[slideshow id=2]Orlando SpeedWorld returned to action Friday night and fans were treated to a
\ngood night of racing despite some unseasonably chilly temperatures and a cold
\nwind.
\nA dozen Legend Cars made the trip to the high-banked three-eighths mile with
\nDakota Baggette and Jordan Black winning the pair of heat races.
\nDave “Too Tall” Gleason grabbed the early advantage at the start of the 25-lap
\nfeature but caution flew at the end of lap one for a three car tangle in turn
\none involving Robbie Lyons, Tony Steinbuck and Joey Langis. \u00a0Lyons got a good
\npiece of the concrete and was eliminated from competition while Steinbuck and
\nLangis continued.
\nBaggette sped around Gleason on the restart and began to build a good-sized
\nlead while Black got around Gleason for third on the fifth lap and set sail
\nafter the leader. \u00a0Black was on a rail and passed Baggette for the top spot on
\nlap 14, then led the remaining distance to score the victory. \u00a0Baggette
\nclaimed second with Gleason third. \u00a0Becca Monopoli made a late pass to take
\nfourth spot ahead of Keith Sinkula. \u00a0Donovan Ponder took the checker in sixth
\nwith Noah Cornman, Steinbuck, Langis, Ted Ruffo, Roger Englund and Lyons
\nrounding out the finishers.
\nAfter Jeff Cuddy led the opening lap of the Super Stock Feature, Danny Frye
\nclaimed the front spot and led the remaining distance despite constant
\npressure from heat winner Donny Funk. \u00a0Frye, who appeared to have half the
\nfans in the grandstands wildly rooting for him, took a close win over Funk and
\nhard-charging Bobby Cuddy. \u00a0Young Michael Held did a superb job coming back
\nfrom a lap four spin to take fourth spot over Ernie Tuminello. \u00a0Rounding out
\nthe top-ten were Brandon Christian, Art Hendren, Jeff Cuddy, Denny Snyder and
\nWarren Schurr.
\nAlan Bruns overcame a problem with a broken shifter to top the Pro Late Model
\nfeature after a good battle with Rickey Moxley who settled for second spot
\nahead of Tommy Mackey. \u00a0Zach Harris led the first lap of the feature but
\nmechanical woes put him in the pits before the completion of the event. \u00a0Bruns
\nalso won the heat race.
\nBiggest surprise of the night came in the Sportsman class as Daniel Conlin,
\nJr., making his first-ever start in a full-bodied race car, won the Sportsman
\nfeature going away. \u00a0The young driver, who raced Bandoleros and Legend Cars
\nhere over the last few years, made it look easy as he won by a large margin.
\nTrailing Conlin to the checker were heat race winner Richard Fiore, Ron
\nGustafson, early leader Derrick Wood and Donny Funk.
\nMatt Jarrett also scored a runaway victory in the E-Modified class as he led
\nevery lap to take the win over Earl Beckner, Bruce Packer and Roger Benton.
\nBeckner won the heat race but his car appeared to be extremely loose in the
\nfeature after the weather turned cooler. \u00a0John Hodge missed the show after
\nblowing an engine in hot laps.
\nShane Sutorus topped the Strictly Stock feature after taking the lead from Jim
\n“Crusher” Erb on lap ten and they finished in that order in front of a
\nfast-closing Wes Railing, Jr. who had to settle for third. \u00a0Fourth went to the
\n“Big Bad Buick” of Zach Curtis with Luis Guillen fifth. \u00a0Completing the
\nfinishers were Eddie Moran, Donald Springer and Tyler Jewer. Sutorus also won
\nthe heat.
\nSam Cornman came home victorious in the very competitive Bandolero feature,
\npassing Brett Suggs on the final lap. \u00a0Suggs spun out coming to the checker
\nallowing heat winner \u00a0Ryan Pierce to take second. \u00a0David Owen was third ahead
\nof Colton Bramlett and Suggs.
\nThis Friday night, April 12, The Super Late Models are at SpeedWorld for a
\n100-lap event as part of the Brighthouse Challenge Series. Also in action will
\nbe the Modifieds, Mini Stocks, Pro Trucks, Super Stocks, Strictly Stocks and
\nBandoleros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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