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| FASTRUCK Organization looks to Open Season with a BANG!!!!! | C.A.R.S. Motorports & Racer Marketing
Orlando FL. - After and up and down 2004 season the FASTRUCK Series looks to recover and start off the 2005 season with a bang !
Several off season moves have many of the series drivers talking positive about the new season. Series owner Bobby Diehl stepped back and will only handle the TV and sponsor promotions along with tires and fuel.
Day to day operations will now be handled by new series director Billy Barstow. Billy and Bobby made the decision to bring in veteran official Rick Bristol as director of racing which has many positive about what he brings to the series.
Bristol immediately retained Carl Green who was being sought after by FASCAR and renamed him the technical director. Bristol then hired friend and veteran flagman Laverne Patrick from closing Sunshine Speedway. He then brought in another Sunshine veteran official Ray Hickman as part of the FASTRUCK team.
The series has made some procedure changes, slight rule changes and clarifications and a new web site is being completed. The series will open the 2005 Saturday Feb 27th at Leroy Davidson's Charlotte County Speedway which also has recovered from a devastating 2004 hurricane season. This big day of racing is a joint effort between Davidson and the FASTRUCK organization.
Friday night Feb 25th will be an open practice night from 5-9:30. Then Saturday the 26th the racing begins with a full show of CCS regular divisions and the Pacifier 100 for late models. The focus then switches to Sunday the 27th as the Fastkids,Fastruck Pro, Star Wars Sprint Challenge and CCS Road Warriors go to war at 2 p.m. Sunday will be brought to you by Budweiser, Keels & Wheels, Advance Auto Parts, Buddy's Home Furnishings and Uncle Johns smoked sausage.
The series has had several new FASTKID racers go through their orientation days and are ready to race. Defending FASTKID champion Dalton Zehr has not made it known if he will return to defend his title in 2005. The FASTRUCK champion Jimmy Gill plans to be back to defend his title against 2004 Rookie of the year George Morales, 2003 Champion Tommy King, Tim Shaffner, Sean Bass and many more in 2005.
The series will appear at Charlotte County Speedway, Auburndale Speedway and Citrus County Speedway and will venture to Albany Speedway and Watermelon Capital Speedway in Georgia.
" We are going to work very hard to return the FASTRUCK Series to the premier truck series it had been. We want to make this series fair, consistent and professional but most of all fun again" stated director of racing Rick Bristol. " The series has a bunch of great drivers that put on a lot of great shows, some of the fun had gone but we want to bring it back" added Bristol.
Once again the series will have 8-10 races taped for television by Dragon Lake Productions and will appear on Sun sports and this year the Men's channel.
The championship points battle will pay a minimum of $2500 to the 2005 series champion, $1800 for second and $1200 for third. The rest of the points payoff will be based on amount of trucks, races and other sponsors or contingencies. The drivers competing in at least 75% of the race will be eligible.
We are excited about the officials Rick has put together, I know that the drivers will be treated fair and professional. We are working very hard to keep everything moving in a positive direction and look forward to the opening weekend and the season" said series director Billy Barstow.
You can keep up to date with all the action at fastruckseries.com. If you have any questions you can call Rick Bristol at 407-497-0448 or the Fastruck office at 813-817-7223.
The FASTRUCK series is poised to have a great 2005 season, don't miss the excitement. Don't miss the opener Sunday Feb 27th at the Charlotte County Speedway. Pits open at 8 a.m., grandstands open at 12 noon. Qualifying will be at 1:15 with Racing at 2 p.m..
FASTRUCK Racing " Door to Door Excitement " be there ! fas
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