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| Citrus County Speedway Opens 48th Racing Season | by Larry MacMillan
Inverness, Fla - In an effort to fine tune the racing
schedule for the drivers and fans, Promoters Billy
Hooker and JimmyWare have put together a variety of
programs that should make the 48th season at Citrus
County Speedway more exciting than ever. Kicking off
the first four weeks, starting next Saturday, February
8th, will be the first leg of a three show series for
the TBARA Sprint cars. A number of out of state drivers
willbe coming in for this one and the opportunities
Speed Weeks offer throughout the state. They will move
to New Smyrna Speedway and DeSoto to complete this
series. Saturday night's opener will feature heat races
and a 35-lap feature for these fast 750 horsepower
machines piloted by the pros that make 12 l/2 second
runs on this 3/8ths mile circuit. These are the fastest
cars ever to appear at Citrus.
TBARA Sprints will make four trips to Citrus this season
and another series, the FAST Sprints are scheduled for
two appearances. They will be joined by the Sportsman,
Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Hobby Stocks, and Thunder
Stocks for a full program of stock car racing. Many
of last years drivers will be getting new rides and
moving up into different divisions plus some rookie
drivers will be taking stock car racing on for the
first time.
Week two will feature the Pro Modifieds in the first
of four appearances at the fast 3/8th mile racecourse.
This will be the first time for the Modifieds at Citrus
for seven years. They put on a great race and are very
competitive. Add the Sportsman, Street Stocks, Mini
Stocks, Hobby Stocks and Thunder Stocks to the race card
and you have another wild night of racing action at
the Action Attraction.
Week three will feature the FAST Trucks for the first
time at Citrus. The trucks are on the schedule for
three races during the season. Some trucks have run
with the local Late Model pilots but put a whole gang
of these pros together and again you have something for
everybody. The regular divisions will also run to round
out the show.
The Late Models won't run until March 1st to open their
point season and will run on a limited schedule through-
out the 2003 season. This will allow them to spend
some time with their family or run other specials
scheduled around the rest of the state. They are
scheduled to run 19 point races out of forty programs
scheduled this season. Super Late Models will restart
the regular season after the three-week break for the
Citrus County Fair with the Sunbelt 125 plus a regular
program on March 29th.
The always exciting Figure 8's won't make their first
sppearance until April 19th when they go head to head
in the famous Citrus County intersection. Citrus will
also see the second leg of the Powell Memorial 130,
the second leg of the Florida Pro Series and the 2nd
leg of the TBARA Sprints in conjunction with Ocala
Speedway. Some other specials are still being worked
on.
If it is variety you are looking for, Citrus County
Speedway will have something for just about everybody
in the world of racing plus the regulars in their run
for the points crown in the particular division. With
two Winter Spectacular races run during the off season
and six weeks off to put new cars together or freshen
up their old rides, most of these hot shoes should be
ready for the season opener on Saturday, February 8th.
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