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**First, a thank you to Patrick Thomas for being understanding. I was due to provide a little "help" in the #25 pits at NSS, but late in the afternoon my Father indicated he would like to go to Auburndale, so I changed plans. He will be 90 in October. Patrick Thomas won the Sportsman Feature and Brad May won the Late Model Feature, so they apparently held up okay!
Now, on to the "Big A":
Special Driver of the week (or month, or year, am unsure) Award:
Did not catch the details of the award, but it went to Miss Dora Thorne!
Support Classes:
Pretty good racing, though a little light on cars. It happens. They are trying to get a pro late model-ish figure eight class going with Jesse James style cars. Pretty exciting stuff, and although there were only a few cars the drivers are quite good and provided some thrills in the "X" crossing in the center of the track.
The Modified Race:
19 cars started, many of them with show quality paint & bodywork. Josh Todd was there in Dickie Anderson's showpiece, and was in a class of his own, Dutilly style. The car was planted and had a ton of motor and/or forward bite coming off the corners. He started fairly close to the front of the field, headed to the outside of the front row on an early "cone" restart, and that was that. The car was beautiful, planted, fast, and Josh was 100% error free. Not a bobble. Many tried on the outside on subsequent restarts, and many failed.
The Story(s): Two this week.
>Yoho apparently ran his mods early so some could make it over for the Auburndale Feature. He gets 10 points for being supportive of Florida Racing. The announcer s-t-r-e-t-c-h-ed the evening with on track interviews of drivers before the features and did his best to keep the crowd "energized".
>>The story in the Mod Feature was the 76 car of Jimmy Wilkins. In a field of metallic and pearlescent beauties, Jimmy's car is a faded white. In a field of smooth monte-carlo and mustang-ish bodies, Jimmy's car brings back old school Richie Evans style memories with Cavalier bodywork. In fact, I am almost certain that car used to belong to Jon Campignone Jr, a car I worked on 20 some odd years ago. At any rate, the thing has a stout powerplant in it, and Wilkins is fearless. Along the way, he challenged Todd on the outside of a restart, and eventually hit everything but the lottery. His evening started at the front, had a rough and tumble ride to the back in stages, and then with worn tires he looked like "Big E" and worked his way back though most of the field to finish fourth. Am unsure of how any discussions might have gone after the race, but it was entertaining.
Another great evening at the track, and another great evening with my Dad, the guy that started taking me into the stands at age 4 months.
Now, on to the "Big A":
Special Driver of the week (or month, or year, am unsure) Award:
Did not catch the details of the award, but it went to Miss Dora Thorne!
Support Classes:
Pretty good racing, though a little light on cars. It happens. They are trying to get a pro late model-ish figure eight class going with Jesse James style cars. Pretty exciting stuff, and although there were only a few cars the drivers are quite good and provided some thrills in the "X" crossing in the center of the track.
The Modified Race:
19 cars started, many of them with show quality paint & bodywork. Josh Todd was there in Dickie Anderson's showpiece, and was in a class of his own, Dutilly style. The car was planted and had a ton of motor and/or forward bite coming off the corners. He started fairly close to the front of the field, headed to the outside of the front row on an early "cone" restart, and that was that. The car was beautiful, planted, fast, and Josh was 100% error free. Not a bobble. Many tried on the outside on subsequent restarts, and many failed.
The Story(s): Two this week.
>Yoho apparently ran his mods early so some could make it over for the Auburndale Feature. He gets 10 points for being supportive of Florida Racing. The announcer s-t-r-e-t-c-h-ed the evening with on track interviews of drivers before the features and did his best to keep the crowd "energized".
>>The story in the Mod Feature was the 76 car of Jimmy Wilkins. In a field of metallic and pearlescent beauties, Jimmy's car is a faded white. In a field of smooth monte-carlo and mustang-ish bodies, Jimmy's car brings back old school Richie Evans style memories with Cavalier bodywork. In fact, I am almost certain that car used to belong to Jon Campignone Jr, a car I worked on 20 some odd years ago. At any rate, the thing has a stout powerplant in it, and Wilkins is fearless. Along the way, he challenged Todd on the outside of a restart, and eventually hit everything but the lottery. His evening started at the front, had a rough and tumble ride to the back in stages, and then with worn tires he looked like "Big E" and worked his way back though most of the field to finish fourth. Am unsure of how any discussions might have gone after the race, but it was entertaining.
Another great evening at the track, and another great evening with my Dad, the guy that started taking me into the stands at age 4 months.
Use to love watching him wheel a car!
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