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Roger Crouse Wins Third Feature After Winning Two Features Last Weekend At East Bay Raceway Park

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April 6,, 2013 – Tampa, FL – It was a gorgeous Saturday night as five divisions all raced for the top prizes. Late Models, East Bay Sprints, Street Stocks, V8 Warriors and the Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers.

First feature of the night went to the Street Stocks. Winning their heats were Dennis Wilson, Jr. and Jeff Rodgers. For the feature on the front row was Buck Woodhouse and Jeff Rodgers. (more…)

By rick|2013-04-08T00:39:15-04:00April 8th, 2013|Archives, East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off

New Smyrna 4/6

nss Mini Stocks

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points

1 – 31 David Russell Melbourne , Fl 50.00

2 – 30 Reid Christensen – 48.00

3 – 32 Jesse Powers Edgewater , Fl 47.00

4 – 8 James Dixson Titusville , Fl 46.00

5 – 5 Levi Hammond Titusville , Fl 45.00 (more…)

By rick|2013-04-07T15:29:59-04:00April 7th, 2013|Archives, Front Page News, New Smyrna Speedway|Comments Off

Anderson in Winners Circle for FUPS @ Citrus

Fl United Promoters LM Series Feature
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Finish
84 Wayne Anderson Wildwood 1
69 Mike Bresnahan Lecanto 2
98 Herb Neumann Jr. Inverness 3
30 Jesse Dutilly Brandenton 4
00 Anthony Cataldie Umatilla 5
771 Scott Walters Naples 6
4 Randy Anderson Wildwood 7
281 Billy Bigley Naples 8
92 Devin McLeod Zephyrhills 9
26 Jessica Murphy Groveland 10 (more…)

By rick|2013-04-07T15:17:56-04:00April 7th, 2013|Archives, Citrus County Speedway, Florida United Promoters Series, Front Page News, Late Models|Comments Off

Full Throttle Speedway getting a major makeover in East Manatee

EAST MANATEE — DeSoto Speedway, renamed Full Throttle Speedway by new owners Mike Chase and Kevin Williams, is getting a top-to-bottom renovation and freshening up in anticipation of a May 4 reopening.

Chase and Williams closed on the $1.2 million purchase of the three-eighths mile oval race track at 21000 State Road 64 East in February, and got to work making the 63-acre property attractive to families. (more…)

By rick|2013-03-28T05:20:44-04:00March 28th, 2013|Archives, Featured, Full Throttle Speedway, Racing News|Comments Off

Auburndale Speedway 3/23

By Carol Andrews – Saturday Night at Auburndale Speedway was good night of family fun and entertainment. The winners in each division are as follows:

Pro Figure 8’s

1#89 Preston Davis

2#86 Justin Meyer

3#14 Wayne Calkins

4-#49 Cliff Rousseau 5#4 Wayne Whitehead 6#46 Jerrell Cook 7-#28 Scott Gullett

Street Stocks

1#1 Bart Weatherford 2#129 Joe Dowdy 3#5 Matt McCrary 4#52 Mike Rowland 5#5G George Gorham 6#10 Kenny May 7#14 Wayne Calkins DQ#$ Marilyn McCrary

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By rick|2013-03-26T13:16:39-04:00March 26th, 2013|Archives, Auburndale Speedway, Featured, Race Results|Comments Off

Hinchcliffe wins Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

By The Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG —

James Hinchcliffe, the Canadian driver poised to become IndyCar’s next star, grabbed his first career victory Sunday.

Fittingly it came at St. Petersburg, the adopted hometown of the late Dan Wheldon, the driver who signed to drive the GoDaddy car for Andretti Autosport shortly before his death in the 2011 season finale at Las Vegas.

The open seat then went to Hinchcliffe, who drove the bright green No. 27 to victory in front of Wheldon’s wife and two children.

“This is his hometown; this is his car,” said Hinchcliffe, who will be added now to the Wheldon monument unveiled Thursday at Turn 10 on the course. “Knowing my face will be on that memorial, that’s really special.” (more…)

By rick|2013-03-25T03:49:16-04:00March 25th, 2013|Archives, Featured, Front Page News, Racing News|Comments Off

Ronnie Sorensen Wins Over 21 Car Mini-Stock Field

Mini Stocks

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 10 84 Ronnie Sorensen St Petersburg, Fl 24.00
2 4 85 Amy Gamache – 23.00
3 12 110 Michael Meadows St. Petersburg, Fl 22.00
4 15 8 Rick Germony Clearwater , Fl 21.00
5 3 87 Wesley Rounds Seminole , Fl 20.00
6 20 1M Brad Fiske – 19.00

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By rick|2013-03-25T03:49:43-04:00March 25th, 2013|Archives, Featured, Showtime Speedway|Comments Off

Litt Wins Royal Oak Southern Shootout at 5 Flags

By David Sink

Pensacola, FL – March 22, 2013 – London, Ontario, Canada driver Ryan Litt had more than warmer weather to be excited about after traveling nearly 20 hours to garner his first career TRUFUEL Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series (MSRXSS) win Friday night at 5 Flags Speedway. The victory came after passing leader Jacob Wilson with only five laps remaining, and was worth $3000. It was night one of the “Royal Oak Southern Shootout” and kicked off the 2013 MSRXSS schedule.

In victory lane Litt, who had to transfer from the B-Main, explained how he patiently waited for the break he needed on lap 25. (more…)

By rick|2013-03-24T02:50:38-04:00March 24th, 2013|5 Flags Speedway, Archives, Featured|Comments Off

Augie Grill back in ‘Smyrna Winners Circle

Cracker 200 Results:

1 112 Augie Grill
2 26 Travis Cope
3 9 Rich Clouser
4 129 Spencer Davis
5 64 Joe Winchell
6 28 TJ Duke
7 5 Joe Boyd Out
8 11 David Rogers Out
9 19 Ray Black Jr. Out
10 41 Brandon Johnson Out
11 22 Dusty Cornelius Out

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By rick|2013-03-25T03:56:55-04:00March 24th, 2013|Archives, Front Page News, New Smyrna Speedway|Comments Off

TBARA Pre-season Update

Our TBARA season opener will be at the grand opening of Full Throttle Speedway in Bradenton! This is the former De Soto Speedway that has recently been purchased by Kevin Williams, the most recent operator of Punta Gorda Speedway. His new track is under-going extensive renovations in preparation for their big grand-opening night, which will kick off a very successful future for FTS. This is good news for racing in Florida!

We are the featured attraction on their grand opening that will kick off on Saturday, May 4’th. This first night will be advertised and promoted extensively, so they expect a madhouse with over-flowing grandstands and a packed pit area. Our first priority has to be car count! Your friends and competitors in this organization need your participation in support of TBARA.

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By rick|2013-03-20T04:00:59-04:00March 20th, 2013|Archives, Featured, Front Page News, Full Throttle Speedway|Comments Off