Mix all that in with what has been

some of the best local racing in years, and, we’re off to a great start.

Tonight, the Allen Turner Pro Late

Models will again dazzle us with a pair of features. Young Garrett Jones and Fairhope’s Bryce Dulabhan, along with Pensacola’s Jeremy Pate, are raging a battle for the points lead with a mere 6 points between them. The new format for the series has met great success.

The Mods, Sports-man, and Bomb-

ers are also set to do battle tonight. Speak-ing of Sportsman, let us remind you, new division sponsor Beef O’ Brady’s, on Nine Mile Rd. will stay open late for your visit after tonight’s races. We also thank Bomber Division sponsor Cheryl Nelson of Butler’s U Pull-It,

When you talked about Demolition

Derbies in years past at Five Flags Speedway, it was just common nature to think of names such as Neilsen or Merritt. Not so much lately as a new name comes to mind and it’s Ronnie “King of Krunch” Smith. You all remember him from his Modified and Late Model years here at the speedway, but after retiring a few years ago Smith decided to try his hand at the Demo Derby just for fun.

Fun is just what he’s had too; as he has

taken home the trophy and $2,000.00 first place money in the last two Demos’. Might I add he has only participated in two and he is batting a thousand? Check this out..he did it in the same car. Never can I remem-ber anyone doing that. The cars normally go to the crusher afterwards. Welcome to our out of town drivers tonight .

So my question is; can the owner of Certi-

fied Plumbing make it 3 in a row and live up to his new nickname? Who knows what will happen, but I bet all the other drivers will be gunning for him.

Of course we will have to wait until

the end of the night to find out if number three is in order for Smith because we will have a lot of racing taking place beforehand. Modifieds, Sportsmen, and Bomber’s will be in action to get our fans warmed up. Brandon Howell holds a slim 10 point lead over Donnie Hamrac in the Modi-fieds. Steve Buttrick will try to continue his dominance in the Sportsmen class and Michael Nelson will work to protect his points lead in the Bombers.

We begin the night (right after the

prrayer) with the annual “Faster Pastor” race, so for just $5.00 you should feel that you really got your money’s worth when you leave the track tonight.

Crashin His Way to Victory

Jeff Adams, of Smyrna Baptist in Paul Mathis’ # 13; Wayne Butts our track chap-lain in Derek Long’s #5; Shane Freeman of Beulah Baptist in Bubba WInslow’s # 12 Gordon Godfrey of Marcus Pointe Baptist in Corey PIttman’s # 34: Nate Wheeler of Liberty Church North in James Beall’s # 99; Gene Wooten of Beulah Free Will Baptist in Michael Couture’s # 27

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By Chuck Corder

A 17-year age gap sepa-rates Brandon Burks and GaryGoodwin. On the track, though,Burks and Goodwin have been,to use familiar racing jargon,“hookedup”forafewyearsnow.

The last few seasonstheir see-saw battles for check-ered flags in the Butler U-Pull-ItBombers Series was the stuffof legends, fitting for a shorttrackwithasmuchpageantryasPensacola’shistoricbanks.

Sure,oftentimestheirrival-rygotmoreoverheated than thecrate motors under their hoods,butcoolerheadsprevailedandamutual admiration societydevel-opedbetweenthepair.

This year, as both left thefriendlyconfinesof theBombersto jump to the Beef ‘O’ Brady’sSportsman Division, Burks andGoodwinremainnose-to-tail.

HeadingintoFridaynight’sDouble Purse feature, GoodwinsitsonepointaheadofBurksforfourth in the season standings.Notthateitherseemsconcernedabout any finishes other thanvictories.

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“Wewannagetthatfeaturewin,”saidGoodwin,38,whowonthelasttwoBomberstrackcham-pionships.“Eachweekitgivesussomething towork for.We’re notinterestedinpoints.Ihopewecangetawinbeforetheyear’sup.”

Wins are in the crosshairsfor both Burks and Goodwin.Despite some struggles at thebeginning of the season, bothformer Bombers drivers havepostedapairoftop-fivefinishesinrecentweeksatFiveFlags.

In fact, it was a podiumsweepforformerBombersdriversatthelastSportsmanfeatureJuly26. Kenny Williams, who racedthe “crunch bunch” as well lastyear,collectedthewinwithBurkssecondandGoodwinroundingoutthe top three.“It felt likeawin, tobe honest,” said Burks, 21, whohad his share of growing painsearlier this season. “Itwasprettycool to see Kenny Williams andGaryGoodwinupthere.

By Chuck Corder

1 99 Brandon Howell 5362 8 Donnie Hamrac 5263 17 Chris Cotto 5144 10 Nathan Ingersoll 4775 599 Donald Crocker 3226 7 Scooter Grice 2857 7 Todd Jones 2008 36 Lance Blacker 1829 07 Bubba Pollard 100

10 66 Heath Mills 94

1 03 Michael Nelson 10312 6 Tracy Soles 9753 7 Ryan Worsham 7734 22 John K Merritt 9055 11 Courtney Rodrigues 8686 1 Hunter Ward 8567 33 T J Williams 8328 54 Robert Balkum 6758 34 Corey Pittman 541

10 11 David Johnson 467

1 33 Steve Buttrick 11032 00 Brannon Fowler 10343 42 Randy Thompson 9574 23 Gary Goodwin 8135 12 Brandon Burks 8126 28 Dayton Sidner 7817 07 Jim Pokrant 7428 29 Shanna Ard 7219 33 Kenny Williams 66510 Bubba Winslow 624

1 86 Bubba Winslow 3452 42 Randy Thompson 3213 14 Okie Mason 2894 84 Joe Mahuron 2685 2 Darin Matthews 2636 7 Mike Austin 2587 22 Ricky Haugen 2488 9 Dave Nolan 2399 44 Gary Sutton 218

10 0 John Shuffler 193

1 98 Daniel Hemric 3192 8 J H Nemechek 2963 26 Bubba Pollard 2884 11 David Rogers 2525 14 Chris Davidson 2456 1 Mike Garvey 2437 99 Casey Smith 2358 41 T J Reaid 2129 21 Scott Carlson 206

10 71 Kylle Benjamin 204

1 88 Garrett Jones 6052 28 Bryce Dulabhan 6003 22 Jeremy Pate 5894 11 Tommy Rollins 5435 99 Jr Niedecken 5436 19 Ray Black Jr 5377 41 Troy Grisaffi 4458 52 Cody Karl 3989 42 Tony Clark 343

10 54 John Thompson 322

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1 38 Chopper Stagner 3292 98 Jay Jay Day 3273 31 Chris Brownlee 2884 1 Howard Langham 2835 19 David Salisbury 2826 51 Okie Mason 2217 0 John Shuffler 1988 99 Taras Hodivsky 1869 1 Beau Butkowski 105

10 88 Brandon Tipton 91

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