{"id":5295,"date":"2011-02-28T12:36:26","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T12:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2011-03-01T12:36:59","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T12:36:59","slug":"top-gun-sprints-race-report-2-26-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/series\/top-gun-sprints-race-report-2-26-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Gun Sprints Race Report 2-26-11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Curtis Whalin<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Top Gun Sprints<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document1\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Hendry County Motorsports Park, February 26, 2011<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><a name=\"role_document2\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">H<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">eat #1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a name=\"role_document4\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document5\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1* Tim George (Venice, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document6\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14 Ryan Partin (Orlando, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document7\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 83 Mark Ruel Jr. (Jacksonville, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document3\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 43 Terry Witherspoon (West Jefferson, NC)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document8\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a06\u00a0 Mike Schroeder (SouthWestRanches, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document9\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a00 \u00a0Jimmy Ballew Jr. (Riverveiw, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document10\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 59 Danny Statter (Deltona, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><a name=\"role_document11\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Heat #2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a name=\"role_document12\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document13\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24 Danny Martin (Sarasota, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document14\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4C Tyler Godwin (Tampa, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document15\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14W Danny Jones (Valrico, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document16\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27 Johnny Gilbertson<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document17\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 36 Ken Laureno (Port Charlotte, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document18\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 01 Rebecca George (Venice, FL)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document19\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 \u00a0Rich Alexander (Tampa, FL) DNS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><a name=\"role_document20\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Feature<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a name=\"role_document21\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">24 \tDanny Martin<strong>; <\/strong>2) 14 Ryan Partin<strong>; <\/strong>3) 43 Terry \tWitherspoon<strong>; <\/strong>4) 83 Mark Ruel Jr.<strong>; <\/strong>5) 1* Tim George; 6) \t27 Johnny Gilbertson; 7) 0 Jimmy Ballew Jr.; 8) 6 Mike Schroeder; 9) \t36 Ken Laureno; 10) 01 Rebecca George; 11) 8 Rich Alexander; 12) 14W \tDanny Jones; 13) 59 Danny Statter; 14) 4C Tyler Godwin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a name=\"role_document22\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Commentary<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document23\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document24\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Top Gun Sprints made their first visit of 2011 to the Hendry County Motorsports Park in Clewiston on Saturday February 26, 2011. There were 14 cars at the track to give fans two heat races and a 25 lap feature race.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document25\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document26\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The heat races are lined up using a pill pull system, and Mark Ruel Jr. in the 83 had the pole for the start of the first heat race with Tim George in the 1* on the outside, Tim George took the race lead at the start and held on to take the race win. Johnny Gilbertson had the pole for the start of the second heat race in the 27 car with Danny Martin in the 24 on the outside, Danny Martin took the initial race lead and went on to take the heat win. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document27\"><\/a><a name=\"role_document30\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document31\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Using a passing points system to line up the feature race and a six car inversion, Terry Witherspoon in the 43 car had the pole for the start of the feature race, with Ryan Partin in the 14 car on the outside. The race got underway and Lap 1 seen first caution with Tyler Godwin clipped big tire in turn four, with broken parts was done for the night. On the next complete restart Danny Martin come from the 4<sup>th<\/sup> position and took the race lead and never looked back taking the win. Ryan Partin in the 14 finished in second place, followed by Terry Witherspoon in the 43, Mark Ruel Jr. in the 83, with Tim George in the 1* car finishing out the top 5. The KSE Hard Charger Award went to Jimmy Ballew Jr. in the 0 car.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document32\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document33\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Top Gun Sprints will be at North Florida Speedway March 19, 2011 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document25\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"role_document26\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Curtis Whalin Top Gun Sprints Hendry County Motorsports Park, February 26, 2011 Heat #1 1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1* Tim George (Venice, FL) 2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14 Ryan Partin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hendry-county-motorsports-park","category-race-results","category-series"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5295"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5297,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5295\/revisions\/5297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}