Pro Lat e Models Go For 100 Laps

Pro Lates Go for 100 Laps

It’s finally that time of the year that all of our loyal race fans love, time to start a new season at Five Flags Speedway, and we plan to kick the opening night off with some excitement. How does a 100 lapper for the Allen Turner Hyundai Pro Late Models sound to you? That’s just what you will see tonight as we expect a great field of Pro’s.

The Pro Trucks, Sportsman and Pure Stocks are also on the card for tonight’s action which will add a lot of racing excitement to the evening’s activities. We’ll return on April 14th as the “Modifieds Of Mayhem” make their first stop of 2017 at America’s Favorite Home Track along with the new Outlaw Stocks, Sportsman and Pure Stocks.

The Super Late Models will be up next as they invade the track for their first appearance of the year on April 28th for the first of four Blizzard Series races.

You can pick up a 2017 schedule by stopping by the track Monday thru Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm or go to our website 5flagsspeedway. com, or look on page 2.

You can also turn in to “In The Groove” on BLAB/TV every other Monday at 6 pm.

I would like to close this article by sending our condolences to the Dave Steele family. One of, if not the best, Sprint Car driver to race one of the winged Monsters lost his life in a race at Desoto Speedway in Bradenton, Florida last Saturday,.

Sending prayers to the family on their loss as Dave left this world at the young age of 42 . You will surely be missed my friend.

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By Chuck Corder

Roderick, Choquette to Write New Chapter Budding Rivalry

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Casey Roderick and Jeff Choquette made short-track racing great again last summer. It didn’t really need it, mind you. But the pair elevated late model racing with their intense game of cat and mouse around Pensacola’s famed half-mile oval.

The dynamic duo had the Allen Turner Pro Late Model Series by the throat and the rest of the field at their mercy. They waged an epic four-month battle for Pro Late Model supremacy at Five Flags Speedway.

Emotions between the two, often boiling over, ran hotter than an engine overheating in July. Choquette, 30, got the better of Roderick, 24, to the tune of five straight victories.

Roderick gritted his teeth and could only muster wry smiles, settling for runner-up honors each time.

What, pray tell, will this odd couple do for an encore when the Allen Turner PLMs open their season tonight. “I haven’t talked to him about any of it,” Roderick said, a sentiment Choquette also echoed. “It oughta be interesting to see how strong he is.

Hopefully, we have a good battle. I feel like we have a better car than the once we raced against him last year.”

(Story con’t on our web site).

Apr. Apr. 14 Modifieds 14 Modifieds of of Mayhem, Mayhem, Outlaws, Sportsman, Outlaws, Sportsman, Pure Pure Stocks Stocks Apr. Apr. 28 Rubber 28 Rubber & & Specialties Specialties Blizzard Blizzard #1 Super #1 Super Late Late Models Models Pro Pro Trucks, Trucks, Sportsman, Sportsman, Pure Pure Stock Stock May 12 Meet the Drivers Night Outlaws, Pro Trucks, Sportsman, Pure Stocks June 2 SERF Blizzard 2 Super Late Models, Outlaws, Pro Truck, Sportsman, Pure Stock June 16 Kid’s Bike Races, Modifieds, Pro Truck, Sportsman, Pure Stock June 30 Allen Turner Pro Late Models Outlaw Stock, Sportsman, Pure Stock July 14 Outlaw 14 Outlaw Stock, Stock, Pro Pro July Truck, Truck, Sportsman, Sportsman, Pure Pure Stock Stock July 28 Universal 28 Universal Fabricators Fabricators July Blizzard Blizzard #3 #3 Super Super Late Late Models, Models, Outlaw Stock, Stock, Sportsman, Sportsman, Pure Pure Stock Stock Outlaw Aug.11 Aug.11 Demolition Demolition Derby Derby ModiModifieds fieds Pro Pro Truck, Truck, Sportsman, Sportsman, Pure Pure Stock Stock Aug. Aug. 25 Allen 25 Allen Turner Turner Pro Pro Late Model Series, Outlaw Late Model Series, Pure Outlaw Stock, Sportsman, Stock Stock, Sportsman, Pure Stock Sept.16 Outlaw Stock, Pro Sept.16 Outlaw Stock, Pro Truck, Sportsman, Pure Truck, Sportsman, Pure Stock Championship Night Stock Championship Night Sept. 23 “Night of Champions “ Allen Sept.

23 “Night of Champions “ Allen Turner Tune Up 100, Blizzard #4 Turner Up 100, Blizzard #4 Nov. 18Tune Snowball Preview Nov. 18 Snowball Preview Nov 30-Dec 50th Snowball Derby Nov 30-Dec 50th Snowball Derby

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By Chuck Corder

Back with Grill and GARC, South Ready to Tame Five Flags Forty minutes across the center of the State of Alabama.That’s all that separates Justin South from his family-owned, Richard Pettyinspired No. 43 Pro Late Model. But under the careful, watchful eyes of late model legend Augie Grill the stock car might as well be in South’s own backyard in Leeds, Ala. Grill, who in addition to his driving duties also manufacturers Grand American Race Cars (GARC) in Dolomite, Ala., is a perfectionist stuck in a sport that is often defined by its unfortunate mishaps.

Thanks to Grill’s Midas touch, South has started his 2017 season with a bang. Fresh off a victory in the Baby Rattler 125 with Grill acting once again as his crew chief, South comes to Five Flags Speedway in anticipation for the 100-lap Allen Turner Pro Late Model season opener Friday.“Augie is instrumental in our success this season, and my success personally in making me a better racecar driver,” the 28-year-old South said. (story continues on our web site).

Who is at the Wheel?

2 Tony Boyd, Pensascola, 03 Michael Nelson, Pensacola 5 Derek Long; Bay Minette 11 Johnathan Day, Mobile 15 Robert Loper, Irvington 15 Preston Prevatte; Lillian 16 Brad Mosley; 8 Mile 21 Butch Harvell, Pensacola 22 John K Merritt, Pensacola 24 Caleb Burkett, Pensacola 29 Matt Thompson, Wilmer, AL 34 Cory Pittman, Cantonment 42 Brandon Sidner, Pensacola 44 Bobby Jones, Mobile 49 Jay Whalen, Pensacola 52 Robert Balkum, Pensacola 71 Tommie Blocker, Mobile 80 Zack Jordan, Pensacola 86 Jonathan Smith, Theadore 91 Sarah Dority, Pensacola 95 Robert Riley, Gulfbreeze 311 Bobby Suarez

00 Brannon Fowler, Molino 1 Johnathan Langham, Mobile 3 Mark Barnhill, Mobile, AL 07 Jim Pokrant, Pensacola 07 Johnny McNair, Pensacola 09 Hunter McNair, Cantonment 13 Paul Mathis, Pensacola 28 Dayton Sidner, Cantonment 31 Johnny Greene, Daphne, AL 33 Steve Buttrick, Cantonment 54 Donald Hardy, Cantonment 55 Jimbo Walker, Mobile, AL 81 Tina Davidson, Pensacola

Pro Late and Super Late Models show finishing order at end of last season.

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Johnathan Day

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Brannon Fowler

72

Casey Roderick

15

Robert Loper

3

Mark Barnhill

9

Harrison Burton

52

Robert Balkum

33

Steve Buttrick

26

Bubba Pollard

21

Butch Harvell Jr

07

Jim Pokrant

77

Zane Smith

71

Tommie Blocker

55

Jimbo Walker

2

Donnie WIlson

4

15 Colt James

26

Corbitt Moseley

2

Bret Holmes

96 Steven Davis

7

Kody Brusso

Jeff Choquette

2 47 Jarrett Parker

9

14

Wesley King

18

Casey Roderick

98 Jay Jay Day

15

Kevin Chase

7

Cole Daffron

54 Jensen Jorgensen

30

Ricky Vice

89

Jeremy Pate

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