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Action finally returns to Orlando SpeedWorld Saturday night, August 24 after several weeks off due to poor weather conditions and a change in management.Jimbo Chadwick is now the new track General Manager for owner Ozzy Moya and he has plenty of great things planned for the rest of 2013 beginning with this week. (more…)
23 Year Old Amateur Race Car Driver is Awarded the Opportunity to
Compete in a Sanctioned Race
CHICAGO (August 12, 2013) – PEAK® Motor Oil & Antifreeze and Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) are proud to announce Patrick Staropoli as the winner of the PEAK Stock Car Dream Challenge. Staropoli was unveiled as the ultimate winner on an exclusive segment that premiered on the cable television network SPEED on August 11. The PEAK Stock Car Dream Challenge started with over 700 entrants all vying to become the next PEAK/Michael Waltrip Racing stock car star.
Staropoli, 23 years old of Plantation, Florida, graduated from Harvard University in 2012 and currently attends medical school at the University of Miami. His life is always in high gear; when he isn’t studying for a medical exam you can find him charging around an asphalt oval at 160 miles per hour. He started racing go-karts when he was 13 and worked his way up into late models, recording 33 wins in 138 races over the past 10 years. (more…)
The Eagle Jet / Top Gun Sprints made their first visit of 2013 to Volusia Speedway Park on Saturday July 27, 2010. There were 21 cars at the track to give fans three heat races and a 25 lap feature race.
Bruce Durden in the 98 car had the pole for the start of the BROWN & MILLER heat race. Bruce took the lead on the start, and then it was Danny Martin got around him for the win. (more…)
A Full night of classes were on the racing card for the night at the Full Throttle Speedway Aug 10th. After a few weeks break, the Full Throttle Speedway returned to racing action with 9 classes that had some great racing action.
To welcome the fans back to racing the Q106 radio station had a remote and tent set up with give aways, along with the team from J.D. Byrider that had a drawing for free gas card.
First on the track was the Rookie 4 class, made up of beginner racers that are sixteen or younger. It was Sherry Best that made a clean sweep of the night by winning the heat and feature. Hard charging Zach Rogers was second and Jimmy Best was third.
Cowboy Cadillacs may be few but what a show they put on for the fans. While John Pummell jr was out front the battle was between Mike True and Mike Balecki who were nose to tail, side by side and fighting hard for position. With two to go, Bilecki was running out of time, and brought out the caution for spinning True. When the checkers flew it was Pummell, Bilecki made his way by True to finish second while True settled for third.
T.Q. Midgets took to the track minus the 17 of Mark Gimmler who hit the wall pretty hard when his throttle stuck in practice, Mark was ok but did not make the feature. This twenty five lap feature clearly seemed to belong to Steven Meier of Port St. Lucy who was leading from the drop of the green. With some pressure from the thirty of Rob Kohler who was closing in on Meier and looking at the half way sign from the flagman, Meier’s night ended on lap fourteen when his car flipped. Meier was ok but that opened the door for Kohler out of Naples to bring home the win but was challenged hard by second finisher, Mike Belusar of Punta Gorda. Chris Gimmler from Palm Beach came in third.
It was the Triple Crown Race # 3 for the Champ Karts. Fourteen Karts took the green for twenty five laps that saw no cautions so it was drafting, racing, lapping, three wide at times. Tim Simmons led most of the laps but when the checkers came out and it was Brian Scherrer who led the last few laps and crossed the line first. Simmons came in second while Wesley Gonzalez was third. (more…)
Story by Ken de la Bastide – Wilson was able to pass Shane Cottle when the lapped car of(May 26, 2013) – Crawfordsville driver Jacob Wilson took advantage of lapped traffic to grab the lead with 65 laps remaining to capture the 65th running of the Pay Less Little 500 on Sunday, May 26 at Anderson Speedway. Chet Fillip got in front of the leader. His first win came in his ninth Little 500 start. Cottle threatened Wilson hard from lap 490 to 496 when he lost an engine entering turn three. Cottle, looking for a second Little 500 win, inherited the lead on lap 417 when Tony Hunt pitted for the second time, but it was short lived. The caution flag waved on lap 428 when Shane Hollingsworth stopped on the front straight. On the restart Cottle got blocked by the car of Chet Fillip as it exited the pit and Wilson was able to slip inside coming off the second corner. Finishing behind Wilson were Jo Jo Helberg, Eric Gordon in his final Little 500, Tony Elliott and Chet Fillip. All of the top five finishers were running on the lead lap. (more…)
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RESULTS FULL THROTTLE SPEEDWAY 5/11/2013
OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED
by Rick Anges
DeSoto Speedway has a long history. The east Manatee county speedway has been the home to some of the fiercest racing in Florida from Dick Anderson’s win in the first Icebreaker in 1980, James Knight’s valiant run for the ’99 Pure Stock championship and Jeff Choquette’s first asphalt win just to name a few, it is rich with it. (more…)
Pro Late Models 100
Super Late Models Feature