PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (May 24) Steve Dorer, a 33-year-old out of Lakeland, took the checkered flag in Saturday nights 100-lapper for Late Models at Charlotte County Speedway.
Wayne Morris and Steve Dorer exchange congratulations center stage at Charlotte County Saturday night!
Dorer, a former Michigan Super Late Model champ who is the defending SARA Limited Late Model king, collected $2,000 for his hard work behind the wheel of the lightning-streak No. 10 car.
Dorer had to change the transmission in his car right before qualifying and wasnt all that fast in time trials. He started ninth in the 19 car field, but slowly but surely worked his way to the front.
We made some adjustments wedge and sway bar before the race, said Dorer, pointing to the work of crew John Lovelady and Tom Monopoly.
Dorer took the lead from Mike Hovis on lap 50. Hobo looked strong in the early going in the No. 29 Budweiser car before it got away from him.
Although Dorer had the quickest car, it wasnt easy with all the cautions and restarts. Making it even tougher was the fact that all 100 laps were green flag laps. No caution laps were counted.
Dorer, whose car is sponsored by Checkered Flag Race Parts and Mike Gagels Auto Recycling, was able to win by a cozy margin over runner-up Wayne Morris of Mulberry.
Randy Fox of Lehigh Acres was third, Joe Sumasky of Lehigh fourth and Glenn Morris of Pine Island fifth. Chris Libak of Fort Myers was sixth, Buzz Martin of Lehigh Acres seventh, Richie Anderson of North Fort Myers eighth, Mark Collins of Cape Coral ninth and Cory Collum of Cape Coral tenth.
The next 100-lapper for Late Models at CCS is June 28.
There were five other divisions racing Saturday night at the 3-8 mile oval.
In Super Stock, Brian Richardson of Fort Myers survived a bump with Danny Caylor and a tire rubbing on a fender to win the 25-lap feature. Richardson had just enough to hold off the No. 10 car of Eric Smith, who ran a strong race.
Kay Jackson of Punta Gorda was originally third in son Anders car, but the 91 car was too light. That allowed George Tanner to officially finish third.
Shane Leonard battled hard to stay ahead of Chris Oncken was win the 25-lap Road Warrior feature. Taking third was Larry Rudd of North Port.
In Thunder Trucks, Don Van Acker of Punta Gorda ran away from the field in his 33 truck. Points leader John Garrett took second, while Ray Tucker of North Fort Myers was third.
The Front Wheel Drive 4-Cylinders were split into two divisions for the first time one for kids and the other for adults.
In the kids race, Cody Benoit of Fort Myers was the winner. In the adult race, Brad Shanaway of Arcadia took checkers.
The big race on the May 31 card at Charlotte County Speedway is a 50-lapper for Open Wheel Modifieds. Sportsman will also return.
Late Model 1. 10 Steve Dorer 2. 56 Wayne Morris 3. 88 Randy Fox 4. 12 Joe Sumansky 5. 107 Glenn Morris 6. 64 Chris Libak 7. 62 Buzz Martin 8. 95 Richie Anderson 9. 99 Mark Collins 10. 23 Cory Collum 11. 08 Jimmy Castlebury 12. 94 Scott Kleiber 13. 19 Steve Arnold 14. 29 Mike Hovis 15. 74 Bobby Beauchemin 16. 07 Troy McNabb 17. 100 Jim Keating 18. 00 Ronnie Heard Jr. 19. 127 Karo Vaughan
Enduro 1. 22 John Garrett 2. 18 Dan Cleveland 3. 711 Mark Ludvigsen 4. 10 Matt Scheffler 5. 418 Jason Coston
Super Stock 1. 23 Brian Richardson 2. 10 Eric Smith 3. 8 George Tanner 4. 39 Fred Kight 5. 83 John Hanuschik 6. 49 Joe Butler 7. 0 Clete Trimmer 8. 4w Wayne Wilson 9. 7 Danny Caylor 10. 56 Walt Korkiner 11. 4 Craig Simmons 12. 62 Al Welling Disqualified 91 Kay Jackson (under weight) Disqualified 31x Elbert Butts (did not go to tech after race) Disqualified 00 Robert St.John (unsportsmanlike conduct)
4 Cylinder Kids 1. 39 Cody Benoit 2. 74 Danny Benoit 3. 28 Chris Libak 4. 97 Cody Allen 5. 24 Travis Gossart
4 Cylinder Adults 1. 47 Brad Shanahan 2. 2 Bobby Fischer 3. 15 Walter Forbes 4. 69x Brandy Jones
Road Warrior 1. 18 Shane Leonard 2. 61 Chris Oncken 3. 88 Larry Rudd 4. 30 Chris Huntoon 5. 11 Robert Hendry 6. 7 Jonathan Abraham 7. 38 Dar Houghtaling 8. 9 Gary Miller 9. 5 Bob Waltz, Jr. 10. 1 Jesse Gargus 11. 09 Doug Raastad 12. 17 Fred Wilson 13. 92 Richard Dupont 14. 23 Jeff Rumsbold 15. 40 Don Justice
Thunder Truck 1. 33 Don VanAcker 2. 22 John Garrett 3. 44 Raymond Tucker 4. 8 Mike Bialecki 5. 37 Cheryl Weaver 6. 14 Randy Layman 7. 9 Ray Scott 8. 56 Bob Charette 9. 31 Harlen Wilson
