{"id":1293,"date":"2010-04-24T15:57:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T15:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2010-04-24T20:02:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T20:02:54","slug":"whitener-holds-off-nobles-for-ocala-late-model-win-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/whitener-holds-off-nobles-for-ocala-late-model-win-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitener Holds Off Nobles For Ocala Late Model Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

by BJ Cavin- Ocala Speedway Media
\n(All Photos Courtesy of rewingphotos.com)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>OCALA, FL- Another near perfect night of springtime Florida weather greeted the fans and racers at the historic Ocala Speedway on Friday night, as four divisions took their turns on the toughest 3\/8ths mile in the southeast.\u00a0 And tough it was, because quite a few racers will have plenty of work to do over the next couple of weeks to get their machines back in shape for the next round of racing at Ocala.\u00a0 But despite many spins and quite a bit of contact, the racing was exciting and the fans got everything that they came for and more.<\/p>\n

When Ocala’s Mini Stock Division hit the clay Keith Briggs was watching from the turn one bleachers.\u00a0 Briggs had looked strong in winning his earlier heat race, but an oil pressure and overheating issue had the 19T parked in the pits for the feature race instead of on the track.\u00a0 Dan Kerr began from the pole and jumped out to an early lead, but Paul Combast took it from him on lap 4. And on the following lap a spin by Michael Ogelsby brought a caution, and on the restart Dan Kerr grabbed the lead back from Combast.<\/p>\n

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Paul Combast and Dan Kerr would tussle over the lead for a few laps before Nick Kerr joined the race up front and complicated things for Combast.\u00a0 But on lap 12 Combast would spin out in turn 4 and from there the Kerrs would\u00a0fight side by side for the front spot as Johnny Zackery held the third position.\u00a0 Dan Kerr would get the win with Nick Kerr a close second, and Johnny Zackery would round out the top three. Mike Budka drove his new mini stock to a fourth place finish, while Paul Combast would settle for fifth.<\/p>\n

With 30 Amsoil V8 Thunder Stocks in the pits it took four heat races and a B main to whittle the field down to 24 starters for the feature race.\u00a0 Eddie Lentz would recover from a nasty turn four accident in his heat race to win the B main, while Vaughn Woodall, Chris Watson, and Mike Tyre, transferred as well.<\/p>\n

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The 29 of Rick Montalvo sat on the pole for the feature race, but as the field entered turn 2 after the green flag the leaders simply muscled Montalvo aside and blasted past him, with Chris Fontaine grabbing the front spot.\u00a0 Michael Stalnaker has dominated the Amsoil Thunder Stocks so far this season, but he had started the race in the eighth spot and had to fight his way forward.\u00a0 Starting in the ninth spot was Augie Burttram who also was headed toward the front, and dragging Larry Welter Jr. with him.\u00a0 Welter had begun in the 18th starting position, and was determined to break into the top five.<\/div>\n

Mike Stalnaker\u00a0made his way\u00a0past Chris Fontaine on lap 3 to steal the lead, and quickly distanced himself from the second place car.\u00a0 Fontaine did the same with the rest of the pack, opening up a nice spread of real estate between himself and Austin Kirkpatrick in third place.\u00a0 A spin in turn 4 would create another restart, and on that restart two more cars had contact and spun, causing yet another caution.\u00a0 And it was during this caution that the rear axle on Chris Fontaine’s machine broke, causing him to limp into the pits on three wheels and abandon the second place spot.<\/p>\n

With Fontaine gone it was up to Augie Burttram and Austin Kirkpatrick to catch Mike Stalnaker, but neither could get the job done.\u00a0 Stalnaker left both of them in his dust as he notched another win, with Burttram following in second place and Kirkpatrick finishing third.\u00a0 Larry Welter Jr. was the fourth place car while Ryan Lisak overcame some earlier misfortunes to grab the fifth spot.<\/div>\n
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Both Tyler Ivey and Ivedent Llloyd had much to contend with as the Late Models hit the track.\u00a0 While J.O. nobles started from the front and held the early lead, Lloyd was mired in the eighth starting spot while Ivey was in a deeper hole in the eleventh spot, but both put on\u00a0a show using the outside line to quickly make their way into the top five.\u00a0 Meanwhile Christian Augspurger\u00a0was using the bottom to his advantage until something went wrong and the 35 machine was knocked out of the race. Augspurger later said that he had no idea what happened, but the car simply took off across the track and hit the wall, ending his night.<\/div>\n

Ivedent Lloyd continued using the outside line and finally slipped past J.O. Nobles on lap 12, but\u00a0that brief\u00a0lead was not to last.\u00a0 Something went wrong with the 21 car causinging Lloyd to shut it down and head for the pits, which passed the lead to Mark Whitener who had also found a route around Nobles.\u00a0 Whitener would hold onto his lead while Joe Kump and Richard Ferry would tangle at least twice, first in turn one, then finally ending up in\u00a0a wad in turn 4 and causing a late race caution.\u00a0 Neither driver was pleased with the other, and once the wrecked cars were cleared from the track the dispute continued in the pit area.<\/p>\n

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What was not in dispute was Mark Whitener’s lead, and he made sure to protect it through the final laps and earned the win.\u00a0 J.O. Nobles would have quite a fight on his hands as Tyler Ivey would attack him from the outside, but he managed to hold Ivey off and claim second place while Ivey was third.\u00a0 Phillip Cobb battled hard to climb his way from 10th to a fourth place finish, and Doodle Pipken scored a fifth place finish.<\/p>\n

Last Friday night Casey Feaster went from celebrating in Victory Lane to dejectedly pushing his car back to his pit area after an unfortunate encounter with the tech officials discovered an illegal part on the 20 car.\u00a0 Feaster later said that he was embarrassed by the disqualification and that he thought that the part was allowed, and he also vowed to get another win and this time make sure that the car was within the rules.\u00a0 And when the Gladiators rolled onto the track to wrap up the night of racing, Feaster wasted no time in getting to the front, and then doing his best to stay there.<\/p>\n

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But Feaster’s road to a win was not always easy.\u00a0 He fought a sputtering engine a coupe of times in turn four, and on one trip through the turn he all but spun out.\u00a0 Meanwhile Nathan Rhodes and Harold Lewis were both strong competitors, and they took turns making Feaster work hard for a win.\u00a0 But in the end Casey Feaster prevailed, and\u00a0as one might expect the tech officials were waiting for him when he exited Victory Lane.\u00a0 This time the inspection turned up nothing, and as Feaster had promised, the win stood.<\/p>\n

Harold Lewis and Nathan Rhodes put on quite a show themselves because when they were not harassing Casey Feaster they were harassing each other.\u00a0 Second place was in dispute for the majority of the race, and following Feaster across the line was Harold Lewis in the 48X machine.\u00a0 Nathan Rhodes settled for third place, while Devin Walker recovered from some encounters with traffic to claim the fourth spot.\u00a0 Rounding out the top five was the 96 car of Matt Shea.<\/p>\n

Racing of a different kind will invade Ocala Speedway next Friday night as the annual Monster Jam Summer Tour date arrives at America’s Dirt Track.\u00a0 Grave Digger will headline the list of the same Monster Trucks that we watch on TV as they use the huge infield at Ocala Speedway to race and to thrill the crowd with spectacular “freestyle” competitions!\u00a0 There will be four shows at Ocala Speedway over three days, with Friday Night opening the festivities, two shows on Saturday, and a Sunday matinee.\u00a0 For more information, please visit www.OcalaSpeedway.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Ocala Speedway Results for 4\/23\/10<\/p>\n

Late Model<\/div>\n

1- 58 Mark Whitener
\n2- 18JO JO Nobles
\n3- 47 Tyler Ivey
\n4- 32 Phillip Cobb
\n5- 51 Doodle Pipken
\n6- 95 Steve Mathis
\n7- 49 Justin Tilton<\/p>\n

8- 23VP VP Pipken
\n9- 24 Dennis Williams
\n10- Z Tim Zackery
\n11- RP1 Bug Rose
\n12- 17 Richard Ferry
\n13- J17 Joe Kump
\n14- 21 Ivedent Lloyd Jr.<\/div>\n
15- 23 Josh Sanford
\n16- 35 Christian Augspurger
\n17- 26 Adam Beebenbaugh<\/div>\n

Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants V8 Thunder Stock<\/p>\n

1- 8 Michael Stalnaker
\n2- 58 Augie Burttram
\n3- 11 Austin Kirkpatrick
\n4- 158 Larry Welter Jr.
\n5- 07 Ryan Lisak
\n6- 96 Eddie Lentz
\n7- 12B Jerrid Bennett
\n8- 15 Luke Sadler
\n9- 1 Austin Gamble
\n10- 28 Glenn Vincent
\n11- 18W Chris Watson
\n12- 31 Mike Tyre
\n13- 3W Vaughn Woodall
\n14- 19 Brian Shea
\n15- 5W Sean Babcock
\n16- 34 Kyle Pendarvis
\n17- 77 Dan Cobb
\n18- 47 Chris Fontaine
\n19- 3D Jessie Corbitt
\n20- 14 Frank Prouty
\n21- 13G Tim Gigon
\n22- 09 William O’Quinn<\/p>\n

23- 76 Chris Shea<\/div>\n
24- 29 Rick Montalvo
\n25- 10 Scott Mooers<\/div>\n
Mini Stock<\/div>\n

1- 73 Dan Kerr
\n2- 75 Nick Kerr
\n3- 11Z Johnny Zackery
\n4- 64 Mike Budka
\n5- 19C Paul Combast
\n6- 31 Michael Ogelsby
\n7- 21 Ray Ethridge
\n8- 3D Ron Kinsey
\n9- 12B Jimbo Bird
\nDNS- 19T Keith Briggs<\/p>\n

Gladiator<\/p>\n

1- 20 Casey Feaster
\n2- 48X Harold Lewis
\n3- 51 Nathan Rhodes
\n4- 55JR Devin Walker
\n5- 96 Matt Shea
\n6- 81 Steven Johnson
\n7- 23 Rebecca Paugh
\n8- 83 Kody Fisher
\n9- 77 Matthew Kramer
\n10- 11 David Ladrie
\n11- 3 Brandon Haseleu
\nDNS- 00 Amber Tovet
\nDNS- 15 Swede Melgaard
\nDNS- 82 Kyle Morse
\nDNS- 10 Ryan Babcock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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