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Listen LIVE to one of Florida's best-known racing announcers Tony Modica, on the Inside Florida Racing show's Karting Segment tonight, Monday, April 27!
Tony will come on the air around 8pm ET!
Tony Modica was the well-known host of Short Track USA, the fastest hour on the radio. Tony started with Short Track USA back in 1998 as a race reporter covering the south's famous short tracks. It wasn't long after that and in 2000 Tony became the shows regular co-host, bringing years of broadcasting experience and racing knowledge to the show. Then in January of 2001 Tony became the permanent host of Short Track USA. Along with hosting the weekly show, Tony was the announcer at one of the south's well-known 1/4 mile paved oval short tracks, Sunshine Speedway in St.Petersburg Florida. Tony was invited to the speedway back in 1999 as a guest of the former host of Short Track USA and then head announcer Bill Green.
Within two weeks, Tony found himself in a golden opportunity as the new assistant announcer of track owners Frank and Bonnie Hill. Tony continued in that position, gaining valuable experience thru the end of the 2002 racing season.
Along with announcing the cars on Saturday nights, Tony was the announcer for the Sunday Tri City Kart Club, in which he started announcing for back in 1999. Tony enjoys announcing for the up and coming stars of the karting world. Tony has since announced several WKA National karting events, in the Carolinas and Southeast.
Over the years, Tony has also appeared in Industrial films, Informmercials, National TV commercials, National print ad's, along with being a movie extra in many movies including: "Weird Science" with Kelly LeBrock, "Raw Deal" with Arnold Schwarzenegger, "First Steps" with Judd Hirsch, "Vital Signs" with Ed Asner, "Ferris Buellers's Day Off" with Matthew Broerick, "The Water Boy" with Adam Sadler and "Armageddon" with Bruce Willis.
Back in the mid 1990's Tony had his first driving experience in a stock car, racing in the Hobby Stock class at Citrus County Speedway, Inverness Florida. The 1/4 mile paved oval track taught him what it takes to drive and prepare cars for the weekly grind of auto racing. Every now and then Tony will get behind the wheel and do a little racing for fun. Tony is a resident of Hernando County Florida
This is the fifteenth weekly segment on Florida karting. These 20-minute segments will appear on the Inside Florida Racing Show broadcast every Monday night! The IFR show is broadcast from 7pm-9pm, with the Karting Segment starting around 8pmET!
To listen to the show LIVE each Monday night, simple visit the following link and click on the 'Click Here To Listen Live' on the left hand side of the screen: http://www.realracinusa.com/html/insideflorida.shtml
If you miss the show, you can listen to a taped copy, which is usually uploaded (same page linked above) within two days following each broadcast.
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To listen to the previous Karting Segment guests this year, please visit http://www.InsideFloridaRacing.com , and click on the list of available shows.
Jan. 12 - Dustin Chisholm - 2008 Desoto Super Speedway Late Model Champion - Show 69
Jan. 19 - Sam Rodriguez - 3-time TBARA Champion, Promoter Dirt Devil Speedway - Show 70
Jan. 26 - Chad Dokken - 9-time WKA National Champion and former Hooters Pro Cup Driver - Show 71
Feb. 2 - Victor Peters - Multi-time WKA National Champion, TS Racing Engines Head - Show 72
Feb. 9 - Jimmy Sims - President of Florida Karting Association - Show 73
Feb. 17- Seth Adams - 13yo Karting Champion - Show 74 (Feb. 17)
Feb. 23 - Todd Kovi - 2-Cycle Director with the Florida Karting Championship Series - Show 74 (Feb. 23)
Mar. 2 - Robin Green - TBARA Winged Sprint Car Owner, Owner of Heat Racing - Show 75
Mar. 9 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - 2008 Indianapolis 500 Rookie-of-the-year, 3 Indy Car Wins - Show 76
Mar. 16 - Greg Roeback - Flagman, and Karting Series Director for CCMP in Punta Gorda - Show 77
Mar. 23 - Chase Fitzgerald - FKA Champion and Cutting Edge Motorsports Owner - Show 78
March 30 - Joe Ruttman - Nascar Winston Cup and Craftsman Truck Series - Show 79
April 6 - Vinnie Crawford - Florida's Busiest Karting Tech Official - Show 80
April 13 - Darin Coker - Legends Car Racer, Karter and Businessman - Show 81 (In addition, DCKS Karter JD Cordon also joined the show, at about the 1:26 mark)
Tony will come on the air around 8pm ET!
Tony Modica was the well-known host of Short Track USA, the fastest hour on the radio. Tony started with Short Track USA back in 1998 as a race reporter covering the south's famous short tracks. It wasn't long after that and in 2000 Tony became the shows regular co-host, bringing years of broadcasting experience and racing knowledge to the show. Then in January of 2001 Tony became the permanent host of Short Track USA. Along with hosting the weekly show, Tony was the announcer at one of the south's well-known 1/4 mile paved oval short tracks, Sunshine Speedway in St.Petersburg Florida. Tony was invited to the speedway back in 1999 as a guest of the former host of Short Track USA and then head announcer Bill Green.
Within two weeks, Tony found himself in a golden opportunity as the new assistant announcer of track owners Frank and Bonnie Hill. Tony continued in that position, gaining valuable experience thru the end of the 2002 racing season.
Along with announcing the cars on Saturday nights, Tony was the announcer for the Sunday Tri City Kart Club, in which he started announcing for back in 1999. Tony enjoys announcing for the up and coming stars of the karting world. Tony has since announced several WKA National karting events, in the Carolinas and Southeast.
Over the years, Tony has also appeared in Industrial films, Informmercials, National TV commercials, National print ad's, along with being a movie extra in many movies including: "Weird Science" with Kelly LeBrock, "Raw Deal" with Arnold Schwarzenegger, "First Steps" with Judd Hirsch, "Vital Signs" with Ed Asner, "Ferris Buellers's Day Off" with Matthew Broerick, "The Water Boy" with Adam Sadler and "Armageddon" with Bruce Willis.
Back in the mid 1990's Tony had his first driving experience in a stock car, racing in the Hobby Stock class at Citrus County Speedway, Inverness Florida. The 1/4 mile paved oval track taught him what it takes to drive and prepare cars for the weekly grind of auto racing. Every now and then Tony will get behind the wheel and do a little racing for fun. Tony is a resident of Hernando County Florida
This is the fifteenth weekly segment on Florida karting. These 20-minute segments will appear on the Inside Florida Racing Show broadcast every Monday night! The IFR show is broadcast from 7pm-9pm, with the Karting Segment starting around 8pmET!
To listen to the show LIVE each Monday night, simple visit the following link and click on the 'Click Here To Listen Live' on the left hand side of the screen: http://www.realracinusa.com/html/insideflorida.shtml
If you miss the show, you can listen to a taped copy, which is usually uploaded (same page linked above) within two days following each broadcast.
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To listen to the previous Karting Segment guests this year, please visit http://www.InsideFloridaRacing.com , and click on the list of available shows.
Jan. 12 - Dustin Chisholm - 2008 Desoto Super Speedway Late Model Champion - Show 69
Jan. 19 - Sam Rodriguez - 3-time TBARA Champion, Promoter Dirt Devil Speedway - Show 70
Jan. 26 - Chad Dokken - 9-time WKA National Champion and former Hooters Pro Cup Driver - Show 71
Feb. 2 - Victor Peters - Multi-time WKA National Champion, TS Racing Engines Head - Show 72
Feb. 9 - Jimmy Sims - President of Florida Karting Association - Show 73
Feb. 17- Seth Adams - 13yo Karting Champion - Show 74 (Feb. 17)
Feb. 23 - Todd Kovi - 2-Cycle Director with the Florida Karting Championship Series - Show 74 (Feb. 23)
Mar. 2 - Robin Green - TBARA Winged Sprint Car Owner, Owner of Heat Racing - Show 75
Mar. 9 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - 2008 Indianapolis 500 Rookie-of-the-year, 3 Indy Car Wins - Show 76
Mar. 16 - Greg Roeback - Flagman, and Karting Series Director for CCMP in Punta Gorda - Show 77
Mar. 23 - Chase Fitzgerald - FKA Champion and Cutting Edge Motorsports Owner - Show 78
March 30 - Joe Ruttman - Nascar Winston Cup and Craftsman Truck Series - Show 79
April 6 - Vinnie Crawford - Florida's Busiest Karting Tech Official - Show 80
April 13 - Darin Coker - Legends Car Racer, Karter and Businessman - Show 81 (In addition, DCKS Karter JD Cordon also joined the show, at about the 1:26 mark)
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