By BJ Cavin
Someone told me not that long ago that I know very little about racing. Well, I know a lot more than I used to know, but I still have plenty to learn. You see, as far as stock car racing is concerned, I sort of grew up with a silver spoon in my mouth, and yet I failed to comprehend that which was right in my face. I didn’t grow up in a racing family, and quite honestly my parents thought it was a wasteful and childish sort of sport.
Still I managed to connect with people who exposed me to the speed, the noise, and the excitement, and I became somewhat hooked on those things. But no one ever taught me anything about how all of that came to be, about where stock car racing came from and where it was hopefully going, and about the names, events, and places, that all come together to make racing what it is today.
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FLORIDA RACING DUO TACKLE KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE DIRT
By Jane Smith
Recently car owner Jay Carbary, well known in Florida for his asphalt modifieds, and Perry Brown, Jay’s driver, took on a new adventure and did some dirt racing not in Florida but in Kentucky and Tennessee.
First they went to Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City, Kentucky where Perry drove in their weekly modified series just to get his feet wet before moving on to Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, Tennessee for the NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Modified Series where Perry finished 13th.
Both Jay and Perry were guests on realracinusa.com recently with hosted by Jack Smith, Rick Anges and ‘Stagin’ Stevie LeTempt.
“Perry has run dirt before running in the Winter Nationals at East Bay for the last few years. We made friends with alot of the guys and decided to go visit Shon Flanary who also runs the Winter Nationals. It was a new experience for us and we have been planning it for a long time and loaded up and went last weekend,” said car owner Jay Carbury.
“We needed to get our feet wet first before the big show on Saturday night at Tazewell Speedway so we joined in the weekly modified show at Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City, Kentucky.
“We were very pleased with the results on Friday night although we did not expect alot but having a fun trip. Now Perry and I can say we have been to Tazewell Speedway, the l/3 clay oval in Kentucky.”
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