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EAST MANATEE –\u00a0Saturday\u00a0night dozens of costumed kids were treated to\u00a0autographs and free candy by the racers at the Full Throttle Speedway. \u00a0After\u00a0the kids got their Halloween treats, and four kids bicycles were given away. the adults were treated to another\u00a0night of exciting race action.<\/p>\n
The evening began with Randy Johnson of Bradenton taking the 6-lap\u00a0Pro 4 heat race by outracing Jessica Ostorovskis of St. Petersburg and Ronald Robinson of Bradenton.<\/p>\n
In the 8-lap Champ Karts heat, Doug Schmidt grabbed the checkered flag while Ed Brillante finished second and Jason McGonnell finished in third.<\/p>\n
In the first of two 6-lap heats in the Legends division, Mike Verhaagh led from start to finish to beat out second place finisher, Kyle Capobianco and third place finisher, Robby Lyons. The second heat race saw\u00a0Joey Azzata lead all the way ahead of Keith Sankula and Joey Langis.<\/p>\n
The first Sprint Cars heat had a long delay after Joey Aguilar\u2019s car caught on fire because of a fuel line rupture. Amazingly, Aguillar walked away even though he was covered in flames. Aguillar was airlifted to a nearby hospital where he was treated and released. He\u2019s expected to be racing again sometime next month.<\/p>\n
The feature races began with Sherry Best of Myaka City winning the 15-lap Rookie 4 race. Zach Rodgers of Clearwater finished in second after<\/p>\n
Best passed him on the first lap. Marina Petty of Venice finished in third.<\/p>\n
Ed Brillante won the 25-lap Champ Karts feature after seizing the lead on the second lap. Doug Schmidt came in second and Jason McGonnell<\/p>\n
was third.<\/p>\n
The 25-lap Legends feature was won by Joey Azzata of Boca Raton. Keith Sankula of Palm City closely trailed Azzata for most of the race to finish in second place. Kyle Capobianco of Spring Hill came in third. \u00a0\u201c(After the restart) we went down into turn 1 and there was no break after turn1,\u201d Azzata said.<\/p>\n
The 30-lap Late Model Sportsman feature gave the race fans a really exciting finish. Aaron Williamson of Lakeland and Michael Atwell of Naples were side by side in the home stretch of the final lap. The cars touched just short of the finish line and right quarter panel of Williamson\u2019s car was sheared off. Williamson maintained control and managed to edge\u00a0Atwell for the win. Clyde Coyle of Sarasota finished third. \u00a0\u201cIt was a little rough,\u201d Atwell acknowledged, \u201cbut it was a good race.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 30-lap TBARA Sprint Cars feature was a survival of both the fastest and the fittest. The race began with a field of\u00a018 cars taking the green\u00a0and ended with a field of 11. The field was quickly whittled down after a four-car pileup on turn 2 of lap 3. On lap 10 David Steele of Tampa took the lead from Scotty Adema of Fort Myers and they stayed at 1-2 for the rest of the race. Matt Alfonso came in third. \u00a0\u201cIt was a good run for us,\u201d Steele said. \u201cI want to thank my crew. Due to attrition, there weren\u2019t that many cars.\u201d \u00a0\u201cIt was our second time out,\u201d Adema said. \u201cand\u00a0 our second\u00a0 place finish,\u201d Adema said. \u201cThere\u2019s no shame in finishing second to David.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 25-lap Pro 4 feature had some spinouts, tapouts and caution flags before Ronald Robinson of Bradenton raced to victory ahead of Jesssica Ostrovskis of Bradenton and Kris Bridges of Venice.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not the way I wanted to win,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cThere was a lot of beating and banging.\u201d\u00a0Robinson would not be able to pass the tech inspection after the feature, giving the win over to Jessica Ostrovskis, Kris Bridges second and Sklyer Null third.<\/p>\n
In the evening\u2019s final feature, James Widner of Myaka City edged Dalton Ellis, also of Myaka City, to win the 15-lap Junkyard Dogs race. James Shulko came in third.<\/p>\n