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Hard Charge from Steele |
From TBARA:
The Dave Steele dominance of
early season TBARA events came
to a halt Saturday night at
DeSoto Super Speedway as
defending series champion Troy
DeCaire copped the 30 lap
feature run on Valentine's Day
night.
Steele took he challenge offered
by track promoter John
Sarppraicone to start shotgun on
the 18 car field for a $500
bonus and he wasted no time in
heading to the front. On lap six
a yellow waved for Wendy Mathis
who had a mechanical problem and
Steele had already gained 11
positions and his sights were on
the leaders. Blaze Martin paced
the field over Bo Hartley and
Shane Butler, but when the next
yellow flew on lap 13 Steele lay
fifth in the order.
DeCaire got around Martin for
the lead on lap 18 with most
eyes on Steele and his steady,
methodical move toward the
front. A lap 23 restart saw the
order DeCaire, Martin, Steele
and Butler and it only took two
laps for Steele to dispose of
Martin and then run down
DeCaire's purple mount. The
final yellow of the night came
on lap 28, so it would be a two
lap shootout as Steele aimed for
his fourth victory in as many
events to kick off the 2009
season. The green waved and
Steele's mount failed him on lap
29 as the driveline came apart
and DeCaire sped to the victory
ahead of Joey Aguilar, Martin,
Butler and Mickey Kempgens.
Heat race wins fell to Kempgens,
DeCaire and Aguilar.
Feature finish (30 laps) - 1.
Troy DeCaire, 2. Joey Aguilar,
3. Blaze Martin, 4. Shane
Butler, 5. Mickey Kempgens, 6.
Jimmy Alvis, 7. Dakotah
Stephens, 8. Dave Shotsberger,
9. Bo Hartley, 10. Dave
Steele, 11. Jeff VanDusen,
12. Rocky LoPresto, 13. D.J.
Hoelzle, 14. Bill Pettijohn, 15.
Brad Davis, 16. Larry Brazil,
17. Tim Buchanan, 18. Wendy
Mathis, 19. Dude Teate DNS.
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