Back in the Winner Circle Again
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, if you were not at the Punta Gorda Speedway Saturday night, you missed a full, on the edge of your seat, night of racing action. To some, it seemed as if it was full moon racing, cars returning home not like them came in and others, it was a repeat of their race before.
The features started off with the Dwarf cars that ran bumper to bumper and side by side with the 08 of Rob Kohler as the leader. The 14 of Bo Bass was right there and battled Darren Bass for second till ten to go when Bo Bass got by Kohler for the lead. Two laps to go the drive shaft broke on the 08 and the finish was Bo Bass of Eustis, Darren Bass and Larry Hubbard jr for third.
Road Warriors came out next and put on a heck of a show that was filled with cautions till they settled in and Chris Loney of Naples was fighting to stay ahead of the pack. Jason Miller took over the lead and never looked back as a real battle was going on for those next spots. When all the smoke cleared and some hard fought door to door racing, it was Richard Nelson that finished second Rocket Rick Reed was third.
Street Stock race at times seemed to be a race of drive through them not around them but the real race was Ryan Pancoast out of N. Ft Myers that took the lead away from a hard fighting Richard Nelson. “Back in the winner circle again” , it was Ryan Pancoast, with the 88 of Jimmie Meiser second, Shane Leonard third and Richard Nelson that got shuffled back to fourth on the last restart. (more…)
Charlotte, NC 11/11/12– Veteran Jay Fogleman came in to this weekend’s PASS South North vs. South Shootout 150 at the Caraway Speedway as a man on a mission. That mission was pretty plain and simple; win the race and let the championship points fall where they may. Well consider it mission accomplished for the Durham, North Carolina driver as he picked up his second win of 2012, and more importantly gave his Bull City Racecars race team a shot at the series championship heading into the final race of the season at the Concord Speedway coming up on November 24th.
CARTERSVILLE, GA – Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR will return to the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series line-up of sanctioned tracks for the 2013 season. Batesville Motor Speedway returns to the series with Friday night racing after being involved during the 2010-2011 seasons.
WAYCROSS, GA (November 7, 2012) – Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN captured his second consecutive Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Championship in 2012. Owens, also known as the “Newport Nightmare” capped off another great season on the series by winning the season’s final event, the “Red Buck Dirt Track World Championship” and the $50,000 first place prize money. The Reece Monument Racing Team, owned by Mike Reece, put up some amazing stats during the 2012 LOLMDS season and will take home the $75,000 points check, along with numerous other awards at the series year-end awards banquet on December 6th.
Orlando FL 11-6-2012 – The Florida United Pro-Truck series heads into the Citrus County Speedway for race nine of ten in the championship battle. A new point leader has emerged after a tough event at Showtime Speedway saw, point leader since the early season, Tim Sozio suffer a tough night finishing 10th. New points leader Gerald Campbell was able to battle to a 4th place finish and take a four point lead with two races remaining in the season.
CONCORD, N.C. – Nov. 6, 2012 – While Donny Schatz was the epitome of consistency during the second half of the season to claim his fifth World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championship, 2012 was a year of parity for the premier sprint car tour.
The Florida Untied Promoters Series made it’s final trip of 2012 to the friendliest track in the south this past Saturday night. 23 of the states top late model pilots turned out for the A-Able Septic Service 125, the largest field of the year for the series. The nights events got cranked up with time trial qualifying for the series late models. Once the drivers all took the best of 2 qualifying laps, it was Daniel Webster (33) coming out on top with a lap of 13.60 seconds. Following Webster were Kevin Macy (19) in 2nd, and Jonathan Guy (42) in 3rd. After the top 8 qualifiers randomly drew for their staring positions, Guy would have lady luck on his side, drawing the pole position. David Green (12) would start alongside Guy, with point leader Steve Dorer staring 6th, and championship challenger Jesse Dutilly (30) starting 9th.
Guy would get the jump at the drop of the green flag and lead till the 1st caution at lap 4 for a spin by Eric Stokes (8). Guy would lead the field to green on the restart, but soon had pressure in the form of fast qualifier Webster for the lead. Webster would take the high side and move by to take the lead. Guy soon felt pressure from Joe Winchell for the 2nd position, as Winchell also moved around the outside of Guy to take away the runner up spot. Caution flew again at lap 19 for a spin involving the 4th running Green, and 5th running Daniel Keene Jr (5k). Keene would rejoin the end of the field, while Green headed to the pits with damage. Webster would lead on the restart, with Winchell just behind in 2nd, and Guy 3rd. Series point leader Dorer found himself in 5th, and Dutilly in 7th for the restart. After the restart, the race would go green for 65 laps, which shuffled the field considerably. 
NOVEMBER 10 Punta Gorda Speedway – SUPER LATE MODEL ELITE SERIES 100 RACE #8, LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN -50 LAPS, STREET STOCK, COWBOY CADILLAC, ROAD WARRIORS, PERFECT PEST CONTROL PRO-4-40 LAPS AND DWARF CARS
Rockingham, NC (11/3/12) –Clay Rogers dominated “The Classic 3 Championship Weekend” presented by Richard Childress Racing Museum on Saturday, November 3rd at Rockingham Speedway. Rogers qualified runner-up to first time Sunoco Pole winner Dillon Bassett. Once the green flag dropped, Rogers jumped out front and led from green to checkered. He was awarded Tilton’s Most Laps Led Award.
Salem, IN (November 5, 2012) – Champion Racing Association officials have announced that JEGS, the nation’s leader in high-performance auto parts, has agreed to extend its partnership with Championship Racing Series and its JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance through the 2015 circle-track season. John Coughlin, the son of JEGS founder Jeg Coughlin, signed the extension at the series last event of the season on October 27th at Watermelon Capital Speedway.