00 Brannon Fowler 1 Howard Langham M7 Raymond Dormer 9 Logan Boyett 11 Raymond Dormer 12 Brandon Burks 15 Colt James 15 Mark Lindley 18 Jessie Reid 21 Jason Welch 29 Shanna Ard 38 Chopper Stagner 38 Curt Britt 40 D J Vanderley 46 Jarrett Parker 48 Tovia Grynowicz 51 Trevor Bowen 55 Ralph Wheeler 56 Darryl Rudd 58 Jake Moore 66 Andrew Johnson 67 Daniel Bradford 68 Lori Lindley 95 Chris Comalander 96 Rick Pollaro 98 Jay Jay Day
Joining Forces with Blount, Young Patino Hones in on First Allen Turner Pro Late Model 100 Victory Fate has a funny way of intervening during trying times. At 6-foot-1, Perry Patino is a strapping, young lad — all 19 years of him — filled with a white-hot passion for late model racing, but with grassroots pockets not as deep as some of his competitors. Patino and his father, Richard Patino, were planning on putting racing in the rearview and letting the Montgomery, Ala., (-continued inside)
00 Anthony Cataldi 00 Brandon Curren 1 Josh Adkins 2 Luke Christian 3 Taylor Jorgensen 4 Elliott Massey 4 Neil Wells 04 Cory Roper 05 Bayley Currey 08 Memphis Villarreal 7 Cole Daffron 9 Jeff Choquette 10 RS Senter 14 Conner Okrzesik 14 Chris Davidson 17 Kurt Guillot 18 Ryan Paul 18 Casey Roderick 21 Brandon Johnson 21 Ryan Herbert 22 Brandon Herbert 22 Riley Thornton 23 Josh Hollis 24 Christopher Tullis 26 Chandler Smith 27 Austin Wood 30 Bobby Knox 30 Rusty Sanford 41 Troy Graziffi 42 J J Day 43 Justin South 46 Cole Williams 46 Jarrett Parker 50 Ty Roberts 51 Perry Patino 51 Zack Knowles 55 Ronnie Osmer 66 Korey Ruble 79 Michael Villarreal 89 Taylor Jorgensen 95 Derrick Griffin 99 Jr. Niedecken 114 Sterling Marlin
native focus on his sophomore year at the University of Alabama and his pursuit of a degree in international business. Just as the driving forces behind Perry Patino Motorsports were discussing a break from short-track racing, Larry Blount threw the fatherson team a life preserver. In his first race driving for Blount on July 6 at Five Flags Speedway, Perry Patino finished runner-up in the Allen Turner Pro Late Model 100 lapper to Casey Roderick, who hasn’t lost a PLM race at Five Flags since 2016. “It was amazing,” Patino gushed. “Larry’s had good drivers for a long time. But, we needed a good finish, and I could tell his confidence was a little low. Mine, on the other hand, was just starting to build. “I think (Blount) was ready for a young kid, like myself, that’s motivated and wants to work hard. Larry’s so easy to work with.” Patino hopes for another strong outing in the Blount No. 21 when the Allen Turner PLM Series returns Friday night. The Patinos and Blount had struck up a friendly relationship at the track, with Perry offering his services for free a few years ago to the Blount car driven by Justin South, “just so I could learn as much as I could,” Patino explained. But the Patinos could’ve never predicted Blount’s call out of the blue a month before the July race. “Larry called me up on day, and it was super good timing,” Perry Patino said. “He asked if I’d drive for him. Obviously, I said, ‘Yes sir,’ right away.
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Schedule
Friday, Aug 17th 2:00PM Pits Open 3:30PM Driver’s Meeting 4:00PM – 5:15PM ATPLM Practice 5:30PM PT, PS Practice (2 rounds) 5:45PM ATPLM to Pre-Tech (by group) 6:30PM PT, PS Driver’s Meeting 7:00PM ATPLM Qualifying 7:55PM PreRace Festivities 8:00 PM Pro Truck Heats Pure Stock Heats ATPLM 100 Pro Truck 25 Pure Stock 20
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Tony Boyd, Pensascola, Chance Imel, Irvington, AL Johnathan Day, Mobile Cameron Leytham, Mobile T J Thompson, Mobile Robert Loper, Theadore, Brad Mosley; 8 Mile Rocky Boyd; Pensacola Lee Williams, Theadore, Daryl McDonald III, Theadore, Butch Harvell, Pensacola John K Merritt, Pensacola Dylan Courtney, Citronelle, Caleb Burkett, Pensacola Jimmy Hollingsworth, Mobile Matt Thompson, Wilmer, AL Bobby Suarez, Pensacola Cory Pittman, Cantonment Brandin Sidner, Pensacola Jay Whalen, Pensacola Robert Balkum, Pensacola Zack Jordan, Pensacola Jonathan Smith, Theadore Sarah Dority, Pensacola Robert Riley, Gulfbreeze David Johnson, Irvington, Charles Barber, Mobile
“He saved us from having to stop racing. If we can continue to keep him happy, show him that I’ll work hard, I hope he will want to continue to support us for a real long time.” Patino is young, and despite having eight years of racing under his belt, he know there still is a lot to learn about late models. The good thing about the gregarious young man is he is unabashed to ask the sport’s elite drivers for ways to improve and mature as a wheelman. He picked Roderick’s brain, wanting to understand how the Georgia driver has been so dominant at Five Flags. “Casey said in the last race he won in Pensacola, he was not killing in the center (of the turns), but had a better drive coming off the turns late in races,” Patino explained. “I brainstormed with our crew chief, and we’re working on some forward bite and a few other things to see what we can do to start beating (Roderick).” Perry Patino didn’t rise out of a traditional racing family. Dad Richard is a native of Bogotá, Colombia, and came to America on a swimming scholarship at Alabama. After college, Richard Patino started a screen-printing business with his father-in-law. As a thank you, one of their customers asked if he wanted to come out to Montgomery Motor Speedway and drive his stock car.(con’t on web site).
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Robert Balkum
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Mark Barnhill
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Casey Roderick
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Caleb Burkett
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Jimbo Walker
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Bubba Pollard
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Sarah Dority
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Shanna Ard
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Garrett Jones
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Brandin Sdner
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Dayton Sidner
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Connor Okrzesik
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John K Merritt
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Jim Pokrant
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Jesse Dutilly
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Logan Boyett
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Kody Brusso
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Casey Roderick
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Todd Jones
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Giovanni Bromante
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Donald Crocker
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Chris Davidson
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Bubba WInslow
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Cole Anderson
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Conner Sutton
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Derrick Griffin
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Casey Rodereick holds a rare first place in both the Pro Late Model Series, and the Super Late Model Series. Casey has mastered the victory dance atop his winning car, as shown here in his last Pro Late victory on July 6th here. Photo by Eddie RIchie