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Tim Russell Wins the Racecar Engineering Hoosier Elite Super Late Model Series Feature Race at ASA Sanctioned Desoto Super Speedway
By Tom Blakeley
September 26, 2009 {Bradenton, Florida.} What a magnificent evening of racing action at “The South’s Fastest Short Track” tonight. The weather was great and the racing action greater. It started at 7 PM and did not end until 12:15 AM. The $20 price for the ticket came out to under $4.00 per hour. That is an incredible value for the race fan, no doubt about it. The fans in attendance enjoyed non-stop action and thrills from the drop of the first green flag until flagman Bud waved the checkered flag for the School Bus Figure 8 race. In the spotlight tonight was the Racecar Engineering Hoosier Elite Super Late Model Series along with the School Bus Figure 8’s and the Rockem-Sockem Bombers.
Racecar Engineering Hoosier Elite Series. The super late model boys arrived in style and gave the fans some heart pounding excitement as they drove 75 extremely fast laps in their feature race tonight. Winning the feature 75 lap event was Tim Russell in the #36 car. Scot Walters in the #55 car took a very respectable second place and Anthony Campi in the #81 car won third place. There was a bit of a scarey moment as Rick Wilson in the #1 W car went into the wall backwards and ruptured the fuel cell on his car. This sent gasoline pouring onto the track and had everyone on the track scurrying. The fire staff reacted very quickly and sprayed down the track to eliminate the worry of fire.
After towing the 1W car away it was back to racing and that is a credit to the staff, as they help keep the action flowing. There were two heat races for the Super Late Models tonight. The first 8 lap heat race was won by Jeff Scofield in the 21X car. The second heat race was won by Justin Larson in the #88 car. There was a dash for cash tonight as well. Joe Boyd in the #5 car won the dash for cash and really put on a show for the fans.
School Bus Figure 8’s. The School Bus Figure 8’s really put on a show tonight as 15 buses showed up to spread the love. When the #41 bus of Mike Volk went on its side the crowd went into a frenzy, yelling and screaming. Winning the 25 lap feature race was Earnest Helfrick in the #4 bus. The #4 bus had the front bumper falling off and creating sparks throughout the entire race, but it sure did not slow Helfrick down in the least. Taking second place was Michael Gamache in the #0 bus and third place belonged Mark Jackson in the #25 bus. What a thriller it was tonight.
Rockem-Sockem Bombers. It was a big night for the Rockem-Sockem Boyz as they went 50 laps for the first time this year. Drivers from all over the West Coast came to participate and they really put on a show that was so good it will earn them another shot at a Bomber 50 lapper again this year. The 50 lap feature race was won by Richie Shepherd in the #30 car. Coming in second was Jody Collins in the #32 car. Collins challenged Shepherd the entire race but could not pass for the lead. Winning third place was Steve Elder in the #42 car.
Everyone at Desoto Super Speedway would like to thank the drivers that came up from Charlotte Motor Park and helped make this a fantastic race, we all appreciate you being here. The Bomber heat races tonight were won by Michael Crooks in the #33 car in the first heat and Randy Spicer in the #83 car in the second heat race. Street Stocks. The Street Stocks had a very low car count tonight. Winning the feature race of 15 laps was Dennis Wilson in the #42 car. Taking second in the feature was Derek Lucas in the #88 car and third place belonged to Mark Lau in the #13 car. Derek Lucas in the orange #88 car, also won the 6 lap heat race and did a great job of driving all night.
Pure Stocks. The wild and wonderful Pure Stocks were back in town and put on a display of racing talent like we are used to seeing come from them. “Rockin” Robert Crisp in the #2 car won the heat race. Winning the feature race tonight was Austin Craig in the #10 car. Taking second place was Troy Thiem in the #18 car while George Bartimac in the #21 car took third.
Magic 4’s. The kids of the Magic 4’s did a really good job of driving and competing cleanly tonight. Winning the feature 20 lap race was Brittany Barr in the #81 car. Taking second place was Dallas Troyer in the #01 car and Austin Cavey in the #20 car took the third place spot. Winning the heat race tonight was Joann Danielson in the #38 car. This was Joann’s first win in her rookie season. Flyin 4’s.
The Flyin 4 class had an amazing 22 cars tonight. Thanks goes out to the drivers from Charlotte Motor Park for coming up and racing with us. There were 3 heat races tonight with Randy Johnson in the #01 car winning the first heat race. Rob Boos in the #21 car won the second heat race. Derek Horton in the #27 car won the third heat race. Winning the 25 lap feature race was Alex Patten in the #13 car. Second place was in the grasp of Jason Perkins in the #21R car and Randy Johnson in the #01 car was third.
It was a great night of racing for the fans and kudos’s to the ASA and Desoto Super Speedway Staff for a safe and thrill packed event. Join us next Saturday for another night of racing action starting at 7 PM. Taking the asphalt oval will be Trucks 50 lap feature, Outlaw Modifieds, Street Stocks, Magic 4’s, Rockem-Sockem Bombers, and Flyin 4’s. Desoto Super Speedway is located just 9 miles east of I-75 on State Route #64. Check us out at www.desotosuperspeedway.com or call us at 941-748-3171. The entire staff at Desoto Super Speedway thanks the fans and will do everything possible to make your visit a pleasant one.
BOMBERS - BOMB 20L Pos Driver Car # 1 RICHARD SHEPHERD SR. 30 2 JODY COLLINS 32C 3 STEVE ELDER 42 4 RANDY SPICER 83 5 JOHN STEWART 02 6 ALLEN BRAGG 89 7 MICHAEL CROOKS 33 8 CLINT ROBERTS 95 9 LARRY BALLARD 23X 10 JEFF FIRESTINE 93 11 DUSTIN STROTT 12 12 JEROME WATLAND 31 13 LOGAN LEONARD 18 14 ERNEST SPARKS 95X 15 TODD JACOBS 44 16 LOU RUSSELL 3
BOMBERS - HEAT 1 Pos Driver Car # 1 MICHAEL CROOKS 33 2 STEVE ELDER 42 3 LOGAN LEONARD 18 4 TODD JACOBS 44 5 DUSTIN STROTT 12 6 JEROME WATLAND 31 7 LOU RUSSELL 3
BOMBERS - HEAT 2 Pos Driver Car # 1 RANDY SPICER 83 2 JODY COLLINS 32C 3 RICHARD SHEPHERD SR. 30 4 JOHN STEWART 02 5 ALLEN BRAGG 89 6 CLINT ROBERTS 95 7 ERNEST SPARKS 95X 8 JEFF FIRESTINE 93 9 LARRY BALLARD 23X
FLYIN 4s - FEATURE Pos Driver Car # 1 ALEX PATTEN 13 2 JASON PERKINS 21 3 RANDY JOHNSON 01 4 ROB BOOS 21B 5 JOHN BALZARNO 88B 6 MIKE LeMASTER 8L 7 TODD MOREY 91T 8 DYLAN BIGLEY 28 9 DALTON BALDWIN 4 10 ARTHUR DANIELSON 38 11 KEN (PAUL) SMITH 11X 12 JEREMY PERKINS 22 13 SHANE MOORE 24 14 COREY BIGLEY 82 15 JOSHUA PILLER 11B 16 CRAIG JACKSON 53 17 DERRICK HORTON 27 18 MICHAEL GAMACHE 85 19 BRENT NULL 353 20 RALPH GROSS 4D 21 CHELSEA LAU 44X 22 MARVIN CAVEY 20 23 MICHAEL VAN SICKLE 7
FLYIN 4s - HEAT 1 Pos Driver Car # 1 RANDY JOHNSON 01 2 TODD MOREY 91T 3 MIKE LeMASTER 8L 4 ARTHUR DANIELSON 38 5 SHANE MOORE 24 6 BRENT NULL 353 7 CHELSEA LAU 44X 8 MARVIN CAVEY 20
FLYIN 4s - HEAT 2 Pos Driver Car # 1 ROB BOOS 21B 2 DYLAN BIGLEY 28 3 JASON PERKINS 21 4 JOHN BALZARNO 88B 5 KEN (PAUL) SMITH 11X 6 RALPH GROSS 4D 7 DALTON BALDWIN 4 8 COREY BIGLEY 82
FLYIN 4s - HEAT 3 Pos Driver Car # 1 DERRICK HORTON 27 2 ALEX PATTEN 13 3 JEREMY PERKINS 22 4 MICHAEL GAMACHE 85 5 JOSHUA PILLER 11B 6 CRAIG JACKSON 53 7 MICHAEL VAN SICKLE 7
HOOSIER ELITE - HEAT 1 Pos Driver Car # 1 JEFF SCOFIELD 21S 2 JOE BOYD 5 3 ERIC PURCELL 2 4 TIM RUSSELL 36 5 RICK WILSON 1W 6 RICHARD SAPP JR 44 7 SCOTT HOLLY 1 8 BRANDON ANDERSON 21
HOOSIER ELITE - HEAT 2 Pos Driver Car # 1 JUSTIN LARSON 88 2 STEPHEN NASSE 51N 3 SCOT WALTERS 55 4 ANTHONY CAMPI 81 5 ROBERT YOHO 00 6 JESSICA MURPHY 26 7 MARK CHILDRESS 54 8 NORBERT GOESTL 6
HOOSIER ELITE - HOOSIER ELITE Pos Driver Car # 1 TIM RUSSELL 36 2 SCOT WALTERS 55 3 ANTHONY CAMPI 81 4 JUSTIN LARSON 88 5 JEFF SCOFIELD 21S 6 STEPHEN NASSE 51N 7 JOE BOYD 5 8 ROBERT YOHO 00 9 ERIC PURCELL 2 10 BRANDON ANDERSON 21 11 SCOTT HOLLY 1 12 RICHARD SAPP JR 44 13 JESSICA MURPHY 26 14 MARK CHILDRESS 54 15 RICK WILSON 1W 16 NORBERT GOESTL 6
PURE STOCKS - HEAT 1 Pos Driver Car # 1 ROBERT CRISP 2 2 DARRIN ELLIS 71 3 CHELSEA LAU 13 4 ANDREW MOON 31
PURE STOCKS - HEAT 2 Pos Driver Car # 1 AUSTIN CRAIG 10 2 TROY THIEM 18 3 GEORGE BARTIMAC 21X 4 MIKE FANNIN 00
PURE STOCKS - PS 20L 19 OR LESS Pos Driver Car # 1 ROBERT CRISP 2 2 AUSTIN CRAIG 10 3 TROY THIEM 18 4 DARRIN ELLIS 71 5 GEORGE BARTIMAC 21X 6 CHELSEA LAU 13 7 ANDREW MOON 31 8 MIKE FANNIN 00
SCHOOL BUS FIGURE 8 - FEATURE Pos Driver Car # 1 ERNEST HELFRICK 4 2 MICHAEL GAMACHE 0 3 MARK JACKSON 25 4 JAMES VOLK 76 5 PETER BOHN 11 6 SCOTT DAWLEY 74 7 CHRISTOPHER DODSON 21 8 ALLEN BRAGG 89 9 ROBERT LATINKA 47 10 EUGENE HELFRICK 44 11 ROBERT LATINKA 26 12 MIKE VOLK 41 13 TRACY WEBB 40 14 JEROME WATLAND 31 15 JAMES CRAWFORD JR 34
