Charlotte County Motorsports Park played host to a novelty race Saturday night, as the Outlaw Street Stocks held a Team 100. This was a switch-off race with one driver going the first 50 laps and then a teammate driving the final 50. It was a long, two-hour affair, but it was an exciting race.
The first 50 laps saw Open Wheel Modified hotshoe Wayne Jefferson charge to the lead in the 30 car, but he suffered a flat tire on lap 48 and Jesse Dutilly took the checkered in the 71 car. Troy Lacey was second and Vernon Hart third. The cars stopped in the infield to refuel and switch drivers. Cars started the second 50 in the order they finished the first 50. The second 50 saw Darrin Ellis take over for Dutilly in the 71.
Bryan Beckner, who raced at Charlotte County Speedway years ago before moving away, took over in the 33 for Hart. Beckner pressured Ellis for most of the second 50 laps, but he could never make the pass. Beckner spun out going for the lead on lap 94. Ellis went on to take the checkered. Robert Crisp finished up strong in the 30 car for second. The father/son team of Dave and Bobby Fisher finished third.
In other races, Dean Butrum edged out “Venice Bad Boyz” teammate Jeff Firestine in the Road Warrior 25-lapper. Rick Shelnut was third. In Thunder Trucks, it was Ryan Pancoast leading the field to the checkered. Tom Pryor was second and James Wright third. In Pro 4, Kirk Risner was strong in the 8 car. Codey Benoit took second and Wally Smith was third. The top three in Fab 4 were Dave Amelotte, Austin Craig and Dylan Bigley.
Charlotte County Motorsports park finishes for 1-5-08 Fab 4: 1) 85- David Amelote 2) 10- Austin Craig 3) 16- Dylan Bigley 4) 2- Lance Sober 5) 25- John Balzarano 6) 11- Paul Graham 7) 22-Jeremy Perkins 8) 1- Billy Benoit 9) 13- Chris Patten- DQ (tires)
Pro 4‘s: 1) 8- Kirk Risner 2 1-Cody Benoit 3) 16-Wally Smith 4) 10- Ken Smith 5) 25-Karo Vaughn 6) 7- Joe Rice 7) 15- Michael Rodriguez 8) 91- Jessica Ostrovskis 9) 13- Alex Patten
Road Warriors 1) 32- Dean Butram 2) 93- Jeff Firestine 3) 9-Rick Shelnut 4) 33- Chris Loney 5) 3- Chuck Sweet 6) 34-Eddie Morrison 7) 88- Jason Carr Thunder Trucks 1) 14- Ryan Pancoast 2) 69- Tom Pryor 3) 6-James Wright 4) 34- Curt Mays 5) 10-Joe Shaver Outlaw Street Stock 100 lap switch off
1st 50 laps 1) 71-Jesse Dutilly 2) 92-Troy Lacey 3) 33Vernon Hart 4) 9-Rick Shelnut 5) 2-David Fisher 6) 34-James Craford 7) 30-Wayne Jefferson 8) 32-Dean Butrum 9) 80-George Bactmorse 10) 0-Kevin Shepard jr 11) 11x-Brian Hasvin 12) 28-Scott Walters 13) 19x-Ryan Meiser 14) 72-Johnny Kay 15) 75-Jeff Scofield 16) 17-Chris Sullivan 17) 11-Randy Fox 18) 12-Ricky Partridge 19) 29-Jeff Mcall 2nd 50 laps switched drivers 1) 71-Darrin Ellis 2) 30-Robert Crisp 3) 2-Bobby Fisher 4) 33-Bryan Beckner 5) 75-Robert Yoho 6) 34-Dave Cleasy 7) 32-Jeff Firestein 8) 11-Terry Price 9) 0-Richie Shepard 10) 80-Rick Germony 11) 28-Mike Laplant 12) 92-Willie Lacey 13) 19x-George Richardson 14) 12-Rocky Reinhold 15) 9-John Shelnut 16) 72-Billy Bigley dns 17) 29-Bobby Mobley dns 18) 11x-Chris Mobley dns 19) 17-Randy Lawson dns OVER ALL WINNER TOTAL 100 LAPS 1) 71- Jessie Dutilly - Darrin Ellis 2) 30-Wayne Jefferson - Robert Crisp 3) 2-David Fisher - Bobby Fisher 4) 33-Vernon Hart - Bryan Beckner 5) 34-James Crawford - Dave Cleasy 6) 32-Dean Butrum - Jeff Firestein 7) 0-Kevin Sheperd jr - Richie Sheperd 8) 80-George Bartmore - Rick Germony 9) 92-Troy Lacy - Willie Lacey 10) 28-Scott Walters - Mike Laplant 11) 75-Jeff Scofield - Robert Yoho 12) 9-Rick Shelnut - John Shelnut 13) 19X-Ryan Meiser - George Richardson 14) 11-Randy Fox - Terry Price 15) 12-Rick Partridge - Rocky Reinhold 16) 11x-Brian Hasvin - Chris Mobley 17) 72-Johnny Kay - Billy Bigley 18) 17-Chris Sullivan - Randy Lawson 19) 29-Jeff Mcall - Bobby Mobley
