IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

August 12, 2009 Open Wheel Modifieds Back in Action at Citrus County Speedway 8/8/09 By: Phil Schryver Inverness, FL It was a very hot and sticky night, but thankfully also rain free at Citrus County Speedway. The first feature event of the night was the 4 Cylinder Stocks. The #47 of Richard Kuhn started on the pole and never looked back. Finishing 2nd was the #13 of Mike Ogren, and 3rd was the #21 of Phil Edwards. The Pure Stocks rolled out next with lots of action and tons of passing for all 20 laps. The #51 of Curtis Flannagan, who started 10th, was on fire and shot to the front like a bullet to win the feature. At the end of the race he had at least a 3 ½ second lead on the rest of the field. Third up was the Sportsman class. 19 cars were on hand to race for the checkered flag. At the drop of the initial green flag, the #57 of TJ Chambers got real loose coming off of turn 4 and caused a 3 car pile up. There was a ton of 3 wide racing, especially in the corners throughout the race. On lap 7, the #57 was running 2nd and turned the leader, the #1 car of Matt Blum around going into turn 1 and the #57 of Chambers ended up on top of the #1 car up against the wall in turn 1. Both cars had to retire early due to heavy damage. The #725 of John Grimm and the #5 of Mike Veltman battled door to door for the win after that, but ended up turning each other around, and had to both go to the rear of the field. The feature was won by the #15 of Joey Catarelli. The Ministocks were next and were all very competitive. The #20 of Travis Hoefler had a great night especially. He started 5th, and finished 2nd, but had to fight off a lot of other cars to hold onto that spot. The winner tonight was the #62 Jesse Henley. The Open Wheel Modifieds were up next, with 16 cars on hand. This was a 40 lap feature. Mark Nelson in the #11 started on the pole and held onto the lead for the 1st 24 laps. The #98 of Robbie Cooper battled door to door with Nelson for most of those laps. Finally, by lap 20, Nelson’s handling seemed to start going away and his car was getting loose. The #98 of Cooper was able to slip by on the outside, bringing the #19 of Tommy Schnader with him. The #98 of Cooper would go on to win the race. The Figure 8’s were as wild and crazy as ever. The #8 of Darryl Hage was on the pole, and this was his first start of the 2009 season. The #83 of Charles Herne seemed to have some handling issues and actually brought out the 1st caution on the initial start. On the 2nd try for the start, the #29 of Neil Herne took a wild ride hitting and actually going over the wall in turn 2. He was reported to be ok. A lot more mayhem occurred on the 3rd and 4th starts, but finally the 5th start was the charm after the field started single file. The #8 of Darryl Hage came home first after threading the needle with ease through the x many times. The #89 of Rodney Davis did a great job holding off some tough competition to come home 2nd, and the #39 of Robbie Hage finished 3rd. The last race of the night was the V8 Thunder Stocks. These guys and gals always put on a great show. The #31 of Austin Roberts, who started almost dead last, ended up the winner after making his way up front and then leaving the rest of the field in the dust. Next week, August 15th, The Mini Cups will be back, also the Desoto Champ Karts will be on hand, plus all the regulars including mini stocks, street stocks, pure stocks, thunder stocks, and the Mike Scott Plumbing 4 cylinder stocks. Results for 8/8/09 4 Cyl Stocks Car # Drivers Name Start Finish 3 Roland Price 12 13 4 Bryson Ward 13 17 13 Mike Ogren 15 2 15 Anthony Lapoint 10 7 19 John Gula 17 8 21 Phil Edwards 3 13 24 Tim Scalise 1 15 26 Nathan Florian 2 6 29 Chris Snow 4 16 41 Thomas Abbott 14 14 47 Richard Kuhn 5 1 60 Greg Valdes 6 4 65 Happy Florian 8 10 69 Shaun Cater 16 5 89 Shawn Jenkins 9 9 98 Kevin Stone 11 11 199 Robert Carter 7 12 Pure Stocks Car # Drivers Name Start Finish 0 Steve Stineduf 5 2 1 Ricky Shahid 14 8 3 Rick Shahid 4 6 6 Eddie Hudak 15 11 8 Patric Conner 1 10 14 Alex Wilder 12 16 24 Tommy Smith 18 3 39 Sport Wilson 19 1 44 Glen Colyer 13 9 45 Randy Werstein 8 17 51 Curtis Flanagan 10 20 58 Larry Welter Jr. 16 14 68 Drew Matissek 9 7 76 Michael Martin 7 18 85 Larry Welter Sr. 6 4 88 Victor Shahid 3 5 99 Tim Rushing 20 19 411 Matthew Harris 11 14 420 Jay Witfoth 17 12 581 Morris Richardson 2 15 Sportsman Car # Drivers Name Start Finish 1 Tom Posavec 5 9 1 Matt Blum 8 18 5 Mike Veltman 9 14 6 David White 16 10 8 Tim Schull 15 7 15 Joey Catterli 14 1 17 Mike Bell 10 16 32 Charles Bowers 7 19 35 Rick Kase 19 6 40 Gary Johnson 4 8 55 Ernie Reed 12 5 57 T.J. Chambers 6 17 66 Mike Watson 17 11 71 Jesse Veltman 3 3 88 Bobby Ervien 11 2 98 Dustin Aaron 1 4 114 John Buzinec 18 12 725 L.J. (John) Grimm 13 15 Modifieds Car # Drivers Name Start Finish 1 Curtis Neumann 10 3 3 Kyle Bookmiller 6 6 6 Billy Bechtelheimer 9 7 11 Mark Nelson 1 4 12 Jay Coleman 16 14 13 John Ditges 14 13 19 Tommy Schnader 5 2 22 Sammy Coghill 15 12 32 Alan McCofferty 3 8 42 Richie Smith 13 16 44 Graham McCorey 7 10 70 Jeremy Gerstner 8 5 75 Bobby Blake 4 9 98 Robbie Cooper 2 1 121 John Carter Jr. 11 11 134 Steven Fuller 12 15 Ministocks Car # Drivers Name Start Finish 1 George Neumann 7 7 2 Don Faunce 6 3 7 Clint Foley 12 5 9 Mark Powers 13 4 17 David Mothershed 10 9 19 Richard Maguire 11 12 20 Travis Hoefler 5 2 32 Steven Smith 2 8 31 Brandon McSwain 15 14 44 Michael Lawhorn 3 6 51 Christopher Harvey 1 13 53 Glen Ervien 9 15 62 Jesse Henley 4 1 96 Mickey Wright 14 10 98 James Ellis 8 11 Figure 8's Car # Drivers Name Start Finish 1 Larry Triana 15 12 3 Clifford Rousseau 13 5 6 Robert Aaron 10 6 8 Darryl Hage 1 1 14 Wayne Calkins 14 4 25 Ronnie Powell 11 13 27 John Baranauskas 8 15 29 Neil Herne 7 14 31 Rick Shahid 4 11 39 Robbie Hage 5 3 53 Eric Sharrone 12 8 58 Larry Welter 16 16 74 Bob Hage 2 9 83 Charles Herne 6 10 89 Rodney Davis 3 2 94 Charlie Meyer 9 7 V8 Thunder Stocks Car # Drivers Name Start Finish 1 Lance Shahid 3 10 3 Jamie Shahid 4 6 14 Abe Lord 6 2 20 Chris Ickes 5 7 31 Austin Roberts 14 1 39 Jason Ayers 13 11 41 Tara Wilder 2 4 42 Tyler Currier 11 5 45 Scott Werstein 12 12 51 Levi Roberts 15 15 70 Clarence Kyser 9 13 71 Jason Warsing 1 3 76 Bret Martin 10 9 99 Tyler Strickler 7 14 141 Bruce Pixley 8 8 Have an opinion on this story? 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