2010 CCMP WINTER AUTOFEST

DAARA WINTERFEST GROUP PHOTO--FRONT ROW FROM THE LEFT IS: STEVE MILLER, FRANK LENHARDT, MIKE MCNEAR, DAN KOPSHE, PAT MCNEAR, DAVE CASH, RALPH PLATT,BILL MCPEEK, JIM KASERMAN, AND ERIC OREWILER...BACK ROW FROM THE LEFT IS: RON HESS, JACK SAPP, BILL STELCHER, SUE YAHNKE, ROY CAMPBELL, ROBERT CAMPBELL, DALE MILLER, BILL WENDT, MARK REARDON, SHIRLEY MORDEN, BUD WILLIS, BUTCH ERMER, AND JOSH RYND..(Dave Savoie photo)

BILL MCPEEK CHEERS AS RON HESS WINS THE 6 CYLINDER/FLATHEAD MODIFIED FEATURE USING MCPEEKS CAR..(Dave Savoie photo)

BUTCH ERMER PACES THE DAARA CARS WITH HIS 1928 FORD ROADSTER..IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE DALE EARNHARDT HELMET CRAFTED BY THE LATE DAARA BOARD MEMBER JAY YAHNKE..(Dave Savoie photo)

CORNER WORKER WATCHES THE MODIFIEDS GOING INTO TURN TWO WITH THE CARNIVAL IN THE BACK STRETCH..(Dave Savoie photo)

BUD WILLIS NOT ONLY PUSHES FOR DAARA BUT MULTI-TASKS WHEN A PROBLEM NEEDS SOLVING..(Dave Savoie photo)

THE #4 1916 SPEEDSTER OF ROBERT TONE AND THE #29 1929 FORD SPEEDSTER OF BILL STELCHER PASS BY THE CARNIVAL ON THE BACK STRETCH AT CHARLOTTE COUNTY MOTORSPORTS PARK..(Dave Savoie photo)

SPRINT CARS DRIVEN BY #77 JACK SAPP, #7 SUE YAHNKE, #59 TODD BLEVINS, #10 ROBERT CAMPBELL, #21 DAN KOPSHE, AND #98 DAVE CASH CRUISE DOWN THE FRONT STRETCH DURING THE WINTER FESTIVAL IN PONTA GORDA, FLORIDA..(Dave Savoie photo)

FRONT ROW LEADERS FROM THE LEFT IS BILL MCPEEK'S #73 1935 CHEVY, #21 JIM KASERMAN'S #21 1951 FORD SUNLINER, AND JOHN FODROWSKI'S #9 1937 FORD SEDAN FOLLOWED BY STEVE MILLERS #0 1940 FORD COUPE AND RICHARD BOWSER'S #67 1937 CHEVY COUPE..(Dave Savoie photo)

BUTCH ERMER DRIVING HIS 1935 FRONTY FLATHEAD BIG CAR LEADS #60 JANIS STRICKLAND AND #80 FRED STRICKLAND'S UNCAGED SPRINT CARS..(Dave Savoie photo)

IN THE DAARA PHOTO CIRCLE IS RON HESS WHO WON A SIX CYLINDER/FLATHEAD MODIFIED FEATURE AND NEXT IS BILL MCPEEK OWNER OF THE #73 1935 CHEVY COUPE..NEXT IS FRANK LENHARDT WINNER OF A V8 MODIFIED FEATURE IN HIS #93 1940 CHEVY COUPE..FOLLOWED BY FATHER-IN-LAW PAT MCNEAR AND PAT'S SON MIKE MCNEAR..(Dave Savoie photo)

DALE MILLER HAS HIS #60 SESKO POWERED 1968 EDMUNDS MIDGET AT SPEED DOWN THE FRONT STRETCH..(Dave Savoie photo)

ROGER HERBACH TOOK TIME TO SPEND A DAY ON THE PAVEMENT IN HIS #23 1976 CHAMP CAR WITH A 1932 FORD VICKY BODY..(Dave Savoie photo)

JT DUNN HAD SOME TRACK TIME IN HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED GENE VITIELLO #99 NORTHERN PAVEMENT MODIFIED..(Dave Savoie photo)

WAITING IN STAGING BILL MCPEEK, JIM KASERMAN, MARK REARDON, AND STEVE MILLER..(Dave Savoie photo)

MIKE MCNEAR POSES BY HIS DAD'S 1971 CAMERO AND PAPA PAT MCNEAR AND HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED 1970 CHEVY NOVA HE BOUGHT FROM MINNESOTA..(Dave Savoie photo)

ROY CAMPBELL HAD A PROBLEM LATER WHEN THE REAR AXLE SNAPPED AND SENT HIM INTO THE INFIELD..(Dave Savoie photo)

ROBERT CAMPBELL DROVE BROTHER ROY'S INJECTED SPRINT CAR..(Dave Savoie photo)

JACK SAPP LIVES ONLY A FEW MILES FROM THE TRACK..(Dave Savoie photo)

DAVE CASH HAS HIS GAMBLER REALLY HOOKED UP..(Dave Savoie photo)

THE "ERMER SPECIAL" BIG CAR OF BUTCH ERMER..(Dave Savoie photo)

THE "BLONDE BOMB SHELL" aka JANIS STRICKLAND..(Dave Savoie photo)

I WONDER IF FRED STRICKLAND HAS RECOVERED BEING BEAT BY JANIS AT Z-HILLS..?..(Dave Savoie photo)

PAT MCNEAR HAD PLENTY OF TRACK TIME TO GET USE TO HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED 1970 CHEVY NOVA..(Dave Savoie photo)

CAMERA, LIGHTS, ACTION AT CCMP..(Dave Savoie photo)

SHIRLEY MORDEN GETS ALL SHE CAN OUT OF HER CHEVY SIX CYLINDER..(Dave Savoie photo)

SUE YAHNKE AND DAN KOPSHE LEAD DAVE CASH AND ROBERT CAMPBELL DOWN THE CCMP FRONT STRETCH..(Dave Savoie photo)

MARK REARDON AND BILL MCPEEK GET SET FOR TURN ONE AT CCMP..(Dave Savoie photo)

BILL MCPEEK IN STAGING BY THE SCENIC RETENTION POND AT CCMP..(Dave Savoie photo)

RON HESS TAKES A RIDE WITH BUD..(Dave Savoie photo)

Early pictures from CCMP...In the stock feature Frank Lenhardt won and Pat McNear finished 2nd and JT Dunn 3rd..A duel spin out involving Pat and Cush Revette sent Cush back to 4th..It was a hard run feature..JT Dunn made a real good showing at Charlotte County..He finished 3rd in the 99 car and ran hard even as he got used to it for the first time..I'm sure Gene would have been proud of him as they all were..Jim Kaserman is going over to the shiny side after Zephyrhills..He is joining Larry Larivee and running only on pavement..

FRANK LENHARDT MADE IT TO THE WINNERS CIRCLE AT CCMP BUT HIS CREW DIDN'T GREAT HIM WITH THE CHAMPAINE..

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