Scotty Nolan earns the Green in Brown Hobby Special
by Jon Harney
LAKE CITY, FL (4/21) - Round Two of the Brown Motorsports Summer Spectacular presented by E.H. Contracting got under way at North Florida Speedway. Scotty Nolan made the most of his pole position starting spot by attaining the lead over the 17-car field. After a few early cautions the cars were able to enjoy an extended green flag run. Tim Nolan used this to his advantage to capture second on the sixth lap, catch his brother Scotty on the seventh lap, and pass him on the eighth.
The pack strung out late in the event and traffic slowed Tim and let Scotty have one more chance for the win. Traffic gave, then took away when Scotty got bottled up behind a slower car and Tim resumed on uncontested to the victory. The post-race technical inspection for the top five cars resulted in a disqualification of the first place finisher's ride and as a result Scotty Nolan was awarded the win. Heath Walker was awarded second, Travis Barnes third, Jeff Terrell fourth, and David Miller Jr. fifth.
Jake Wood made good from his pole starting spot to take a wire to wire win in the B-Modifieds. The low-dollar open wheeled class picked up a few new cars this week but the names in the top five finishers were familiar as Wood was trailed by Ronnie Chance who started in the back of the field to take second, Nick Kirkus, Frank Premorel, and Kenny Blair.
Earl Boyett took the measure of polesitter Robbie Disbrow and proceeded to romp over the Late Model field. At one point Boyett had a half lap lead over the pack. Fortunately the race from second through fifth was more competitive while the event lasted. Boyett took a comfortable win over Wendall Miller, Billy Costello, Seth Caudill, and Disbrow.
Randy Merwin led 'em all from flag to flag in the Street Stock main event. Merwin had his hands full holding off Kevin Davis, Dean Sands, and David Ponton for the balance of the race, but was up to the task and ran a smooth, consistent line to thwart his rivals. Unfortunately for Merwin, his apparent winning effort was negated in the pits as the tech area claimed another victim which allowed Sands to pick up the victory, his third of the points season. Davis was second, newcomer Damien Clayton finished third, David Hart was fourth, and Sonny Thompson finished fifth.
Shane Taylor started eighth in the Pure Stock feature but didn't stay there for long. He was second by lap five and took first from Gerald Lewis on the twelfth rotation while the leaders were battling in heavy lapped traffic. Rick Reed tried to keep it close in the last part of the race, however, Taylor was just too fast and picked up win number four. Following Taylor and Reed was Lewis, Clay McRae, and Russ Moseley.
The Winged Sprint cars come back this Saturday along with the A-Modifieds, Mini Stocks, Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, and Pure Stocks. For more information and 2007 race schedules please visit www.northfloridaspeedway.com.
