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October 5, 2008

Citrus Late Model and Sportsman Titles Tighten Up

by Larry MacMillan (Inverness, Fl. 10/04/08) Saturday night was a perfect night for stock car racing featuring 6 local divisions and 3 traveling series in heats and 9 features in some of the most competitive racing of the year. After Saturday night’s action there are only 4 more regular races on the 2008 schedule and two division crowns are up for grabs. The Super Late Models saw Richie Smith close to within 17 points of leader Herb Neumann Jr., picking up 6 points with his 2nd feature win of the season. Richie won the pole starting position and never gave up the point from the green flag right to the finish line in their 35 lap main event. Jeremy Gerstner locked onto Smith from the get go but gave up his 2nd position to Dustin DesChamp who spent the second half of the race chasing the leader but just couldn’t make the pass before the checkers came out. Gerstner held out for a 3rd place finish over point leader Herb Neumann Jr. who started 10th and got caught up in a lot of fast traffic in route to his 4th place finish. Scott Grossenbacher held off Daniel Webster in the race for fifth. John Gerstner and Dale Sanders picked up the heat wins. The Sportsman division is becoming an even tighter race for the championship. Saturday night’s final four laps had the fans on their feet watching Bobby Ervein and Tom Posavec battle side by side for the win. Ervein made it to the point in short order from his 5th starting spot while Posavec had to battle the traffic from his 7th starting spot. Tom chased Ervien from the mid point of their 25 lap main saving the run at Ervein for the final five laps. It was a side by side, see saw battle right to the flag with Ervein picking up his 6th feature win of the season and 2 points, pulling to within 6 points of Posavec for the championship with just 2 more races before the season comes to a close for the division. Clint Foley got into the mix for the final 5 laps but had to settle for 3rd when the checkers flew. Ernie Reed settled for a solo 4th while David White had his best finish of the season rounding out the top five. No heats were run with just 11 cars in the field. Twenty one Mini Stock racers came ready to race in their heats and 20 lap feature. Clint Foley launched from his 9th starting position working the outside groove and managed to get around early leader Mark Powers who got into trouble, trying to hold onto the lead, turning Foley around on turn two and getting sent to the rear of the pack for bringing on the caution. Steven Smith locked onto Foley who picked up his 6th win of the season after the restart. Steven held off the rest of the hard charges to nail down a second place finish just ahead of Wes Filyaw, Don Faunce and Mike Lawhorn. Point leader Kevin Harrod blew his engine in his heat race and managed to find a replacement and change out the motor in time to start the feature. Kevin managed to salvage a 6th place finish with the replacement engine and has a pretty comfortable lead over Mike Lawhorn who has a 1 point lead over Clint Foley in the run for second in the points’ race. Heat winners were Mark Powers and Steven Smith. Twenty 4 Cylinder Bombers chased the #66 Racing Rabbit, Brandon Watson in their 20 lap main event and the young 14 year old locked down his 6th win of the season from his 3rd starting spot. Shawn Evans caught him early in the race but couldn’t make the pass even with several caution flag restarts. Defending champion Jeff Eberly held off Tim Scalise who won his first race of the season 2 weeks ago. Nathan Florian continues to stay in the top 5 at the finish line over a very competitive field. Heat winner were Watson and Evans. Twenty three Pure Stock drivers saw 9th starter James Peters drive to Victory Lane for his first win of the season after joining the field on September 6th and in his fourth race this season. Bill Ryan moved to within 3 points of John Drye driving from 14th to second when the checkers flew. Richie Smith had to settle for a 3rd place finish on a green, white checkers run for the finish in one of the rare times the #142 didn’t go to Victory Lane. Rounding out the top five were former champion Steven Stinedurf and point leader John Drye. Peters and Smith took the heat wins in what turned out to be a real barn burner. Cory Swanston launched his V8 Thunder Stock Rookie racer to the point early in the race and despite several caution flags managed to outrun Drew Matissek for his first win of the season. Randy Werstein, point leader Alex Wilder and Josh Long in the MOO Car rounded out the top five. Just about the entire state of Florida was represented by the 13 car field of Florida Open Wheel Lites. The man to beat was Auburndale’s Jonathan Guy who had the field pretty well covered in both his heat and their feature run. John Bailey out of Sarasota won the 2nd heat and locked horns with Auburndale’s Billy Gise holding out for second. Gise held off Jeff Wolfe out of Myakka City in the race for third and Port Charlotte’s Roger Richmond rounding out the top five. Doug Hopper returned to what used to be his home track and was the dominant force in the Outlaw Modified feature. He went from 6th to first by mid race and Robert Campbell was the only driver that had anything for Hopper but had to settle for second. Cliff Steinmann made a late pass on Colin Cabre to take 3rd while early leader Ric Mills locked down a 5th place finish. The Florida Pro Challenge cars were not on the original schedule but they brought 6 cars and wend for 1 heat and 20 lap feature race the saw J.L. Snowden take his #40 truck to Victory Lane over Jarrett Snowden in #40 car, Bruce Gibson fell back to third in the final lap and was followed across the line by Daniel Miller, Paul White and Harvey Johnson. Only one regular division will be racing Saturday night in the ”Fall Fiasco” and that will be a 50 lap Figure 8 Special dedicated to Bob Hage as he retires from many years of Figure 8 racing. Highlighting the night will be the School Bus Figure 8 races, the Boat Trailer Race, a 150 Lap Enduro race for big money, the Drifter 280 Z’s will be back to put on a show and wrapping up the night will be a crashing, banging Demolition Derby until there is only one car running for the win. You don’t want to miss the fun race of the year as the season winds down for 2008. Citrus County Speedway Results 10/04/08 – 137 Cars Super Late Model Feature – 35 Laps – 14 Cars 1. #33 Richie Smith – Hernando – 2nd Season Win 2. #51 Dustin DesChamps – Brooksville 3. #70 Jeremy Gerstner – Eustis 4. #98 Herb Neumann Jr. – Inverness 5. #09 Scott Grossenbacher – San Antonio 1st Heat Winner - # 1 Dale Sanders – Lecanto 2nd Heat Winner - #62 John Gerstner – Eustis Sportsman Feature – 25 Laps – 11 Cars 1. #88 Bobby Ervien – St. Petersburg – 6th Season Win 2. #01 Tom Posavec - Dunnellon 3. # 7 Clint Foley – Dunnellon 4. #55 Ernie Reed – Lecanto 5. # 6 David White – Spring Hill No Heats Run Mini Stock Feature – 20 Laps – 21 Cars 1. # 7 Clint Foley – Dunnellon – 5th Season Win 2. #32 Steven Smith – Inverness 3. # 3 Wes Filyaw – Brooksville 4. # 2 Don Faunce – Spring Hill 5. #44 Michael Lawhorn – Claremont 1st Heat Winner - # 9 Mark Powers – Hernando 2nd Heat Winner - #32 Steven Smith 4 Cylinder Bomber Feature – 20 Laps – 20 Cars 1. #66 Brandon Watson – Dunnellon – 5th Season Win 2. #46 Shawn Evans – Williston 3. #01 Jeff Eberly – Spring Hill 4. #48 Tim Scalise – Lutz 5. #26 Nathan Florian – Homosassa 1st Heat Winner - #66 Brandon Watson 2nd Heat Winner - #46 Shawn Evans Pure Stock Feature – 20 Laps – 23 Cars 1. # 5 James Peters - ? – 1st Season Win 2. #33 Bill Ryan – Bushnell 3. #142 Richie Smith – Hernando 4. #88 Victor Shahid – Floral City 5. # 0 Steve Stinedurf – Brooksville 1st Heat Winner - #5 James Peters 2nd Heat Winner - #142 Richie Smith V8 Thunder Stock Rookie Feature – 20 Laps – 17 Cars 1. #33 Cory Swanston – Aripeka – 1st Season Win 2. #68 Drew Matissek – New Port Richey 3. # 9 Randy Werstein – Belleview 4. #14 Alex Wilder – Inverness 5. #00 Josh Long – Inverness Florida Open Wheel Lite Feature – 20 Laps – 13 Cars 1. #42 Johnathan Guy – Auburndale 2. #45 John Bailey – Sarasota 3. #7Jr. Billy Gise – Auburndale 4. #83 Jeff Wolfe – Myakka City 5. #33 Roger Richmond – Port Charlotte 1st Heat Winner - #42 Johnathan Guy 2nd Heat Winner #45 John Bailey Outlaw Modified Feature – 30 Laps – 12 Cars 1. #15 Doug Hopper 2. #10 Robert Campbell 3. #23 Cliff Steinmann 4. #71 Colin Cabre 5. #21 Ric Mills 1st Heat Winner - #4 Tom Meyer 2nd Heat Winner - #6 Frankie Hurst

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September 28, 2008

Kevin Harrod wins Citruss Mini Stock 50 & Richie Smith Takes Street Stock 50

by Larry MacMillan With the 2008 season winding down, 118 racers came to put on a terrific show for the fans and the battles for championship crowns really begin to come to a head. A pair of 50 lap features was the highlight of the night as the 27 Street Stocks made up their rainout from August and 31 Mini Stocks took the green flag for their regularly scheduled 50 lap special. Balancing out the full night of racing were the Open Wheel Modifieds, Sportsman, 4 Cylinder Bombers and a wild Figure 8 Feature. Street Stocks kicked off the time trials with Mike Loudy turning a 16.116 second fast time for a $100 bonus from Ridge Line Tires. Then he promptly pulled the I-pill for a total 27 car inversion putting him to the rear for the start of the 50 lap feature. That didn’t deter his mission to get into the win column as he motored through the entire field taking the lead in lap 30. Pole sitter Bob Becker held off the entire field from the green flag to the 16th lap caution flag. On the restart, most of the heavy hitters had moved in on Becker and they swamped him in the run for the lead with several cars swapping the lead before Loudy moved in to set the pace to the checkered flag with multiple caution flags using up the time allotted bringing out the checkered flag in lap 42. The final 2 laps were on a restart after the final caution with Richie Smith, Bubba Martone and Tom Potts in pursuit of Loudy. Hold it, it ain’t over until the tech man speaks. After the motor tear down he spoke at about 11:30 and Loudy’s car was found to be running an illegal cam and machined heads on his motor for the D.Q. Mike lost the fast qualifier bonus, the Hard Charger bonus, the win purse and his points for the night. Michael Stalnaker picked up the $100 fast qualifier award for his 16.142 second run. Richie Smith inherited the win and the $50 Buffing Butterflies Cleaning service Hard Charger award. Rounding out the top five were Bubba Martone, Tom Potts, Doctor Mark Fallows and Jason Murphree. Kevin Harrod was the big gun in the Mini Stock 50 lapper taking the fast qualifier position with a 15.131 second run, and pulling the pill for a top 14 car inversion putting Wes Filyaw on the pole. Thirty one cars took the green flag with Filyaw winning the race to turn one and setting the pace for the first 24 laps in another race that saw numerous caution flags. Meanwhile Kevin Harrod worked his way from 14th to the point in lap 24 and it was catch me if you can from that point on to the checkered flag. Chris Hooker avoided several caution flag events and managed to pull off a 2nd place finish over Robbie Yoakam who gave him a run for his money. George Neumann lost his left front fender and driver door panel in a wreck on turn one due to being in the wrong place and the wrong time. Johnathan Camp made a great showing in one of his rare appearances. This was the largest field of Mini Stocks to make the show this season. The Open Wheel Modifieds put on a great show particularly in the final 5 laps in match race for the checkers between Robbie Cooper and Teddy Nelson. Cooper won the run for the point from the get go of their 30 lap feature while Nelson worked his way from 8th to second and a side by side run with Cooper when they got together putting both cars to the rear for the restart in lap 25. Sixth starter Doug Miller inherited the lead on the restart with Richie Smith nursing a sick race car into second place which put him into the point lead in the division. Curtis Neumann came into the night with the lead but lost power in the heat race and was unable to make repairs for the feature. He did make an appearance for the start in the 30 lapper but got minimum points for the night. Billy Bechtelheimer started third and managed to hold out for a third place finish over Mike Henderson and Robbie Cooper came back to finish fifth. Miller also logged a heat win and Smith added another 10 points to his lead with the win in the second heat. The Sportsman division came up short on car count again with only 12 cars set to take the green in the 25 lap feature night only. Clint Foley seems to finally have his new car set up and it was all over but the celebration in Victory Lane from the green flag as he picked up his 5th win of the season in a flag to flag run. Ernie Reed won the match race with point leader Tom Posavec for a 2nd place finish after Tom and Bobby Ervien had a run in that sent Ervien to the rear for the restart. Fred Tuski made his first start of the year and finished fourth ahead of another late season return of Phillip Rook in a brand new race car. The Sportsman division only has three races left in the season to decide their 2008 champion and will wrap it up on November 1st with a 50 lap special. The 4 Cylinder Bombers had an exciting 23 car 20 lap main that kept the fans on the edge of their seats right to the finish line. It was a side by side match race for the win by Mike Ogren who motored from 15th to challenge 9th starter Nathan Florian in the final laps. Florian put away his third win of the season with Ogren right on his rear bumper at the checkers. Point leader Richard Kuhn continues his top five finishes from 14th to 3rd followed by Phil Edwards and Bryton Prevatt. Heat wins went to Brandon Watson and Mike Ogren. Thirteen Figure 8’s went to war in the intersection and it was a battle royal in the early going. Ten laps into the 20 lap main Neil Herne plugged up the intersection off turn four waiting for traffic to come through when early leader Cliff Rousseau had to go right and Joey Catterelli had to go left in the dirt to get around the lapped racer. Catterelli came out of that move with the lead and went on to score his 3rd win of the season. Cliff out dueled Darryl Hage in the run for second while Robbie Aaron managed to stay in the game over John Baranauskas to round out the top five. The Figure 8’s will be back for a 50 lap race on October 11th for the Fall Fiasco night honoring retiring racer Bob Hage for his contribution to Figure 8 racing over the years. Next Saturday night will feature the Super Late Models, Sportsman, Mini Stocks, Pure Stocks, V8 Thunder Stock Rookies, 4 Cylinder Bombers, Florida Open Wheel Lites and the Outlaw Mini Modifieds. Citrus County Speedway Results 9/27/08 Street Stock Feature – 50 Laps – 27 Cars – 42 Laps Run 1. #42 Richie Smith – Hernando – 1st Season Win in Division 2. #98 Bubba Martone – Dunnellon 3. # 3 Tom Potts - ? 4. #007 Dr. Mark Fallows – Crystal River 5. #95 Jason Murphree – Homosassa 6. #15 Don Paugh – Homosassa 7. #69 Tommy Ausburn - ? 8. #57 Frank Stromquist – Lecanto 9. #114 John Buzinec – Belleview 10.#17 Bob Becker – Homosassa Fast Qualifier - # 8 Mike Stallnaker – Ocala – 16.142 Hard Charger – #42 Richie Smith Mini Stock Feature – 50 Laps – 31 Cars 1. #34 Kevin Harrod – Floral City – 5 Season Wins 2. #6 Chris Hooker – Inverness 3. #29 Robbie Yoakam – Hernando 4. #1 George Neumann – Inverness 5. #13 Jonathan Camp – Beverly Hills 6. #05 Rick Sermons – St. Petersburg 7. #9 Mark Powers – Hernando 8. #2 Jim Smith – Inverness 9. #51 Chris Harvey – Belleview 10.#09 Todd Haught – Eustis Fast Qualifier – #34 Kevin Harrod – 15.131 Open Wheel Modified Feature – 30 Laps – 12 Cars 1. #53 Doug Miller – Largo – 2nd Season Win 2. #42 Richie Smith – Hernando 3. # 6 Billy Bechtelheimer – Dover 4. #18 Mike Henderson – Jessup 5. #98 Robbie Cooper – Bronson 1st Heat Winner - #53 Doug Miller 2nd Heat Winner - #42 Richie Smith Sportsman Feature – 25 Laps – 12 Cars 1. # 7 Clint Foley – Dunnellon – 5th Season Win 2. #55 Ernie Reed – Lecanto 3. #01 Tom Posavec – Dunnellon 4. #71 Fred Tuski – Crystal River 5. #97 Phillip Rook – Inverness No Heats Run 4 Cylinder Bomber Feature – 20 Laps – 23 Cars 1. #26 Nathan Florian – Homosassa – 3rd Season Win 2. #13 Mike Ogren – Spring Hill 3. #47 Richard Kuhn – Ocala 4. #21 Phil Edwards – Crystal River 5. #33 Bryton Prevatt – Center Hill 1st Heat Winner - #66 Brandon Watson – Dunnellon 2nd Heat Winner - #13 Mike Ogren Figure 8 Feature – 20 Laps – 13 Cars 1. #15 Joey Catterelli – Pinellas Park 2. # 3 Cliff Rousseau – St. Petersburg 3. #8 Darryl Hage – St. Petersburg 4. #6 Robert Aaron – Brooksville 5. #27 John Baranauskas – St. Petersburg

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  Race Headlines
   Citrus Late Model and Sportsman Titles Tighten Up

 Kevin Harrod wins Citruss Mini Stock 50 & Richie Smith Takes Street Stock 50

 Herb and George Neumann take Division Wins

 Citrus Fan Appreciation Night Action Packed

 The "Steele" Man Rocks at Citrus TBARA Race

 Citrus Back to School Bash Washed Out Again

 Fay Postpones Citrus Co. Speedway Back to School Bash

 Mark Gimmler takes Checkered Flag Sprint Series Win at Citrus

 Mark Gimmler tops Sprints at Citrus County

 Richie Smith Takes First Late Model Win At Citrus

 Citrus Rained Out August 2

 Scott Grossenbacher wins Citrus Super Late Model

 Robbie Cooper Scores 3rd Citrus Modified Win

 Citrus Restarts Mid Season with Four New Winners

 Joey Aguilar First in TBARA at Citrus

 TBARA & Suitcase Race Card Real Hit with Citrus Fans

 Citrus County Speedway 118, Mother Nature Zip

 Saturday Night Citrus Racing has 7 Big Winners

 Eight Divisions Take on Citrus County Speedway Saturday

 J. Gerstner, Posavec, & Harrod take First Citrus Season Wins

 Eight Divisions Turn on Citrus Race Fans Saturday

 Four of Six Citrus Division Drivers Win Two in a Row

 Neuman & Smith Share Citrus Twin 35 Modified Wins

 Grossenbacher logs 2nd Consecutive Citrus L.M. Win, Chris Harvey Takes Bomber 50 Lap Win

 George Neumann Rolls to a Pair of Citrus Mini Stock Features

 Tech Inspection Rearranges Pure Stock Finish

 Neumann Continues to Roll in Citrus Modified Races

 Most Citrus Features Lose to Mother Nature Saturday

 Citrus Co. Speedway Standing Room Only Fans Re-fire 2008 Racing Season

 Herb Neumann & Scott Millar Share L.M. Twin 50 Wins

 Seven Divisions in Citrus Speedweeks Special

 David Steele Opens TBARA Sprint Season with Win at Citrus County Speedway

 Citrus County Speedway Kicks off 53rd Racing Season

 CCS Winter Spectacular VI Part 2 Rained Out

2003 Track Champions:
Thunderstock Pat Quick
Limited Sportsman Mike Bell 
SuperLate Model Mike Bresnahan 
Mini Stock Chris Hooker
Street Stock Ernie Reed Jr.

2001  Track Champions:
LATE MODEL HERB NEUMANN, JR.
STREET STOCK TRAVIS NICHOLS
LIMITED SPORTSMAN MIKE VELTMAN
HOBBY STOCK RICHIE SMITH
MINI-STOCK FRANK COLEMAN
FIGURE 8 BOB HAE
THUNDER STOCK STUART MADISON

1999  Track Champions
Late Models  -Danny Johnson
Mini-Stocks   -Jim Smith
Hobby Stocks -Roy Perkins
Limited Sportsman -Mike Veltman
Figure 8   -Robert Aaron
Street Stocks -

1998  Series Champions
Limited  Sportsman Herb Neumann, Sr.
Mini Stock George Neumann
Street Stock James "Homer" Cannon
Hobby Stock Jodie Daniels
Figure  Eight Ron Schriefels, Jr.

FORMER  LATE MODEL TRACK CHAMPIONS
1985-  DAVE PLETCHER
1986- DAVE SCARBOROUGH
1987- BRUCE GASKINS
1988- DAVE SCARBOROUGH
1989- DAVE SCARBOROUGH
1990- DAVE SCARBOROUGH
1991- DAVE SCARBOROUGH
1992- JEFF WILLIAMS
1993- FRED TUSKI
1994- LEE BLEVINS
1995- BRUCE GASKINS
1996- HERB HOEFLER
1997- GARY GRUBBS
1998- James "Doc" Batson
1999-Davey Johnson

TRACK FACTS:
Track Length:a very fast1/4 mile
Surface:banked, asphalt
Location: Inverness
Classes:
Late Models  - Limited Sportsman
Street Stocks - Mini Stocks -Thunder Stocks
DIRECTIONS:
I-75 Exit 66. West on SR 44 approx 18 miles to  Inverness. Left on US 41 South 2  miles
CONTACT:
352-726-9339
www.citruscountyspeedway.com
Promoter; Don Cretty

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