Demolition Derby + 4 Features for 5 Bucks!

Schedule Friday August 11th MoM – Modifieds of Mayhem PT - Pro Truck SP – Sportsman PS – Pure Stock 2:00 Pits Open 3:00 MoM Driver’s Meeting (tech station) 4– 5:00 MoM Practice 5– 6:15 PT, SP, PS Practice 6:30 PT, SP, PS Driver’s Meeting (front stretch) 7:00 PT, MoM Qualifying 7:50 Pre Race Festivites

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 Clint Holmes 18 Jessie Reid 21 Jason Welch 8:00 PS Feature 29 Shanna Ard (20 Laps)* SP Feature (25 Laps)* 36 Rodney Benefield Modified of Mayhem 38 Curt Britt Feature (50 Laps) 46 Jarrett Parker PT Feature (35 Laps) 54 Kaden Honeycutt 56 Darryl Rudd Michles & Booth 58 Jake Moore Demolition Derby66 Andrew Johnson 67 Daniel Bradford *Pure Stock & Sports-68 Lori Lindley man Feature Line- 95 Chris Comalander ups will be by Points 96 Steven Davis 96 Rick Pollaro 98 Jay Jay Day

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Donald Crocker Citronelle, AL 7 Ryan Worsham, Niceville 8 Donnie Hamrac Semmes, AL 10 Nathan Ingersol Robertdale, AL 14 Mike Maddox

Meridian, MS 17 Chris Cotto Milton, FL 31 Parker Pugh Madison, AL 33 Jason Mormon Seabrook, TX 36 Lance Blacker Marianna, FL 41 Rocky Rogers Jasper, AL 64 Adam Crawford Mobile, AL 66 Korey Ruble,

Dothan, AL

79 Joe Aramendia

N Braunfels, TX 81 Dillon Spreen Converse, TX 88 Larry Hughes Houston, TX 99 Brandon Howell Lucedale, MS 112 Augie Grill

Hayden, AL 131 Jeff Letson Madison, AL 145 Billy Melvin Trussville, AL It’s good to see Steve Buttrick back! He is recovering from a leg fracture 2 weeks ago in the Sportsmen feature.

He may be ready for the Snowball, so in the meantime he is a spectator in the pits.

Justin Babb Looks to Repeat as Champ of Demo Derby

By Chuck Corder

On the surface, there wouldn’t seem to be too much game planning for a Demolition Derby.

See car, demolish car just about covers the strategy sessions.

But even in a Demolition Derby, luck sometimes has to fall your way. It did last year for local mechanic Justin Babb when he won the annual crash fest.

“Honest to God, it was a fluke last year,” said Babb, 32, who works primarily for Beach Bum Trolley, his family’s business. “Every time I hit somebody, the car would shut down on me and sit there for almost 10 seconds. Then, I’d fire it up, throw it in reverse, hit somebody and it’d shut off again. That’s a different kind of strategy, and you just pray to God nobody hits you while you’re standing still.”

On Friday, Babb hopes to once again take home that $1,500 check.

Babb has quickly grown into a Demo Derby legend of some esteem in recent years. In addition to winning last year at Pensacola’s high banks, he was the second-to-last car alive in 2014 at Five Flags and won a Demolition Derby on dirt at Southern Raceway just a few years ago.

The sport of bent metal and bizarre paint schemes didn’t always come so easy for the Philadelphia native who arrived in Pensacola by way of Arkansas.

Aug. 25 Allen Turner Pro Late Model Series, Outlaw Stock, Sportsman, Pure Stock Sept.16 Outlaw Stock, Pro Truck,

Sportsman,

Pure

Stock Championship Night Sept. 23 “Night of Champions “ Allen Turner Tune Up 100, Blizzard #4 Oct. 7th AMA SUPERMOTO Nov. 18 Snowball Preview Nov 30-Dec 3 Snowball Derby

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Eddie Richie 251-232-8836 850-458-2501 “hen I went to Five Flags for my first Demolition Derby,” Babb explained, “I made it all the way to the start line and the car locked up, the motor let go. I climbed on top of the car and sat and watched the rest of the race.”

A Demolition Derby doesn’t require a tactician’s mind. Instead, it calls for some good, old-fashioned common sense. “Big-bodied cars, that’s where it’s at,” Babb said plainly of what type of cars bring the most success.

(The saga of bending metal continues on our web site. We ran out of room)

By Chuck Corder

Barnhill’s Passion for Engines Steers Passion for Sportsmen Racing, Victories Mark Barnhill has been working on cars since before he had his driver’s license. “There wouldn’t be a weekend that would go by that me and my brother weren’t pulling a motor outta one car and putting it in another,” the 47-year-old Alabama driver said.

These days, Barnhill is still tinkering with engines. He does it for a day job, as a mechanic for United Rentals in the Mobile-area. And, he continues messing with motors in his spare time, as one of the perennial contenders in The Dock on Pensacola Beach Sportsmen.

Barnhill already has two victories under his belt this season.“We got five or six good cars in Pensacola, and on any given night any one of them can win,” Barnhill said. “I like to see different winners. I’m happy to put on a good show. It doesn’t matter who wins. If there’s a car dominating the class, I don’t think people wanna come and watch that.”

Barnhill got his second win of the season on July 28. It would’ve marked his third win of the season had it not been for having a victory tossed out in April when Barnhill’s No. 3 rolled through technical inspection. (Follow the rest of this story on our web page.)

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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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Brannon Fowler, Molino 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

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Johnathan Day

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Brannon Fowler

26

Bubba Pollard

71

Tommie Blocker

33

Steve Buttrick

9

Jeff Choquette

52

Robert Balkum

3

Mark Barnhill

7

Casey Roderick

07

Jim Pokrant

26

Chandler SMith

55

Jimbo Walker

19

Kyle Plott

91

Sarah Dority

22

John K Merritt

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98 Jay Jay Day 46 Jarrett Parker

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29 Shanna Ard 18 Clint Holmes 66 Andrew Johnson

2 Jensen Jorgensen

151

Gary Sutton

18

Casey Roderick

97

Hunter Lambert

14

Dhris Davidson

84

Joe Mahuron

18

Ryan Paul

40

Todd Jones

99

Junior Niedecken

92

Bubba Winslow

05

Bailey Currey

What’sThis?

Spinner Hub Caps for race cars? No it’s a wheel fan in the pits on Derrick Griffin’s Late Model. It cools the hub and brakes.