Pro Late, Vintage, Pro Trucks, Bombers & Sportsmen Being on top of your game, often seems to come and go. Sometimes when you drop out of that position it’s like it takes forever before you return to being on top again. That is exactly what happened to one of the most popular drivers who has ever turned a lap here.. Do you know who that might be? You guessed it. Wayne Niedecken, Jr. He has been a huge crowd favorite at “America’s Favorite Home Track” for decades, and he doesn’t seem to be slowing with age. After going through what I call a slump over the last couple of years, he seems to be back with fire in his eyes, to prove to the youngsters that he can still get the job done. After a great run in last year’s Allen Turner Hyundai Snowflake 100 he has found new life. He is 3 for 3 in the Pro Late Model Division at Mobile International Speedway and hopes to keep that streak alive here at his home track. Will it be a cake walk you might ask? Absolutely not!! We expect a good car count in the Pro Lates for our first 20/30 shootout. Drivers from Texas, Georgia, Alabama, and of course our local driver’s will be out to stop Niedecken’s hot streak. Also racing will be the Sportsman, Pro Trucks, Bombers and Vintage. This is a great chance for some of our newer fans to compare the differences between the race cars from the past to the new modern versions. What a difference time makes. It doesn’t matter if its technology or race cars, everything changes in time.
Enough for now-! See ya at the races!!!
By Chuck Corder
Can Spears Threepeat? Ben Spears refers to Five Flags Speedway as “my Daytona.” For a man who has a special connection to the famed half-mile asphalt oval, racing Pensacola’s high banks always sends an adrenaline rush through Spears. He hopes to continue his winning ways Friday night at his beloved track when the Southern Vintage Racing Association returns. “It’s the fastest we go all season,” said the 36-year-old Spears, who won the last two Vintage features here. “It’s the biggest track we’ll see, too. There’s a thrill of going there. The fact that we get to go to an asphalt track is just a cherry on top of what we get to do on a normal basis.” The Southern Vintage Racing Association is comprised of 1934 Ford and Chevy coupes and sedans that typically compete on nearby dirt tracks, such as Flomaton (Ala.) Speedway and Southern Raceway in Milton. --Continued on page 2--