by VSP Media
BARBERVILLE, FL- Five divisions of racing action await the fans this Saturday, July 24th, as Volusia Speedway Park presents the Daytona Sportswear Street Stock Sensation, plus the Daytona Dodge Chrysler Jeep Late Models, the Budweiser Modifieds, the Taylor Racing Products Sportsman Division, and the 4 Cylinder Challengers. And the kids will also be hitting the track as Box Car Racing highlights the intermission activities.
The Daytona Sportswear Street Stock Sensation is an opportunity for the Street Stock racers to have a night in the spotlight and battle for a $1000 check, and Philip Brown will be ready to defend his status on top of the 2010 points heap. Brown leads Tim Hughes by 29 points going into this week’s competition, and is coming off of a much heralded win over Chad Scranton in the Amsoil Thunder Stocks this past Saturday night. That take of victory has Brown ready for more, and he will be primed and ready for all comers this Saturday.
Mike Tovet earned a win on July 10th while Brown settled for second place and Tim Hughes had a night that he would rather forget. But with Bubba Christian now running races on a regular basis and Jody Wells picking up speed at this point in the season, the competition level has been amped up few notches.
Lake Helen’s Joe Kump remains the top man with the Daytona Dodge Chrysler Jeep Late Models after bumping David Clegg down to second place, and now Clegg is under assault from a hard charging Donnie Chappell who is only two points shy of taking Clegg down yet another notch. Clegg has been trying to tread water ever since his unfortunate meeting with the turn one wall at Ocala Speedway forced him into a backup car, but hard work and determination has the backup machine running far better than it was just a few weeks ago.
Matt Hartley drove past Chappell on July 10th to win the last outing, while Clegg finished in the 8th spot. That narrowed Clegg’s advantage over Chappell and set up this week’s showdown for second place in the points, while Joe Kump’s fourth place finish kept him in the top spot.
“The Repo Man” Jeff Mathews scratched out a win over a hard charging, and three wheeling, Kyle Bronson last Saturday night in the Budweiser Modified Mania, but he still remains 60 points short of overtaking Jamie Carter at the top of the list. While Mathews was winning, Carter fought hard for the third place finish and thus kept a margin of error between himself and Mathews as the season progresses. And behind them Kent Corbin continues to fight the good fight in his attempt to gain ground on the leaders. If Mathews wants to get the season championship he will have to consistently beat Carter to the checkers week after week, and the closer Carter keeps running behind Mathews the longer that process will take.
Tony Laporta’s victory in the Challenger Challenge race a couple of weeks ago showed that contrary to reports saying otherwise, he still is one of the dominant cars in the division and has what it takes to win. But while he was winning the big race, James Sullivan was chasing him down as the 48 car has joined the elite group at the head of the pack. No matter who is winning, Casey Feaster remains at the top of the points standings with a 74 point cushion over Shawn Kosier, and when you factor in that Kosier exited the division last week when he sold his race car and trailer, Feaster is actually up by 116 over Laporta as Kosier will be in free fall from here on out.
And speaking of Casey Feaster, he will be the season points leader at both VSP and at Ocala Speedway when racing begins this weekend. It was hard enough for Feaster to achieve his goal of topping the points at both tracks, but now he must maintain that distinction which is an even tougher hill to climb. Most certainly it will put a huge target on Feaster’s backside as he races at both speedways this weekend.
Volusia Speedway Park will open the grandstand gate at 5:30PM this Saturday night with heat races slated to begin at 7:30. For more information, please visit www.VolusiaSpeedwayPark.net.