TBARA FEATURE: 1) 16 Ben Fritz; 2) 66 Kipp Beard; 3) 3X Bo Hartley; 4) 18 Stan Butler; 5) 68 Troy DeCaire; 6) 51 Mark Gimmler; 7) 21B Larry J Brazil Jr; 8)
Earlier this year at Ocala Speedway Ben Fritz ran second to #18 Stan Butler, coming oh so close to his first win in the TBARA Sprint Cars.
At an old race track where traditions die hard, new faces signaled that changes were a foot as Melissa Hunley grabbed her first 4 Cylinder Stock victory, and Ben Fritz
The TBARA returned to Ocala Speedway to run their rain date from June. Despite an unfavorable weather forecast, 16 cars made the trip to the track to provide the near capacity crowd with two 8-lap heat races and a 25-lap feature event.
The TBARA made their first appearance of 2004 at Ocala Speedway on March 20, 2004. There were 19 cars at the track for the Saturday night race, providing three 8 lap heat races and a 25 lap feature race for the near capacity crowd.
The Tampa Bay Area Racing Association Winged Sprint Cars were out in force as 23 of the high-powered machines checked into the pits. Hard luck Bo Hartley had yet more engine problems and was trailered before the end of hot laps. Wayne Reutimann, Jr., a winner here in USCS competition earlier in the year, made contact with Gary Gimmler in heat one and hit the turn two wall ending his evening early as well.
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