75 Lap Mini Stock Race.
September 25th, 2010

After some more conversation with the Mini Stock drivers a new format for their 50 (was 100) lap special race coming up was hashed out. The MS race running on September 25,2010 is now “75” Laps!
And the race details including the pay out follow:

Friday night practice (9/24).

Satuday (9/25) Mini Stock Special (Points count).

75 laps

$25 entry fee

Stop at lap 35 for fuel and air pressure adjustments only.
Then Race the last 40 laps.
Goodyear, hoosier, or American Racer tire are allowed. Must punch no less than
50 on the durometer.

The payout:

1. $800.
2. 500
3. 300
4. 250
5. 200
6. 180
7. 160
8. 140
9. 120
10. 100
11. 90
12. 80
13. 70
14. 60
15-24. $50.

2010 Great American Cooterfestival.
Oct 29, 30, 31.

Featuring three days of free music from Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle and his band Southern Rock’s Finest, including members of Allman Bros, Outlaws, Marshall Tucker, Pure Praire League. Cajun and Zydeco music from Neon Leon’s Zydeco Steakhouse along with their great cajun food. Also an exhibit of autographed guitars, gold records, rare photos and Skynyrd’s Rock&Roll Hall of Fame trophy. Gene Odom of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Rolling Stones will be on hand autographing his books. Much more non stop action packed entertainment of all sorts for all ages. Friday night on the Courthouse Square and Sat. and Sun. at Wallace Brooks and Liberty parks. Absolutely free.
Also Sat. night at CCS, Skynyrd’s Artimus Pyle will be going for the ride of his life in the Neon Leon’s 25 lap 4cyl Street Stock race. Plus the Figure 8 Cooter Chase 50. Click the Picture below to visit www.cooterfestival.com for more details, and a Halloween like no other.

Citrus County Speedway will be having a race car show in downtown Inverness on 10/9 at City hall, located at 212 W. Main St in Inverness. The car show will start at 10am and run until 2pm. You must drop your car off in town, and then return your trailer to the speedway, there is no place to park your trailers downtown. At 2pm all cars will receive a police escort to the race track from downtown. Yes, you will be able to driver your race cars down the street to the speedway.

This is a great, cost free, opportunity for you to get some exposure for yourself and Citrus County Speedway. All drivers who bring their cars will receive one free pit pass for participating. We have 25 spots reserved and need a nice cross section of cars from every division. If you’re interested, call (352) 726-9339 or sign up at the speedway office on a race night.

Drivers Meetings:
Starting on 8/21, we will be having a roll call for 1 random class at the drivers meeting each week. If you are not in attendance, or do not send a representative to attend the meeting, you will be forced to start in the rear of the feature for that night. The only acceptable excuses for not attending would be car problems, medical emergencies, ect. And even then, you need to have someone there for roll call. This way there will be no reason anyone should say ” I didn’t know”.

Great weekend ahead. Come on out and join us for some good grass roots racing at C.C.S.

We want to thank ALL drivers, spectators, and track workers for a great “little” track.

by Dave Westerman

Fans who have been calling and e-mailing Auburndale Speedway asking “When is the next School Bus Figure 8 race?” will finally get their wishes fulfilled this week as the buses will be back in action along with the Figure 8 cars to give everybody plenty of “intersection action.”

Also on tap will be a pair of feature events for the Legend Cars, the Florida State Bandolero Championship race, plus the V-8 Bombers, Mini Stocks and Scramblers. Ending the evening will be a big Demolition Derby. Three School Bus Figure 8 races have been held this year and have produced three different winners. Gary Swing, Danny Taylor and Robert Aaron have all taken the checkered flag first this year and all three are expected in action again this week. The Figure 8 cars have run just twice this year with Figure 8 veterans Jimmy Thompson and Wayne Calkins scoring the victories. Calkins leads the point standings by ten points over Wayne Whitehead with Rockin’ Rodney Davis just six points behind Whitehead.

The Legend Cars will start the evening running their Regional Qualifier that was rained out at Punta Gorda Speedway two weeks ago. Since Punta Gorda Speedway is closed this week and this is the last week drivers are eligible for national points, the race has been moved here to Auburndale. Only those cars who qualified for the race at Punta Gorda are eligible for the Regional Qualifier and the winner gets an automatic spot in the Nationals that will be held next month at Langley Speedway in Virginia. The Legends will then run another feature for both national and Auburndale Speedway points. All cars that show up will be eligible for this race.

“There were 21 cars that took time at Punta Gorda but several of them are South Florida drivers who don’t travel very much,” says Russ Thomson who heads up Legend Cars of Florida. “I expect anywhere from 12-15 cars to take part in the first race although there will be 20 or more in the pits that will be eligible for the second race,” says Thomson.

Jake Perkins continues to lead the point standings at Auburndale. He has a somewhat comfortable 26 point edge on Gerald White, Jr. although the Auburndale point race will continue for several more weeks even though the national point races will be decided after this weekend. Mason Ketterman has taken over third in the point standings, but by just two markers over Justin Brown.

The Florida State Championship for the Bandoleros should attract a big field this week. Cameron White has already wrapped up the Bandit (8-11 year old) title while Teddy Lively has extended his Outlaw (12 years and older) point lead to 40 over Andy Metz. It looks like it will be a no-holds-barred battle to the finish of the Mini Stock point championship between defending champion Fred Harrison, Jr. and former title holder Chris Spring. Harrison has been chipping away at Spring’s lead over the last month and trails now by just 16. Between the two, they’ve won 18 features so far this year with Harrison scoring his tenth win two weeks ago.

Josh Borem finally had his car sorted out two weeks ago and the V-8 Bomber point leader scored his fifth win of the year after a long dry spell. Borem now has a 70 point edge over Buddy Phillips, Jr. with no one else really close enough to challenge the front running duo.

Kimberly Gullett extended her point lead in the Scrambler class last week to 30 over Brian Tyre by finishing second to George Gorham, Jr. Richard Brown is third in points and has closed to within 46 of second place Tyre.

Pit gates open at 2PM Saturday with grandstand gates opening at 5PM. Racing begins promptly at 7PM. Adult admission is $12, seniors are $10 and kids aged

5-12 are $5. Children age 4 and under are free. A “Family Four Pack” for two adults and two kids aged 5-12 is just $25.

NOTES:

Over 60 drivers are eligible for the “bonus” money and contingencies up for grabs in the final Late Model race of the year on October 16th. Tim Russell established himself as the favorite to take home the $5,000 top prize by driving to his third win of the year in convincing fashion last week. After being shuffled back to eighth position at the beginning of the race, Russell methodically picked his way through the field and passed Johnathan Guy for the lead on the 66th lap. Guy turned in an outstanding performance finishing second in just his third-ever Late Model race. Veteran David King surprised even himself with a nice third place finish. Even if a driver hasn’t run at Auburndale in one of the Late Model races this year, they can still enter the October event. If they win, it will still pay a nice $4,000. A full payout along with contingency awards will be posted soon.

We wonder if lady drivers Janet Guthrie, Lyn St. James, Danica Patrick, Milka Duno, Shawna Robinson etc. can claim they won the first race they ever entered… Well Kristin Clements can make that claim after winning the Kids Club feature last week in her very first competition. After scaring her dad (and co-pilot) half to death with a bold move to take the lead and eventual win in the heat race, Kristin led all the way to win the feature. Fans were amazed at how small the nine-year-old little lady is after she got out of her car for a victory lane photo… She is barely three feet tall!

The new Auburndale Speedway T-shirts provided by Royal Tees have been selling like hotcakes… The shirts are just $15 and if you are wearing your t-shirt when you come to the grandstand ticket window, you get $2 off your adult admission!!

So how are Auburndale’s Legend Car drivers doing in the national point standings? If you didn’t know, all Legend Car (and Bandolero) drivers earn national points through U.S. Legend Cars International/INEX every time they race from March through September each year. Drivers are grouped in four divisions; Pro, for drivers with the most experience under the age of 40, Semi-Pro which is the novice class, featuring the drivers that are new to the sport or have been inactive in other forms of racing for a while, the Young Lions Division which is designated for the drivers between the ages of 12 and 16 and the Masters Division which is for all drivers age 40 and older. Since the car stays the same from division to division, it is the driver that makes the difference!

Lakeland’s Gerald White, Jr. who races primarily just here at Auburndale, is ranked 24th nationally out of 321 drivers who have earned points in the Pro division. Donovan Ponder, who has just begun racing at Auburndale again, is the point leader at Friday night track Orlando Speedworld just a stone’s throw from his Orlando home and he is ranked 29th nationally in the Pro division. 395 drivers have earned Masters Division points and Auburndale’s sombrero-wearing Dave “Too Tall” Gleason is a very nice 20th in the national standings. Roger “Tail Bone” Englund is ranked in the 22nd position. Mason Ketterman has had a great year running both at Orlando and Auburndale along with the Florida Tour races and sits in tenth spot in the Legend Semi-Pro points nationally out of a whopping 397 drivers who have earned points. Danielle Stratton is ranked 29th in Semi-Pro points. Auburndale point leader “No Brake” Jake Perkins is also rated 10th nationally in the Young Lions division, but a good week could see him move up even higher in the standings as he’s only two points out of eighth. Auburndale drivers Zach Napoleon and Dakota Baggette are ranked 24th and 30th nationally out of the 207 Young Lions drivers who have earned points nationally.

Ryan Shattuck has had quite a year in the Bandoleros. After winning several races at Auburndale Speedway early in the season, the young driver who hails from Islamorada in the Florida Keys, moved his racing up north where he competed in the full Summer Shootout Series at Charlotte, NC Motor Speedway. Shattuck won the Bandolero Outlaw championship for the Summer Shootout and is now back at Auburndale where he’s scored back-to-back wins. Shattuck is currently 8th in national Bandolero Outlaw division points but a really good weekend could move him much higher in the standings… he’s just 48 points out of third place nationally. So far 141 drivers have earned Bandolero Outlaw points nation-wide this year.

Darrell Krentz of U.S. Legend Cars International paid a visit to Auburndale Speedway recently and liked what he saw. Expect a major announcement concerning the Legend Cars and Bandoleros at Auburndale Speedway to be forthcoming in the next few days.

Prize packs for “Lindsey’s Little Racers” this week are being sponsored by McGee Automotive and Tire of Winter Haven. Along with all the goodies for the winning kids, each prize pack will contain a free oil change from McGee Automotive for their mom or dad’s car! Free ice creams will also be given away this week courtesy of drivers Corey White (Legend Car #2) and Richard Brown (Scrambler #62). All kids aged ten and under will get a special “ticket” when they come through the gate and will be eligible for the prizes. The next bicycle give-away is set for Saturday night, October 9th.

Current Point Standings as of September 18, 2010:

LATE MODELS:
1-#07 Jeff Scofield              483 (2 wins)
2-#50 Perry Lovelady           441
3-#17 Ryan Lisak                 437
4-#407 Jason Vail                411
5-#36 Tim Russell                408 (3 wins)
6-#49 Ron Lofquist              398
7-#21 Kevin Ingram             382
8-#22 David King                 369
   #33 Daniel Webster          369 (1 win)
10-#5 Joe Boyd                    307

OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS:
1-#56 James Wright III       1134 (2 wins)
2-#75 Bobby Blake              1024 (2 wins)
3-#98 Wayne Morris            1018 (1 win)
4-#87 Keith Lilley                963 (2 wins)
5-#01 Von Pope                   740
6-#19 Kevin Macy                 598 (1 win)
7-#03 Kyle Bookmiller          596 (2 wins)
8-#10 Travis Roland             585 (1 win)
9-#07 Harold Crooms           572
10-#00 Shawn Harper           526

SPORTSMAN:
1-#71 Dave Dunkin              552 (7 wins)
2-#13 Mark Medeiros           534 (2 wins)
3-#22 Brandon Duchscherer  314 (1 win)
4-#8 Austin Carr                  278 (1 win)
5-#1 Bart Weatherford         238
6-#89X Brett Jenkins            232
7-#55 Richard Elkins, Jr.      218
8-#60 Richard Fiore, Jr.       214
9-#19 Chris Lewellen            198
10-#77 Lance Daubach          190

MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:
1-#89 Scotty Sharpe             460 (2 wins)
2-#55 Mike Sweet                440 (2 wins)
3-#15 Jason Rendell            438 (3 wins)
4-#45 Dennis Jones              298
5-#07 Bruce Anderson          218
6-#37 Brandon McSwain       190 (1 win)
7-#26 Jimmy Pugh               186
8-#85 Drew Carter               182
9-#38 Burt Morse                 170 (2 wins)
10-#77 Lee Davis                 154 (1 win)

TRUCKS:
1-#16 Tim Sozio                    216 (1 win)
2-#2 Jim Cowhey, Jr.            210
3-#99 Brent Tyler                  186
4-#1 Tommy King                  182
5-#87 Keith Lilley                  170 (3 wins)
6-#15 Roger Blevins               160
7-#37 Nick Hernandez            154 (1 win)
8-#18 Chayne Hammond         128
9-#23 Mike Smith                   124
10-#54 Zach Harris                 122

LEGEND CARS:
1-#59 Jake Perkins               796 (6 wins)
2-#38 Gerald White, Jr.        770 (8 wins)
3-#71 Mason Ketterman        690
4-#8 Justin Brown                 688 (1 win)
5-#07 Dave Gleason              636
6-#31 Lynn Wiles                  556
7-#4R Zach Napoleon            468
8-#7 Dakota Baggette           416
9-#4 Tyler Smith                   410 (4 wins)
10-#21 Devin McLeod            380

STREET STOCKS:
1-#5 Matt McCrary                882
2-#42 Jeff Waterman            852 (4 wins)
3-#4 Dave Colpritt                730 (4 wins)
4-#56 James Wright III         700 (8 wins)
5-#29 Bobby Mobley              570 (4 wins)
6-#53 Kyle Peters                  506 (2 wins)
7-#17 Kyle Hall                      492
8-#25 Cody McDuffie             428 (1 win)
9-#142 Chris Spring              298
10-#65 Ken Lawrence            250

MINI STOCKS:
1-#42 Chris Spring               1054 (8 wins)
2-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr.      1038 (10 wins)
3-#40 Jason Swilley              658
4-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr.     532 (3 wins)
5-#33 Donnie Guy                 470
6-#4 Marilyn McCrary            412
7-#551 Mark Wells                400
8-#88 Kevin Steadman           326
9-#46 Randy King                  302
10-#2 Dwight Ryals, Jr.         240

V-8 BOMBERS:
1-#111 Josh Borem               852 (5 wins)
2-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr.       782 (1 win)
3-#89 Preston Davis              594 (3 wins)
4-#56 James Wright, Jr.        512 (2 wins)
5-#88 Gene Harrison             478 (2 wins)
6-#96 Larry Chumney II         424 (3 wins)
7-#0 Paul Bookmiller            352
8-#51 Matt Johns                  348
9-#105 Jeff Lacey                 308
10-#96 Larry Chumney, Sr.    276 (2 wins)
           
SCRAMBLERS:
1-#28 Kimberly Gullett         678 (2 wins)
2-#66 Brian Tyre                  648 (2 wins)
3-#62 Richard Brown            602
4-#00 Chad Cutting              438 (1 win)
5-#71 Dave Canfield             398 (1 win)
6-#8 Richie Acres                 328 (4 wins)
7-#1 George Gorham, Jr.      242 (1 win)
8-#42 Mike Bauer                 220
   #77 Jeremy Watts             220
10-#51 Matt Johns                216 (1 win)

MINI CUPS:
1-#21 Rick Ragan                188 (1 win)       
2-#74 John Beach                184
3-#7 Harold Crooms             134 (2 wins)
4-#47 Brandon Beach           130
5-#07 Tyler Scofield             114 (1 win)
6-#14 Sam Scott                  112 (1 win)
7-#2 Skip Baird                    104
8-#22 Rick Cline, Sr.            102
9-#27X Dale Pulst                   82
10-#46 Frank Beach               80

BANDOLEROS:
BANDITS:
1-#38 Cameron White           902 (4 wins)
2-#5 Derek Sobel                  148 (2 wins)
3-#30 Noah Cornman             130
4-#55 Michael Held                 90
5-#1Jr Dustin Turnage            44
4-#19 Keith Sinkula                42

OUTLAWS:
1-#96 Teddy Lively                596 (6 wins)
2-#48 Andy Metz                   556 (2 wins)
3-#11 Daniel Conlin, Jr.         270
4-#13 Ryan Shattuck             236 (4 wins)
5-#03 Jake Hunter                228
6-#1 Mark Bibeau                  208
7-#65 Coty Bibeau                 128 (1 win)
8-#83 Joey Padgett                 74
9-#16 Nick Baluch                   58
10-#65 Daniel Conlin, Sr.        28

FIGURE EIGHTS:
1-#14 Wayne Calkins              76
2-#31 Wayne Whitehead         66
3-#89 Rodney Davis                60
4-#0 Jimmy Thompson            40 (1 win)
   #8 Robbie Powell                40 (1 win)
6-#4 Terry Zimmerman           36
7-#A6 J.R. Meyer                   34
8-#35 James Crawford           32
9-#89 Ricky Todd                  30
   #0 Paul Bookmiller             30

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General Admission – $15.00 Adults

Active Military w/I.D. – $10.00
Kids 11 & under FREE!

 

4:00pm Pit Gates Open
5-6:30pm Division Practice
6:30pm Registration Closes
7:00pm Drivers Meeting
7:20pm Parade Lap / National Anthem
7:30pm Racing Begins

Bright House Challenge Super Late Model Qualifying

 

Modifieds 25 laps
Mini-Stocks 25 laps
— INTERMISSION —
— AUTOGRAPH SESSION —
Bright House Challenge Series
Super Late Modes 50 laps
Pro-Trucks 25 laps
Strictly Stocks 20 laps 

Registration for ALL DIVISIONS closes at 6:30pm. Any driver not registered at that time will start in the rear – NO EXCEPTIONS.

If your division has less than 6 cars, you will run a minimum of 10 laps, maximum of 15 laps.

DRIVERS MEETING is MANDATORY. Failure to attend will result in starting in the rear – NO EXCEPTIONS. 

If you have a birthday in September, bring your I.D. with proof of Birthday to Orlando Speedworld (Fri 9/24), Columbia Motorsports Park (Sat 9/25) or New Smyrna Speedway (Sat 9/25) and receive FREE General Admission for the night.

Must have photo I.D. that shows your birthdate on it.

Here’s what’s running at all three FASCAR Tracks this weekend:

Orlando Speedworld – Friday 9/24 – DISCO Night – Special Strictly Stocks 30, Ltd Late Models, E-Modifieds, Sportsman, Mini-Stocks, Super Stocks, Legends and Bandoleros
Columbia Motorsports Park – Saturday 9/25 – Sportsman, E-Modifieds, Pure Stocks, v8 Bombers, Hornets and Spectator Races

New Smyrna Speedway – Saturday 9/25 – Bright House Challenge Series Super Late Models 50, Modifieds, Pro-Trucks, Mini-Stocks and Strictly Stocks.

There will be another Birthday Night the last week in October. If both of these promotions go well, look for it to return EVERY month in 2011!

General Admission – $10.00 Adults
Kids 11 & under – FREE!

 

This week is 70s DISCO week. Wear your best 70’s DISCO themed Costume and receive $5.00 Off Admission plus you will be entered in our Costume Contest with prizes awarded to the top three. 

 

4:00pm Pit Gates Open
5-7:15pm Division Practice
7:30pm Drivers Meeting / Registration Closes
7:55pm Parade Lap / National Anthem
8:00pm Racing Begins

 

Bandoleros 12 laps
Mini-Stocks 25 laps
Super Stocks 25 laps
E-Modifieds 25 laps

— INTERMISSION —
Ltd Late Models 30 laps
Legends Cars 25 laps
Sportsman 25 laps
Strictly Stocks 30 laps

 Registration for ALL DIVISIONS closes at 7:30pm. ANY driver/car not registered at that time will start in the rear – NO EXCEPTIONS.

 If your division has less than 6 cars starting the feature, you will run a minimum of 10 laps, maximum of 15.

 The DRIVERS MEETING is MANDATORY. Failure to attend will result in starting in the rear 0 NO EXCEPTIONS. 

by BJ Cavin- Ocala Speedway Media

OCALA, FL-  Florida’s most historic race track will take a night off from regular divisional racing this Friday, September 24th, and will instead present the first ever appearance of Car Warz on dirt at Ocala Speedway.  The nationally recognized demo derby/stunt show will invade America’s Dirt Track with a long list of exciting events, some which will include some favorite local racers and their machines.

Ever since Ocala Speedway covered the asphalt track with dirt the fans and racers have wondered when they would be allowed to attempt a figure 8 race on dirt.  Well, that time is now.  Car Warz will do just that, plus present a 4 and 6 cylinder enduro event with big money on the line.  According to Car Warz officials, the enduro purse will be based on the number of entrants, so more cars means more money going to the winners.  Other events will include a boat and trailer race, a flagpole race, and even a backwards race done in reverse.Outside of the racing events, Car Warz is most famous for spectacular demo derby action.  Friday night’s events include a class “C” motor home demo derby, plus other demo events featuring 4 and 6 cylinder cars. And finally, there will be a double ramp, mid air T-bone collision demonstration, plus motorcycle and ATV stunt teams performing.

Gates will open for Car Warz at 5PM and fans are urged to come early for the best seats.  For ticket prices, directions to Ocala Speedway, or other info, please visit www.OcalaSpeedway.com, or phone the track at 352-622-9400.