T odd Fayard was on hand in his black #13 Sprint car, and we got him with some laps that threaten the track record. I don’t know how much of the speed is due to the grind- ing and patching of the racing surface by contractor Richard Goss over the winter, but it has to factor it to it. A nother reason we have a strong field is because this is a double header week- end. They will move to Mobile International Speedway for another points race tomorrow night. Although Dave Pavlock stated on our website that there is no truth in the rumor that all fans will need seat- belts, I tend to think it might not be a bad idea. If these cars don’t blow you out of your seats you might have a tendency to jump out of your seats from the excitement they will bring to the track and fans. A lso on tonight’s schedule are the always exciting Sports- man and Bombers, and a few surprises. T he “TRUFUEL” Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Cars will open its 2013 season tonight with a power house line up of drivers from around the USA and Canada. Stated MSR President Jim Hanks, “There is no doubt this is going to be one of, if not the best field of winged pavement Sprint Cars ever put on a racetrack. The fans here at Five Flags can look forward to a healthy car count tonight due to this being the opening race and it being a MSR point’s race.” D rivers such as Aaron Pierce, Dave Steele, Brian Olson, Jimmy McCune, Dude Teate and Scotty Orr, along with several more of the nation’s best Sprint Car drivers will be on hand to tackle “America’s Favorite Home Track”. T he track record is 13.78 seconds and I will bet money that record will fall. First, a $500 bonus goes to the new record holder. The reason I feel so strong is what I witnessed a few weeks ago at practice. March 22, 2013 #1 W e welcome the men and machines that made the sport of open wheel winged racing gain such popularity. Some of thse legends are here with us this evening. More inside on page 2. T his track’s key event the Snowball Derby has again been named the top short track event in America by Speed 51. And our web site was cited as the best web site on the internet for a local race track. Congrats to Tim Bryant and his team. W e will return next Friday night with the Modifieds, Super Stocks, Sportsman, Bombers and the new Pro Trucks. Save tonite’s ticket, you will get in for $5.00 Track Speed Record In Jeopardy Jason Cox of Park City, Ill. holds the track record 13.783 secs or 131.6 mph set last time the Winged Sprints were here. Let’s Get This Party Started Welcoming The Hooker Hood Memorial/National Sprint Car HOF Racers Reunion Fastest Ever
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T odd Fayard was on hand in his black
#13 Sprint car, and we got him with some laps that threaten the track record. I don’t know how much of the speed is due to the grind-ing and patching of the racing surface by contractor Richard Goss over the winter, but it has to factor it to it.
Another reason we have a strong field
is because this is a double header week-end. They will move to Mobile International Speedway for another points race tomorrow night. Although Dave Pavlock stated on our website that there is no truth in the rumor that all fans will need seat-belts, I tend to think it might not be a bad idea. If these cars don’t blow you out of your seats you might have a tendency to jump out of your seats from the excitement they will bring to the track and fans.
Also on tonight’s schedule are the
always exciting Sports-man and Bombers, and a few surprises.
The “TRUFUEL” Must See Racing Xtreme
Sprint Cars will open its 2013 season tonight with a power house line up of drivers from around the USA and Canada. Stated MSR President Jim Hanks, “There is no doubt this is going to be one of, if not the best field of winged pavement Sprint Cars ever put on a racetrack. The fans here at Five Flags can look forward to a healthy car count tonight due to this being the opening race and it being a MSR point’s race.”
Drivers such as Aaron Pierce, Dave Steele,
Brian Olson, Jimmy McCune, Dude Teate and Scotty Orr, along with several more of the nation’s best Sprint Car drivers will be on hand to tackle “America’s Favorite Home Track”.
The track record is 13.78 seconds and I will bet
money that record will fall. First, a $500 bonus goes to the new record holder. The reason I feel so strong is what I witnessed a few weeks ago at practice.
March 22, 2013 #1
We welcome the men and machines that
made the sport of open wheel winged racing gain such popularity. Some of thse legends are here with us this evening. More inside on page 2.
This track’s key event the Snowball Derby
has again been named the top short track event in America by Speed 51. And our web site was cited as the best web site on the internet for a local race track. Congrats to Tim Bryant and his team.
We will return next Friday night with the
Modifieds, Super Stocks, Sportsman, Bombers and the new Pro Trucks. Save tonite’s ticket, you will get in for $5.00
Track Speed Record In Jeopardy
Jason Cox of Park City, Ill. holds the track record 13.783 secs or 131.6 mph set last time the Winged
Sprints were here.
Let’s Get This Party StartedWelcoming The Hooker Hood Memorial/National Sprint Car HOF Racers Reunion
Fastest Ever
Super Modified Legends Bring Memories and Cars
This is why 5 Flags fans packed the stands a half century ago. The Super Mods, a set of wheels with a hot motor and a wing on top.
We welcome the Hooker Hood Memorial/National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Southern Super Modi-fied Racer’s Reunion, featuring several pioneers of the sport and their open-wheeled race cars which ran during the 1960s and ‘70s.
The super modified regularly driven by Ival Cooper will take to the high banks for a passing glimpse of history with Ival’s son, Gary at the wheel. This car was driven to a ½ mile speed record of 16.79 at the Jackson (Ms) Speedway in 1970 by the car’s mechanic, Bobby Harrell. Andy Anderson, who built the car along with many other front-running machines in the 1960s, are part of the reunion group. Another Missis-sippi legend, Ellis Palasini, has his big-block powered “Black Widow”, number V8 here. Mobile’s Johnny Ardis, who has owned race cars since 1947 and has fielded entries in five Little 500s, is here.
Introductions are being conduct-ed by Dave Argabright, featured on Speed TV, CBS Sports, and Comcast Sports.
Welcome to all, and thanks to Tony Martin for arranging all these legends to be here.
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“I know the (No.) 33 (Buttrick), and the (No.) 00 (Fowler) have been battling for the points lead, swap-ping it back and forth,” Goodwin said, “but there’s gonna be a new car in the mix that they’ll have to worry about. Goodwin capped a historic 2 year run last fall with his second con-secutive track title, which included 6 wins. Burks, a multi-feature winner the last two seasons, hopes to fol-low a similar line. He’ll be driving a Sportsman car owned by Curtis Faircloth, who had helped young Burks with his Bombers setup the last few years. “It’s crazy. I keep asking why they would want me to drive the car,” Burks said. “I feel really apprecia-tive. It makes me want to go out and drive better because I’ve been given everything now. It’s up to me to win races.”
By Chuck CorderGoodwin & Burks Bolt BombersTwo drivers separated by nearly two decades have spent the last two seasons chasing each other.Deuces seem wild for Gary Good-win and Brandon Burks.
No surprise that the pair, which dominated the Butler U-Pull-It Bombers class, wants to take a stab at the pot this upcom-ing season with a bold move to the Sportsmen. Both Goodwin, 38, and Burks, 20, have already secured Sportsmen rides and have high expectations heading into relatively uncharted waters.
Both will have to deal with the fear-some twosome of 3 time Sports-men Snowball Derby king Steve Buttrick and two-time defending track champ Brannon Fowler.
1 23 Gary Goodwin 7382 12 Brandon Burks 6743 10 Leonard Craig 5974 33 Kenny Williams 5605 52 Robert Balkum 5526 03 Michael Nelson 5387 6 Tracy Soles 4918 52 John K Merritt 4309 1 Hunter Ward 336
10 27 Thomas Lowery 332
1 00 Brannon Fowler 7322 33 Steve Buttrick 7263 29 Shanna Ard 4794 95 Ethan Hardin 4675 102 Marty White 4536 42 Randy Thompson 4507 81 Calvin Cook 4418 27 Michael Couture 3669 11 James Patrick 36310 12 Thomas Faddis 341
1 8 Donnie Hamrac 2892 17 Chris Cotto 2663 7 Scooter Grice 2444 66 Korey Ruble 1795 10 Nathan Ingersoll 1736 99 Brandon Howell 1237 117 Mike Swilley 1588 13 David Beale 1349 14 Mike Maddox 106
10 15 Kevin Chase 76
1 42 Randy Thompson 2272 44 Bubba Winslow 2253 57 Charlie Skipper 2074 2 Darin Matthews 1875 60 Brandon Harris 1796 14 Okie Mason 1707 55 Mike Moore 1638 84 Joe Mahuron 1209 0 John Shuffler 105
10 11 Courtney Rodrigues 81
1 26 2872 112 Augie Grill 2243 71 Kyle Benjamin 1944 1 Mike Garvey 1885 11 Logan Boyett 1666 11 David Rogers 1657 82 Clay Alexander 1458 84 Chris Davidson 1379 2 Donnie Wilson 1339t 41 Jeremy Pate 133
1 1 Mike Garvey 3102 41 Chris Davidson 2123 45 Dwayne Buggay 2074 18 Hunter Robbins 1965 29 Spencer Davis 1726 12 DJ VanderLey 1507 99 Wayne Niedecken 1458 99 Zak Hausler 1369 79 Kyle Bryant 130
10 112 Augie Grill 120
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The Rex Brooks Ironman Award went to the Heads. Waynetta in the pit ticket booth, is first to greet driv-ers and crews with a smile. Charlie is in the pits, either in the tire impound area, or with paddle in hand at stop and go.Thanks and congrats to both!
Points here are combined with Mobile after each regular race for the Gulf Coast Championship in all 7 divisions. In the past few years, it was just the Super Late Models, now 6 more divisions are added.