Twenty three of the 24 registered TBARA Winged Sprints lined up around the track for introductions and a quick start and after the four wide salute to the fans they turned up the boost and went for 30 laps of asphalt pounding racing as only they can do.
Local Steven Bradley popped off the outside pole to take the early lead over pole sitter Mickey Kempgens and this battle continued until the two cars got together taking Bradley out early in the race. Meanwhile on the restart Joey Aguilar worked his way from 8th to the point and powered his way to his first win of 2007 in his first race of the year after only running 8 races last year.
Point Leader Troy DeCaire put some cushion in his lead with a second place finish from his 11th starting spot. David Steele followed DeCaire through the field and settled for third over Gary Gimmler and Dude Teate. Rounding out the top 10 were Mickey Kempgens, Michael Smith, Brian Gingras, Larry J. Brazil Jr and Keith Butler. Heat winners were Mickey Kempgens, Steven Bradley and Brian Gingras.
TBARA Citrus County Speedway, June 30, 2007
FEATURE FINISHING ORDER 1) 52 Joey Aguilar 2) 68 Troy DeCaire 3) 91 David Steele 4) 29 Gary Gimmler 5) 0 Dude Teate 6) 33 Mickey Kempens 7) 9X Michael Smith 8) 99 Brian Gingras; 9) 21B Larry J Brazil Jr; 10) 19 Keith Butler; 11) 14 Shane Butler; 12) 15 D.J. Hoelzle; 13) 66 Kipp Beard; 14) 18 Stan Butler; 15) 3Y David Shotsberger; 16) 16 Ben Fritz (DNF); 17) 55 Tommy Nichols (DNF); 18) 21T Johnny Gilbertson (DNF); 19) 41 Traci DeCaire (DNF); 20) 44 Bill Pettijohn (DNF); 21) 1 Steven Bradley (DNF); 22) 60 Steve Heisler (DNF); 23) 12 Bryan Eckley (DNF)
The next TBARA race is on July 14 at Desoto Super Speedway.
HEAT 1 1) 33 Mickey Kempgens 2) 16 Ben Fritz 3) 91 David Steele 4) 0 Dude Teate 5) 66 Kipp Beard 6) 21B Larry Brazil Jr. 7) 3Y David Shotsberger 8) 80 Wendy Mathis
HEAT 2 1) 1 Steven Bradley 2) 14 Shane Butler 3) 52 Joey Aguilar 4) 68 Troy DeCaire 5) 15 D.J. Hoelzle 6) 19 Keith Butler 7) 21T Johnny Gilbertson 8) 60 Steve Heisler
HEAT 3 1) 99 Brian Gingras 2) 29 Gary Gimmler 3) 9X Michael Smith 4) 55 Tommy Nichols 5) 18 Stan Butler 6) 41 Traci DeCaire 7) 44 Bill Pettijohn 8) 12 Bryan Eckley
