By Jeff Bean-NFS Media- Lake City Fl
Six different divisions took to the clay at North Florida Speedway Saturday night and Jared Allison scored his first Open Wheel Modified win of 2011. Other feature event winners were the father son team of Ed and Nevin Gainey in Sportsman and Street Stock respectively. Shane Taylor scored his second straight Pure stock win and Daryl Larson took hid third win of 2011 in Box Stock. John Hopke took the win in TQ Lates. (more…)
Mother nature finally smiled on the Citrus County Speedway Saturday night. With the forecast showing a 60% chance of rain from 5pm on, many people were left looking to the sky. But the Citrus County Speedway seemed to have a bubble over top of it Saturday night, with rain all around the speedway through the afternoon. Wet roads could be found as little as a half mile in both directions from the speedway. The rains couldn’t keep the drivers away, as 96 cars registered to compete for the evening. (more…)
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The Top Gun Sprint Cars, RaceCar Engineering Late Models, Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks, Gladiators, and Florida Mini Sprints kept at least 2 wheels on the track at all times and also put on some of the best action of 2011 while on the clay. Of course, Double Points and Points Races winding down will do that. (more…)
It was a long hot day for the drivers but the track was spared with not one drop of rain. Fans were treated to some of the best short track racing in the state. The night started out with the Fab 4 class that saw the 98 of Aaron Hardgrove of Lehigh in the lead from start to finish. Paul Richards Jr of Naples tried everything he could to make it three in a row but came up short to finish second. (more…)
This Saturday night Sept 24th the sportsman are back for a special 50 Lap race, also running are the Road Warriors, Cowboy Cadillac, Super Stocks, Pro 4, Fab 4 and the always entertaining fan participation races, bring your street car and a helmet and you too can race like the big boys. (more…)
By Jeff Bean-Lake City Fl.- Jamie Dayhaw of Keystone Heights took his first feature event win in Sportsman action at NFS. Other winners on the card were Adam Bedenbaugh in Late
Model, Harold Mathews in Florida Mini Sprint Association and Shane Taylor doubled up on the evening with wins in both Pure Stock and Limited Modified divisions.
Sportsman were the first cars to start the feature racing for the night and the initial start saw Robby Stevens jump to the early lead only to spin in front of the entire field bringing out the yellow before a lap could be completed. The next attempt to start the race would prove to be more successful and Freddie Daniels would pace the field for the first four laps. (more…)
Saturday night proved to be one of the most action packed nights of the season at the Citrus County Speedway. 79 drivers registered to compete in 5 divisions of racing on this warm summer night. These drivers put on some of the most competitive racing of the entire 2011.
A large field of 22 Super Late Models packed the pits for their 3 heat races and 35 lap feature race. The field was full of familiar faces, as well as a few new names in the 22 car feature line up. New comer T.J. Duke (28) would prove to be a quick study, as he took his sharp looking car to the front of the feature in just a few laps. Deep in the field the cars of point leader Herb Neumann Jr. (98), Scott Grossenbacher (09), Steve Dorer (110), and Anthony Sergi (20) were all furiously charging to the front. 5 cautions in the 1st 18 laps would help these drivers all make up some ground on the leading car of Duke. (more…)
JAMAICA, VA (September 18, 2011) – Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN took the lead for good on the 24th lap from Steve Francis of Ashland, KY. He went on to win the rain-shortened Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned USA 100 on Sunday afternoon at Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway. 
Bloomquist and Francis staged a terrific race for the lead in the first 24 laps of the race until Bloomquist began to pull away. Rain then hit the track and the main event was halted with 31 laps complete. Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN was third followed by Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN and Jamie Lathroum of Mechanicsville, MD.
Francis grabbed the lead at the start with Bloomquist and Steve Shaver in tow. Francis held the lead for most of the race with Bloomquist edging ahead of him on lap seven. Francis quickly charged back by Bloomquist for the lead. The two continued a side-by-side battle with Francis leading the way until lap 24 when Bloomquist passed him exiting turn four in traffic. (more…)
Sept. 17, 2011 – First time winners made it to Victory Lane tonight along with some familiar ones as well.
The night started off with the Street Stock division. Andy Lee picked up the heat win early on. Then for the 15-lap feature event, its was 
David Barwick, II who was tenth in points and Andy Lee eleventh in points. From the drop of the green flag, Andy Lee led the entire race with few challengers. It was Andy’s very first feature win. Andy was very emotional thanking his family and friends for their continued support. Mike Wilson finished second, followed by Mike Eaton, Jeff Rodgers and Curtis Book rounding out the top five. (more…)
