What seems to be the fastest passing racing
season in recent memory is coming to an end this Saturday night. It seems to me like it all started just a couple of months ago, but I guess the old saying “Time Flies When You’re Having Fun” is true.
By Chuck Corder
After Years of Near Misses at Five Flags, Casey Smith Can Close Out Southern Super Title Saturday Heartbreak Hill is hands down the toughest portion of the Boston Marathon. It’s a treacherous 0.4-mile ascent near the end of the 26.2-mile torture chamber that leaves its victims pleading for mercy. Begrudgingly, Five Flags Speedway has become Casey Smith’s version of Heartbreak Hill. The Austin, Texas, Super Late Model driver has had more than his fair share of close calls and disappointments at the famed half-mile asphalt oval in the 15 years he has raced in Pensacola. But at the Deep South Cranes Rental 150 come Saturday, with the Southern Super Series championship hanging in the balance, Smith has a chance to turn his boulevard of broken dreams into a yellow brick road.
After crowning Randy Thompson a Champion in the Faith Chapel Super Stocks and Ryan Luza in the Allen Turner Hyundai Pro Late Models, it’s time to turn our attention to the remaining four divisions. Tonight will be the deciding factor as to who can call themselves champions in the Deep South Cranes Super Late Models, the Better Built Pro Trucks, Butler U Pull It Bombers and the Beef O’Brady Sportsmen. After the final checkered flag we will know who can put add their names along with Thompson and Luza and be called the elite group of 2015 at America’s Favorite Home Track. In the Super Late Models two champions will be crowned, one will be in the Five Flags Speedway Blizzard Series and it being the final race for the Southern Super Series, a champion will also be crowned. You can also look for a large field of Supers to be on hand who are not thinking about any kind of points. They will be on hand to get extra laps and use this race for a tune up for the Snowball Derby. We send very special Congratulations to Randy Thompson and Ryan Luza on their championship season and at the same to whoever comes out on top tonight in the remaining four classes. This will be the last newsletter for 2015 but make sure you tune in to “IN THE GROOVE” with Tim and Steve every other Monday night at 6:00 pm on BLAB TV or visit our website. We will keep you in the groove on the upcoming 48th Snowball Derby. Thank You to all our fans for your continued support throughout the years. The loyal fans and the great drivers we continue to draw is the reason we work so hard to bring the best of the best here to Five Flags Speedway.