{"id":1535,"date":"2010-05-16T21:51:44","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T21:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2010-05-16T21:51:44","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T21:51:44","slug":"volusia-speedway-honors-the-military-with-five-divisions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/race-results\/volusia-speedway-honors-the-military-with-five-divisions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Volusia Speedway Honors the Military with Five Divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"
by VSP Media<\/p>\n

<\/strong>BARBERVILLE, FL- The racers and fans at Volusia Speedway Park got a break last Saturday night as a pause in the schedule allowed for a weekend off from racing, and when they returned this Saturday it was with a renewed focus and determination, that led to high quality racing.\u00a0 Fans saw action from the Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models, the Taylor Racing Products\u00a0Sportsman Division, the Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks, the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks, and VSP’s own 4 Cylinder Challengers, as everyone paid special tribute to our fighting forces on Volusia Speedway Park’s Armed Forces Night.<\/div>\n

\nOver the past few outings Mike Tovet has made some waves\u00a0in the Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks, but some time off seemed to\u00a0refresh others who needed to win,\u00a0so Tovet found himself following instead of leading.\u00a0 And from the start of the race, it became evident that Joe Belkey was back, as he grabbed second place from Mike Tovet and began working on the race leader, Cory Hupp.\u00a0\u00a0But Trevor Gamble was right behind him and slipped around for second, and the front four cars began a several lap long mix and match for the top spots.<\/p>\n

Belkey, who has suffered through some setbacks as of late, cranked up the determination a few more notches, made his way back to second place, and got alongside Cory Hupp in a battle for the lead.\u00a0 Belkey won that battle on lap 12 as he overwhelmed Hupp and sprinted out to a sizable lead, as Hupp developed mechanical issues and slowed his pace.\u00a0 Belkey\u00a0dominated the rest of the race despite a challenge from Trevor Gamble, and notched his first win of the 2010 racing season. Gamble followed in second place while Mike Tovet claimed the third spot.\u00a0 Mark Maresca had a good showing in fourth place and “Shady” Grady Christian returned to the field with a fifth place finish.<\/p>\n

Many of the racers who normally compete with the Taylor Racing Products Sportsman Division at VSP used their weekend off to venture west to Ocala for a race, and that event left many of them beaten and\u00a0bruised.\u00a0 And one of the most damaged of the group was Aaron Barsness, who got tangled in an accident early in that race and left with\u00a0a mangled race car, which looked greatly healed as it pulled onto the clay at Volusia Speedway Park on Saturday night. But Barsness had to find a way to overcome a hard charging Stanton Mills, who was out of the blocks like a racer possessed, and who hit turn two so hard and fast that the race car actually bicycled.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nMills looked to be too much for Barsness to overtake as the two of them separated themselves from everyone else, but\u00a0a lack of caution flags\u00a0allowed the field to spread out and forced the leaders to cope with traffic everywhere on the track.\u00a0 And as fate would have it, that traffic came into play as Barsness\u00a0and Mills entered the final five laps of the race.\u00a0\u00a0A slower\u00a0car caused Mills to lift just long enough for Barsness to get the advantage, and that determined who won the race.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aaron Barsness recovered from last weekend’s Ocala disaster with a win at VSP, followed by Stanton Mills in second place.\u00a0Shaun Daugharty, who also suffered through a miserable experience at Ocala, recovered for a third place finish, followed by Chris Day and Kyle Chappell\u00a0to round out the top five.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models put on quite a show for the fans Saturday night as some regulars fell by the wayside and a determined winner drove a wounded race car into Victory Lane.\u00a0 The race featured one red flag on lap 7, as Hamp Conley executed a cartwheeling crash along the backstretch wall.\u00a0 While it was both exciting and frightening to see and mangled the race car, Conley thankfully walked away from the carnage.<\/p>\n

The race was dominated by Tyler Ivey, who jumped to the front and left everyone else to fight over what was left.\u00a0 David Clegg patiently worked his way up to the second spot just before Conley’s accident stopped things, and held that position despite Lawton Minchew’s efforts to pass him. but in a rare moment for the veteran driver. Clegg simply overdrove the car in turn 3 and nosed into the inside barrier, which damaged the nose enough that it sent him to the pits for the remainder of the race.\u00a0 Joe Kump also worked his way into the top three, but had nothing for Ivey until late in the race.<\/p>\n

But just as it looked like Tyler Ivey was going to win by an embarrassingly large margin, his car began smoking heavily and his pace slowed.\u00a0 Ivey kept after it, realizing that he might have enough left to make it to the finish, and that he had such a huge lead that Kump might not catch him.\u00a0 Each lap the car smoked worse and the engine sounded flatter, but Ivey never relented, and although Kump managed to catch him in the final laps, Tyler Ivey scored a victory as the laps ran out on Joe Kump.\u00a0 Ivey celebrated in Victory Lane while VSP fire crews made sure that the car\u00a0would not\u00a0provide any fireworks,\u00a0and Joe Kump went to the pits in second place.\u00a0 Lawton Minchew finished in the third spot followed by Donnie Chappell in fourth and Jeff Phipps in fifth place.<\/p>\n

The Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks seem to always provide a tough and tumble brand of racing, and Saturday night was more of the same.\u00a0 Randy Strehle was one of the victims as he and three other cars tangled in turn two, Jim Goempel struggled in the race until his engine expired on lap 6, and Robert Donaly suffered a loose wheel in turn 3 that caused him to limp to the pits, following the tire and rim which went there on its own accord.<\/p>\n

And while others were trying to survive\u00a0, Scott Mooers was totally in control as he led the race from flag to flag.\u00a0 Matt Schell scored a second place finish thanks to his determined moves throughout the race that helped him climb up from the 13th starting position.\u00a0 But the big mover of the race was Austin Kirkpatrick, who struggled with mechanical issues in his heat race and wound up calling a friend in the grandstands to come and help fix it before the feature event.\u00a0 Kirkpatrick finished in the third spot while David Whitt and Richard Calmes finished behind him in fourth and fifth places.<\/p>\n

The 4 Cylinder Challengers had something to race for as Astor Recycling provided a $100 bonus to the winner, and from the start it looked like it was once\u00a0again time for things to change at the top.\u00a0 Mechanical issues delayed Casey Feaster from staging for the race, and he failed to get onto the track before the green flew.\u00a0 Shawn Kosier, who dominated the Challengers in the early part of the season, suffered a flat tire and limped into the pits, while Nathan Rhoades and Steven Johnson wound up with damaged cars from contact.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tony Laporta was back at the track and looked like his past issues were long gone, as he shot to the lead and stayed there for the win. Larry Langston came on strong and worked his way to second place, but could not find a solution for Laporta and had to settle for the runner up position at the checkers, and James Smith fought his way to a third place finish.\u00a0 Kevin Dugan was fourth, while Denica Hetznecker overcame some close calls and raced hard for the fifth place finish.\u00a0 And despite the flat tire early on, Shawn Kosier battled back to salvage sixth place, gaining 13 positions from his original 19th starting position.<\/p>\n

Teenagers will be the focus this coming Saturday night at Volusia Speedway Park. “Teen Night” will feature giveaways, prizes, contests, plus special events\u00a0geared\u00a0for teens, and there will be a special teen section at the track.\u00a0 Gates open at 5:30PM on Saturday, May 22nd, with racing at 7:30PM.\u00a0 For more information, visit www.VolusiaSpeedwayPark.net<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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\nVolusia Speedway Park Results for 5\/15\/10<\/p>\n

Daytona Dodge Chrysler Late Models<\/p>\n

1- 47 Tyler Ivey
\n2- J17 Joe Kump
\n3- 23 Lawton Minchew
\n4- 25 Donnie Chappell<\/p><\/div>\n

5- 32P Jeff Phipps<\/div>\n
6- 35 Christian Augspurger
\n7- 11 Howard Stalls
\n8- 45 Bobby Richardson
\n9- 98C Kent Corbin
\n10- 21Q Chris Freeman
\n11- RP1 Bug Rose
\n12- 5 Johnny Collins
\n13- 07 David Clegg
\n14- 46 Hamp Conley
\nDNS- 16 Wayne Shugart<\/p>\n

Taylor Racing Products Sportsman<\/p><\/div>\n

\n1- 11 Aaron Barsness
\n2- 57P Stanton Mills
\n3- 00 Shaun Daugharty
\n4- 8 Chris Day
\n5- 66C Kyle Chappell
\n6- 10 Steve Shead
\n7- 05 Dan Lane Sr.
\n8- 96 Matt McGillivray
\n9- 29S Drew Smith
\n10- 17K Marc Kinley
\n11- 17H Blaise Hetznecker
\n12- 22 Brad Humphries
\n13- 77 Wayne Allen Jr.
\n14- 57 Karl Heinz Haas
\n15- 18S David Showers Jr.
\n16- 38 Doug White
\n17- 88 Samuel Ashley<\/div>\n
DNS- 80 Paul Shead
\nDNS- 56 Tony Sansom<\/p>\n

Daytona Sportswear Street Stock<\/p>\n

1- 119 Joe Belkey II
\n2- 64 Trevor Gamble
\n3- 98T Mike Tovet
\n4- 77M Mark Maresca
\n5- 36 Grady Christian
\n6- 54 Tim Hughes
\n7- 13 Phillip Brown
\n8- 51 Steve Oldaker
\n9- 2H Cory Hupp
\n10- 66V Greg Vandergriff
\n11- 34 Pat Buckley
\n12- 61 Mike Tripp
\n13- 2S Mick Kulak
\n14- 11S James Smith<\/p><\/div>\n

15- 17 D.J. Nobles<\/div>\n
\nAmsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stock<\/p>\n

1- 10 Scott Mooers
\n2- 57 Matt Schell<\/p><\/div>\n

3- 11 Austin Kirkpatrick
\n4- 13 David Whitt
\n5- 07 Richard Calmes Jr.
\n6- 6 Wally Douglas
\n7- 17 Donnie Nobles
\n8- 03 Robert Schrunk<\/div>\n
9- V1 Delbert Moyer
\n10- 19 A.J. McKay
\n11- 81 Courtney Eubanks
\n12- 29 Tom Hughes
\n13- 24 Randy Strehle
\n14- 15 Luke Sadler
\n15- 9 Jim Goempel
\n16- 114 John Thorpe
\n17- 22 Kelly Snyder<\/div>\n
18- 0 Ricky Lara
\n19- 42 Dalton Strehle
\n20- 9R Robert Donaly
\n21- 14 Brian Cox
\nDNS- 32 James Shaw<\/p>\n

4 Cylinder Challengers<\/p>\n

1- 3T Tony Laporta
\n2- 49 Larry Langston
\n3- 60 James Smith Sr.
\n4- 5S Kevin Dugan
\n5- 16 Denica Hetznecker
\n6- 97 Shawn Kosier
\n7- 88 Steven Cox
\n8- 7 Jamie Farris
\n9- 20 Casey Feaster
\n10- 16E Gilbert Espy
\n11- 18PAC Michael Stein
\n12- 11 David Ladrie
\n13- 004 R.J. Glaser
\n14- X Justin Dean
\n15- 31 Scott Sullivan
\n16- 51 Nathan Rhoades
\n17- 12 Robert Graham
\n18- 81 Steven Johnson
\n19- XX Jordan Myers
\n20- 1X James Clay
\n21- 101 Wade Lear
\n22- 37 Steve Danese
\n23- 6E Gilbert Espy<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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