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| Osteen Doubles in Opening Event at St Augustine | Larry Osteen of Clermont, Fl.Doubled in the Opening of the 2001 season at St. Augustine Speedway. Osteen having to go to the read of the LateModel feature do to an incident with Harold Rankin, Jr. Osteen carved his way back to the front,with only first and fourth gear, to take the win on the last lap from Jared Allison. Followed Allison for third was Richard Ferry, fourth was Jay Middleton and a hard charging fifth was Scott Lagasse, Jr. Lagasse was the fast qualifier with a time of 16.89 seconds.
In the Open Wheel Modifieds Osteen lead all 25 laps. Jason Lowe looked like he was going to be able to challenge Osteen but with eight laps to go the motor let go. Osteen went on to take the second feature of the night. Finishing second was Jamie Carter, third was Mark Bergman, John Galbreath took fourth with Randy Gribbs, Jr fifth.
Hobby Stocks started where they left off last year with Jody Stratton and Chris Manucy, the 2000 track champion battled for the lead. After a little bump passing Manucy took the lead with 11 laps to go and never looked back. Stratton finished second with Rodney Norman a strong third followed by Randy Wilkes and Randy Moody.
Troy Kruse continued his dominances of the Mini Stocks. Battling with VernRosier all 2o laps but The Kruser held on to win. Rozier was second followed by Mickey Leth, Jake Hartley and Steve Thompson.
Thunder Trucks saw Ricky Cooper on the pole and leading all 20 laps. Challenging Cooper was Robert Gorman Jr who finished second. On a last lap turn four pass 14 year old rookie driver Terry Wright passed Jody Turner for fourth. Mark Lento came in third.
Joey Haslauer returned to take the Sportsman feature from 2000 Track Champion Todd Ponce. Haslauer led all 25 laps with Ponce chasing. Third was Davy Cline and fourth was Ronnie Tillman.
Late Models
#71 Larry Osteen
#18 JaredAllison
#17 Richard Ferry
#74 Jay Middleton
#22 Scott Lagasse, JrSportsman
#14 Joey Haslauer
#007 Todd Ponce
#71 Davy Cline
#17 Ronnie TillmanOpen Wheel Modifieds
#71 Larry Osteen
$18 Jamie Carter
#17 Mark Bergman
#27 John Galbreath
5. #21 Randy Gribbs, Jr.Thunder Trucks
#21 Ricky Cooper
#88 Robert Gorman
#07 Mark Lento
#007 Terry Wright
#72 Jody TurnerHobby Stocks
#21 Chris Manucy
#2 Jody Stratton
#53 Rodney Norman
#52 Randy Wilkes
#13 Randy Moody
Mini Stocks
#6 Troy Kruse
#1 Vern Rozier
#8 Mickey Leth
#72 Jake Hartley
#2 Steve Thompson.
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