Top Gun Sprints Return to North Florida Speedway this Saturday

The Top Gun Sprint Series will allow the use of the DT3 Right Rear Tire or any right rear tire that punches 50 or harder this Saturday night at North Florida Speedway.   Left Rear rule: Any tire that punches 40 or harder Front tires are open.

The series will be making their first of two appearances in 2012 at North Florida Speedway after a not running at the Lake City track in 2011.

Matt Kurtz continues to lead the points with Ryan Partin in second, AJ Maddox third, Tony Agin fourth and Mark Ruel Jr. in fifth. Other drivers making the trip are last week’s feature winner Tyler Godwin, Rich Alexander, Collin Cabre, Shawn Murray, Robbie Smith, Andrew Griffin, Tim Grubaugh, Brandon Grubaugh, Brandon Lineberger, Danny Martin Jr., Gene Lasker, Stephen Darvarlics, Phillip Pettay, and JR Steele.

Also racing will be the Pure Stocks, Sportsman, Box Stock and TQ’s. Pits open at 3:30pm, Grandstands at 5:00pm and racing at 7:00pm.

By |2012-08-21T17:03:34-04:00August 21st, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Top Gun Sprints, Upcoming Events|Comments Off on Top Gun Sprints Return to North Florida Speedway this Saturday

Round 7 for Top Gun Sprints at BRP

The Top Gun Sprints made their seventh visit of 2012 to Bubba Raceway Park on Saturday August 4, 2012. There were 19 cars at the track to give fans three heat races and a 25 lap feature race.

Tyler Godwin in the 38T car had the pole with Tim Grubaugh in the 5 on the outside for the start of the SALDANA heat race. Tyler took the lead on the start and the win. The 24 of Stephen Darvalic had the pole for the SCORPION heat race, with Andrew Griffin in the 88 car on the outside. On the start Stephen took the lead and never looked back and took the win. Robbie Smith in the 6S car had the pole with Rich Alexander in the 8 for the start of the SHOCK DYNO heat race. Robbie took the lead and the heat win. (more…)

By |2012-08-14T00:30:27-04:00August 14th, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Top Gun Sprints|Comments Off on Round 7 for Top Gun Sprints at BRP

Mother Nature Spoils Top Gun/East Bay Sprints Combo Race

July 14, 2012 – Tampa, FL – Mother Nature spoils the Top Gun/East Bay Sprints combination race. Stay tuned to the web and Facebook and look for announcements for a possible make up.

Next Saturday night will be the Redneck Smash-A-Rama. Races start at 7:30 pm. Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers will be racing for triple points. Also Powder Puff races, Car-Boat Race, Flagpole Race, Chain Race and to top it off will be a Demolition Derby.

By |2012-07-22T09:00:50-04:00July 22nd, 2012|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Top Gun Sprints|Comments Off on Mother Nature Spoils Top Gun/East Bay Sprints Combo Race

All For $1000

By- Jim Rouse, BRP Media

Joining the Top Gun Sprint Cars were the Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunderstocks, Barfield Law Group Mini Stocks, and the Rent-N-Roll Gladiators and they were all looking for the $1000 payday!

First up were the Hobby Stocks for 16 laps. DJ Nobles led lap 1 after Mick Kulak had troubles from pole. Lap 2 was Mike Stalnaker’s lap to shine. And, lap 3 saw “Ragin” Rodney Wright steal the lead. Josh Hughes spun the Don Woosley 81 out of turn 4 on lap 4 to slow the feature for the first time. (more…)

By |2012-06-19T00:37:23-04:00June 19th, 2012|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Series, Top Gun Sprints|Comments Off on All For $1000

Journey To The Center Of The Storm

By- Jim Rouse, BRP Media

The storm of racing at Bubba Raceway Park continues after a break for rain and the Top Gun Sprint Cars are back! Joining them and gunning for $1000 are the Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunderstocks, Barfield Law Group Mini Stocks, and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators. And Bubba’s Pit Stop opens at 1 PM on Saturday so arrive early for a Happy Hour for the thirsty!

At the center of the Sprint Car storm are points leaders Danny Martin, Jr. (1-time winner) and Mark Ruel, Jr. Martin has looked strong in his Crawford Tire #82 while Ruel has been the same but hasn’t put his Xpress Graphixx #83 in Coors Light Winner’s Circle yet. Just 2 points behind is the 2-time winner Matt Kurtz. Those 3 are within 2 points while 5th is only 34 out. “Flyin” Ryan Partin and Andrew Griffin round out a very strong top 5. (more…)

By |2012-06-11T23:41:07-04:00June 11th, 2012|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Top Gun Sprints|Comments Off on Journey To The Center Of The Storm

Kurtz Wins Top Gun Sprints at BRP

The Top Gun Sprints made their third visit of 2012 to Bubba Raceway Park on Saturday May 5, 2012 and the first of the non-wing races. There were 17 cars at the track to give fans three heat races and a 25 lap feature race.

Danny Martin Jr. in the 82 car had the pole with A J Maddox in the 3A on the outside for the start of the BILSTEIN heat race. A J Maddox took the lead on the start and took the win. The 02 of Gene Lasker had the pole for the ROD END SUPPLY heat race, with Andrew Griffin in the 88 car on the outside. It was the 02 that made the better start and took the second heat win. Colin Cabre in the 12 car had the pole with Terry Witherspoon in the 99 for the start of the SCORPION heat race. Terry took the lead and the heat win.

The 88 of Andrew Griffin had the pole for the start of the SHOCK DYNO feature race event, with the 02 of Gene Lasker alongside. After a parade lap, the race went to green and it was Gene Lasker in the 02 car that took the lead. After a yellow flag, on lap 3 the 82 car of Danny Martin Jr. got together with another car and flipped in turn 1 bringing out the red flag. On lap 12 the 3A of A J Maddox made contact with back wall and ended his night. (more…)

By |2012-05-07T01:51:01-04:00May 7th, 2012|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results, Series, Top Gun Sprints, Tracks|Comments Off on Kurtz Wins Top Gun Sprints at BRP

Top Gun Awards Banquet

Top Gun Sprint Series crowned their 2011 champions at an awards banquet held at the Ocala Municipal Golf Course in conjunction with Bubba Raceway Park’s awards banquet. 

In its third season, the series honored the top ten drivers with unique Eagle trophies, cash awards and contingency product awards.  

Points champion Danny Martin, Jr. was followed by Mark Ruel Jr., Tim George, Jimmy Ballew, Matt Kurtz, with Robbie Smith, A.J. Maddox, Rich Alexander, Ryan Partin and Terry Witherspoon rounding out the top ten.  (more…)

By |2012-01-22T19:09:32-05:00January 22nd, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Top Gun Sprints|Comments Off on Top Gun Awards Banquet

Top Gun Sprints Go Topless at BRP

The Top Gun Sprint Series will be going topless at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, FL. this Saturday October 15th.  With the first of two non-wing events to be held at BRP, with the next show on October 22th.

October 15th will be the first time the Top Gun Sprints have raced without the wings; many of the young drivers have never driven with out the wings. (more…)

By |2011-10-13T21:29:23-04:00October 13th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Series, Top Gun Sprints|Comments Off on Top Gun Sprints Go Topless at BRP

Top Gun Race Recap September 24th, 2011

The Top Gun Sprints made their third visit of 2011 to Bubba Raceway Park on Saturday September 24, 2011. There were 17 cars at the track to give fans two heat races and a 25 lap feature race.

Danny Martin in the 24 car had the pole with Tim Grubaugh in the 42 on the outside for the start of the SHOCKDYNO heat race. On the start Danny got the lead and the win. The 02 of Gene Lasker had the pole for the BROWN & MILLER heat race, with Sport Allen in the 81 car on the outside. It was the 02 that made the better start and took the second heat win.  (more…)

By |2011-09-26T00:53:58-04:00September 26th, 2011|Race Results, Series, Top Gun Sprints|Comments Off on Top Gun Race Recap September 24th, 2011

Top Gun Sprints Race Recap

The Top Gun Sprints made their second visit of 2011 to Bubba Raceway Park on Saturday September 17, 2011. There were 21 cars at the track to give fans three heat races and a 25 lap feature race.

Gene Lasker in the 02 car had the pole with Brandon Grubaugh in the 9 on the outside for the start of the SIMPSON heat race. On the start Gene and Brandon sled together and Gene came to a stop on the back stretch. That put Scott Adema in the 67 on the pole and Gene had to start in the rear. The winner of first heat was Brandon Grubaugh. The 41 of Stephen Darvalics had the pole for the ROD END SUPPLY heat race, with Danny Martin in the 24 car on the outside. It was the 24 that made the better start and took the second heat win. Darren Orth in the 34 car had the pole with A.J. Maddox in the 3A for the start of the WELD RACING heat race. After all the passing it was Robbie Smith in the 6S that took the lead and the heat win.

The 4C of Tyler Godwin had the pole for the start of the K&N feature race event, with the 42 of Tim Grabaugh alongside. After a parade lap, the race went to green and it was Tyler Godwin in the 4C car that took the lead. Then 83 tangled with another car and the 83 was done with damage. On the next complete restart Gene Lasker flipped in turn four fence brought out the red. On the next restart had 3 cars spin in turn 1 after the clean up the next complete restart was a single file start. After a caution restart it was Tyler Godwin out front till lap 14 he went high in turn 1 and flipped brought out the red. On the restart it was Danny Martin out front and never looked backed and took the checkered flag, followed by Matt Kurtz  in the 92 car, Robbie Smith in the 6S car, A J Maddox in the 3A car and Stephen Darvalics in the 41 car rounding out the top 5. 

The staff and racers of the Top Gun Sprints would like to thank everyone for their support and hope to see you at Bubba Raceway Park September 24, 2011. Congratulation goes out to AJ Maddox for winning the KSE Hardcharger Award. Congratulation also goes to Danny Martin for winning the BARFEILD Clean Sweep Award of $100 (that’s winning the heat race and feature).

 Top Gun Sprints

Bubba Raceway Park, September 17, 2011

 

Simpson  Heat #1

 

1)      9 Brandon Grubaugh (Ocala, FL)

2)      02 Gene Lasker (Tampa, FL)

3)      42 Tim Grubaugh (Ocala, FL)

4)      1* Tim George (Venice, FL)

5)      14W Dan Jones (Valrico, FL)

6)      83 Mark Ruel Jr. (Jacksonville, FL)

7)      67 Scott Adema (Ft. Myers, FL)

 Rod End Supply  Heat #2

 

1)      24 Danny Martin (Sarasota, FL)

2)      41 Stephen Darvalics (Venice, FL)

3)      4C Tyler Godwin  (Tampa, FL)

4)      0 Jimmy Ballew Jr. (Riverview, FL)

5)      98 Shawn Murray (Jacksonville, FL)

6)      8  Rich Alexander (Tampa, FL)

7)      43 Terry Witherspoon (Jacksonville, FL)

Weld Racing  Heat #3

 

1)      6S Robbie Smith (Tampa, FL)

2)      92 Matt Kurtz (Jacksonville, FL)

3)      34 Darren Orth (Jacksonville, FL)

4)      14 Ryan Partin (Orlando, FL)

5)      38 Tony Agin (Ft. Myers, FL)

6)      47W Kyle Welchance (Sebring, FL)

7)      3A A J Maddox (Brandon, FL)

K&N  Feature

 

 1) 24 Danny Martin; 2) 92 Matt Kurtz; 3) 6S Robbie Smith; 4) 3A A.J. Maddox; 5) 41 Stephen Darvalics; 6) 1* Tim George; 7) 14 Ryan Partin; 8) 98 Shawn Murray; 9) 42 Tim Grubaugh; 10) 0 Jimmy Ballew Jr.; 11) 38 Tony Agin; 12) 43 Terry Witherspoon; 13) 67 Scott Adema; 14) 8 Rich Alexander; 15) 4C Tyler Godwin; 16) 34 Darren Orth; 17) 9 Brandon Grubaugh; 18) 47 Kyle Welchance; 19) 14W Dan Jones; 20) 02 Gene Lasker; 21) 83 Mark Ruel Jr.

By |2011-09-25T23:59:24-04:00September 25th, 2011|Race Results, Series, Top Gun Sprints|Comments Off on Top Gun Sprints Race Recap