Dave Steele Wins 2nd Annual Florida 400

[Rick Anges]

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FINISH:
1.David Steele-91
2.Bobby Santos III-98
3.Jacob Wilson-11
4.Shane Butler-5
5.Troy DeCaire-66x
6.Dave Baumgartner-55
7.Tony Elliot-66
8.Steven Heisler-41
9.Darrell Smith-81
10.Danny Martin-0
11.Jeff VanDusen-56d
12.Scott Adema-2
13.Johnny Gilbertson-21t
14.Curtis Cartter-2C
15.Bryan Riddle-11R
16.Mike Koss-37
17.Tom Patterson-100
18.Charles Ladner-39
19.Jim Alvis Sr.-121
20.Shane Miller-78
21.Brian Gingras-99 (Pole Sitter)
22.Lee Cipray-11X
23.T.J.Winegardner-11T
24.Richard Kessinger-21R
25.Tim Barber-14
26.Billy Riddle-11B
27.Stan Butler
28.Tim Buchanan-99x
29.Keith Butler-19
30.David Slawiak-79
31.Charles Schultz-99s
32.Dakota Stephens-79S
33.Jim Swain-46

RaceTime: 2:35:05

[afr]

WTG DAVE
the second annual Florida 400 win
i would also like to give a shout out to all the Florida boyz ya done good
sorry i missed it the date just got by me before i knew it
rick do we have any kind of lap by lap commentary for people like me that was unable to attend

[Gary J]

The first half of the race had a lot of wrecks.2nd half uneventful about 15 cars finished.

[afr]

aaah thats sad what did dakota have trouble i see he is about last

[BOB KRUPA]

It was a excellent race. 3 cars on the same lap, I think 2 cars 1 lap down.
How about that kid Jacob Wilson, he's going to be a good one.
Dakota Stephens had a good flip, too bad he wreck that nice car.
The 3 wide start had me worry, but it was a good start.

[HaudFan]

Dave Steele was fast. But more importantly he saved his tires all night long. His pit stops were quick and his lap times never really fell off. Santos was the same way on the track but his pit strategy and stops were not as good as Steele's.

Hope Dakota Stephens is alright. That was a nasty crash he had. One of the Riddle cars got sideways going into one. That stacked up the field and it looked like Dakota ran over the right rear of another car that got him airborn.

Last year I was pretty hard on the Florida cars for not participating in the 400. This year I want to say thanks to the Florida drivers who came out to make this show work! Thank you to TJ Winegardner, Danny Martin Jr., Lee Cipray, Curtis Carter, David Slawiak,Brian Gingras, Dave Steele, Shane Butler, Scott Adema, Daryl Smith, Dakota Stephens, Johnny Gilbertson, Keith Butler and any one I have forgotten.

[Dakotah Stephens Racing]

Dakotah is fine. His bell was rung and he has a little bump on his brake leg. He said he saw the spinning car on the bottom, he even had time to go low but never dreamed the car would ricochet back up the track after it hit the dirt the way it did. It was a wild ride, but he's ready to go back racing. He said the purple 79 was handling real nice on the high side of the track.

[Roynon9]

Was the 19th place finisher Jimmy Alvis Sr. or Jimmy Alvis Jr.?

[mocha2@dishmail.net]

Glad to hear Dakotah is o.k. the car came down hard on it's lid from my viewpoint roll cage did it's job thankfully.

[afr]

Glad to hear Dakotah is o.k. the car came down hard on it's lid from my viewpoint roll cage did it's job thankfully.

yea i got the details today
glad he doing better
due what the doctors says now