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SCOTT LOCKWOOD –\u00a0Kenny Gibson and Sean Bass outlasted the competition – and the sweltering\u00a0heat – to take victories in the main events on an action-packed night at\u00a0Desoto Speedway on Saturday.<\/p>\nSCOTT LOCKWOOD –\u00a0Kenny Gibson and Sean Bass outlasted the competition – and the sweltering\u00a0heat – to take victories in the main events on an action-packed night at\u00a0Desoto Speedway on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Gibson and Jeff Firestine, who set the third and fastest times in\u00a0qualifying respectively, started 10th and 12th in the 21-car field after a\u00a012-car inversion. The pair wasted no time charging to the front of the\u00a0field and were both in the top five by the time the caution flew for Joe\u00a0Gerard’s fire on lap seven.\u00a0After a rash of caution flags and a restart on lap 17, Firestine went from\u00a0fifth to first by passing Gibson and then with a dramatic three-wide pass\u00a0of early leader Travis Barfield and Mike Rowland. He was pulling away from\u00a0the field when a debris caution flew on lap 24.<\/p>\n
James Nanney used a series of cautions and restarts to work his way up to\u00a0second place. He spent several laps on Firestine’s rear bumper before\u00a0losing a little ground to the leader. Firestine was starting to catch the\u00a0back of the field when a rear tire flew off Danny Daniels’ car right in\u00a0front of the leaders to bring out another caution.\u00a0Nanney was in position to challenge Firestine for the lead in the final\u00a0laps before nearly spinning off turn four. Nanney’s misfortune moved Gibson\u00a0up to second behind Firestine, who crossed the line first for an apparent\u00a0victory. However, Firestine’s car failed post-race technical inspection,\u00a0which handed the victory to Gibson – his first win of the season in the\u00a0Street Stocks.<\/p>\n
Danny Caylor recovered from a mid-race spin to finish second, while\u00a0Rowland, who nearly spun and lost several spots after battling for the lead\u00a0early, rounded out the podium. Barfield and Pete Close completed the top\u00a0five in the seventy five lap, Summer Sizzler, Take Aim gun Range Street Stocks.<\/p>\n
The Desoto-Auburndale Sportsman Series (DASS) was also on hand for\u00a0Sportsman Madness 50, the last race for the class before their 200-lap Fall\u00a0Brawl next month. Colin Allman and Patrick Thomas were battling for the\u00a0lead on the seventh lap when they got together coming out of turn two.\u00a0Thomas made hard contact with the outside wall, and several other cars \u2013\u00a0including Earl Beckner and Mike Smith \u2013 were collected in the melee.\u00a0Beckner, who was running third at the time of the accident, was able to\u00a0continue with very little damage and assumed the lead with fast-qualifier\u00a0Sean Bass in the runner-up spot. Bass needed just five laps to get by\u00a0Beckner for the top spot and quickly set sail from the rest of the field.\u00a0His lead was evaporated when the caution flew just past the halfway point\u00a0for Josh Borem’s spin.<\/p>\n
Bass looked like he was on cruise control out front when another caution\u00a0for Roger Welch’s blown engine bunched up the field again with 10 laps to\u00a0go. During the caution, Beckner went into the pits a flat tire and lost his\u00a0chance at a win.\u00a0The final restart allowed Jason Vail and George Gorham one final shot at\u00a0Bass for the lead, but Bass easily fought the pair off and drove away for\u00a0the win. Vail held off Gorham for second, while Tom Zimmerman and Bruce
\nBennett rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n
In other action Saturday night, Aaron Holmes passed Bobby Mobley for the\u00a0lead for the final time on lap 18 and went on to his first Bomber win at\u00a0Desoto Speedway; Blaine Baer went through the middle on a three-wide pass\u00a0on the first lap and went on to win the 25-lap LKQ Pick-Your-Part Pure\u00a0Stock feature; Darrin Ellis won the 20-lap Pep Boys Speed Shop Modified\u00a0Mini Stock feature; and Johnny Marra won the 25-lap Mini Stock feature.<\/p>\n
Racing action returns to Desoto Speedway on July 30 with the Sunoco\u00a0Challenge Series Super Late Model, Desoto Pro Trucks, Pure Stocks, Street\u00a0Stocks, Modified Mini Stocks, Mini Stocks and Bombers.<\/p>\n
07-09-2016
\nDESOTO SPEEDWAY RACE RESULTS
\nSportsman
\n1. 28 Sean Bass
\n2. 171 Jason Vail
\n3. 29 George Gorham
\n4. 01 Tom Zimmerman
\n5. 24 Bruce Bennett
\n6. 9 Brooke Storer
\n7. 172 Joey Sims
\n8. 25 Timothy Todd
\n9. 71 Earl Beckner
\n10. 111 Josh Borem
\n11. 4 Rick Reed
\n12. 23 Mike Smith
\n13. 98 Roger Welch
\n14. 199 Bret Jenkins
\n15. 111r Patrick Thomas
\n16. 67 Colin Allman
\n17. 45 Mike Karrivan
\n18. 99 Jamie Kennedy<\/p>\n
Street Stock
\n1 23g Kenny Gibson
\n2.7 Danny Caylor
\n3 52 Mike Rowland
\n4 11 Travis Barfield
\n5 86 Pete Close
\n6 73 Jason Bartrum
\n7 6 James Nanney
\n8 74 Bobby Huffstutler
\n9 96 Joe Humet
\n10 01 Bobby Destler
\n11 4p Donnie Power
\n12 51t Garrett Thompson
\n13 9 Danny Daniels
\n14 40 Scott Finch
\n15 69 Keith Neff
\n16 23b Todd Brown
\n17 45 Adam King
\n18 63 Duane Best
\n19. 51J Joe Gerard
\n20 1 James Knight
\n21 Jeff Firestine Dqed in tech<\/p>\n
Pure Stock
\n1. 7 Blaine Baer
\n2. 73 Jacob Berkevich
\n3. Sherry Best
\n4. 71 Dalton Ellis
\n5. 72 Roger Dufrense
\n6. 7 Travis Todd
\n7. 12 Bill Osborne<\/p>\n
Bombers
\n1. 57 Aaron Holmes
\n2. 75 Jeff Warren
\n3. 7 Josh Todd
\n4. 22x Randy Spicer
\n5. 2g Bobby Mobley
\n6. 12 Doug Radley
\n7. 21 Josh Hall
\n8. 22 Ann Marie Ricarrdi
\n9. 23 Kenny Gibson
\n10. 14 Adam Briggs
\n11. 1 Rick Norman<\/p>\n
Modified Mini
\n1. 71 Darrin Ellis
\n2. 45 Mike Karrivan
\n3. 17 Brad Blanton
\n4. 6 Jimmie Frazier
\n5. 94 Keith Roggen
\n6. 2 Jimmie Wood D.N.S.<\/p>\n
Mini Stock
\n1. 99 Johnny Marra
\n2. 6 Jimmie Best
\n3. 08 Ren Wright Jr. D.Q. in tech
\n4. 05 Ronnie Robinson D.Q. in tech
\n5. 77 Laura Mammina D.Q. in tech
\n6. 37 Todd Wozniak D.Q. in tech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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