After Four-Year Absence, Santos and King of the Wing Series Returns 1 Donald Crocker 4 Bill Cooley 4 Bill Touchtone 7 Kody Brusso 8 Jacob Bensock 9 Kody Jett 14w Wesley King 15 Perry Patino 15 Kevin Chase 17 Chance Adkins 21 Jason Furrow 21 Jason Welch 21 Michael Fisher 22 Jeremy Pate 26 Corbitt Moseley 28 Rick Ortell 30 Ricky Vice 31 Jr. Niedecken 32 Stuart Dutton 33 Joe Bathea, Jr 40 Todd Jones 41 Troy Grisaffi 51 Derrick Griffin 54 Conner Sutton 57 Charlie Skipper 81 Chris Cotto 84 Joe Mahuron 84 Doug Thorpe 88 Brandon Spreen 92 Bubba Winslow 94 Jason Johnson 95 Phillip Crownover 96 Fisher Smith 96 Rick Pollaro 97 Hunter Lambert 98 Scotty Anderson 151 Gary Sutton 311 Michael Johnson
By Chuck Corder There’s always a buzz around Five Flags Speedway. But, this Friday night that buzz will sound like a full-on swarm of bumblebees as the King of the Wing Series make their triumphant return since Mother Nature drowned their 2016 trip. There are only a few nights of the Five Flags season that are more highly anticipated than when the winged sprint cars descend on Pensacola’s high banks. This year’s running promises to be more special since the winged warriors haven’t run in Pensacola in four years. In 2015, Bobby Santos III who came home with the victory. Santos is excited to leave his native Massachusetts and return to Florida’s Panhandle for some warmth, a win, and a new track record if the cards align. “Five Flags is a track I really enjoy going to,” said Santos, who has raced with King of the Wing since 2014. “The racing has always been good when we’ve been there. It’s a bummer we