Scotty Kleiber still has what it takes to win. A former popular Limited Late, Sportsman and Open Wheel Modified hotshoe, Kleiber decided to get away from racing for a few years.
He came back earlier this year and is one of the top guns in the Modified division at Charlotte County Motorsports Park.
Kleiber took the lead on lap 2 and led the rest of the way in Saturday nightıs 50-lapper.
The 99 of Sean McLaughlin finished on Kleiberıs rear bumper. Kendrick Gomez took third.
There were some new names competing like 13-year-old of Dalton Nelson and old names like Phil Morrison and L.B. Skaggs.
Scott McDaniels had a rough night, as he was sent to the rear four times. The 12 of Eric Rudd and the 34 of Teddy Nelson got tangled up in turn one on lap 28. Both cars had crew members run out onto the track, which caused them both to be disqualified for the night.
There were two other 50-lappers Saturday night at the Punta Gorda paved oval.
In the Road Warrior 50, Dean Burtrum took the lead on lap five and stayed in front the rest of the way. Behind him, there was a hot battle for the second and third spots. Dan Benoit nosed his way to second, while the 33 of Mike Loney grabbed third ahead of the 93 of Phil Morrison and 19 of Greg Anderson.
The other 50-lapper was in the Outlaw Street Stock division. The 38 of Robert Crisp was the winner. Darrin Ellis took second and the 09 of Donnie Ollie Jr. was third.
Seventeen Outlaw Modiefieds showed up to race, putting on a good show with a tight race. Cliff Steinmann took the win, while Robbie Bean captured second place ahead of Doug Hopper.
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Ray Jayne dominated Thunder Trucks is his No. 35 Ford. The battle was going on behind him for the second and third position. Mike Bialecki came across the stripe second, but his 8 truck was disqualifueded in tech. That bumped the 21 of Randy Kile up to second and the 43 of Richard Dupont from fourth to third.
The Modified Mini cars put on a good show, with eight cars gunning 25 laps. The 1 of Joe Gagan took the lead on lap 11 and led the rest of the way. Dean Burtrum finished second and Andy Whitted was third.
Fab 4s ran last. Logan Leonard grabbed his first win with the 97 of Josh Flesher second and the blue number 2 of Lance Sober third.
Fab 4: 25 laps 1) 57- Logan Leonard 2) 97- Josh Flesher 3) 2-Lance Sober 4) 18- Travis Amboyan 5) 3- Jacob Ingram 6) 4x- Daniel Sweet 7) 10- Jarrett Reynolds 8) 26- Michael Rodriguez 9) 0- Mark Davis 10) 4- Rose Macho (DQed crew on the track)
Pro 4s: 15 laps 1) 24-Shane Moore 2) 09- Danny Daniels 3) 89- Derek Gray 4) 00-Chris Lucas 5) 8- Kirk Risner 6) 3- Wally Smith
Road Warriors 50 laps 1) 32- Dean Butram 2) 20-Dan Benoit 3) 33- Mike Loney 4) 93- Jeff Firestine 5) 19- Greg Anderson 6) 9-Ricky Shelnut 7) 22- Ann Marie Ricardi 8) 38- Dar Houghtaling 9) 39- Jerry Tetting 10) 23- Jeff Rumbold 11) 24-Jeff Pacheo 12) 34-Eddie Morrison 13) 15x-Clint Snyder
Mod Mini 25 laps 1) 1- Joe Gagan 2) 0- Dean Butrum 3) 9- Andy Whitted 4) 07- Phil Cruse 5) 22- Cameron Cruse 6) 45- Mike Caravan 7) 30- Robert Carter 8) 77- Joe Rice
Thunder Trucks 25 laps 1) 35- Ray Jayne 2) 21- Randy Kile 3) 43- Richard Dupont 4) 69- Tom Pryor 5) 9- Ray Scott 6) 06-James Wright 7) 11- Steve King 8) 77- Jim Dellea 9) 34- Curt Mays 10) 10- Robert St. John 11) 8- Mike Bialecki - (DQed in tech)
Outlaw Modified 30 laps 1) 23- Cliff Steinmann 2) 28- Robbie Bean 3) 15- Doug Hopper 4) 11- Billy Campbell 5) 10- Robert Campbell 6) 77- John Gilbert 3 7) 91- Roy Campbell 8) 2- Zack Rudd 9) 04- Tom Meyer 10) 83- Tom Giddings 11) 22- Ric Mills 12) 44- Bill Wilson 13) 69- Ric Voisey 14) 52- Antonio Gonzalez 15) 56- Craig Shear 16) 9- John Parrish 17) 1- Steve Quick - DNS
Open Wheels 50 laps 1) 12x-Scott Kleiber 2) 99-Sean McLaughlin 3) 10-Kendrick Gomez 4) 63- Phil Morrison 5) 31- Johnny Newsome 6) 9- Jay Winkley 7) 19- Scott McDaniels 8) 2- John Rogers 9) 94- Dalton Nelson 13 yrs old 10) 74- Jeff Dalva 11) 71- L.B. Skaggs 12). 12- Eric Rudd (DQed crew on the track) 13) 34- Teddy Nelson (DQed crew on the track)
Outlaw Street Stock 1) 38- Robert Crisp Fast time 2) 71- Darrin Ellis 3) 09- Donnie Ollie Jr. 4) 18- Craig Amboyd 5) 6x- David Davis 6) 12- Jeff Lacey 7) 93- Jeff Firestine 8) 33- Gary Laplant 9) 19- Greg Anderson 10) 79- Rocky Reinhold 11) 48- Chris Scott 12) 92- Troy Lacey 13) 10- Ricky Bullard Jr. 14) 0- Chris Allen 15) 28- Mike Laplant 16) 93x- Phil Morrison 17) 32- Jesse Dutilly 18) 9x- Chris Houton 19) 88- Jason Carr 20) 58- Matt Bozeman 21) 15x- Clint Snyder
