IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

August 16, 2009 Clint Foley tops Mini Stocks at Citrus County Speedway 8/16/09 By: Phil Schryver Inverness, FL We had another action packed night of racing here at Citrus County Speedway, including 3 traveling series. The first feature event of the night was the 4 Cylinder Stocks. 20 cars started the race, and t here was a ton of 3-wide and even 4-wide racing throughout the entire race. The #69 of Shaun Cater was the night’s winner, followed by the #4 of Bryson Ward, and the #47 of Richard Kuhn finished 3rd. The Pure Stocks were next to come out. 14 cars were on hand for the feature. The #5 of James Peters took the early lead, while the #24 of Tommy Smith, #39 of Wes Filyaw, and the #68 of Drew Matissek went 3 wide going into turn 3 to battle for 2nd position. The #24 of Tommy Smith eventually took the lead away form Peters, and both cars drove away from the rest of the field. Third up were the Southeast Champ Kart Series. They were previously known as the Desoto Champ Kart Series. They had 18 karts signed in and put on a great show both in the heat races and the feature event. Their race director Phil Harp also told me that at least 4 or 5 of their drivers are heading out this Thursday for a race in Cannan, NH next Saturday. The racing series from Canaan will also be coming down here to race in December. The #99 of Jo Cordon from Ft Myers was the feature winner. The Street Stocks were next. We again saw lots of 3 wide racing, especially on the start when the #10 of Kenny May, the #007 of Mark Fallows, and the #42 of Richie smith went 3 wide into turn 3 for the top position. Half way through the race, the #42 of Smith seemed to be on a rail and was a good 5 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. The #97 of Timothy Quick finished 2nd, and Kenny May in the #10 finished 3rd. The American Mini Cup series was also back. They had a total of 16 cars signed in for the night. Richard Cline Jr. was the feature winner in the #37 car, Jacob Callaway was 2nd in the #07, and John Beach had a great night finishing 3rd. Our 3rd traveling series of the night was the Bass Champion Challenge Series. This was a special night for them as they are sponsoring a 3 day walk to help fight breast cancer. They raised over $375 from fans and racers and were also donating all of their night’s winnings to the cause. The #4 of Jarret Snowden was the 30 lap feature winner. Coming home second was the #40 of Michael Smith, and 3rd was the #25 of Paul White. The mini stocks were also on hand tonight. The #7 of Clint Foley was on fire that night and got the win with no problem. The #39 of Jim Curry hit the wall hard on the back stretch, but luckily was ok. Last, but not least, was the V8 Thunder Stocks. Jason Ayers in the #39 was the big winner of the night, but he had to fight hard for the lead. Once he had it though, he never looked back and dominated the race. Next week, we have TWO full nights of racing. Friday night and Saturday night. The Friday night races will start at 7:30 pm and will be only $5 for admission. There will be a $500 to win 50 lap pure stock race, a flag pole race, kid’s bicycle races and much more. Mini Stocks Feature Main Finish Car-# Drivers Name Home town Aug-15 7 Clint Foley Dunnellon 1 8 Robbie Yoakam Hernando 2 9 Mark Powers 3 44 Michael Lawhorn Clermont 4 98 James Ellis Brooksville 5 32 Steven Smith Inverness 6 20 Travis Hoefler Floral City 7 17 David Mothershed Brooksville 8 4 Chuck Cain Hernando 9 39 Jim Curry Homosassa 10 0 Wes Filyaw Brooksville 11 13 Jesse Henley Homosassa 12 Street Stocks Feature Main Finish Car-# Drivers Name Home town Aug-15 42 Richie Smith Hernando 1 97 Tim Quick Lecanto 2 10 Kenny May Spring Hill 3 98 Tom Martone Floral City 4 05 Jim Hand Brooksville 5 90 Jeff Stalnaker Jr. Ocala 6 91 David Foster Wildwood 7 4 Jay Witfoth Beverly Hills 8 09 Carl Glaum Inverness 9 3 Rick Shahid Inverness 10 57 Frank Stromquist Lecanto 11 007 Mark Fallows Crystal River 12 19 Timmy Yearwood 13 33 Kyle Peters Ferndale 14 43 Anthony Abney Tampa 15 Pure Stocks Feature Main Finish Car-# Drivers Name Home town Aug-15 24 Tommy Smith Hernando 1 5 James Peters Winter Garden 2 68 Drew Matissek New Port Richey 3 3 Rick Shahid Inverness 4 33 Bill Ryan Bushnell 5 14 Alex Wilder Floral City 6 58 Larry Welter Jr. Williston 7 39 Wes Filyaw Brooksville 8 45 Randy Werstein Bellview 9 44 Glen Colyer Homosassa 10 88 Victor Shahid Floral City 11 1 Ricky Shahid Inverness 12 99 Cody Stickler Pinellas Park 13 6 Eddie Hudak Homosassa 14 V8 Thunder Stocks Feature Main Finish Car-# Drivers Name Home town Aug-15 39 Jason Ayers Inverness 1 45 Scott Werstein Bellview 2 14 Abe Lord Inverness 3 3 Jamie Shahid Inverness 4 20 Chris Ickes Brooksvill 5 141 Bruce Pixley Inverness 6 141 Lance Shahid Inverness 7 8 William Strickler 8 41 Tara Wilder Inverness 9 Four Cylinders Stock Feature Main By Mike Scott Plumbing Finish Car-# Drivers Name Home town Aug-15 69 Shaun Cater Hernando 1 4 Bryson Ward Crystal River 2 47 Richard Kuhn Ocala 3 21 Phil Edwards Crystal River 4 48 Tim Scalise Lutz 5 13 Mike Ogren Spring Hill 6 32 Jeremy Sharrone Floral City 7 01 Jeff Eberly Spring Hill 8 26 Nathan Florian Homosassa 9 199 Robert Carter Bellview 10 29 Chris Snow Crystal River 11 22 Mike Curry 12 98 Kevin Stone Dade City 13 17 Kevin Knor Wesley Chapel 14 171 Fred Henick Inverness 15 24 Brian Scalise Lutz 16 88 Anthony LaPoint Zepherhills 17 60 Greg Valdes Tampa 18 71 Sonya Heater Homosassa 19 65 Happy Florian Lecanto 20 3 Roland Price St Pete 21 Have an opinion on this story? 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