{"id":1512,"date":"2010-05-15T13:38:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T13:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2010-05-15T13:38:19","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T13:38:19","slug":"five-divisions-provide-excitement-at-ocala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/five-divisions-provide-excitement-at-ocala\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Divisions Provide Excitement at Ocala"},"content":{"rendered":"

by BJ Cavin- Ocala Speedway Media<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>All Photos Courtesy of rewingphotos.com<\/p>\n

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\nOCALA, FL-\u00a0 Fans who were in attendance at Ocala Speedway last Friday night saw an action packed night of hard fought racing, and may have assumed that this Friday might not could be as exciting.\u00a0 If that was the case, then they were wrong.\u00a0 The Colortyme Modifieds, Tee Pee Tire Hobby Stocks, Amsoil Thunder Stocks, Mini Stocks, and Gladiators, all ran exciting and competitive races, which had the crowd on their feet and cheering for the second week in a row.<\/p>\n

Chip “Hollywood” Owen held the pole position and led 13 Colortyme Modifieds to the green flag in their feature race, but by the time that the first lap was completed Jeff Mathews had planted himself in second place and was about to pounce on the leader.\u00a0 But Mathews was surprised by Kyle Bronson who roared past and took up the task of making Owen sweat.\u00a0 And as it turned out, Bronson got too aggressive with his efforts to pass Owen, colliding with the 1 car in turn one and actually riding up and over it before both spun to a stop.\u00a0 Bronson was relegated to the rear for causing the caution, while a broken spring on Owen’s machine ended his night early.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That incident\u00a0caused Jeff Mathews to inherit the lead, and Mathews looked pretty tough as he held off a hard charging Roger Crouse for a few laps.\u00a0 Meanwhile Wayne Hammond had discovered that the high side was the place to race and he began rocketing around the top of the track while the two leaders stuck to the bottom.\u00a0 Hammond made quick work of Roger Crouse and gave Jeff Mathews fits until a caution on lap 21 forced a restart.\u00a0 Hammond managed to gain the upper hand on the restart and grab the lead, then hold off Mathews and Crouse for the win.\u00a0 Jeff Mathews was second followed by Roger Crouse for third, then John Bradley and Kyle Owen rounded out the top five finishers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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William Edwards led the Tee Pee Tire Hobby Stocks to the green flag and managed to hold the lead for most of the first lap, but Dean Jarvis and Heath Walker overwhelmed him in turn four.\u00a0 Jarvis grabbed the lead while Walker stuck to him like glue, and the two of them quickly outdistanced the rest of the competition.\u00a0 A restart on lap 13 gave Walker the upper hand and he pulled alongside Jarvis for the final laps, but the 37 car was simply a tad better and Dean Jarvis got the narrow victory in the final turn.\u00a0 Heath Walker finished second with Jonathan Appleby coming home in third place.\u00a0 Daniel Baldwin was the fourth place finisher while David Miller Sr. nabbed the fifth place spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fans have learned by now that when the Amsoil V8 Thunder Stocks hit the clay at Florida’s oldest race track, that there will be action, drama, and probably some hard feelings and bent sheet metal as well, and as usual the Thunder Stocks were more than ready to give more of the same.\u00a0 Michael Stalnaker jumped out in front early on in the race and held the lead through several cautions, despite Scott Mooers applying tons of pressure at times.\u00a0 But the race was slowed by quite a few caution periods which never let the leaders get away from the field or each other, and eventually led to the race being shortened by a couple of laps.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Chris Watson had kept himself in the top five until late in the race when he and Eddie Lentz had some contact in turns one and two.\u00a0 Lentz ended up spinning onto the infield as did Jessie Corbitt, but as Corbitt drove away, Eddie Lentz drove directly into Watson’s machine as the field passed the accident under caution.\u00a0 That retaliation under caution earned Lentz a disqualification, and\u00a0sent Watson to the pits on a hook.
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\nThat incident was the final straw that caused time to expire on the race and the green\/white\/checker rule to be used.\u00a0 Micheal Stalnaker beat Scott Mooers to the checkered flags, but failed to pass the post race tech inspection, thus handing the win to Mooers.\u00a0 Harold Erickson earned the second spot while Donald Winne was scored in the third spot.\u00a0 Jessie Corbitt recovered to nab fourth place and Danny James rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

Sixteen Mini Stocks came to Ocala Speedway on Friday night looking to help bolster the field at the last track in Florida to still run the division on dirt, and they put on quite a show for the fans.\u00a0 Kris Prouty had the pole but failed to keep it as Buddy Pope rocketed past, but Paul Combast also bypassed Prouty went after Pope.\u00a0 Both drivers battled for most of the race until Nick Kerr fought his way forward and joined the fray, thus complicating the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As the leaders encountered slow traffic in turn 4 Buddy Pope spun to avoid a collision and caused a caution, but was given his lead spot back by track officials.\u00a0 That seemed to light a fire under Nick Kerr, who made quick work of Pope on the restart and who hung on to win the race.\u00a0 Pope tried valiantly to beat Kerr in the final few yards of the race, but spun in the process and only managed a fifth place finish.\u00a0 Paul Combast followed Nick Kerr and claimed second place while Dan Kerr was third.\u00a0 Ray Ethridge snuck past the spinning Buddy Pope to grab the fourth spot.<\/p>\n

Ocala’s Gladiators finished out the night and again entertained the crowd with another hard fought race.\u00a0 Devin Walker was the hard charger of the race, climbing all the way to\u00a0second place\u00a0before a flat tire in the final laps sent him to the pits.\u00a0 Casey Feaster led the race twice as he battled with Matt Shea, but Shea ended up winning the final battle in turn four to claim the trophy and force Feaster to settle for second place.\u00a0 Steven Johnson had another strong night with a third place finish, and Mike McDonald drove the 10 car to a fourth place showing.\u00a0 And even after a late race trip to change a tire, Devin Walker still went home with a top five finish.<\/p>\n

The Late Models will return to Ocala Speedway on Friday, May 21st, along with the Amsoil V8 Thunder Stocks, the Mini Stocks, and the Gladiators.\u00a0 For more information on upcoming events, please visit www.OcalaSpeedway.com<\/a>, or phone the track at 352-622-9400.
\nOcala Speedway Results for 5\/14\/10<\/p>\n

Colortyme Modifieds<\/p>\n

1- 66 Wayne Hammond
\n2- 33 Jeff Mathews
\n3- 9 Roger Crouse
\n4- 0B John Bradley
\n5- 2 Kyle Owen
\n6- 5 Kyle Bronson
\n7- 67 Garrett Stewart
\n8- Z Tim Zackery
\n9- 41 Gary Sexton
\n10- 0J Justin Tilton
\n11- 1 Chip “Hollywood” Owen
\n12- 09 Rob Underwood
\n13- 7E James Erickson<\/p>\n

Tee Pee Tire Hobby Stock<\/p>\n

1- 37J Dean Jarvis
\n2- 55 Heath Walker
\n3- 69 Jonathan Appleby
\n4- 21 Daniel Baldwin
\n5- 7 David Miller Sr.
\n6- 12 Mike Tripp
\n7- 08E William Edwards
\n8- 37S Tyler Sistrunk<\/p>\n

Amsoil Synthetics Thunder Stocks<\/p>\n

1- 10 Scott Mooers
\n2- 66 Harold Erickson
\n3- 55W Donald Winne
\n4- 3D Jessie Corbitt
\n5- 40J Danny James
\n6- 77 Dan Cobb
\n7- 3W Vaughn Woodall
\n8- 326 Gordon Cade
\n9- 7E James Erickson
\n10- 21 Willard Driggers
\n11- 18W Chris Watson
\n12- 12B Jerrid Bennett
\n13- 55 Joey Durbin
\n14- 64 Jonathan Gillette
\n15- 76 Chris Shea
\n16- 09 William O’Quinn
\n17- 19 Brian Shea
\n18- 1 Austin Gamble
\nDNS- 12D Justin Durbin
\nDNS- 7 Roy Lester
\nDQ (conduct) 96L Eddie Lentz
\nDQ (tech) 8 Michael Stalnaker<\/p>\n

Mini Stock<\/p>\n

1- 75 Nick Kerr
\n2- 19C Paul Combast
\n3- 73 Dan Kerr
\n4- 21 Ray Ethridge
\n5- 81 Buddy Pope
\n6- 40M David Miller
\n7- 11Z Johnny Zackery
\n8- 12B Jimbo Bird
\n9- 9 Ryan Babcock
\n10- 3D Ron Kinsey
\n11- 19T Keith Briggs
\n12- 26 Kristopher Prouty
\n13- 31 Michael Oglesby
\n14- 64 Mike Budka
\nDNS- 5S Edward Pope
\nDNS- 7M Mike Goss<\/p>\n

Gladiators<\/p>\n

1- 96 Matt Shea
\n2- 20 Casey Feaster
\n3- 81 Steven Johnson
\n4- 10M Mike McDonald
\n5- 55JR Devin Walker
\n6- 57 Richard Smith
\n7- 77 Matthew Kramer
\n8- 3 Brandon Haseleu
\n9- 31 Taylor Lovejoy
\n10- 23 Rebecca Paugh
\n11- 14 Jeffrey Olive
\n12- 83 Kody Fisher
\n13- 76 Ken McCloud
\n14- 82 Kyle Morse<\/p>\n

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