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| Next Race August 7th. North Florida Speedway |
| 1-29-2010 Ocala Speedway #77X Todd Carmichael 2-25-2010 East Bay Raceway Park #2T Luke Thomas FMSA- #711 David Pleaugh 2-26-2010 East Bay Raceway Park #2T Luke Thomas FMSA- #711 David Pleaugh 2-27-2010 east bay raceway park #2t Luke Thomas FMSA- #11 Brett O'Donnell 3-20-2010 north florida speedway #11 Brett O'Donnell 3-27-2010 volusia speedway park #11 Brett O'Donnell 4-17-2010 north florida speedway #28 Tim O'Donnell 4-24-2010 volusia speedway park #11 Brett O'Donnell 5-15-2010 North Florida Speedway #5 Steve Crabtree 6-19-2010 North Florida Speedway #7 Jesse Teed 7-16-2010 OCALA SPEEDWAY #7 Gavin Thomas 7-17-2010 Volusia Speedway Park #16 Chris Pacetti 7-23-2010 Oglethorpe Speedway #11 Brett O'Donnell 7-24-2010 Golden Isles Speedway #16 Chris Pacetti |
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| #7 Gavin Thomas Wins Feature at Ocala Speedway driving a Factor 1 Racing Sponsored by Jesse James Demolition & Atlantic Powder Coatings |
| #11 Brett O'Donnell Wins the Feature at Oglethorpe Speedway Sponsored by Miller Racing Stables |
| #16 Chris Pacetti Wins First Feature at Volusia Speedway Park driving a Stallard Sponsored by Walter Arnold Co. & Atlantic Powder Coatings |
| #16 Chris Pacetti Wins Feature at Golden Isles Speedway Sponsored Atlantic Powder Coatings and Walter Arnold Co. |
| Congratulations to #11 Brett O'Donnell for Winning the Overall FMSA Border Wars with Molloy Fabrication & Welding and Miller Racing Stables, and Atlantic Powder Coatings |
| The Inaugural Hoosier Tire South Border War Series will go down in the books as 1 of the most successful events in FMSA history, 4 races were run at 4 different tracks with 2 different clubs in 2 different states. The line was drawn, two 3/8 mile to suit the GMSA 600's and two 1/2 mile for the FMSA 750's, 1 track each per state. Night 1 Hoosier Tire South/ CS Advertising First up was the tight little 3/8 mile gumbo clay track in Ocala on July 16. 30 mini sprints took to the track, all from the FMSA . For whatever reason the GMSA did not make the 2 day,2 track,2 race event, maybe because of the weather here in Florida, for it was HOT ! But not as HOT as the action was on the track. Fans were treated to some of the best side by side action you'll ever see, wheel to wheel , hub to hub from the drop of the green in hot laps to the checkered flag of the feature. Action was had all over the track. Heat 1 saw the beautifully prepared #71 JSO/Atlantic Power Coating/Stallard of John "CRASH" Craddock take the first checkered of the 4 race series. Heat 2 was Chris"The HIRED GUN" Pacetti of St. Augustine Fl. showing the simple white #16 of Walt Arnold the checkered. Heat 3 saw the FSCA hot shot Gavin "GT" Thomas subbing for car owner and club president Jesse Teed, due to injuries he had sustained a few weeks prior grab his win. And in the final heat of the night it was the #34 Pete Lee in the Smith Motorsports entry took home a victory. As the cars made there way onto the track for their first Hoosier Tire South/ CS Advertising feature events fans were on their feet in anticipation of what was to come. "Fast Crash" Craddock jumped out into the lead followed by Pacetti, GT, and the "Mad Mudder" #11 Brett O'Donnell. GT(Gavin Thomas) had his Jesse James Demolition #7 flying high wide and handsome on the top self in what was gonna be a duel between the 2 sevens plus 1 (7-71). The "Mad "Mudder" came calling with the right foot planted firmly on the WOW pedal, the fans where on their feet as the three raced side by side for the first 8 laps. As the checkered waved in what was Gavin "GT" Thomas getting his 1st ever mini sprint win followed by Brett "Mad Mudder" O'Donnell and John "Fast Crash" Craddock. Night 2 Hoosier Tire South/ Dragon Fuel Border War Through the woods for about an hour drive to the famous 1/2 mile clay oval of Volusia Speedway Park. 28 cars signed in for night 2 of the Hoosier Tire South/ Dragon Fuel Border War event. 3 heats of 8 laps saw the #16 of Walt Arnold driven by the "Hired Gun" Chris Pacetti do the same as last night ... win the first heat. Justin Kloves in his electric Blue #83 was on top of heat #2 and the "Mad Mudder" Brett O'Donnell laid claim to the 3rd and final heat. 26 cars took to the track at the super fast 1/2 mile in what ended up being the Have Gun Will Travel Show as the "Hired Gun" Pacetti had the fastest bullet on this night. But that does not mean he stunk up the show because the duel for 2nd was just amazing. GT and the Mad Mudder ran 17 of the 20 laps side by side. the Mudder was cat fishing on the bottom but GT was up on the Jack Hewitt line knocking the fence down. To be honest I can not tell you much else about the race even with Darrin (my son) racing , for this will go down as an all time classic duel between two young guns racing as hard as they can, neither giving an inch. The checkered flag fell an once Pacetti stopped in victory lane his shadow finally made it after an apparent extra cool down lap. As I stated "The Hired Gun" was taking care of business by at least a straightaway. In Victory Lane jubilation was the moment as fellow racer and car owner Walt Arnold was overjoyed to see the simple #16 in victory lane by the "Hired Gun" Chris Pacetti. On this night in a photo finish it was Brett "The MAD MUDDER" O'Donnell in the Miller Racing Stables #11 beating the "GT" Gavin Thomas to the line for 2nd and 3rd. 4th went the #28 of Tim O'Donnell and "FAST" Eddie Moss Jr of Deland in the Moss Motorsports #8 had a good ride to round out the top 5. Night 3 Hoosier Tire South/ Action Powersports of Savannah Fast forward one week and its night #3 of the Hoosier Tire South/ Action Powersports of Savannah at the south fastest 1/2 mile of Oglethorpe Speedway. 22 cars made the 3 1/2 - 4 hour trip up to Savannah and a couple of non FMSA members showed up to race. Did find out the reason why no one came to Florida. Was told that GMSA president failed to get the word out to the GMSA members however Ron Bishop saw the ads 2 days prior and came racing. Thanks Ron Bishop. Would also like to say thanks to Bobby "Z" Zaiwonts for coming down from Columbus Mississippi to race with us!! To the racing... 2 heats of 11 10 laps each. Heat one saw GT back to his winning ways followed by the 83 of Justin Klover, 11 of Brett O'Donnell and 23 of Rhea Lynn Moss. Heat 2 saw the #4 of GMSA's Ron Bishop,followed by Steve "Crabby" Crabtree in the #5, Tim O'Donnell's #28 , and 81 of Chris "THE WILD ONE" Pacetti. Feature time saw THE BATTLE for the war as again it was the Mad Mudder and GT for the top spot. After several lead changes the Miller Racing Stable #11 of Brett O'Donnell came out on top. after leading laps throughout the feature event #7 Gavin Thomas settled for 2nd. The Crabby one, the D&H Radiator sponsored Bailey of Steve Crabtree 3rd, GMSA'S Ron Bishop was 4th and "Fast" Eddie Moss in the Moss Construction #8 Hyper rounding out the top 5. At the end of the night the top 5 in the Hoosier Tire South BORDER WAR point were separated by only 40 points with 2 points separating the top 2. Night 4 Hoosier Tire South Border War/Atlantic Powder Coating Golden Isle Speedway was the last night of the now very successful Hoosier Tire South Border War, with out lowest car count of the series of 21 cars due to a couple of crashes and blown engines the night prior but good racing was still to be had. With the full moon in plain sight, drivers are ready for the battles eager for action and who will win the "Border Wars". The night started out great for the fans as the popular driver "Lil Princess" Rhea Lynn Moss ,who had the Moss Racing #23 on the rail as she bested everyone in Heat 1. The Hired Gun Chris Pacetti had a hard fought battle with Thomas & O'Donnell in a very intertaining heat #2. Cars took to the track for the last battle of the war. Who would be Champion?? 4 points 2 drivers, "THE Mad Mudder" Mr. Constant Brett O'Donnell and "GT" Sprint Car Hot Shoe Gavin Thomas. What do they do? Race for points, wait and see if the other made a miss take or had misfortune ...Oh hell no!!!!! They did just like they have all series long, RACE and RACE each other HARD!!! and race they did.. this was not the 1st rodeo for either , but a flash back 2 races earlier from Volusia, on the red clay of south GA. These boys took racing for points to another level. The entire race they RACED each other like it was the last lap, side by side, wheel to wheel,hub to hub you could have thrown a blanket over'em. While all this was going on the Hired Gun Pacetti was cat fishing on the bottom getting his 2nd series win but in 2nd place was the 1st ever Hoosier Tire South Border War Champion from Deland Fl. the Mad Mudder in his the Miller Racing Stable #11 young gun Brett O'Donnell with his consistent finishes and hard racing he took home the 5 ft high Atlantic Powder Coating Engrail Trophy. Runner up Gavin Thomas stripped a sprocket with 4 laps to go. O'Donnell said in victory lane he hated to win it like this with fellow racer and friend Gavin Thomas having bad luck. in closing...The HOOSIER TIRE SOUTH/HYPER RACING Races were raced,battles were won & lost the war is over and the Champion crowned Brett O'Donnell and Gavin Thomas put on a whale of a show. Steve Crabtree ran very well is his old 99 upright baily. Rhea Lynn Moss became the racing Queen of south GA.. The best moment of the series was Sat July 17 th when Eddie Moss Jr and his wife Jill opened their home and garage up for fellow racers to come over and work on their cars to get ready for Volusia. 16 , more than 1/2 the field used the very gracious invitation and would like to say THANK YOU to the Mosses. Would also like say thank you to all the sponsors that helped put this event on. Brian, Neal, Charles of Hoosier Tire South/ Christy, Mike, JD at Hyper Racing/ Jason with Racing Bumpers/ Bobby Hall, Dragon Fuel/TJ Conner's at Action Powersports of Savannah/ Steve with C-S Advertising/ Harold Matthews of Atlantic Power Coating/ Chris Steele, Courtyard Marriott Brunswick Ga. and the tracks for helping make this a huge success. Mike at Ocala Speedway/ Tonya at Volusia Speedway/ Darlene at Oglethorpe Speedway Park and Tim Pafford at Golden Isle Speedway. Thank you to all the racers and fans that came to race or see this inaugural event and I'm already working on next year!! You guys at GMSA I will continue to try to work with your club so we can have a few special shows for next year. well its over. I worked hard and I'm tired now, so again a tip of the hat to all that raced and watched... be seeing ya on the horizon.... |
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