Eagle Jet Top Gun Sprints Press Release

EagleJetTopGunlogoBlackSmallIt was made public at the Eagle Jet Top Gun awards banquet that Eagle Jet and Phase 1 Motorsports along with NASCAR’s Nationwide team, JD Motorsports have recognized the professionalism and quality of the drivers competing in the Top Gun Series. Therefore, it was announced that the 2014 Top Gun Champ will be given two golden opportunities to enhance his or her racing resume. The 2014 Top Gun Champion will be invited to the Eagle Jet Phase 1 Motorsports race shop to be fitted into one of their 2014 Ford Super Late Models. They will then be scheduled for a test and practice session with the car which will be supervised by Phase 1 owner, Doug Elliott. After they have completed the practice day, they will then race the car at a later date for a one race deal. The 2014 Champion gets to keep every dollar the car makes at that race! The second opportunity to help build the 2014 Champs resume gets even better! The Top Gun Champ and a guest will then be invited for an all-expense paid trip, complements of Eagle Jet International, to Gaffney, South Carolina and to the race shop of the NASCAR Nationwide team of JD Motorsports owned by Johnny Davis. This is the home of Landon Cassill and Jeffrey Earnhardt’s NASCAR Nationwide cars. The Top Gun Champ will be fitted to either one of Earnhardt’s or Cassill’s actual race cars for a full day of testing at a local track! This is not just renting a car to go around the track! This is a full blown up to speed real deal test of your ability to drive a NASCAR Nationwide car! The test session will be personally supervised by Mr. Johnny Davis himself. Johnny Davis is famous through his many years with NASCAR for teaching and helping young crew members and drivers get their start in NASCAR. You may visit Johnny and his race team at www.TeamJDMotorsports.com This could be the opportunity of a life time for the 2014 Top Gun Champion to see if they have the “Right Stuff” to drive one of these cars they see on TV. Good luck to each and every one of the 2014 Eagle Jet Top Gun series drivers!

By |2014-01-13T14:52:47-05:00January 13th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Racing News, Top Gun Sprints|Comments Off on Eagle Jet Top Gun Sprints Press Release

PEAK Stock Car Dream Challenge winner Patrick Staropoli’s Dream Continues

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Roseville, CA (January 8, 2014) PEAK Stock Car Dream Challenge winner Patrick Staropoli will continue ‘living the dream’ as he parlays his great debut performance last season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West into a five race deal for 2014. (more…)

By |2014-01-13T14:54:14-05:00January 12th, 2014|Archives, Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off on PEAK Stock Car Dream Challenge winner Patrick Staropoli’s Dream Continues

Putnam Speedway Banquet and 2014 Season Announced

OPEN PRACTICE AND 2013 DRIVER POINTS BANQUET
FEBRUARY 1ST 12PM – 4PM

20140111-214256.jpgAll drivers, staff, and fans from Putnam County Speedway please join us as we close out last season on a much better note then it was left. We are looking forward to 2014 season! Please RSVP here so we have a count for food and prizes. Champions will be announced later day. $10 open practice and banquet.

By |2014-01-12T02:53:21-05:00January 12th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Putnam County Speedway, Racing News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off on Putnam Speedway Banquet and 2014 Season Announced

Georgia Boot Now Titles Super Bowl Of Racing

Lucas Big LogoWAYCROSS, GA (January 7, 2014) – Officials of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series are excited to announce that Georgia Boot has signed on as the title sponsor of the 2014 season opening weekend at Golden Isles Speedway on February 6th, 7th and 8th in Brunswick, GA. The Georgia Boot “Super Bowl of Racing”, sanctioned by the LOLMDS, will consist of three full nights of racing at GIS and an open practice night on Wednesday, Feburary 5th. Both Fridaynight and Saturday night’s events will be the first “points” events of the 2014 season for the LOLMDS. Friday and Saturday’s events will also be filmed by the Lucas Oil Production Studios for broadcast on the MAVTV Network in 2014.

The Georgia Boot “Super Bowl of Racing” will also include a fan appreciation contest for fans that attend the kick off weekend in Georgia. Fans will be able to register at the Georgia Boot display booth at the track – for a chance to win cash and gift packages from Georgia Boot and Lucas Oil. On Saturday, Feb 8th twenty-four (24) names will be drawn from the entry box at the Georgia Boot booth, matching a fan with each driver that starts the feature event on Saturday night. The fan matched with the winning driver of the feature event will win a cool $515 in cash, a pair of Georgia Boots and a gift package from Lucas Oil. Fans matched with second and third place drivers in the feature event will also win a gift package from Georgia Boot and Lucas Oil.  (more…)
By |2014-01-10T16:04:20-05:00January 10th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Racing News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off on Georgia Boot Now Titles Super Bowl Of Racing

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Shifts 2014 Season Opener To Florida’s Bubba Raceway Park

National Tour Will Not Sanction Feb. 7-8 ‘Winter Freeze’ At Georgia’s Screven Motor Speedway

WoO_World_of_Outlaws_Logo_Dirt_Late_Models_Late_Model_RacingNewsNetwork_comCONCORD, NC – Jan. 10, 2013 – The 2014 World of Outlaws Late Model Series season will begin on Feb. 14-16 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., rather than the previous weekend at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., as originally scheduled, series officials announced on Thursday.

A disagreement over tire rules prompted the national tour to drop its sanctioning of the Feb. 7-8 ‘Winter Freeze’ doubleheader at Screven, which was slated to kick off the WoO LMS campaign for the third consecutive year. WoO LMS officials had anticipated running the events under the four-compound DIRTcar UMP Hoosier LM tire rule – the mandate used in 2013 at Screven and earmarked for nine Florida events that follow this year’s Winter Freeze – but Screven promoter James ‘Redd’ Griffin preferred an open tire rule.

“After discussing the situation Redd decided that he did not want to run the Hoosier LM tires or institute a similar limited-compound tire rule for the Winter Freeze,” said WoO LMS director Tim Christman. “As a result, we felt it was necessary to drop the World of Outlaws sanctioning of the weekend at Screven. We believe it would be unfair to all teams supporting us at Screven to allow an open-tire rule there and then continue our season-opening trip with nine nights of racing in Florida under the Hoosier LM tire rule. (more…)

By |2014-01-10T15:56:29-05:00January 10th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Racing News|Comments Off on World of Outlaws Late Model Series Shifts 2014 Season Opener To Florida’s Bubba Raceway Park

Citrus County Speedway Announces CSC Wingless Sprints in 2014

Citrus LogoTrack Owner/Promoter Gary Laplant along with Stan Butler have put together an 11 Race schedule for the 2014 season at Citrus County Speedway. The first event will be February 1st and the final event will be November 14th. They will run the first Saturday of each month in between. Butler will act as the series race director, which Laplant is pleased about as he is with hosting the CSC Wingless Sprints.
” We are pleased to put this deal together and we want to bring the fans great racing here at the Citrus County Speedway. I am excited to work with Stan and to see the great racing they will put on.” stated Laplant.
” Gary worked hard to put this deal together and we feel it will be a great deal for our fans. We look forward to having the Sprint guys as part of our exciting season here at Citrus” added Track GM Rick Bristol.
For all the dates please go to www.citruscountyspeedway.com and for the complete rules go to this direct link. http://www.citruscountyspeedway.com/Rules/NewRules.htm and purse info will be posted on the website as well.
By |2014-01-09T17:51:09-05:00January 9th, 2014|Citrus County Speedway, Featured, Front Page News, Racing News|Comments Off on Citrus County Speedway Announces CSC Wingless Sprints in 2014

William Thomas Wins Ice Bowl Thriller At Talladega Short Track

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EASTABOGA, AL—The 2014 version of the Ice Bowl at the Talladega Short Track was not over till it was over as William Thomas of Phenix City, AL., moved under race leader Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS., coming to the checkered flag to grab the win and collect $6,000 for his 50 lap run Sunday afternoon

Eric Cooley started on the pole by virtue of his heat race win and then proceeded to put on driving clinic as he and Thomas worked through lapped traffic for the first half of the race, as the stretched out their lead over the third place of Lavon Sparks, fourth place Ross Martin and fifth place Todd Morrow. Cooley then ran into the stronger lap traffic just past the halfway point as he tried for several laps to get around the car of Tim Roszell. Cooley was trying to make his move around Roszell when the two made contact and forced Cooley to spin. Cooley was placed back into the top spot by track officials for the leader being taken out by a lapped car.

Cooley then had to hold off Thomas for the final quarter of the race as Thomas keep showing him his nose lap after lap for the final portion of the race and then he made his move as Cooley slipped coming off turn four and Thomas took advantage of the slip and powered by Cooley to take the win. Cooley came home in the second spot, although disappointed at the outcome of the main event, the Mississippi driver has strong Ice Bowl weekend as set overall fast time for the 50 Super Late Models on hand and was a pretty dominate car all weekend.  (more…)

By |2014-01-08T21:14:51-05:00January 8th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Race Results|Comments Off on William Thomas Wins Ice Bowl Thriller At Talladega Short Track

Mark Whitener and Big Frog Motorsports Start 2014 with a Win

1Middleburg, Florida (01/06/14) – Big Frog Motorsports opened the 2014 campaign with a bang on Saturday night as Mark Whitener powered his #58 Big Frog Motorsports/Dave’s Towing/B&B Produce Late Model to the $3,000 win in the Showdown at the Swamp at Waycross Motor Speedway (Waycross, Georgia).

The National Late Model Series (NLMS) sanctioned the program, which drew a field of 21 entries to the clay oval.  Whitener started his night by blazing to fast time honors in qualifications before racing to the dash win.  Via his performance in the dash he started on the pole for the finale, and went on to lead flag-to-flag to score the $3,000 victory over Travis Carter, Rhett Carter, Evan Becton, and David Browning.

“It was truly a picture-perfect night for our team,” noted Whitener.  “We had an awesome car from the time we unloaded, and I have to thank my team and all of our great sponsors for their support. This is just a great way to start a season.”

Full results from the event are available at www.wayxspeedway.com. (more…)

By |2014-01-07T19:54:32-05:00January 7th, 2014|Featured, Front Page News, Racing News|Comments Off on Mark Whitener and Big Frog Motorsports Start 2014 with a Win

Bright House Challenge Series Heads to Desoto Speedway

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Bright House Challenge Series expands

Desoto speedway Management team is pleased to announce the partnership with the Bright House Challenge Series & New Smyrna Speedway.

As the Bright House Challenge Series heads into it’s 9th year, the Series will grow beyond the walls of New Smyrna Speedway. In 2014, the series will go across the great State of Florida three times to Desoto Speedway beginning with the Icebreaker 100 on February 1st. (more…)

By |2014-01-04T04:07:48-05:00January 4th, 2014|Archives, DeSoto Speedway, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off on Bright House Challenge Series Heads to Desoto Speedway

Hangover Derby!

01-04-2014-6Ocala, FL- Bubba Raceway Park will open it’s gates for the second annual Hangover Derby this week-end. The Limited Late Models and Scorpion Modifieds will each race for $1000 and the 1-800 ASK GARY Thunder Stocks and Hobby Stocks each have $2000 on the line. The best in the business will be up to the task to grab some cash and maybe knock some rust off too! Pit gates open at 4, grandstands at. 5, and racing is scheduled for 7. For more info please visit www.bubbaracewaypark.com!

By |2014-01-02T01:32:20-05:00January 2nd, 2014|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off on Hangover Derby!