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Bubba Raceway Park: Points, Points, Points

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

RaceCar Engineering Late Models, Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks, Mini Stocks, and Gladiators are all on tap for this coming week-end and drivers are looking to cut and build points leads. All 4 of these divisions are unpredictable and could see 4 first-time winners.

The RaceCar Engineering Late Models have a familiar face up front in Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. Lloyd, however, hasn’t won a championship at Bubba Raceway Park since 1993, the last year of the old clay. Lloyd will also be gunning for his 3rd win in 2011. In contrast, winless driver Dillon Wood has used consistency to be the driver runner-up to Lloyd. Wood could break into victory lane at any time and cut that 19 point lead down. In 3rd place is a driver that has missed 1 event, but won the last 3. Defending champion Mark Whitener is just 29 points behind Lloyd and the 2 champions have had some great battles in the past. Johnny Collins hasn’t been the one applying pressure at the front, but when you look at the order at the end of the night it seems the 5 is right there in the top 5. Collins may be 61 points down, but if there’s 1 thing Collins will do that is fight to the end and that could make it interesting. In 5th is Bo Allen, 94 points out of the lead. Allen has hooked his 71 up and could put it in the victory circle by the end of the season. Early in the season Christian Augspurger, Tyler Ivey, and Darrell Padgett took wins, however, Augspurger’s didn’t count for points but he’s still 6th while Ivey is 8th and Padgett 13th.

With a $500 payday to the winner, the Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks should be just as exciting as always. After the rainy race last week the drivers will hope for a dry track including points leader Jason Gamble. Gamble gained some much needed points, but still holds a slim 15 point lead over Vaughn Woodall. Both get help from team-mates as they drive for 3-car teams, Gamble for Eddie Tillander and Vaughn for his father, Woody. In 3rd, 25 back, is “Mr. Consistency” Jonathan Gillette. Gillette is still searching for career win #1 and it could come soon as he is always improving his 64. Asphalt-turned-dirt driver Gordon Cade was a threat on the old asphalt as he finished 3rd in the Hobby Stock championship in 2004. Cade is a spot lower but a few points closer to the leader 7 years later. Cade still searches for dirt-career win #1, but has come close. In a tie for 5th is Cade’s team-mate Brian Shea and Chad Scranton of Cheater Racing. They are 50 back. Scranton has 3 wins in 2011 while Shea has not won, but Shea has 3 top 3 finishes in his career including last week-end. Shea is close to that win while Scranton is close to 4 out of 6 (missing 1 event) in their chase for a championship.

Mini Stock drivers have had 2 weeks to rebuild, replace, and reward themselves after a great season so far. John Yates has his cars 1-2 with Ray Folwell the only points leader this season. Brittany Yates is 2nd, 21 points behind her team-mate. Both are race winners in 2011, but the young gun in 3rd is not. Ryan Babcock, the 16-year-old rookie, has masterfully driver the 9 to 3rd from the start. Babcock just received a power steering unit for his car and is the only driver in the top 5 without a DNF of DNS in 2011. Babcock will hope to hold Ray Ethridge off for 3rd. Ethridge has used consistent finishes to take 4th in the standings. In 5th is the ever-improving Chris Zimmermann. Zimmermann has 2 runner-up finishes and will do his best to get that first win and jump to the front of the standings. So far the Mini Stocks have 7 different winners in 2011. Tim Zackery and Buddy Pope won early in the season but those wins didn’t count for points. Charlie Staats, Roberto “TacoSon” Morfin, Jr., and Shirlene Hammond have added their names to the winners list. The Mini Stocks are truly a diverse division and the championship isn’t a lock for anyone.

The Gladiators have gone through some controversy over the past few days but they will race this Saturday night. Bubba said he wants more cars in the division, however. Steve Cox has put his P38 at the front of the field 6 times in his 7 starts and even that was a runner-up finish from the back. Cox, under the week-end rules for the division, will start dead-last. Starting in front of Cox will be 2nd place Reid Christensen. Christensen has been close to a win for the last month but has had Earnhardt luck. Christensen was relieved with a runner-up finish last week-end but won’t be staisfied until he takes a win. Brandon Haseleu will be right there with those 2 at the start as he has brought his 3H to the track every week-end and run well with it too. Haseleu is the defending David Reutimann Most Likely To Succeed Award champion and would like to get that first win. Also winless, but consistently improving, is Richard Todd. Todd has put his 43 in 4th and has a few runner-up finishes already. In 5th is Jerry Taylor. Taylor has driven the 10, 31, and 57 this season, but has always put it at the front. Taylor is close to a break-through win and has a lot of fans behind him. Scott Sullivan and Jonathan Green have each put the 28 in victory lane once and Casey “Black Lightning” Feaster took 3 non-points wins at the beginning of 2011.

Gates open at 4:30 with racing scheduled at 7. These divisions draw many fans and the early bird does indeed get the worm. For more information you can check out www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call the Speedway hotline!

By Scott|2011-07-27T22:17:37-04:00July 27th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Tracks, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Rain In Victory Lane At Bubba Raceway Park

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

With 5 divisions on tap and some hungry drivers we knew that it was going to be good racing as it always is with the UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks, Gladiators, and Florida Mini Sprints Association.

The Hobby Stocks went out first, but not before the violent backstretch barrel roll for the driver of the #28. Jeff Miller had stepped out for the night. Making the accident even worse was when Bill Gardner was hard on the brakes and was trapped into running into the #28. Both drivers walked from the carnage to the pitlane, but the cars were not as fortunate. However, Joe Boyd was starting from pole with Joe Belkey to his outside. Ken Hall spun on lap 1 and Billy Carlbert, Jr. took a big hit in the points when he made unfortunate contact with Hall. On the restart it was time for Bud Chancey to go around. James Erickson and Chuck McHone made contact on lap 3 with Erickson getting the worst of it. This yellow gave us a chance to see Joe Belkey start in the lead. It would be 12 laps in which Boyd dropped and Tim Powers constantly attacked the 12 of Belkey. The run would end when Howard Osteen lost his engine. Lap 19 was a debris caution for a driveshaft on the backstretch that would set up a final shootout between Belkey and Powers. At the line it would be Belkey taking the win and the $750 payday with Powers extending the points lead, especially with Double Points, from 2nd, Donnie Reed again finished 3rd, Chuck McHone was 4th, and Kevin Durden rounded out the top 5. However, Reed was later disqualified moving Buck Woodhouse into 5th, and put the Biggest Movers, Lasoski Racing’s Devin Walker and James Erickson, 6th and 7th, respectively.

The highly competitive Florida Mini Sprints Association are unpredictable, but the dominant driver could’ve been expected there. Chris Pacetti took the 16 for a spin in turn 4 bringing out the yellow on lap 6. Meanwhile Jesse Teed, in his 1st race at Bubba Raceway Park in 2011, was coming in a hurry. David Pleaugh broke something in the left rear of his 711 and when he slowed it caught Justin Kolves and Brian Penrose by surprise. Penrose continued, Kolves and Pleaugh would go no further. The final 11 laps were green, 8 being led by the 7 of Jesse Teed, the Biggest Mover and race winner. Eddie Moss would again go home 2nd, Dirk Miller was 3rd, Steve Crabtree in 4th, and Andy Detton moved into 5th on the final lap.

UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds action has been intense at Bubba Raceway Park in 2011 and nothing less was expected on this night. Paul Sizemore took his 1S for a spin in turn 4 on lap 2 for the 1st yellow of the night. Cory Hupp and Bruce Harvey each took a turn spinning in turn 1 on the restart. Jason Davis was quickly displaced as leader by Jeff Mathews on lap 3, but Devin Dixon got going and took the lead on lap 9. Mathews would begin to fall down the order. David Wansley had a flat tire on lap 14 and he was right in front of Devin Dixon and was enough for Larry Bowden to throw the yellow flag. Dixon would again try to pull away, but was reigned back in with 4 to go for Michael Flick’s spin. Dixon wouldn’t be denied and took the win with “Racin” Jason Davis in 2nd, Biggest Mover was 3rd place finisher Kyle Bronson, Dave Barber was very quiet from the time he entered to the time he left, and Jeff Mathews gained some small points over his driver Ivedent Lloyd, Jr.

As always the Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks were the first, this time being the ones to have a race deemed a “wet race” as it would be called in open-wheel racing. William Martin and Ryan Lasik were the first victims of the rain as they spun in turn 1 on lap 1. The restart saw 2 competitive drivers, Woodall Racing’s Vaughn Woodall and EBD Racing’s Eddie Lentz, go for spins in the rain. After that incident, the race was halted until the drops stopped. Lap 7 saw pole sitter Jonathan Appleby take the lead back from John Thorpe. Brian Cox and Michael Valdez both spun on the frontstretch and the yellow waved once more. Appleby pulled off with a flat tire leaving Thorpe with the lead and Chad Scranton in 2nd. Scranton, happy that the rains had left, went around Thorpe and was leading when Donnie Dobbins flipped his brand new Miller Lite #33. Dobbins was okay after, but said the car was not. He was proud to say the rollcage did it’s job during the accident. Points leader Jason Gamble lost power steering on lap 14 and dropped in the order on lap 14. Gamble would have 6 laps and 14 cars to pass. With Gamble down the order, Vaughn Woodall would’ve left with the points lead, but his 3W ended up in the turn 1 grass and brought a caution out with 3 to go. Another accident on lap 19 resulted in John Thorpe’s driver side door being caved in when Tim Mathieu made the wrong choice to get around Thorpe. Both were okay, but Thorpe’s family said he had been complaining about his left leg hurting. Brian Shea barely qualified for the feature, but was running 2nd with 1 to go. Chad Scranton made his moves in the dry and took the win, his 3rd of the year. Gamble’s team owner Eddie Tillander said the rain brought the Pondbird in him out and 2nd was the result. Brian Shea was the Biggest Mover gaining 21 spots from his starting position of 24th. Veronica Clark kept her 17 clean all night and left with a 4th place finish. Jeff Baer took a heat win and a top 5 in the feature.

In a Gladiators division that needs cars to survive past this coming week-end, it was an S&S kind of night. The final wreck of the night at Bubba Raceway Park was memorable as Larry Langston drove turn 4 over his head, literally, as he flipped the 49. Langston was okay, but he left Steve Cox with no wingmen as Steve Johnson also pulled off course. Steve Cox went past Reid Christensen for the lead on lap 6 and never looked back. Cox took his 6th win in 7 starts in 2011 with Reid Christensen a career best 2nd which puts away the bad memories from the past weeks. Casey ” call me Black Lightning” Feaster was 3rd in his return to the 3/8 mile with British Bulldog Stephen Frankland in 4th and Brandon Haseleu in 5th. Frankland and Haseleu were the Biggest Movers. Please know that this division needs cars to survive the season so bring those 4-cylinder cars out to Bubba Raceway Park!

Next week is RaceCar Engineering Late Models action, Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks for $500, Mini Stocks, and Gladiators are still pending. For more information you can call the Speedway hotline or visit www.bubbaracewaypark.com.

Bubba Raceway Park Results (7/23)

UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds

1- 2 Devin Dixon

2- 145 Jason Davis

3- 40B Kyle Bronson

4- 56 Dave Barber

5- 33 Jeff Mathews

6- 333 Ivedent Lloyd, Jr.

7- 54 Larry Burkins

8- 34 Jim Passino

9- 67 Garret Stewart

10- 7S Ronnie Chance

11- 31 Donnie Hall

12- 1S Paul Sizemore

13- 75 Jimmy Carter

14- 33F Michael Flick

15- 1K Scott Kurtzner

16- 2H Cory Hupp

17- 28 David Wansley

18- 8W Steve Whitener

19- 10 Scott Mooers

20- Z06 Larry Mott

21- 27B Bruce Harvey

22- 66M Dale Murray

Hobby Stocks

1- 12 Joe Belkey

2- 44 Tim Powers

3- A2Z Chuck McHone

4- 56D Kevin Durden

5- 55W Buck Woodhouse

6- 55JR Devin Walker

7- 7E James Erickson

8- 77M Mark Maresca

9- 18 Eric Moon

10- 04 Bubba Christian

11- 81 Donald Woosley

12- 83 Joe Boyd

13- 69 Tommy Ausburn

14- 27 Cody Albright

15- 2J unlisted driver

16- 88 Howard Osteen

17- 1 Randy Clark

18- 26 Brian Jerrels

19- 2 David Bange

20- 36 Grady Christian

21- 22 Chris Barnhart

22- 32 Bud Chancey

23- 11 Billy Carlbert, Jr.

24- 56S Jeffrey Sargent

25- 03 Ken Hall

DQ- 07 Donnie Reed

Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks

1- 27S Chad Scranton

2- 21 Jason Gamble

3- 19 Brian Shea

4- 17C Veronica Clark

5- 3 Jeff Baer

6- 54 Glenn Baum

7- 3W Vaughn Woodall

8- 121 Gordon Cade

9- 18 Chris Watson

10- 60 Jonathan Appleby

11- 64 Jonathan Gillette

12- 14M Tim Mathieu

13- 114 John Thorpe

14- 06 Willaim Martin

15- 15V Michael Valdez

16- 26 Brian Mullins

17- 66 Harold Erickson

18- 76 Chris Shea

19- 33 Donnie Dobbins

20- 96Z Eddie Lentz

21- 14C Brian Cox

22- 32 Jim Shaw

23- 14S James Sullivan

24- 15S Luke Sadler

25- 17L Ryan Lasik

Gladiators

1- P38 Steve Cox

2- 30 Reid Christensen

3- 20 Casey Feaster

4- 7UK Stephen Frankland

5- 3H Brandon Haseleu

6- 57 Jerry Taylor

7- 198 unlisted driver

8- 43 Richard Todd

9- 2M Chuck Mathias

10- 74B Jaylyn Amspaugh

11- 49 Larry Langston

12- 81 Steve Johnson

13- 77K Matt Kramer

14- 69 David Pate

DNS- 126 Robert Graham

Florida Mini Sprints Association (Unavailable)

By Scott|2011-07-24T20:08:43-04:00July 24th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Race Results, Tracks|Comments Off

Four Divisions With Tight Points Battles Attack Bubba Raceway Park

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

Bubba Raceway Park puts the UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds back on the clay with the Hobby Stocks on a Double Points night for $750 to win. Also, the Florida Mini Sprints Association make their 3rd appearance of 2011, the Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks continue to swap paint and points positions, and the Gladiators look to knock the top man off his throne. Please note that all points totals and points positions used in this article are unoffficial.

Jeff Mathews leads the UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds standings, just as he has in November the last 3 seasons. However, the margin is much closer this season as friend, team-mate, and RaceCar Engineering Late Models points leader Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. is just 2 points behind his team-owner/friend Mathews. Of course, Jim Smith is 30 points behind the leader and Dave Barber is only 2 behind Smith. Kyle Bronson, the only driver with multiple wins in 2011, is 5th and 35 points out of the lead. PJ Wiggins is 1-for-1 at Bubba Raceway Park and Steve Whitener is the previous race winner proving that the top 5 have a kryptonite, but it’s tough to find. The points will have a spotlight just as the leader of the race will this week-end.

Tim Powers has a win and a runner-up finish that count towards the championship and he leads the standings by 20 over Howard Osteen and 23 over Billy Carlbert, Jr. Osteen and Carlbert will be looking for points to gain ground on Powers, but will look behind as Kevin Durden is 14 behind Osteen and Chad Scranton, the only driver with 2 wins in 2011, is 16 behind Osteen. Earlier in the year Mike Tovet took a win and Matt Shea also won, his first career Hobby Stocks victory. These drivers and more will look to gain points and money with Double Points and $750 to win.

The Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks have the closest 3-way battle with Jason Gamble, the 2009 champion, leading “Mr. Consistency” Jonathan Gillette by 3 and Vaughn Woodall by 5. Gamble, also called “The Pondbird” in the pits, has 3 wins early in the season while Gillette has used consistency to put his 64 in 2nd. Woodall has a couple heat wins in 2011 and a feature win last season, but is still searching for that first feature win in 2011. “The Canuck” Tim Mathieu has put his 14 in 4th, 37 points behind Gamble and has the support of the Canadian fans behind him. Mathieu also won a feature in 2011, but like Woodall is still searching for win #1 of 2011. Asphalt-turned-dirt driver Gordon Cade is 5th, 39 points behind Gamble. Cade has a runner-up finish earlier this season but wants that celebration in victory lane. Chad Scranton, Don Stroshal, Jr., and Ray Wheeler are not running for the championship, but when they show up everyone knows they can get up front in a hurry. Scranton and Stroshal have 2 wins each and Wheeler has 3. Also, Chris Shea has a win early in 2011, but has missed 2 races so far.

When the Gladiators hit the clay you know a battle will break out. Of course, Steve Cox has won 5 of the 7 races in 2011 leaving the battle for 2nd most of the time. Cox has won by dominating, driving from the back, and ‘being in a lucky spot’ as he said last week. Brandon Haseleu has his 3H in 2nd, but is 58 points behind Cox and only 6 ahead of Reid Christensen. Haseleu and Christensen have both come close to victory, but have had something get between them and victory lane. Only 8 behind Christensen is the always-improving Richard Todd. Todd has consistently moved up the grid and now has a few top 5s. Victory lane is his next goal, but Jerry Taylor will try to make up the 22 points to Todd this week-end. Jonathan Green and Scott Sullivan have both put the 28 car in victory lane and Casey Feaster has won 3 times, but all before the scoring started.

In 2 races, 10 different drivers have finished in the top 5 which shows the diversity in the Florida Mini Sprints Association. David Pleaugh and Gavin Thomas have both won in 2011 while Justin Kolves and Eddie Moss have runner-up finishes. Anybody can win in the FMSA, and they will all aim for a trip to victory lane and some points in the FMSA, “The best kept secret in Florida.”

Gates open at 4:30 with racing scheduled for 7 this Saturday night. There is a practice session this Friday, July 22, from 6:00-10:30. For more information you can check out www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call the Speedway hotline

By Scott|2011-07-22T21:54:47-04:00July 22nd, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Tracks|Comments Off

Four Divisions With Tight Points Battles Attack Bubba Raceway Park

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

Bubba Raceway Park puts the UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds back on the clay with the Hobby Stocks on a Double Points night for $750 to win. Also, the Florida Mini Sprints Association make their 3rd appearance of 2011, the Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks continue to swap paint and points positions, and the Gladiators look to knock the top man off his throne. Please note that all points totals and points positions used in this article are unoffficial.

Jeff Mathews leads the UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds standings, just as he has in November the last 3 seasons. However, the margin is much closer this season as friend, team-mate, and RaceCar Engineering Late Models points leader Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. is just 2 points behind his team-owner/friend Mathews. Of course, Jim Smith is 30 points behind the leader and Dave Barber is only 2 behind Smith. Kyle Bronson, the only driver with multiple wins in 2011, is 5th and 35 points out of the lead. PJ Wiggins is 1-for-1 at Bubba Raceway Park and Steve Whitener is the previous race winner proving that the top 5 have a kryptonite, but it’s tough to find. The points will have a spotlight just as the leader of the race will this week-end.

Tim Powers has a win and a runner-up finish that count towards the championship and he leads the standings by 20 over Howard Osteen and 23 over Billy Carlbert, Jr. Osteen and Carlbert will be looking for points to gain ground on Powers, but will look behind as Kevin Durden is 14 behind Osteen and Chad Scranton, the only driver with 2 wins in 2011, is 16 behind Osteen. Earlier in the year Mike Tovet took a win and Matt Shea also won, his first career Hobby Stocks victory. These drivers and more will look to gain points and money with Double Points and $750 to win.

The Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks have the closest 3-way battle with Jason Gamble, the 2009 champion, leading “Mr. Consistency” Jonathan Gillette by 3 and Vaughn Woodall by 5. Gamble, also called “The Pondbird” in the pits, has 3 wins early in the season while Gillette has used consistency to put his 64 in 2nd. Woodall has a couple heat wins in 2011 and a feature win last season, but is still searching for that first feature win in 2011. “The Canuck” Tim Mathieu has put his 14 in 4th, 37 points behind Gamble and has the support of the Canadian fans behind him. Mathieu also won a feature in 2011, but like Woodall is still searching for win #1 of 2011. Asphalt-turned-dirt driver Gordon Cade is 5th, 39 points behind Gamble. Cade has a runner-up finish earlier this season but wants that celebration in victory lane. Chad Scranton, Don Stroshal, Jr., and Ray Wheeler are not running for the championship, but when they show up everyone knows they can get up front in a hurry. Scranton and Stroshal have 2 wins each and Wheeler has 3. Also, Chris Shea has a win early in 2011, but has missed 2 races so far.

When the Gladiators hit the clay you know a battle will break out. Of course, Steve Cox has won 5 of the 7 races in 2011 leaving the battle for 2nd most of the time. Cox has won by dominating, driving from the back, and ‘being in a lucky spot’ as he said last week. Brandon Haseleu has his 3H in 2nd, but is 58 points behind Cox and only 6 ahead of Reid Christensen. Haseleu and Christensen have both come close to victory, but have had something get between them and victory lane. Only 8 behind Christensen is the always-improving Richard Todd. Todd has consistently moved up the grid and now has a few top 5s. Victory lane is his next goal, but Jerry Taylor will try to make up the 22 points to Todd this week-end. Jonathan Green and Scott Sullivan have both put the 28 car in victory lane and Casey Feaster has won 3 times, but all before the scoring started.

In 2 races, 10 different drivers have finished in the top 5 which shows the diversity in the Florida Mini Sprints Association. David Pleaugh and Gavin Thomas have both won in 2011 while Justin Kolves and Eddie Moss have runner-up finishes. Anybody can win in the FMSA, and they will all aim for a trip to victory lane and some points in the FMSA, “The best kept secret in Florida.”

Gates open at 4:30 with racing scheduled for 7 this Saturday night. There is a practice session this Friday, July 22, from 6:00-10:30. For more information you can check out www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call the Speedway hotline

By Scott|2011-07-20T13:04:22-04:00July 20th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Tracks|Comments Off

Twice Is Nice At Bubba Raceway Park

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

On this night, the Top Gun Sprint Cars made their debut at Bubba Raceway Park this season, the RaceCar Engineering Late Models ran 2 features, the Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks put another great show on, and the Gladiators gave the fans their money’s worth.

The Late Models went out first and Mark Whitener showed the field why he’s “The Magic Man” and the defending RaceCar Engineering Late Models champion. “The Magic Man” took the lead at the start (more…)

By Scott|2011-07-17T23:29:40-04:00July 17th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Front Page News, Race Results, Top Gun Sprints, Tracks|Comments Off

Top Gun Sprints return to Bubba Raceway Park

From CL Whalin

Top Gun Sprint Series returns to action at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, FL on Saturday July 16^th. The series is looking for a large field of cars for the first of six events to be held at BRP in the 2011 season.

Danny Martin Jr. is the point leader after the first three races; he has a 20 point lead over Mark Ruel Jr. Terry Witherspoon is third 8 point behind Mark. Rounding out the top five is Tim George, the 2010 point champion and Jimmy Ballew. Other drivers that will be trying to climb to the top of the points ladder are Kenneth Laureno, Dan Jones, Ryan Partin, Johnny Gilberton, Matt Kurtz, Robbie Smith, Sport Allen, A. J. Maddox, Rich Alexander, Tony Agin, Troy Knowles, Kerry Gilbert and Keith Butler.

The nights racing program will also have RaceCar Engineering Late Models with double features, Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants V-8 Thunderstocks along with Gladiators.

Gates open at 4:30 with racing scheduled for 7. For more information you can check out www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call the Speedway hotline.

By Scott|2011-07-14T14:13:49-04:00July 14th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Series, Tracks|Comments Off

Five Divisons And Six Features at Bubba Raceway Park

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

The Top Gun Sprint Car Series arrives for their 1st of 6 races in a Bubba Raceway Park season for the series while the Young Gun Sprints (Part of the Top Gun Sprint Car Series) make their only scheduled appearance of 2011, the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants V-8 Thunderstocks in their 8th race of 2011, Gladiators in their 6th, and the RaceCar Engineering Late Models race twice on the night.

The Top Gun Sprint Car Series has a 6-race season with a points fund and championship. Not only will they be racing to be the best at Bubba Raceway Park, but they have a tight battle for the Top Gun championship as well. Danny Martin, driver of the #24, leads Mark Ruel, Jr. and the 83 team by only 20 points. Ruel will look to gain points, but Terry Witherspoon is close, only 8 behind Ruel. As the top 3 battle, Tim George and Jimmy Ballew, Jr. will search for lost points and put in championship caliber runs with hopes of hoisting the championship trophy at Bubba Raceway Park and in the Top Gun Sprint Car Series.

The Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants V-8 Thunderstocks always make the show exciting and last week certainly showed it. For the first time in 2011 the points lead changed hands as Jason Gamble had held it until the consistent Jonathan Gillette overtook him. Gillette has never won a feature and has reason to win and maintain the points lead. Brian Shea is in the 2nd position and could be breathing down Gillette’s neck, but missed a race for his brother’s wedding. Shea would like to continue his march to the front. Shea’s team-mate, Gordon Cade, has put his 121 in 3rd, but is still searching for that elusive first win on the clay. Cade will have to keep “The Canuck” Tim Mathieu behind him, however, and Mathieu has a win under his belt from last season. In 5th is Chris Watson who is still searching for his 1st win, as are all of the top 5 drivers but Mathieu. These 5 have shown great consistency, but wouldn’t mind taking a win. Please note that the official points for the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants V-8 Thunderstocks and Gladiators were not posted at the time that this article was written.

Steve Cox leads Brandon Haseleu by 39 points in the Gladiators division. Haseleu is still searching for career win #1, but Cox is looking for win #5 of 2011 at Bubba Raceway Park. Cox’s 1.2 average finish in 2011 has kept him out front of the pack. Reid Christensen has come close to a win in 2011, but hasn’t quite reached victory circle yet. Christensen could close that 51 point gap to the leader with a huge win for the young driver. Richard Todd, top rookie in 2011, is 67 points behind Cox, but has made steady progress and could steal a win by the end of the season. Jerry Taylor has driven his Shade Tree/M&M Racing cars to 5th place in the championship standings and will hope to continue to move up the standings. Please note that the official points for the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants V-8 Thunderstocks and Gladiators were not posted at the time that this article was written.

For the first time in many years at Bubba Raceway Park there will be a division with double features. The RaceCar Engineering Late Models will take to the track twice with the possibility for 100 points to be scored between the 2 features. Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. hasn’t won the Bubba Raceway Park championship since 1993, the year before it was paved, but he currently leads the standings by 12 over Dillon Wood. Wood continues to run up front and is very close to getting that first win. The 2010 champion Mark Whitener and his Big Frog Motorsports team missed a race during the season, but they have clawed their way back into 3rd, 37 points behind Lloyd. “The Locomotive” Johnny Collins and “The Tallahassee Terror” Tyler Ivey are mired in 4th and 5th, respectively. Collins was the runner-up of the Powell Memorial and Ivey was the inaugural winner of the Mike Peters Open, so both can run up front. By the end of the night, up to 8 different drivers could leave with the points lead.

Gates open at 4:30 with racing scheduled for 7. For more information you can check out www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call the Speedway hotline.

By Scott|2011-07-13T17:47:22-04:00July 13th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Tracks|Comments Off

Streaks End At Bubba Raceway Park

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

Once again the Central Florida rains hit Bubba Raceway Park on a Saturday, but at 4:30 the call was made that the show would go on. The crew worked diligently and racing eventually got under way as the fans waited patiently for some of the best racing in Florida. With UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks for $500 and double points, Mini Stocks, and Gladiators all running, the car count once agaion exceeded 100. Of course, adding to the excitement was the early flyover by Bubba himself.

The Hobby Stocks were called upon first and put on an exciting show with passing all over. Going into turn 3 on the first lap, Mike Tovet and Buck Woodhouse found themselves facing the wrong direction, forcing Flagman Larry Bowden to put a complete restart out. The field went 4 laps before Tovet slowed in turn 1 with an unknown problem. Howard Osteen’s 88 slowed at pit-in at the scheduled half-way point and the caution was out once more. On the restart, Robert Sirmons ran out of power and stopped in turn 4, and Matt Shea, with nowhere to go, hit the 94 and spun, ending Shea’s night. Sirmons would continue. It would be another 2 laps until the next caution was out, this for Sirmons who was slow due to a flat tire. The timer expired and the Hobby Stocks were shortened by 5 laps. Kevin Durden started outside pole and had led every lap, but in turns 3 and 4 as the leaders came to the white flag, Tim Powers powered by as Ed Hill made contact with both, Durden receiving the worst of it. Powers took the win and the early season points lead, with Billy Carlbert, Jr. a strong 2nd, Eric Moon put the 07 in 3rd position, Kevin Durden in 4th after dominating the event, and Buck Woodhouse made an impressive comeback for 5th.

The Mini Stock feature was a great chase for the lead that Nick Hebrank held. The only caution came out for Cody Kinsey’s spin on the backstretch in which the 11 came trapped by the mud. The likes of Shirlene Hammond, Ray Folwell, and Roberto Morfin, Jr. were given the task of chasing Hebrank, but he held his 9H at the point until the end. Shirlene Hammond had a career night with a heat win earlier to add with her runner-up finish, Ray Folwell built on his points lead with a 3rd place finish, Stephen Hahlbaugh would settle for 4th, and “TacoSon” Roberto Morfin, Jr. rounded out the top 5. However, after a teardown in tech, everyone moved up 1 spot as Hebrank was illegal. Shirlene Hammond took career win #1, Folwell moved up to 2nd, Hahlbaugh up on to the podium, “TacoSon” a strong 4th, and Brittany Yates put the 53 in the top 5.

Feature #3 was the UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds with 25 scheduled laps. Down the backstretch on lap 1, Kyle Bronson and Larry Mott found themselves out of line and facing a different direction. The complete restart went 1 completed before Jim Smith had a problem down the backstretch and found the wall. On lap 5, Larry Mott spun where he had earlier as Garret Stewart, Jim Passino, and Ronald Soltis made contact and traded sheet metal. At the same time, Scott Kurtzner found himself trapped in the dirt at the bottom of the course. Lap 12 saw Kevin Bryant spin in turn 4 forcing a yellow flag. As the race progressed, Steve Whitener took the lead from pole sitter Jason Davis. After 4 laps, under a cution for Scott Kurtzner, the Mathews Motorsports cars pulled to the pit entrance for new helmets with fresh tear-offs. Twice on lap 19 debris was found on the clay. Ronald Soltis set up a Green/White- Checkered that cut the feature down by 3 laps. Whitener held on to the win as Jeff Mathews held on to the points lead with 2nd, Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. finished 3rd, Jason Davis a strong and much needed 4th, and Donnie Hall rounded out the top 5.

The Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks were given extra motivation with $500 on the line and double points. Lap 2 was the first caution as Richard Calmes spun the 4C and Jason Blackmer stalled, ending his night. Another lap went in the books and John Thorpe made contact with Tim Mathieu, both going to the rear with Mathieu spinning to the back. The lap 4 caution was thrown for debris. Chris Shea had a flat on lap 8 which slowed his 76 significantally and the yellow was brought out once more. Todd Roberts found himself in the mud at the bottom of the turn, ending his night at what would be 2 laps early. Gordon Cade and Jeff Baer made contact setting up the Green/White- Checkered. Chad Scranton won his 2nd of 2011 with team-mate Brian Mullins in 3rd. Luke Sadler had some new paint and put it in 2nd, Jonathan Appleby quietly drove to 4th, and Brian Shea rounded out the top 5.

The final feature of the night was the Gladiators. On lap 1, Jason Brown slowed and Robert Graham had nowhere to go but the back of the brand new #112. Both were okay, but the cars weren’t as fortunate. David Anthony spun on lap 4 and would have some work to do if he wanted a ‘money finish’ on the night. Lap 12 saw the S&S Roofing Cars of Larry Langston and Steve Cox almost collide as Langston had lost his wheel. Langston’s wheel was long gone as it bounced over the backstretch fence. The third Green/White-Checkered of the night wasn’t enough for Steve Cox to make it 5-0 in 2011, but Scott Sullivan doesn’t mind. Sullivan was 1st with Cox 2nd, Reid Christensen 3rd, David Anthony drove back to 4th, and Jerry Taylor was last of the ‘money cars’ in 5th.

Bubba Raceway Park is in action July 16th with the Top Gun Sprint Car Series in race 1 of 6 in their Bubba Raceway Park season, the Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks return, Young Gun Sprints, Double Feature- 2 races where 2 wins means 100 points!- for the Late Models, and Gladiators. For more information you can check out the Speedway website, www.bubbaracewaypark.com, or call the Speedway hotline.

Bubba Raceway Park Results (7/9)

UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds

1- 8 Steve Whitener

2- 33 Jeff Mathews

3- 333 Ivedent Lloyd, Jr.

4- 145 Jason Davis

5- 31 Donnie Hall

6- 56 Dave Barber

7- 3 Josh Sanford

8- 34 Jim Passino

9- 10 Scott Mooers

10- 54 Kevin Bryant

11- Z06 Larry Mott

12- 61 Ronald Soltis

13- 78 Rich Pratt

14- 2H Cory Hupp

15- 1K Scott Kurtzner

16- 60 Chris Northrup

17- 75 Jamie Carter

18- 40B Kyle Bronson

19- 7S Ronnie Chance

20- 67 Garret Stewart

21- 0 Richard Dickinson

22- 1S Paul Sizemore

23- 40C Jim Smith

DNS- 44 Tim Powers

Hobby Stocks

1- 44 Tim Powers

2- 11 Billy Carlbert, Jr.

3- 07 Eric Moon

4- 56 Kevin Durden

5- 55W Buck Woodhouse

6- 95 Jeffery Rodgers

7- 88 Howard Osteen

8- 08 William Edwards

9- 83 Joe Boyd

10- 69 Tommy Ausburn

11- 94 Robert Sirmons

12- 1H Ed Hill

13- 96 Matt Shea

14- 04 Bubba Christian

15- 81 Donald Woosley

16- 98T Michael Tovet

17- 26 Brian Jerrels

18- 77M Mark Maresca

19- 7 Chad Scranton

Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks

1- 27S Chad Scranton

2- 15 Luke Sadler

3- 28 Brian Mullins

4- 60 Jonathan Appleby

5- 19 Brian Shea

6- 27W Ray Wheeler

7- 15V Michael Valdez

8- 64 Jonathan Gillette

9- 18 Chris Watson

10- 5W Jeff Barrett

11- 0 Jason Tovet

12- 54 Glenn Baum

13- 4C Richard Calmes, Jr.

14- 31 Sky Sanford

15- 4W Jim Bethel, Jr.

16- 121C Gordon Cade

17- 3 Jeff Baer

18- 114 John Thorpe

19- 76 Chris Shea

20- 44 Todd Roberts

21- 14M Tim Mathieu

22- 33 Donnie Dobbins

23- 73 Brandon Tillander

24- 21 Willard Driggers

25- 14C Bryan Cox

26- 27F Danny Fletcher

27- 39 Jason Blackmer

Mini Stocks

1- 22H Shirlene Hammond

2- 21X Ray Folwell

3- 75H Stephen Hahlbaugh

4- 7M Roberto Morfin, Jr.

5- 53 Brittany Yates

6- 81 David Pope

7- 21 Ray Ethridge

8- 29 Chris Zimmermann

9- 9 Ryan Babcock

10- 11D Dean Kinsey

11- 28 Brandon Elwood

12- 74 William Killinger, Jr.

13- 13 Robert Vigh

14- 11K Cody Kinsey

15- 10 David Pollen

DNS- 41 Robbie Storer

DNS- 48M Kyle Kruse

DNQ (tech)- 9H Nick Hebrank

Gladiators

1- 28 Scott Sullivan

2- P38 Steve Cox

3- 30 Reid Christensen

4- 4 David Anthony

5- 10T Jerry Taylor

6- 43 Richard Todd

7- 81 Steven Johnson

8- 7UK Stephen Frankland

9- 10G Chase Gustafson

10- 83 Kody Fisher

11- 49 Larry Langston

12- 72 Frank Pelusio

13- 3 Brandon Haseleu

14- 0 Gene Hunley

15- 69 Scott Gruber

16- 126 Robert Graham

17- 112 Jason Brown

DNS- 41 Will Dunnavant

By Scott|2011-07-10T20:31:36-04:00July 10th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Race Results, Tracks|Comments Off

Back To Business At Bubba Raceway Park

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

This Saturday Bubba Raceway Park returns to action after a week off in honor of the July 4th week-end. Bringing the action this week are the UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks on their Double Points night, Mini Stocks, and Gladiators. As always drivers will be gunning for wins so they can hoist the championship trophy in late November.

The UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds are as close as they get with the top 3 separated by a point. Jeff Mathews, looking for his 4th consecutive championship at Bubba Raceway Park, leads Jim Smith and Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. by 1 each. Mathews can’t rest as Smith and Lloyd have been consistently moving up in the finishing order. However, Kyle Bronson and Garret Stewart, tied at 10 behind Mathews, will be ready to strike at a mistake. Mathews and Bronson already have a win each, but Smith and Bronson are yet to win at Bubba Raceway Park. And, of course, Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. has wins in the Racecar Engineering Late Models division, but not in the UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds.

Chad Scranton won the first points race in the Hobby Stocks at Bubba Raceway Park, but holds only a 2 point lead over runner-up Tim Powers. Donnie Reed is only 5 points behind Scranton after his 3rd place finish, and Howard Osteen just 8 behind Scranton. Bud Chancey is tied with Osteen. Every driver will look for an early season win as it will matter when it comes time to hoist that season end trophy.

Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks Double Points night will be an exciting one to say the least, especially with $500 on the line. Jason Gamble will strive to hold on to his 24 point lead and nothing would be better then another win. Gamble’s lead was massive after his 3rd consecutive win, but after 3 weeks of bad luck the field has nearly caught him. Jonathan Gillette is 24 points back but on a long winless streak, and nothing would be better then closing the gap and taking a win. Vaughn Woodall is just an extra point back and wouldn’t mind taking career win #2. Gordon Cade and “The Canuck” Tim Mathieu are only 35 points behind Gamble. Mathieu has made massive gains over the past few weeks and would love to continue that. Of course, both drivers have won before, but Cade hasn’t won since his asphalt racing days and would like to take ‘close’ to ‘there.’ Double Points night will make the action in this division twice as great.

Ray Folwell leads the Mini Stocks by a margin of 13 over Brittany Yates. Of course, as team-mates they will work together until they hit that clay; then they battle for points and bragging rights in the workshop. The 16 year-old rookie Ryan Babcock has used his consitency to put his #9 in 3rd place in points, only 20 behind Folwell. Babcock won’t rest, however, as Ray Ethridge is just 10 behind him. Chris Zimmermann keeps the 10s alive as he’s 10 points behind Ethridge! Zimmermann has steadily gained knowledge of the clay to put himself in the top 5 and with 2 runner-up finishes, he wants 1 more spot. The Mini Stocks have always put on a great show and nothing less would be expected this week.

Appropriately named, “The Dominator,” Steve Cox was absent last week, but held onto his point lead. Brandon Haseleu cut the deficit down to 18 and will look to continue the cutting and the search for career win #1. Reid Christensen is 49 points behind Cox, but Christensen wants redemption for a few weeks ago. Richard Todd would like to gain some points as he’s only 10 behind Christensen. Matt Kramer is a mere 2 points behind Todd and would love to put his 77 in 4th. The Gladiators will take to the clay, but only 1 can emerge victorious.

Gates open at 4:30 with racing scheduled for 7. As always, the racing at Bubba Raceway Park on a Saturday night will be intense. For more information you can check out the Speedway website, www.bubbaracewaypark.com, or you may call the Speedway hotline.

By Scott|2011-07-06T17:45:07-04:00July 6th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Tracks|Comments Off

BRP Says Do Not Stop Believing

By Jimmy Rouse- Bubba Raceway Park Media

Determination to race pays off at Bubba Raceway Park,

The fans came out in force despite the early rains for action from the Late Models, UMP Open-Wheel Modifieds, Gladiators, and Florida Mini Sprints Association.With all of Florida rained out, Bubba made the call to put the cars on the clay, and the racing showed how appreciative the drivers were. Only the Late Models were racing for double points as the rest of the divisions will have their own double points nights later in the season. (more…)

By Scott|2011-06-28T13:39:09-04:00June 27th, 2011|Bubba Raceway Park, Front Page News, Race Results, Tracks|Comments Off