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Equipment Problems Hold Steele
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TBARA News Release - New
Smyrna Speedway
(February 11) - Except for a cut-down tire on the Hartley 27 sprinter and
a minor 2 car tangle in the
feature, the night’s racing was
green and fast. Jim Alvis took
the early lead in his own 21
from his front row starting spot
and was quickly pursued hotly by
Wayne Reutimann, Jr in the Case
Contracting 00jr.
While Reutimann and Alvis were
dicing for the lead, Bo Hartley
moved the Stephenson
International Shipping 3X
sprinter from 5th starting spot
into the fray.
On lap ten, Hartley drove past
Alvis and Reutimann and was
never headed. Speedweeks
Challenge points leader Troy
DeCaire driving the Rudolph 68
broke out of traffic and
whittled Hartley’s lead to two
lengths but could get no closer.
Hartley went on to record his
first feature win in 2008.
In victory lane, Hartley gave
credit to his owner Robert
Stephenson and the crew for
giving him an almost perfect
setup for the 30 lap feature. In
3 feature races thus far this
season, there has been 3
different winners.
The last race for the Speedweeks
Challenge bonus money and
championship will be contested
at DeSoto Super Speedway in
Bradenton Saturday night
February 16. Can Steele,
DeCaire, or Hartley repeat or
will we see yet another winner
in the highly competitive TBARA
ranks? See you there!
Results; Feature – 1. 3X Bo
Hartley; 2. 68 Troy DeCaire; 3.
oojr Wayne Reutimann Jr.4. 21
Jim Alvis; 5. 5 Blaze Martin 6.
0z Joe Liguori; 7. 88 Frank
Neill; 8. 6 Mickey Kempgens; 9.
51 Mark Gimmler; 10. 55 Tommy
Nichols; 11. 41 Steve Heisler;
12. 47 Richard Waddell; 13.21p
Larry Jay Brazil, Jr.; 14. 16
Ben Fritz; 15. 99X Tim Buchanan;
16. 0 Dude Teate; 17. 21TJohnny
Gilbertson; 18. 9 Michael Smith;
19. 91 Dave Steele; 20. 27 Sonny
Hartley
Heats: 1st 1. Alvis; 2. Smith;
3. Gimmler; 4. Heisler; 5.
Waddell; 6. S Hartley; 7. Martin
2nd 1. Reutimann, Jr; 2.
Nichol;s; 3. Teate; 4. Neill; 5.
Liguori; 6. Kempgens; 7. Brazil,
Jr
3rd 1. Steele; 2. DeCaire; 3. B
Hartley; 4. Fritz; 5. Buchanan;
6. Gilbertson |
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