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| Robbie Storer Continues Mini Stock Win Streak At Auburndale | By Bille May
Robbie Storer Saved his Mini-Stock Win Streak with last lap pass
Auburndale Speedway had another first time winner in the 4-Cyl. Bombers plus Mini-Stock race that had the fans in the grandstands on their feet on the last couple laps.
Kids Club was the featured races of the night, with 3 divisions taking to the track. Seniors were the 1st to the green Laura Weaver # 36 started on the pole with # 97 1/2 Craig Cuzzone outside pole, Weaver took the lead from the green, # 2 Orrin Wright went to the inside of Cuzzone for 2nd spot and closes in on Weaver for the lead, # 49 John Cummins pulled in with mechanical problems. Only a couple laps to go Laura Weaver held on for the win, Orrin Wright took 2nd and Craig Cuzzone 3rd. This race was sponsored by 97 Country.
Juniors were up next # 21 Daniel McClain went to the front # 18 Gregory Harris running 2nd until # 01 Casey Howell went to the inside to take over the 2nd spot, then McClain slows allowing Howell to take the lead, # 29 Matthew Cummins and Harris get together with Harris spinning in turn four. Restart Howell leading but McClain takes the top spot back, # 58 Pamela Weaver goes around Howell for 2nd spot, Harris goes to the outside of Cummins for the 4th spot but Cummins gets it at the line, Daniel McClain with a big lead takes the win, Pamela Weaver 2nd, and Casey Howell 3rd.
1-21 Daniel McClain
2-58 Pamela Weaver
3-01 Casey Howell
4-29 Matthew Cummins
5-18 Gregory Harris
6-10 Michele Deaton
Novice division were the last of the Kids Club to take to the track, # 86 Jason Gamble and # 5 Casey Smith were on the front row to take the green, Gamble took the lead, # 84 Ashlee Williamson 2nd, and # 7 Brittney Pitts running 3rd, # 92 Jonathon Guy goes around # 9 of Levi Hobbs they get together but continue, Casey Smith pulled in with mechanical problems, 3-way battle for 3rd place between Pitts, Guy, and Hobbs and Williamson makes a late charge for the lead but Jason Gamble holds on and wins with Ashlee Williamson 2nd and Brittney Pitts 3rd.
1-86 Jason Gamble
2-84 Ashlee Williamson
3-7 Brittney Pitts
4-92 Jonathon Guy
5-9 Levi Hobbs
6-03 Brandon McSwain
7-52 Gary Brown
8-5 Casey Smith
Novice race #2 had # 27 Holli Anderson and # 26 Brandi Stifle on the front row, Stifle took the lead Anderson running 2nd, # 94 Michael Henderson and # 88 Josh Haranda battle side-by-side for several laps, Henderson gets the spot and then goes to the outside of # 63 Johnny Gamble for 3rd, then outside of Anderson for 2nd spot, Gamble and # 4 Derrick Lindsey side-by-side for 4th position, and Gamble advances to 3rd, but Brandi Stifle took her car to victory lane with Michael Henderson 2nd and Johnny Gamble 3rd.
1-26 Brandi Stifle
2-94 Michael Henderson
3-63 Johnny Gamble
4-4 Derrick Lindsey
5-8 Kimbra Hobbs
6-27 Holli Anderson
7-43 Brett Jenkins
8-88 Justin Haranda
9-20 Megan Patton
The 4-Cyl Bombers had a 1st time winner in their race, # 43 Kevin Lumley and # 1 David Jouppi made up the front row, and Lumley took the lead from the green, # 3 Terry Jones went to the inside of Jouppi for 2nd spot, # 96 Larry Chumney II went around # 53 Eugene Davidson for the 4th position, lap 4 caution comes out for a couple cars spinning in turn three, restart # 69 Tony Elrod Jr. went to the inside of Davidson for 5th Chumney gets under Jouppi for the 3rd spot with Elrod Jr. following, Chumney again makes a pass for 2nd on Jones and Elrod Jr. follows and moves up to 3rd, Chumney all on the back bumper of Lumley but Chumney falls off the pace, then caution comes out for debris. Restart with only 1 lap to go Jouppi bumps Elrod Jr. out of the racing groove and goes to 2nd, and Jones takes advantage and moves to 3rd but Lumley held off to take his 1st ever win David Jouppi 2nd and Terry Jones 3rd. After the race was over Elrod Jr. runs into Jouppi, when the top three pulled! up to get their pictures taken, they penelized # 1 David Jouppi and # 69 Tony Elrod Jr. one lap for rough driving, moving Terry Jones to 2nd and # 31 Donnie Guy to 3rd.
1-43 Kevin Lumley
2-3 Terry Jones
3-31 Donnie Guy
4-53 Eugene Davidson
5-27 Dwayne Guy
6-9 Darryl Ashmore Sr.
7-88 Kenny Sasser
8-1 David Jouppi
9-69 Tony Elrod Jr. 1
0-96 Larry Chumney II
The Super Stock race had cars pulling out before the green flag, # 80 Dustin Breeden pulled in before the start, side-by-side battle for the lead between # 16 R.J. Williams and # 2 Paul Gibbs, but Williams got the lead, # 13 Aaron Williamson went to the outside of his Dad # 12 David Williamson for the 4th spot, # 40 Robert Eddy and # 51 Randy Shearer tangle and Shearer spins, Eddy got a flat tire to cause a caution, on the restart racing was single file for awhile until the leader Williams slips up and Gibbs goes underneath to take the lead, Aaron Williamson gets to the inside of # 97 Jamie Dunnahoe, and David Williamson follows to 4th. Paul Gibbs went on to take the win with a nice new paint job, R.J. Williams finished 2nd and Aaron Williamson 3rd.
1-2 Paul Gibbs
2-16 R.J. Williams
3-13 Aaron Williamson
4-12 David Williamson
5-97 Jamie Dunnahoe
6-62 Travis Wilson
7-01 Chris Lewellen
8-42 Bubba Edwards
9-51 Randy Shearer
10-28 Scott Gullett
The people in the grandstands were on their feet for the last couple laps of the Mini-Stock race when Robbie Storer almost lost his winning streak. Scott Sharpe # 89 was on the pole and # 88 Burt Morse outside, Sharpe took the lead and began to stretch it out, Morse running 2nd, and they were 3-wide for 3rd # 01 Donnie Howell, # 9 Robbie Storer and # 76 Ken Lawrence, with Storer making the pass for 3rd. Caution for # 04 Randy Teston spun, bunching up the field for the restart Sharpe, Morse, Storer, Howell and # 87 Bobby Judah. Storer went to the outside of Morse for 2nd and on his way to battle for the lead, lap 17 Storer went to the outside of Sharpe and they tangle but keep going, dropping Storer back behind Sharpe, Storer tried the outside a couple more times until the last lap Storer went to the inside and they bumped and rubbed again, but Storer crosses the line first, Scott Sharpe 2nd, and Burt Morse 3rd.
1-9 Robbie Storer
2-89 Scott Sharpe
3-88 Burt Morse
4-87 Bobby Judah
5-01 Donnie Howell
6-38 Mike Margotta
7-76 Ken Lawrence
8-97 Brian Dorer
9-42 Jimmy Frazier Jr.
10-04 Randy Teston
V-8 Street Stocks had # 17 Alex Abbott take the lead and # 40 Mike Pitts 2nd # 32 David Holland 3rd. Jason Deaton # 99 got to the inside of Holland for 3rd, Mike Wilson # 68 passes # 51 Mark Lowe for 5th, Wilson and Holland get together and Holland spins, restart top 5 Abbott, Pitts, Deaton, Lowe and # 8 Ron Reed, Lowe and Reed get together with Lowe spinning, both go to the rear for the restart, with a few laps left Alex Abbott took the checkers Mike Pitts 2nd and Jason Deaton 3rd.
1-17 Alex Abbott
2-40 Mike Pitts
3-99 Jason Deaton
4-16 David Purvis
5-65 Brian Harbin
6-00 Rodney Peterson
7-38 Jason Stifle
8-68 Mike Wilson
9-25 Jeff Davis
10-32 David Holland
Richard Elkins Jr. took the lead in the LLM race after 2 complete restarts, one ending # 1 Bart Weatherfords night after Weatherford and # 00 Ronnie Heard tangle and Weatherford ended up in the frontstretch wall. Wesley Bass # 63 alittle off the pace and going into turn 3 they went 3-wide # 65 Ollie Harbin, Bass, and Heard and don't make it and collected # 28 Tim Gullett, Bass, and Heard. Restart Elkins still leading, # 45 Sam Cressman, # 31 Wendell Guy, # 46 Tommy Caveney and Harbin, single file racing # 54 Steve Black spins but keeps going, and Richard Elkins Jr. takes the win with Sam Cressman 2nd and Wendell Guy 3rd.
1-55 Richard Elkins Jr.
2-45 Sam Cressman
3-31 Wendell Guy
4-46 Tommy Caveney
5-65 Ollie Harbin
6-25 Billy Norris
7-54 Steve Black
8-00 Ronnie Heard
9-28 Tim Gullett
10-63 Wesley Bass
I would like to dedicate this to the Memory of Roy Sanders a long time contributor and friend to Auburndale Speedway, Alma Vick who her and her Husband used to sell boiled p-nuts at Auburndale a couple years ago, Otto Luhrs who would take care of the seat cushions at Auburndale for us, and Craig Cook who drove his push truck at Auburndale. We lost these 4 people within days of each other, and they all were a special part of Auburndale Speedway at one time, I knew of all of them and they will be missed.
Next weeks schedule has regular classes, LLM, Mini-Stocks, Super Stocks, 4-Cyl. Bombers, and V-8 Street Stocks, plus Dwarf cars. The Monster Truck "Gunslinger" will be at Auburndale May 25th so mark you calenders. Racing starts at 7:00pm.
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