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BARBERVILLE, FL- Volusia Speedway Park returns with another exciting
Saturday night of racing action on April 17th as Fastlane 5 Racing invades the
south's fastest half mile. The Daytona Dodge-Chrysler Late models will be
leading the charge, along with the return of the Taylor Racing Products
sportsman division after a week off. More action from the Daytona Sportswear
Street Stocks will be on tap, plus the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder
Stocks and the 4 Cylinder Challengers round out the program.

Ivedent Lloyd and Darrell Padgett dominated the Daytona Dodge-Chrysler
Late Model race last Saturday, but David Clegg still holds the points lead
going into this weeks race. Padgett is in second place after last week's
action, followed by Joe Kump who is 48 points in back of the leader. Both Lloyd
and Padgett have served notice that they plan on returning to Volusia
Speedway Park this weekend, so the entire field will be looking to wick it up
in order to keep them in check.

Shaun Daugharty grabbed a win in the Taylor Racing Products Sportsman
Division two weeks ago, putting him within a mere five points of the current
leader, Aaron Barsness, and Drew Smith's second place finish on the same night
leaves him just 40 points back in third place. Steve Shead finished third
two weeks ago, which puts him within three points of Smith. There is
nothing like a tight points race to raise the excitement level, and the racers
are primed and ready to get back onto the track and shake things up a
little.

Phillip Brown sits firmly atop the points standings in the Daytona
Sportswear Street Stocks, and last Saturday's victory "gift" thanks to some
disqualifications for post race extracurricular activities, only cemented his
position more firmly. Tim Hughes finished second to Brown last weekend and is
also in second place in the points, 23 in back of the leader. Trevor
Gamble sits 32 points short of the leader in third place after last week's DQ,
and likely will be focused on reclaiming what was lost.

The Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks had a rough go of it last
Saturday, as frequent appearances from the yellow flag caused time to expire
before 20 laps could be run. The win went to David Whitt on Saturday
night, while points leader Scott Mooers wound up in the fourth spot. Jumpin'
Jim Shaw had an impressive run last week as he finished in third place and
is steadily creeping up the season points standings as well. Shaw may be
the man to watch as the season progresses.

And someone other than Shawn Kosier won the 4 Cylinder Challenger race
last week at VSP, as Steven Cox stepped up his game and made Kosier use some
tear offs for a change. Kosier remains the points leader as RJ Glaser is
now 57 points short of the top spot. But the mover and shaker in the
Challenger Division is Casey Feaster, who fought 12 positions forward two weeks
ago to finish in the third spot, and who gained a whopping 14 positions this
past Saturday to finish in the fifth spot. Feaster currently sits in the
third spot in the points standings, 73 points behind Shawn Kosier.

Volusia Speedway Park will open the pit gate at 4PM on Saturday, and fans
can enter the grandstand area after 5:30PM. Racing will get underway at
7:30PM. For more information or to see the complete schedule of events at
VSP, be sure to visit our official website at _www.VolusiaSpeedwayPark.net_
(http://www.VolusiaSpeedwayPark.net) . Fans are also reminded to save by
purchasing advance tickets to VSP's Rasslin' & Racin' night, which is
scheduled for April 24th.