Michael Goddard earns first truck win at Desoto Speedway
BRADENTON -- Michael Goddard survived cautions and a challenge from Cody McDuffie and JR Garcia over the final 20 laps to earn his first win in a pro truck, capturing the 50-lap DART Spring Fling at Desoto Speedway on Saturday night.
"It was crazy out there and a little boring with all those cautions," Goddard said. "It's awesome and it's probably going to take awhile to sink in that I've won my first race."
The race featured four cautions, including two prompted by multiple-car wrecks. The worst incident was initiated when Chad Chastain made contact with Dean Butrum in turn three. In the wreck, Scott Hogan hit the wall nearly head-on. However, Hogan was uninjured.
Goddard started from the pole, thanks to a five-vehicle inversion, and led most of the way. Joe Winchell and Chastain rounded out the top five.
In Saturday's other feature events, Logan Leonard took advantage of two cautions in the 25-lap pure stock feature to pass Jimmie Best and Blaine Bair and earn the win. George Gorham Jr. went from third to first on the opening lap and went on to win the 30-lap sportsman feature; Joey Langis held off Cameron McGee to win the 25-lap legends feature; and Ren Wright III led all 25 laps of the mini stock feature.
After a week off, action returns to Desoto Speedway the weekend of April 22. That Friday features a food truck challenge and super late model practice session.
The race card on April 23 consists of super late models, DASS sportsman, pure stocks, street stocks, TQ midgets, bombers and dwarf cars.
RACE RESULTS
Sportsman
1. 03 George Graham Jr.
2. 84 Bill Vandevender
3. 98 Roger Welch
4. 45 Jeff Firestine
5. 72 Joey Sims
6. 8 Dan Scott
7. 67 James Dubose
8. 21 Alexa Anderson
9. 9 Brooke Storer
10. 4 Rick Reed
11.9X Ben Kelly D.N.S.
12. 36 Stuart Vandevender DNS
Trucks
1. 37 Michael Goddard
2. 25 Cody McDuffie
3. 13 J.R. Garcia
4. 52 Joe Winchell
5. 36 Chad Chastain
6. 26 Cory Bigley
7. 31 Rodney Haddock
8. 41 Steve Darvalics
9. 64 Brent Huber
10. 22 Camron Cruise
11. 99 Cody Martell
12. 14 Sam Scott
13. 7 Jason Lester
14. 59x Becca Monopoli
15. 27 Tim Ryan
16. 3p Derek Paugh
17. 50 Danny Anderson
18. 67 Jimmie Best
19. 92 Jeff Guilbault
20. 44 Chase Lovelady
21. Dq Bobby Snodgrass
22. 12 Scott Hogan
23. 38 Jeremy Goddard
24. 17 Dan Lautner
25. 3b Duane Best
26. 24 Donny Buckhaulter
27. 4 Tyler Davis
28. 33 Bubba Thompson
29. 43 Marina Petty
30. 75 Robert St. John
31. 32 Dean Butrum D.Q.
Pure Stock
1. 57 Logan Leonard
2. 7b Blaine Baer
3. 67 Jimmie Best Jr.
4. 74x Bobby Huffstutler
5. 5 Buzz Amspaugh
6. 72 Roger Dufrense
7. 12 Doug Radley
8. 17 Ryan Meiser
9. 27 Gerald Fossa
10. 74 Paul Huffstutle D Q.
11. Sherry Best D.Q.
Legends
1. 26 Joey Langis
2. 24 Cameron McGee
3. 54 Tony Steinbuck
4. 7 Mike Verhaagh
5. 13 Alan Hofnar
6. 9 Mitch Verhaagh
5. 54 Willie Wilson D.N.S.
Mini Stock
1. 08 Ron Wright Jr.
2. 37 Todd Wozniak
3. 77 Laura Mammina
4. 42 Dustin Wilson
5. 01 Christopher Mithaler
6. 99 Johnny Marra
7. 01 Kristen Mithaler
8. 05 Ronnie Robinson DQ
Modified Exhibition
1. 46 Doug Moff
2. 0 Troy Robinson
3. V1 Terry Vaughn
This story was originally published April 10, 2016 at 11:12 PM with the headline "Michael Goddard earns first truck win at Desoto Speedway ."