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Tim O’Donnell wins at Ocala
Tim O’Donnell took the top spot Friday night as the Florida Mini
Sprints took to the 3/8-mile D-shaped oval at Ocala Speedway. The
Gray Clay would again prove to be a challenging surface for the
teams, and drivers. The track was fast, and somewhat tacky, leaving
most teams searching for a race set up.
During hot laps, Matt Lewis in the #77 pushed up coming out of turn
four, made contact with the outside wall and tumbled down the front
straight. The car came to rest under the flag stand, and Matt exited
the car with only a bruised ego. The car was too badly damaged to
continue.
The heat races brought close competition, Steve Crabtree took the
victory in the first heat, Leroy Moore took the second heat, and
Eddie Moss victorious in the third.
The feature race started a field of twenty-one cars in front of a near
capacity crowd. Brett O’Donnell would bring the field to the green,
and he would stay out front the first four laps, O’Donnell gave up the
lead on a restart on lap five for the car of Matthew Harrell. Harrell
suffered a mechanical failure, stopped on the track and was done
for the night. Tim O’Donnell took over the top spot, and didn’t look
back after that. He cruised under the checkers with #25 of Harold
Matthews, and the #8 of Eddie Moss Jr. in close pursuit.
We were real tight in practice and the heat race, but the track came
to us as it dried out O’Donnell said in victory lane The win will keep O’
Donnell at the top of the points, with Matthews holding on to second
place.
Next up for this crowd pleasing series is June 20Th at North Florida
Speedway in Lake City. This is a series that demand attention not
only from sprint car fans around the State, but race promoters as
well. Do not pass up the chance to see these guys in action, For the
fan, it is one of the best shows you will see, and for you promoters,
this series means one thing, a full grandstand.
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