| Anderson wins Clyde Hart Memorial 125 at New Smyrna | 
Clyde Hart's favorite truck on display before the start of the race in his honor.
Samsula, Fla. (July 3, 2005) The bottom dropped out just as the Super Late Models were getting ready to qualify for the 7th Annual Clyde Hart Memorial. After almost an hour and a half rain delay, vehicles were sent out to dry the track. With the after rain humidity that only Florida seems to have, the track was dried and it was done to business.
Twenty six Super Lates, twenty eight Mini Stocks and 12 Pro Trucks qualified for what turned out to be a perfecWat race night. The on-track autograph session was cancelled due to the rain delay but fans were not disappointed as Tater Porter, Grand Marshall, put it a different way to start the race. As Porter stood in front of the fans and the cars lined up on the track in a Bull Rider's standard safety wear - his hat - the command "Gentleman - GET r DONE" was given.
Wayne Anderson, defending champion of the 2004 Clyde Hart Memorial, set on the pole with his fast time of 18.096.followed by B.J. McLeod 18.121, Mac Johnson 18.128, Jason Boyd 18.150 and Brian Finney 18.173.. The field was set, last miniute warm up laps were made and the track was dry, time to race.
Anderson set on the pole but on the green it was B.J. McLeod who pulled to the lead over Anderson, Johnson, Boyd, and Choquette. Boyd took no time in passing Johnson for third but on lap 3, McLeod began to slip backwards as he seemed to get loose in the rear-end. McLeod gathered it back up but found himself instead of first, eighth. After having one good car, a car that would have been hard to beat, B.J. McLeod goes into the pits with a broken rear-end.
Anderson asumed the lead followed by Boyd, Johnson, Choquette, Scofield and Finney. With Florida's summer heat, cars can do strange things as Mac Johnson looses all power in his steed coming off turn 2 on lap 16. Joining Johnson in the pits is Jody Turner from Jacksonville who needs some crew attention and Mario Gosselin who's crew determines that he is done for the night.
The race goes green again but Don Hale Jr. brings out the yellow as he spins in Lake Turn 2. Hale is fine and maybe a little cooler from the lake. Chet Morrison has now gone into the pits.
One more try and it is green again as Anderson, Boyd, Choquette, Scofield, Finney, Cope, Pierce Froelich, Warren, and Etheredge lead the way. Cope passes Finney taking over fifth as Finney settles into sixth. Suddenly the fourth place car slows and begins to crawl around the backstretch to the pit entrance. The race goes yellow as Scofield sees what would have been a top five finish go down the drain.
Once again the green comes out with Anderson, Boyd, Choquette, Cope and Finney in the top five. But it is a short green as David Froelich brings out the yellow as he spins down low on the track in the water and hits the wall. Froelich now retires to the pits.
Lap 55 goes green as Anderson is in control followed by Boyd, Choquette, Cope, and Finney. The action is heating up as Finney chases Cope and Choquette is right ono Boyd. Shelnut, who wheeled the red, white and blue car for the ocassion, retires into the pits with mechanical problems as Choquette continues to let Boyd know "I am here".
Steve Weaver, who races at Hialeah Speedway, brings out the yellow as he spins coming down the frontstretch but does a great job of saving the car from the wall. The race resumes on lap 74 as Choquette continues to let Boyd know he is there. Warren passes Pierce for sixth as Pierce goes back to seventh. Fain Skinner retires from the race into the pits.
Boyd does a valiant job of holding off the hard charge of Choquette but Choquette sees an opportunity and takes over second as Boyd goes to third followed by Cope and Finney. The yellow comes out as one car spins in the top of turns 3 and 4 wth Bobby Fleckinger, Patrick Conrad and Dalton Zehr all up in the turn wall but not really hurt.
Sixteen cars are left on lap 84 as Anderson leads the way over Choquette, Boyd, Cope, Finney, Warren, Pierce, Foster, Wayne Morris and Chris Fontaine. Fontaine lets Morris know that he is there as he tucks neatly under Morris but Morris holds. Finney is now all over Cope for fourth but Cope "Mr. Exitement" is holding on. The yellow comes out as three cars try to go three wide in turn 1 which does not work. Morris spins in the trio and rejoins the field in the rear of the lead lap.
With only a few short laps to go, Brian Finney's engine decides enough is enough and quits moving Warren into the fifth place spot. Cope passes Boyd for third and Choquette for second but does not have enough time to catch Anderson.
Anderson takes the checkered flag followed by Jimmy Cope, Jeff Choqcp,uette, Jason Boyd and Jacob Warren. In tech, Choquette was dq'd due to weight changing the top five to Wayne Anderson, Jimmy Cope, Jason Boyd, Jacob Warren, and Martin Pierce.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
CLYDE HART MEMORIAL SUNBELT SUPER LATE MODEL 125
1. #84 Wayne Anderson, Wildwood
2. #61 Jimmy Cope, St. Petersburg
3. #92 Jason Boyd, Orlando
4. #51 Jacob Warren, Orlando
5. #75 Martin Pierce, Sandord
6. #10 Ryan Foster, Lowell, Arkansas
7. #98 Wayne Morris, Mulberry
8. #47 Chris Fontaine, Lakeland
9. #5 Dalton Zehr, Daytona Beach
10. #34 Bobby Fleckinger, Cocoa
11. #80 Brian Finney, Merritt Island
12. #12 Steve Weaver, Ft. Lauderdale
13. #1x Daniel Webster, Brooksville
14. #29 Don Hale, Jr., Live Oak
15. #2 Patrick Conrad, Clermont
16. #1 Fain Skinner, Live Oak
17. #47x Keith Zavrel, Brooksville
18. #7 Daryl Shelnyut, Ft. Lauderdale
19. #22 David Froelich, Loxahatchee
20. #07 Jeff Scofield, Plant City
21. #8 Tal Etheredge, Sylvester, GA
22. #86 Chet Morrison, Huma, GA
23. #6 Mac Johnson, Gainesville
24. #59 Mario Gosselin, Lake Wales
25. #74 Jody Turner, Jacksonville
26. #78 B.J. McLeod, Watchula
27. #70 Jeff Choquette, West Palm Beach DQ'D
28. #27 Mike Good DNS
29. #27X Mike Fritts DNS
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