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Todd Bodine, who drives for the locally owned Germain Racing team, has climbed to third in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points standings with three races remaining.
Moving closer to the top is possible, but making up ground even on second place is going to be a battle.
The question will be answered tonight at the Texas Motor Speedway in the Chevy Silverado 350. Points leader Johnny Benson is just 31 ahead of second-place Ron Hornaday Jr., who has 187-point advantage on Bodine.
Qualifying for the Texas race took place Thursday night.
In last week’s E-Z-Go 200 at Atlanta, Bodine started fifth and ended up fourth. Teammate Chrissy Wallace drove the No. 9 Toyota Tundra to a 25th-place finish, which is where she started in the 33-truck field.
Mike Wallace will drive the No 7 Camry owned by Naples’ Bob Germain in Saturday’s Nationwide Series event at Texas. Last weekend in Memphis, Wallace started 11th and finished 14th.
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The Immokalee Regional Raceway drag strip got the weekend off to an early start this week, opening the gates Wednesday for the sixth annual Winter Warm-Up race. Some big money events loom each day through Sunday.
The weekend of Nov. 8, IRR brings back the Jet Warz with the Team Dewitt jet funny car taking on the Space Machine Jet Dragster with the Wheel Standing Cool Bus and the 20,000-horsepower Extreme Machine jet semi.
Nov. 15 will be the final points race of the season for the Murrays Speed and Custom Outlaw 10.5 division and also the Murrays Speed and Custom Stock Suspension and The Hot Rod 7.00 Index groups.
No racing was finished last weekend because of rain.
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Tonight may be Halloween, but the Charlotte County Motorsports Park in Punta Gorda will still be in the spirit Saturday night, too.
Youngsters will get the opportunity to Trick or Treat the drivers. It has become a Halloween tradition at the 3/8-mile, paved oval.
The Checkered Flag Sprint Cars Series will be back along with the sixth round of the Open Wheeled Modified series. The Sportsman drivers will buckle in for a 50-lapper and there will be a Florida Sun Coast Van Lines Outlaw Street Stocks 50.
Thunder Trucks, the Pro 4 and Fab 4 machines will race as well.
The newest division at CCMP is the Daytona Drafting Champ Carts. There will be three open-wheel classes and a lot of fender rubbing in some 225 laps of competition.
Kart racing is tonight and those drivers will be on Trick or Treat duty as well.
There is no charge to enter the grandstands tonight to watch the karts. Kids can wear Halloween costumes.
A recap of top finishers from Saturday night’s CCMP action follows:
• Cars of Yesterday — 1. Eric Hill, 2. Tom Bingham, 3. Mark Simpson.
• T.Q. Midgets — 1. Ernie Teed, 2. Ted Durfee, 3. Jack Duffy.
• Mini Stocks — 1. Jessie Duttily, 2. Emory Murrah, 3. Ricky Bullard Jr.
• Late Models — 1. Chris Fontaine, 2. Bobby Shelton,3. Casey Caudill.
E-mail Tom Rife at heart22@comcast.net. His local racing column appears Fridays.
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