Against my better judgement... Here are GOV CUP Pre-Entries...

[Mark Keeler]

I am going back on my word and now publishing the 'pre-entry' list for this Saturdays 43rd Annual Governor's Cup 200 at the beautiful high-banked half-mile...

Just remember one thing PLEASE... Don't shoot the messenger!

1. #00 Robert Yoho Pinellas Park, FL Q Auto Accident Attorneys / Dayton Andrews Dodge
2. #05 Jeremy Colangelo Deland, FL RE/MAX / Mark Martin Performance
3. #5 Joe Boyd Riverview, FL Transportation Specialists / Boyd Auto Center
4. #5 Dustin Skinner Port Orange, FL Bright House Networks / American Auto
5. #07 Jeff Scofield Plant City, FL TNS Enterprises / Farm Direct
6. #9 Rich Clouser Palm Bay, FL AmSoil / Sears Racing
7. #11 David Rogers Orlando, FL TM Ranch
8. #12 Corey Freed Orlando, FL RK Edwards
9. #18 Jared Allison Cocoa, FL Fleetwing Corporation
10. #22 Dusty Cornelius Cocoa, FL
11. #26 Travis Cope Hernando Beach, FL Grubbs Emergency Services / Port City Racing
12. #32 Michael Williams Mims, FL MW Racecars / Accurate Powdercoating
13. #33 Daniel Webster Brooksville, FL ERA American Realty
14. #36 Tim Russell Longwood, FL Solar Blue
15. #39 Dwayne Dempsey St Petersburg, FL CD Romas Italian Restaurant / Diamond Supply
16. #55 Bill Mowery Pinellas Park, FL Q Auto Accident Attorneys
17. #57 Chad Pierce Orlando, FL Chad Pierce Motorsports / Fountain Motorsports
18. #62 Travis Wilson Bartow, FL AMF Chassis / Greenwood Chevrolet
19. #64 Joe Winchell Dade City, FL ServiceYourAuto.com
20. #70 Jeff Choquette Loxahatchee, FL C + C Loader Services
21. #70 James Glover Pinellas Park, FL Q Auto Accident Attorneys
22. #75 Dave Pletcher New Port Richey, FL Bad Boy’s Appliance
23. #78 BJ McLeod Wauchula, FL BJD Excavating
24. #80 Brian Finney Merritt Island, FL Bob Steele Chevrolet / Merritt Island Air
25. #84 Wayne Anderson Wildwood, FL Airframe International
26. #88 Justin Larson Safety Harbor, FL Skinner Nurseries / Ware Oil
27. #92 Matt Bowers Mt Dora, FL Skybolt / C-Tech
28. #119 Dalton Zehr Port Orange, FL Coleman Racing Products

Please keep in mind... these are just the ones we have heard from, or from a reliable source, that WILL be here... they will most likely be a few stragglers added Friday night.

[ancrdave]

Good to see the "Q" Cars in the line-up... Not sure if Billy Mowery or James Glover have ever run at NSS... They probably have, just not when I was there... And YOHO... He's worth the price of admission!!!

Also, just for fun, here are the qualifying results from the 1977 race a Golden Gate Speedway, 31 years ago... Five of these drivers are still active... Can you name them?

[Frasson118]

Nice list there. Good to see so much participation.

Mark... don't listen to the boneheads that complain about so-and-so being listed, but not showing up. I believe it's VERY important to let people know which drivers should be there. The worst thing you can do to promote an event is by having the attitude of "you'll have to be here to see who shows up". Part of the building of excitement for an event, is watching the list grow from time to time. For me, the CRA updates are working... East Bay has a pre-entry list for their Speedweeks events, and is always worth a peek a few times a week... it worked for the Speedfest events at Lakeland. The Dirt Track @ Lowe's always has a continually evolving entry list.

Use them to your advantage, rather than worry about who might be offended that their driver was on the list, but didn't show. Again, being the messenger, don't LET yourself get shot!

[JackTripper]

Don't worry - we'll aways support your lack of sound judgement.

Nice to see the return of Dwayne Dempsey!

[Frasson118]

One more thing.... please, please, PLEASE tell me there will be some kind of invert for this race. We don't need another 200 lapper with ZERO passes for the lead.

[fred23]

In the past FASCAR has not inverted for 200 lap races......

[Old Sunshine Fan]

Hey Dave

Surprised to see Billy Gill missing from that list... all the other hot shoes are listed... wonder what he was doing in 77?

Wish we could have that same race once again... those certainly were the days.

OSF:


OOPS, just re-read the list (for the fifth time) and found Gill. Damn these glasses!

[Rick Anges]

Dave Pletcher
David Rogers
Wayne Reutimann
Mario Maresca
5?

[ancrdave]

Bobby Alexander !!!

[James Wright III]

Eddie Hartin

[Jimmy McKinley]

We qualified dead in the middle of a 58-car field with the Lil' General, Scarborough, behind the wheel in '77.

Lots of great drivers there! That was probably the second-best Florida 200 ever! Top one being the following year, '78, with the Trickle/Anderson wars at both St. Pete and the Gate! ;-)