Bradenton, Fl. A hot and steamy night greeted the fans and racers for Saturday nights racing at DeSoto Super Speedway. Three classes headlined the evening’s action, The Florida Mini-Stock Challenge Series, the Gulf Coast Modified Series and the DeSoto Pro Trucks were all on hand to run 50 lap features.
Gulf Coast Modified Series:
Coming into the final race of the tumultuous 2007 season for the Gulf Coast Modifieds it was down to the wire to crown a Champion. Robbie Cooper and Curtis Neumann came into the final race in a dead heat in the run for the crown.
The “Rocketman” Wayne Jefferson easily took fast time for the night’s fifty-lap feature. Sean McLaughlin led the early stages of the race, but had Jefferson right on his back bumper. The Duo went at it lap after lap until Jefferson was able to make the move and take over the top spot. Jefferson was able to pull away and went unchallenged for the rest of the run.
McLaughlin was running second with Chet Senokossoff running third. Behind them, racing was heating up. John Sarppraicone Jr. had gotten around Neumann who had Cooper in his rearview mirror as they all were battling hard for the fourth spot. Neumann gave Sarppraicone a bump move sending him around and bringing out the yellow. Both competitors were sent to the rear of the field thus handing the championship to Cooper who was running sixth at the time.
When the smoke cleared it was Jefferson taking the win, McLaughlin was second, third was Senokossoff, fourth was Robbie Cooper and fifth, Lee Collins.
Finish:
1. 1 Wayne Jefferson Pinellas Park, FL. 2. 99 Sean McLaughlin Port Charlotte, FL 3. 61 Chet Senokossoff St. Petersburg, FL. 4. 98 Robbie Cooper Bronson, FL. 5. 89 Lee Collins Immokalee, FL. 6. 88 John Sappraicone JR. R Myakka City, FL. 7. 2 Ralph Bowman Seminole, FL 8. 01 Curtis Neumann R Inverness, FL. 9. 8 Chris Escott St. Petersburg, FL. 10. 22 Sammy Coghill New Port Ritchie, FL. 11. 77 Bryan Rogers Tampa, FL. 12. 60 Pat Nanney Bradenton, FL.
DeSoto Pro Trucks:
Travis Roland came into the night leading the point of the DeSoto Pro Trucks and once again took fast time for the nights event. He started twelfth on the field due to the rule of the previous winner and second place finisher starting eleventh and twelfth.
The drama began when a yellow came out and it was determined that Roland had caused the caution. Roland stopped on the backstretch to plead his case. The officials then gave Roland the Black Flag for unprofessional actions ending his night. He also lots all points for the altercation.
Up front second place in the points going into the race Gary Foxworth led the rest of the way and took over the run championship by six points. Charlie Montgomery finished in the second spot, third was Danny Anderson, fourth was Bill Manfull and fifth Nick King.
Pos Driver Car #
1. GARY FOXWORTH 25 2. CHARLIE MONTGOMERY 12 3. DANNY ANDERSON 50 4. BILL MANFULL 48 5. NICK KING-M-TKS 3 6. KYLE MUSSELMAN O7 7. BRENT HUBER 64 8. STEPHEN NASSE 69 9. MARK GILL 75 10. AL NEUMANN 4 11. WILLIAM CARLBERT JR 11X 12. JIM REPPI SR 57 13. TATE LINDSAY 1 14. JASON DEATON 99 15. GARY DEEMER 18 16. MAXX BENNETT 1X 17. BLAKE KOCH 33 18. JOHN LINDSAY 17 19. TRAVIS ROLAND 01
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Clear Channel Magic 4’s
The race of the night saw young Brittany Barr take her first ever win in the Magic 4 class that features 12-17 year old novice drivers. Barr whose father Pete Barr competes in the Bomber Division, did not have an easy go of it as Corey Bigley was racing her hard in the second spot. Bigley really put the heat on her but she never lost her cool as she roared to her first ever-checkered flag. “I was screaming so loud in my helmet when I saw those checkered flags” said Brittany. Bigley had a solid run in second. Third went to a hard charging Chelsea LaJoie, fourth across the stripe was Alex Patten and fifth went to Dylan Bigley.
Pos Driver Car #
1. BRITTANY BARR 81 2. COREY BIGLEY 25 3. CHELSEA LAJOIE 3 4. ALEX PATTEN 13 5. DYLAN BIGLEY 28 6. NICK ANDRIES 74 7. JESSICA OSTROVSKIS 91 8. ALBERT NAIL 00 9. BILL LEAKE 03 10. AUSTIN CRAIG 10 11. AUSTIN CAVEY 20 12. TYLER ANDRIES 26
Florida Mini-Stock Challenge Series
1 Robbie Storer 2 Chris Thornton 3 Chris Zimmerman 4 Dustin Perez 5 Rex Christensen 6 Brad Stegar 7 James Ellis 8 Mike Birk Jr. 9 Mitchell Webb 10 Ronnie Larson 11 Cody Blair 12 Robbie Yoakam
Manatee Lumber Bombers
Pos Driver Car # 1 DEAN BUTRUM 32 2 JEFF FIRESTINE 93 3 MICHAEL CROOKS 33 4 RICK GERMONY 8 5 SHANE YODER 1Y 6 JOHN STEWART 02 7 SCOTT DAWLEY 74 8 STEVE ELDER 42 9 KENNY GIBSON 23 10 CLIFF MITCHELL 17 11 SAMMY COGHILL 22 12 MARK FIELDS 77 13 JEFF TAYLOR 70 14 KEN SMITH 11 15 LOU RUSSELL 3 16 JERRY TETTING 39 17 JOSEPH "J R " WELDEN 40 18 MARK BOXELL 88 19 CLINT SNYDER 15X
Manatee Lumber Pure Stocks
Pos Driver Car #
1. JAMES CRAWFORD JR 34 2. BLAIR PONTIOUS 39 3. ROBERT CRISP 38 4. RANDY JOHNSON 73 5. TROY MEREDITH 75 6. DARRIN ELLIS 71 7. TROY THIEM 18 8. DAVID DAVIS 6X 9. ALLEN BRAGG 89 10. MARK PICKLESIMER 07 11. TYLER LAU 1 12. GEORGE BARTIMAC 21X
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Bradenton, Fl. A hot and steamy night greeted the fans
