Friday, February 12, 2010

Sheppard Cruises To Win in Volusia; Takes Over Points Lead

Matt Sheppard used a late race pass on Jamie Mills to pick up his first career Volusia Speedway win. With the win, Sheppard also took over the Florida Dirt Tour points lead by just 6 points over Jimmy Phelps. Mills hung on to finish second, and rounding out the top 5 last night were Brett Hearn, Jimmy Phelps, and Danny Johnson.

Every car except Alan Johnson's #14J returned for night #2 last night, including Tim Kerr, Brett Hearn, and Dan Vauter who were the most heavily involved in the heavy pile-up from Wednesday night. Jeff Brownell returned to the seat of his #29 big block modified after being sick on Wednesday and turning over driving duties to Vic Coffey. Alan Johnson was behind the wheel of Wallace Stacey's #66w again, and finished in the top 10 for the second straight night. Chris Higgins was added to the field after Ray Swinehart scratched from the feature line-up.

The current top 10 in points down there are...
1st 9s Matt Sheppard- 106
2nd 98H Jimmy Phelps- 100
3rd 1 Stewart Friesen- 98
4th 10 Bobby Varin- 98
5th 77x Dale Planck- 92
6th 66w Alan Johnson- 82
7th 30 Jamie Mills- 81
8th 22c Mario Clair- 78
9th 20 Brett Hearn- 76
10th 1x Willy Decker- 72

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