In The News 2012

Punta Gorda Speedway   December 15, 2012

Shelnut Knows how to get it done with four wins in a row

The race that everyone was waiting for was the Super Late Models for 100 laps that saw twenty three of some of the best drivers in the state show up and put on a good show. While all the drivers were on the track and getting ready for intros, some of them got to pull kids and adult tickets. Speedway Owner Kevin Williams gave away four kids bikes and lots of adult tool sets and mugs and giveaways.

Daryl Shelnut had won three in a row and after qualifying was over and B.J. MeLoed set fast time and a new track record of 14.711. David Green of Ft Pierce sat on the pole while Shelnut was outside and the cars were all bunched up and the green flag dropped. It was Green that got the inside jump on Shelnut and led the first fifty laps with Shelnut in second. Joe Winchell in a red 88 car was fast and stayed in the third spot right behind Shelnut till lap thirty two when Richie Anderson got by Winchell and took Wayne Anderson with him slipping Winchell back to fifth. Same running order for a few more laps till they started to lap cars and just at the halfway mark coming out of turn three with lap traffic in the way, cars touched and brought out the caution. When the smoked cleared it was Winchell that had to be taken off on the flatbed while he made the long walk down the front stretch to his pits as fans cheered for him. Billy Bigley Jr would be involved and have to pit along with David King. After the clean up, Bigley was the only one able to return with what looked to be his fenders duck taped on and the green flag dropped. Shelnut got by Green on the start and never looked back as he went on to win his fourth race in a row. Richie Anderson had moved up to second when it appeared something broke on the twelve of Green and by lap sixty five, Wayne Anderson made his move and got around Richie for second. That is how they would cross the line with no other cautions in the last fifty laps. Scott Walters had to pit on lap twenty eight and take up the rear but worked his way through the field one by one to finish fourth while Steve Gill was fifth. Bobby Shelton hung on for a good race in sixth, Joe Boyd who broke a rear end early when he rolled the car onto the track out of the trailer and worked all day to get the car fixed before the feature was seventh and Mike Knoteck brought home a strong eighth.

FUPS (Late Models) 125 Laps
November 3, 2012

FL United Promoters Results for Citrus County Speedway
November 3, 2012

Steve Dorer captured his 5th victory of the season at Citrus Co. on Sat. night by winning the A-Able Sewer Service 125. After starting 6th he worked his way through traffic to take the top spot on lap 116 from Daniel Webster. Webster led from lap 6 to 86 as the race went caution free. Jonathan Guy started on the pole and led at the start before Webster got by, once out front the Webster from Brooksville set sail.

Twenty three took the green flag for a season high, Webster also set fast time. Dorer was followed by Webster, Jesse Dutilly, Herb Neumann Jr. and Kevin Macy rounded out the top five. The series will wrap up their season on Sat. December 8th at Auburndale Speedway for a 150 Lap Finale.

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Florida United Promoters Late Model Series

Finish

Car # and Drive

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1

#9

Rich Clouser

2

#11 

David Rogers

3

 #64 

Joe Winchell

4

#20 

Anthony Sergi

5

 #19 

Ray Black Jr

6

#26

Travis Cope

7

 #36

Tim Russell

8

#59

Jake Perkins

9

 #22

Dusty Cornelius

10

#98

Bobby Joe Woodley

DNS 

#24 

Caesar Bacarella 

Citrus County Speedway fans saw the racing action crank up Saturday night with time trial qualifying for the Florida United Promoters Series late models. 21 of the states top drivers and cars all took the fastest of their two qualifying laps, to help determine their starting position for the 100 lap feature. When all was said and done, it was a familiar face sitting on top of the field. Daniel Webster (33) set the fast time for the 2^nd FUPS race at Citrus in a row, followed by Jesse Dutilly (30), and Steve Dorer (10) in 3^rd. The top 8 drivers in the series then redraw for their starting positions. With the help of some young speedway fans, Jonathan Guy (42) had his lucky fan pull the pole position. He would have 3^rd fastest qualifier and series point leader Steve Dorer alongside for the green flag. Guy would lead the field to green, and win the drag race with Dorer to turn one, but caution would fly for the stalled car of Jake Perkins (59) on the backstretch, before the lap was completed. Perkins had battled ignition problems all day, and an electrical short ended his night before the race even got started. The field was reset for a complete restart, this time, Dorer got the jump from the outside lane. The front row cars raced side by side for the first lap and a half. Contact between the top two exiting turn 2 sent both cars sliding sideways. Dorer would collected his car a little faster, and was able to clear Guy for the lead entering turn 3. Joe Winchell (64) would move quickly by Guy for 2^nd, and then put the pressure on the leader Dorer right away. The race saw 4 cautions in the early going which slowed the action considerably. 2^nd fast qualifier Dutilly was now moving up through the field, and by lap 47, he had moved by Winchell for 2^nd. Fast qualifier Webster also moved by Winchell, into the 3^rd position. At the half way point in the race your top 5 were Dorer, Dutilly, Webster, Winchell, and Wayne Anderson. Dorer would survive a few more minor cautions and restarts over the next 43 laps, Including one for the 4^th running Winchell, who broke a rear end. The nights most serious incident came on lap 93, and would be the final caution of the night. Daryl Shelnut (7), and Anthony Sergi (20) were racing hard just inside the top 10. Sergi attempted and inside move on Shelnut entering turn 3, Sergi slid up the track making contact, which sent Shelnut sliding up the track also. Shelnut showed his displeasure by getting into the right rear of Sergis car at the end of the front straight. The contact sent Sergi spinning the wrong way backwards, and he made hard contact with the turn 1 wall and guardrail. Sergi was done for the night, and Shelnut was black flagged as well as disqualified for intentionally wrecking Sergi. Dorer would now have to survive a 7 lap sprint to the finish on the restart. Dutilly looked to have the faster car over the final 50 laps of the event, but wasn’t able to find a clean way by Dorer for the lead. Dorer got a great restart, but Dutilly quickly tracked him down to challenge for the lead over the final 5 laps. Dorer wouldn’t slip a wheel over the final 5 laps, and went on to take his 1^st victory ever at Citrus County Speedway. Dutilly settled for a strong 2^nd place, just ahead of the hard charging Wayne Anderson in 3^rd. The race was Dorers 4^th win of the year in the series, and let him extend his point lead over Dutilly for the series championship.

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