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A pair of rainouts mixed with a couple of bye weeks has meant a month without racing at the Citrus County Speedway. Today’s headline race is a makeup of an earlier rain cancellation from June — the 18th annual Powell Family Memorial, featuring 125 laps of Super Late Model action for a $5,000 prize.
If weather spoils plans again, the Memorial, which joins Modified Mini Stocks, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Pure Stocks, Hornets, Figure 8s, Legends and Bandoleros on the racing card, will be rescheduled for Sunday.
“For the last few years, the event has been held on dirt, and we are honored to have this event back on asphalt at our facility,” CCS track promoter Don Cretty said of the Memorial.
The annual Late Model event was founded by James Powell III, a former winner of the race, after a 1994 plane crash took the lives of his mother, father, aunt, uncle and twin daughters. Powell’s family owned and operated the Ocala Speedway for 14 years starting in the early 1980s.
Beyond the legacy and generous cash prize, the race is also the sixth of the Florida United Promoters Late Model Series (FUPS) schedule this year.
“We are thrilled to have been able to make this all work for the Powell Family, the track and the series,” FUPS series director Rick Williams said. “James and I have been friends for a long time, and we are so glad to host this event for him and his family.”
Wayne Anderson’s five wins in the Powell are the most by any driver, and he has five total FUPS wins this year, including March’s season-opening Icebreaker 100 in Inverness. His closest competitor this season is Brooksville’s Daniel Webster (293 FUPS points), who picked up a FUPS feature win on June 22 at Winter Haven’s Auburndale Speedway and is second in points behind Anderson (331 points).
Wayne’s son Randy Anderson (268 points), Brandenton’s Jesse Dutilly (270 points), Umatilla’s Anthony Cataldi (241 points), Naples’ Billy Bigley Jr. (269 points), Lake Panasoffkee’s Todd Brown (third in points at Citrus), Fort Pierce’s David Green and Citrus point-leader Herb Neumann Jr. are among others expected to run in today’s marquee race.
Bushnell’s Chris Allen and Dunnellon’s Clint Foley have combined to win all but one of the Modified Mini Stock features this year. While Allen leads the points chase by 35 behind a couple of feature wins and four heat victories, Foley, a recent three-time champion, has prevailed in five of the six features he’s run this year.
In Street Stocks, three-time champion Curtis Flanagan holds a whopping 12 total wins (seven features) and a 70-point lead, but Tim Wilson, of Floral City, easily snagged his first feature victory a month ago in the division’s most recent outing.
Also picking up a first feature victory four weeks ago was Pure Stock driver Camron Ray, whose win also earned himself a Hard Charger award. Ray’s 16-year-old cousin Karlin Ray maintains a safe 92-point lead in the Pure Stock standings with wins in six features and five heats.
The Mini Stock class’ youngest member, 16-year-old Mark Patterson, added a third feature win to his mantle in the group’s most recent outing. Twelve separate drivers have at least one win this season in Mini Stocks, but Dade City’s Kevin Stone leads in points by 59 thanks to a division-leading four feature wins and perfect attendance.
A convincing win by Brooksville’s Travis Nichols (two feature wins) in regular Figure 8s (Pure and Street Stocks) on June 22 culminated his triumphant return from a major crash in late April and pulled him into a second-place tie with Pnut Higginbotham (feature win) and Ronnie Schrefiels in the standings — 10 points behind leader Jimmy Kruse (feature win).
Apopka’s Kory Abbot has a win at Citrus this year and leads the FUPS throwback Legends class in both points and wins (three) this year.
The Hornet division offers cars for rent for fans to compete.
Grandstand gates open at 4 p.m. and heat races begin at 5:30 p.m. Grandstand prices are $13 for adults, $9 for students and seniors and $5 for children age 11 and under (children under 42 inches are free).
If weather spoils plans again, the Memorial, which joins Modified Mini Stocks, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Pure Stocks, Hornets, Figure 8s, Legends and Bandoleros on the racing card, will be rescheduled for Sunday.
“For the last few years, the event has been held on dirt, and we are honored to have this event back on asphalt at our facility,” CCS track promoter Don Cretty said of the Memorial.
The annual Late Model event was founded by James Powell III, a former winner of the race, after a 1994 plane crash took the lives of his mother, father, aunt, uncle and twin daughters. Powell’s family owned and operated the Ocala Speedway for 14 years starting in the early 1980s.
Beyond the legacy and generous cash prize, the race is also the sixth of the Florida United Promoters Late Model Series (FUPS) schedule this year.
“We are thrilled to have been able to make this all work for the Powell Family, the track and the series,” FUPS series director Rick Williams said. “James and I have been friends for a long time, and we are so glad to host this event for him and his family.”
Wayne Anderson’s five wins in the Powell are the most by any driver, and he has five total FUPS wins this year, including March’s season-opening Icebreaker 100 in Inverness. His closest competitor this season is Brooksville’s Daniel Webster (293 FUPS points), who picked up a FUPS feature win on June 22 at Winter Haven’s Auburndale Speedway and is second in points behind Anderson (331 points).
Wayne’s son Randy Anderson (268 points), Brandenton’s Jesse Dutilly (270 points), Umatilla’s Anthony Cataldi (241 points), Naples’ Billy Bigley Jr. (269 points), Lake Panasoffkee’s Todd Brown (third in points at Citrus), Fort Pierce’s David Green and Citrus point-leader Herb Neumann Jr. are among others expected to run in today’s marquee race.
Bushnell’s Chris Allen and Dunnellon’s Clint Foley have combined to win all but one of the Modified Mini Stock features this year. While Allen leads the points chase by 35 behind a couple of feature wins and four heat victories, Foley, a recent three-time champion, has prevailed in five of the six features he’s run this year.
In Street Stocks, three-time champion Curtis Flanagan holds a whopping 12 total wins (seven features) and a 70-point lead, but Tim Wilson, of Floral City, easily snagged his first feature victory a month ago in the division’s most recent outing.
Also picking up a first feature victory four weeks ago was Pure Stock driver Camron Ray, whose win also earned himself a Hard Charger award. Ray’s 16-year-old cousin Karlin Ray maintains a safe 92-point lead in the Pure Stock standings with wins in six features and five heats.
The Mini Stock class’ youngest member, 16-year-old Mark Patterson, added a third feature win to his mantle in the group’s most recent outing. Twelve separate drivers have at least one win this season in Mini Stocks, but Dade City’s Kevin Stone leads in points by 59 thanks to a division-leading four feature wins and perfect attendance.
A convincing win by Brooksville’s Travis Nichols (two feature wins) in regular Figure 8s (Pure and Street Stocks) on June 22 culminated his triumphant return from a major crash in late April and pulled him into a second-place tie with Pnut Higginbotham (feature win) and Ronnie Schrefiels in the standings — 10 points behind leader Jimmy Kruse (feature win).
Apopka’s Kory Abbot has a win at Citrus this year and leads the FUPS throwback Legends class in both points and wins (three) this year.
The Hornet division offers cars for rent for fans to compete.
Grandstand gates open at 4 p.m. and heat races begin at 5:30 p.m. Grandstand prices are $13 for adults, $9 for students and seniors and $5 for children age 11 and under (children under 42 inches are free).