IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

March 20, 2005 FSCR Adams tops USCS Sprints at Five Flags PENSACOLA, FL - Kenny Adams of Malabar, FL opened the 2005 O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series season with a wire-to-wire victory Friday night in the 30-lap main event at Five Flags Speedway. Adams outran a sensational young second-generation driver Kevin Swindell of Bartlett, TN. "I know all eyes were on Kevin Swindell tonight, butour Shaw car is still the car to beat," Adams said of his young challenger and his own race car, the #4a Goodson Farms Shaw/Ott. Swindell, the 16-year-old son of Sammy Swindell, made his first ever winged outlaw sprint car race on asphalt a memorable one with a second-place finish in his Wirtgen America Maxim/Kistler. In qualifications, Swindell set a new Five Flags Speedway track record with a lap around the ½-mile high-banked paved oval in 14.462 seconds for an average speed of 124.464 miles per hour. Swindell was also the Rookie of the Race, and the SpeedMart Young Gun of the Race. Veteran Wayne Reutimann Sr. of Zephyrhills, FL, who made his first Five Flags Speedway start 40 years ago, finished third in the Case Constructing Avenger/Snyder. Reutimann Sr. won the K&N Filters Third-Place Award. Danny Martin Jr. of Sarasota, FL took the fourth spot in the Martin Structures, Inc. Shaw/ZRE, and Dave Steele of Tampa, FL was fifth in the Northside Propane Fedor 1/Gaerte. Steele won the SpeedMart Top Five Award. The defending and four-time O'Reilly USCS National Champion Terry Gray of Bartlett, TN finished sixth in the Goodson Farms/Wendy's Maxim/Wesmar, and also picked up the FSR Performance Award. Wayne Reutimann Jr. of Zephyrhills, FL started his Case Constructing Hurricane/Snyder 16th and finished seven. Brice Wrenn of Lexington, SC made his first-ever pavement start by driving the Stainless Fabricators ERI-Raptis/Gaerte to an eighth-place finish. Ryan Myers of Eldorado, OH finished ninth in the Garrett Myers Farms Domelt/Garrett-Myers. The 2004 O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year R.J. Johnson of Decatur, TN had to take a provisional and start 22nd and last on the grid. The 17-year-old driver rallied his Leaf Race Wear/Pin Rings J&J/ZRE through the field for a tenth-place finish. Johnson picked up the Huggins Cams Hard Charger of the Race Award. After winning the K&N Filters Pole Award, Adams took the lead at the start of the race, but before the field could complete the first lap of competition, Doug Berryman of Fremont, OH brought out the caution flag when his Rebman Truck Service Shaw/Gressman made contact with the first turn wall. Berryman was the recipient of the Weld Racing Hard Luck Award. On the restart, Adams once again took the lead and never looked back. Adams led the fifth lap and earned the Outlaw Brakes Fast Brake of the Race Award. Swindell got around Reutimann Sr. on the opening lap to take the second spot. Swindell got to within a few car-lengths of Adams in lapped traffic, but was never able to make a challenge for the lead. Wrenn won the Engler Machine and Tool first eight-lap heat race, Steele won the ButlerBuilt second eight-lap heat race, and Adams won the Koolbeans Trophies third eight-lap heat race. Reutimann Jr. won the ten-lap Consolation Race. The O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour moves to Mobile International Speedway in Mobile, AL on Saturday night. OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 1 AT FIVE FLAGS SPEEDWAY IN PENSACOLA, FL ON 3/18/05: POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS $ WON 1. 1 4a Kenny Adams Malabar, FL 30 $2,100 2. 3 1 Kevin Swindell (R) Bartlett, TN 30 $1,200 3. 2 99 Wayne Reutimann Sr. Zephyrhills, FL 30 $800 4. 6 00 Danny Martin Jr. Sarasota, FL 30 $700 5. 5 91 Dave Steele Tampa, FL 30 $700 6. 8 10 Terry Gray Bartlett, TN 30 $750 7. 16 00jr Wayne Reutimann Jr. Zephyrhills, FL 30 $525 8. 12 1w Brice Wrenn Lexington, SC 29 $500 9. 10 56r Ryan Myers Eldorado, OH 28 $475 10. 22 71 R.J. Johnson Decatur, TN 28 $450 11. 14 2 Ted Williams Atlanta, GA 28 $440 12. 18 67 Brian Thomas Auburn, GA 28 $430 13. 13 11jr Tom Winegardner Jr. Pierson, FL 28 $420 14. 20 32 Stephen Darvalics (R) Venice, FL 28 $410 15. 15 0 Charles Ladner Brandon, FL 28 $400 16. 19 60 Doug Wimpee Fairhope, AL 27 $400 17. 7 77 Joe Rebman Mansfield, OH 16 $400 18. 9 4m Michael Miller Tallapoosa, GA 5 $400 19. 17 30 Willie Stauffer Orlando, FL 4 $400 20. 4 1r Doug Berryman Fremont, OH 0 $400 21. 11 19t Matt Tiffany (R) Daytona Beach, FL 0 $400 22. 21 8 Doug Gold Concord, NC 0 $400 ENTRIES: 28 PROVISIONAL: Johnson LEAD CHANGES: None LAP LEADERS: Adams, 1-30 CAUTIONS: 2 K&N POLE AWARD: Adams OUTLAW BRAKES FAST BRAKE AWARD: Adams HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER AWARD: Johnson (started 22nd and finished 10th) SPEEDMART YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Swindell ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Swindell K&N THIRD-PLACE AWARD: Reutimann Sr. SPEEDMART TOP FIVE AWARD: Steele FSR PERFORMANCE AWARD: Gray WELD HARD LUCK AWARD: Berryman QUALIFICATIONS: 1 Kevin Swindell Bartlett, TN Maxim Kistler 14.782 14.462 14.462 124.464 2 99 Wayne Reutimann Sr. Zephyrhills, FL Avenger Snyder 14.855 14.593 14.593 123.347 3 4a Kenny Adams Malabar, FL Shaw Ott 14.997 14.651 14.651 122.859 4 1r Doug Berryman Fremont, OH Shaw Gressman 14.923 14.652 14.652 122.850 5 91 Dave Steele Tampa, FL Fedor 1 Gaerte 15.203 14.862 14.862 121.114 6 00 Danny Martin Jr. Sarasota, FL Shaw ZRE 15.696 14.872 14.872 121.033 7 00jr Wayne Reutimann Jr. Zephyrhills, FL Hurricane Snyder 15.324 14.908 14.908 120.741 8 77r Joe Rebman Mansfield, OH Beaberbuilt Gressman 15.415 15.134 15.134 118.937 9 10 Terry Gray Bartlett, TN Maxim Wesmar 15.407 NT 15.407 116.830 10 4 Michael Miller Tallapoosa, GA Shaw Slobuilt 15.563 15.472 15.472 116.339 11 56 Ryan Myers Eldorado, OH Domelt Garrett-Myers 15.811 15.554 15.554 115.726 12 19t Matt Tiffany Daytona Beach, FL Hurricane Ott 16.155 15.875 15.875 113.386 13 1w Brice Wrenn Lexington, SC ERI-Raptis Gaerte 16.222 16.228 16.222 110.960 14 11jr Tom Winegardner Jr. Pierson, FL J&J WRP 16.466 NT 16.466 109.316 15 2 Ted Williams Atlanta, GA Hurricane Ott 16.870 16.558 16.558 108.709 16 30 Willie Stauffer Orlando, FL J&J Ardis 16.569 NT 16.569 108.637 17 67 Brian Thomas Auburn, GA Saligoe Broome Perf. 17.378 16.664 16.664 108.017 18 32 Stephen Darvalics Venice, FL Shaw Gaerte 16.725 16.868 16.725 107.623 19 60 Doug Wimpee Fairhope, AL Hurricane Wimpee 17.314 16.755 16.755 107.431 20 4b Bryn Gohn Malabar, FL Shaw Ott 17.642 17.260 17.260 104.287 21 71 R.J. Johnson (R) Decatur, TN J&J ZRE 17.958 17.293 17.293 104.088 22 0 Charles Ladner Brandon, FL Hurricane AutoCraft 17.573 NT 17.573 102.430 23 6x Frank Scimeca Tampa, FL Hurricane Skeeter 19.272 18.620 18.620 96.670 24 6f J.J. Dutton Tampa, FL Hurricane Skeeter 18.767 NT 18.767 95.913 25 8g Doug Gold Concord, NC Gold Jerico 18.966 NT 18.966 94.907 26 11sr Tom Winegardner Sr. Pierson, FL J&J Hampshire 19.085 NT 19.085 94.315 27 6 Skeeter Faulconer Lutz, FL Hurricane Skeeter NT NT NT NT 28 8e Nick Engle Fort Walton Beach, FL Gold Jerico NT NT NT NT AIR FLOW RESEARCH POWER DASH - 6 Laps: 1. Steele; 2. Martin; 3. Berryman; 4. Adams; 5. Reutimann Sr.; 6. Reutimann Jr. HEAT RACES (8 Laps - Top 5 Finishers Transfer To Feature): ENGLER TOOL AND MACHINE 1ST HEAT: 1. Wrenn; 2. Swindell (R); 3. Miller; 4. Berryman; 5. Ladner; 6. Stauffer; 7. Wimpee; 8. Gold; 9. Engle; 10. Reutimann Jr. BUTLERBUILT 2ND HEAT: 1. Steele; 2. Winegardner Jr.; 3. Reutimann Sr.; 4. Rebman; 5. Myers; 6. Thomas; 7. Gohn (R); 8. Scimeca; 9. Winegardner Sr. KOOLBEANS TROPHIES 3RD HEAT: 1. Adams; 2. Martin; 3. Tiffany (R); 4. Gray; 5. Williams; 6. Darvalics (R); 7. Johnson; 8. Dutton; 9. Faulconer. CONSOLATION RACE (10 Laps - Top 6 Finishers Transfer To Feature): 1. Reutimann Jr.: 2. Stauffer; 3. Thomas; 4. Wimpee; 5. Darvalics (R); 6. Gold; 7. Gohn (R); 8. Johnson; 9. Dutton; 10. Winegardner Sr. O'REILLY USCS NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 3/18/05: 1.. Kenny Adams - 150 2.. Kevin Swindell (R) - 148 3.. Wayne Reutimann Sr. - 146 4.. Danny Martin Jr. - 144 5.. Dave Steele - 142 6.. Terry Gray - 140 7.. Wayne Reutimann Jr. - 138 8.. Brice Wrenn - 136 9.. Ryan Myers - 134 10.. R.J. Johnson - 132 11.. Ted Williams - 130 12.. Brian Thomas - 128 13.. Tom Winegardner Jr. - 126 14.. Steven Darvalics (R) - 124 15.. Charles Ladner - 122 16.. Doug Wimpee - 120 17.. Joe Rebman - 118 18.. Michael Miller - 116 19.. Willie Stauffer - 114 20.. Matt Tiffany (R) - 112 Have an opinion on this story? 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