These are just a few of the stories that Florida racefans are talking about as the 2009 racing season winds down.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Merritt Island, FL (November 8, 2009) The date and place have been set now for the 2nd Annual BLAST FROM THE PAST. The date is March 7, 2010 at Citrus County Speedway in Inverness, Florida.
Event Coordinator Joyce Lankford is very excited to know that the second event will be held at Citrus County Speedway. “We appreciate Critter and his whole crew for helping us find a really good place for our event. Citrus is perfect and we cannot wait until March 7 to roll around.”
Joyce and Media Specialist Jane Smith are looking for names of drivers from both the asphalt and dirt world to invite for the event. All you need to be is 60 years or older and have raced or been a part of a race team in Florida.
“It does not matter if you raced dirt or asphalt, we want all racers, car owners, pit crew members, General Managers, everyone to come and enjoy our event. We are also looking for sponsors for this event so if you would like to help us and sponsor the event, please contact me at 352-942-2369.”
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Top Gun Sprint Series 2010 Schedule Released
(Nov 11, 2009) The Top Gun Sprint Car Series will be at Ocala Speedway on November 13th. for the eighth and final race of the 2009 season. In its first season the TGSCS has had over 50 different teams compete with the series.
The series announced its 2010 schedule on Wednesday of this week. The series expanded its schedule to include 12 points races, up from 8 in 2009.
2010 Race Schedule
POINTS RACES
March 20 – North Florida Speedway
April 9 – Ocala Speedway
April 24 – Volusia Speedway Park
May 8 – East Bay Raceway Park
June 19 – North Florida Speedway
July 16 – Ocala Speedway
July 17 – Volusia Speedway Park
Sept 18 – Volusia Speedway Park
Oct 9 – East Bay Raceway Park
Oct 23 – North Florida Speedway
Nov 12 – Ocala Speedway
Dec 4 – East Bay Raceway Park
Dec 10 – Volusia Speedway Park (NON-POINTS)
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Rick Day Back in Action in His Home State
FASCAR, annouced a few days ago the successor to Don Nerone, the ousted promoter at Coulumbia Motorsports Park.
Rick Day will take over the General Manager job at Columbia Motorsports Park beginning mid November.
Day, who is well known in Florida asphalt racing, ran the very successful SARA Series for many years. The SARA Late Models and SARA Modifieds were well known throughout Florida and entertained many fans for quite a few years.
Day said, ““I will be handling the promotions and General Manager duties at CMP to bring it back to one of the premier Motorsports facilities in North Florida and I am really looking forward to the challenge Robert has given me. Together with the fine staff at CMP we will make it an outstanding motorsports park.”
Columbia Motorsports Park is located in Lake City, Fl and is part of the Florida-based stock car racing promotions company FASCAR. Along with CMP, FASCAR also owns and promotes New Smyrna Speedway and Orlando Speedworld.
Besides running the SARA Late Model Series, Modified andTruck Series, Day managed the USRA Super Late Model Series, USRA Modified Series and USRA Truck Series. Day worked at Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle, Texas as the Race Director and also worked for the Texas Super Racing Series Late Model Series.
“Rick Day is a great addition to the FASCAR Family, he has a great deal of local and national racing knowledge and we are indeed fortunate to be able to bring Rick into our organization. Rick will play an important role in rebuilding Columbia Motorsports Park” said Robert Hart.
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New Late Model Touring Series for Asphalt Racers
Wayne Anderson, Dick Anderson and Alan Bruns have formed a new Late Model series in Florida. The Florida All Stars Tour will run 12 races in 2010.
“The decision to create a racers series was because Florida needed a series with a common set of rules to compete at any track from South to North Florida, that was determined to keep racers together under one umbrella and concentrate on keeping the rising costs to compete down, along with helping our promoter partners,” said Wayne Anderson.
Should be interesting, several fans have already wondered aloud if any of the promopters will be racing in the series.
