Statewide Championship Stock Car Race to Honor Life Lost to Cancer
DATE: ?January 25 2020 TIME: ?Pit gates open 3 p.m.; Grandstands open 5 p.m. LOCATION: ?Showtime Speedway, ?4398 126th Ave N, Pinellas Park, FL 33782
PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA? — The third annual Rick Sirmans Florida State Championship Race, a stock car race at Showtime Speedway on January 25, will again honor the late Rick Sirmans, who passed away from lung cancer in 2018 five days before his race. Rick himself helped plan the inaugural race but did not live long enough to witness it. The 2018 event was so successful that his co-organizers chose to continue the tradition.
This is the biggest race in Florida for Super Mini Late Models and Modified Mini Stocks. All participants will be paid and will race if not in main event then in B/C mains or dash for cash depending upon amount of participation. In 2019 there where 42 drivers that participated.
The 2018 race was such a success that we decided to run it every year to promote cancer awareness and the remembrance of this beloved man of our sport. Rick Sirmans was a legend in our class with many victories at tracks throughout Florida.”
Showtime Speedway and Q Auto Injury Attorneys have made this race possible, along with sponsors 66th Street Car Wash, J.D Smith Pest Control, Tropical Pools and Pavers, Thunder Bay Motors, Leadfoote Race Products and Gulf to Bay Enterprises.

2020 Southern Nationals
February 1, 2020
Mosaic Arena
2450 Roan Street
Arcadia, FL 34266

What other derby is in driving distance to the beach, theme parks, and Super Bowl????

www.ironcitypromos.com – for rules and information

2 Man Team $500 entry per team
Full Size Semi-Stock $125 entry per car
Stock Compact $125 entry per car
2 man team payouts: 24 Teams Max
1st $10,000 plus Championship Belts
2nd $5,000 plus Trophies
3rd $3,000 plus Trophies
Mad Dog – 2 individual Mad Dogs will be picked from feature event $1,000 per individual plus trophy

Full Size Semi-Stock payouts:
1st $2,500 plus Trophy
2nd $1,000 plus Trophy
3rd $500 plus Trophy
Mad Dog $500 plus Trophy
Stock Compact payouts:
1st $2,500 plus Trophy
2nd $1,000 plus Trophy
3rd $500 plus Trophy
Mad Dog $500 plus Trophy

Pit Gate opens at 9am
Spectator Gate opens at 12pm

Event starts at 6pm

Pit Gate fee $30
Spectator Gate fee $20
Kids 5 and under are free

(Lakeland, Florida – January 9, 2020) Racecar Engineering™ has announced they will once again be hosting their ‘Vendor College’ event for all local, regional, and visiting racers and race teams during the racing action of Speedweeks®* in 2020. This exclusive event will take place at Racecar Engineering™, 8126 US Highway 98 North, Lakeland, Florida on Sunday February 9, 2020 from 9AM until 3PM.
Racecar Engineering™ hosts their annual event during the second weekend in February, after some of the racing dust has almost settled. They have set aside one day during Speedweeks®* to allow drivers, their teams, and their dealers to interact one-on-one with the factory personnel from over 60 prominent product manufacturers they represent.
Steve Dorer of Racecar Engineering™ explains the idea behind their annual event – “If you’ve ever been fortunate enough to attend the PRI Show, many racers and teams know that it can be hard to ‘Get Up-Close and Personal’ with their favorite brands and the factory reps they may have spoken to on the phone over the years. And when you’re at the track, let’s face it, it’s tough to connect with the factory reps with 100% focus between set-up, practice and qualifying. So we’re again giving these racers and their teams the opportunity to meet our vendors ‘Face-to-Face’, to discuss technical questions or perhaps solve problems. And who knows, they may just find or learn something ‘new’ that may help give them that ‘Winning Edge’ they’ve been looking for to help them during the 2020 racing season and beyond.”
“RCE is fortunate to be at the ‘crossroads’ during these two exciting weeks of short-track racing, as a majority of the racers will be passing right through our city.” Dorer continued, “This date is one of the only ‘less busy days’ that the teams will have, so this time each year, we now officially open our facility at Racecar Engineering™ to allow vendors, racers, and our dealers to ‘Meet-In-Person’, ‘Face-To-Face’ & ‘One-On-One’.”
RCE’s ‘Vendor College 2020’ will feature factory technical seminars throughout the day, along with factory personnel displaying their company’s latest & greatest racing parts and handing out their 2020 new product literature.
This exclusive event will also include goodie bags for all who attend featuring factory literature, decals, and maybe a few cool surprises. Food and refreshments will be available for a small charitable donation. There is also a huge charity raffle with great prizes courtesy of participating manufacturers, activities for the kids and maybe best off all, great deals on racing parts and equipment.
Just a few of the manufacturers scheduled to be on-site during the Racecar Engineering™ ‘Vendor College 2020’ are: Allstar Performance, Alcon Brakes, AP Brakes, AR Bodies, Bassett Wheel, Bert Transmission, Bilstein, Brinn Transmission, Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Daytona Sensors, Design Engineering, Driven Racing Oil, DRP Performance, FAST Electronics, Five Star, Fragola, FK Bearings, HANS, Hawk Brakes, Holley, Hyperco, Jones Racing Products, KRC Power Steering, Maxima Racing Oil, MPD Racing, MSD, PEM Racing, Performance Friction, Powermaster, QA1, QuickCar Racing, Racing Electronics, RaceQuip, Roux Helmets, Simpson, Strange Oval, Stilo, Swift Springs, Sunoco, Tilton Engineering, TI22
Performance, Velocita, Wilwood, XS Power Battery and many more. The event exhibitor list is expected to keep growing quickly, so be sure to check-out the Racecar Engineering™ website and social media channels frequently, as new participating brands will be announced over the next several weeks.
Best of all, remember that the Racecar Engineering™ ‘Vendor College 2020’ event is absolutely FREE and all proceeds from raffles tickets and food donations directly benefit the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Shriners International, the primary charities of choice of Racecar Engineering™. Don’t forget…This annual event is all about the kids!
For further detailed event information including host hotel information, event map and technical seminar schedule, please visit the ‘Vendor College 2020’ event page on the Racecar Engineering™ website at: https://www.racecareng.com/2020-vendor-college-event-info. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact the Racecar Engineering Sales Staff at 800-882-7231.
“Racecar Engineering looks forward to seeing everyone in February and helping race teams get ‘Tuned-In’ and hopefully ‘One-Step-Closer’ to the ‘Winner’s Circle’!”
*Disclaimer – Speedweeks® is a wholly-owned registered trademark of the International Speedway Corp (ISC). This event is in no way affiliated with, sanctioned by, or endorsed by, ISC and is referenced only as a period of time during annual February racing events in the Central Florida area.
About Racecar Engineering – Racecar Engineering™ was founded in 1998 in Winter Park, Florida and today features a 20,000 sq. ft. facility in Lakeland, Florida. Since that time, they have become one of the largest sources for racing and performance parts in the Southeast United States representing over 600 brands of well-respected product manufacturers. For more information about Racecar Engineering™, please visit their new website at: www.racecareng.com
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If you would like more information about this press release topic, please contact the Racecar Engineering Marketing Department at 800-882-7231 or at marketing@racecareng.com.

Hall of Fame Nominees
Please share and remind folks that their votes only count on the Showtime Facebook Page…. thanks!….
You may vote for one person per day..
Voting ends on Friday. 1/17/2020 @10pm

PLEASE READ – NEW VOTING RULE
Just Click ‘Like’ on the nominee you are voting for listed below. Please remember you may only vote once per day. If we see you twice on one day it will negate both votes. The top 3 vote collectors will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2019 Awards Banquet on 2/8/2020. Thanks!

Art Calkins
Denny Meyer Sr
Steve Shea (dad)
John Makula
Rick Sirmans
Bill Ringheisen
Bill Miller

Sunshine State Racing Results ???

1/11- 1/12/2020

Auburndale Speedway
1/11

Mod Mini
1. 55 Tom Zimmerman
2. 45 Mike Kerrivan
3. 3 Chris Narramore Jr
4. 9m Fred Martin
5. 2 Jimmy Wood
6. 9b Scott Bumgarner
7. 8 David McCaig
8. 93 Chris Spring
9. 9h Ashton Hunt
10. 88 Macky Mongold
11. 25 Tim Scalise
12. 77 Rachelle Rudolph
7 Ken Nurse–DQ’d on track unsportmans like conduct
19 Mike Rudder–DQ’d on track unsportsman like conduct

Legends
1. 1 Sam Cornman
2. 5a Jarrett Wagman
3. 00G Gavin Graham
4. 21h Bryton Horner
5. 99 Mike Verhaagh
6. 22 Robert Jonas
7. 76 Steve Carpenter
8. 34 Brandon Hershey
9. 27 Abigail Jonas
10. 3 Logan Misuraca
11. 15 Derek Stansbury
12. 3x Stephen Hartley
13. 48 Jason Carpenter
14. 27w Bob Wilson
15. 28 Jason Long

Scramblers
1. 1k Guy Kolmel
2. 7 Darrell Gallison
3. 12c Chris Singleton
4. 69 James Ferguson
5. 118 John Wiertel
6. 10k Guy Kolmel Sr
7. Z Chuck Harrison II

1/12/2020

Pro Trucks
1. 59x Becca Monopoli
2. 25 Cody McDuffie
3. 41 Steve Darvalics
4. 92 Brennan Pletcher
5. 27 Cody Krucker
6. 21h Bryton Horner
7. 5k Kristin Clements
8. 57 Brey Holmes
9. 64 Brent Huber
10. 99 Dakota Hunt
11. 94 Rodney Tower
12. 11 Charlie Brown
13. 19 Colt Cecil
14. 14 Adam Briggs
15. 11jr Carter Brown
16. 98 Josh Haranda
17. 27w Walt Kirk

Legends
1. 3d Dennis Misuraca
2. 15 Derek Stansbury
3. 3x Stephen Hartley
4. 22 Robert Jonas
5. 00g Gavin Graham
6. 76 Steve Carpenter
7. 27 Abigail Jonas
8. 3L Logan Misuraca
9. 1 Sam Cornman
10. 48 Jason Carpenter
11. 28 Jason Long
12. 21 Jim Smith
13. 99 Mike Verhaagh
14. 27w Devin McLeod
15. 5a Jarrett Wagman
16. 21h Bryton Horner
Pure Stocks/Street Stocks
1. 56 James Wright III
2. 153 Kyle Peters
3. 5p James Peters
4. K9 George Gorham
5. 5 Aaron Holmes
6. 77 Rick Haugh
7. A5 Thomas Meyers
8. 41d Jammie Dunnahoe Jr
9. 64 Ronnie Abney
10. 26 Mike Wedlick
11. 18 Shawn Bailey
12. 15 Rebecca Catarelli
13. 175 Maria Martins
14. 9 David Fletcher
15. 64x Brian Harbin
16. 11c Dodge Carlbert
17. 8 Dustin Breeden
18. 888 Craig Cuzzone
19. M16 Wesley Rounds
20. 41o Steven Osteen
04 Jimmy McLeod—-DNS

Showtime Speedway
1/11/2020

Triple Crown Round 1
Super Late Models

1. Michael Atwell
2. Anthony Sergi
3. Stephen Nasse
4. Nick Neri
5. Dan Leeck
6. Jaren Irvan
7. Cody Stickler
8. Kevin Macy
9. Jon Guy
10. Daniel Webster
11. David Green
12. Dylan Bigley
13. Danny Partelo
14. Travis Wilson
15. Chet Senokossoff
16. Scotty Tomasik
17. Chris Fontaine
18. Devin McLeod
19. LJ Grimm
20. Jeff Scofield

Sportsman
1. Jeff Scofield
2. Joe Winchell
3. Adam Briggs
4. Chad Rutherford
5. Danny Partelo
6. Chris Allen
7. Richie Anderson
8. Wayne Calkins

Ford Figure 8
1. Rich Hanley
2. Phil Knapp
3. Jeremy Goulet
4. Shane Grigsby

CTS Strictly Stocks
1. Carl Hughes
2. Cliff Mitchell
3. Josh Ryan
4. Charlie Williams
5. Keith Lowe
6. Derek Bragg
7. Kyle Kruse

Press Release: 2nd Annual Racin’ 4 Rhet Race Weekend
Mark your calendars for the 2nd Annual Racin’ 4 Rhet Race Weekend On 05/01 and 05/02 at Citrus County Speedway!
Friday 05/01/2020 Practice and Pit Party/BBQ
Saturday 05/02/2020 Racin’ 4 Rhet
$1200 to win Open Wheel Modified 50
$1000 to win Florida Pro Truck Challenge Series 50
Mini stocks 25
Outlaw Street Stocks 25
Ford Outlaw 25

Last year we were able to put on an amazing race weekend in less than 3 weeks thanks to our race community. This year, we are planning ahead to make the 2nd annual even better! 24 modifieds in attendance in 2019 and expect more this year!

We will start selling laps on 2/25 for pro trucks and modifieds, half money to purse, half to family. We will be looking for sponsors for the event.
Friday Night BBQ sponsor
Fast Qualifier award
Hard Charger Award
Halfway Leader
Hard Luck Award
To the Rear Challenge- Must qualify top 5 and pass post qual tech, 2 cars are eligible, First 2 to accept start last and 2nd to last, If no one accepts, Money will go to Cooper Family. Must win race to collect.
We will also be collecting items for the raffles.
Tshirts and Stickers will be available again this year!
Special thanks to Camron Ray and Citrus County Speedway for hosting this event. Also thanks to Florida Pro Truck Challenge Series for jumping on board!

Sunshine State Racing along with WAUC102.1 & The Florida Pro Truck Challenge Series is leading the charge in supporting our Troops! We are asking for all followers to help put together care packages. Supplies, race shirts, hero cards, whatever we can come up with and we will send them as often as we can fill the boxes!

Most Requested items: Razors, Shaving Cream, Shampoo, Shower Gels, wet wipes, sunscreen, socks, toothpaste and toothbrushes, floss, soap, deodorant (non aerosol), lip balm, foot powder, hand sanitizer, pain relieving topical cream, Vicks vapor rub, hand warmers, sewing kits, lens cleaning cloths,

Reading materials, cards, puzzles, plastic model kits, batteries, 3m wall hooks, pencils, pens, paper, board games.

Food and snacks: Cliff bars, Beef Jerky, Pringles in the can (bag snacks tend to open) Any snacks in a box or can. Hot sauce, water flavoring packets, Protein bars, Gum, sunflower seeds

Ship items to WAUC102.1, 1310 S Florida Avenue, Wauchula, FL 33873

Alternatively, if you are heading to your local racetrack let us know and we will plan monthly pickups at all Florida tracks!

Be Here Before You Know it!……The Hendry County Motorsports Park 2020 SEASON OPENER…February 6th (practice) _7th & 8th
USCS Outlaw Sprint Cars and Mod Lite Winter Nationals $5,000 to win 1st annual Sugar Bowl