Pro Trucks to Compete in 4/19 Memorial Race
On Saturday, April 19, 2014, the Florida Pro Trucks will compete in the first Larry Moyer Memorial Pro Truck Race at ShowTime Speedway in Pinellas Park, Florida. Q Auto and Injury Attorneys, JRC Transportation, Jostens and Driver Seat Racing will sponsor the memorial race and the Southern Pro Am Truck Series’ first points race of the inaugural season. With sponsorship contributions, the winner will receive $2,000, a custom made Jostens Lug Nut Winner’s Ring, and four VIP pit passes to the May 3rd ARCA 200 race at Talladega Speedway. Second place will receive $1,000 and bonuses will be awarded based on performance.
ShowTime Speedway, Moyer Motorsports and Series officials agreed to make the race 81 laps to commemorate Larry Moyer’s 1981 ARCA Championship. Moyer’s racing career spanned four decades, winning hundreds of late model races across the Midwest and Florida. Moyer’s biggest accomplishment was winning the 1981 ARCA Championship in his rookie year, and Moyer also raced in the Firecracker 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway in 1988. Moyer was a popular favorite at Sunshine Speedway (now ShowTime Speedway) in the mid 80s. In 2002, Moyer won the last race he competed in, a Pro Truck Series event. Moyer finished second in Pro Truck Series points on the strength of eight wins in 2001. Larry Moyer passed in 2011 due to a lengthy illness, he was 60. (more…)
JEFFERSON, GA – It will be all out, full throttle this Saturday when Gresham Motorsports Park opens its gates on its 2014 racing season.
WAYCROSS, GA (March 30, 2014) – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the nation’s best drivers will make a three race swing in three states to start off the month of April. The nation’s premier national touring series will make its first stop at the Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, MS on Friday, April 4th. Then on Saturday, April 5ththe LOLMDS will travel to Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, LA. The final leg of the three race weekend will find the LOLMDS traveling to Outlaw Motorsports Park in Muskogee, OK on Sunday, April 6th. All three LOLMDS sanctioned events will be complete shows that include Miller Welders Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains and a 50-Lap Feature event, paying $10,000 to win/$800 to start.
Eagle Jet Top Gun Sprints will be racing at Volusia Speedway Park, Saturday, March 29th. This will be the first of five races schedule at the high speedway ½ mile banked clay oval.
FASTRAK PR – (Lavonia, Georgia) – LATE MODEL MANIA takes place this weekend of March 14th 15th and 16th. The track preparations and landscaping is already underway to prepare. Wythe Raceway’s Peery Brown came down from the “Commonwealth State” mid last week to get the facility ready for this event. It all kicks off the 2014 season with the much anticipated return of Late Model Mania at Lavonia Speedway & Entertainment Complex. The Triple Header Late Model portion will feature 3 premier touring series in the Southeast United States.
It was in mid-April 1974 that Orlando SpeedWorld’s oval race track started operation and Friday night’s season opener will mark the beginning of the 40th anniversary celebration for the three-eighths-mile facility that has hosted weekly racing events, major sanctioned races from the likes of USAC, All-Pro, Florida Pro Series and many more plus the ever-popular Crash-A-Rama shows.