Jessica Murphy tops FUPTS 50 at Citrus County Speedway
Citrus County Speedway fans were treated to two 50 lap feature events on Saturday night as the Florida United Pro Truck Series and the Pure Stocks both went the extra distance. The night got underway with time trial qualifying for the trucks and Pure Stocks. When the dust settled, Jessica Murphy took top honors in the truck division, and Michael Martin to the honors in the Pure Stocks.
17 Pro Trucks took the green with Tim Sozio (16x) and Gerald Campbell (2x) occupying the front row, fast qualifier Murphy would start in the 3rd position. Sozio would jump out the early lead with Murphy settling into 2nd, and Brent Hubar (64) in 3rd. The top three would run unchanged until the 1st caution at lap 12 would slow the field for a restart. Truck series rules call for double file restarts, so Sozio would now have the fast qualifier Murphy, just to his outside. Murphy would power by on the restart green, to take the lead in the outside lane. Hubar would also find a way by Sozio to take the 2nd position just ahead of Brad Bowman (2) in 3rd. (more…)
By Carol Andrews – Auburndale Speedway was the place to be for an action filled night of family entertainment. The winners in each race are as follows:
September 8, 2012 – Tampa, FL – Five divisions were on hand tonight. Gagel’s Open Wheel Modifieds, Street Stocks, Outlaw Fours, Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers and the V8 Warriors.
Jim Rouse, BRP Media (9-7-12) – Ocala, FL – The Demolition Derby and Powder Puff Derby were a great addition to the Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators. With the 3 regular divisions making up a feature from mid-July in addition to a regular night of racing it was the most exciting racing of 2012.
The Florida United Promoters Series will begin the 2nd half of the 2012 Season with race #7 the A-Able Septic Service 100 at Citrus Co. Speedway Sat. Sept. 15th. Series points leader Steve Dorer with 3 wins will be looking to extend his points lead over Anthony Campi and Jessie Dutilly who are tied for second in the points battle.
Orlando FL – After a summer break the Florida United Pro-Truck series gets back to action this Saturday night at Citrus County Speedway. The previous event at Citrus was said by many to be one of the best short track races they had seen in a long time and best truck race they had ever seen. Great door to door action throughout the field was seen by the great crowd on hand.
Jim Rouse, BRP Media, 9-3-12 Ocala, FL – As we begin the 7th month of our 9 month points-paying season at Bubba Raceway Park we have a spectacular show in store. The Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators will not only run their regular events but they will make up the rained-out features from mid-July. These races will be run in the sequence of Feature-Heat-Feature. Joining these 3 exciting divisions will be the Powder Puff Derby and the Demolition Derby!
17 Super Late Models were lead to the green with Dale Sanders (1) and Scott Grossenbacher (09) on the front row. Grossenbacher would take control of the top spot from his outside front row starting position just two laps in to the race. Sanders would settle into second, with Herb Neumann Jr (98) moving quickly to third. The first of three cautions would fly at lap 5 for contact between Drew Brannon (82) and George Gorham Jr (10). Gorham would go for a spin, but Brannon would take blame for the incident, and tag the rear for the restart. Grossenbacher paced the field on the restart, while Neumann went to work on Sanders for 2nd at the drop of the green. Neumann would find his way by Sanders for 2nd, and set his sights on the leader. Lap 10 saw the nights second caution for a three car incident in turn three. Amanda Ferguson (7) made and aggressive inside three wide pass attempt on the entry to the corner. All three drivers quickly ran out of room, sending fiberglass flying. 
September 1, 2012– Tampa, FL – The Top Gun Sprints and the East Bay Sprints ran a combined show tonight sponsored by Boomtrux.com and was also the Bob Long Memorial. Along with them were the Daytona Antique Auto Racing Association, the Late Models and the Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers.