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Posted by: Joe VanHoose 5/19/2007 2:30 AM
Check here for Ocala Speedway results.


FAST Pro Trucks

James Green held off challenges from his teammate for all 50 laps to win the FAST Pro Truck 50-lap feature. Teammate John Kidwell hounded him for second and Barry Bartlett finished third.

The top five trucks formed a bullet train and pulled away from the rest of the 14-truck field, but contact was plentiful as no truck came away without sheet metal damage.

The caution flag waved with two laps to go for a Mike Powers spin, which set up a green-white-checkered finish. Green held on, just as he had done for the previous 48 laps, to win from the pole.

Street Stock

Pete Close climbed his way to the front and survived a physical 20-lap Street Stock feature to claim another win. Shelby Mather drove his new Lincoln to second while Justin Durbin finished third.

The race turned on the 12th lap when Close and Dan Tremblay split Mather to take the lead before tangling with each other in turn 1. Tremblay was black flagged while Close regained his position. Tremblay showed his displeasure by turning donuts in turn 1 before parking his car for the night.

Close held off Mather to win by two car lengths.

Sportsman

John Mamph grabbed the lead on the start and went wire-to-wire to claim victory in the 20-lap Sportsman feature. Shelton Bowers finished second and Tony Perez's car came home third.

The race was slowed a couple of times for two Jim Higginbotham spins.

Pure Stock

Larry Welters started on the pole, lost the lead, got it back and held on to win the shortened Pure Stock feature. Welters held off a charge from James Erickson during the last three laps.

Ken Thornton lost a rear end gear on lap 10 of the V8 Pure Stock feature, dropping oil and grease all over the frontstretch and bringing out the red flag. Matt Schell charged from the back of the nine-car field to take the lead over Welters on lap 10 as well. 

But a lap later on the restart, Schell blew his engine, dropping more fluid in turn 3 and triggering another lengthy cleanup. The race was shortened to 12 laps because of the two red flags.

4-Cylinder Stock

Mike Ogelsby cruised unchallenged to win his first feature of the year in a race that only three cars started. Justyn Elwood finished a distant second and John Hagans finished third to complete the field.
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Re: Live from Ocala Speedway    By racefanfl on 5/18/2007 6:55 PM
ty for the updates keep up the good work

Re: Live from Ocala Speedway    By racefanfl on 5/18/2007 6:58 PM
when will the next update be ty

Re: Live from Ocala Speedway    By JoeVanHoose on 5/18/2007 6:59 PM
They'll be appearing as the action unfolds.

Re: Live from Ocala Speedway    By racefanfl on 5/18/2007 7:01 PM
ty

Re: Live from Ocala Speedway    By racefan fl on 5/18/2007 7:31 PM
no update yet must be a full moon


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