by Dave Westerman
Saturday night racing action at Auburndale Speedway will see the return of the Open Wheel Modified cars along with racing in the Modified Mini Stocks, Street Stocks, V-8 Bombers and Scramblers.
James Wright III takes a healthy 110 point lead into this weeks Open Wheel Modified 40-lap headliner. Bobby Blake currently sits second in points but has a margin of just six over third place Wayne Morris. Wright, Blake, Keith Lilley and Kyle Bookmiller all have two wins to their credit this year while Morris has had one visit to victory lane. Wright’s consistency with several second and third place finishes has him well in front of his competitors though. Lilley is coming off a win in the most recent OWM event, but a couple of DNF’s have hurt him in the standings. Bookmiller has been absent from recent events, but his strong early season showing still has him seventh in points.
The Modified Mini Stock point chase will come down to which one of three drivers can put together the best performance in the few races that remain. Scotty Sharpe has regained the point lead and sits 20 markers ahead of Jason Rendell who had engine trouble the last time out. Mike Sweet is still very much in the hunt as he’s in third spot only two points behind Rendell.
Rookie driver Matt McCrary continues to be winless in his first season of Street Stock racing, but his consistent top five finishes have him up by 30 points over Jeff Waterman, the only driver left who could possibly take the 2010 title away from him. Recent tough luck has third place Dave Colpritt well behind the lead duo and fourth place James Wright III is now just 30 behind Colpritt.
Josh Borem had another rough week last week but still holds a 64 point advantage over Buddy Phillips, Jr. in V-8 Bomber points. Meanwhile, Preston Davis took his fourth win last week and remains third in points by 96 over James Wright, Jr.
Kimberly Gullett has increased her point lead in the Scrambler class to 78 over Brian Tyre who continues to have late-season problems. Richard Brown has closed to within ten points of Tyre for second place.
Pit gates open at 2PM Saturday afternoon with grandstand gates opening at 5PM. Racing starts promptly at 7PM. Adult admission is $12, seniors are $10, kids 5-12 are $5 and children age 4 and under are free. Family four-packs (2 adults – 2 kids 5-12) are $25. For more information, log on to www.auburndaleracing.com powered by Palm Tree Computers.
All kids aged 10 and under will, as usual, get an extra ticket when the enter the track from “Lindsey’s Little Racers” that makes them eligible for a pair of prize packs being donated this week by NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek and NEMCO Motorsports. Also, 40 lucky kids will win a free ice cream from the concession stand thanks to Street Stock driver Jeff Waterman and OWM/Late Model/Truck drivers Keith Lilley and Wally Warrick.
Seat cushions are now available for fans courtesy of Aaron’s and the new Auburndale Speedway T-shirts from Royal-Tees are on sale at the track. Adults wearing their t-shirt to the track get $2 off their admission!!
Auburndale Speedway’s Facebook page has been updated and now has close to 1500 “friends.” Go to Facebook and check it out!
Current Points as of September 25, 2010:
LATE MODELS:
1-#07 Jeff Scofield 483 (2 wins)
2-#50 Perry Lovelady 441
3-#17 Ryan Lisak 437
4-#407 Jason Vail 411
5-#36 Tim Russell 408 (3 wins)
6-#49 Ron Lofquist 398
7-#21 Kevin Ingram 382
8-#22 David King 369
#33 Daniel Webster 369 (1 win)
10-#5 Joe Boyd 307
OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS:
1-#56 James Wright III 1134 (2 wins)
2-#75 Bobby Blake 1024 (2 wins)
3-#98 Wayne Morris 1018 (1 win)
4-#87 Keith Lilley 963 (2 wins)
5-#01 Von Pope 740
6-#19 Kevin Macy 598 (1 win)
7-#03 Kyle Bookmiller 596 (2 wins)
8-#10 Travis Roland 585 (1 win)
9-#07 Harold Crooms 572
10-#00 Shawn Harper 526
SPORTSMAN:
1-#71 Dave Dunkin 552 (7 wins)
2-#13 Mark Medeiros 534 (2 wins)
3-#22 Brandon Duchscherer 314 (1 win)
4-#8 Austin Carr 278 (1 win)
5-#1 Bart Weatherford 238
6-#89X Brett Jenkins 232
7-#55 Richard Elkins, Jr. 218
8-#60 Richard Fiore, Jr. 214
9-#19 Chris Lewellen 198
10-#77 Lance Daubach 190
MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:
1-#89 Scotty Sharpe 460 (2 wins)
2-#55 Mike Sweet 440 (2 wins)
3-#15 Jason Rendell 438 (3 wins)
4-#45 Dennis Jones 298
5-#07 Bruce Anderson 218
6-#37 Brandon McSwain 190 (1 win)
7-#26 Jimmy Pugh 186
8-#85 Drew Carter 182
9-#38 Burt Morse 170 (2 wins)
10-#77 Lee Davis 154 (1 win)
TRUCKS:
1-#16 Tim Sozio 216 (1 win)
2-#2 Jim Cowhey, Jr. 210
3-#99 Brent Tyler 186
4-#1 Tommy King 182
5-#87 Keith Lilley 170 (3 wins)
6-#15 Roger Blevins 160
7-#37 Nick Hernandez 154 (1 win)
8-#18 Chayne Hammond 128
9-#23 Mike Smith 124
10-#54 Zach Harris 122
LEGEND CARS:
1-#59 Jake Perkins 834 (6 wins)
2-#38 Gerald White, Jr. 802 (8 wins)
3-#8 Justin Brown 704 (1 win)
4-#71 Mason Ketterman 692
5-#07 Dave Gleason 660
6-#31 Lynn Wiles 590
7-#4R Zach Napoleon 470
8-#7 Dakota Baggette 446
#4 Tyler Smith 446 (4 wins)
10-#21 Devin McLeod 380
STREET STOCKS:
1-#5 Matt McCrary 882
2-#42 Jeff Waterman 852 (4 wins)
3-#4 Dave Colpritt 730 (4 wins)
4-#56 James Wright III 700 (8 wins)
5-#29 Bobby Mobley 570 (4 wins)
6-#53 Kyle Peters 506 (2 wins)
7-#17 Kyle Hall 492
8-#25 Cody McDuffie 428 (1 win)
9-#142 Chris Spring 298
10-#65 Ken Lawrence 250
MINI STOCKS:
1-#42 Chris Spring 1102 (9 wins)
2-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr. 1078 (10 wins)
3-#40 Jason Swilley 700
4-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr. 532 (3 wins)
5-#33 Donnie Guy 470
6-#4 Marilyn McCrary 412
7-#551 Mark Wells 432
8-#88 Kevin Steadman 326
9-#46 Randy King 302
10-#2 Dwight Ryals, Jr. 258
V-8 BOMBERS:
1-#111 Josh Borem 876 (5 wins)
2-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr. 812 (1 win)
3-#89 Preston Davis 644 (4 wins)
4-#56 James Wright, Jr. 548 (2 wins)
5-#88 Gene Harrison 478 (2 wins)
6-#96 Larry Chumney II 468 (3 wins)
7-#51 Matt Johns 390
8-#0 Paul Bookmiller 352
9-#105 Jeff Lacey 308
10-#96 Larry Chumney, Sr. 276 (2 wins)
SCRAMBLERS:
1-#28 Kimberly Gullett 728 (3 wins)
2-#66 Brian Tyre 650 (2 wins)
3-#62 Richard Brown 640
4-#00 Chad Cutting 438 (1 win)
5-#71 Dave Canfield 398 (1 win)
6-#8 Richie Acres 328 (4 wins)
7-#1 George Gorham, Jr. 242 (1 win)
8-#42 Mike Bauer 220
#4 Scott Russ 220
10-#51 Matt Johns 216 (1 win)
#77 Jeremy Watts 216
MINI CUPS:
1-#21 Rick Ragan 188 (1 win)
2-#74 John Beach 184
3-#7 Harold Crooms 134 (2 wins)
4-#47 Brandon Beach 130
5-#07 Tyler Scofield 114 (1 win)
6-#14 Sam Scott 112 (1 win)
7-#2 Skip Baird 104
8-#22 Rick Cline, Sr. 102
9-#27X Dale Pulst 82
10-#46 Frank Beach 80
BANDOLEROS:
BANDITS:
1-#38 Cameron White 940 (4 wins)
2-#5 Derek Sobel 148 (2 wins)
3-#30 Noah Cornman 130
#55 Michael Held 130
5-#1Jr Dustin Turnage 44
4-#19 Keith Sinkula 42
OUTLAWS:
1-#96 Teddy Lively 634 (6 wins)
2-#48 Andy Metz 588 (2 wins)
3-#11 Daniel Conlin, Jr. 304
4-#13 Ryan Shattuck 276 (5 wins)
5-#1 Mark Bibeau 238
6-#03 Jake Hunter 228
7-#65 Coty Bibeau 164 (1 win)
8-#16 Nick Baluch 86
9-#83 Joey Padgett 76
10-#65 Daniel Conlin, Sr. 28
FIGURE EIGHTS:
1-#14 Wayne Calkins 114
2-#31 Wayne Whitehead 98
3-#03 Paul Bokmiller 66
4-#27 John Baranauskas 62
5-#89 Rodney Davis 60
6-#25 Ronnie Powell 40 (1 win)
#0 Jimmy Thompson 40 (1 win)
8-#4 Terry Zimmerman 36
9-#A6 J.R. Meyer 34
#89X William Hindman 34
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