by Dave Westerman
There will be no stock car racing this week at Auburndale Speedway as a special karting event takes over the facility for three days. Twenty-six different classes of karts will be racing from Friday through Saturday and fans are invited to come out and watch the shows. Adult admission is just $10.
Gates open on Friday, August 20th, at 12 noon with practice beginning at 6PM with racing to follow. Saturday and Sunday, August 21st and 22nd, gates open at 7AM with practice starting at 9AM with races following the completion of the practice sessions. A large number of karts are expected to take part during the three days of competition.
Stock car racing returns to the oval on August 28th with a nine division show. The Open Wheel Modifieds will be back in action along with the Modified Mini Stocks, Street Stocks, Legend Cars, Mini Stocks, V-8 Bombers, Scramblers and Bandoleros. The highly-competitive Southeast Champ Kart Series will also be on hand for their fourth appearance of the year at Auburndale.
Auburndale Speedway and Palm Tree Computers of Oviedo, FL have combined for a special promotion that will make one fan very happy. On the first night grandstand attendance is 1,000 persons or more, one fan will walk away with a special Auburndale Speedway lap top computer courtesy of Palm Tree Computers. So, bring some friends with you to the races next time! The winning ticket will be drawn from the regular admission rain-check stubs, so all fans will be eligible!
The next pair of bicycles given away by “Lindsey’s Little Racers” will be the 99th and 100th bikes given out to kids at the track since Lindsey Bruce and her dad Julius started the program in 2005. The next giveaway is slated for September 11th thanks to Auburndale Speedway’s fans and Gary Brown/Stellar Automotive. Auburndale Speedway would also like to thank Roger Turcott for all of his recent help with “Lindsey’s Little Racers.”
Just one Late Model race remains on September 18th for drivers to make themselves eligible for the big money Late Model race on October 16th. Posted awards for the October event are now at $22,000 and expected to grow even higher by the race date. Any driver who has raced in at least one of the Late Model events at Auburndale Speedway this year will be eligible for extra cash.
If the winning driver of the October race has already competed at Auburndale this year, that driver will take home a cool $5,000. If the driver hasn’t raced at Auburndale during 2010, the winners’ share of the purse will be $4,000, which is still not bad.
So far 61 drivers have raced in Late Model events at Auburndale Speedway this year and are eligible for the bonus money on October 16th. Those drivers are:
Frank Alberson
Andy Anderson
Randy Anderson
Wayne Anderson
Steve Avinger
Joe Boyd
Alan Bruns
Anthony Campi
Andrew Carbonell
Jimmy Castleberry
Ross Chastain
Talon Craft
Ricky Diaz
Brian Dorer
Steve Dorer
Brandon Duchscherer
Rusty Ebersole
Chris Fontaine
Jeremy Gerstner
John Gerstner
George Gorham, Jr.
Johnathan Guy
Gayle Haines
David Hart
Ray Hester
Jason Hogan
Jason Howell
Kevin Ingram
Derrick Kelley
David King
Tommy King
Austin Kirkpatrick
Kenny Kuhn
Tyler Laing
Cory Lane
Keith Lilley
Ryan Lisak
Ron Lofquist
Perry Lovelady
Raymond Lovelady
Danny Maddox
John Markovitch
Kyle Maynard
Scott Millar
Gary Padula
Rob Partelo
Randy Plantz
Jason Rendell
Tim Russell
Jeff Scofield
Daryl Shelnut
Bobby Shelton
Josh Todd
Steve Tregear
Jason Vail
Johnathan Waters
David Weaver
Daniel Webster
Donny Williams
Michael Williams
Joe Winchell