Scott Lockwood – For most of Saturday night’s 75-lap, Turner Tree and Landscaping, Super Late Model feature at Full Throttle Speedway, Sarasota’s Anthony Campi looked like he would cruise to an easy victory. But Riverview’s Joe Boyd had other ideas after staging a late rally of his own.

Campi and Boyd shared the front row for the night’s main event. Campi jumped out to an early lead and needed just 16 laps around the 3/8-mile oval to begin lapping traffic. By the time the race reached 25 laps, Campi had already lapped half the field.

The night’s first caution came out when Bradenton’s Dennis Colletti spun right in front of third-place running and Bradenton resident Jessie Dutilly on lap 27. On the restart, Campi flexed his muscles and pulled out to nearly a six-second lead at times over Boyd and Dutilly. On lap 53, Boyd and Dutilly found themselves spinning in turn one, but were allowed to keep their positions on the restart. (more…)

Full Throttle Speedway returns to action on Saturday night May 18th when a host of some of the best Super Late Model Drivers sponsored by, Turner Tree and Landscaping, are expected to come and do battle for 75 Green Flag Laps, on the 3/8-mile high-banked oval. Fans will get an opportunity to meet their favorite Super Late Model drivers and get autographs during the intermission period.

Street Stocks, Pro and Rookie 4’s, T.Q. Midgets, Modified Minis, Road Warriors and Outlaw Modifieds will also be in action.  There will be practice Friday from 4:00pm till dark, with  FREE K.W.’S BBQ and beverage.  Starting last week there will be a Manatee Ambulance in the infield, Saturday Nights at FTS.

Scott Lockwood, Bradenton, FL – Ralph Bowman delivered an early Mother’s Day gift with a wire-to-wire win in the 25-lap Open-Wheel Modified feature Saturday night before a packed house at Full Throttle Speedway.

St. Pete’s Bowman grabbed the lead at the start and was followed closely by Cape Coral’s Steve Arnold. Six laps in, L.B. Skaggs got around Wayne Jefferson for third and started closing on Arnold for second. Four laps later, Jefferson and Eric Rudd got together in the middle of the back stretch, sending Jefferson into the wall and ending his night.

On the restart, Skaggs quickly got by Arnold, only to see his night end with a blown engine three laps later. As Bowman stretched his lead to nearly the length of one of Full Throttle’s straightaways, the transmission failed on Arnold’s car with and sent him into the turn three wall with just a handful of laps remaining. Bowman was never challenged on the restart, winning easily over Rudd and Bradenton’s John Shields.

“We came back with the same setup we had here last year and it worked really well for us,” Bowman said. “It’s good to be back here at Full Throttle Speedway and it’s a great place to race.” (more…)

[slideshow id=7]Saturday night at the Full Throttle Speedway was something you just needed to see for yourself! The atmosphere was something more than electric, and everyone that walked through the gate was a part of the show. It was a steady stream of traffic that flowed into the parking lot and it never seemed to stop. As the fans walked through the gate’s they were greeted by smiling faces telling them to have a good time ,and you might want to grab a bag of popcorn and grab a seat cause its filling up fast. The stands were packed from turn 4, all the way down the front straight to turn 1. As the night started fans were ready to run the gambit of emotions that come with American Saturday night stock car racing. (more…)