Dutilly Gets First Win

Series regular Jesse Dutilly finally had the complete race Saturday night and captured his first win of 2012 at Auburndale taking the Regal KIA Chevy 100. Starting outside the front row after the draw for the top eight quailifiers, Dutilly got the jump on pole setter Jake Perkins at the start, the two battled with young Perkins putting on the pressure in the early stages. As Dutilly kept all challenges from series point leader Steve Dorer after Perkins faded back.

Dutilly was followed by Dorer, Jonathan Guy, Eddie King with a steady run to take fourth and Joe Winchell rounding out the top five. Dorer set fast time with just a tick quicker than Kevin Macy, Winchell was 3rd quickest. The series moves to Citrus Co. Speedway in two weeks, complete results and updated points are posted, go to www.floridaunitedpromoterslatemodelseries.com

By |2012-10-23T17:16:53-04:00October 23rd, 2012|Featured, Florida United Promoters Series, Front Page News|Comments Off on Dutilly Gets First Win

McGaha repeats at Southern Challenge

ABILENE, Texas (Oct. 20) – Josh McGaha came up big at another big IMCA Modified event.

McGaha topped Saturday’s $4,000 to win feature at Abilene Speedway’s Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge, outrunning William Gould in the race to the checkers.

The victory was McGaha’s second straight at Abilene’s traditional season-ending special.

Kevin Sustaire led early before finding himself in a three-wide tussle with Gould and McGaha. Gould drove by Sustaire following a restart; McGaha made use of the multi-lane oval, passing Sustaire and Gould for a lead he’d never relinquish.

Colorado visitor Ricky Alvarado would end in third with Sustaire and Keith White completing the top five.

Five of the six cars involved in a first-lap crash were unable to return to action. McGaha had also won the Oct. 6 Showdown at Kennedale Speedway Park.

Inches made the difference between first and second during much of the race and at the finish of the Southern SportMod feature, as Doug Easterling prevailed over Matt Mueller in the event doubling as the Southern SportMod Nationals. (more…)

By |2012-10-23T17:11:49-04:00October 23rd, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, IMCA|Comments Off on McGaha repeats at Southern Challenge

Halloween Spooktacular

By- Jim Rouse (10-22-12) Ocala, FL – The RaceCar Engineering Late Models will take the tops off this week and the Twisted Tea Top Gun Sprint Cars will go wingless while the Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators make it a wild night with 5 spooktacular divisions. There will also be a Trick-Or-Treat on the frontstretch and a costume contest!

Matt Kurtz is putting up numbers not seen since Danny Martin, Jr. all of 1 year ago. Kurtz almost seems unstoppable at this moment but he has Martin, Mark Ruel, Jr., AJ Maddox, Stephen Darvalics, and Tyler Godwin chasing him down. In fact, Kurtz has 5 wins while those 5 have just 1 each (at Bubba Raceway Park)! Do not, however, count out drivers like former champion Ryan Partin, legendary Robbie Smith, and consistent Tony Agin. It’s up to the field to stop the Jacksonville Jet from flying away. Oh, and, he hasn’t lost yet when the wings are off in 2012.

Mark Whitener is looking for his 2nd title in 3 years at Bubba Raceway Park and he has a solid lead. Bo Allen and Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. are chasing him and could spoil the party quickly. Richard Ferry, Christian Augspurger, and Jason Fitzgerald have put up some big points and they’ve won big races in a division that seems more wide open than usual. Tyler Ivey, Jeff Mathews, and Keith Nosbisch have also visited Coor’s Light Winner’s Circle in 2012 as they show that for the first time in a few years the division is anyone’s to win in. (more…)

By |2012-10-22T17:35:01-04:00October 22nd, 2012|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off on Halloween Spooktacular

UARA-STARS Prepare to Crown a Champ at the Last Event

Rockingham, NC (10/22/12) –For the past eight months the United Auto Racing Association has opened their doors to allow drivers from all over the world to compete in their racing season. On November 3rd the series will wrap up their season and crown their 2012 Season Champion at Rockingham Speedway.

The 2012 season drivers ranged from young Australian drivers to experienced local track champions. Throughout the season, fans have been introduced to eleven young rookies who have exceeded expectations. Seven of those eleven rookies will finish in the top ten championship points.

Heading into the final event at Rockingham, recent Tri-County winner Travis Swaim leads Rookie Dillon Bassett by 71 points. Both drivers have never completed a full UARA race season until this year. Swaim has run with the series over the past couple of years, but never committed to running a full race season. His performance has championship qualities all over it. His record breaking Sunoco poles, not only added his name to the driver with the most poles in a season, but his times on the track have also broke records. (more…)

By |2012-10-22T15:49:01-04:00October 22nd, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, UARA-STARS|Comments Off on UARA-STARS Prepare to Crown a Champ at the Last Event

Shelnut Makes it Two in a Row

It was a great night of racing, after having to cancel a few races due to nowhere to park the fans, due to flooded parking. Mother Nature was kind this week and the fans were treated to great side by side, door to door racing action at the Punta Gorda Speedway.

T.Q. Midget were the first feature of the night, the 63 of Mike Bleusar jumped out to the lead and never looked back. The T.Q.’s ran their twenty five lap feature, caution free,  Bleusar stayed on the gas while being chased by Rob “the cowboy” Kohler. David Patterson from Port Charlotte had a fast car coming in second in the heat but adjusted on the car for the feature and had to settle for fifth while Jamie Barnum came home third.

Legends also ran caution free and saw the 7 of Mike Verhaagh out of Fort Myers run start to finish while being chased down by Tony Steinbuck of Tamarac. Carl Haag of Port St Lucie would finish third.

Cowboy Cadillac gave the fans some action as they always do, running bumper to bumper and door to door. Mike Bialecki of Arcadia had a fast truck and was dominating till eight to go, when a caution came out and trucks got tangled, sending Bialecki to the pits to change a flat tire. Bialecki  pitting gave the lead over to John Pummell Jr. and it took Bialecki one lap to get back to second and fight for the win with Pummell. It was John Pummell Jr from Arcadia that came home first, Mike Bialecki second and Trey Almand of Port Charlotte third. (more…)

By |2012-10-22T14:09:28-04:00October 22nd, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Punta Gorda Speedway|Comments Off on Shelnut Makes it Two in a Row

Team GDT’s Méndez and Acosta Cross Finish Line At Road Atlanta and Start Preparing for 2013

BRASELTON, Ga., Oct. 21 — Andres Méndez concluded his rookie year in the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear and Juan Camilo Acosta dipped his toes into the water for a possible campaign in 2013 as Team GDT participated in the series’ season finale Friday afternoon at Road Atlanta.

Méndez, of Bogotá, Colombia, finished 15th in the race, but more importantly on Saturday morning he was awarded the series’ BBS Hard Charger Award at the series’ year-end celebration at the Chateau Elan Winery and Resort. He ended up 14th in the final point standings for his work this year behind the wheel of the No. 53, which is sponsored by DataFile Internacional S.A. and Grupo Kriterion.  His best finish in 2012 was a sixth at Trois-Riviéres, Quebec in August.

The BBS Hard Charger Award was determined from all 17 races during the season and was presented to the driver who gains the most places in total from the beginning to the end of the races. The prize, a custom-made coffee table made from a polished BBS wheel and an etched glass top, plus a set of four BBS racing or BBS passenger car wheels, is valued at $5,000. (more…)

By |2012-10-22T14:04:58-04:00October 22nd, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Racing News|Comments Off on Team GDT’s Méndez and Acosta Cross Finish Line At Road Atlanta and Start Preparing for 2013

Grimm outruns Open Wheel Modified field at Citrus County Speedway

Citrus County Speedway fans were treated to an excellent race program, and a pit area with 114 cars this past Saturday night. The night got started off with time trial qualifying for the Open Wheel Modified division, to help set the field for their 75 lap feature event. After all 25 drivers took their best of 2 laps, Richie Smith (289) was the man to beat with a fast lap of 14.28 sec, following him in 2nd was the 61 of Wayne “Rocket man” Jefferson, and L J Grimm (25) in 3rd. After the fan determined 3 row invert for the feature, the front row would be occupied by Kyle Maynard (127) and Curtis Neumann (01). Maynard would see his night end early with steering damaged suffered in the warm up laps for the feature took the green. This would move the inside row up, and now put Grimm on the pole position. At the drop of the green the top two drivers would race door to door before Neumann would find the traction he needed to power to the lead in the outside lane. Smith had settled into the third position on the start, and soon put the pressure on Grimm for 2nd. Smith would move make an inside move on Grimm for 2nd,  and sneak by to take the runner up spot. Smith then set his sights on the leader Neumann, and challenge for the lead by lap 12. Smith would again take to the inside lane, forcing Neumann to the high side, where he was slowed by lapped traffic. Smith would use the lapped cars to his advantage, and take the lead away at lap 13. Neumann would fall all the way to the 4th position before he could get back in line behind the leaders. (more…)

By |2012-10-22T14:02:07-04:00October 22nd, 2012|Citrus County Speedway, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off on Grimm outruns Open Wheel Modified field at Citrus County Speedway

Brett Hearn sweeps Eastern States Weekend

“The Jet” conquers his Orange County Fair Speedway for 9th career Eastern States 200 win

MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. – Oct. 22, 2012 – With another big Super DIRTcar Series win, Brett Hearn is on a roll.

This year’s VP Small Engine Fuels 200 champion took the fast time Saturday during qualifying events at Orange County Fair Speedway, locking in the top starting position for Sunday’s Eastern States 200. He wrapped up the night with 358-Modified win, and came back the next day to take home the Eastern States 200 trophy.

“After coming off the big win at Syracuse, and to come here and have a dream weekend, dominating everything from the qualifying events on, I don’t’ know what to say,” said Hearn, of Sussex, N. J. “Somebody’s on my side and i’m loving every minute of it.”

Hearn, whose experience at “The Hard Clay” at Orange County Fair Speedway includes eight prior Big-Block Modified Eastern States 200 victories, took the lead at the initial green. He pulled aside for a well-timed pit stop in lap 60 under yellow conditions, making his way back up to third by lap 90. At that point, neither then-leader Tim Fuller nor Kenny Tremont, then in second, had made the mandatory post-lap-60 pit stop requiring drivers to fuel up. (more…)

By |2012-10-22T13:57:24-04:00October 22nd, 2012|Featured, Front Page News, Super DirtCar Series|Comments Off on Brett Hearn sweeps Eastern States Weekend

Auburndale Speedway Results from Oct. 20, 2012

We had eleven Late Model show up for the $3,000. first place purse. It was a good race with the #30 Jesse Dutilly coming across the finish line first, followed by the #10 of Steve Dorer, and rounding out the top three was the #42 of Jon Guy. The rest of the finishing order along with the winners in the other divisions are as follows:

Late Models

1-#30 Jesse Dutilly

2-#10 Steve Dorer

3-#42 Jon Guy

4-#17 Eddie King

5-#64 Joe Winchell

6-#12 David Green

7-#59 Jake Perkins

8-#53 Charles Kopach

9-#88 Jimmy Castleberry

10-#22 David King

11-#19 Kevin Macy (more…)

By |2012-10-22T13:54:59-04:00October 22nd, 2012|Auburndale Speedway, Featured, Florida United Promoters Series, Front Page News|Comments Off on Auburndale Speedway Results from Oct. 20, 2012