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2-27-10
 About the only thing hot at the races Saturday night other than the racing
at Auburndale Speedway were the hot dogs, hot chocolate and hot coffee which
was consumed in mass quantities by a surprisingly good-sized crowd on what
could only be described as a bone-chilling Central Florida evening.
The Sportsman cars made their 2010 season debut and one thing was for
certain in this race... give veteran Dave Dunkin the pole and more than likely
he'll win.  That's exactly what happened although Dunkin had to use all of his
years of knowledge racing on the tight third-mile to hold on for the victory.
A short field of Sportsman were made even shorter when the rear end broke on
Mark Medeiros' car during hot laps and his mount was on the trailer before
sunset.
Outside pole sitter Bart Weatherford got loose on cold tires during the
initial start and spun but everyone was able to avoid him.  Dunkin jumped to a
quick lead with Weatherford trailing once the green was displayed.  But the
car that was really hooked up was that of Aaron Williamson.
Williamson dusted off Weatherford and began pressuring Dunkin using
everything but the figure eight track to try and get by while the "old man" in
his familiar "Blue Goose" Chevy thwarted every move.
Brett Jenkins was running well but had something break on his car and he
slapped the turn one wall to bring out the caution on lap 20.  He was able to
drive his machine to the pits but retired it for the rest of the race.
Weatherford again got loose on the restart, nearly tagged the wall and was
just clipped by Austin Carr while Kyle Aflord spun to avoid getting involved.
All cars restarted.
Dunkin held off a furious charge by Williamson to take the checker and add
to his already huge win total at Auburndale.  Weatherford came home third
trailed by Carr and Alford.  Dunkin also won the heat race.
Chris Spring had it all together in the Mini Stocks as he dominated both the
heat and feature in what is a usually tightly-contested class.
Spring jumped out front at the outset and just drove away from the field as
the race went green to checker without a yellow flag.  The best race was for
second as Chris Narramore, Sr., the opening night winner, held off Donnie Guy
and Fred Harrison, Jr. at the stripe.  Danny Pearson took the fifth spot.
Brandon Duscherer looked to have the car to beat in the Street Stocks as he
took the heat race win and had the pole for the feature.  However, Duscherer's
car wasn't up to the task come feature time.  He barely made it out for the
start, then passsed Matt McCrary (who led the first lap) and easily stayed out
front for a few laps before his machine began to falter.  Jeff Waterman zipped
by on lap 16 while Duscherer took his now-smoking car to the infield.  Caution
was displayed as a small fire was put out under the hood of Duscherer's
racer.
Waterman set the pace the remaining few laps to score a popular win.  Austin
Jenkins took the checker second but was set down in tech for an infraction
moving McCrary up to second.  Chuck Harrison, Jr. was also DQ'd after the race
actually giving third spot to Duscherer.
Chris Narramore, Jr. was out with a beautiful new V-8 Bomber and led all the
way to apparently win the race, but the heavy hand of the tech man took the
win away.  That gave Josh Borem his second win in a row after he though he
finished a distant second.  Heat winner James Wright, Sr. took the runner-up
spot trailed by Paul Bookmiller and Buddy Phillips, Jr.
Scrambler action saw Chelsea LaJoie hit the turn one wall nearly head-on in
the heat race.  She was OK, but done for the night.  After winning the heat,
Matt Johns also raced to victory in the feature.  Brian Tyre led the early
going but Johns kept up the pressure and snared the top spot on lap eight
never to be headed.  Tyre came home second ahead of Kimberly Gullett and
Brandon Henault.
Craig Jackson actually crossed the line in fourth but became yet another
driver to succumb to the pressures of post-race tech.


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