RACE RESULTS - COLUMBIA MOTORSPORTS PARK- 12/3/00
LAKE CITY, Fla. - Darryl Shelnut quickly bonded with Jimmy Harris' potent orange and white Chevrolet Sunday afternoon and ran to a convincing win in the Sunoco/Suwannee 200 for Florida Pro Series late models at Columbia Motorsports Park.
Chilling temperatures kept the crowd down but the action trackside was nothing short of blazing. Mac Johnson set the early pace off the outside of the front row for the first 15 circuits around the banked half-mile oval as Shelnut, who has been inactive for much of the season, settled in for the long haul. By lap 16 Shelnut put the fleet No. 00 on the point but had Michael Williams for a shadow. Williams, making his first ever start here, never missed a beat and would not let Shetnut get away as the twosome ripped through traffic.
A yellow flag flew for a harmless spin on lap 135 and on the restart three laps later Shelnut took off while Williams coasted to the pits with driveline failure as Jimmy Cope took up the challenge on Shelnut. They ran the blance of the event in the same order with Johnson, Rick Carlton and Michael Faulk rounding out the top five finishers.
The companion 50 lap Florida modified feature fell to Dave Dunkin with a good drive over Mike Johnson, Josh Byrd, Scott Miller and Jerry Symons.
COMPLETE FINISH OF FLORIDA PRO SERIES 200 at Columbia Motorsports Park 12-3-00 showing finishing position and driver.
1. Darryl Shelnut; 2. Jimmy Cope; 3. Mac Johnson; 4. Rick Carlton; 5. Michael Faulk; 6. James Powell III; 7. Jonny Kay; 8. Scott Grossenbacher; 9. Kent Bissell; 10. Brother Simmons; 11. Patrick Williams; 12. Keith Savrel; 13. Larry O'Steen; 14. Kevin Dicks; 15. Ed Sartori; 16. John Lovelady; 17. Shane Sawyer; 18. Richard Pratt; 19. Jay Middleton; 20. Michael Williams; 21. Shane Russ; 22. Dave Weltmeyer; 23. Jeff Sloan; 24. Scott Bramlett; 25. Chris Tedder; 26. Kenny Vaughn; 27. Fain Skinner; 28. George Murphy. DNS - Rob Elting.
RACE RESULTS - CITRUS COUNTY SPEEDWAY- 11/4/00
INVERNESS, Fla. - Having home track advantage on his side, Florida Pro Series points leader Rick Carlton jumped from the outside pole and led all 125 laps to win Saturday night's tour event at Citrus County Speedway.
Aboard the McNatt Plumbing Chevy, Carlton set fast time then drew the outside of the front row on the redraw and when the green flag flew he out jumped teammate Robbie Yoakam for the lead. This lead duo, with hundreds of laps on the banked quarter-mile, were not the whole story as veteran James Powell and local track champion Mike Bresnahan were in a heated battle for third spot.
Powell finally wrestled second spot away from Yoakam on lap 105 and took off after Carlton with Bresnahan hot on his rear bumper. No one was able to advance and they crossed the stripe in that order with Carlton claiming his second win of the year. Rich Pratt and local runner Herb Neumann rounded out the top five finishers.
The Florida Pro season concludes on Sunday, Dec. 3 in a 200 lap event on the high banked half-mile at Columbia Motorsports Park in Lake City.
COMPLETE FINISH OF FLORIDA PRO SERIES 125 Citrus County Speedway, Inverness, Fla., showing finishing position, driver and laps completed.
1. Rick Carlton-Homosassa 125, 2. James Powell III-Astor 125, 3. Mike Bresnahan-LeCanto 125, 4. Rich Pratt-San Antonio 125, 5. Herb Neumann-Inverness 125, 6. Danny Johnson-Crystal River 124, 7. Perry Lovelady-Lakeland 123, 8. Tim Sharrone-Floral City 123, 9. Scott Crockett-Land-O-Lakes 122, 10. Jonny Kay-Plantation 122, 11. Keith Zavrel-Brooksville 120, 12. Kent Bissell-Crystal Beach 112, 13. Robbie Yoakam-Hernando 105, 14. Shane Russ-Myakka 85, 15. Herb Hoefler-Floral City 85, 16. Scott Grossenbacher-San Anton 58, 17. Edward Sartori-Port Richey 31, 18. Jimmy Wear-Ocala 25,
RACE RESULTS - COLUMBIA MOTORSPORTS PARK - 9/2/00
LAKE CITY, Fla. - James Powell III used every trick in his extensive book to hold off the fast closing Mac Johnson and win Saturday night's Florida Pro Series 125 late model race at Columbia Motorsports Park.
Two different rain storms limited practice and washed out time trials with point leader Shane Russ leading the 19 car field from the pole position on the fast half-mile oval. Rick Carlton, fully healed from his broken thumb, took the early lead over Russ. By lap 15 Jonny Kay had displaced Russ in second as Wayne Anderson moved to third. Meanwhile Powell was quitely moving Mark Cowheard's Chevy toward the front and took the point on lap 72. Three rounds later Mac Johnson, in a former Wayne Anderson mount, moved Anderson out of the way to gain third spot as he took off after Carlton.
With the top three all looking very strong, a triple tussle for the lead on lap 107 saw Carlton spin and fall from contention. Johnson now turned his attention to Powell and the battle ensued. A late race yellow closed up the field and with the white flag waving the fans were going nuts and it was anyone's race. Powell led Johnson by inches, not feet, off turn four as they came to the stripe and as the checkers flew it was Powell by, as one person put it, "three coats of paint." Johnson was a very close second over Jimmy Cope, Anderson, Kay and Carlton. Rich Pratt and Doc Batson rounded out the cars on the lead lap. Tom McCann, Jr and Al Beckleheimer, Jr completed the top 10 finishers.
COMPLETE FINISH OF FLORIDA PRO SERIES 125 Columbia Motorsports Park, Lake City, Fla., showing finishing position, driver and laps completed.
1. James Powell III 125; 2. Mac Johnson 125; 3. Jimmy Cope 125; 4. Wayne Anderson 125; 5. Jonny Kay 125; 6. Rick Carlton 125; 7. Rich Pratt 125; 8. James "Doc" Batson 125; 9. Tom McCann, Jr. 124; 10. Al Beckleheimer, Jr. 123; 11. Jeff Emery 112; 12. Eddie Gainey 105; 13. Tuffy Hester 67; 14. Scott Grossenbacher 53; 15. Shane Sawyer 37; 16. Shane Russ 29; 17. Herb Hoefler23; 18. Roy Crain 21; 19. Todd Kuntze 2. DNS - Kenny Vaughn.
RACE RESULTS - FLORIDA SPEED PARK - 7/8/00
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Still nursing a hand injury which has kept him out of action for the past month, Rick Carlton concentrated on the job at hand to win the Florida Pro Series 125 for late models Saturday night at Florida Speed Park.
Fastest qualifier Jonny Kay and Carlton led the 19 car field from the front row with Kay putting his No. 48 Pontiac on the point as the field worked the D shaped half-mile oval. On lap 46 Shane Sawyer moved past Carlton for second spot and took off after leader Kay. Just four rounds later, in a move for the lead, Sawyer and Kay tangled with Kay's mount spinning into the wall. Both were able to restart from the rear with Carlton the new leader.
Carlton put his McNatt Plumbing entry out front and was never seriously headed enroute to his first series win of the year. The real battle was for second place with second year driver Justin Drawdy edging Jonathan Brown for the spot. Scott Grossenbacher claimed fourth with Jeff Emery rounding out the top five runners.
FINISHING ORDER- FLORIDA SPEED PARK - JULY 8, 2000
1 #34 Rick Carlton-Homosassa 125
2 #72 Justin Drawdy-Ft. Pierce 125
3 # 9 Jonathan Brown-Sarasota 125
4 #09 Scott Grossenbacher-San Antonio (R) 125
5 #12 Jeff Emery-Longwood (R) 125
6 # 0 Rich Pratt-San Antonio (R) 125
7 #16 Tom McCann-Ocala (R) 125
8 # 8 Shane Russ-Myakka 125
9 #31 Jeff Sloan-Beverly Hills 125
10 # 3 Todd Kuntze-Pompano Beach 125
11 #38 Shane Sawyer-Royal Palm Beach 124
12 #93 Rob Partelo-Largo 124
13 #88 Travis Kittleson-Merritt Island 124
14 #74 Jody Turner-Jacksonville 122
15 #80 Brian Finney-Merritt Island (R) 120
16 #48 Jonny Kay-Plantation 106
17 #22 Larry Osteen-Clermont 51
18 #98 Kent Bissell-Crystal Beach 42
19 #37 James Powell III-Astor 7
(R) DENOTES ROOKIE
RACE RESULTS COLUMBIA MOTORSPORTS PARK 5/27/00
LAKE CITY, Fla. - James Powell hustled to the lead on lap 20 and never looked back in capturing the 125 lap Florida Pro Series late model run Saturday night at Columbia Motorsports Park.
Rick Carlton started from the pole in his McNatt Plumbing entry and took the point on the opening green flag with quick qualifier Jonny Kay on his bumper. Jimmy Cope's night came to a quick end as he and Doc Batson tangled with Cope's familiar No. 61 sustaining front end damage from a trip to the famed dirt pile.
Despite leading, Carlton was struggling with an ill handling car as Kay patiently waited to make his pass for the lead. Before Kay could make his move, Powell made his, darting around both Carlton and Kay off turn two and down the back chute on the half-mile oval.
Possibly the best drive of the evening was turned in by Wayne Anderson. The second generation pilot looped his No. 84 in a solo spin on lap 85 while running with the leaders and went to the back of the field for the restart. When green flew so did the former NASCAR Slim Jim Champion as he set sail through the pack in a tremendous display of driving. By the end of the event he was able to catch second running Kay but could never mount the challenge needed to get further.
Mac Johnson and Todd Kuntze both had good drives spoiled by late race spins which took them out of top five positions. While the win was not the first in FPS competition for the veteran Powell it was the first in the series for long time car owner Mark Cowheard and his A Natural Difference Skin Care No. 37.
Finishing behind Powell, Kay and Anderson was Shane Sawyer and points leader Shane Russ. Rob Elting, Rob Partelo, top rookie Rich Pratt, Scott Grossenbacher and Carlton completed the top 10 finishers.
FINISHING POSITION AND DRIVER:
1. James Powell; 2. Jonny Kay; 3. Wayne Anderson; 4. Shane Sawyer; 5. Shane Russ; 6. Rob Elting; 7. Rob Partelo; 8. Rich Pratt(R); 9. Scott Grossenbacher(R); 10. Rick Carlton; 11. Tom McCann-Ocala (R); 12. Todd Kuntze (R); 13. Randy Fox-Ft. Myers; 14. Al Beckelheimer, Jr.; 15. Mac Johnson; 16. Travis Kittleson; 17. Kent Bissell; 18. John Sendo (R); 19. Ed Sartori; 20. Jeff Emery; 21. Chad Dokken; 22. Doc Batson; 23. Chris Tedder; 24. Sam Clark, Jr.; 25. Eric Williams; 26. Jimmy Cope; 27. Mike Henerson DNS; 28. Dick Anderson DNS; 29. Dan Partelo DNS; ( ) DENOTES ROOKIE
RACE RESULTS CORDELE MOTOR SPEEDWAY 5-13-00
CORDELE, Ga. - Second year late model driver Jonny Kay headlined the Florida Pro Series' first venture out of the Sunshine State Saturday night as he led wire to wire to win the 125 lap feature event at Cordele Motor Speedway.
Kay, who was the fastest qualifier in the 24 car field, drew the pole following time trials, and quickly put his Extensions Plus Pontiac on the point when the green flag waved.
As the field worked the newly paved 3/8 mile oval, Kay led Todd Kuntze, defending series champion Glenn Whitney and Jeff Emery in freight train formation on a very warm Georgia evening. Emery finally worked by Whitney and on lap 78 Kuntze hit pit road with a tire which was going flat. At that point Emery moved to second. Maybe the best action on the speedway was Jimmy Cope and Shane Russ coming back through the field as a result of a tangle and twin spin on lap 29.
Rick Carlton, who timed a disappointing 18th, steadily moved through the field and joined the top five late in the event but had nothing for Kay who managed to keep himself a pair of car lengths ahead of Emery to the checkers. Whitney kept his Exide Chevy up front all evening and claimed third money over Russ and Carlton. Richard Pratt, Kuntze, rookie Travis Kittleson, New York transplant Tom McCann, Jr and 16-year-old Allen Gordon rounded out the top 10 runners.
The series now moves to Columbia Motorsports Park in Lake City on May 27.
COMPLETE FINISH OF FLORIDA PRO SERIES 125, CORDELE MOTOR SPEEDWAY 5-13-00 SHOWING FINISHING POSITION AND DRIVER:
1. Jonny Kay; 2. Jeff Emery; 3. Glenn Whitney; 4. Shane Russ; 5. Rick Carlton; 6. Richard Pratt; 7. Todd Kuntze; 8. Travis Kittelson; 9. Tom McCann, Jr.; 10. Allen Gordon; 11. Steve Jones; 12. Brian Finney; 13. Justin Drawdy; 14. Scott Grossenbacher; 15. Kent Bissell; 16. Kevin Finney; 17. Mike Henderson; 18. John Sendo; 19. Jimmy Cope; 20. Tuffy Hester; 21. Rob Partelo; 22. Dan Partelo; 23. John Lovelady; 24. Chad Dokken
RACE RESULTS COLUMBIA MOTORSPORTS PARK 3-11-00
LAKE CITY, Fla. - Jimmy Cope continued his hot hand in Florida late model racing as he took the lead on lap 41 and sped to the win in the Florida Pro Series season opening 125 lap event Saturday night at Columbia Motorsports Park.
Former champion Shane Russ led from the outside of the front row but the race was only a lap old when John Lovelady crashed into the dirt bank off turn two to bring out a red flag. Knocked unconscious briefly, Lovelady went to the hospital for observation.
When the race went back to green two-time FPS champion Mike Franklin, Jr. put his familiar No. 72 on the point and began to click off some great laps around the banked half-mile oval. As the leaders worked lapped traffic on lap 40 local driver Nelson Sweeney slid up the track in front of Franklin with the two making contact as both spun as did fastest qualifier James Powell III.
As the field went back to action on lap 41 it was Cope the new leader over Russ but most eyes were on the Franklin-Powell duo as they rocketed from the back of the 25-car field.
With the checkered flag almost in sight a yellow closed the field just as Franklin overhauled John Carter, Jr for third spot. They took their proper positions and ran to the checkers with Cope the winner of Russ, top rookie Richard Pratt, Carter and Franklin. The second five saw Powell lead Doc Batson, Rick Carlton, Mike Fritts and Rob Elting.
1. #61 - Jimmy Cope 125 Laps
2. #8 - Shane Russ
3. #0 - Richard Pratt
4. #21 - John Carter, Jr.
5. #72 - Mike Franklin, Jr.
6. #37 - James Powell
7. #4 - Doc Batson
8. #34 - Rick Carlton
9. #87 - Mike Fritts
10. #27. - Rob Elting
11. #97 - Kent Bissell 124 Laps
12. #88 - Travis Kittleson
13. #16 - Tom McCann 123 laps
14. #6 - Mac Johnson
15. #82 - Nelson Sweeney 106 Laps
16. #1 - John Sendo 66 Laps
17. #93 - Rob Partelo 56 Laps
18. #12 - Jeff Emery
19. #3 - Todd Kuntze 55 laps
20. #80 - Brian Finner 28 Laps
21. #7 - Darryl Shelnut 23 laps
22. #2 - Mike Good 19 Laps
23. #48 - Jonny Kay 18 Laps
24. #09 - Scott Grossenbacher 2 Laps
25. #78 - John Lovelady 1 Lap
