{"id":19487,"date":"2013-08-21T14:48:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T14:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/fea\/rain-still-sucks\/"},"modified":"2013-08-21T14:51:38","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T14:51:38","slug":"rain-still-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/rain-still-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain Still Sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"082420138aa554.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/1299dbb224599d3b024dba2c7\/images\/082420138aa554.jpg\" width=\"530\" height=\"230\" \/>Jim Rouse, Ocala, FL- The Bubba Army Late Models, Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Open-Wheel Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, and Florida Mini Sprints will all try their hand on the 3\/8 mile at Bubba Raceway Park.<\/p>\n<p>Rich Pratt currently has a 66-point lead over young Tyler Clem at the top of the Late Model pile. Pratt comes off of a runner-up finish while Clem&#8217;s last outing wasn&#8217;t as delightful. Mark Whitener is now 100 markers back, even with his two wins on the season. A further 21 back is Bryan Bernhardt who sits just 13 ahead of Jeff Mathews. The best will be gunning for the front and a new winner could rise from the dust.<\/p>\n<p>The Scorpion Modifieds have Charlie O&#8217;Neill leading the way, but his lead is just a slim three points over Jeff Mathews who has been dominant this year, much like he was from 2008-2011. Scott Kurtzner sits 28 out of the lead, but he&#8217;s looking to break through with a win. Bryan Bernhardt sits 31 points out of the lead and Rich Pratt- looking for the season double- is 53 points out of the lead in a wide open division.<\/p>\n<p>Devin Walker has built up a massive championship lead over Brian Shea in the Hobby Stock division. After a few runner-up finishes in his career, Walker has his eyes set on clinching the prize early. Sean Monoghan has sneaked into a very distant third after overtaking Hunter Gustafson in the season standings. Dennis Williams rounds out the top five in this wild division.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now, while you can&#8217;t rule anyone out until the numbers say you can, it seems like the championship is down to three drivers in the 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks. William Gillam has the advantage with a 22 point lead over Brandon Elwood. Elwood has 34 between himself and third placed Melvin Fockler who can take the risks the front two can&#8217;t afford to take. Brandon Tillander and Tony Campbell round out the top five.<\/p>\n<p>The Mini Sprints have gone through a rough patch over the last month, but they&#8217;ll look for comfort at Bubba Raceway Park. A track that can open up a driver&#8217;s title hopes, the 3\/8 mile may just look to make someone&#8217;s year. Nick Snyder and Eddie Moss, Jr. have a win each at the larger Ocala track, while Dirk Miller does not. We&#8217;ve seen wild things- including 10 different winners in the last 12 features- from the FMSA at BRP.<\/p>\n<p>Pit gates open at 4, grandstands at 5, and racing is slated for 7. For more info, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bubbaracewaypark.com\/\">www.bubbaracewaypark.com<\/a> or call us at 352-622-9400!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Rouse, Ocala, FL- The Bubba Army Late Models, Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Open-Wheel Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, and Florida Mini [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ocala-speedway","category-featured","category-front-page-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19487"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19488,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19487\/revisions\/19488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}