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Morrison Takes Open Wheels, Slawiak Grabs Sprint Win at CCMP
KARNAC Media Report
Sixteen Checkered Flag Sprint Cars ran 35 lightning fast laps with David Slawiak getting his third win of the season, holding off a hard charging Brian Gingras for the win.
In the 14 car Open Wheel Modified race, Wayne Jefferson appeared on target to win yet again in a racing season that has shown the veteran from Largo having one of his best years.
Not to be however, as Jefferson was sent to the rear after making contact with front runner Phil Morrison, sending Morrison around on the front straight just past the halfway point.
Morrison, never far from controversy at the Punta Gorda track, the experienced veteran kept his #63 pegged down on the bottom and made his car wide when he needed to.
With the race winding down Tony Carreno had his number 61 positioned on the back bumper of Morrisons' race car and seemed to be a bit faster. On the last turn of the race, as the cars came off the corner, Carreno made contact with Morrison, sending him down into the infield, Carreno driving to the checkered flag.
Carreno was accepting congratulations in the winners circle, all for naught, the officials deciding Morrison would be the winner instead. Protests from several competitors including Jefferson, Doug Moff and Tony Carreno continued well after the race.
Aaron Williamson, came down from the Lakeland area to take top honors in the Sportsman race, which featured a solid field of 16 competitors. Williamson has been at times a standout in the FASCAR Southern Sportsman Series winning races all around Florida.
Race Results for Charlotte County Motorsports Park for Saturday, June 7, 2008.
Fab 4s 1) 20- Billy Benoit 2) 32- Ronald Hand 3) 4- Rose Macho 4) 11- Jimmy Wilkers 5) 22- Jeremy Perkins 6) 86- John Pummell Jr 7) 21- Jason Perkins 8) 69- Tina Pryor 9) 44- Barbra Hooper 10) 2- Jarrett Reynolds
Champ Carts 1) 17- Brian Scherrer 2) 73- Chad Dokken 3) 99- JD Cordon 4) 77- Phil Harp 5) 37- Alan Mckinny 6) 53- Jason Gilespie 7) 69- Danny Scopano 8) 75- Bruce Casner 9) 3- Andy Whah 10) 16- Paul Letourneau 11) 96- Ron Letourneau 12) 9- Antonio Gonzales 13) 76- Scott Hailey 14) 93- Chris Portman 15) 8- Cody Whah 16) 61- PJ Lerourneau 17) 6-David Harp
Open Wheel 1) 63-Phill Morrison 2) 61-Tony Carreno 3) 19- Scott McDaniels 4) 03-Kyle Bookmiller 5) 12-Eric Rudd 6) 1-Wayne Jefferson 7) 99x-Donnie Ollie Jr. 8) 31-Johnny Newsome 9) 46-Doug Moff 10) 2-Scott Kleiber 11) 14-John Garrrett 12) 71-L.B. Scaggs 13) 6- Jay Winkley 14) 92- Ted Head
Pro 4 1) 13 Alex Patten 2) 09 Danny Daniels 3) 16 Wally Smith 4) 85 David Amelotte 5) 90 Jacob Ingram 6) 13x Chris Patten 7) 00 Chris Lucas 8) 57 Logan Leonard 9) 15 Michael Rodriguez 10)11 Paul Graham 11) 7 Dwayne Thibidue 12) 30 Brandon Reichart 13) 69 Andy Pryor 14) 27 Derrick Horton 15) 18 James Wright
Outlaw Modified 1) 15 Doug Hopper 2) 28 Robbie Bean 3) 10 Robert Campbell 4) 04 Tom Meyer 5) 21 Ric Mills 6) 2 Zack Rudd 7) 69 Ric Voisey 8) 52 Antonio Gonzalez 9) 9 John Parrish 10) 71 Colin Cabre 11) 22 12) 91 Roy Campbell
Sportsman 1) 13 Aaron Williamson 2) 28X Max Bennett 3) 7 James Casady 4) 18 Craig Amboyan 5) 25 L. J. Grimm 6) 00 Shawn Harper 7) 19 T.C. McElyea 8) 17 Chris Huntoon 9) 67 James Dubose 10)47 Ryan Pancoast 11) 82 Josh Calvert 12) 10 Johnny Casady 13) 36 Codey Benoit 14) 100 Ron Heard 15) 73 Mark Peterson 16) 6 Greg Gorniak
With the race winding down Tony Carreno had his number 61 positioned on the back bumper of Morrisons' race car and seemed to be a bit faster. On the last turn of the race, as the cars came off the corner, Carreno made contact with Morrison, sending him down into the infield, Carreno driving to the checkered flag.
Carreno was accepting congratulations in the winners circle, all for naught, the officials deciding Morrison would be the winner instead. Protests from several competitors including Jefferson, Doug Moff and Tony Carreno continued well after the race. 
