bobby Mobley 402 (2 wins)
6-#17 Kyle Hall 390
7-#53 Kyle Peters 308 (1 win)
8-#65 Ken Lawrence 250
9-#25 Cody McDuffie 244 (1 win)
10-#48 Eddie Hartin 234 (1 win)
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MINI STOCKS:
1-#42 Chris Spring 864 (8 wins)
2-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr. 834 (7 wins)
3-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr. 532 (3 wins)
4-#40 Jason Swilley 508
5-#33 Donnie Guy 470
6-#4 Marilyn McCrary 346
7-#88 Kevin Steadman 326
8-#551 Mark Wells 310
9-#46 Randy King 302
10-#2 Dwight Ryals, Jr. 240
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V-8 BOMBERS:
1-#111 Josh Borem 670 (4 wins)
2-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr. 620 (1 win)
3-#56 James Wright, Jr. 464 (1 win)
4-#89 Preston Davis 434 (3 wins)
5-#88 Gene Harrison 366 (2 wins)
6-#0 Paul Bookmiller 352
7-#96 Larry Chumney II 332 (2 wins)
8-#105 Jeff Lacey 274
9-#96 Larry Chumney, Sr. 204 (2 wins)
10-#42 Brandon Duchscherer 178 (2 wins)
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SCRAMBLERS:
1-#66 Brian Tyre 468 (1 win)
2-#28 Kimberly Gullett 462 (1 win)
3-#00 Chad Cutting 402 (1 win)
4-#62 Richard Brown 388
5-#71 Dave Canfield 270 (1 win)
6-#8 Richie Acres 246 (3 wins)
7-#4 Scott Russ 220
8-#51 Matt Johns 216 (1 win)
9-#42 Mike Bauer 198
10-#9 Ashton Hunt 194 (1 win)
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MINI CUPS:
1-#74 John Beach 156
2-#21 Rick Ragan 148
3-#7 Harold Crooms 134 (2 wins)
4-#07 Tyler Scofield 114 (1 win)
5-#14 Sam Scott 112 (1 win)
6-27X Dale Pulst 106
7-#22 Rick Cline, Sr. 102
8-#47 Brandon Beach 94
9-#37 Rick Cline, Jr. 74
10-#57 Brittini Huntington 70
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BANDOLEROS:
BANDITS:
1-#38 Cameron White 764 (4 wins)
2-#5 Derek Sobel 148 (2 wins)
3-#55 Michael Held 46
4-#1Jr. Dustin Turnage 44
#19 Keith Sinkula 42
4-#30 Noah Cornman 42
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OUTLAWS:
1-#96 Teddy Lively 474 (6 wins)
2-#48 Andy Metz 432 (1 win)
3-#1 Mark Bibeau 192
4-#11 Daniel Conlin, Jr. 174
5-#13 Ryan Shattuck 146 (2 wins)
6-#03 Jake Hunter 130
7-#65 Coty Bibeau 94 (1 win)
6-#16 Nick Baluch 34
6-#65 Daniel Conlin, Sr. 32
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FIGURE EIGHTS:
1-#14 Wayne Calkins 76
2-#31 Wayne Whitehead 66
3-#89 Rodney Davis 60
4-#0 Jimmy Thompson 40 (1 win)
#8 Robbie Powell 40 (1 win)
6-#4 Terry Zimmerman 36
7-#A6 J.R. Meyer 34
8-#35 James Crawford 32
9-#89 Ricky Todd 30
#0 Paul Bookmiller 30
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