As I settle in for the start of the Daytona 500 I wanted to continue to recap the performances of our coverage area drivers down in the Sunshine state.
Darren Miller picked up the win on the opening night for the UMP Late Models at Volusia on Monday night and then followed that up with a seventh place run later in the week. John Anderson made the show on Wednesday night and finished 14th.
Terry McCarl wrapped up a solid trip down south as he finished 7th in the World of Outlaws show at Volusia on Sunday night, then finished fifth and second (to Daryn Pittman) at East Bay's 410 sprint shows on Tuesday and Wednesday. Bronson Maeschen finished 11th and 12th at East Bay.
The Modifieds took center stage at East Bay for four nights Wednesday through Saturday and Ray Guss Jr. was a top contender throughout. "The River City Hustler" set quick time on Thursday and Friday over a field that topped seventy cars each night. Guss made the main event all four nights as he had posted two thirds, a fourth and an eleventh-place run. Mike Hansen, who finished 10th in the 2008 All Iowa Points, was second quick to Guss on Friday night and finished 21st in the feature that night. Scott Drake made the show three of the four nights and was in the top ten twice with runs of 7th and 9th. Tommie Seets Jr. finished 6th on Friday night, Mike Harrison was 10th on Wednesday and Mark Noble was 15th on Friday.
Rodney Wing, the owner of Whynot Motorsports Park in Mississippi, won the $8,000 finale at East Bay Saturday night.
Hunter Rasdon of Jonesboro Arkansas (104th in th 2008 All Missouri Modified Points) picked up the $1,500 Modified feature win at Winterfest in Winchester Tennessee on Valentine's Day. You can find Rasdon often at Malden Speedway.
When we get our next update on the schedules posted you will see two new additions on the Weekly Racing page as Audubon Speedway in western Iowa will be running on Friday nights and Bethany Speedway in northwest Missouri will give it a go on Sunday nights in 2008. Hopefully the PR.com crew can make it to both of these tracks sometime this season. (Saturday February 28th update: Scott Traylor and Kirk Elliott better known as the Racin' Boys (see their link on our links page) are reporting that the Bethany deal has already fallen through)
Gotta go, can't be long until DW says "Boogity, boogity, boogity!"
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