By Rick Anges

Bradenton, Fl. - Bill Davis #7 finally got the monkey off his back and roared to the winners circle in the S.A.R.A. Pro Truck series.

Shane Russ who led most of the early laps was sent to the rear of the field for two infractions on restarts.

The Bill Davis #7 truck was hooked up keeping a good line through the turns. An exuberant Davis in the winners circle said the win was his Fathers day present to his Dad Gene Crew Chief 02 Davis.

Following Bill across the line was the #12 of Thomas Carter who also had a strong race truck all night, third went Bobby Spaeth
#15, Shane Russ was able to bring his mount from the back of the pack for fourth and finishing fifth was the #3 of Brian Donahue.


Marty Pierce Dominates SARA

S.A.R.A. Late Models Sanford Fla.s Martin Pierce #75 had the field covered in the SARA Late Model 100 lap feature race Saturday night.

Pierce was the fast qualifier for the event and started from the pole by the roll of the die.

Brad Barkis #10x did everything he could to try and get by Pierce on the restarts but the red #75 car was just to strong and would pull away after several laps.

Barkis was able to hold off the pack of machines behind him to take second. Current points leader Steve Dorer #10 was third, Mulberrys Wayne Morris #56 took fourth and rounding out the top five was veteran racer Edward Howell in the #62 Rick Wilson owned machine.

Open Wheel Modifeds Steve the Rattlesnake Perez #92 blazed to the winners circle in the Open Wheel feature taking the lead and never looking back as he cruised to an easy win in his Dianes Hi-Glow machine.

Jamie Burrows #11b held off a late race charge from James Glover #20 for the second spot. Pat Nanney #60 came back from an early race spin for fourth and fifth went to the #63 Phillip Morrison.

Street Stocks Bruce Ahlers #47 took his first ever feature win in the rough and tumble street stock division.


Jonathan Heidenthal #27 took second, Chet Roberts #69 came from the near the back of the pack for third, fourth was Casey Hall #1 and fifth went to the #77 of Scott Woodland.

Pure Stock Cowboy Howard Higgins #7 made his way back to the DeSoto Speedway winners with a convincing win.

Several cautions bunched the field up behind Higgins but he was able to keep his mopar powered machine out front.

Joe Wengerd #30 made a last lap pass for the second spot over the #74 of Chuck Stephens, Rob Taylor #8 was fourth and fifth went to Scott McDaniel #19.

Mod-Mini Steve Gill #5 brother of Hooters Pro-Cup star Bobby Gill kept his win streak going capturing another feature win in the modified Mini Stock event.

Randy Koon #22 was coning but there werent enough laps left for him to over take the hard charging Gill and Koon had to settle for second.

The #X of James Shaw had a good showing bringing his ride home in third followed by #97 Brian Dorer in fourth and Paul Huffstutler #74 in fifth.

Cowboy Cadillacs Johnny the Kid Sarpricone #2 looked to have the field covered and was cruising to his first feature win in the Cowboy Caddys but lost the water pump belt under caution and had to retire his ride to the infield.

The caution was brought out by a grinding wreck on the front stretch by the #10 of Mike Amo who slammed hard into the wall after losing it coming out of turn four.

Amo had a really good run going and was battling for second when the crash occurred, after several tense minutes Amo climbed out of the battered machine a little groggy but none the worse for wear.

Don Van Acker #33 crossed the stripe for another win and immediately had a $50 bounty put on him by DeSoto Super Speedway Saturday Nights Host Scott Hawkins.

Unfortunately Van Acker was Dqed in tech for too much compression but the bounty still stands according to Hawkins. Arthur Peck #88 was declared the winner followed by Cheryl Weaver #37 in second, #93 Shawn Weaver third, Justin Bryant #24 fourth and Mike Bialecki #8 in fifth.

Mini-Stocks Jessie Dutilly #30 continued his winning ways in the John Wilson owned machine taking yet another feature win, John Dutilly #38 was second, #8 Steve Glover third fourth was the #20 of William Slack and rounding out the top five was the #98 of Arlan Pope.

June 29th is the official 4th of July at DeSoto Super Speedway with a 50 car 200 lap $5,000 to win Enduro race along with huge fireworks display. Children under 12 are FREE!!

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