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Orlando SpeedWorld returned with stock car racing action for the first time in\u00a02015 with a special Sunday afternoon program that a nice crowd of sun-drenched\u00a0fans enjoyed on a beautiful day for racing.\nThe E-Modifieds were among the classes competing on the day and it was Roger\u00a0Benton of Chuluota who grabbed the early lead in their 25-lap feature.\u00a0 Benton\u00a0held on for 11 laps but could not hold off Brandon Thomson of St. Cloud who\u00a0grabbed the top spot and raced to victory driving Donnie Lewis’ Ford-powered\u00a0machine.\u00a0 It was the first career Modified-type feature victory for Thomson\u00a0who has numerous wins in Legend Cars at SpeedWorld and began racing here\u00a0several years ago as a youngster in the Bandoleros.\u00a0Benton held on to take second followed by John Hodge, Jon Compagnone, Gino\u00a0Tumminello and Steve Thornbrugh.
\nGeorge Gorham, Jr. led all the way to take the win in the Sportsman feature\u00a0driving his Baseline Golf Course\/Parker Line Striping special.\u00a0 A late caution\u00a0for a spin by Glen Rhodes gave the field one last shot at Gorham but the\u00a0Lakeland driver held strong to take the win over Sean Bass, Timmy Todd, Jr.,\u00a0Rhodes, Gino Tumminello and Richard Fiore, Jr.
\nV-8 Strictly Stock heat wins went to Richard Fiore, Jr. and Aaron Overman and\u00a0it was Fiore who led the first two laps of the feature before being passed by\u00a0Kevin Ledford.\u00a0 Ledford was looking strong until Keith Wylie spun to bring the
\nout the yellow flag with three laps to go. Ledford was up to the task after\u00a0the restart and went on to score his first-ever win trailed by Fiore, Wes\u00a0Railing, Jr., Overman, Red Ledford, Wylie and Crash Tyner.\u00a0After winning the second heat race, Zachary Curtis of Palm Bay jumped out to\u00a0an early lead in the feature for the Four-Cylinder Strictly Stocks and led all\u00a0the way to claim the victory in his Saturn.\u00a0 Although he brought out a caution\u00a0flag on lap 16 when he stalled on the track with a flat tire, Shane Sutorus\u00a0made it back out for the restart then drove back to a second place finish\u00a0ahead of first heat winner John Gross, Eric Hodge, Bob Rondinone, Kendra\u00a0Gregory, Thomas Holland and Troy Gregory.
\nAlthough the Strictly Stock classes had not been scheduled to run for a purse,\u00a0just trophies only, a number of sponsors and fans donated cash in the amount\u00a0of $410 so that the top three finishers received a payout including $100 to
\nwin.\u00a0 Among the sponsors were Clean Cut Tree Service of Melbourne, Raceway.Biz\u00a0of Melbourne, All Auto Salvage of Titusville, Rex Engineering of Titusville,\u00a0Ocean Water & Breakers Irrigation System Repairs of Orlando, E&H Car Crushing\u00a0of Bithlo, Atlantic Moving Solutions of Cocoa and Kids Only Day Care out of\u00a0Gorham, NH.
\nA pair of Classic Race Car features were held with Cory Lane topping the first\u00a0event in his 1985 Tour-Type Modified over Tobi Smith, Ron Hess, Terry Maraman,\u00a0Larry Larivee and Billy Belflower.\u00a0 The second feature was won by Doug
\nCheesboro (driving an in-line six-cylinder Modified coupe owned by racing\u00a0veteran and cancer survivor Wayne Ashton) over Matt Jarrett, Ricky Taylor, Ron\u00a0Hess and Steve Miller.<\/p>\n