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August 17, 2008

Emberson tops Super Lates, Beckner Modifieds at Orlando SpeedWorld

by Dave Westerman It was an absolutely perfect night for action Friday at Orlando Speedworld with fans treated to ten feature races and although there were ten winners in the races, the big winners on the evening were the local area firefighters who were on hand to support one of their own as quite a bit of money was raised for the Kibler family as they deal with the loss of their young child to an aggressive form of leukemia. It would turn out to be a great evening for Clermont's Mark Emberson. Mark's dad, Don Emberson, was back at the track less than a month after suffering a severe heart attack in the pit area and undergoing quadruple bypass surgery. Mark had several people keeping an eye on his dad making sure the most strenuous thing he did was watch the races from the grandstands. Emberson would make his dad proud with his efforts in the Super Late Model feature. Emberson grabbed the lead from heat winner Bobby Orr on lap 18 and sped to his first career win in the class taking the checker several lengths in front of Orr. Earl Beckner came home third trailed by Phillip Myburgh and Derrick Wood. In the Modified feature it was Earl Beckner's turn to score his first win in the class. Driving Donnie Lewis' "Moonshine Runner," Beckner started from the pole and held off the field the entire distance despite a deflating left rear tire. Emberson's great night continued with a second place finish in the Modifieds ahead of heat winner Shain Held, Chris Smyth, Art Kunzeman and Rick Johns. The Legend Cars were on the Friday night card and it was Taylor McKeever dominating the Charger feature taking the win well in front of Ted Ruffo, Mike Gleason, Roger Englund and Zach Harris. The Legend Car "A" Main saw a big mix-up on the intial start involving Tony Sansom, Rick Wetmore and Dalton Bergman. Bergman's car hit the wall and knocked off a wheel and tire. Bergman was done for the night while the others continued. Jimmy Norman stormed out to an early lead but found himself in second by lap six as Gerald White, Jr. made the pass for the point. Caution flew on lap 11 as Gary Verdier spun on the back stretch. White's car began to loosen up and Norman re-passed him for the lead on lap 15. Just as the field was about complete lap 20, Norman got loose in turn four and an inadvertent tap from White sent Norman spinning. Norman was sent to the rear of the field for the restart and it would take three more tries to get the race back under way due to several spins. Drivers were complaining there was fluid on the track, and, after the cars were checked, it was Dave Gleason getting sent to the pits as the culprit for laying down the wet stuff. White set sail at this point while Norman was putting on a show coming for the rear. Norman got a huge break with two laps to go as Verdier brought out the final caution with another spin. Norman was able to get by Sansom for second spot but was unable to track down White who took his second straight win here. Norman checkered in second followed by Sansom, Wetmore and Mark Bibeau. Rounding out the top ten were Charger winner McKeever, Mason Ketterman, Verdier, Gleason and Bergman. Norman won the heat. The Super Stock feature was a real heart breaker for Scott Smith. Smith grabbed the lead at the outset and was looking very strong until his right front tire went flat on lap ten. First heat winner Jason Pick took over for a pair of laps but could not hold off Bobby Riley who sped by and drove to the win. Pick spun out of second place on the final lap allowing young Austin Carr to take the runner-up spot for a career-best finish. Veteran Ron McCreary was third in a team car to Riley's with second heat winner John Hodge (who was celebrating his 50th birthday) getting fourth and Denny Johns fifth. The remainder of the top ten were Pick, Billy Belflower, Scotty Edwards, Brent Tyler and Smith. R.J. Arnone dominated the Mini Stock action winning both the heat a feature. Arnone finished well in front of point leader Randy Blakeslee and Chace Miller. The fourteen year old Miller is now wheeling the potent car that Pedie Allison won the championship with last year. Despite a big crash with Dylan Curtis that saw much of the body ripped off his car, William Hindman came back to finish fourth while Ray Mullis was fifth. Ron DiCandio finally got his first "official" Sportsman win of the year leading all the way to take the win over Andy Nicholls and Jeff Wright. DiCandio's other visit to the winner's circle was derailed in tech earlier in the year. This time his car passed with flying colors while the DQ bug bit Wright, whose third place finish was nullified. Heat winner Derrick Wood moved up to third in the final order trailed by Mike Santana and Alex DiCandio. "No Brake" Jake Perkins scored his initial victory in the Hearndon Construction Bandoleros by taking the Bandit feature holding off Critter Saile all the way. Jeffery White took a career-best third spot in front of Cameron White, Kevin Muglach and Coty Bibeau. Perkins also won the heat. The Bandolero Young Guns again fell victim to Donovan Ponder as he dominated both the heat and feature. Zach Harris finished second followed by Carl Haag. Neal Kirby came back from two incidents to claim the win in the Action Gator Tire Strictly Stocks. Glenn Rhodes finished a close second trailed by Rob Reynolds, Ricky Solomon, Jr. and Tim Walters, Jr. Completing the top ten were Don Dangler, Dustin Higdon, newlywed Brenda Taylor, heat winner Devon Cuddy and Joey Woliver. OFFICIAL RESULTS ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD AUGUST 15, 2008 BANDOLERO BANDIT 1. #4 Jake Perkins 2. #12 Critter Saile 3. #15 Jeffrey White 4. #38 Cameron White 5. #97 Kevin Muglach 6. #65 Coty Beebo 7. #30 Noah Cornman DNS 8. #9 James Crow DNS BANDOLERO YOUNG GUN 1. #8 Donovan Ponder 2. #54 Zach Harris 3. #48 Carl Haagh CHARGER 1. #57 Taylor McKeever 2. #50 Ted Ruffo 3. #17 Mike Gleason 4. #51 Roger Englund 5. #54 Zach Harris LEGENDS 1. #38 Gerald White, Jr. 2. #2 Jimmy Norman 3. #56 Tony Sansom 4. #06 Rick Wetmore 5. #65 Mark Beebo 6. #57 Taylor McKeever 7. #22 Mason Ketterman 8. #44 Garyu Verdier 9. #07 Dave Gleason 10. #37 Dalton Bergman SUPER LATE MODEL 1. #30 Mark Emberson 2. #30x Bobby Orr 3. #36 Earl Beckner 4. #24 Phillip Myburgh 5. #33 Derrick Wood MODIFIED 1. #51 Earl Beckner 2. #30 Mark Emberson 3. #55 Shain Held 4. #07 Chris Smyth 5. #9 Art Kunzeman 6. #4 Rick Johns SPORTSMAN 1. #20S Ron Dicandio 2. #66 Andy Nicholls 3. #33 Derrick Wood 4. #151 Mike Santana 5. #22 Alex Dicandio 6. #50 Jeff Wright DQ'D MINI STOCK 1. #30 R.J. Arnone 2. #77 Randy Blakeslee 3. #14 Chace Miller 4. #42 William Hindman 5. #09 Ray Mullis 6. #6 Dylan Curtis SUPER STOCK 1. #52 Bobby Riley 2. #8 Austin Carr 3. #4Q Ron McCreary 4. #00 John Hodge 5. #55 Denny Johns 6. #44 Jason Pick 7. #14 Bill Bellflower 8. #7i Scott Edwards 9. #99 Brent Tyler 10. #01 Scott Smith 11. #15 Kerry Bellflower 12. #98 Matt Jarrett 13. #11 Dennis Snyder DNS STRICTLY STOCK 1. #8 Neil Kirby 2. #63 Glenn Rhodes 3. #A1 Rob Reynolds 4. #19 Ronald Chancey 5. #29 Tim Walters, Jr. 6. #70 Don Dangler 7. #18 Dustin Higdon 8. #24 Brenda Taylor 9. #4 Devon Cuddy 10. #88 Joey Woliver DNS

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August 9, 2008

Gene Vitello wins DAARA Stock at Orlando SpeedWorld

Hurricanes 1 - 1X William Hindman 2 - 19 Ricky Solomon, Jr. 3 - 27 Brian Cosier 4 - A1 Rob Reynolds 5 - 22 Miguel Barrenechea 6 - 70 Ronald Chancey 7 - 29 Tim Walters, Jr. 8 - 23 Allen McClelland 9 - 71 Shawn Pridgen 10 - 82 James Erb Classics 1 - 38 Ron Gustafson 2 - 21 Derrick Wood 3 - 75 Brad Norburg 4 - 7 Andrew Gustafson 5 - 74 Danny Dixon 6 - 03 Wayne Skinner Chargers 1 - 57 Taylor Mckeever 2 - 34 Tim Mccormick 3 - 50 Ted Ruffo 4 - 11 Daniel Conlin, Sr. 5 - 51 Roger Englund 6 - 54 Zach Harris 7 - 37 Riley Bergman Bandolero Outlaw 1 - 15 Kevin Henry Bandolero Young Guns 1 - 8 Donovan Ponder 2 - 48 Carl Haag 3 - 54 Zach Harris DQ'D Bandolero Bandits 1 - 12 Critter Saile 2 - 4 Jake Perkins 3 - 65 Coty Beebo 4 - 38 Cameron White 5 - 97 Kevin Muglach 6 - 20 Daniel Conlin 7 - 9 James Crow 8 - 30 Noah Cornman 9 - 15 Jeffery White Legends 1 - 29 Gerald White Jr. 2 - 35 Alex Kempf 3 - 19 James Rodriques 4 - 9 Mitchell Verhaagh 5 - 35 Rick Wetmore 6 - 38 Dave Gleason 7 - 44 Gary Verdier 8 - 48 Charlie O'Meila 9 - 57 Taylor McKeever 10 - 65 Mark Beebo 11 - 34 Shaughn McCormick 12 - 7 Michael Verhaagh 13 - 2 Jimmy Norman 14 - 56 Tony Samson DAARA - STOCK 1 - 99 Gene Vitello 2 - 93 Frank Lenhart 3 - 61 Jeff Yoder 4 - 78 Cory Lane 5 - 711 Larry Larrive 6 - 23 Rodger Harback 7 - 4 Gary Lane 8 - 4A Richie Iversen 9 - 7 George Hall 10 - 11 Ray McFarland 11 - XL1 John Clark DNS 12 - 51 Kenny Coleman DNS DAARA MIDGET 1 - 1 Dale Miller 2 - 56 Bill Rynd 3 - 41 Dick Yuerwitch 4 - 6 Jerry Paquin 5 - 71 Bill Wendt DAARA SPRINT 1 - 7B Roy Campbell 2 - 9 Dave Jarrett 3 - 7W Sue Yankee 4 - 77 Jack Sapp DNS

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TRACK FACTS:
Track Length: 3/8 mile
Surface:high-banked, asphalt
Location: Orlando
Gates open at 7pm
Adult  $5
Children 11 and Under Free
Check for Special Event Prices
CLASSES: March to November
Legends - Bandeleros - 4 Cyl Hurricanes
Modifieds -Classic Cars - Special Events
Racing Saturdays at 7 PM
DIRECTIONS:
6.8 miles East of E-W Expressway on SR 50 (Colonial Dr). 1/2 mile west of SR 50 & SR  520 intersection. 15 miles west of I-4 exit 215
CONTACT:
407-568-1367
Robert Hart Owner   Rusty Marcus Promoter
WWW.ORLANDOSPEEDWORLD.ORG

2005 Track Champions
Super Late - #18 Jared Allison
Open Wheel Modified - #12 Corey Freed
Sportsman - #50 Jeff Wright
Super Stock - #49 Jason Foster
Mini Stock - #28 Sean Bass
Strictly Stock - #4 Ray Brown

2004 Track Champions
Super Late Model             33 Ricky Wood
Open Wheel Modified       81 Ricky Wood Sportsman                      23 Richard Hight
Super Stock                    92 Ted Head
Mini Stock                       87 Chad Ashley

2003 Track Champions:
Super Late Model             Rusty Ebersole
Open Wheel Modified       Matt Wheeler
Sportsman                      Richard Hight
Mini Stock                      Tim McPhail
Super Stock                    Cory Freed

2002 Track Champions:
Super Late Model              Jared Allison
Open Wheel Modified        John Foerg
Sportsman                       Kelly Jarrett
Mini Stock                       Bobby Orr
Super Stock                     Cory Freed

2001 Track Champions:
SUPER LATE MODEL - RUSTY EBERSOLE #47
MODIFIED - SHANE HELD #55 SPORTSMAN - DOUG SAMION #04 MINI-STOCK - TIM "MISSILEMAN" McPHAIL
SUPER STOCK - BOB WINES #7

1999 Track Champions:
LATE MODEL#43 - Billy Pratt
LIMITED LATE MODEL#9 - Bobby Sears
MODIFIEDS#66 - Gary English
SPORTSMAN#66X - Andy Nichols
MINI-STOCK#97 - Kelly Jarrett
BOMBERS#1 - Carl Peters

1998 Track Champions
LATE MODEL     B.J. McLeod
LIMITED LATE MODEL     Bobby Sears
OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED    Joe Middleton
SPORTSMAN     Dan Zukowski
MINI-STOCK    Pedie Allison
BOMBER    Richard Clouser

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