{"id":7750,"date":"2011-07-31T18:28:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T18:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=7750"},"modified":"2011-08-01T00:21:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T00:21:15","slug":"punta-gorda-results-from-7-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/punta-gorda-results-from-7-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Vandevender wins Sportsman feature event at Punta Gorda Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Linda Jericka<\/p>\n

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Sportsman winner Bill Vandevender<\/p><\/div>\n

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Drivers and fans will be talking about Saturday night for a while as it was an action packed night from start to finish. After a long hot day of practice, it was time to go racing, and like the clam before the storm. All heat races went off calmly and quickly, then it was time for the features, that had tempers flaring, along with racing action that had everyone looking around for a full moon. If you missed Saturday\u2019s action packed night of racing, you might want to make sure you don\u2019t miss the next race.<\/p>\n

The night started out with the Fab 4 class that saw young Paul Richards Jr of Naples run start to finish in the lead. The battle was for second and third and it was Skyler Null who brought it home in the second spot and Jessica Ostrovskis third.<\/p>\n

T.Q. Midgets were up next were the 6 of Jay Stutz flipped in turn three before the first lap was in the books.\"\"<\/a> Mike Belusar of Punta Gorda brought the 30 home in the first place position, Steven Maier from Port St. Lucie was second and Jamie Barnum was third.<\/p>\n

The always entertaining Cowboy Cadillacs had nine drivers show up to do battle and see who would make it to the end and claim the victory. James Dellea of Port Charlotte seams\"\"<\/a> to be the man of the hour now with what appeared to be by far the fastest truck on the track as he lead all twenty five laps. Jeff Deeble of Port Charlotte was sporting some flashing lights in the front of his truck, as he was sent to the rear on lap eighteen, managed to make his way back up to finish second. After a strong run for Ken Badali in his blue number thirty, he would slip up the track with two to go and have to settle for third.<\/p>\n

Richard Nelson made his way back to the winners circle in the Road Warrior feature but not with out a hard fought battle from Randy Kile. Nelson took over the lead from Chris Scott at the half way mark and brought Randy Kile of Lehigh with him and the two battle for position to the end. Kile just couldn’t\u2019t make the pass and would have to settle for second while Chris Scott hung on for third.<\/p>\n

It was Randy Sober of Punta Gorda that held off the 18 of Shane Leonard from Cape Coral for all twenty five laps. Leonard did everything he could do to take away that first place spot but Sober had others plans and after they beat and banged each other around the track it was Sober that brought it to the winners circle in the first place position. Leonard would settle for second while Bobby Fisher of Naples came in third. Usually the winners circle is for celebration and track side interviews but there seemed to be some controversy from crews and drivers as to the real meaning of \u201crubbin is racin\u201d and after the \u201cspray\u201d settled, both Leonard\u2019s were DQed. Jimmy Mieser of Cape Coral would move up to the third spot with Leonards DQ and Fischer moved up to second.<\/p>\n

Sixteen sportsman took to the track and when the green flagged dropped coming down the front stretch drivers were three wide, bumper to bumper and could not all fit into the turn at the same time and six cars piled up and brought out the caution. With all the cars stopped on the track in turn one there was a power serge that left everyone in the dark. Race track lights when turned off take a while to cool down then come back up and while everyone sat in the dark waiting, the cars were taken off the track and when the lights came back up the cars that were left on the track were ready to start over. Bill Vandevender of N. Ft. Myers would get out to a big lead while Timmy Lowe chased him down for all thirty five laps. After the big one happened before the first lap, it was caution free till the five to go sign was shown. Two cautions would come out before the checkers flew and Vandevender maintain the lead to come home in first and Timmy Lowe second while Roger Welch was third.<\/p>\n

The last race of the night was the Pro 4 class and Cody Allen from Lehigh dominated the class start to finish in a caution free twenty five lap feature with Dylan Bigley of Naples chasing him to come in second and the o4 of Ryan Collver was third.<\/p>\n

Next week Aug 6th<\/sup> the speedway will be closed but will resume Aug 13th<\/sup> so check the web site for all updates, schedules and photos at www.puntagordaspeedway.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Results from 7-30-2011<\/p>\n

Sportsman<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0 84 Bill Vandevender<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 57 Timmy Lowe<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0 98 Roger Welch<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 35 Greg Krom<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0 67 James Dubose<\/p>\n

6. 12 \u00a0 Aaron Williamson<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0 68 Gary McFall<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0 7 \u00a0 Danny Caylor<\/p>\n

9. \u00a0 33 Andy Allen<\/p>\n

10. 38 Jeremy Goddard<\/p>\n

11. 98X Danny Brown<\/p>\n

12. 09 Donnie Ollie Jr.<\/p>\n

13. \u00a0 16 Josh Gorniak<\/p>\n

14. \u00a0 39 \u00a0 Phillip Johnson<\/p>\n

15. \u00a0 56 Brian Richardson DQ<\/p>\n

16. \u00a0 36 Stuart Vandevender \u00a0 DQ<\/p>\n

Super Stock<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0 2S Randy Sober<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 2 Bobby Fischer<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0 88 Jimmy Mieser<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 1 \u00a0 Lance Sober<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0 18 Shane Leonard \u00a0 DQ<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0 57 Logan Leonard \u00a0 DQ<\/p>\n

Road Warrior<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0 80 Richard Nelson<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 14 Randy Kile<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0 97 Chris Scott<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 1 Rick Reed<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0 20 Billy Benoit<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0 10 Jason Miller<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0 27 Derrick Horton<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0 8 \u00a0 Shane Leonard<\/p>\n

9. \u00a0 5 \u00a0 Jeremy Daring<\/p>\n

10. 2 Pete Youngblood<\/p>\n

11. \u00a0 33 Chris Loney DQ<\/p>\n

Cowboy Cadillac<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0 77 James Dellea<\/p>\n

2. 8 Jeff Deeble<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0 30 Ken Badali<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 33 Les Couch<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0 18 Robert Willms<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0\u00a0 39 Tee Jay Hoholik<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0\u00a0 88 Brad Wegert<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0\u00a0 4 Andy Vanscyoc<\/p>\n

9. \u00a0 91\/2 \u00a0 A.B. Butler<\/p>\n

Pro 4<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0\u00a0 98 Cody Allen<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 28 Dylan Bigley<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0 04 Ryan Collver<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 00 Dan Collver<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0 29 Phil Ellis<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0 61 Paul Richards Sr.<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0 32 Corey Bigley<\/p>\n

8. 91 Jarrett Cornell<\/p>\n

9. 78 Charles Null<\/p>\n

10. 22 Jeremy Perkins<\/p>\n

Fab 4<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0 61 \u00a0 Paul Richards Jr.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 98 Skyler Null<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0 91 Jessica Ostrovskis<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 32 John Lucrezi<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0 3 Zac Campilonga<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0 30 Stephen Babcock<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0 67 Mike Simmons<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0 22 Crystal Love<\/p>\n

9. \u00a0 78 Brent Null<\/p>\n

T.Q. Midgets<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0 30 \u00a0 Mike Belusar<\/p>\n

2. 23 Steven Maier<\/p>\n

3. 7 Jamie Barnum<\/p>\n

4. 1 Jack Duffy<\/p>\n

5. 2 Geoff Styner<\/p>\n

6. 14 John Ciolino<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0 5 David Patterson<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0 6 Jay Stutz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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