BIG EIGHT DIVISION SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD

Alan Bruns will be looking to make it two for two in the Pro Late Model class (Jim Jones Photo)Race fans will get their fill of action Friday night at Orlando SpeedWorld as eight classes are scheduled to be in NASCAR Whelan All-American Series competition.

Friday’s program will feature the Pro Late Models, Modifieds, Legend Cars, Mini Stocks, Sportsman, Super Stocks, Strictly Stocks and Bandoleros.  It will be just the second race of the year for the Pro Late Models, Sportsman Cars and the Legends.

A rainout on April 19th canceled the second appearance for both the Pro Lates and Sportsman while the Legend Cars have not raced since opening night, April 5, but look to have more Legend races added to the schedule in the coming months.  Alan Bruns won the opening race for the Pro Late Models and is expected to be at the ready to make it two in a row.  At the April 19th rainout, Bruns also had his Modified in the pits as well.  Young Daniel Conlin, Jr. won in his first career outing in his new Sportsman car but expect him to have a host of new challengers this week.  (more…)

By |2013-05-17T14:34:15-04:00May 17th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Orlando Speedworld|Comments Off on BIG EIGHT DIVISION SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD

Full Throttle Speedway May 18th Racing Action

ftsaFull 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.

By |2013-05-16T00:12:48-04:00May 16th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Full Throttle Speedway|Comments Off on Full Throttle Speedway May 18th Racing Action

Try It Again

Bubba Raceway Park Logo copyJim Rouse,  Ocala, FL – After a wash-out on May 11th, Bubba made the call to re-schedule the race for this up-coming week-end and he’s added an extra division! The NeSmith Crate Late Models, Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Modifieds, Bubba Army Hobby Stocks, Rent-N-Roll Gladiators, and now the 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks will take to the 3/8 mile for some action. The Bigwheel Race will also be run at Intermission. Don’t miss this big show!
Versailes, Indiana’s Bryan Bernhardt leads Dover, Florida’s “The Repo Man” Jeff Mathews in a tight battle in the Crate Late Models. St.Petersburg, Florida’s rising son, Tyler Clem, is third and could leave as the youngest points leader- and youngest NeSmith sanctioned event winner- with a slip-up by the front two. Lakeland’s Kenny Monohan and Dade City’s Shan Smith round out the top five. Plenty of others will join them as they chase victory in this impressive division.
The age jokes are getting quite old in the Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Modifieds. Now aged seventy-two, Zephyrhills, Florida’s Buzzie Reutimann holds a lead over Belleview’s Charlie O’Neill. (more…)
By |2013-05-14T14:22:32-04:00May 14th, 2013|Bubba Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off on Try It Again

Auburndale Speedway Results from May 11, 2013

Auburndale LogoCarol Andrews, Auburndale, FL – We had a good field of cars Saturday Night at Auburndale Speedway, the winners in each division are as follows:
V-8 Bombers
1-#31 Donnie Harp
2-#35 Edward Shultz
3-#99 Tim Rushing
4-317 Nick Malverty
5-#30 Darrell Jackson
6-#70 Bill Konopa
7-#75 Carl Thompson
8-#21 Josh Hall
9-#57 Steve Breiner
10-#25 Roy Healey
11-#90 Chris Stockton
12-#10 Mark Palmer (more…)
By |2013-05-14T14:18:19-04:00May 14th, 2013|Auburndale Speedway, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off on Auburndale Speedway Results from May 11, 2013

Bowman dominates Modified feature at FTS

ftsaScott 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.

IMG_2627St. 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…)

By |2013-05-14T14:10:55-04:00May 14th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Full Throttle Speedway|Comments Off on Bowman dominates Modified feature at FTS

CCS Results for 5/11/13

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Super Late Models
Car-# Drivers Name Home Town Feature Finish
98 Herb Neumann Jr. Inverness 1
69 Mike Bresnahan Lecanto 2
9 Scott Grossenbacher San Antonio 3
23 Todd Brown Lake Panasoffkee 4
110 Steve Dorer Lakeland 5
1 Dale Sanders Lecanto 6
120 Anthony Sergi Geneva 7
123 Jon Brown Lake Panasoffkee 8
82 T.J. Duke Ft. Lauderdale 9
100 Billy Smith Wildwood 10
2 Herb Hoefler Floral City 11
53 Charles Copach Minnella 12
  (more…)
By |2013-05-14T14:01:12-04:00May 14th, 2013|Citrus County Speedway, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off on CCS Results for 5/11/13

Tony Agin Wins Eagle Jet Top Gun Sprint 25 Lap Feature Event At East Bay Raceway Park

Agin-Winner-5-11-13May 11th, 2013 – Tampa, FL – Eagle Jet Top Gun Sprints made their first appearance of the 2013 Season with 19 cars ready to battle for their feature event. Also racing tonight were the Gagel’s Open Wheel Modifieds, Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks and the Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers.

First feature of the night went to the Q Auto & Injury Attorneys Street Stocks. Winning their heat races were Justan Rodgers and Buck Woodhouse and also would make up the front row for the feature event. Buck Woodhouse would lead the first three laps until caution would come out for debris on the front stretch. Woodhouse was leading with his brother Roy in second and Dennis Williams in third. When the race resumed Woodhouse would hold onto the top until several scars spun on the back stretch bringing out the caution once again. Two more cautions came out but it was Buck Woodhouse holding onto the lead with Dennis Williams trying to get around him. The final caution came out with just one lap to go when William Burnside spun in turn two. It was the green and the white flag waving together as Woodhouse went around the 1/3 mile track and picked up the win with Dennis Williams, Jarod Gay, Roy Woodhouse and Thomas Burnside rounding out the top five. (more…)
By |2013-05-12T15:33:32-04:00May 12th, 2013|East Bay Raceway Park, Featured, Front Page News|Comments Off on Tony Agin Wins Eagle Jet Top Gun Sprint 25 Lap Feature Event At East Bay Raceway Park

SERGI SURGES TO SLM VICTORY – FUNK FINALLY STAYS TOGETHER FOR SUPER STOCK WIN AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD

20130501-193218.jpgAs luck would have it, a light rain shower hit Orlando SpeedWorld just before the 8 pm start time but, after a delay of about an hour, the NASCAR Whelan All-American Series show went on as planned. The rain hit at just the wrong time as there was no sunshine or wind to help dry the track so it was up to track crews and the drivers to get the job done. A few adjustments were made to the program including scrapping the heat races to insure the show would end at a decent hour.

The 25-lap Super Late Model feature was dominated by Anthony Sergi of Geneva in the MJS Concrete Special as he led the event flag to flag. The race ran green to checker without a caution and Rich Clouser, the winner here two weeks ago, ran a strong second but could never muster the horses to catch Sergi.  Brannen Hester took third position trailed by Bob Glover and John Kennedy.

The Super Stocks again put on their usual competitive race and it was Donny Funk finally getting the mechanical monkey off his back as he led most of the way after starting from the pole. Funk set the early pace but had Jeff Cuddy right on his bumper. On lap seven, the engine blew in Ron McCreary’s “Pepto Bismol” Buick and he coated the turn one and two area with oil. Jeff Cuddy spun in the oil while Brandon Christian also hit it and slapped the turn two wall. Everyone was able to continue with the exception of McCreary. (more…)

By |2013-05-12T15:19:52-04:00May 12th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Orlando Speedworld|Comments Off on SERGI SURGES TO SLM VICTORY – FUNK FINALLY STAYS TOGETHER FOR SUPER STOCK WIN AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD

SUPER LATE MODELS BACK ON TAP AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD

20130417-190958.jpgOrlando SpeedWorld returns to regular NASCAR Whelan All-American Series racing action Friday night with a six division program headed by the Super Late Models.  Deland’s Rich Clouser led a strong 14-car field to the checker in the SLM feature two weeks ago and hopes to cash in again this week in his Sanford Auto Dealer’s Exchange Special wrenched by Bobby and Danny Sears.  Expect Clouser to have a big group of challengers including young Anthony Sergi of Geneva and Cocoa’s Dusty Cornelius among others.  Joining the Super Late Models will be the E-Modifieds, Pro Trucks, Super Stocks, Strictly Stocks and Bandoleros.  Pit gates open at 4 pm, grandstands at 6 pm and racing starts promptly at 8 pm.  General admission is $12 with all kids 12 and under admitted free of charge.

NEWS & NOTES:

Over 55 different drivers entered action in last week’s Crash-A-Rama event at SpeedWorld.  The E&H Car Crushing team scored a win in the Roller Derby race while E&H drivers William “Huggy Bear” Hindman and Jim “Crusher” Erb scored respective victories in the Chain Race and Flag Pole Race.  The Gayton family started and ended the evening on a winning note with Bruce Gayton taking the checker first in the Enduro race while Brian Gayton outlasted a big field in the FWD Demo Derby that took over a half-hour to complete.  Popular Crash-A-Rama veteran “Raybo” took an upset victory in the School Bus Figure Eight race while other winners were Scotty Roland (Scooter Demo Derby), Jason Clendinin (Skid Car race) and Mike Gamache in the Boat-Camper/Trailer race.  Stunt men Chris Morena and Tim Chitwood entertained the crowd and “Benny the Bomb” blew himself up yet again and lived to tell about it. (more…)

By |2013-05-09T15:51:51-04:00May 9th, 2013|Featured, Front Page News, Orlando Speedworld|Comments Off on SUPER LATE MODELS BACK ON TAP AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD

DeSoto goes Full Throttle

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by Rick Anges

DeSoto Speedway has a long history. The east Manatee county speedway has been the home to some of the fiercest racing in Florida from Dick Anderson’s win in the first Icebreaker in 1980, James Knight’s valiant run for the ’99 Pure Stock championship and  Jeff Choquette’s first asphalt win just to name a few, it is rich with it. (more…)

By |2013-05-10T19:51:42-04:00May 7th, 2013|Archives, Featured, Front Page News, Full Throttle Speedway, Racing News|Comments Off on DeSoto goes Full Throttle