{"id":27994,"date":"2020-11-03T00:03:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T00:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=27994"},"modified":"2020-11-03T00:04:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T00:04:23","slug":"the-florida-vintage-ground-pounders-on-showcase-at-new-smyrna-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/the-florida-vintage-ground-pounders-on-showcase-at-new-smyrna-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"The Florida Vintage Ground Pounders on showcase at New Smyrna Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>The Florida Vintage Ground Pounders on showcase at New Smyrna Speedway<\/p>\r\n<p>Photos from Series and Jim Jones Photography and Video credit Speedway video:<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>The Florida Vintage Ground Pounders are an exhibition racing division that formed at Orlando Speedworld in late 2016.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28009\" src=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/thumbnail8-660x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"365\" \/><br \/><br \/>At the beginning of the 2017 racing season, the Ground Pounders and New Smyrna Speedway management had a meeting. They decided together that NSS would be the Ground Pounders\u2019 home track, that is where they have raced bi-weekly since, as well as racing at NSS for track points, the Ground Pounders have been invited to run in the following locations; North South Shootout in Concord, North Carolina, and the Southern Vintage Nationals in Dillon South Carolina.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28007\" src=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/thumbnail5-660x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"365\" \/><br \/><br \/>The Florida Vintage Ground Pounders are a staple at the Modified Reunion held at New Smyrna Speedway during the World Series of Asphalt, the day of the Richie Evans Memorial race for the Tour Modifieds, as well as at the Daytona Turkey Rod Run.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28006\" src=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/thumbnail4-660x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"365\" \/><br \/>The Florida Vintage Ground Pounders have one more race at New Smyrna Speedway during the 55th annual Florida Governor\u2019s Cup weekend, where they will race on Saturday, November 14th. They will then be off until January 2nd. Then they will kick off the 2021 racing season at NSS during their Red Eye 50\/50 event.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28005\" src=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/thumbnail3-600x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" \/><br \/><br \/>The Ground Pounders race full out just because it is what they love to do, and they never fail to put on a show that will have fans cheering. If you are a vintage racing fan, or just think the cars look cool, be sure to check out the club on facebook under Florida Vintage Ground Pounders!<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28004\" src=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/thumbnail2-660x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Follow the class at Facebook at:<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top?q=florida%20vintage%20ground%20pounders\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top?q=florida%20vintage%20ground%20pounders<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PuQDEoVCWD0\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Ground Pounder 20 | NSS October 31, 2020\" title=\"Play video &quot;Ground Pounder 20 | NSS October 31, 2020&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PuQDEoVCWD0<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PuQDEoVCWD0\" title=\"Ground Pounder 20 | NSS October 31, 2020\">Ground Pounder 20 | NSS October 31, 2020 (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PuQDEoVCWD0)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28003 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/thumbnail1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1078\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/thumbnail1-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/thumbnail1-400x534.jpg 400w, https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/thumbnail1-600x801.jpg 600w, 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