Larry MacMillan Memorial 100
By Jack Smith
When you can get 33 open wheel modifieds show up for a 100 lap race in central Florida these days it is a big deal. So it was at Citrus County Speedway this past Saturday night, a big deal indeed for the first Annual Larry MacMillan Memorial 100.
While most asphalt tracks these days in Florida would be happy to get half as many, Citrus seems to have found something with the modifieds. There were enough cars to run a “B” Main, which earned the top two cars in the 20 lap race a trip to the night’s featured 100 lap event. Interestingly, two of Florida’s top drivers, both track champions and winners of major events, did not finish high enough to get in the feature. Mulberry’s Wayne Morris and New Smyrna Beach’s Jerry Symons, one of the best to ever race at New Smyrna Speedway, had to pack up and watch from the grandstands. (more…)