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RESULTS OF TBARA OPENER AT CITRUS COUNTY SPEEDWAY, INVERNESS, FL 2-6-10
Contact Marty Little (954) 584-2814 For Immediate Release
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INVERNESS, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Area Racing Association kicked off their 2010 season on a
cold and windy evening at the tight confines of Citrus County Speedway with former champion
Troy DeCaire collecting his first checkered flag of the new season in the 30 lap headliner.
Things got off to a rough begining for the 22 car field of winged sprints as two complete starts
were needed for everyone to behave themselves. Larry Brazil and DeCaire brought the field to
green with second generation driver Brazil gaining the lead. The first yellow waved on lap 4 for a
spin by Joey Aguilar. Back underway, Brazil lead but DeCaire got past on lap 10 for with Shane
Butler and Jason Blonde in tow.
On lap 14 Wendy Mathis, just back from racing in Australia, looped her family owned racer in turn
2 to once again bunch the field for a restart. The green waved again but only for a single circuit
as visitor Craig Skene suffered a broken axle on lap 15, spun and collected Mathis, ending the
night for both.
When the green waved again it was still DeCaire being chased by Butler, Blonde and Brazil as
they worked traffic on the quarter-mile oval but on lap 20 D.J. Hoelzle pounded the front stretch
wall and the yellow was out again. Hoelzle was not injured and the field regrouped for the final 10
lap run to the checkers. Once again they only had five laps of green flag racing before a caution
waved for Tommy Nichols when the wing on his No. 55 collapsed and he stopped on the track.
The final five circuits were trouble free with DeCaire the victor over Butler, Blonde, Ben Fritz and
Canadian invader Ryan Litt. Heat races went to Dude Teate, Dakotah Stephens and Butler.
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Feature finish (30 laps) - 1. Troy DeCaire. 2. Shane Butler, 3. Jason Blonde, 4.Ben Fritz, 5. Ryan
Litt, 6. Dude Teate, 7. Dakotah Stephens, 8. Sonny Hartley, 9.Matt Mercer, 10.Larry Brazil Jr.
11John Gilbertson, 12. Steve Heisler, 13. Tommy Nichols, 14. D.J. Hoelzle, 15. Joey Aguilar, 16.
Craig Skene, 17. Wendy Mathis, 18. Jeff Banyas, 19. Ray Bragg, 20. Skeeter Faulconer, 21.
Brian Gingras, 22. Frankie Hurst.
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