Just got to see the last laps after the last restart and wow.. what a friggin race! Stevie Smith and Dollansky kept passing each other coming out of the corners until Dollansky finally took the point on the high side. It looked like he was gone to the checkers with about a 20 car-length lead, but Smith really came charging hard on the bottom in the last 2 laps. The track was beautiful with a place to hug the inside wall, while the gassers were up top on the berm hugging the outside wall! Meanwhile, Smith really came on strong with 2 to go, and made the winning pass coming off the bottom of turn 2 on the final lap. He went high to block Dollansky's line into 3 and 4 and held on for the $7,000 victory!
Smith has been Mr. Consistent so far down in Florida with his worse finish coming on the rubber-down track last night, and that was still a 6th place finish! He keeps hammering down great time trial laps and that is the key to the night as we all know! Great to see the Black Bandit getting these great finishes in the Zemco #1 as he hasn't been this fast since he was on tour at the turn of the century. Even though he won in a Posse car, its still great to see him dominating yet again. Should be interesting to see if he can get another one under the WoO banner before the week is over. FYI Schatz DNF'd in the B Feature after starting on the pole for it, and after finishing 1 spot short of the transfer in the heat.
The Rundown:
1. Stevie Smith (1)
2. Craig Dollansky (4)
3. Joey Saldana (5)
4. Jason Meyers (8)
5. Steve Kinser (7)
6. Daryn Pittman (11)
7. Greg Hodnett (9)
8. Cody Darrah (12)
9. Chad Kemenah (22)
10. Jac Haudenschild (17)
11. Randy Hannagan (23)
12. Danny Lasoski (6)
13. Kraig Kinser (3)
14. Wayne Johnson (14)
15. Tim Shaffer (16)
16. Sammy Swindell (19)
17. Lucas Wolfe (21)
18. Bronson Maeschen (10)
19. Mark Smith (15)
20. Greg Wilson (18)
21. Brian Ellenberger (20)
22. Tim Kaeding (24)
23. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (2)
24. Mike Erdley (13)
I'll post my predictions for the WoO season some time tomorrow! Thanks for checking in...
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