Pro Late Double Feature, Super Stock, Bombers & Sportsmen We sure hope all our fans had a great and safe 4th of July last weekend and we also hope you saw some great fireworks shows wherever you might have spent your holiday. Well, it’s not over yet as you will see more fireworks tonight, but it will be on the track instead of in the air. The Allen Turner Pro Late Models return tonight with another double feature shootout. These 20/30 lap sprint races for the Pro Late’s has become very popular with the fans and if June 26th was any indication of what’s in store for tonight, then I suggest you find a good seat and get ready for some wild racing. The last race saw a first time winner at Five Flags as Texas native, Derek Scott, won the 20 lapper to kick off the night. With the next race inverted from the way they finished in the first 20 lapper none of us expected to see the best 30 lap feature at Five Flags Speedway in a long time. Pensacola’s own Wayne Niedecken, Jr took the youngster’s to school by coming from the rear of the 19 car field to score his first win at the speedway in a very long time. Can he do it again tonight or will we see another new face in victory lane? Also on the schedule are the Bombers, Sportsman and Super Stocks. If you feel you didn’t get enough racing action tonight, then come on over to Mobile International Speedway tomorrow night and be prepared for some more great racing. We will return on July 24th with the Deep South Cranes Super Late Models for race number three in the Blizzard Series. Also on the 24th will be the Pro Trucks, Sportsman and Bombers. LET’S GO RACING!!!
By Chuck Corder
By Chuck Corder
Allen Turner PLMs: Wild Derby Ride Belies Talent in California’s Derek Thorn Derek Thorn boasts a unique perspective of Five Flags Speedway. Literally. Like most drivers, Thorn has seen the track up close and personal — three times to be precise. He’s felt its abrasive surface. He’s walked up and down its steep embankments. And he’s surveyed the high and low grooves while strapped into a late model seat. But, Thorn knows a vantage point, uncommon among his fellow drivers. The 29-year-old California driver viewed the famed half-mile asphalt oval upside down, sideways and spiraling like a football after his Super Late Model went airborne and barrel-rolled during the 2011 Snowball Derby. (Con’t page 2)