Half Time Already? Believe it or not, we are at the halfway point in the 2016 racing season. I don’t think a single fan can complain about the racing action during the first half, and expect no less in the second half program. Friday night will be the second appearance for the Allen Turner Hyundai Pro Late Models and again it will be twin 50 lappers. The first Pro Late Model show back on April 15th witnessed a very large car count and some fantastic racing.
We expect the same this time. Derek Thorn from California and Bret Holmes from Alabama walked away with the first place trophies in April. Who knows who it will be this time around? The Pro Trucks, Sportsman and Bombers will be in action as well and we all know what kind of action we’ll see from those three divisions. Congratulations to Wesley King, Super Stocks, and Robert Balkum, Bombers, on their first ever feature win. And to Steve Buttrick, Sportsman, on his “who knows how many” feature wins.
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The Modifieds of Mayhem will return on July 8th along with Super Stocks, Sportsman and Bombers. Visit us on our website at 5flagsspeedway.com, to keep up with all the upcoming events and dates.
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I was really happy we got that one. That first win is always the hardest. Next time, there will be a little less pressure.” By Chuck Corder
Future Vision: Ambitious Young Holmes Enjoying Spoils of Success on Late Model, ARCA Tours Bret Holmes’ life has felt like a Disney movie script recently. Every time the Munford, Ala., late model driver believes, at any moment, he’ll wake up from this dream, fantasy continues to morph into reality. Highlighted by a pair of top10s as a driver and a win as an owner, the 19-year-old Holmes generated an immediate buzz in the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) Series. Holmes’ storybook season only got sweeter after an April trip to Five Flags Speedway. In the first set of 50-lap doubleheaders that the revamped Allen Turner Hyundai Pro Late Model Series is featuring this season, Holmes came away with a runner-up and, most notably, his first career victory at Pensacola’s high banks.
“Two years ago … I was leading and got spun out. Since then, I’ve been trying to get a win at Pensacola,” Holmes recalled. “I had every intention of winning that second race.
Holmes, a sophomore majoring in building sciences this fall at Auburn, has enjoyed his whirlwind of success. After months of weekly two-hour drives from Auburn to the shop, which sits next to his family’s home in Munford, Holmes is ecstatic to finally see the fruits of his labor. “I don’t have any intentions of rushing things,” he said. “I’ve got time. I know series are always looking for younger drivers.” Read the rest of Chuck’s story on our web site. 7/8 Mods of Mayhem, Super Stocks, Sportsmen, Bombers. 7/22 SERF Blizzard 125, Pro Trucks, Sportsmen, Bombers. 8/5 Demolition Derby, Modifieds of Mayhem, Sportsmen, Bombers. 8/13 Drifting 9/2 Pro Late Twin 50’s Super Stocks, Sportsmen, Bombers. 9/17 Allen Turner Tune Up 100 for PLM, Pro Trucks, Sportsmen, Bombers. 9/24 Season Championships, Blizzard 150, Super Stock, Sportsmen, Bombers. 10/1 Drifting 11/19 Snowball Derby Preview 12/1-4 49th Annual Snowball Derby
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By Chuck Corder
Balkum Battles Back in Pensacola - Mobile Bomber Rivalry Robert Balkum is just looking for a little fun. Whether it’s from the perch of his familiar No. 52 Bombers car at Five Flags Speedway or engaging in playful trash talk online or in the pits, the 38-year-old driver’s only goal in life seems to be enjoying it. On or off the track, Balkum rarely gets rattled. But even Balkum’s cool head felt a rush of anger when he read Robert Loper’s comments before the season about Mobile-area drivers’ dominance of the Butler U-Pull-It Bombers division since late 2014. “It doesn’t seem like the Pensacola guys have the will and the drive that we do,” Loper told to 5flagsspeedway. com back in March. “I guess they didn’t do their homework. They have the same abilities as we do. I don’t know what it is. I know we’re not scared to drive our cars.” Buoyed by those comments, Balkum renewed his focus. Earlier this month, Balkum ended a nearly, two-year drought for Pensacola Bombers drivers when he scored just his second career feature win.“That interview with Loper may have put more fire in me this year, as far stepping up, than anything ever has,” (Read the rest of the story on the web site: www,5flagsspeedwaycom).
Who is at the Wheel?
5 Derek Long; Bay Minette 8 BJ Leytham; Mobile 13 Jimmy Hollingsworth, Mobile 15 Robert Loper, Irvington 16 Brad Mosley; 8 Mile 22 John K Merritt; Pensacola 22 Zack Carpenter, Loxley, AL 24 Caleb Burkett, Pensacola 29 Matt Thompson, Wilmer, AL 34 Cory Pittman, Cantonment 42 Brandon Sidner, Pensacola 44 Bobby Jones, Mobile 49 Jay Whalen, Pensacola 52 Robert Balkum, Pensacola 56 Kerner Kafka, Pensacola 78 Tim Wilmot, Cantonment 80 Zack Jordan, Pensacola 86 Jonathan Smith, Theadore 88 Geno Denmark, Dauphin 91 Sarah Dority, Pensacola 95 Robert Riley, Gulf Breeze
00 Brannon Fowler, Molino 1 Jonathan Langham, Mobile 07 Jim Pokrant, Pensacola 09 Hunter McNair, Cantonment 13 Paul Mathis, Pensacola 28 Dayton Sidner, Cantonment 29 Shanna Ard, Milton 31 Johnny Greene, Daphne, AL 33 Steve Buttrick, Cantonment 51 Albert Pirez, Lillian, AL 60 Jimmy Goodwin, Milton 81 Tina Davidson, Pensacola 97 Hunter Lambert, Pensacola 99 Billy Hoover, Pensacola
1 Howard Langham 3 Taylor Jorgensen 6 Okie Mason 12 Brandon Burks 15 Mark Lindley 18 Jessie Reid 22 Matt Jackson 36 Rodney Benefield 40 Brian Weimer 46 Jarrett Parker 47 Jamie Weimer 64 Donnie Hamrac 68 Lori Lindley 87 Buddy Welch 95 Steven Davis
00 Anthony Cataldi 1 Perry Patino 2 Bret Holmes 7 Cole Daffron 9 Jeff Choquette 10 RS Senter 14 Chris Davidson 14 Connor Okrzesik 17 Okie Mason 18 Ryan Paul 19 Adam Johnson 21 Justin South 22 Jordan McCallum 23 Josh Hollis 26 Chandler Smith 27 Austin Wood 40 Keith Thorpe 41 Troy Grisaffi 51 Zack Knowles 55 Ronnie Osmer 80 C J Lockamy 81 Brandon Odom 89 Jeremy Pate 92 Ron McDonald 97 Cole Anderson 99 Johnny Greene 99 Jr Niedecken
52 Robert Balkum
33 Steve Buttrick
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29 Shanna Ard
B J Leytham
22 John K Merritt
07 Jim Pokrant
91 Sarah Dority
28 Dayton Sidner
56 Kerner Kafka
97 Hunter Lambert
3
Taylor Jorgensen
9
1
Howard Langham
94 Jason Johnson
6
Okie Mason
14 Wesley King
95
Steven Davis
57 Charlie Skipper
46
Jarrett Parker
9
Andrue Nolen
2
Bret Holmes
77
Zane Smith
9
Derek Thorn
31
Kyle Grissom
14 Chris Davidson
7
Casey Roderick
18 Ryan Paul
12
Harrison Burton
Todd Jones
99 Casey Smith 14 Connor Okrzesik For points of all competitors, check our web site.