by Dave Westerman

Race fans will certainly get their moneys worth this Saturday night at
Auburndale Speedway as the Auburndale Trucks make their first appearance of the year and will be joined by nine other racing divisions including the Sportsman, Mini Stocks, Street Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Scramblers, Legend Cars, Bandoleros, Dwarf Cars and the Kids Club.

The Trucks are scheduled for a 25 lap feature paying $400 to win. The purse is not subject to the number of trucks entered so expect some typical slam-bang nose-to-tailgate action Saturday evening.

The Sportsman cars return for their third run of the year and everyone is trying to figure out how to beat the “Ancient Wonder” Dave Dunkin. The veteran driver from Lakeland has driven his “Blue Goose” to back-to-back wins and seems to be getting better with age as he knows every nook and cranny of the old speedway.

Youth is being served in the class as young rookie driver Austin Carr is
second in points, some 22 behind Dunkin, and looking better each week. The Mini Stock class now has defending champion Fred Harrison, Jr. tied for the points lead with Chris Spring after his win last week. Both drivers have now scored a pair of victories this year. Chris Narramore, Sr. is third in the point chase, just six back of the leaders.

The Street Stocks are back after a well-deserved week off to pound out a few dents. Rookie Matt McCrary still leads the standings by six points over Jeff Waterman while defending class champion James Wright III is now 18 back of the frontrunner.

Josh Borem continues to have things his way in the V-8 Bombers as he’s opened up a lead of 42 points over second place Buddy Phillips, Jr.
Meanwhile, Kim Gullett has taken over the top spot in the Scramblers by six markers over Matt Johns who has been inactive since a crash three weeks ago. When you win the first three races of the year, it’s a given you’ll be leading the points and that’s just what Jake Perkins is doing in the Legend Car division. Despite his perfect score, Perkins is only six points ahead of Gerald White, Jr. Defending champion Justin Brown and Mason Ketterman are tied for third right now.

NOTES: In honor of the Easter weekend, drivers will be handing out Easter candy during intermission, so make sure to bring the kids. All kids age ten and under, as happens each week, will get an extra ticket as the enter them front gate. Those tickets will give them a chance at winning nice prize packs courtesy of Lindsey’s Little Racers. There is no truth to the rumor that Rex Guy will be dressing up as the Easter Bunny.

The track has announced that the April 17 open-competition Late Model race will pay a whopping $3,000 to win for just 100 laps. Entry fee is $100 but will be adjusted lower for teams traveling 100 miles or more one-way to the speedway.

The second School Bus Figure 8 race of the year is set for next Saturday, April 10.

Lindsey’s Little Racers will be giving away another pair of bicycles on
April 17th.

If you haven’t been to Auburndale Speedway in awhile, one big change is the addition of new speakers on the grandstand side of the race track.

Pit gates open at 2PM this Saturday. Grandstand gates open at 5PM with racing at 7PM.

AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY POINTS (as of March 27, 2010):

STREET STOCKS:
1-#5 Matt McCrary 202
2-#42 Jeff Waterman 196
3-#56 James Wright III 184
4-#4 Dave Colpritt 138
5-#16 Andy Harvard 122
6-#17 Kyle Hall 104
7-#3 Kevin O’Quinn 90
8-#396 Levi Parsons 78
9-#29 Bobby Mobley 76
10-#65 Ken Lawrence 66

SPORTSMAN:
1-#71 Dave Dunkin 98
2-#8 Austin Carr 76
3-#51 Kyle Alford 64
4-#13 Mark Medeiros 50
5-#113 Aaron Williamson 44
#1 Bart Weatherford 44
7-#22 Fred Harrison, Jr. 34
8-#89 Brett Jenkins 30
#92 Ted Head 30
10-#60 Richard Fiore 28

LEGEND CARS:
1-#50 Jake Perkins 136
2-#38 Gerald White Jr 130
3-#22 Mason Ketterman 114
#8 Justin Brown 114
5-#07 Dave Gleason 102
6-#31 Lynn Wiles 58
7-#83 Danielle Stratton 56
#59x John Inman 56
9-#17 Mike Gleason 50
10-#21 Devon McLeod 46

BANDOLEROS:
1-#38 Cameron White 148
2-#96 Teddy Lively 46
#13 Ryan Shattuck 46
4-#11 Coty Bibeau 44
5-#48 Andy Metz 42
6-#1 Mark Bibeau 34

OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED:
1-#19 Kevin Macy 309
2-#98 Wayne Morris 305
3-#3 Harold Cannon 303
4-#87 Keith Lilley 302
5-#56 James Wright III 298
6-#102 Von Pope 286
7-#29 Kyle Bookmiller 285
8-#75 Bobby Blake 279
9-#35 Ron Abney 240
10-#07 Harold Crooms 193

MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:
1-#89 Scott Sharpe 132
2-#15 Jason Rendell 130
3-#45 Dennis Jones 98
4-#55 Mike Sweet 90
5-#26 Jimmy Pugh 80
6-#38 Burt Morse 78
7-#09 Jessica Robbins 58
8-#33 Chris Allen 46
9-#44 Mike Lawhorn 40
10-#37 Brandon McSwain 38

MINI STOCKS:
1-#42 Chris Spring 262
#21 Fred Harrison, Jr. 262
3-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr. 256
4-#33 Donnnie Guy 238
5-#46 Randy King 194
6-#88 Kevin Steadman 116
7-#90 Danny Pearson 86
8-#40 Jason Swilley 74
9-#2 Dwight Ryals 62
10-#1 Bill Bell 54

SCRAMBLERS:
1-#28 Kimberly Gullett 144
2-#51 Matt Johns 138
3-#66 Brian Tyre 114
4-#71 Dave Canfield 110
5-#9 Ashton Hunt 96
6-#52 Gary Brown, Jr. 86
7-#00 Chad Cutting 82
8-#48 Chase Pointer 58
9-#66 Reggie Ware 48
10-#77 Jeremy Watts 46

V-8 BOMBERS:
1-#111 Josh Borem 248