Some news for the Southern Sprint Car Series and introduction of the clean Sweep Award

Some bog news for Florida Sprint car asphalt racing

After an Impressive season opener race number two of the season is this weekend at Auburndale Speedway.

Schedule of Events for round #2 of the SRL Sportsman Series at Auburndale Speedway on February 4th. Please be sure to go register for this event on TheFOAT.

• Feb 12th, 2023, 9am – 3pm @ Racecar Engineering 8126 US Hwy 98 N Lakeland, FL 33809 • Open to the public

• Huge tent out front will be filled with 70-80 major brands/vendors to show off new products and help customers with technical needs etc

• Brands include: Five-star Bodies, AR Bodies, Tru-Force, Wehrs, MSD, Holley, Swift Springs, Pro-fab headers, Serck Motorsports, Allstar Performance, MPD Racing, TI22, Triple X, HANS, Simpson, Velocita, Strange Oval, Sweet manufacturing, Tilton, Brinn, Wilwood, Pro Systems, FLF Racecars and many more

• Racecar Engineering store front is open as well to buy parts. • Many parts will have big discounts day of the show.

• First 100 guests receive a goodie bag • Tons of raffle prizes including a complete Schultz Fuel cell valued at $1600.00. Many other products and product certificates as well.

• All raffle money goes directly to St Judes and Shriners childrens hospitals. In recent years we’ve sent checks for $5000.00, this year our goal is $10,000.00. Steve Dorer/Racecar Engineering will be matching donations dollar for dollar up to $10,000.00 as well so we plan to send a check for $20,000.00 to kids and families in need when this is all over.

Saturday 1/28/2023 Auburndale Speedway

Photos from Sunshine State Racing:

After all the excitement and Dust settles and tech was clear Jeff Scofield and Chase Lovelady leaves Auburndale Speedway as winners in the first twin 50 Super Late Model Features of the year of  2023.

The first feature Saw Jeff Scofield go green to checkers for the win with some great side by side racing.  This race also saw the DQ of George Gorham Jr. for a tire infraction.  Jeff and his team claim to be getting old but man they sure had a dominate car and looked to be having some fun.

In race number two there was a lot of great side by side racing for the lead on both the inside and outside and after tech clears Chase Lovelady took home the win.

Videos below from Speedway Video.

Also a lot of fun by the fans for the t shirt toss and fun had by all at the track.

Full Results:

A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 8-Chase Lovelady[11]; 2. 07-Jeff Scofield[2]; 3. 10X-Michael Cherry[15]; 4. 77-Keith Roggen[6]; 5. 11JR-Carter Brown[9]; 6. 10-George Gorham Jr[16]; 7. 10F-Ross Francisco[10]; 8. 0X-Ryan Walters[4]; 9. 8W-AJ Waller[14]; 10. 57-Brey Holmes[7]; 11. 68-Hunter Lovelady[3]; 12. 42-Jonathan Guy[5]; 13. 55-Richard Elkins Jr[8]; 14. 97D-Mike Smith[13]; 15. (DQ) 88D-TJ DeCaire[12]; 16. (DQ) 142-Cody Stickler[1]

A Feature 2 (50 Laps): 1. 07-Jeff Scofield[1]; 2. 142-Cody Stickler[2]; 3. 68-Hunter Lovelady[3]; 4. 0X-Ryan Walters[4]; 5. 42-Jonathan Guy[5]; 6. 77-Keith Roggen[6]; 7. 57-Brey Holmes[7]; 8. 55-Richard Elkins Jr[8]; 9. 11JR-Carter Brown[9]; 10. 10F-Ross Francisco[10]; 11. 8-Chase Lovelady[11]; 12. 88D-TJ DeCaire[12]; 13. 97D-Mike Smith[13]; 14. 8W-AJ Waller[14]; 15. (DQ) 10X-Michael Cherry[16]; 16. (DQ) 10-George Gorham Jr[15]

Qualifying 1: 1. 07-Jeff Scofield, 00:13.329[11]; 2. 42-Jonathan Guy, 00:13.336[14]; 3. 10-George Gorham Jr, 00:13.371[12]; 4. 10F-Ross Francisco, 00:13.388[13]; 5. 142-Cody Stickler, 00:13.417[16]; 6. 88D-TJ DeCaire, 00:13.435[10]; 7. 8-Chase Lovelady, 00:13.456[6]; 8. 10X-Michael Cherry, 00:13.507[7]; 9. 11JR-Carter Brown, 00:13.539[5]; 10. 57-Brey Holmes, 00:13.600[9]; 11. 97D-Mike Smith, 00:13.680[2]; 12. 77-Keith Roggen, 00:13.711[8]; 13. 0X-Ryan Walters, 00:13.728[15]; 14. 68-Hunter Lovelady, 00:13.752[3]; 15. 55-Richard Elkins Jr, 00:13.784[1]; 16. 8W-AJ Waller, 00:13.795[4]

Race one:

On February 4th the National Compact Touring Series race is set tp pay $7,000 to win along with Florida Modified Mini Stocks, Crown Vics and Pure stocks.  Over 110 cars are entered as of right now.

WEBSTER, DAVIS, JONES, KARAS AND ALLEN CLOSE WINTERNATIONALS WEEK 1

Story from East Bay Raceway Park and Mike Horne Photo:

With cooler conditions and cloudy skies, the final night of the first week of the 47^th annual Winternationals came to a close with new names joining repeat winners.

V-8 Warriors/Thunderstocks opened the night and it was déjà vu as Cody Allen charged back to victory to back up his Friday feature win. The back-to-back wins matched Allen’s 2022 achievement of winning the last two features after Tommy Hill had scored the opener last year. Jason Burnside and Jerry Rogers won the heat races.

In Mini Sprint action, a new name was added to the victory rolls. Jo Jo Davis, who had a strong runner-up finish in the opener, put on a dominant performance to score his first feature win in convincing fashion. Jesse Foster prevailed in the heat race.

It was a perfect week for 16-year-old Will Karas as the Pennsylvania racer swept all three of his heats and all three features on the week. Karas got the lead on the first lap and ran wire to wire, lapping up to fourth place in the 15-lap main. Joining Karas as heat race winner was Zach LaRose, who scored his second straight runner-up finish in the feature.

Top Gun Sprints once again saw a late race pass develop as leaders were fighting through lapped traffic. Garrett Green had been dominant through the race, but a determined Justin Webster would not let the leader out of his sights. With just a few laps remaining, Webster was able to find a clear track to grab the lead and the win. Webster had the dominant car on Friday, but was denied victory then. It only served to drive the family team to the end result of victory. Webster had won his heat race, so he picked up the additional $600 in the Lee and Jeff Barfield Memorial Clean Sweep award. Luke Hill and David Kelley also claimed heat wins.

The Gladiator main event saw Friday winner Charles Paris Jr. get the lead until a mechanical issue brought his car to a stop in turn four. Kayla Jones then inherited the top spot and took advantage, holding off a determined Wayne Kissam for the win. Paris Jr., Robert Kissam and Troy Dittebrand won preliminaries.

Action in the Winternationals continues with Crate Racin’ USA Late Models and Crate Racin’ USA Street Stocks. Practice will be held on Jan. 25 with three nights of racing to follow on Jan. 26-28.

TOP GUN SPRINTS

Feature – Justin Webster (21), Garrett Green (82), Steve Diamond Jr. (20c), Luke Hill (41), Brandon Grubaugh (G6), Danny Jones (14), Robbie Smith (6S), Tyler Clem (14c), Billy Bridges (11B), Jeff Bye (26), David Kelley (12), Dustin Burtron (97), Tyler Orzechowski (380, Tyler Porter (99), Trey Meredith (11), Aileen Collins-Love (17c), Joe Zuczek (50), Scott Baldwin (4), Owen Dimm (17), Brian Riddle (2M), Lucas Rodriguez (2R), Andrew Griffin (32)

V-8 WARRIOR/THUNDERSTOCKS

Feature – Cody Allen (68), Jerry Rogers (92), Daniel Bowman (46), Michael Hart (99), Derek Gray (189), Juston Meeks (10), Collin Kruse (92c), Raymond Rogers (48), Kyle Kruse (18), Macy Bozeman (58), Jarod Gay (23), Wayne Kissam (07), Nick Brown (12), Justin Scarberry (24), Tim Gay (25).

MINI SPRINTS

Feature – Jo Jo Davis (7), Jesse Foster (1), Bryce Comer (9), Doug Dyal (97D), Mark Reynolds (1NY), Bubba Rains (07R), Charles Landis Jr. (12), David Hall (67), Tyler Landis (66)

MICRO SPRINTS

Feature – Will Karas (48k), Zach LaRose (33Z), Jazlyn Boyles (30), Noelle Ebersole (42), Nadia Ebersole (25), Patrick Moore (14), James Ivey (58), Haley Moore (8), Logan Evans (66). DNS – Cliff Evans (17), Rudy Rodriguez (1)

Davey Hamilton Jr. picks up 2023 where he left of in 2022 in Victory Lane for Morgan Motorsports

The BG products Southern Sprint Car series kicked of there 2023 Season Saturday night at Auburndale Speedway and Davey Hamilton Jr. picked up right where he ended 2022 and that was in Victory lane.  Making it 7 in a row for the Morgan Motorsports team.

Full Results:

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 14-Davey Hamilton Jr[6]; 2. 5-Daniel Miller[2]; 3. 88A-Sport Allen[3]; 4. 93-Dude Teate[7]; 5. 55-Tommy Nichols[1]; 6. 25-Bruce Brantley[4]; 7. 13-Scotty Adema[9]; 8. 1-Larry Brazil Jr[8]; 9. 3X-Bo Hartley[10]; 10. 59X-John Inman[5]

Heat 1: 1. 59X-John Inman[2]; 2. 14-Davey Hamilton Jr[3]; 3. 55-Tommy Nichols[1]; 4. 93-Dude Teate[4]; 5. 3X-Bo Hartley[5]

Heat 2: 1. 88A-Sport Allen[2]; 2. 5-Daniel Miller[5]; 3. 25-Bruce Brantley[3]; 4. 1-Larry Brazil Jr[4]; 5. 13-Scotty Adema[1]

The Series also honored there champions from 2022.  Hamilton won the points championship and Steven Hollinger won Rookie of the year.

Video of race From Speedway Video: