IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

June 28, 2004 FSCR Rain postpones Pensacola USCS run until Oct. 8 by Roby Helm PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Rain forced postponement of Friday night's United Sprint Car Series Asphalt Thunder winged outlaw sprint car race at Five Flags Speedway. The event has been rescheduled for October 8, which sets up a Gulf Coast Double-Header with Mobile International Raceway in Mobile, AL on October 9. The rains came just after qualifications when defending USCS Asphalt Thunder Champion Kenny Adams of Malabar, FL set an all-time Five Flags Speedway track record of 14.529 seconds around the ½-mile paved oval for an average speed of 123.890 miles per hour in the Goodson Farms Shaw/Ott. The USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour now moves to Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, AL on Saturday night. The pit gate opens at 3 p.m., the grandstand gate opens at 5 p.m., practice is scheduled for 4 p.m., and racing is set for 7:30 p.m. Along with the USCS Asphalt Thunder winged outlaw sprint cars, the Montgomery Motor Speedway Super Stock and Pure Stock Divisions will also be in action on the half-mile high-banked paved oval. For more information call Montgomery Motor Speedway at (334) 262-6101, or visit the track's web site at www.montgomeryspeedway.com. Montgomery Motor Speedway is located 4.7 miles west of West Blvd. (Alt U.S. Highway 31) on County Road 54, then north on Booth Road. For the latest news, information, point standings, and schedules, visit the USCS web site at www.uscsracing.com. Have an opinion on this story? Post a message on our Message Board! news@karnac.org or send a letter to the editor!