May 13, 2011 #4

Hayden, AL

Concord, NC

Senoia, GA

Orlando, FL

Sprint Cars, Super Late Models and Pro Late

Models are something you won’t see in the pits tonight. Why? might you ask..because tonight is devoted to our great fans and all the local divisions only. Don’t panic though. I promise these other three classes of racecars will be returning in the next few weeks. I also promise that you will be treated to some very exciting racing this week as we bring you the Annual Sportsmen Spectacular. Our Sports-men cars are one of the most competitive classes to race at Five Flags and it should be better than ever this week with extra laps and money on the line for these drivers. The top 7 in points so far in the race year are shown on the left.

Drivers such as Fowler, White, Ard, Couture,

Pokrant, Cook, Thompson, & Buttrick will be out to take the big “Pay Check” to the bank come Monday, but it won’t be easy for any of them as they will have to race extra hard for the win. Also on the sched-ule will be the “Wild and Crazy” Open Wheel Modi-fieds, Super Stocks and the Bombers.

Tonight is also Meet The Drivers Night.

Before the racing starts we will line all classes up on the front straight away and allow the fans down on the track to meet the drivers and gather autographs. This always seems to be a popular

night of events for drivers and fans so we look for this year to be as big and exciting as ever.

On a different note make sure you join

the Five Flags Speedway Fan Club and receive all the news every week from the track. You can also keep abreast of the happenings by tuning in to “ In The Groove” with Tim Bryant and yours truly every other Tues-day night on BLAB-TV. It’sthe Fastest One Hour on T.V. Also join us every Wednesday night at 6:00 pm for “In The Groove Radio” on 1450 WBSR/AM.

Until next time, be safe and we will see ya at

the races!!

Sportsmen Drivers in the SpotlightPlus Bombers, Modifieds and Super Stocks

May 11, 2012 #5

SPORTSMEN

Up Real Close With The Sportsmen

In order to keep competition fair, a long list of rules must

be followed to give up advan-tages that expensive racing products would give a car and driver. The rules are explicit, and on our web site.

Here are a few highlights. 1978 to 88 American made

rear wheel drive sedan, 2 or 4 door, no GT series. 108 inch wheelbase minimum. Origi-nal Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts. Carburetor 2 barrel model 4412 only. GM crate engine as specified can be used. OEM transmission, standard or automatic.

Weight distribution limited to 52% on left side with

driver. Roll cage required with other safety equipment. Glass, chrome and lights removed. Windshield Lexan or stock.

Ground clearance 7 1/2 inches. Rear spoiler of 60

x 5 inches allowed.

Specified Hoosier tires re-quired. 2 are impounded

after race for next week. This limits tire cost to no more than 2 new tires per race night.

See web for more. You can help by sponsoring a car.

National Anthem

Eglin AFB

Friend of Ronald McDonald House

Katie Galvin

Grand American Race Cars has been accumulating wins here in the Super Late Models for 13 straight

events. A bounty was placed on the brand by the track. On Friday the 27th in the Papa John’s 100 Blizzard

Series, Mike Garvey won in a chasis not made by GARC.

Garvey piloted his Port City car to victory and the $513 bonus. Car owner Tracy Goodson is more than a Port City car fan, he is also a dealer. They will all be back in 2 weeks.

A Helping Hand for Ronald McDonald

House Tonight, race fans can help the local Ronald McDonald House on Bayou Blvd...and you could win a prize basket that includes 10 passes to the

races, and other goodies. Chances are on sale at the booth near the front gate for a dollar, 6 for 5. It’s one of Marty White’s favorite charities.

Thompson Recovering Nicely After Late-Season Ilness

It happened overnight. One day last fall, perennial favorite Randy Thomp-son was up, walking around, enjoy-ing life. The next morning, the 33 year old woke up, incapable of leaving his bed. “I couldn’t sit up it hurt so bad,” Thompson said. “It lasted a month straight where I couldn’t even move.”

He’s thankful those days are long gone. After a scary few months in late 2011, Thompson’s steely eyes are focused back on driving. The three-time West Florida Coatings Sportsman class track champion (2007-09), and 2010 Super Stocks champ, looks for his first check-ered of the season tonight. “We want to get back to where we were, trying to dominate and win races here,” said Thompson, who currently sits sixth in points.

For a while, though, his mysterious illness had many wondering if Thomp-son would get behind a wheel again.“ My dad (Tim) thought I was allergic to racing,” he joked. This debilitating disease seemed to confound doctors the way Thompson confuses rival driv-ers on any given Friday night.

“I was getting ready go somewhere else,” he admitted — one local physi-cian finally diagnosed him with rheu-matoid arthritis. Simply put, it’s a long-term disease that leads to inflam-mation of the joints and tissues.“It was weird the way it hit me,” who had to take six pills daily as part of his recovery. “I guess that’s why doctors couldn’t figure it out. I was down for 2 months, without any work.” See our web site for the full Thompson Story.

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May 25th Blizzard Series #3, SS, SP, BJune 5th Kids Day, Day Care Visits.June 8th PLM 100 #2, SP, B; Bike RaceJune 22 Blizzard Series #4,Mods,SP, BJuly 13th TBARA Winged Sprint Cars, Mods, SP, BJuly 27th PLM 100 #3, SS, SP, BAug 10th UCP Nite, SPORTSMEN, Mods, B, DEMO DERBYAug 24th PLM 100 #4, SP, BSept 21st Blizzard Series #5, SS, SP, BSept 29th PLM 100 #5, MODs, SP, BNov 17th Snowball Derby Preview Nov 28th- Dec 2nd Snowball Derby

More info on points, finishes, copies of newsletters, posters;

schedules, driver profiles, go to our web site:

www.5 flagsspeedway.com

1 8 D. Hamrac 612 13 Jake Moore 563 71 Scooter Grice 544 66 Korey Ruble 535 14 Mike Maddox 486 99 B. Howell 437 17 Chris Cotto 427 10 Okie Mason 429 1 Kip Whitehead 31

10 117 Michael Swilley 29

1 44 Bubba Winslow 502 98 S. Anderson 473 14 Okie Mason 444 2 D. Matthews 415 0 John Shuffler 386 42 R. Thompson 357 57 Charlie Skipper 328 60 Brandon Harris 299 55 Mike Moore 26

10 13 Jeremy Tassin 23

1 26 Bubba Pollard 1122 1 Mike Garvey 832 112 Augie Grill 834 71 Kyle Benjamin 765 82 Grant Enfinger 746 2 Donnie Wilson 697 84 Clay Alexander 678 11 David Rogers 669 99 Casey Smith 65

10 38/9 Hamner/Elliott 62

1 12 Brandon Burks 1672 23 Gary Goodwin 1633 10 Leonard Craig 1384 33 Kenny Williams 1365 97 Kenney Bullard 1286 52 Robert Balkum 1177 07 Brandon Nettles 978 1 Hunter Ward 919 03 Michael Nelson 83

10 27 Tommy Lowery 82

1 00 Brannon Fowler 1642 27 Mike Couture 1473 81 Calvin Cook 1354t 102 Marty White 1324t 29 Shanna Ard 1326 42 Randy Thompson 937 95 Ethan Hardin 918 33 Steve Buttrick 889 99 Billy Hoover 8310 12 Thomas Faddis 81

1 1 Mike Garvey 642 2 D J VanderLey 573 41 T J Reaid 564 45 Dwayne Buggay 525 11 Johanna Long 486 71 Kyle Benjamin 477 42 Bubba Pollard 418 41 Chris Davidson 378t 9 Mason Massey 3710 66 Korey Ruble 29

Super Stocks Ragan Baker18.733 (96.1 mph) 12/2/2011Modifieds Korey Ruble

17.455 (103.1mph) 12/3/10 Sportsmen Steve Buttrick20.640 (87.2 mph) 12/1/2011 Bombers J J Day21.804 (82.5 mph) 7/16/2010

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