Starting September 12 Punta Gorda Speedway will be closed for additional repairs and improvements. We will reopen Oct 1st for practice night for all classes. We will be preparing for the fall season and the return of our friends and racing families from up north. We would like to thank the racers and fans for your overwhelming support since the opening of the new Punta Gorda Speedway . We will continue to improve the facility and make Punta Gorda Speedway the south’s premier short track. Thanks Again.

Kevin Williams, Mike Chase and the management team of Punta Gorda Speedway.

Schedule for 2010
Friday night practice 4:00pm till dark
SATURDAY NIGHT RACES START AT 6:30
Pit Entry: $30.00 Infants only with parent Free.

Ticket Prices :
Adults $10 – Seniors $8 – Children 11-17 $5 – 10 and under are Free

August 28- Pro Trucks, Sportsman, Mini Stock, Pro 4 Fab 4, Pure Stock, Cowboy Cadillac

September 4- Open Wheel Modified, Sportsman, Pro 4, Fab 4, Road Warrior, TQ Midgets, Cowboy Cadillac

September 11– Super Late Models 100 laps, Legends National Qualifier, Bandolero, Dwarf Cars, Pro 4, Fab 4, Road Warrior, SE Champ Karts

September 18 Closed

September 25 Closed

Oct 2- Super Late Models, Outlaw Modified, Super Stocks, Pro 4, Fab 4, Road Warriors, Legends, Bandolero

Oct 9- Open Wheel Modified 50 lapper, Sportsman, Dwarf, TQ midgets, Road Warriors, Cowboy Cadillac

Oct 16- Checkered Flag Sprints, Limited Late Models 50 Laps, Legends, Bando, Road Warriors, Pro4, Fab 4,

Oct 23- Pro Trucks 50 Laps, Sportsman, TQ Midgets, Pro 4, Fab 4, Road Warriors, Super Stocks, Cowboy Cadillac

Oct 30- Super Late Model 100 Laps, South East Champs, Dwarfs, Pro4, Fab 4, Legends, Bandolero, Pure Stock

The Pro-Trucks will take center-stage this Saturday night at the high-banked half-mile with a special 75 lap feature. This is the previously scheduled make-up date for the 7/1/10 rain-out.

 

Twenty trucks have already entered the event and paid their entry fee with more expected. Joining the Pro-Trucks this Saturday night will be the Super Stocks, Mini-Stocks and Strictly Stocks.

 

General Admission – $15.00 Adults
Kids 11 & under – FREE!

Active Military with I.D. – $10.00

 

Grandstands will open at 6:00pm
Racing Starts at 7:30pm. 

Points as of August 14, 2010:

LATE MODELS:
1-#07 Jeff Scofield              483 (2 wins)
2-#21 Kevin Ingram             382
3-#50 Perry Lovelady           369
4-#17 Ryan Lisak                 348
5-#407 Jason Vail                339
6-#49 Ron Lofquist              332
7-#36 Tim Russell                303 (2 wins)
8-#33 Daniel Webster          301 (1 win)
9-#47 Chris Fontaine           284
10-#22 David King               277

OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS:
1-#56 James Wright III         919 (1 win)
2-#75 Bobby Blake               821 (2 wins)
3-#98 Wayne Morris             820 (1 win)
4-#87 Keith Lilley                751 (1 win)
5-#01 Von Pope                   740
6-#19 Kevin Macy                 598 (1 win)
7-#03 Kyle Bookmiller          596 (2 wins)
8-#10 Travis Roland             585 (1 win)
9-#07 Harold Crooms           572
10-#00 Shawn Harper          526

SPORTSMAN:
1-#71 Dave Dunkin              494 (7 wins)
2-#13 Mark Medeiros           448 (2 wins)
3-#22 Austin Carr                276 (1 win)
4-#8 Brandon Duchscherer    258 (1 win)
5-#1 Bart Weatherford         238
6-#89X Brett Jenkins            216
7-#55 Richard Elkins, Jr.      186
8-#19 Chris Lewellen           166
9-#92 Ted Head                   152
10-#60 Richard Fiore           148

MODIFIED MINI STOCKS:
1-#89 Scott Sharpe               382 (2 wins)
2-#15 Jason Rendell             370 (2 wins)
3-#44 Mike Sweet                360 (2 wins)
4-#45 Dennis Jones              254
5-#07 Bruce Anderson          218
6-#37 Brandon McSwain       190 (1 win)
7-#26 Jimmy Pugh               186
8-#38 Burt Morse                 170 (2 wins)
9-#85 Drew Carter               122
10-#77 Lee Davis                 118 (1 win)

TRUCKS:
1-#16 Tim Sozio                    182 (1 win)
   #1 Tommy King                  182
   #2 Jim Cowhey, Jr.            182
4-#15 Roger Blevins               160
5-#72 Keith Lilley                  146 (3 wins)
6-#99 Brent Tyler                  138
7-#54 Zach Harris                  122
8-#37 Nick Hernandez            118 (1 win)
9-#18 Cheyne Hammond         102
10-#23 Mike Smith                   78

LEGEND CARS:
1-#38 Gerald White, Jr.        748 (8 wins)
2-#59 Jake Perkins               714(6 wins)
3-#8 Justin Brown                 624 (1 win)
   #71 Mason Ketterman         614
5-#07 Dave Gleason              574
6-#31 Lynn Wiles                  500
7-#4R Zach Napoleon            432
8-#7 Dakota Baggette           368
9-#4 Tyler Smith                   360 (3 wins)
10-#21 Devin McLeod            330

STREET STOCKS:
1-#5 Matt McCrary                740
2-#42 Jeff Waterman            700 (3 wins)
3-#4 Dave Colpritt                674 (4 wins)
4-#56 James Wright III          532 (6 wins)
5-#17 Kyle Hall                     468
6-#29 Bobby Mobley              452 (3 wins)
7-#53 Kyle Peters                 392 (2 wins)
8-#25 Cody McDuffie            314 (1 win)
9-#65 Ken Lawrence             250
10-#142 Chris Spring            244

MINI STOCKS:
1-#42 Chris Spring                952 (8 wins)
2-#21 Fred Harrison, Jr.       930 (8 wins)
3-#40 Jason Swilley              592
4-#3 Chris Narramore, Sr.     532 (3 wins)
5-#33 Donnie Guy                 470
6-#4 Marilyn McCrary            412
7-#551 Mark Wells                368
8-#88 Kevin Steadman           326
9-#46 Randy King                  302
10-#2 Dwight Ryals, Jr.         240

V-8 BOMBERS:
1-#111 Josh Borem               738 (4 wins)
2-#05 Buddy Phillips, Jr.       684 (1 win)
3-#89 Preston Davis              520 (3 wins)
4-#56 James Wright, Jr.        512 (2 wins)
5-#88 Gene Harrison             366 (2 wins)
6-#0 Paul Bookmiller            352
7-#96 Larry Chumney II         332 (2 wins)
8-#105 Jeff Lacey                 308
9-#51 Matt Johns                  248
10-#96 Larry Chumney, Sr.    242 (2 wins)
           
SCRAMBLERS:
1-#66 Brian Tyre                  556 (2 wins)
2-#28 Kimberly Gullett         546 (1 win)
3-#62 Richard Brown            448
4-#00 Chad Cutting              438 (1 win)
5-#71 Dave Canfield             298 (1 win)
6-#8 Richie Acres                 296 (4 wins)
7-#4 Scott Russ                    220
8-#51 Matt Johns                  216 (1 win)
   #77 Jeremy Watts              216
10-#42 Mike Bauer                198

MINI CUPS:
1-#74 John Beach                156           
2-#21 Rick Ragan                148
3-#7 Harold Crooms             134 (2 wins)
4-#07 Tyler Scofield             114 (1 win)
5-#14 Sam Scott                  112 (1 win)
6-27X Dale Pulst                  106
7-#22 Rick Cline, Sr.            102
8-#47 Brandon Beach             94
9-#37 Rick Cline, Jr.             74
10-#57 Brittini Huntington     70

BANDOLEROS:
BANDITS:
1-#38 Cameron White           814 (4 wins)
2-#5 Derek Sobel                  148 (2 wins)
3-#55 Michael Held                46
4-#1Jr. Dustin Turnage          44
   #19 Keith Sinkula                42
4-#30 Noah Cornman              42

OUTLAWS:
1-#96 Teddy Lively                520 (6 wins)
2-#48 Andy Metz                   482 (2 wins)
3-#11 Daniel Conlin, Jr.        192
4-#1 Mark Bibeau                  174
5-#03 Jake Hunter                172
5-#13 Ryan Shattuck             146 (2 wins)
7-#65 Coty Bibeau                  94 (1 win)
6-#16 Nick Baluch                  34
6-#65 Daniel Conlin, Sr.         32

FIGURE EIGHTS:
1-#14 Wayne Calkins              76
2-#31 Wayne Whitehead         66
3-#89 Rodney Davis                60
4-#0 Jimmy Thompson            40 (1 win)
   #8 Robbie Powell                40 (1 win)
6-#4 Terry Zimmerman           36
7-#A6 J.R. Meyer                   34
8-#35 James Crawford           32
9-#89 Ricky Todd                  30
   #0 Paul Bookmiller             30

Team Car Warz Media

Lanier National Speedway, GA (August 21, 2010)  After two weeks up north in Pennsylvania, Team Car Warz headed back towards Florida and home but not without stopping at Lanier National Speedway in Georgia for a show.

Fans were greeted with a perfect night and a fantastic show.  A special thanks goes out to TEAMMXEAST.COM and riders Travis Willis and Clint Esposito, who put on an awesome show for the fans and they loved it.     They were definitely a hit with everyone.

Team Car Warz will now take a few days off before heading towards New York and the track they consider “home”, Holland Speedway.  Team Car Warz will conclude the 2010 season at Ocala Speedway also in September.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
LANIER NATIONAL SPEEDWAY
AUGUST 21, 2010 – TEAM CAR WARZ

ENDURO/DASH FOR CASH – WINNER TAKES ALL
#31 Gary Zajdek

SKIDD CARZ RACE
1.  #66 Dave Sherman
2.  #03 Nick Ward
3.  #99 Greg Bonynge

FLAG POLE RACE
1.  #3 Darrin Ray
2.  #66 Dave Sherman
3.  #0 Jeremy Parvis

BOAT/TRAILER RACE
1.  #38 Bill Ferguson
2.  #55 Dave Warner
3.  #Just Peach Car – Dusty Clark

DEMO DERBY
1.  #66 Dave Sherman

*** ATTN: SUPER LATE MODELS SCHEDULE CHANGE ***
 
Due to the 8/20 Rainout, the SUPER LATE MODELS have been added to the schedule for Friday night 8/27/10. Limited Late Models are welcome to run with the Super Late Models that night. It will be a 35 lap Feature on Friday 8/27/10. 
 
For more information, please visit OrlandoSpeedworld.org and click on the Schedule Link.

NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE for 8/21/10
FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT
 
General Admission – $5.00
Kids 11 & under FREE!
$1.00 Hot Dogs 
 
4:00pm – Pit Gates Open
4:45-6:15pm – Division Practice
6:00pm – Grandstands Open
6:30pm – Drivers Meeting – MANDATORY
6:45pm – Qualifying Super Stocks & Mini-Stocks
7:20pm – Parade Lap / National Anthem
7:30pm – Feature Racing Begins
 
S.A.D.E. Super Stocks – 50 laps
Pro-Trucks – 25 laps
— INTERMISSION —
— SPECTATOR RACES —
Mini-Stocks – 50 laps
Pub 44 Strictly Stocks – 25 laps
 
* Registration for all divisions closes at 6:30pm. Any driver not registered at that time will start in rear – no exceptions.
 
** Drivers Meeting is MANDATORY. Failure to attend will result in starting in rear – no exceptions.
 
*** If your division does not have 6 cars starting the feature, you will run a minimum of 10 laps, maximum of 15 laps.
 
**** Drivers, you are solely responsible for your starting position. Please get to your spot asap.

KARNAC MEDIA

(August 20, 2010) Recently I read a story by Wayne Wyatt in Late Model Racer that made more sense than I have seen written in a very long time. Wayne also was writing about his local racetracks and what was and was not working at them.

Recently, a few of our short tracks in Florida, are not doing that well. Averaging 30 cars and maybe 200 fans won’t keep any track open for long.

So what makes a track tick?? What makes the fans come and the drivers?? Is the economy stopping fans?? Is the economy stopping drivers??

Wayne pointed out in his story it was the tracks that run maybe only 4 divisions, instead of 6 or 7, are the ones getting more cars. Fifteen to twenty cars in a division does make for a good race and plenty of entertainment for the fans.

But what really got my attention was when he wrote on one track that did run 4 divisions but every weekend had a special event, never the same, that got the fans coming back for more just to see what the special was going to be. Now that, got my attention.

Of course Wayne never did write down what the specials were but I can only imagine that it could be an enduro race, or a figure 8 race, or a mattress race, or anything wild and crazy to get the fans attention, standing on their feet for more.

Why do Car Warz or Crash-A-Ramas fill the stands??

That one night offers everything different that is not seen during the normal race year. School Bus races, chain races, flag pole races, blindfold races, demo derbys. You name it and they will try it and guess what, it works.

I have often wondered why those fans and every weekend fans aren’t the same because they are not. The average every weekend dedicated race fan does not go to Car Warz or Crash-A-Rama and the Car Warz/Crash-A-Rama fans don’t go to the weekend races. Why is this??

Local short track racing beats NASCAR hands down any day of the week. Those racers are the heart of racing and they do put their hearts into racing. But why are they disappearing and not putting that firesuit on and helmet and running their cars?? Is it the economy?? Is it the purse?? Is it the rules?? Is it tech?? What is happening to our racers??

Some tracks call their racers every week and invite them to come and race. This has proven that it does work and it does make the racer feel wanted and needed at the track. What better way to make the average Joe feel like Mighty Joe Young. Everyone wants to be wanted and needed and that simple phone call says you are.

Other tracks just wait and see what they get. If they get them good, if they don’t, oh well, it is something. Do management and racers sit down together and simple say what it is that will make them come back week after week?? Or is this to much trouble and you really just don’t want to hear the answers.

Local short track racers don’t expect to get rich racing, heck, some don’t even expect to come out even at the end of the night but they do want their hard work to be acknowledged somehow. Whether it is “thank you for coming” at payout or a “thank you for being here” at sign-in, they need to know that they are welcome and needed.

Fans can’t control purses, drivers can’t control purses, but you need both to have purses and to see them get better. No one has money to just throw away and if your track does not have a decent show, the fans won’t come back. And then you start getting bouncing checks to the drivers and they won’t be back. You have got to have both to make it work.

We have watched NASCAR and local short tracks increase general admission to the point where you can’t go to the races. Make general admission reasonable for the Average Joe and his family and just maybe, more people will come. Don’t nickel and dime them too death. Let them in for a reasonable fee and just maybe, they will spend more in concessions.

Is there a magic wand to fix our local short tracks??

No, there is not.

But who wants to see another track replaced by a shopping mall or storage facilities. I know I don’t.

If you are a local short track fan, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL TRACK. If you are a racer and want to race but feel you can’t for whatever reason anymore at your home track, try talking to the owner. Some do honestly have ears that hear.

FSCA/FMSA) The Stars will be out and bright this Sat. night at the Waycross Motor Speedway in south Ga as the drivers from the Florida Sprint Car Association along with the drivers of the Hoosier Tire South Florida Mini Sprint Association  will combine their talent pool for another event of OPEN WHEEL MADDNESS. This marks the second time these 2 organizations have came together this year for your open wheeled pleasure, all at the hands of Tim Pafford Promotions which has come up with a way to put fans in the stands with his $15.00 a carload ticket prices along with the fuel injected, methanol burning winged warriors of the midway. This will be the first time ever for both of these organizations to visit the newly resurfaced south Ga. oval in Waycross Ga. so no one really has any advantage going into this event.

Gates will open at 5:00 hot laps at 7:00 racing at 8:00
 

4:00pm – Pit Gates Open
5-7:00pm – Division Practice
6:00pm – Grandstands Open
7:15pm – Drivers Meeting
7:30pm – Sportsman Qualifying
7:55pm – Parade Lap / National Anthem
8:00pm – Racing Begins

 

Bandoleros – 12 laps
Mini-Stocks – 25 laps
Modifieds – 25 laps
Super Late Models – 35 laps
— INTERMISSION —
Sportsman – 50 laps
Legends – 25 laps
Strictly Stocks – 20 laps

* Registration for all divisions closes at 7:15pm. Any driver not registered at that time will start in rear – no exceptions.
 
** Drivers Meeting is MANDATORY. Failure to attend will result in starting in rear – no exceptions.
 
*** If your division does not have 6 cars starting the feature, you will run a minimum of 10 laps, maximum of 15 laps.
 
**** Drivers, you are solely responsible for your starting position. Please get to your spot asap.