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I've got to tell you, if you're a race fan you've got to come out to see the awesome action at Full Throttle Speedway. Made my first trip there to race last night, since the track has changed hands, and I was fully impressed. First off, the racing is great. A lot of tracks in FL claim to be two-groove race tracks and they just simply are not. Well, Full Throttle is a true two-groove track that promotes incredible side-by-side action! Maybe it's the new asphalt in the turns, but the old Desoto was never this racy. The Pro-Truck race was unbelievable with the action up front between Brent Huber, Nick Hernandez and Michael Pilla. Two and three wide action right to the checkered flag. What a race! To their credit, even though they were rubbing pretty good, none of these three took it over the line and put on a clinic as to what good, hard, close racing should be. Even though they were leaning on each other pretty hard, it was all back slaps and hugs when the top three went for interviews on the front stretch. The way racing should be!
Kevin Williams and co. have done a great job refurbishing the track and the evidence was everywhere. New structures, repaving of pit road, all new restaurant facilities, new grandstands and a ton of other improvements too numerous to list. The food was much improved over days past and the Big Daddy Pork Tenderloin sandwich, Cheeseburgers and Funnel Cake got rave reviews from the 07 crew. The bar on the frontstretch is pretty damn cool, too. Sports Bar right inside the track!
From a racers point of view I don't think I could have had a better night (short of performing better and having the car dialed in a little better, but that's on me!). Kevin was busy as all get out, but made time early in the day to come by and introduce himself and personally welcome us to his jewel of a racetrack. In the drivers meeting he made a point of letting everyone know about the transparancy of what the post-race tech process would be. In all my years of racing I have never seen anything like the fair and random process that FTS uses. Racers don't like the ugly aura of favoritism, and Kevin's process goes a long way to making sure that it will never be a legitimate concern at FTS. It was a hot night and a few drivers had issues with dealing with the heat and humidity. FTS had EMS right to these competitors A.S.A.P. and attended to them with great care. It's nice to see a track with an ambulance and speedy EMTs ready to go on-site. Comforting to have that peace of mind when you strap in. As for our race, Aaron Williamson took down the win and we went green to checker! A testament to all the Sportsman drivers running each other with respect at FTS. I have been in some horrible wreckfest races this year and it was a breath of fresh air to run 40 straight green flag laps. But by no means was there no action from my point of view. The race started out with me having a great side by side battle with Mark Peterson. Thanks Mark, for running me clean. I don't think we could have slid a slice of bread between our cars at times, but we never touched. Then I had a little "rubbin' is racin'" duel with Josh Calvert and got by him. Next was a good little clean pass on James Debose. Just when I thought I was all clear here comes Josh Calvert back around me on the high-side. That kid just wouldn't give up! Next I saw Dan Scott getting loose in front of me and thought I had a good chance to get the 5th, but he gathered himself up and I could never get to his bumper. Wish we could have hit the setup a little better, as we were just a tad too loose. But all in all it was a hell of a lot of fun running with some of the best Sportsman drivers FL has to offer and putting the car on the trailer in one piece. I drove the long ride back home to Port Richey with a smile on my face and I'm looking forward to the next time I can make it back to Full Throttle Speedway...
Kevin Williams and co. have done a great job refurbishing the track and the evidence was everywhere. New structures, repaving of pit road, all new restaurant facilities, new grandstands and a ton of other improvements too numerous to list. The food was much improved over days past and the Big Daddy Pork Tenderloin sandwich, Cheeseburgers and Funnel Cake got rave reviews from the 07 crew. The bar on the frontstretch is pretty damn cool, too. Sports Bar right inside the track!
From a racers point of view I don't think I could have had a better night (short of performing better and having the car dialed in a little better, but that's on me!). Kevin was busy as all get out, but made time early in the day to come by and introduce himself and personally welcome us to his jewel of a racetrack. In the drivers meeting he made a point of letting everyone know about the transparancy of what the post-race tech process would be. In all my years of racing I have never seen anything like the fair and random process that FTS uses. Racers don't like the ugly aura of favoritism, and Kevin's process goes a long way to making sure that it will never be a legitimate concern at FTS. It was a hot night and a few drivers had issues with dealing with the heat and humidity. FTS had EMS right to these competitors A.S.A.P. and attended to them with great care. It's nice to see a track with an ambulance and speedy EMTs ready to go on-site. Comforting to have that peace of mind when you strap in. As for our race, Aaron Williamson took down the win and we went green to checker! A testament to all the Sportsman drivers running each other with respect at FTS. I have been in some horrible wreckfest races this year and it was a breath of fresh air to run 40 straight green flag laps. But by no means was there no action from my point of view. The race started out with me having a great side by side battle with Mark Peterson. Thanks Mark, for running me clean. I don't think we could have slid a slice of bread between our cars at times, but we never touched. Then I had a little "rubbin' is racin'" duel with Josh Calvert and got by him. Next was a good little clean pass on James Debose. Just when I thought I was all clear here comes Josh Calvert back around me on the high-side. That kid just wouldn't give up! Next I saw Dan Scott getting loose in front of me and thought I had a good chance to get the 5th, but he gathered himself up and I could never get to his bumper. Wish we could have hit the setup a little better, as we were just a tad too loose. But all in all it was a hell of a lot of fun running with some of the best Sportsman drivers FL has to offer and putting the car on the trailer in one piece. I drove the long ride back home to Port Richey with a smile on my face and I'm looking forward to the next time I can make it back to Full Throttle Speedway...
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