From Tim Bryant<\/p>\n
The Pensacola area has finally received some much needed rain to cool things off a bit, but the action will be scorching hot when racing returns to 5 Flags Speedway this Friday Night. Round 2 of the all new Allen Turner Series for the Pro Late Models will headline the night, with the running of the Sonata 100. The first of the newly formatted Pro Late Model events was held on April 22nd<\/sup>, and what a race it was. Montgomery Alabama driver Hunter Robbins emerged as the victor, over Texas standout Brandon Bendele, and Georgia hotshoe Dwayne Buggay. These three will be back this Friday, as will a host of other top competitors including defending 5 Flags Champ D.J. VanderLey, Super Late Model standouts Augie Grill and Bubba Pollard, April 22nd<\/sup>‘s polesitter Thomas Praytor, Pensacola drivers Logan Boyett, Eddie Craig, Shana Ard and a host of others.<\/p>\n In addition to Friday Nights PLM action, there’s plenty more in store with Super Stocks, Sportsman, and Bombers all taking to the high banked oval. Shannon Jackson currently sits atop the Top Gun standings for the Super Stock Division, but has only a slim 12 point lead over Bubba Winslow. And who would be sitting on the point of the highly competitive Sportsman Division? None other than Marty White in his 102.7 Chevrolet. The Sportsman guys have put on incredible racing this season and the standings are the closest of any Division. And ole Curtis Faircloth found his way back to victory lane in the most recent Bomber Feature, once again establishing himself as the driver to beat. But you know, the more you win, the more guys want to beat you, so, look out Curtis.<\/p>\n As if all this wasn’t enough action for Friday Night, it also serves as the night the kids look forward to the most. The Annual 5 Flags Speedway Kid’s Bike races, presented by Tracy Goodson’s Beef O’ Bradys, Panhandle Motorsports, Buggy Worx Golf Carts, and Fast Eddie’s Fun Center. There will be 4 age groups of riders, and every kid will be a Winner, receiving a trophy, and an ice cream, as well as coupons to Fast Eddies. This is genuinely one of the most gratifying events to watch of the entire season. Bike race info can attained by calling the track at 850-944-8400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Tim Bryant The Pensacola area has finally received some much needed rain to cool things off a bit, but the action will be scorching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-five-flags-speedway","category-tracks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6949","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6949"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6951,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6949\/revisions\/6951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}