FL United Promoters Series Starts 2014
The 2014 Season for the Florida United Promoters Series begins this Saturday March 8th at Aurburndale Speedway. The Speed51.com 100 will be the 1st race for the fourth year series whose past champions include Florida Short Track Stars, Tim Russell, Steve Dorer and Daniel Webster, all are expected to be on hand to contend for the 2014 championship. Also expected are two time runner up Jessie Dutilly, Jessica Murphy, Anthony Cataldi, George Gorham Jr., Anthony Sergi, Jonathan Guy, Todd Brown, Daniel Keene Jr., David Green, Jake Perkins, Travis Roland, Craig Cuzzone, and many more. Addition to the evenings line up are the Legends, Bando’s, V8 Bombers, Mini Stocks, Mod Mini’s, Scramblers, and Street Stocks. Pits open at 12pm, grandstands at5pm., qualifying at 6:00pm., and racin’ at 7:00pm.
The Florida United Promoters Series will receive continued support for Hoosier Racing Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels, Racecar Engineering, Progressive Race Engines, Finish Line Fabrication, Checkered Flag Graphics, Bassett Wheels, Five Star Bodies, Autometer, AR Bodies, Howe Racing Enterprises, Joe’s Racing Products, Butler Built Seat, and AP Racing.
There will be open practice on Friday from 5-10:00pm admission is $10.00. This race as always is a tire impound race.
On Sunday Brooksville’s Daniel Webster battled a ignition box failure, a jumped restart, and numerous cautions to capture the 2013 FUP Championship over race winner Jessie Dutilly. The pair of series regulars took it down to the final laps with a green white checkered for the battle, Dutilly was able to get the lead and hang on for his 1st win of the season, while Webster a 3 time winner this year took the championship by forty points over Dutilly. Rounding out the top ten in the points battle in third was Billy Bigley Jr., Randy Anderson who also captured the 2013 Sunoco Rookie of the Year award, Wayne Anderson, Dylan Bigley, Anthony Cataldi, Todd Brown, Jonathan Guy, and Troy McNabb. The series will hold the 2013 banquet on Saturday January 4th, 2014 at the Abacoa Golf Club located in Jupiter, FL
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. 
Carol Andrews – Auburndale Speedway races on Saturday night were postponed until Sunday afternoon due to rain. We had a good field of cars on hand for the triple 50 lap Florida United Promoters Series race. The winners in each class are as follows:
This Saturday marks the return of the FL United Promoters Series to Auburndale Speedway for the Triple 50’s. Headlining the night’s action will be the Sunoco Open Wheel Mod’s for their final race of the season. Lake Alfred’s, Travis Roland leads the points chase over L.J. Grimm from Seffner, FL. Josh Todd, Norm Dismuke and Wayne Jefferson round out the top five. In the Regal Automotive Group Pro Trucks, Steve Darvalics of Venice will try to hold onto his slim lead with just two races remaining for the trucks. Young Dylan Martin of Lakeland, Jessica Green in the Coulter Motorsports Chevy, Dustin Dunn in the always fast Dodge Ram, and Becca Monopoli of Lakeland are all in the hunt with just 19 points separating the top five. Leading the battle in the Racecar Engineering Sportsman division is Mulberry’s Brandon Morris with Auburndale’s James Wright III on the chase picking up his second win of the season back on Oct. 5th. Bobby Mobley, Cody McDuffie, and Jay Curry round out the top five.
Carol Andrews – We had a full night of racing on Saturday night at Auburndale Speedway. We held the Florida United Promoters Series Triple 50 lap races. We had 15 Open Wheel Modified, 12 Trucks, and 8 Sportsman, along with our other classes that put on a fun night of entertainment for the fans. The winners are as follows: