Jason Vail wins 10k and takes Frostbite 200 win at 4-17 Southern Speedway

Jason Vail turns in a dominating performance to open the season 10k richer after picking up the win in the frostbite 200.  Leading all 200 laps Vail held off Bubba Pollard who took home 2nd place in his Vail team car #26.

Vail Post Race Interview:

Full Video of race program:

https://www.facebook.com/375135059613366/videos/403872350911492

Full Results:

The Sunshine State Racing Recap Season 1 Episode 5 with Jason Vail and Michael Hinde

Week 5 of the Sunshine State Racing Recap show is here! Tonight’s guests will two drivers that picked up some big wins this weekend. First up will be Jason Vail, who took home the checkered flag at the Frostbite Sportsman 200. And our second guest Michael Hinde, snagged a victory at the Rick Sirman Memorial at Showtime Speedway.

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What’s Racing this weekend Brought to you by LeMaster’s Insurance Agency

Asphalt Tracks:

4-17 Southern Speedway:

Showtime Speedway:

2-6-2021

SPRINT CARS NON WING

Open Wheel Modified 50 LAPS

Hose & Hydraulic’s Street Stock CRAWFORDS

Ford 4.6 Oval CRAWFORDS RACE

Home of Short Track Madness & Control Chaos and Old School racing!!

New Smyrna Speedway:

Feb 1st and 2nd: 

$10,000 to Win
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

The K&N Filters Winter Nationals
Presented by OPTIMA Batteries

Feb 4th — 6th

$3,000 to Win
NOS Energy Drink
National Midget Series

Modified Lite STARS Series

Adult Grandstands: $30
11 & Under Kids Grandstands: FREE

North Florida Speedway:

Frost Buster:  4th –6th  Street Stocks and Late Models

Sunshine State Racing Recap Season 1 Episode 4

Here it is! Week 4 of the Sunshine State Racing Recap show. Tonight’s guests will be a driver who picked up a win this weekend at 4-17 Southern Speedway, and is looking ahead to the Frostbite 200, as well as a promoter with a few big dirt races in the works. First up will be Candice Kealy talking about her Dirts4Racing series. And our second guest Dylan Bigley, fresh off a win at 4-17 Souther Speedway!

DAVE STEELE CHAMPIONSHIP 125 TO UTILIZE 2020 LITTLE 500 RULES

Story From ground Pounders, Dave Sink

January 25, 2021 – Pinellas Park, Florida – Showtime Speedway officials today clarified the rules package for the upcoming February 26-27 “Dave Steele World Non Wing Sprint Car Championship 125”. The event utilized Little 500 rules at last years event and the same will hold true this year, albeit with the 2020 rules package.
Just last week Anderson Speedway officials altered the current Little 500 rules for this May’s event. Due to the lateness of the new Little 500 rules package, Showtime Speedway promoter Robert Yoho elected to stick with the 2020 rules. Many teams may not have had enough time to conform to the updated rules. Under the new Little 500 rules, the noticeable changes were a new weight rule and aerodynamic rules pertaining to body panels.
The tire compounds for the Feb. 26-27, 2021 event were already announced previously and are as follows:
RR – Hoosier 450
LR – Hoosier M-30
RF – Hoosier 2030
LF – Hoosier 2010
2020 Little 500 rules -TYPE OF CARS: Only normal traditional sprint car bodies will be permitted. Supermodified or Roadster type bodies are not permitted. No rear-engine sprinters or wings. NO OFFSET CHASSIS ALLOWED. All cars shall be rear wheel drive only. The rear axle offset shall be determined by measuring from the farthest portion of the wheel to the centerline of the rear axle
centerline assembly. The maximum distance allowed is forty-three inches. The total overall width is seventy-eight inches, front and rear. All cars must be equipped with roll cages. Cars
must have full belly pan. Additionally, all cars must utilize a BLANKET underneath the belly pan. FUEL CELL WITH BLADDER IS MANDATORY. Fuel tanks may not protrude from the body
of the car nor shall it cause lines of car to be altered out of shape or exposed outside the body and must be located in a standard, safe location. All cars must weigh a minimum of 1,300 lbs
before, during and after qualifying and the race without the driver. No starters or clutches are permitted on cars at any time. Methanol ONLY. Gasoline is prohibited.

What’s Racing this week 1/30/2021 Brought to you by LeMaster’s Insurance Agency

Asphalt:

4-17 Southern Speedway:

Auburndale Speedway:

Super Late Model 100, Legends, Pure-stocks, Scramblers, Mini-cup

Showtime Speedway:

1-30-2021

4TH ANNUAL RICK SIRMANS FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE $3500 TO WIN

SUPER MINI LATE MODELS

AMOD

Hose & Hydraulic’s Street Stock

$750 TO WIN

Ford Division Figure 8

Dirt Tracks:

East Bay Raceway Park:

1/24/2021—-1/30/2021   Lucas Oil Late Models

Bubba Raceway Park:

1/25/2021 —–  1/30/2021

Big Block modifies and Sportsman

Florida Frost Buster At North Florida Speedway

Who is ready for this Great event and Street Stock Race Make Your Plans Now





Expected ?to race so far….and this is not all
are you ready???
Ray Cook – Brasstown, NC
Tanner English – Benton, KY
Jason Riggs – College Grove, TN
Ross Bailes – Clover, SC
Kyle Bronson – Brandon, FL
Mark Whitener – Middleburg, FL
Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL
Dan Stone – Thompson, PA
Clay Coghlan – Dandridge, TN
Ryan Crane – Panama City, FL
Jeff Matthews – Apollo Beach, FL
Kenny Monahan – Lakeland, FL
Ryan King – Seymour, TN
Joe Denby – Tullahoma, TN
Jadon Frame – Winchester, TN
Camaron Marlar -Winfield, TN
Tyler Erb – New Waverly, Texas
Troy Eads – Tazewell, Tennessee
Jonathan Miracle -Tazwell, Tennessee
Jimmy Sharpe Jr. – Soperton, GA

LJ Grimm Tackles 2021 Winter Nationals East Bay Raceway

Story By: Chris Fozillo

LJ Grimm is an “asphalt” guy that is going dirt racing in an open wheel modified (OWM) for the first time, and chose the Winter Nationals for the debut. He brought with him a crew and group of family and friends with an impressive array of racing experience that have a huge combined number of years of experience.

The group in LJ’s pits included Shane Butler, Devin McCleod, Stan Butler, Landon Butler, (the hardest working young man in any pit, anywhere) sponsors and family members. All having specific duties (Devin only has one job) and taking on whatever else arises and needs to get done. You will regularly see this group together at other events, supporting each other (and competitors) in any way they can. They are laser focused on the task at hand, yet it is accomplished with persistent humor and digs on each other. They ooze humble confidence while working towards betterment after each session on track. Throw in the additional family members and you complete the group that embodies everything that is good about short track racing. In plain terms, it is a bunch of folks that love and are passionate about racing and they are having a damn good time doing it.

LJ obtained a previously raced OWM and got it ready to race again. For me, this where it gets interesting. He has some previous experience on dirt with some seat time in a sprint car, so the desire to add more dirt races was not surprising. What was, were the races chosen for the first ones. The Winter Nationals at East Bay Raceway. Winter Nationals is a long-standing tradition and regularly draws 40-60 competitors depending on the year. The quality of competition is quite high with some of the best OWN shoes in the country at this event each year. LJ is certainly not short on talent, but a learning curve is expected in this scenario. I expected for him to be up to speed and possibly competing for top fives at the end of the week.

Practice on Monday and night one on Tuesday went well. They earned a 12th starting spot in the A main and finished 14th. It appeared that much was learned and most likely a game plan for night two was in the works. As expected, there was improvement each time on track and they have the program going in the right direction.

The forward momentum continued on night two as expected. But they skipped a few steps of my now obviously flawed expectations for them, and qualified 4th overall. Surprise and excitement were in the air. In typical fashion though, the most you get from them is a quick “hell yeah” and the focus quickly shifts to making the car better for heat races. They started 2nd in the heat and convincingly won said heat race.
The A main saw LJ starting in the 7th spot. He has a decent shot at running up front, on night 2! An unlucky restart saw LJ fall back to around 16th or so. Persistence and a bull dog mentality behind the wheel steadily elevated his position. Regaining a spot here and a spot there, and visibly seeing the driver become more comfortable and confident with each lap. He eventually brought the car to a 7th place finish. One has to wonder what would have been, would luck have not failed him on the restart. We all know that you must have a little luck to go along with the talent to obtain the desired results. When that luck swings their way, they will take full advantage.

Their expectations for the final three nights of this event have to be high. And rightfully so. The set up on the car, and the driver both continue to evolve and improve with each and every lap turned. Regardless of the outcome of the second half of the week, this group has much to be proud of and should hold their heads high. But my feeling is that they are just getting warmed up.

Stock Car Racing to return to Orlando SpeedWorld March 14th!!!!!!!!!!!

Who’s ready to see some good ole Short track racing again at Orlando SpeedWorld

Make Your Plans now more details to be released Soon.

STOCK CAR RACING BACK ON THE ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD OVAL SUNDAY MARCH 14TH
PIT OPENS AT 8 AM
FRONT GATE OPENS AT 11AM
ON TRACK PIT PARTY FROM 12P TO 1:15P
AND RACING STARTING AT 1:30P
THE FOLLOWING DIVISIONS ARE RACING MARCH 14TH
35 LAP SOUTHERN OUTLAW SPRINT CARS
30 LAP LEGENDS RACE
20 LAP TQ FLORIDA MIDGETS
20 LAP GROUNDPOUNDERS
25 LAP NSS BOMBERS A
$1000 DEMO DERBY