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Dave Steele Opens TBARA
Season With Win at Citrus County
Speedway |
By Larry MacMillan
It was another banner night at Citrus County Speedway’s second race of the
season featuring the TBARA
Winged Sprint Cars plus four
local divisions.
The TBARA Winged Sprint cars put
their 800 horsepower rockets
through their paces in 3 heats
and a 30 lap main event that saw
27 of 29 cars that came to race.
Unofficial stop watch times
during warm ups saw some of the
heavy hitters running in the low
12 second mark which converts to
100 mph plus on the straight
chutes.
Larry Brazil led the first 8 lap
heat from flag to flag over a 9
car field. Outside pole sitter
Shane Butler took the point on
the green flag to win the second
heat over the next 9 car line
up. Pole sitter Dude Teate
locked onto the point from the
get go and no one was able
outrun him to the checkers in
the third heat.
Mark Gimmler won the pole slot
for the 30 lap main with 1st
heat winner Larry Brazil on the
outside winning the drag race to
turn 1 & 2 to set the early pace
with 4th starter Blaize Marlin
hot on his rear nurf bar and
Dave Steele coming out of his
3rd starting spot to lock onto
the front two.
A couple of early caution flags
came out for minor spins and one
crash within the first 15 laps
with the front three seeing
Brazil, Steele and Marlin
running in that order. On the
restart into lap 16 Dave Steele
put the hammer down and it was
all over but David raising his
hand in Victory at the checkered
flag to take the first TBARA win
of the season.
Larry Brazil held out for 2nd
followed by Blaize Marlin, Dude
Teate, Shane Butler and
defending 2007 Champion Troy
DeCaire. The fans certainly
satisfied their need for speed
with this fast division coming
into the 2008 season with a new
management team.
TBARA Winged Sprint Feature – 30
Laps – 27 Cars
Feature: 1. 91 Dave Steele; 2.
21B Larry Jay Brazil, Jr; 3. 5
Blaze Martin; 4. 0 Dude Teate;
5. 18 Shane Butler; 6. 68 Troy
DeCaire; 7. 1X John Anderson; 8.
51 Mark Gimmler; 9. 56D Jeff Van
Duesen; 10. 0z Joe Liguori; 11.
9 Michael Smith; 12. 88 Frank
Neill; 13. 35 Rod Anderson; 14.
16 Ben Fritz; 15. 41 Steve
Heisler; 16. 99X Tim Buchanan;
17. 21T John Gilbertson; 18. 21M
Derrin Miller; 19. DJ Hoezle;
20. 1B Brian Maddox; 21. 79.
Dakota Stevens; 22. 5s Steven
Sinwald; 23. 44 Bill Pettijohn;
24. 3x Bo Hartley; 25. 55 Tommy
Nichols; 26. 47 Richard Waddell;
27. 27 Sonny Hartley; 28. 21 Jim
Alvis.
Heat1 1. Brazil; 2. Nichols; 3.
Hoezle; 4. Heisler; 5. J
Anderson; 6. S Hartley; 7.
Liguori; 8. R Anderson.
Heat 2 1. Butler; 2. Maddox; 3;
Steele; 4. Martin; 5. Smith; 6.
DeCaire; 7. Gilbertson; 8.
Miller. Heat 3. 1. Teate; 2.
Fritz; 3.Gimmler; 4. B Hartley;
Van Duesen; 6. Waddell; 7.
Neill; 8. Buchanan; 9. Pettijohn;
10. Stephens |
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