{"id":20556,"date":"2013-12-17T20:39:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T20:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=20556"},"modified":"2013-12-17T20:39:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T20:39:09","slug":"joey-coulter-wins-caution-plagued-charity-100-truck-race-record-amount-raised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/joey-coulter-wins-caution-plagued-charity-100-truck-race-record-amount-raised\/","title":{"rendered":"JOEY COULTER WINS CAUTION-PLAGUED CHARITY 100 TRUCK RACE – RECORD AMOUNT RAISED"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CoulterFor the third year, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Joey Coulter had\u00a0his name attached to the running of the Charity Trucker’s 100 race. However,\u00a0this year was different as he actually raced in the event and, he not only ran\u00a0in the race at Auburndale Speedway, but won it too! \u00a0An outstanding field of 26 trucks assembled on Friday for preliminary practice\u00a0and qualifying. When all was said and done, young Dylan Martin of Lakeland\u00a0had set quick time at 14.600 seconds to earn the $100 fast qualifier award
\nfrom Southern Air Compressor Service, Inc. On Saturday, Martin pulled the\u00a0eight pill, inverting the top eight qualifiers for the start of the 100-lap\u00a0affair. More importantly, Martin presented event organizer Rick Bristol and\u00a0Coulter with a check for $3331.67 that he alone had raised for the families\u00a0being supported by this years race.
\nWith a large crowd watching, it was Michael Pilla taking the early lead from\u00a0his pole starting spot as outside pole-sitter Jessica Murphy got hung out on\u00a0the top lane while Coulter, Brian Harbin, Steve Darvalics and Mica Williams\u00a0moved up.<\/p>\n

There were a total of three caution flags in the first three laps\u00a0as there was plenty of bumping and banging going on throughout the field on\u00a0the tight quarter-mile Auburndale track. Two of the first three yellows were\u00a0for Doc McKinney who initially had the nose of his Whitney Poole Motorsports\u00a0Chevy knocked off on the opening lap then had the hood blow off during lap\u00a0three. Sandwiched between the two slowdowns for McKinney was a spin in turn\u00a0one by Becca Monopoli. The lady driver from Lakeland went to the rear of the\u00a0field for the restart but would make her presence felt later.\u00a0During a brief green flag period, Coulter got enough momentum to scoot by\u00a0Pilla for the lead as things continued to be very choppy with caution flag\u00a0after caution flag being needed, all for minor spins or trucks slowing on\u00a0track unable to get to the safety of the infield. Darvilacs took second from\u00a0Pilla around lap 11 but that pass was negated by another yellow flag. Then,\u00a0on lap 14, Pilla got a good run on Coulter to re-claim the lead only to see –\u00a0guess what – another caution flag allowing Coulter to retain the top spot. By\u00a0the completion of lap 20, there had already been 12 caution flags thrown and\u00a0race officials decided to start counting caution laps for two reasons. First,\u00a0the race had a 90 minute time limit so the complete event could be broadcast\u00a0on 740 AM\/The Game out of Orlando and there had only been 20 laps completed in\u00a0a 45 minute time span. Secondly, crews were beginning to worry their machines\u00a0wouldn’t have enough gas to complete the distance.\u00a0Among the bevy of early cautions was one for three-time Charity Truck winner
\nDarvilacs who was hoping to finish the night batting an even .500 for the\u00a0eight charity events. His night ended prematurely though when the rear end\u00a0broke on his truck on lap 19.\u00a0Once the drivers were told caution laps would count, they actually ran seven\u00a0green flag laps before McKinney got spun out yet again on lap 27. Jessica\u00a0Murphy, who had settled into fifth spot, saw her night come to an abrupt end\u00a0when her engine seized going into turn one with a loud bang. Murphy guided\u00a0her truck up towards the wall and out of harm’s way but brought out yet\u00a0another yellow flag on lap 32. Only more caution would be needed before the\u00a0halfway mark as McKinney and Cole Partelo got tangled up in turn two.\u00a0At lap 50 Coulter continued to lead but was now feeling pressure from his\u00a0girlfriend, Jessica Green, herself a two-time winner on the local FUPS Truck
\ncircuit in 2013. Green seemed to have a faster truck but Coulter’s Duke\u00a0Masonry Special was handling well on the low side. Behind Coulter and Green\u00a0at halfway were Pilla, Dylan Martin, Harbin, Williams, Monopoli, Bruce\u00a0Bennett, Rodney Haddock and Sam Scott, now up to tenth after starting dead\u00a0last in 26th.<\/p>\n

The field continued to get in some green flag laps until Jeff Dulaney spun on\u00a0lap 63. Three laps later, Green slowed abruptly coming off turn two as her\u00a0engine shut off. The drivers just behind her managed to avoid a major melee\u00a0as Green dejectedly took her truck to the infield.\u00a0Coulter now had the truck to beat as he had really gotten dialed in and pulled\u00a0away from Pilla on the restart while Martin began to make waves eventually\u00a0taking second from Pilla on lap 73. A final caution on lap 84 for Scott’s\u00a0blown engine gave Martin a shot at Coulter, but the NASCAR star simply made it\u00a0look easy over the final laps to win going away. Martin claimed second ahead\u00a0of Pilla and Harbin (who drove an excellent, steady race) while Monopoli drove\u00a0skillfully back up to fifth spot after her early spin. Willams, Bennett,\u00a0James Glover, Dustin Chisholm and Rodney Haddock rounded out the top ten.<\/p>\n

Kim Scheffler, driving in the race for the first time since the first charity\u00a0event back in 2006, came home 11th after having to re-build the engine in her\u00a0truck on Friday and just making it to the track in time to qualify. Her\u00a0efforts earned Scheffler the $100 Hard Charger award put up by Southern Air\u00a0Compressor Service, Inc. Southern Air Compressor also sponsored several other\u00a0awards worth $100 each that went to the follwing drivers: Mike Powers (Hard\u00a0Luck), Becca Monopoli (Cool Move of the Race) and Joey Coulter for leading at\u00a0half way and setting the fastest lap of the race. \u00a0The “Calculated Move of the race” award from Dennis & Dennis, Inc. worth $100
\nwent to Jessica Murphy while $300 gift certificates from Lightning Light\u00a0Bodies went to Ricky Bullard, Jr. (pre-race drawing), Cole Partelo (13th Place\u00a0Award) and Doc McKinney who won the “Most Missing Pieces” award.\u00a0Title sponsors for this years event were Aaron’s, Blackwater Irrigation and\u00a0Florida Suncoast Unclaimed Freight Sales. Presenting sponsors were Fellows\u00a0Truck Brokers, and the Les & Judy Smout Foundation while Associate sponsors\u00a0were Orlando Dodge\/Chyrsler\/Jeep, Coulter Motorsports, Enterprise Rent-A-Car,\u00a0Curry’s Roofing and Webb’s Commercial Services. \u00a0Tempest Cycles were also on hand to raffle off a motorcycle valued at $4500.<\/p>\n

Around $1700 was raised with Mike Mohr the lucky winner of the bike. \u00a0As of this writing, nearly $31,000 has been raised to benefit the three\u00a0families being helped this year. That is nearly $4,000 more than the previous\u00a0record of $27,000 set last year. “Wow, over $30,000, that is so incredible”\u00a0said race winner Joey Coulter. “Thanks to all the drivers, crews, volunteers\u00a0and the fans that came and supported myself, Rick Bristol and this great\u00a0cause. It was so cool to win the race and share it with the fans. I am
\nexcited to sit down and work with Rick and plan next years event and see if we\u00a0can do even more to help these families as they face their battle for life. I\u00a0hope everyone has a great Christmas and I wish all a Happy New Year” added\u00a0Coulter. Coulter and his Duke Racing Team donated all their winnings back to\u00a0the families. \u00a0Added race organizer Rick Bristol, “I am always amazed at the support and the\u00a0growth this event gains each year. Joey has been a big part of that, but also\u00a0just the people who get to see what it is about and they catch our vision and\u00a0return. It was a great night and I want to thank all the drivers, crews, fans\u00a0and volunteers that make this possible. And thanks to Rex Guy and Auburndale\u00a0Speedway for their hospitality. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy\u00a0New Year!”
\nIn other racing action on Saturday, Brandon Morris held off a determined\u00a0challenge from Daniel Webster to win the Sportsman feature while Mike Montano\u00a0made a surprising late-race move to capture the Southeast Champ Kart Series\u00a0race. The night was capped off by a wild yet highly entertaining and\u00a0controversial Bomber feature race won by veteran George Gorham, Jr.<\/p>\n

CHARITY TRUCKERS 100 – AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY – 12\/14\/13 – 100 LAPS:<\/p>\n

1) Joey Coulter, Charlotte NC
\n2) Dylan Martin,Lakeland, FL
\n3) Michael Pilla, Midland, NC
\n4) Brian Harbin, Bartow, FL
\n5) Becca Monopoli, Lakeland, FL
\n6) Mica Williams, Lakeland, FL
\n7) Bruce Bennett, Orlando, FL
\n8) James Glover, Pinellas Park, FL
\n9) Dustin Chisholm, Seminole, FL
\n10) Rodney Haddock, Hilliard, FL
\n11) Kim Scheffler, Auburndale, FL
\n12) Zach Curtis, Palm Bay, FL
\n13) Cole Partelo, St. Petersburg, FL
\n14) Ricky Bullard, Jr., Arcadia, FL
\n15) Sam Scott, Naples, FL
\n16) Tim Viens, Port Orange, FL
\n17) Jessica Green, Charlotte, NC
\n18) Jeff Dulaney, Naples, FL
\n19) Mason Love, Pinellas, Park, FL
\n20) Jeremy Daring, Alva, FL
\n21) Doc McKinney, Ft. Pierce, FL
\n22) Jessica Murphy, Groveland, FL
\n23) Steve Darvalics, Venice, FL
\n24) Mike Powers, Pembroke Pines, FL
\n25) Phil Ellis, Arcadia, FL
\n26) Nick Malverty, Spring Hill, FL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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