IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

March 13, 2005 FSCR Timmy Moore Takes 100 Lap Open Wheel By Rick Anges Bradenton, Fl. With 21 high-powered Open Wheels on hand for the opening race of the Q-Auto and Injury Open Wheel series the fireworks were inevitable. Wayne “the Rocketman” Jefferson blistered the high banks of DeSoto with the only 14 second run in qualifying turning a 14.99, second fast time went to Robbie McAuliffe who clipped a 15.12. When the die came up on a “0” leaving the field as qualified everyone’s opinion was that the real race would be for second. The green dropped and Jefferson showed his early dominance jumping out to a full straightaway lead. But towards the mid point of the race Jefferson’s car seemed to be fading as Timmy Moore pulled within a carlength of the leader. The drama began just after the half way mark as a five-car pile up brought out the red flag. With the cars halted on a front stretch Jefferson jumped out of his ride and began adjusting the air pressure on his right rear tire. Race director Joe Calnan made the call that “the Rocketman” would be sent to the rear of the field for working on his car under red. After a heated discussion on the track Jefferson took his car to the rear and the race was on. With Jefferson sent to the back Moore was in the top spot. Robbie McAuliffe had a solid second run going went his motor expired in turn four ending his night in a cloud of smoke. Jefferson steadily made his back towards the front with the cheers of the fans rooting him on lap after lap. Late in the run Jefferson had made his way back to the top five and was racing hard with Billy “the Kid” Mowery for the fourth spot. The two made contact several times but were able to gather it up. Jefferson was able to get under Mowery going into three when they touched sending Mowery into a wild spin into the wall demolishing his racecar. The green came out with four laps to go and Moore was able to take the first win of the season, Phil Morrison held off Jefferson for second, Jefferson took third, fourth was James Glover and in fifth Mason Love. Street Stocks David Williamson showed the way in the Street Stock feature. Williamson took the green and lead from green to checkers, his only challenge came from ’04 Southern Sportsman Series champion Aaron Williamson who made several runs at the leader but had to settle for second. Todd Freed Jr., the ’04 Mini-Stock champ in only his third start in a street stock held off ’99 Pure Stock champ James Knight for third, in fifth it was Greg Krom who came from the back of the pack. Bombers Some of the best racing of the evening came from the Bomber class. From the drop of the green flag the cars were swapping sheet metal and bouncing off the walls around the racetrack. Going three and sometimes four wide in the turns they raced every lap like it was their last. Jerome “Sideways” Watland had the crowd on its feet as he was driving the wheels off the 20-machine lap after lap. When the smoke cleared it was Jay King who crossed the stripe first, John Stewart held off Watland for second, a popular third went to Watland in his first run on the “High-Banks”, fourth was Cliff Richards, and in fifth Jesse Adair. Mod-Mini Dusty Robinson was on the verge of taking the checkered flag for the mod-mini feature but was caught up in a crash with a lapped car in turn four handing the win to C.J.Fisher, “Smiling” Ed Jasper returned to the winners circle taking second, third was Dustin Perez making his asphalt debut, Mike Margotta finished fourth and rounding out the top five was Mike Kerrivan. Pro Trucks Jim Alterizio had his truck hooked up and flying as he dominated the truck feature to take home the trophy. Nick King ran second, third was Danny Poling. NAPA Auto Parts Cowboy Caddies Rich Wildrick won his second race in a row in the Cowboy Caddies, Joe Gagen ran a strong second, Roger Swinton took third. BOMBERS - BOMB 20L Pos Driver (Car) 1 JAY KING (80X) 2 JOHN STEWART (02) 3 JEROME WATLAND (20) 4 CLIFF MITCHELL (17) 5 JESSE ADAIR (43) 6 SEAN CAVANAUGH (25) 7 MIKE LOUDY JR (80) 8 JAMES CRAWFORD JR (34) 9 RAYMOND MERCED (77) 10 SUSAN BASS (78) 11 DON SLACK (57) 12 KENNY GIBSON (23) 13 DAVID DAVIS (6) 14 KYLE REED (74) COWBOY CADILLAC - COWBOY CAD 20L Pos Driver (Car) 1 RICHARD WILDRICK (34) 2 JOE GAGEN (1) 3 ROGER SWINTON (88) 4 ALLEN BRAGG (89) 5 MATT WILDRICK (43) 6 SHANNON QUERY (44) 7 TONY PACE (18) 8 KENNY GIBSON (48) DS TRUCKS - DS TRUCKS 25L Pos Driver (Car) 1 JIM ALTERIZIO (3) 2 NICK KING (41) 3 DANNY POLING (26) 4 CLINT SNYDER (24) 5 JIM REPPI (57) 6 JEFF FIRESTINE (93) MODIFIED MINIS - MM 20L 19 OR LESS Pos Driver (Car) 1 C J FISHER (5) 2 ED JASPER (92) 3 DUSTIN PEREZ (0) 4 MIKE MARGOTTA (36) 5 MIKE KERRIVAN (45) 6 DUSTY ROBINSON (38) 7 CLAY JOSEPH (20) 8 STEVE MARTIN (7) 9 BRYAN WAGNER (4) DNS OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED - OWM 100L Pos Driver (Car) 1 TIMMY MOORE-Mowm (57) 2 PHIL MORRISON (63) 3 WAYNE JEFFERSON-Mowm (1) 4 JAMES GLOVER-Mowm (5) 5 MASON LOVE (01) 6 JACK ARNOLD III (84) 7 PAT NANNEY-Mowm (60) 8 DALE SHELTON-Mowm (51) 9 MIKE HINEGARDNER-Mowm (1X) 10 BOBBY BALDWIN-Mowm (4) 11 DUSTIN CHISHOLM (23) 12 MATTHEW BOZEMAN (0) 13 BILLY MOWERY-Mowm (55) 14 ROBBY McAULIFFE-Mowm (56) 15 JOHN ANDERSON (1A) 16 J.R. WADE (29) 17 ERIC RUDD-Mowm (12) 18 TODD CURRIER (1C) 19 ANDREW ALDERMAN (83) 20 BARRY CARLSON-Mowm (3) 21 THOMAS GORDON-Mowm (11) OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED - QUALIFYING Pos Driver (Car) 1 WAYNE JEFFERSON-Mowm (1) 2 ROBBY McAULIFFE-Mowm (56) 3 TIMMY MOORE-Mowm (57) 4 PHIL MORRISON (63) 5 PAT NANNEY-Mowm (60) 6 J.R. WADE (29) 7 JOHN ANDERSON (1A) 8 BILLY MOWERY-Mowm (55) 9 MASON LOVE (01) 10 JAMES GLOVER-Mowm (5) 11 TODD CURRIER (1C) 12 DALE SHELTON-Mowm (51) 13 MIKE HINEGARDNER-Mowm (1X) 14 ERIC RUDD-Mowm (12) 15 BOBBY BALDWIN-Mowm (4) 16 JACK ARNOLD III (84) 17 DUSTIN CHISHOLM (23) 18 THOMAS GORDON-Mowm (11) 19 BARRY CARLSON-Mowm (3) 20 ANDREW ALDERMAN (83) 21 MATTHEW BOZEMAN (0) OUTLAW LM - OUTLAW LM Pos Driver (Car) 1 SCOTT HOLLY (1) 2 ED KIDD (6) 3 JIM KELLY (56) 4 JAMIE CASSIDY (44) SPORTSMAN - SP Pos Driver (Car) 1 JAMES CASADY (7) 2 KEITH NEFF (69) 3 BRIAN TEETERS (44) 4 KYLE MAYNARD (27) STREET STOCKS - SS 20L 19 OR LESS Pos Driver (Car) 1 DAVID WILLIAMSON (12) 2 AARON WILLIAMSON (13) 3 TODD FREED, JR. (44T) 4 JAMES KNIGHT (28) 5 GREGORY KROM (35) 6 JIMMIE BEST (67) 7 WAYNE DOVE (18) 8 GEORGE SHAVER JR (25) 9 CLINT ROBERTS (95) 10 ROBERT HART (2H) 11 WILLIAM SLACK (57) 12 DUANE BEST (3) 13 BRIAN TEETERS (44) DNS 14 ROBERT HAYGOOD (84) DNS Have an opinion on this story? 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