Fritts and Skinner Winners on Night 1 of Speedfest 2005
by Jane Smith
Lakeland, Fla. (Janaury 27, 2005) After two failed attempts to start the Super Late Model race and eight cars being damaged beyond repair or just not able to compete, the race went green with Jeff Choquette leading Wayne Anderson, Pat Kelly, Chris Gabehart, and Mario Gosselin.
By lap 4, Gosselin moved into fourth with Mike Fritts in fifth and Gabehart in sixth. By lap 10, Fritts was challenging Gosselin for third and by lap 11, Fritts had third and Mario was fourth. Choquette built up a seven car lead over Wayne Anderson by lap 22 and it looked like clear sailing for Choquette.
Lap 25 saw Fritts pass Anderson for second and set his eyes on Choquette and the lead. Lap 29 Fritts is right on Choquette and by lap 30, we had a new leader, Mike Fritts followed by Jeff Choquette, Mario Gosselin, Pat Kelly, and Wayne Anderson.
Anderson begins to slide backwards as Fritts leads the way followed by Choquette, Gosselin, Kelly, Ryan Matthews, Anderson, and Charlie Bradberry. Lap 46, Choquette and Gosselin are going side by side for the second spot which Gosselin finally takes.
Lap 79 sees the first caution involving Ryan Foster, Dwayne Bryant, and Wayne Anderson. Only Foster is towed in for the night. The race goes back green as Fritts leads the way.
On lap 91, Bradberry, who is running up in the top five, gets very squirelly going down the backstretch and dusts the wall. Bradberry looks to have the car under control when he and Dave Jackson make hard contact. Both drivers were fine but their cars were toast.
No more cautions and it is Fritts to the checkered followed by Mario Gosselin, Jeff Choquette, Dwayne Dempsey and Wayne Anderson. In tech, Dempsey was dq'd for too much left side weight changing the top five to Fritts, Gosselin, Choquette, Anderson and Ryan Matthews.
QUALIFING TIMES FOR SUPER LATE MODELS
1. #16 Mario Gosselin 20.769 2. #27 Mike Fritts 20.803 3. #12 Justin Drawdy 20.805 4. #21n Ryan Matthews 20.857 5. #84 Wayne Anderson 20.875 6. #10n Chris Gabehart 20.923 7. #70 Jeff Choquette 20.985 8. #28n Pat Kelly 20.999 9. #55n Chuck Barnes Jr. 21.017 10. #80 Brian Finney 21.030 11. #23n Eddie Van Meter 21.056 12. #63 Dawayne Bryan 21.068 13. #8n Eddie Hoffman 21.074 14. #51 Jacob Warren 21,076 15. #101n Jack Landis 21.094 16. #13n Charlie Menard 21.113 17. #78 Charlie Bradberry 21.139 18. #61 Jimmy Cope 21.148 19. #6 Dwayne Dempsey 21.160 20. #47 Chris Fontaine 21.201 21. #74 Jay Middleton 21.203 22. #96 Greg Davidson 21.244 23. #56 Evan Jackson 21.251 24. #10 Ryan Foster 21.257 25. #92 Ted Christopher 21.264 26. #1 Ronnie Sanders 32.391 27. #72 Scott Hantz 21.306 28. #24 Mike Rowe 21.307 29. #32 Sean Murphy 21.320 30. #10s Eddie Messengill 21.350 31. #71 Johnny Brazier 21.350 32. #75 Martin Pierce 21.352 33. #1 Fain Skinner 21.371 34. #38 Josh Hamner 21.381 35. #07 Jeff Scofield 21.382 36. #67 Gordie Ryan 21.393 37. #8 Mack Johnson 21.411 38. #45 Dave Jackson 21.416 39. #7n Erik Darnell 21.490 40. #2p Ben Rowe 21.576 41. #89p Donald Chisholm 21.578 42. #26 Bubba Pollard 21.649 43. #53p Bill Rodegers 21.710 44. #18 David Hodges 21.748 45. #2 Johnny Allen 21.819 46. #15 Jeff Emery 21.832 47. #59 Andy Dyndul 21.972 48. #2s Matt Hawkins 22.209 49. #08 George Gorhan Jr. 22.234
OFFICIAL RESULTS - BATTLE OF THE SOUTH
1. #27 Mike Fritts 2. #16 Mario Gosselin 3. #70 Jeff Choquette 4. #84 Wayne Anderson 5. #21n Ryan Matthews 6. #24p Mike Rowe 7. #80 Brian Finney 8. #101 Jack Landis 9. #47 Chris Fontaine 10. #13n Charlie Menard 11. #8n Eddie Hoffman 12. #2 Johnny Allen 13. #1s Ronnie Sanders 14. #78 Charlie Bradberry 15. #45n Dave Jackson 16. #28n Pat Kelly 17. #71s Johnny Brazier 18. #63 DaWayne Bryan 19. #10 Ryan Foster 20. #10n Chris Gabehart 21. #07 Jeff Scofield 22. #12 Justin Drawdy 23. #51 Jacob Warren 24. #92 Ted Christopher 25. #32 Sean Murphy 26. #10s Eddie Messengill 27. #96u Greg Davidson 28. #72 Scott Hantz 29. #1 Fain Skinner 30. #2p Ben Rowe 31. #55n Chuck Barnes, Jr. 32. #23n Eddie Van Meter 33. #38s Josh Hamner 24. #6 Dwayne Dempsey dq'd
OFFICIAL FINISH - FASCAR PRO TRUCKS AND SOUTHERN ALL STAR SUPER TRUCKS
1. #60 Jamie Skinner 2. #20 Sean Bass 3. #56 Wayne Morris 4. #22 Larry Jordan 5. #48 Bill Manfull 6. #1 Scott Davis 7. #66 Matt Martin 8. #05 Ron Gill 9. #3 Dewayne Barrus 10. #57 Jim Reppi 11. #32 Bill Stacy 12. #31 Willy Auchmoody 13. #13 Ricky "D" Rubin 14. #6 Mike Davidson 15. #33 Kelly Caudill 16. #00 Jeff Wainwright 17. #26 Wally Dobson
