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| DQ's move Bryant to Winners Circle in Charlotte Cowboy Cadillacs |
Mother nature tried to put a stop to the action at the Charlotte County Speedway Saturday night. After a short rain delay before the qualifying laps, the Budweiser Open Wheel Modifieds 6-Pack #1 50 lap feature got underway with #34, Wayne Jefferson of Pinellas Park on the pole. Jefferson was quick to put plenty of space between him and the rest of the pack after a couple of spins and bumps and a restart, staying out of trouble to secure his win. #15, Bill Davis of Wauchula, spun on lap 18 sending up a cloud of smoke after a good battle in the middle of the pack, and lap 26 saw a blown engine in the #12 car, driven by Kevin Williams of Port Charlotte, borrowed car from Eric Rudd of Naples. The blown engine caused a small fire in Williams' car but he managed to get out with no problems. The all-volunteer broom crew went to work cleaning up the aftermath. James Wilkins, Jr. of Palm City took second place in the #5 car, while #72D, James DuBose of Arcadia came in third.
Qualifying for the OWM 6-pack #1: Fastest time went to #15 Bill Davis of Wauchula. (15.675 seconds). The half way leader was #34 Wayne Jefferson of Pinellas Park. Hard Charger, #99 Jeff Underwood of Plantation.
The #8 car sat on the pole of the Lee's Auto Detail & Transmission Pure Stocks 25 lap feature with George Tanner of Cape Coral at the wheel, but it was #91X, John Plakiotis of Port Charlotte who had the top spot when the green flag dropped. Plakiotis went on to take the win, but not unchallenged. Elbert Butts of Nocatee, in the #31X car tried hard to take the lead from Plakiotis every chance he got, ending up in second place. #18J, Ray Jayne of Punta Gorda and #6, Kevin Utter of Ft. Myers raced hard and put on a good show for five or six laps before getting together in turn 3 on lap 12 bringing out the yellow flag. By lap 14 it was Utter and Tanner swapping a little paint. With a caution on lap 22, the scene was set for some real up close and personal racing for the last three laps of the race. Utter took third but was later disqualified in tech for illegal springs. #99, Mark Collins of Cape Coral took the official third place position.
#51, Richie Anderson of North Ft. Myers had the pole for the Circle One Limited Late Models 6Pack #2 100-lap feature. But before they could complete the second lap, a little contact from some hard racing in turn four caused a lot of body damage on a few of the cars. They were all able to continue. Anderson held the lead for 75 laps before having to pit, putting #34's Jeff Dufresne of Ft. Myers in the top spot. Randy Fox from Lehigh Acres raced hard trying to put his #4 car out in front of Dufresne. With only four laps to go the pair spun while trying to avoid a lapped car. On the restart, Dufresne and Fox got their spots back. In the end, Dufresne took first, holding off Fox in second while #29 Mike Hovis of North Ft. Myers took third.
Qualifying for the LLM 6-pack #2: Fastest time, (15.418 seconds) #7 Rusty Hillman of North Ft. Myers. Half Way, #51 Richie Anderson of North Ft. Myers. Hard Charger, #65 Jeremy Meier of Pine Island.
The racers really put on a show in the Hendry's Mango Maniacs Cowboy Cadillacs 20-lap feature. #91, Hugh Alexander of Punta Gorda sat on the pole, but there was someone in the back of the pack determined to take that spot. Cheryl Weaver from Port Charlotte drove the #37 truck hard to move up for a challenge. There's just something extra fun watching these trucks race, and to have such a serious battle over first place lap after lap, bumper to bumper, this particular race was a real 'edge of your seat' one. Alexander held the lead until the very last lap when Weaver got up beside him. Weaver took the win by about half a fender. Alexander took second, with #24, Justin Bryant of Arcadia in third. Both the #37 of Cheryl Weaver & the #91 of Hugh Alexander were Disqualified when they protested each other in Tech. #37 had rods too long & #91 had a Stroker Engine. Which moved the #24 of Justin Bryant to first, with #46 Buck Wilson in second & the #16 of Wally Smith into third.
The Shirley's Bookkeeping Rebel Road Warriors 20-lap feature saw #77, Dennis Hale of Punta Gorda sitting on the pole. After a couple of false starts, and a dramatic spin on the backstretch, #55, Conrad Molter of Naples took the lead on the restart. #3, driven by John Boyd of Cape Coral lost a wheel in turns 3 and 4, bringing out the yellow flag and Prompt Towing for a ride back to the pits. Molter held on to first place for the win, followed by #9S Taz Sidock of Cape Coral in second, and #88, Wayne Wilson of Ft. Myers in third. The #9S was Disqualified for not going thru Tech. Which moved the #88 to Second & the #61 of Chris Oncken of Ft. Myers into third.
#1, John Trotta of Cape Coral started on the pole of the Big Wheels Mini Stock 20-lap feature. Trotta took a commanding lead, but all the while, #56, Brian Richardson of North Ft. Myers was steadily making his way up from the back of the pack. By the time Richardson caught up to Trotta, they had a full straightaway lead on the rest. First place wasn't the only battle going on though. #16's Chase Goodson of West Palm Beach, #5's Glenn Travis of North Ft. Myers, and #94's Keith Risinger of Ft. Myers were battling it out for the fourth/fifth place position. Richardson took the win followed by Trotta in second, and #2, Roger Garrett of North Ft. Myers in third.
A big Thank You and a welcome back to Crystal Carmean from Lehigh Senior High School for starting the night by playing the National Anthem on her flute.
Race Results from 4-7-2001
Budweiser Open Wheel Modifieds 6-Pk # 1
34 Wayne Jefferson
5 James Wilkins, Jr.
72D James DuBose
93 Steve Duerr
25 Scott Kleiber
99 Jeff Underwood
80 Chris Dean
55 Dan Atwell
3 Harold Cannon
15 Bill Davis
31 Kurt Riley
76 Hank Peters
185 Tony Barreca
12/6 Kevin Williams Drove Car 12 which Belongs to Eric Rudd
9 Dan Partelo
69 Nick Bogaert
Circle One Limited Late Models 6-Pk # 2
34 Jeff Dufresne
4 Randy Fox
29 Mike Hovis
43 Glenn Morris
28 Bob Root
67 James DuBose
65 Jeremy Meier
81 Chuck Sweet
62 Buzz Martin
36 Al Fradette
59 John Garrett
11 Bill Bryant
51 Richie Anderson
0 Charlie Bible
1 John Jackson
64 Chris Libak
7 Rusty Hillman
Hendry's Mango Maniacs Cowboy Cadillacs
24 Justin Bryant
46 Buck Wilson
16 Wally Smith
33 Don Van Acker
44 Raymond Tucker, Jr.
2 Gene Pack, Jr.
08 Eddie Allen
37 Cheryl Weaver was Disqualified for Rods being to long after being
Protested by Wayne Alexander
91 Hugh Alexander was Disqualified for Stroker Engine after being Protested
by Dave & Cheryl Weaver
Big Wheels Mini Stocks
56 Brian Richardson
1 John Trotta
2 Roger Garrett
94 Keith Risinger
16 Chase Goodson
5 Glenn Travis
17 Mike Johns
6 Marshall Parr, Sr.
7 Hank Fielder
31 Harlan Wilson
Shirley's Bookkeeping Rebel Road Warriors
55 Conrad Molter
88 Wayne Wilson
61 Chris Oncken
27 Lee Price
42X Trey Almand
77 Dennis Hale
3 John Boyer
47 Joe Lippincott
74 Chuck Stevens
9S Taz Sidock Disqualified for not going thru Tech
Lee's Auto Detail & Transmission Pure Stocks
91X John Plakiotis
31X Elbert Butts
99 Mark Collins
49 Christine Gibson
21 Jeff Padilla, Jr.
10 Eric Smith
87 Eric Schank
8 George Tanner
38 Joe Reese
71 Scott Moran
18 Ray Jayne
11 Doug Spitzer
19 Greg Anderson
39 Fred Kight
28 Hugh Hackney
6 Kevin Utter Disqualified in Tech for Springs
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