| Wayne Anderson Wins Powell Memorial Sunbelt at Citrus County | by Larry MacMillan
James Powell III(left) with Winner Wayne Anderson
(Inverness, Fl. 6/4/04) The 9th Annual Powell Memorial 150 Sunbelt Series race saw 20 quality Super Late Models take the green flag at Citrus County Speedway Friday night for the long run to Victory Lane.
This prestigious race, that draws Floridas best, lives on in memory of the Powell family that lost their lives in a tragic accident 10 years ago. James Powell III represented the family that formally operated Ocala Speedway where the annual race originated. He has continued to run with the Florida Hot Shoes since the beginning and was trying to make this his second win in a row after winning the second leg of the race last year at Citrus County Speedway.
Mike Bresnahan pulled off another fast qualifying run stopping the clocks at 13.547 seconds. Wayne Anderson qualified second followed by Herb Neumann Jr., Scotty Crockett, and John Chance to round out the top five. Bresnahan pulled the #7 pill to invert the top seven qualifiers giving Patrick Williams the pole with Mario Gosslin flanking him on the outside pole. John Chance and Scotty Crockett picked up row two being chased by Herb Neumann Jr. and Wayne Anderson. When the green dropped Gosslin went to the front and set the early pace while Williams fell into second, Chance third and Anderson pulled up in fourth. Anderson made short work of the front three before he took the lead and never looked back. Despite multiple cautions Anderson took the lead and was able to pull away from all contenders at will.
Meanwhile the battle for the top five raged on with seven contenders swapping spots for 135 laps. When it was all over Anderson took the $5,000 win purse to the bank and was presented the Powell Memorial Trophy by James Powell. Mario Gosslin jockeyed from second to fifth and back to second when the checkers flew followed by Rex Struble who moved from 9th to third at the finish. Scotty Crockett ran fourth, 14th starter Fain Skinner finished fifth, followed by Jonny Kay, James Powell, Rich Pratt, Mike Bresnahan and Perry Lovelady balancing out the top ten finishers.
9th Annual Powell Memorial Sunbelt 150 20 Cars
1. #84 Wayne Anderson - Wildwood
2. #59 Mario Gosslin Lake Wales
3. # 3 Rex Struble Hernando
4. #28 Scotty Crockett Land O Lakes
5. # 1 Fain Skinner Live Oak
6. #48 Jonny Kay Deerfield Beach
7. #37 James Powell Astor
8. # 0 Rich Pratt Anthony
9. #57 Mike Bresnahan Inverness
10.# 8 Perry Lovelady Lakeland
11.# 5 Daniel Keene Jr. Weeki Wachee
12.#96 Danny Johnson Crystal River
13.#98 Herb Neumann Jr. Inverness
14.#47 Keith Zavrel Brooksville
15.#1X Daniel Webster Brooksville
16.#77 Dick Anderson Wildwood
17.#32 Jim Smith Inverness
18.#04 Patrick Williams Archer
19.#61 John Chance Inverness
20.#30 Cyrus Robinson Spring Hill
21.#42 Richie Smith Did not start
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