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DeSoto Win
to Dave Steele |
From Marty Little:
BRADENTON, Fla. - Before the
best crowd of the season at
DeSoto Super Speedway, TBARA hot
shoe Dave Steele hustled Harold
Wertjes potent No. 14 to victory
in the 30 lap winged sprint car
feature Saturday night for his
61st career victory with the
Tampa based club.
Dude Teate was the early leader
but by lap five Bo Hartley drove
to the point to pace the 18 car
field on the lightning fast 3/8
mile oval. Steele and point
leader Troy DeCaire started mid
pack and were slicing and dicing
their way toward the front when
a yellow flag waved on lap 14
for a spin by Ben Fritz.
When racing resumed it was still
Hartley setting the pace but he
was beginning to feel the heat
from Steele, DeCaire and Shane
Butler. After some furious
battling, Steele was able to
work past Hartley for the top
spot on lap 24 and he went on to
edge Hartley for his fourth
victory this season.
Hartley claimed runner-up honors
ahead of DeCaire, Butler and
Joey Aguilar. Kipp Beard, Blaze
Martin, Sonny Hartley, Fritz and
Wendy Mathis rounded out the top
10 runners.
Heat race victories fell to
Teate, Mathis and Tommy Nichols.
First Heat (8 laps) - 1. Dude
Teate, 2. Sonny Hartley, 3.
Shane Butler, 4. Dustin Perez,
5. Dave Shotsberger.
Second heat (8 laps) - 1. Wendy
Mathis, 2. Ben Fritz, 3. Kipp
Beard, 4. Dave Steele, 5.
Blaze Martin, 6. Brad Davis, 7.
Brian Maddox.
Third heat (8 laps) - 1. Tommy
Nichols, 2. Mikey Kempgens, 3.
Bo Hartley, 4. Troy DeCaire, 5.
Jim Alvis, 6. Joey Aguilar.
Feature (30 laps) - 1. Steele,
2. B. Hartley, 3. DeCaire,
4.Butler, 5. Aguilar, 6. Beard,
7. Martin, 8. S. Hartley, 9.
Fritz, 10. Mathis, 11. Davis,
12. Perez, 13. Shotsberger, 14.
Nichols, 15. Kempgens, 16. Alvis,
17. Teate, 18. Maddox. DNS
Dakota Stephens.
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