by Dave Westerman
Auburndale Speedway returns to action Saturday night with a seven division program featuring the return of the Open Wheel Modifieds to the speedy quarter-mile. Joining the Modifieds will be the Street Stocks, Legend Cars, Modified Mini Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Mini Stocks and the Bandoleros.
James Wright III is looking to add the 2010 Open Wheel Modified championship to his Auburndale resume and he’s looking very good right now. Wright holds a 124 point edge over second place Wayne Morris with just this weeks race and the Modified season finale on November 6th yet to run. Morris is in a dogfight for second with Bobby Blake who is only two points back of him. Wright won the 2009 Street Stock title but has concentrated primarily on the Modifieds this year scoring two wins and several top three finishes in the highly-competitive class. Still, Wright has had time to pick up eight wins in the Street Stocks this year even though he has not been present for every Street Stock event. With neither of his classes running last week, Wright jumped in his dad’s V-8 Bomber and won the feature in it.
This years’ Street Stock point battle is coming down to a battle between current leader Matt McCrary and Jeff Waterman. Going into this week McCrary has a 20 point advantage on Waterman but the class will be in action every remaining race night this season giving Waterman at least an opportunity to make up the deficit. Despite missing several races, the aforementioned James Wright III is in fourth place in points just 16 back of third place Dave Colpritt.
Jake Perkins added to his Legend Car point lead with his seventh win of the year last week. Perkins is now up by 38 markers over Gerald White, Jr. Justin Brown and Mason Ketterman continue to be in a very close battle for third in points.
The point championship for the Modified Mini Stocks is coming down to the wire with just this week and the race on November 6th to go. Scotty Sharpe maintains the top spot by 14 points over Mike Sweet while Sweet is just 18 points up on Jason Rendell.
Josh Borem continues to have the upper hand in the V-8 Bomber point chase, now holding an 84 point edge on Buddy Phillips, Jr. Preston Davis is solidly third in points but will not be able to catch the two drivers in front of him.
Pit gates open Saturday afternoon at 2PM with the grandstand gates opening at 5PM. Racing action begins at 7PM. Adult admission is $12, seniors are $10, kids age 5-12 are $5 and all children age 4 and under are free. A family four-pack (2 adults and two kids age 5-12) is $25. For more information, log on to www.auburndaleracing.com powered by Palm Tree Computers.
NOTES:
Jeff Scofield’s win last week in the AMF Chassis/Chassis Works 100 earned him the 2010 Auburndale Speedway Late Model Championship. Scofield ended the season 81 points ahead of second place Perry Lovelady. The ageless veteran Lovelady put together a very steady season and finished just four points ahead of third place Tim Russell. Despite missing two of the seven races, Russell took three wins and parlayed that to his third place finish in the standings. Ryan Lisak was fourth in points and Jason Vail finished fifth.
A correction to the results press release from earlier this week rgarding the incident which sent Daniel Webster for a wild ride in the Late Model race.
Ryan Lisak was not involved in the original tangle, instead it was Webster and Steve Tregear. Lisak was unable to avoid Tregear’s machine and that is how he became involved in the crash.
It was officially announced this week that six Florida asphalt tracks have formed an alliance for the 2011 racing season. The tracks are Auburndale Speedway, Citrus County Speedway, DeSoto Super Speedway, and the three tracks sanctioned by the FASCAR oraganization, New Smyrna Speedway, Orlando SpeedWorld and Columbia Motorsports Park. All of the tracks will be working together concerning schedules, rules and much more.
The alliance is setting up a series of twelve Late Model races for next year, two at each track. No name for the series has been chosen but it appears there will be some big-time sponsors coming on board meaning some outstanding purses for the events.
In a major announcement, all six tracks will be running Hoosier Racing Tires in 2011. The three FASCAR tracks are already running Hoosiers while Auburndale, Citrus and DeSoto will make the switch next year.
Track photographer Chuck Green has a brand-new website up and running that is absolutely awesome. Check out his incredible Auburndale Speedway photography at www.chuckgreen.zenfolio.com. Points as of October 16, 2010:
LATE MODELS (FINAL):
1-#07 Jeff Scofield 586 (3 wins)
2-#50 Perry Lovelady 505
3-#36 Tim Russell 501 (3 wins)
4-#17 Ryan Lisak 493
5-#407 Jason Vail 477
6-#49 Ron Lofquist 444
#22 David King 444
8-#33 Daniel Webster 418 (1 win)
9-#5 Joe Boyd 401
10-#21 Kevin Ingram 382
OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS:
1-#56 James Wright III 1242 (2 wins)
2-#98 Wayne Morris 1118 (1 win)
3-#75 Bobby Blake 1116 (2 wins)
4-#87 Keith Lilley 1060 (2 wins)
5-#01 Von Pope 825
6-#10 Travis Roland 690 (1 win)
7-#00 Shawn Harper 614
8-#19 Kevin Macy 598 (1 win)
9-#03 Kyle Bookmiller 596 (2 wins)
10-#07 Harold Crooms 572
SPORTSMAN:
1-#71 Dave Dunkin 632 (7 wins)
2-#13 Mark Medeiros 592 (2 wins)
3-#22 Brandon Duchscherer 360 (2 wins)
4-#8 Austin Carr 310 (1 win)
5-#55 Richard Elkins, Jr. 284
6-#60 Richard Fiore, Jr. 270
7-#77 Lance Daubach 268 (3 wins)
8-#89 Brett Jenkins 252
9-#8 Chuck Harrison, Jr. 244
10-#1 Bart Weatherford 238
MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:
1-#89 Scotty Sharpe 504 (2 wins)
2-#55 Mike Sweet 490 (3 wins)
3-#15 Jason Rendell 472 (3 wins)
4-#45 Dennis Jones 322
5-#07 Bruce Anderson 218
6-#85 Drew Carter 210
7-#37 Brandon McSwain 190 (1 win)
8-#26 Jimmy Pugh 186
9-#02 Bo Collier 184
10-#38 Burt Morse 170 (2 wins)
TRUCKS:
1-#16 Tim Sozio 246 (1 win)
2-#2 Jim Cowhey, Jr. 242
3-#99 Brent Tyler 220
4-#37 Nick Hernandez 202 (1 win)
5-#87 Keith Lilley 170 (3 wins)
6-#15 Roger Blevins 160
7-#18 Cheyne Hammond 156
8-#23 Mike Smith 124
9-#54 Zach Harris 122
10-#25 David Hartin 110
LEGEND CARS:
1-#59 Jake Perkins 874 (7 wins)
2-#38 Gerald White, Jr. 836 (8 wins)
3-#8 Justin Brown 742 (1 win)
4-#71 Mason Ketterman 718
5-#07 Dave Gleason 682
6-#31 Lynn Wiles 626
7-#4R Zach Napoleon 486
8-#7 Dakota Baggette 474
#4 Tyler Smith 446 (4 wins)
10-#21 Devin McLeod 410
STREET STOCKS:
1-#5 Matt McCrary 962
2-#42 Jeff Waterman 942 (4 wins)
3-#4 Dave Colpritt 762 (4 wins)
4-#56 James Wright III 746 (8 wins)
5-#29 Bobby Mobley 630 (4 wins)
6-#53 Kyle Peters 606 (4 wins)
7-#17 Kyle Hall 520
8-#25 Cody McDuffie 506 (1 win)
9-#142 Chris Spring 360
10-#65 Ken Lawrence 300
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 992 (5 wins)
2-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr. 908 (1 win)
3-#89 Preston Davis 778 (6 wins)
4-#56 James Wright, Jr. 548 (2 wins)
#96 Larry Chumney II 548 (3 wins)
6-#51 Matt Johns 488
7-#88 Gene Harrison 478 (2 wins)
8-#0 Paul Bookmiller 352
9-#105 Jeff Lacey 308
10-#18 Kevin Barton 296
SCRAMBLERS:
1-#28 Kimberly Gullett 864 (5 wins)
2-#62 Richard Brown 744
3-#66 Brian Tyre 738 (3 wins)
4-#00 Chad Cutting 466 (1 win)
5-#71 Dave Canfield 460 (1 win)
6-#8 Richie Acres 328 (4 wins)
7-#17 Jerry Pruitt 306
8-#77 Jeremy Watts 286
9-#42 Mike Bauer 246
10-#01 George Gorham, Jr. 244 (1 win)
MINI CUPS:
1-#74 John Beach 242 (1 win)
2-#21 Rick Ragan 234 (1 win)
3-#7 Harold Crooms 180 (2 wins)
4-#47 Brandon Beach 160
5-#2 Skip Baird 150
6-#07 Tyler Scofield 114 (1 win)
7-#14 Sam Scott 112 (1 win)
#46 Frank Beach 112
9-#22 Rick Cline, Sr. 102
10-#27X Dale Pulst 82
BANDOLEROS:
BANDITS:
1-#38 Cameron White 980 (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 674 (7 wins)
2-#48 Andy Metz 624 (2 wins)
3-#11 Daniel Conlin, Jr. 342
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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