FUPS race

[dd38]

Any results from the FUPS race at Lake City last nite??

[racnphotos68]

Unofficial results

Finish @ Lake City...36,84,26,30,57... That is all I know.

[RSB]

Anderson started on the pole(how does he manage to do this every race?) and led the first 20 laps or so. Russell passed him on the outside and never looked back. Travis Cope put on the best show by being sent to the rear after a spin. He worked his way back up to third place. Scofield started pretty strong but faded away. They started 17 cars with a majority of them being field fillers IMO!
Congrats to local boy Jason Garver on a fifth place finish1

I was REAL surprised that LCS charged $20 for this show. My friends and wife wanted to get back in the car and go to the dirt track!
We got there 15 minutes late and missed the three car streetstock race and luckily the hornet race as well. Probably 3 or 4 cars... I don't know how the place is staying open..

[Bigbuck]

Anderson started on the pole(how does he manage to do this every race?) and led the first 20 laps or so. Russell passed him on the outside and never looked back. Travis Cope put on the best show by being sent to the rear after a spin. He worked his way back up to third place. Scofield started pretty strong but faded away. They started 17 cars with a majority of them being field fillers IMO!
Congrats to local boy Jason Garver on a fifth place finish1

I was REAL surprised that LCS charged $20 for this show. My friends and wife wanted to get back in the car and go to the dirt track!
We got there 15 minutes late and missed the three car streetstock race and luckily the hornet race as well. Probably 3 or 4 cars... I don't know how the place is staying open..

RSB, what dirt track to you go to??

[RSB]

I've been going to Bubba's place mostly unless there's a special show at North Florida. It's kinda hard for me to justify going to Lake City Speedway these days since the car count is so low. It's just boring....
This is the first year I've been a spectator so I'll even go to Volushia once in awhile if my friend is running his modified.
I ran into an old friend while at LCS last night and he says he's building a sportsman car that should be ready in a month or so. He asked if I'd be interested in driving again and of course I said, YES! I'm not holding my breath on this one but who knows??

[John Berti]

Any results from the FUPS race at Lake City last nite??

No one affiliated with the United Promoters Late Model Series ever sends press releases with pre-race hype or race results to me for inclusion on Karnac.com Florida Stock Car Racing. Evidently they have no media person to do the job. It's really sad that a series which features Super Late Models, Florida's top level in racing competition, does nothing to generate interest, anticipation and excitement.

[John Berti]

Anderson started on the pole(how does he manage to do this every race?) and led the first 20 laps or so. Russell passed him on the outside and never looked back. Travis Cope put on the best show by being sent to the rear after a spin. He worked his way back up to third place. Scofield started pretty strong but faded away. They started 17 cars with a majority of them being field fillers IMO!
Congrats to local boy Jason Garver on a fifth place finish1

I was REAL surprised that LCS charged $20 for this show. My friends and wife wanted to get back in the car and go to the dirt track!
We got there 15 minutes late and missed the three car streetstock race and luckily the hornet race as well. Probably 3 or 4 cars... I don't know how the place is staying open..

Why would any of the better Super Late Model drivers and teams want to compete, in significant numbers, in United Promoters Late Model Series races? There is no recognition for the drivers of their accomplishments as they do not send out press releases with race commentary and results to the media outlets. It is very difficult for race car owners to get sponsors for funding of their racing operations when nobody knows what is going on. Sponsors want and need their names in the public eye.

There is no effort on the part of the United Promoters Late Model Series generated to get the fans excited about attending any of their races. Many times fans don't even know when and where the series is racing or who the drivers are that will be showing up. Additionally there should not be comments from fans appearing at online media outlets about who won the UPLMS race at such and such track. The story and results of a race should be released as soon as possible.

Super Late Models are the fastest, and potentially most exciting form of stock car racing in the state of Florida. The United Promoters Late Model Series management, through its abysmal promoting, does nothing to tap into this great potential.

As for the comment about Wayne Anderson always starting on the pole, that is the by product of qualifying by time trials. It is not his fault that he is a very talented race car driver who is working within the system.

If you want to have excitement handicapping is the answer. Handicapping always assures the best racing action for the fans with the faster cars starting in the back having to work their way up through the field. There was nothing more exhilarating for me than watching the likes of a Richie Evans patiently and methodically picking his way from the back of a starting field. That is the treat that many fans miss out on with qualifying based on time trials.

[RSB]

I missed qualifying but I'm assuming Wayne qualified on the pole and pulled a 1 pill or maybe he qualified worse and the pole sitter pulled a pill that allowed Wayne to be on the poll. I don't know it just seems that everytime I see an asphalt late model race, Anderson's on the poll or at worst starting 2nd! They really need a new system!
Pay the top qualifer a couple hundred bucks for his efforts and then have the top 5 start mid pack at least.

[MW68SS]

Bowman Gray Stadium pays there Modified drivers $650 to win a 25 lap race and $1500 to win a 100 lapper. With these cars costing so much to race how do they end up with a full field every week? They promote the drivers and the track to no end. They build everything up so much , the drivers, the track, that you have the feeling and excitement level like they are going for the Daytona 500 win. It is all about promotion. 15000 fans every Saturday night can't be wrong.

[Bigbuck]

I'm not picking on NSS. I always loved the place. But did ANYONE put on here what was going on there last week? I may be wrong but i didnt see it. Come on people, its free!!!!!!!

[mr south 59]

There was an add in late model diegest. Somebody is or was promoting it.

[modracer22]

I'm not picking on NSS. I always loved the place. But did ANYONE put on here what was going on there last week? I may be wrong but i didnt see it. Come on people, its free!!!!!!!

We beat that horse to dealth. They are just starting to get on here and giving information about the up coming weekend atleast it's a start.

[ancrdave]

It is what it is.....

[John Berti]

I'm not picking on NSS. I always loved the place. But did ANYONE put on here what was going on there last week? I may be wrong but i didnt see it. Come on people, its free!!!!!!!

Hey Tuna, I post the results of New Smyrna Speedway as soon as I'm able to get them from their website or from Speed Net Direct. I had this past Saturday's NSS race results cut, pasted, and posted by the end of the day Sunday. Perhaps the problem is that many Karnacian don't know where to go on Karnac.com to get race results and view press releases. There is a section of the first page you see when you go to Karnac.com on the right side with the caption Florida Stock Car Racing. This is where you can go to see any of the race results and press releases I either get from tracks directly or via cut and paste from their websites. There are some tracks that do not send their results to me and others who do not even put them on their own websites.

Karnac.com is more than just message boards. You'll be surprised what you will find out by going to Florida Stock Car Racing.

A gentle reminder to race tracks and traveling series. Please send your press releases to me at jberti-karnac@gmx.com and I'll gladly post them for you on Florida Stock Car Racing. I notice that some tracks are posting their press releases on the message boards. This is most inappropriate. Message boards are for fan talk about racing and not for press releases and race results.

[John Berti]

We beat that horse to dealth. They are just starting to get on here and giving information about the up coming weekend atleast it's a start.

The Real Racin USA Motor Sports Forum message boards should not be the place to be going to find out race results or upcoming race information. Message boards are for the sole purpose of fan talk. The proper place to view race results is on the Florida Stock Car Racing section of Karnac.com. It is on the righthand side of that first page when you key in Karnac.com. This is where I, as Senior News Editor of Karnac.com, post all race results I personally get from race tracks, results I am able to cut and paste from track websites or Speed Net Direct.