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| Curl Memorial Goes To Hopper In Outlaw Modifieds | NELSON WINS GULFCOAST MODIFIEDS
By CLAUDE LEWIS
 Doug Hopper won his first two races of the season Saturday night at Charlotte County Speedway.
He couldn't have picked better timing, for the two victories allowed him to capture the Dan Curl Memorial for Outlaw Modifieds.
The Curl Memorial rewards who does the best over twin 25-lap features. Hopper made it a no-brainer by taking both races in his No. 15 car.
Hopper, a 50-year-old who hails from New Port Richey, came into the action third in season Outlaw Modified points. Outlaw Modifieds are 4-cylinder cars reminiscent of small Open Wheel Modifieds.
"I had a new motor," Hopper said. "I told everyone I wasn't fooling around. I came down here to win."
Hopper said the only car he was really worried about was the No. 41 of points leader Raymond Jones. The Arcadia driver had bad luck in both races. In the first race, he was sent to the back for a wreck he had nothing to do with. Jones salvaged a fourth-place finish. In the second race later in the evening, Jones was fighting for the lead when he got on a wreck with Ted Hoversen.
"We'll be back," said Jones' car owner Dave Osteen. "We have a lot of racing left."
The Corteco Gaskets Gulfcoast Open Wheel Modified tour made its second stop of the season at the Punta Gorda paved oval Saturday night.
Teddy Nelson of Pinellas Park started on the pole and held on for his first career series win.
He was second in the previous Corteco race at CCS. Dwayne Dempsey of St. Petersburg was second in the 6 car.
Points leader Lee Collins of Immokalee was able to hold onto his lead with a third-place finish.
The top finish among CCS regulars was Kurt Riley, who was seventh in the 22-car field.
 At the flagstand: last lap wreck with James Glover & James Houle
The race was relatively clean with long greens. There were only four cautions.
Fastsprint made its third appearance of the season at CCS. Hotshoe Dude Teate of Leesburg passed 18-year-old Troy Decaire of Tampa on lap 13 and sped to victory. Decaire grabbed second place, while Donny Nichols of Tampa was third.
Sportsman ran its fourth 50-lap feature in as many weeks. This time, the dice came up Dale Dean III in first. Steve O'Lone from the Southern Sportsman Series finished second. He won a 50-lapper at CCS a couple of weeks ago. George Ellsworth was third.
Danny Caylor returned to the paved oval to win the Super Stock 25-lap feature. Clete Trimmer was second in his Ford. Brent Garland was third in just his third race.
John Garrett won his 12th Thunder Trucks feature of the season, passing Richard martin on lap 14 of the 25-lap feature. Martin was second. Mike Bialecki was third.
Englewood heavyfoot Chris Huntoon won again in Road Warriors, padding his points lead. Doug Raastad took second and Andy Wood was third.
Chris Loney of Naples was the winner in 4-Cylinder Kids and Shawn Bates of Arcadia won in 4-Cylinder Adults.
112 cars came to Charlotte to have some fun Saturday night.
Nearly $2000 was raised in support of a local family man in need.
The racing results are as follows:
Corteco Gasket Gulfcoast Open Wheel Modified
1. 34 Teddy Nelson (1)
2. 6 Dwayne Dempsey (3)
3. 89 Lee Collins (4)
4. 88 Chris Robbins (9)
5. 8 Chris Escott (2)
6. 1 Mike Hinegardner (10)
7. 31 Kurt Riley (13)
8. 51 Tommy Bower (15)
9. 4 Ryan Coyle (19)
10. 80 James Houle (9)
11. 22 John Godwin (22)
12. 9 Dan Partelo (8)
13. 5 James Glover (6)
14. 71x Matt Fetterhoff (20)
15. 56 Robby McCauliffe (5)
16. 2 Ralph Bowman (21)
17. 1x John Anderson (7)
18. 11 Doug Spitzer (18)
19. 2B Kevin Brickley (16)
20. 15 Bill Atkins (14)
21. 71 L.B. Skaggs (17)
22. 84 Jack Arnold III (12)
Dan Curl Memorial Outlaw Modified
1st Twin 25
1. 15 Doug Hopper (10)
2. 5 Ted Hoverson (3)
3. 7 Phillip Brigham (5)
4. 41 Raymond Jones (12)
5. 28 Mike Bean (9)
6. 25 Kelly Curl (13)
7. 29 Mike Endee (6)
8. 11 Billy Campbell (8)
9. 24 Don Peacock (15)
10. 55 Lance Hoverson (11)
11. 9 Rick Voisey (18)
12. 4 Tom Meyer (2)
13. 52 Dan Curl (14)
14. 57 Mike Lauter (16)
15. 56 Robbie Bean (7)
16. 51 Mark Patten (4)
17. 23 Cliff Steinmann (1)
18. 8 Randy Sands (17)
DNS 10 Robert Campbell
Dan Curl Memorial Outlaw Modified
2nd Twin 25
1. 15 Doug Hopper (12)
2. 55 Lance Hoverson (3)
3. 5 Ted Hoverson (11)
4. 28 Mike Bean (8)
5. 11 Billy Campbell (5)
6. 29 Mike Endee (6)
7. 25 Kelly Curl (7)
8. 4 Tom Meyer (1)
9. 57 Mike Lauter (15)
10. 24 Don Peacock (4)
11. 9 Rick Voisey (2)
12. 52 Dan Curl (14)
13. 10 Robert Campbell (13)
14. 41 Raymond Jones (9)
15. 7 Phillip Brigham (10)
Fast Sprints
1. 0 Dude Teate (10)
2. 6 Troy DeCaire (3)
3. 03 Tommy Nichols (5)
4. 3 Daryl Smith (1)
5. 87 Jimmy Thompson (6)
6. 86 J. J. Dutton (2)
7. 6f Ben Fritz (4)
8. 8 Nick Manikis (9)
9. 2c Curtis Carter (11)
10. 93 Bob Coen (12)
11. 48 Bobby Gordon (13)
12. 66 Curtis Sutton (8)
13. 3x Ken Sands (7)
Road Warrior
1. 30 Chris Huntoon (14)
2. 09 Doug Raastad (2)
3. 87 Andy Wood (13)
4. 8 Bob Waltz Jr. (7)
5. 1 Jesse Gargus (10)
6. 29 Rob Popkin (11)
7. 18 Shane Leonard (12)
8. 11 Robert Hendry (6)
9. 22 Ann Marie Ricardi (8)
10. 88 Larry Rudd (5)
11. 21 Lee Rhodes (3)
12. 7 Jonathan Abraham (4)
13. 2f Bobby Fischer (9)
14. 66 Nelson Tuya (1)
15. 63 Jay Justice (15)
16. 00 Matt Cutler (16)
Thunder Trucks
1. 22 Robert Garrett (7)
2. 37m Richard Martin (3)
3. 8 Mike Bialecki (5)
4. 37 Cheryl Weaver (6)
5. 08 Richard Dupont (1)
6. 56 Bob Charette (4)
7. 13 Jay Bryant (8)
8. 14 Randy Layman (9)
9. 9 Ray Scott (2)
10. 6 James Wright (10)
Super Stock
1. 7 Danny Caylor (6)
2. 0 Clete Trimmer (3)
3. 23 Brent Garland (5)
4. 85 Roger Wolfe (2)
5. 31x Elbert Butts (4)
6. 15 Charles Parsons (1)
DNS 11x Bill Vandevender
Sportsman
1. 19d Dale Dean III (6)
2. 20x Steve O'Lone (2)
3. 20 George Ellsworth (3)
4. 74 John Garrett (9)
5. 30 Chris Huntoon (7)
6. 72j Raymond Jones (8)
7. 24 Justin Bryant (10)
8. 91 Kay Jackson (1)
9. 71m Phil Morrison (5)
10. 67 James Dubose (4)
11. 55 Dan Atwell (11)
4 Cylinder Adult
1. 6 Shawn Bates (1)
2. 99 Robert Benning (2)
3. 15 Walter Forbes (3)
4. 9B Dan Benoit (7)
5. 28 Chris Libak (6)
6. 10 Tim Hendry (5)
7. 68 Josh Cochren (4)
DNS 23 Raymond Bisbee
DNS 22 Justin Girling
4 Cylinder Kids
1. 33 Chris Loney (4)
2. 8 Ray Lang (2)
3. 3 Kenny Gibson (1)
4. 82 unknown (3)
5. 128 unknown (5)
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