Ray Cook Wins 9th Annual Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race
OCALA, FL – Driving a car he named “Johnny Cash,” Ray Cook of Brasstown, NC started 19th and won the 9th Annual Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series in front of a packed house on Saturday night at Bubba Raceway Park.
Cook had the right set up and the driving experience on a hard slick track, as he took the lead on 43 and never looked back to claim the $10,000 top prize in the Horsepower By Hedrick Special.
“Howard Stalls asked me to drive for him in this race at the beginning of the season, and they’ve been building it since then, like that old Johnny Cash song “One Piece At A Time” and tonight it made some cash too,” Cook said. “We had trouble last night in qualifying, and had to come through the B-Main to make the race, but we had the right set up with tires and shocks to get us to the front.”
Once the car was finished, the Stalls crew installed a brand new Chevrolet Performance 604 Engine right out of the crate they bought at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA for $5,195, so they paid for the engine in its first night on the race track. (more…)
The FL United Promoters Series concluded the 2013 season on Sunday with series regular Jessie Dutilly taking a very popular win. Jessie and his team were racing with very heavy hearts after the passing of John Dutilly, Jessie dad on Thursday. The Carbone Motorsports driver and his crew decided to continue on and race, and it was with dad looking down on him as he picked up his first win of the season in the series biggest race of the year. The win came after an afternoon of tuff racing but Dutilly survived all challenges including a tap from second place challenger Randy Anderson on lap 123, Dutilly was given his spot back to set up the green white checkered. Dutilly beat Daniel Webster on the restart and hung on for the win, rounding out the top five were, Webster 2013 Champion, Jonathan Guy who came from his 24th place starting position after a driver change, Billy Bigley in fourth and Jessica Murphy with a strong showing all day in fifth.
This weekend Auburndale Speedway will host the 2013 Florida United Promoters Series 2-Day Finale for the Super Late Models, Regal Automotive Group Pro Trucks, and the Racecar Engineering Sportsman. In the SLM division the best drivers in the state will be on hand to see who can beat Brooksville’s Daniel Webster who holds a 43 point lead over Sarasota’s Jessie Dutilly who will be making a charge to gain the top spot and collect the $5,000.00 points fund prize at the banquet in January. Also expected to be on hand are the “Naples Gang” led by Billy Bigley Jr., his son Dylan Bigley, and Troy McNabb, rookie of the year candidates Randy Anderson and Anthony Cataldi. Coming in from Lake Panasoffkee will be Todd Brown who will be joined by Michael Waltrip Racing’s driver development driver Patrick Starpoli from Ft. Lauderdale. Also expected are Kevin Macy, Jonathan Guy, David Green, Steve Dorer, Jeff Scofield, Brooke Storer, Daniel Keene Jr., Jessica Murphy, Nick Neri, Travis Roland, Joe Winchell and others. 
CARTERSVILLE, GA – The 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN will be looking to put the icing on the cake of his championship season with a victory in the $10,000-to-win 100-lap 9th Annual Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race on November 23 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, FL.
CONCORD, N.C. – Nov. 15, 2013 – Daryn Pittman is the ninth different driver in World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series history to win the championship, leading wire-to-wire with an incredible level of consistency.
It’s watered down at Bubba Raceway Park so the Florida State Championship Races have been postponed. The Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Open-Wheel Modifieds, Limited Late Models, and 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks will move their events to December 21st in a “Super Show” of eight divisions as they will join the Late Models, Hobby Stocks, Mini Sprints, TQ Late Models, and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators. Start time to be announced at a later time.
Tampa, FL – It looked as though Mother Nature would spoil tonight’s races here at East Bay Raceway Park, but the rain held off as Late Models, Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks, V8 Warriors, Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers and the Ladies’ Powder Puff races went off without a hitch.
Full Throttle Speedway 2 Day Event 11-15 & 16
Jim Rouse – With just each division’s respective Championship race left on the table (at least for points) there will be four champions crowned this Saturday and a further four on December 21st in the second half of the Florida State Championship races. This week’s task, however, is the Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Open-Wheel Modifieds, Bubba Army Limited Sprints, Limited Late Models, and 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks.