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     DUNKIN DOES IT AGAIN IN AUBURNDALE SPORTSMAN ACTION

 Another good crowd of fans braved a somewhat chilly and very breezy night to
enjoy some great action Saturday at Auburndale Speedway.
 Veteran driver Dave Dunkin just seems to keep improving with age as he
scored his second straight win in the Sportsman class.  Heat winner Mark
Medieros lined up on the pole and led the first three laps of the feature
before Dunkin slipped by.  Medieros never lost touch with the leader though
and made a race of it as Dunkin's car got very loose off the corners in the
late stages of the race.
 Dunkin's years of experience got him to the checker first with Medieros a
close second followed by Austin Carr, Chuck Harrison and Kyle Alford.
 The Southeastern Champ Kart Series made its first appearance of the year
with 18 karts signing it to do battle.  Phil Harp led the majority of the race
but some late cautions bunched up the field and made for a wide-open race to
the checker.  When all was said and done, Dustin Chisholm ended up in victory
lane trailed by Tim Simmons, Kenner Brown III, Dennis Mace and Romay Venta.
Simmons and Joey Coaxum were the heat race winners.
 The Street Stock feature was a real heartbreaker for rookie driver Matt
McCrary who moved up from the Scrambler class this year.  McCrary won the heat
race and was running away with the feature when he spun all by himself coming
off turn four on lap 14.  A lap later, he got tangled up with another car and
spun in the same spot.
 Dave Colpritt gained the advantage at that point and held off a late charge
by James Wright III to claim his first win of the year as some late-race
shenanigans saw three drivers DQ'd for rough driving.  McCrary managed to come
back up to third at the finish while Andy Harvard sped past a final lap
altercation between Jeff Waterman, Ken Lawrence and Cody McDuffie to get
fourth spot.  Waterman wound up fifth.
 Point leader Chris Spring passed early leader Donnie Guy and sped to his
second win of the year in the Mini Stocks in a race that ran without a caution
flag.  Fred Harrison, Jr. made a late charge to get second spot with Guy
third, Randy King fourth and Tony Davidson fifth.
 Once again, the apparent winner of the V-8 Bomber feature was set down in
tech, this time for a controversial weight infraction penalty.  Chris
Narramore, Jr. crossed the stripe first after leading from lap four however
the win was disallowed.  The only thing different in the outcome this time was
that Josh Borem didn't win... this time it was Larry Chumney who netted the
victory with Borem second.  Finishing third through fifth were James Wright
II, newcomer T.J. McLean and Brian Harbin.
 It was quite a night for Jason Rendell in the Modified Mini Stocks.  Rendell
had worked it out with track owner Rex Guy to have the Mod Minis run their
feature last on the card so he could run the feature at Citrus County Speedway
where he was leading the points and the class was slated to be the first
feature of the evening.
 After finishing sixth at Citrus, Rendell made the hour-and-a-half trip to
Auburndale arriving just in time to join the tail end of the feaure line-up.
 Heat winner Mike Sweet led the opening five laps but Rendell was flying and
took the point never to be headed in another green-to-checker race.  Rendell
is now two-for-two at Auburndale this year.  Sweet took second followed by
Scotty Sharpe, Dennis Jones and Jessica Robbins.
 Scrambler action saw Reggie Ware lead all the way to take the win over heat
winner Ashton Hunt, Kimberly Gullett and Dave Canfield.



 Next weeks Special event will be the Fast Late Model Series.  Weekend events
will start on Friday Morning.  Gates opening at 10AM with practice starting at
2PM.  All classes are invited to practice. The Soggy Bottom Bait Shop Boys
will play from 8 to 11PM.  Cost is $15.00 a person and all race fans are
welcome to come in the pits.  There will be free Sonny's BBQ and two kegs of
beer plus sodas and water.  Fans can bring their armband from Friday night
back on Saturday Night for the Fast Late Model Race and receive $5.00 off
general grandstand admission on March 20th only.  
 Also running on Saturday night will be the Mini Cups, Street Stocks, V-8
Bombers, Legends, Bandeleros, Mini Stocks and Kids Club.  Racing starts at 7
PM. For more information call 863-551-1131 or log on to
www.auburndaleracing.com.  Lindsey's Little Racers will also be giving away a
pair of Bicycles.  All kids age 10 and under will be eligible.
 
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