Racing News for July 26th

#9 July 12, 2013

#10 July 26, 2013

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hink back to last month at the Super Late Model double header here and Mobile International Speedway.

These two young stars finished in the top three both nights. Yes, you guessed it; I’m speaking of Daniel Hemric and John Hunter Nemechek.

Here lately these two have been easy to find.

Just look at the top five cars and most likely you will find the 8 and 98 of Nemechek and Hemric.

win making it two in a rowonight, and nottheonlyAllen did he Turner go back home with Pro Late aModels pocket full willof money, again he alsoustook dazzle with over a pairthe of points the features. lead Young in Garrett Southern Super Series.

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So man, and Bomblet ers me are say alsocongratulaset to do tions the impresbattle on tonight.

Speaksive to ing ofperformances Sportsman, let Daniel Hemric and the us remind you, new Carswell division family. sponsor Beef O’ Brady’s, on Nine forwillNemechek, Miles Rd. stay open can visit you after say? latewhat for your This 16 year old tonight’s races.

Wedriver also who an enormous thankhas Bomber Division amount talent, and sponsor of Cheryl Nelson has the opportunity of Butler’s U Pull-It, for a very bright future.

Always smiling, great personality and good manners, his father Joe and the family have done a very good job with this young man.

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t just 22 years old, A A Hemric has proven he is a winner in Super Late Models, Legends and in the Nascar Modifieds. Last month he left with a win in the Buddy’s Home Furnishings Blizzard race here after flagged winner Augie Grill failed tech on a fuel issue.

certainly go far. Read more inside on page 3 and on our web site.

ook for these two Lagain drivers to be up front tonight along

with several other great drivers in the Buddy’ Super Late Model 125 lap event sponsored by Driven Racing Oil. e welcome the W return of the Pro Trucks, Sportsmen and Bombers.

elcome to the W employees of the Navy Federal Credit

Union. Enjoy some great Fireworks on the track and in the air. forward to Llitonooking our annual DemoDerby. It is just 2

weeks away, and pays $2,000 to win. It’s also Faster Pastor Race Night .

Points After 8 of 16 Races National Anthem

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8/9 DEMO DERBY, Mods, Sportsmen, Bombers plus FASTER PASTOR racing 8/23 PLM 20+30, Trucks, Sportsmen, Bombers 9/6 Mods, Super Stocks, Sportsmen, Bombers plus Vintage Series 9/20 *Blizzard 125, Sup Stocks, Sportsmen, Bomb 9/28 WHATABURGER NITE OF CHAMPIONS; PLM 100; Mods, Sportsmen, Bombers 11/23 Snowball Derby (c) Preview 12/4-8 Snowball Derby Note: *Buddy’s Blizzard events listed here are part of the Southern Super Series

1) Hemric 2) Pollard 3) Nemechek 4) Garvey 5) Robbins 6) Grill 7) Nasse 8) Wilson 9) Reaid 10) Karnes 11) Smith 12) Davidson 13) VanderLey 14) Davis 15) Knox 16) Morrison 17) Massey 18) Benjamin 19) Schoenfeld 20) Choquette 21) Boyett 22) Theriault 23) Rogers 24) Ellis 25) Long 26) Allen 27) Fleeman 28) Reuse 28) Kenseth 30) Carlson 31) Bragg 32) Grissom 33) Niedecken 34) Bowen 35) Elliott 36) Alexander

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36) Gibson 85 38) Fultz 80 39) Sanford 79 40) Grisaffi 76 41) Cahela 75 42) J Johnson 72 43) N Davis 71 43) Roderick 71 45) Quackenbush 65 46) Miles 62 46) Coffman 62 48) Bolden 59 48) Booth 59 48) Crane 59 51) Wingo 53 52) Wauters 50 53) Mingus 47 53) Audie 47 55) Spear 44 56) Sommerville 41 57) Moore 38 58) Artuso 35 58) Folsom 35 60) Senter 32 60) Cope 32 60) Odom 32 63) Ecoff 29 63) Lance 29 65) House 26 65) Hausler 26 67) Grindle 20 68) Campbell 11 68) Odell 11 70) Hamner 1 71) McFarland 0 71) Benefield 0

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By Chuck Corder

By Chuck Corder

Try this 36-hour itinerary on for ” size: •

Qualify outside Row 1 for the Snowball Derby on Friday evening at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola.

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Board a plane up to South Carolina and polish off an Allison Legacy season championship on Saturday.

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Celebrate, soak it in, catch your breath and hop on a return flight back to Pensacola for the 45th running of the Snowball..

That was John Hunter Nemechek’s itinerary last December. The 16 year old was on pace to pull off an unthinkable weekend sweep, leading the Derby early on before a pileup — set off by Kyle Busch — relegated him to an eventual 10th.

“It was fun,” he recalled. We had time to settle down. It was always, go, go, go. I just remember being happy that weekend.”

Nemechek had plenty to be thrilled about. A top 10 as a Derby rookie?

Dear ol’ dad, Joe can’t boast such an accomplishment. The elder Nemechek finished 32nd in his first appearance (1988) before climbing to seventh in his second and final Derby start (’89).

The son of the NASCAR fan favorite, John Hunter was one of only 15 racers in the 37-car field to finish on the lead lap behind champion Erik Jones. He has showed zero signs of a sophomore slump in 2013.

John Hunter Nemechek brings his No. 8 Super Late Model back to Pensacola this weekend for the third Buddy’s Home Furnishings Blizzard Series race of the season.

The Navy Federal 125 marks the ninth of 16 races in the chase to be crowned the inaugural champion of the Southern Super Series, a touring circuit that stops at the south’s most prominent short tracks, most notably Five Flags.

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This Driver Jody Ridley also had a Blue No. 98 many years ago.