Merritt Island, FL - Florida’s newest dirt track website, www.floridadirttracknews.com will be having live-updates from Volusia
Speedway Park on Saturdays. All you have to do is go to the site and check the forum and it will be there. Live-updates as the action gets hotter and hotter.

“Recently I had Cover-It-Live installed on the site but last Saturday I had some technical problems with their site. Hopefully I can work out the problems and fans will be able to make comments as the races go,” said Jane Smith, owner of floridadirttracknews.com. “Just in case I have more problems, I will still do up-to-the-minute updates on the forum at floridadirttracknews.com. This way if you can’t make it to the races, the races can come to you”.

Volusia Speedway Park also has a live broadcast of the races at www.tvshowcasters.com and you can watch the action as it goes. This is provided by Post FX Digital Video owned by Dean Baker. Last Saturday FX was all set up and ready to go but lost the internet so they could not provide the live video coverage but this week so far is a go for live video from Volusia Speedway Park.

Cover-It-Live allows fans to make comments as we go along and if it does not work, you can always post a thread on www.floridadirttracknews.com forum and I will be happy to answer your questions. Catch all the action at Volusia Speedway Park this Saturday night as the Daytona Dodge Chrysler Jeep Late Models, Taylor Racing Products Sportsman, Budweiser (Quality Brands) Modifieds and the always favorite Street Stocks take center stage. Remember, for live up-to-date info go to www.floridadirttracknews.com and watch the races live at www.tvshowcasters.com for all your racing action.

With time winding down until Friday night’s debut of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series at Ocala Speedway, the final confirmations are coming in from the race teams which plan to challenge each other and Florida’s oldest speedway. As the list grows so does the celebrity of the names that it contains, and the list of local racers who plan to take on the top names in dirt
late model racing continues to expand as well. And with $10,000 going to the winner of the 50 lap main event, both lists could balloon even more by race time.

As of Wednesday night, World of Outlaws Late Model Series regulars planning to be at Ocala Speedway include Steve Francis, Darrell Lanigan, Chub Frank, Tim McCreadie, Josh Richards, Tim Fuller, and many others. Other racers are expected, and some have indicated their intentions to race at Ocala via their websites, but officials have yet to receive their commitment announcements by press time. It is the policy of Ocala Speedway not to publish the names of any racers that have not officially committed to appearing.

Ocala Speedway owner Mike Peters says that he has been contacted by at least 10 racers who are more familiar to the local crowd, including Ocala’s own Ivedent Lloyd Jr. Local fans know that the late model racers form the Florida and south Georgia area are tough, and will enjoy seeing them match up against the best of the best from the World of Outlaws. It all adds up to somewhere between 30 and 40 cars vying for 24 starting positions in the feature event.

In addition to the World of Outlaws Late Models, fans will get to see the Ocala Speedway Hobby Stock Division make their first laps on the clay with $1000 going to the winner. First time Hobby Stock contenders are slated to do battle with divisional veterans, and some who normally race elsewhere will be tempted to go for the money at Ocala on Friday.

Ocala’s Mini Stocks also will be racing, making Friday their second outing in 2010. After a surprising outcome on opening night where race leader Keith Briggs pulled out in the final laps, another tough field of contenders will be out to challenge the 2009 Division Champion, Paul Combast, for this year’s title.

The pit gate will open at 1PM and the grandstand gates will open at 5. There is no reserved seating so fans are urged to come early for the best seats and enjoy the pre race festivities, including qualifying. Heat races will begin at 8PM, followed by B mains and feature events. For more information, go to www.OcalaSpeedway.com, or phone the track at 352-622-9400.

by BJ Cavin

Muscle Shoals, Alabama –Anthony Burroughs get excited any chance that he gets to return to North Alabama Speedway and given the torrid start to the 2010 season, he is especially eager to take his #121 ALT Transportation/Mastersbilt By Stuckey/Wall-2-Wall Racing Engine Super Late Model into battle at the ¼ mile oval this Saturday night.

Last weekend, the team set out to compete in a pair of events. However, after having the Southern All Stars Friday night show at Boyd’s Raceway (Ringgold, Georgia) nixed by Mother Nature, Burroughs entered a single event over the weekend as he entered the Promoters Racing Organization (P.R.O.) Super Late Model Series opener at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi on Saturday night, which was also co-sanctioned by the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series. A stellar field of 38 Super Late Models entered the event at the 1/3 mile, clay oval. With group qualifying in effect, Anthony qualified sixth fastest in his group to earn the four starting spot in his qualifier. He would go on to advance to a third place finish in the qualifier, which gave him the 13th starting position for the 40 lap, $2,000 to win event. During the race’s early stages, Burroughs would slowly begin to work his way to the front, and by the race’s midpoint he was up to 8th. Over the final half of the race, the handling on the #121 Mastersbilt began to come to Anthony, and he would motor his way to a third place finish behind event winner, Chris Wall, and Chad Thrash.

With the opening weekend for the two series’ in the books, Anthony currently sits third in the P.R.O. Super Dirt Car Series standings and is the point’s leader in the national points for the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series. Burroughs and ALT Motorsports are preparing for another busy weekend. Friday night’s plans are up in the air as the team may enter the $5,000 to win, Southern All Star Super Late Model event at Boyds Speedway in Ringgold, Georgia or they may just do some testing in the open practice session at North Alabama Speedway.

On Saturday, March 20th the team will definitely be in action with the $2,000 to win event at North Alabama Speedway, which will be co-sanctioned by the P.R.O. Super Late Model tour and the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Super Late Model tour. For more information, please visit www.NorthAlabamaSpeedway.com, www.ProDirtCarSeries.com, and www.NeSmithRacing.com .

Burroughs Motorsports would like to thank its corporate sponsors including ALT Transporation, ABC Cash Register Company, Stuckey Enterprises, Wholesale Commercial Laundry Equipment, Braswell Carburetors, Power Mist Fuel Products, Sign Here Graphics, PMC Enterprises, Wall-to-Wall Performance Engines, JRI Shocks By Precision Suspension, 5150 Race Trailers, All-Star Performance, MSRMafia.com, Simpson Racing Products, Hypercoils, and Oval Craft.

For the latest Anthony Burroughs information, please visit www.Burroughs121.com .

Meridian, Mississippi - The evening may have gotten off to a slow start for Chad Thrash in his #1c Tomkat of Chunky/Rocket/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model, but by the time the dust settled on the Bullring Bash at Columbus Speedway on Saturday, he had a big smile on his face.

Thrash Motorsports originally planned to travel to Cleveland Speedway (Cleveland, Tennessee) on Saturday night for the $10,000 to win Southern All Star event, but inclement weather forced the cancellation of the event. As a result, the team made the last minute decision to invade Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the $2,000 to win, P.R.O. Super Late Model Series event. Thirty-eight Super Late Models entered the event, and early in the night, Thrash got behind the eight ball by struggling in time trials. After qualifying seventh fastest in his group, he started fifth in a qualifier. He finished 4th in the qualifier, which gave him the 16th starting spot for the 40 lap feature.

For the feature event, Thrash Motorsports would make several adjustments on the car, and the end result was an incredible march through the field. As the main event got underway, Thrash began working the lowside, and slowly began picking off spots. By the time that a caution flew at the race’s midway point, Chad sat in the 11th position. The next ten laps of the feature would see Thrash beginning to make a lot of noise as he cracked the top five by lap 29, and four laps later he would move past Anthony Burroughs for the second spot as he set his sights on the leader, Chris Wall. However, with only seven laps remaining, and Wall holding a straight away lead, Chad would not be able to catch the leader before the checkered flag
fell. He would go on to record a great second place finish behind event winner, Chris Wall.

“If I can ever figure out how to qualify at that place, we are going to be in business. We got behind the eight-ball early in the night, but the team never gave up. I don’t think we were any better than Wall, but I would’ve loved to have seen a late race caution to take a shot,” commented Thrash.

Chad will take the upcoming weekend off from racing before returning to action on Saturday, March 27th in the $2,500 to win, Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) event at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Mississippi. For more information on the event, please visit http://www.whynotmotorsportspark.com/ and http://www.stateseries.com/.

Chad Thrash would like to thank all of his sponsors including Structural Steel, Tomkat of Chunky, Creel Brothers LLC, Sign Plant, Jay Dickens Racing Engines, Simpson Racing Products, MSRMafia.com, Stuckey Race Products, Wrisco, TWM, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, and Hoosier Racing Tires.

For more information on Chad Thrash, please visit his official internet home at http://www.chadthrash.com/.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - When you review the first two years of the Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil ASA Member Track National Championship you will see something familiar near the top of the standings, Thunderhill Raceway, an ASA Member Track in Kyle, TX. As the home of the 2008 National Champion and the 2009 West Region Champion, they hope to be a major player in the 2010 chase. “I’m excited that Thunderhill Raceway (THR) is returning as an ASA sanctioned track for another season,” said Mary Ann Naumann, Owner/Promoter at THR. “ASA and Dennis Huth just seem to be getting better every year. I’m proud that THR is the home track for the first ASA national champion, Cary Stapp in 2008, followed by a regional champion in 2009 with Clint LaFont. We know our Super Stock drivers are some of the best in the country, and their performance over the past two years has proven it.”

Stapp went into the history books in 2008 as the first ever Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil ASA Member Track Champion. He and his wife enjoyed a trip to Charlotte where he got an official tryout with Joe Gibbs Racing. Last year, Thunderhill almost had its second Track Champion become the National Champion as Clint LaFont put on a late season charge but came up 0.0593 points short to the 2009 champion Tommy Cloce to finish second in the overall standings. Their run to be the home track for the 2010 Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil ASA Member Track National Champion begins this Saturday, March 20th. The season opener will feature the Texas Super Racing Series Late Models, Allison Legacy, Texas Pro Sedans, Dwarf Cars, SportMods, ASA A-Line Super Stocks, Thunder Stocks, Grand Stocks and Mini Stocks. Grandstand gates open at 4 p.m. with racing at 6:00 p.m. Fans who arrive early can participate in a driver autograph session at 5:15 p.m.

“We are excited to have Mary Ann and her staff back as an ASA Member Track for 2010,” Dennis Huth, ASA President said. “They have had a lot of success with the Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil ASA Member Track National Championship and it wouldn’t surprise me to see one of their drivers near the top of the standings. Their participation in our program has really helped their track shine on the racing map especially with the success their drivers have had. It will be fun to see if it shines brighter this season.”

For more information, please visit www.thunderhillraceway.com. Drivers eligible for the National Championship must race weekly at an ASA Member Track along with being the 2010 track champion. The unique formula used to determine the champion not only includes where they finished but how many positions they moved up in each feature event. Which will provide the best weekly short track racing action this season. The 2010 National Championship season will end at midnight on Saturday, September 25, 2010. The ASA Member Track program is composed of dirt and asphalt short tracks along with road courses around the United States, as well as a variety of regional and national touring series. For more information, call (386) 258-2221 or send an e-mail to info@asa-racing.com. For news and information from all the racetracks and tours
involved in the ASA, visit www.ASA-Racing.com.

ASA members in good standing are eligible for a $500,000 Excess Medical Benefit as well as a $20,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefit. Coverage for the member begins while traveling to a location promoting an ASA-sanctioned event and
continues until arrival home again. The American Speed Association, in conjunction with WSIB Motorsports Insurance, is the only sanctioning body to offer insurance coverage which extends beyond the boundary of the racetrack itself (complete details
are available online at www.ASA-Racing.com).

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