From C Whalin
The Top Gun Sprints made their first visit of 2010 to the North Florida Speedway in Lake City on Saturday March 20, 2010. There were 14 cars at the track to give fans two heat races and a 25 lap feature race.
The heat races are lined up using a pill pull system, and Gene Lasker in the 02 had the pole for the start of the first heat race, took the race lead at the start and held on to take the race win. Shane Kreidler had the pole for the start of the second heat race in the 16 car, and took the initial race lead and went on to take the heat win.
There was a Dash For Cash sponsored by Custom Cuts Lawn Service and A&B Construction. The fans in the stands picked which cars to be in the dash, there pick was John Crowder in the 30, Shawn Murray in the 22, Rich Alexander in the 8, Amanda Ferguson in the 21A, Tim George in the 1*, Darren Orth in the 34, and Donny Avera in the 9 . That was also the line up, for 5 lap shoot out. The green flag dropped with the 22 of Shawn Murray in the 22 took the lead and won the dash, with Amanda Ferguson in the 21A took the 2nd , and Rich Alexander in the 8 took 3rd.
Using a passing points system to line up the feature race and a four car inversion, Tim George in the 1* car had the pole for the start of the feature race, with Gene Lasker in the 02 car on the outside. The race got underway and Gene Lasker took the race lead from his outside pole position and never looked back taking the win. Tim George in the 1* finished in second place, followed by Shawn Murray in the 22, Ryan Partin in the 14, with Mike Schroeder in the 6 car finishing out the top 5.
The Top Gun Sprints will be at Ocala Speedway April 9, 2010
Top Gun Sprints
North Florida Speedway, March 20, 2010
Heat #1
1) 02 Gene Lasker (Tampa, FL)
2) 21A Amanda Ferguson (Montverde, FL)
3) 6 Mike Schroder (Southwest Ranches, FL)
4) 22 Shawn Murray (Jacksonville, FL)
5) 8 Rich Alexander (Tampa, FL)
6) 14 Ryan Partin (Orlando, FL)
7) 30 John Crowder (Summerfield, FL)
Heat #2
1) 16 Shane Kreidler (Jupiter, FL)
2) 1* Tim George (Venice, FL)
3) 0 Phillip Pettay (Jacksonville, FL)
4) 21Z Harley Zimmerman (Jacksonville, FL)
5) 34 Darren Orth (Jacksonville, FL)
6) 9 Donny Avera (Nassau, FL)
7) 0X Robert Bozema (Sparr, FL) DNS
Feature
1) 02 Gene Lasker; 2) 1* Tim George; 3) 22 Shawn Murray; 4) 14 Ryan Partin; 5) 6 Mike Schroder; 6) 9 Donny Avera; 7) 16 Shane Kreidler; 8) 21Z Harley Zimmerman; 9) 0 Phillip Pettay; 10) 8 Rich Alexander; 11) 21A Amanda Ferguson; 12) 30 John Crowder; 13) 34 Darren Orth; 14) 0X Robert Bozema DNS