2018, a New Year and a New Start
1 Donald Crocker 4 Bill Cooley 04 Dawson Keener 7 Kody Brusso 9 Kody Jett 12 Bubba Winslow 14w Wesley King 14 Lee Carter 15 Kevin Chase 17 Chris Cotto 17 Chance Adkins 26 Corbitt Moseley 28 Rick Ortell 30 Ricky Vice 31 Jr. Niedecken 33 Joe Bathea, Jr 40 Todd Jones 41 Troy Grisaffi 54 Conner Sutton 57 Charlie Skipper 84 Joe Mahuron 88 Brandon Spreen 92 Bubba WInslow 94 Jason Johnson 95 Phillip Crownover 96 John Heil 96 Rick Pollaro 97 Hunter Lambert 98 Scotty Anderson 151 Gary Sutton
Fowler to Trucks, Dority looks for another good year in Pure Stocks 00 Brannon Fowler 1 Howard Langham 2 Jensen Jorgensen M7 Raymond Dormer 8 B J Leytham 11 Raymond Dormer 12 Brandon Burks 15 Colt James 15 Mark Lindley 18 Jessie Reid 21 Jason Welch 29 Shanna Ard 36 Rodney Benefield 38 Curt Britt 46 Jarrett Parker 54 Kaden Honeycutt 56 Darryl Rudd 58 Jake Moore 66 Andrew Johnson 67 Daniel Bradford 68 Lori Lindley 95 Chris Comalander 96 Steven Davis 96 Rick Pollaro 98 Jay Jay Day
By Chuck Corder
Sarah Dority is enjoying her view near the mountaintop; the 26-year-old Pensacola driver has her eyes squarely affixed on big dreams for 2018. “If it wasn’t for effort and time, I wouldn’t be where I’m at right now,” Dority said. “Time. Effort. Blood, Sweat. Tears. (Continued on Page 2)
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And, most importantly, the support of this amazing racing community.” She’s not the only one who has poured out their soul this week, making final adjustments before Sunday arrives. Dority, enters her fourth year of racing, following her best season to date. The Michigan native, who moved to Pensacola 20 years ago, finished fourth in the Pure Stocks points standings last year and kept turning heads with a thirdplace finish in the Pure Stocks Snowball Derby last December. “At the Derby, I wasn’t expecting a third place,” said Dority, who caught the itch while watching Winston Cup races with her father, Bob Dority, as a child. “My whole mindset was to finish the entire 50 laps with the car in one piece and bring it home. Because I had raced the Derby two times and had bad wrecks.” She drove expertly and was greeted by a roaring grandstands once she climbed out of the car. The Five Flags faithful tend to hold their female drivers close to their hearts.
Mar 30 PLM 100 PT, PS Apr 13 OS, PT, SP, PS Apr 27 Bliz 100, PT, PS May 11 Mods, OS, SP, PS May 25 OS, PT, SP, PS Jun 8 Kids Bikes, OS, SP, PS Jun 22 Bliz 2, PT, PS Jul 6 PLM 100,OS, OS, PS Jul 20 Bliz 3, OS, PS Aug 3 Demo Derby, Mods, SP, PS Aug 17 PLM 100, PT, PS Sep 15 * OS, PT, SP, PS Championships Sep 22 Nite of Championships, Blizzard & PLM 100
Schedule
CAT COUNTRY 98.7 FAN APPRECIATION DAY 2018 Saturday March 3rd Open Practice All Divisions 9:00am Pits Open (Admission $15 / 2Day $40) 10am – 5pm Open Practice Tech, Tires, and Fuel available until 4pm Sunday March 4th 9am Pits Open (Admission $30) 11am Stands Open (Admission $5) 11:15am Driver’s Meeting 12pm Practice PT,OS, SP, PS Round 2 / Group Qualifying PT, OS, SP, PS 2pm Pre Race Festivities 2:15pm Pro Truck Feature 50 Laps Sportsman Feature 25 Laps Pure Stock Feature 20 Laps Intermission (prize drawings) Outlaw Stock Feature 50 Laps
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Tony Boyd, Pensascola, Michael Nelson, Pensacola Johnathan Day, Mobile Cameron Leytham, Mobile Robert Loper, Irvington Brad Mosley; 8 Mile Butch Harvell, Pensacola John K Merritt, Pensacola Caleb Burkett, Pensacola Jimmy Hollingsworth, Mobilo Matt Thompson, Wilmer, AL Cory Pittman, Cantonment Brandin Sidner, Pensacola Bobby Jones, Mobile Jay Whalen, Pensacola Robert Balkum, Pensacola 71 Tommie Blocker, Mobile 80 Zack Jordan, Pensacola 86 Jonathan Smith, Theadore 91 Sarah Dority, Pensacola 95 Robert Riley, Gulfbreeze 111 David Johnson, Mobile 311 Bobby Suarez, Pensacola
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Johnathan Langham, Mobile Paul Schloss; Palm Coast, FL Mark Barnhill, Mobile, AL Jim Pokrant, Pensacola Johnny McNair, Pensacola B J Leytham Hunter McNair, Cantonment Paul Mathis, Pensacola Dayton Sidner, Cantonment Johnny Greene, Daphne, AL Red Dog Reynolds, Mobile Steve Buttrick, Cantonment Donald Hardy, Cantonment Jimbo Walker, Mobile, AL Jimmy Goodwin, Pensacola Hunter Lambert, Pensacola
Another driver who has felt the crowd’s adoration at Pensacola’s high banks is Brannon Fowler. After winning his fifth career Sportsmen track championship in 2017 thanks to a dominating season, Fowler saw his bid for a third Sportsmen Derby championship flattened with two laps to go. Running second to eventual champion Mark Barnhill, Fowler was trying to time his push for the lead when all his efforts came undone because he sustained a blowout to his right front tire. “We certainly didn’t end the last race like we would’ve liked to,” the Molino native said. “Although, I thought we put on a pretty good show at the Derby with the circumstances dealt to us. The car was capable of winning. We’ve got a chip on our shoulder to do our absolute best this year.” That’ll come on a different set of wheels this season. Brannon and his father Glenn are venturing into the uncharted waters of the Pro Trucks class, moving up a series to test their mettle in an always popular and hotly contested division at Five Flags. Many things aligned for Fowler to make the jump. For one, he and his father finally found a legitimate buyer of their Sportsmen. Then, when a Pro Trucks ride became available in Mobile, the Fowlers noticed the same crate motor and chassis they raced in Sportsmen are within the Pro Trucks rules package. (Continued on our web site.)
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