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5 Flags Speedway April 30, 2010 #5
Meet The Drivers May 14th
When You’re Hot, You’re
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Everyone can pick a song at any given time and relate it to the way things are going for them at the moment. For D. J. Vanderley (Pro Late Model), and Mike Goraum (Bomber) it would have to be the old Jerry Reed song “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot”. Vanderley has won every Pro Late Model feature to date for 2010 at Five Flags Speedway, and on the weekend of April 16 & 17 he made it back to back wins, as he also won at Mobile International Speedway. After rolling a 6 at Pensacola and a 5 at Mobile (for the invert of starting positions) he showed a lot of patience working his way through the field and come up with “Snake Eyes” at the end of both nights. Question is, can he three-peat this week? Goraum on the other hand is almost perfect for 2010. He won on March 19 and again on March 26. A mechanical problem kept him away from victory lane on April 9 but he returned on the 16th to make it three out of four feature wins. Even though both Vanderley and Goraum have great starts this season, doesn’t mean they can let up. They are leading the points in their respective divisions but by a slim margin. See back page. Usually when a driver tends to dominate his class the fans start to “Boo” them. I’ve not heard that towards these two, and that’s perfectly ok because they have paid their dues and both of them are really great individuals.
Photo Courtesy of Darrell Bailey I bet you thought I forgot about Steve Buttrick! Every Sportsmem driver knows who he is after the last two feature races. I’ve watched this guy race at Southern Raceway to know it was only a matter of time before he rose to the top. Before I turn out the lights on the drivers in this article, I want to say “Thank God” that Steve Britt survived a horrifying crash on April 17th at Mobile International Speedway. Steve had a vicious impact into the wall at one of the worst angles you could possibly have. He escaped with several bruises, but overall is going to be ok. The Pensacola racing community and the 5 Flags racing family here, send out condolences to the family of Roxann Dawson, who passed away this past weekend. Roxann and Tom started the Snowball Derby 43 years ago. Tonight we welcome STRIDE the community-based mentoring program (Students Taking Responsibility In Developing Excellence). It targets at-risk kids to improve academics, behavior and self image. They are seeing motorsports for the first time in their lives. Welcome to the youth group from The Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College. Until next time, I’ll “See ya at the Races”. -Steve Stokes. Steve Stokes is a track official, BLAB-TV host, and former driver.
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May 14 PLM, SS, SP, BMR Meet the Drivers May 28 Papa John’s 100 SLM, MOD, SP, BMR June 11 PLM, SS, SP, BMR Kids Bicycle Races June 25 USA Digital 100 SLM, SS, SP, BMR plus Fireworks July 16 PLM, SS, SP, BMR Celebrity Race for UCP July 30 PLM, MOD, SP, BMR Aug 13 Miller Lite 100 SLM, SS, SP, BMR Aug 27 Winged Sprints, MOD, SP, BMR Sept 10 PLM, SS, SP, BMR Sept 24 Carpenter’s Campers 100 SLM, SS Championship,SP, BMR Oct 8 Nite of Champions PLM, MOD, SP, BMR
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What’s That? Bombers Now Have Radios Always mindful of the safety of the drivers, a new feature started this year for the Bomber drivers. The Bomber class is not allowed to have two-way radios in the car, as a way to keep the cost of competition down. While drivers in other classes can talk to the pit and spotters for advice, where slower cars are ahead and locations of wrecks to avoid, the Bomber pilots have been driving the best they can with what they can see. Now, Bomber drivers are required to have a RACECEIVER in their car. The unit receives the directions from the race director of when there is a caution, hazzards ahead, who needs to go to pit, laps remaining and other important information. The RACECEIVER has an earpiece the driver wears under the helmet. Cost about $125. Fan Club Prize Winner for 4/16 Rhae Brammer. Reaching Local Race Fans
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Roxann Dawson
Funeral services were held this
week for Roxann Dawson, who along with Tom operated this track for over 25 years. She died this past Saturday. It was Roxann who coined the name “Snowball Derby”, 43 years ago. In the 2005 photo above, she admires the Tom Dawson trophy given to the Snowball winner each December.
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Fastest 5 on 4 wheels: Bombers, Sportsmen, Super Stock & Pro LM
POINTS LEADER BOARD
Sportsmen 1) 5 Mike Goraum 2) 87 Will Goulet 3) 52 Tony Boyd 4) 03 Michael Nelson 5) 68 Daryl Lynchard 5) 12 Brandon Burks 7) 44 Bo Hancock 8) 99 James Beal III 9) 8 Mike Kitchen 10) 25 Eddie Hobbs
233 224 221 208 206 206 144 143 119 116
1) 18 Bubba Pollard 174 2) 9 Chase Elliott 165 3) 49 Ryan Lawler 161 4) 67 Jeff Fultz 152 5) 99 Casey Smith 148 6) 10 Johanna Long 143 6) 82 Donnie Wilson 143 8) 23 Jeremy Rice 126 9) 41 Chris Davidson 122 10) 11 Junior Niedecken116
1) 33 Steve Buttrick 2) 12 Bubba Winslow 3) 07 Jim Pokrant 4) 00 Brannon Fowler 5) 42 Randy Thompson 6) 4 Willie Kitchen 7) 102 Marty White 8) 81 Bo Resmondo 9) 72 Tommy Warren Jr 10) 72 Stevie Mercer
258 239 221 205 198 189 185 174 169 162
1) 44 Greg Young 117 2) 42 Randy Thompson 116 3) 17 Chris Cotto 107 4) 53 Earl Polk 103 5) 84 Joe Mahuron 91 6) 55 Mike Moore 90 7) 14 Eric Wood 77 8) 93 Paul Jean 72 9) 6 Michael Ledlow 32 10) 11 Steve Britt 29
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Calvary Baptist Church Youth Group visits speedway to cheer on Mike Goraum. He WON! (Darrell Bailey Photo)
1) 2 D J Vanderley 1) 12 Tommy Rollins 3) 64 David Jones 4) 36 Keith Thorpe 4) 27 Ronnie Smith 6) 79 Kyle Bryant 7) 88 Robert Royce 8) 40 Shanna Ard 9) 81 Dillon Spreen 10)40 Dave Mader III
130 110 107 106 106 75 67 66 43 42
1) 66 Ryan Redmon 138 2) 33 Nathan Ingersoll 112 3) 17 Chris Cotto 109 4) 54 Bobby Ingersoll 103 5) 71 Josh Goodwin 102 6)127 Phillip Merryman 97 7) 91 Ron Schneider 78 8) 9 Gerald Wilkerson 69 9) 8 Donnie Hamrac 62 10) 145 Billy Melvin 59