June 22, 2012 #8
D J Reinstated Effective Tonight
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he checkered flag ot only will the “Coors THome on the 2012 Buddy’s NLight 100” furnish Furnishing’s “Bliz- plenty of FIREWORKS, zard Series” is almost in sight. The series consist of five 100 lap races and tonight our fans will be treated to lots of close racing and hopefully some smart racing as points will be on their minds. They are all chasing points leader Bubba Pollard. After the final Blizzard race on September 21st, the top ten in points can pretty much breathe a sigh of relief come December. A top ten series finish could very well land a starting spot in the 45th Annual Snowball Derby. (See story inside). Normally 55-65 cars attempt to qualify for but only 38 will start the race.
so will the added fireworks show the track has planned for our great fans. Also in action will be the Sportsman and Bombers, so look for plenty of action on the track and in the sky. e’ll be W b a c k next Friday night, June
29th, with the “Allen Turner Hyundai 100” for the Pro Late Models. As you all know the last PLM race was called due to inclement weather and this will be the makeup date for that race. he motorcycles will Tsprints replace the winged on July 13 follow-
ing their cancellation. See details on page 3.
eneral Manager Tim ake sure you keep G Bryant decided a few years back to show his Mup with all our up-coming events by appreciation to these drivers for their yearlong dedication and secure them a second chance to make the starting lineup for the most prestigious race in the nation.
D.J. VanderLey, suspended for the regular season after an altercation with another driver on April 27th, has had his eligibility to compete reinstated. VanderLey missed 2 Blizzard races, and 2 events at Mobile, resulting in a 4 race suspension in the Sunoco Championship Series. “Officials from both tracks re-opened discussions last week on the length of the suspension”, stated 5 Flags GM Tim Bryant. “ Everyone agreed the severity of the infraction called for just punishment, and we feel like it was levied. We wanted to issue a statement to all drivers about controlling their emotions , and we hope we have done that. We have elected to let D.J. return to racing, under probation. We are confident he has learned from this series of events and fully expect him to exemplify the professionalism of which he is capable”.
tuning into “IN THE GROOVE” with Tim and Steve, every other Tuesday at 8:00 pm on BLAB/ TV. Also join us on EVERY Wednesday night at Tracy Goodson’s “Beef O Brady’s at 6:00 for our ESPN Live Radio show. Who knows, you might be on the radio.
Beat Goodwin, Earn A Bomber Bounty Bonus Ok, he wins a lot. Four times in a row in the exciting Bombers. That puts a target on his back, and $200 bonus if you can beat Gary Goodwin in car 23 to the checkers. Gary is a captain of a charter fishing boat, and you can bet he won’t be just out trolling tonight.