{"id":23969,"date":"2016-08-09T01:58:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T01:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=23969"},"modified":"2016-08-09T01:58:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T01:58:45","slug":"steele-crushes-field-in-larry-brazil-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/steele-crushes-field-in-larry-brazil-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Steele Crushes Field in Larry Brazil Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"david<\/span>Bradenton, FL – On a night that the Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series presented by BG\u00a0Products and TrueFuel honored one of Florida’s late sprint car racing\u00a0legends, it seemed fitting that another legend would finish the night on\u00a0top of the podium.\u00a0Dave Steele, a two-time Little 500 champion who has several championships\u00a0on his resume, rocketed from the back of the field and crushed the\u00a0competition on his way to a victory in Saturday night’s Larry Brazil\u00a0Memorial at Desoto Speedway.<\/p>\n

After winning the first heat race of the evening, Steele took the BG\u00a0Challenge and started at the rear of the 17-car field. He passed 11 cars in\u00a0the first three laps, passed Johnny Gilbertson for third on the sixth lap\u00a0and just passed Troy DeCaire for the second spot when the red flag flew for\u00a0a hard crash by Jeff Firestine just prior to the halfway point.\u00a0Steele blasted by Jason Kimball on the restart and immediately set sail\u00a0from the rest of the field. Not even the lapped traffic would slow down\u00a0Steele, who was clocking laps in the 108 MPH range in the final half of the\u00a0race. He would beat DeCaire by nearly half a lap at the checkered flag.<\/p>\n

“This is a great honor,” Steele said in victory lane. “Larry Brazil was\u00a0definitely a hero of mine on the local scene growing up here. It’s tough\u00a0outrunning these guys.”<\/p>\n

Kimball, Gilbertson and Sport Allen rounded out the top five. DeCaire won\u00a0the night’s other heat race.<\/p>\n

Cody Stickler has made Desoto Speedway his personal playground in the JD\u00a0Byrider Open Wheel Modified division. In Saturday’s 35-lap feature,\u00a0Stickler passed Chad Rutherford for lead lap on 7 and checked out from the\u00a0rest of the field. L.B. Skaggs got by Rutherford for second on lap 18 but\u00a0found himself with a distant gap to the leader.\u00a0Stickler was ahead of Skaggs by nearly half a lap when the caution flew for\u00a0Rutherford’s spin with 11 laps to go. Skaggs didn’t have anything for\u00a0Stickler on the restart, and the Pinellas Park driver drove on to another\u00a0victory. Skaggs and Troy Robinson finished second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Take Aim Gun Range Street Stocks took to the track for a 25-lap\u00a0feature. Kenny Gibson took the lead early and held the top spot for most of\u00a0the race with Donnie Powers and James Nanney directly in tow. Gibson was fighting a loose condition for most of the race and nearly spun\u00a0a couple of times coming out of turn four. With four laps to go, Powers got\u00a0a run on Gibson and took the lead going down the backstretch. He would go\u00a0on to his second straight feature win, with Gibson and Nanney rounding out\u00a0the podium.<\/p>\n

In other action Saturday night, Darrin Ellis completed a double on the\u00a0evening by winning both the 25-lap LKQ Pick Your Part Pure Stock feature\u00a0and the 25-lap Pep Boys Speed Shop Modified Mini Sock feature; Carl\u00a0Thompson won the 25-lap Bomber feature; and Devin McLeod won the 20-lap\u00a0Legends feature.<\/p>\n

Desoto Speedway will host the 200-lap Fall Bawl Invitational Sportsman\u00a0feature, which figures to draw at least 40 of the state’s top drivers on\u00a0August 20. Desoto Pro Trucks, Pure Street Stocks, Mini Stocks and Bombers\u00a0will also be in action that night.<\/p>\n

08-06-2016\u00a0DESOTO SPEEDWAY RACE RESULTS<\/span><\/p>\n

Sprint Cars<\/p>\n

1. 33 Dave Steele<\/p>\n

2. 91 Troy Decaire<\/p>\n

3. 79 Jason Kimbal<\/p>\n

4. 22 Johnny Gilbert<\/p>\n

5. 88 Sport Allen<\/p>\n

6. 16 Dude Teate<\/p>\n

7. 68 Garrett Green<\/p>\n

8. 15 Troy Thompson<\/p>\n

9. 63 Carlie Yent<\/p>\n

10. 59xJohn Inman<\/p>\n

11. 11 Mike Tharp<\/p>\n

12. 22x Travis Bliemeister<\/p>\n

13. 44 Gary Wiggins<\/p>\n

14. 3. Jeff Firestine<\/p>\n

15. 39 Clayton Donaldson<\/p>\n

16. 18 Shane Butler<\/p>\n

17. 15jr Geoff Styner D.N.S.<\/p>\n

Street Stock<\/p>\n

1 4 Donnie Powers<\/p>\n

2. 23 Kenny Gibson<\/p>\n

3. 6 James Nanny<\/p>\n

4. 11 Travis Barfield<\/p>\n

5. 51c Jarrett Cornell<\/p>\n

6. 51t Garrett Thompson<\/p>\n

7. 73 Jason Bartram<\/p>\n

8. 10 Jeff Firestine<\/p>\n

9. 17 Mark Pickelsimer<\/p>\n

10. 5b Dave Blanchard<\/p>\n

Pure Stock<\/p>\n

1. 71 Darrin Ellis<\/p>\n

2. 7 Blaine Baer<\/p>\n

3. 3 Sherry Best<\/p>\n

4. 72 Roger Dufrense<\/p>\n

5. 27 Gerald Fossa<\/p>\n

6. 67 Jimmy Best<\/p>\n

7. 7t Travis Todd<\/p>\n

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Bombers<\/p>\n

1. 75 Carl Thompson<\/p>\n

2. 7 Josh Todd<\/p>\n

3. 38z Zach Briggs<\/p>\n

4. 12 Doug Radley<\/p>\n

5. 81 Mark Gill<\/p>\n

6. 21 Aaron Holmes<\/p>\n

7. 22 Ann Marie Ricardi<\/p>\n

8. 23 Kenny Gibson<\/p>\n

Open Wheel Modified<\/p>\n

1. 99 Cody Stickler<\/p>\n

2. 71 L. B. Skaggs<\/p>\n

3 0 Troy Robinson<\/p>\n

4. 5 Chad Rutherford<\/p>\n

5. 75 Buddy Ryan<\/p>\n

6. 23 Todd Brown<\/p>\n

Modified Mini<\/p>\n

1. 71 Darrin Ellis<\/p>\n

2. 45 Mike Karrivan<\/p>\n

3. 86 Fred Paravicini<\/p>\n

4. 59 Frank Pelusio<\/p>\n

5. 6 Jimmy Frazier<\/p>\n

6. 17 Brad Blanton<\/p>\n

7. 77 Rachelle Rudolph<\/p>\n

8. 81 Travis Kirby<\/p>\n

Legends<\/p>\n

1. 21 Delvin McLeod<\/p>\n

2. 15 L. J. Grimm<\/p>\n

3. 9 Mitch Verhaagh<\/p>\n

4. 5 Stan Butler<\/p>\n

5. 7 John Inman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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