#8 June 21, 2013
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ur last race saw 28 A O of the nation’s best go knuckle to knuckle for the entire 125 laps and expect “NO LESS” this time around. Drivers such as Pollard, Davidson, Grill, Garvey, Rogers and Benjamin will make sure you go home feeling your money was well spent.
Super Series race he went on to Mobile the next night and seemed to have the field covered until his engine started smoking and he decided to park it to spare any further damage. omething else that Sfavorite seems to be a crowd is on tonight’s schedule and I’m speaking of the two wheel terrors. That’s right; it’s the ”Maniacs on Motorcycles” along with the Sportsmen and Bombers. o see, you made a Sdump good decision to the dinner and a movie for a GREAT NIGHT OF RACING. We are always happy to see our fans and look forward to your visit at our next race.
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7/12 Mods, Super Stocks, Sportsmen, Bombers plus Kids Bike Races 7/26 *Blizzard 125, Trucks, Sportsmen, Bombers plus Fireworks sponsored by Navy Federal. 8/9 DEMO DERBY, Mods, Sportsmen, Bombers plus FASTER PASTOR racing 8/23 PLM 20+30, Trucks, Sportsmen, Bombers 9/6 Mods, Super Stocks, Sportsmen, Bombers 9/20 *Blizzard 125, Sup Stocks, Sportsmen, Bomb 9/28 WHATABURGER NITE OF CHAMPIONS; PLM 100; Mods, Sportsmen, Bombers 11/23 Snowball Derby (c) Preview 12/4-8 Snowball Derby Note: *Buddy’s Blizzard events listed here are part of the Southern Super Series
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Series Points After 6 of 16 Races 1) Pollard 2) Hemric 3) Grill 4) Garvey 5) Nemechek 6) Nasse 7) Robbins 8) Wilson 9) Reaid 10) Davis 11) Karnes 12) Benjamin 13) Choquette 14) VanderLey 15) Knox 16) Morrison 17) Theriault 18) Davidson 19) Ellis 20) Allen 21) Smith 22) Fleeman 23) Kenseth 24) Massey 25) Grissom 26) Bowen 27) Elliott 28) Schoenfeld 29) Rogers 30) Alexander 31) Boyett 31) Long 34) Fultz 35) J. Johnson
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36) McFarland 37) Roderick 38) Bragg 39) R. Reuse 40) Quackenbush 41) Miles 41) Coffman 43) Bolden 43) Booth 45) Crane 46) Wingo 47) S. Waulters 47) Niedecken 49) Mingus 49) Audie 49) Carlson 52) Speer 53) Sommerville 54) Moore 54) Grisaffi 56) Artuso 56) Gibson 58) Senter 58) T Cope 58) Odom 61) Ecoff 61) Lance 63) House 63) Hausler 65) Grindle 66) Campbell 66) Odell 68) Hamner 69) Benefield
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By Chuck Corder
Veteran Pensacola driver Scott Carlson’s late model career is undergoing a fresh detail. A new ride from Grand American Race Cars, the Jaguar of late model manufacturers. A new sponsor thanks to Anderson Subaru. And a new crew chief in Josh Hamner who knows his way around Five Flags Speedway. “Racing keeps me feeling young,” Carlson said. The 55-yearold hotshoe pointed out he’s a year older than Mark Martin, who continues to make life tough on his Sprint Cup Series counterparts. Carlson would love to take a page from the Martin playbook tonight after coming home 19th in the Blizzard opener. All four Blizzard races this year figure into the Southern Series points. To date, there have been six events at tracks across the South, but only Five Flags has exhibited a bit of diversity. T.J. Reaid, who won last month here, is one of just three winners. Augie Grill — holder of two Snowball Derby and two Snowflake 100 titles — boasts three wins, while Bubba Pollard — the pole sitter at the 2011 Snowball Derby, has two.
Pollard was on pace for his third when the SSS debut here May 24 during the 125 lapper. But lapped traffic spelled disaster for Pollard with five laps left when he crashed into the outside wall. “What (these races are), is a mini Snowball Derby,” Carlson said. “We’ve got the same class of racers here for the Blizzard race as we do for the Derby.” The now 36-year veteran of Five Flags — last year was the first season Carlson missed since breaking through in 1976 — would love nothing more than to test his new mettle (and metal) against the cream of the crop.-Read all of Chuck Corder’s story on our web site: www.snowballderby.com
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Michael Nelson Ryan Worsham Tracy Soles John K Merritt Courtney Rodrigues Hunter Ward T J Williams Cory Pitman Robert Balkum Kenneth Bullard
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1 99 Brandon Howell 2 8 Donnie Hamrac 3 17 Chris Cotto 4 10 Nathan Ingersoll 5 599 Donald Crocker 6 7 Todd Jones 7 7 Scooter Grice 8 07 Bubba Pollard 9 66 Heath Mills 10 36 Lance Blacker
433 414 407 379 208 200 192 100 94 88
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03 7 6 22 11 1 33 34 54 97
Steve Buttrick Brannon Fowler Randy Thompson Shanna Ard Brandon Burks Dayton Sidner Robert Davis 07 Jim Pokrant 23 Gary Goodwin 00 Bubba Winslow
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86 44 42 14 84 13 2 22 7 9
776 752 690 616 541 538 524 523 514 457
Bubba Winslow 230 Gary Sutton 218 Randy Thompson 211 Okie Mason 184 Joe Mahuron 170 Jeremy Tassin 170 Darin Matthews 170 Ricky Haugen 168 Mike Austin 167 Dave Nolan 157
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88 28 22 11 99 19 41 52 42 54
Garrett Jones Bryce Dulabhan Jeremy Pate Tommy Rollins Jr Niedecken Ray Black Jr Troy Grisaffi Cody Karl Tony Clark John Thompson
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41 14 98 99 71 8 11 83 1 51
T J Reaid Chris Davidson Daniel Hemric Casey Smith Kyle Benjamin John Nemechek David Rogers Scotty Ellis Mike Garvey Stephen Nasse
605 600 589 543 543 537 445 398 343 322
114 108 103 100 92 91 89 81 80 77
Linda VanDerLey explains to visiting youngsters the underside of DJ’s car during Kids Day here last week
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220 214 198 198 192 188 112 91 89 Darin Matthews 89 Jay Jay Day Chopper Stagner Chris Brownlee John Shuffler David Sailsbury Howard Langham Oakie Mason Brandon Tipton Taras Hodivsky
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