Trackside Now: Blizzard Series Pepsi Max 100 at Five Flags Speedway, FL – 4/9/10

11:06

Congratulations to Bubba Pollard and his Sanders racing team for grabbing the checkers in the 2010 Blizzard Series opening event. Thanks for joining us and we look forward to bringing you all of the action from Mobile International Speedway tomorrow.Goodnight!

11:05

Stay tuned to Speed51.com throughout the week for leftovers and video features from this weekend’s action on the Gulf Coast.

11:04

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow from Mobile International Speedway for the second leg of the opening weekend of the Gulf Coast Championship Series and the opening night of the Miller Lite Super Late Model Series. We will have live Trackside Now updates as well as the call of the race live on RaceTalkRadio.com.

11:01

We’ve just gotten word that all Blizzard Series cars have cleared tech and results are now official.

11:00

All results are unofficial at this point.

10:57

1	18	Bubba Pollard
2	9	Chase Elliott
3	49	Ryan Lawler
4	99S	Casey Smith
5	67	Jeff Fultz
6	82W	Donnie Wilson
7	10L	Johanna Long
8	23	Jeremy Rice
9	41	Chris Davidson
10	11N	Wayne Niedecken, Jr.
11	10B	Danny Bagwell
12	29	Allen Karnes
13	51	Josh Hamner
14	1M	Eddie Mercer
15	112	Augie Grill
16	1	Mike Garvey
17	3	Rocky Boyd, Jr.
18	16	Korey Ruble
19	18M	Dave Mader III
20	92	Ron McDonald
21	21	Brandon Carlson
22	31	Tyler Millwood
23	86	Mike Fritts
24	99L	Dale Little

10:54

As we said on the radio broadcast, we only have four hands – two people – here with Speed51 this weekend doing both a live radio broadcast as well as live Trackside Now updates. Please bear with us as we work hard to get the results to you. Fear not, we will of course not end our updates without results and will make them available as soon as possible.

10:51

Comment From Dave thanks for the great coverage guys!

10:50

Comment From Guest thanks speed51 for the coverage.

10:50

Comment From Forrest How can you not like that kid. Such a nice young man and not full of himself at all.

10:50

Comment From jeremy yes pollard

10:50

Comment From Guest georgia boys wins

10:50

Comment From Guest yeah bubba

10:49

Comment From RICK GO BUBBA!!!!! he can really drive that 26 car

10:49

Comment From GUEST go bubba and ronnie sanders

10:23

Bubba Pollard has won followed by Chase Elliott and Ryan Lawler. We will have full results for you shortly.

10:21

Comment From Guest GO get the win for you and Mr.Ronnie and everybody in Senoia is pulling for you BUBBA!

10:21

We will have a green – white – checkered finish.

10:20

Two laps til green.

10:19

Pollard now leads Elliott with two laps to go. They are followed by Lawler, Smith and Fultz.

10:18

Comment From Dave holey cow. They saved all the excitement for the last 4 laps!

10:18

Comment From Guest go GA boys!!!

10:18

Ryan Lawler is in the #49 car owned by Stanley Smith.

10:18

Comment From Dick K Who’s car is lawler in?

10:17

Bubba Pollard took the lead from Chase Elliott on the restart but the caution is back out for a hard hit into the wall by Jeremy Rice on the back straightaway.

10:15

Comment From Twisty Grill, Pollard, Long and …..

10:12

We’ll see if he’s got the experience to hold off Bubba Pollard, Ryan Lawler, and Casey Smith.

10:11

Comment From allprocars Chase Elliott is ONLY 14 years old folks.

10:10

Comment From Forrest Even though Chase is young he can wheel that car….Bill has taught him well.

10:10

All cars but Garvey have pulled away.

10:09

Jeff Fultz has had to hit pit road to remove the nose piece from Mike Garvey from his rear bumper.

10:09

Chase Elliott spun the tires on the restart but Pollard wasn’t able to make his way by him and Elliott continues to lead.

10:08

Caution is out after several cars went four wide into turn three. Jeremy Rice, Mike Garvey, Jeff Fultz and Donnie Wilson all involved.

10:06

One lap to green.

10:06

Flagman has given the field the two-lap to go signal.

10:05

Spotters are now checking with drivers to make sure that they are comfortable with the status of the track before we go back green.

10:02

Grand American Race Cars owned and built by Augie Grill and his father Frankie.

10:01

Comment From Guest what is garc

10:01

Augie Grill is out of the racecar and out of the race.

10:00

Elliott leads Pollard, Garvey, Lawler, Wilson, Rice, Smith, Fultz, Long, Niedecken, Davidson, Karnes, Bagwell, Hamner, Mercer and Boyd. That completes the cars currently on the racetrack.

9:59

The #1 of Mike Garvey is now considered a Garvey car since he has reclipped it from it’s originial GARC status.

9:59

Comment From Guest Top 5 are GARC cars. Whats that tell you.

9:57

Apparently there is a lot of oil on the track as we are still under caution.

9:56

Comment From Guest go garvey

9:56

A great fan from Alabama who is I’m sure devastated that Augie Grill’s night is now over.

9:56

Comment From [email protected] go bubba pollard go

9:55

Comment From Guest GO BUBBA

9:54

Comment From Dave Go Ricky Brooks! lol

9:54

Augie Grill has pulled behind the wall. His night is over.

9:53

It has been reported that Chase Elliott reported oil coming from the rear of the #112 of Augie Grill. Elliott now leads Pollard, Garvey, Lawler and Wilson.

9:53

The crew on the #112 don’t seem to be doing much work on the car.

9:52

Chase Elliott has been bumped to the lead.

9:52

If he were to come back to the track he would be in the seventh spot at the tail of the lead lap cars.

9:51

Augie Grill has not gone to the front and pulled to pit road.

9:51

Ricky Brooks has pulled the #112 of Augie Grill down on the front straightaway to check and see if he’s leaking any fluid. He has pulled away and will make his way back to the lead.

9:50

We’ll see how much force the young driver will use.

9:50

Comment From Dave I wonder if Chase can use a bumper as good as Augie

9:50

They have waved off the green flag.

9:49

Comment From Guest go hamner

9:49

Dennis Reno Jr is indeed a proud sponsor of Speed51 Radio.

9:49

Comment From Forrest The staff are awesome and nice people when I have met them!! Wow Tink has a commercial!!!

9:48

Comment From J K go casey!

9:48

Comment From ABOO Im ally’s biggest fan!!!

9:48

Comment From flgator1972 go get’em garvey

9:48

We’re glad to hear from our western listeners!

9:47

Comment From Dave Speed51 rocks here in Vegas!

9:47

Comment From Guest go grill

9:46

It’s always nice to see that the Speed51.com staff also has a few fans out there, not just the drivers.

9:46

Comment From ABOO Ally is the best PR person ever!!

9:46

Comment From beefjerky21 Go Chase!!!

9:46

You are correct. We will restart with 5 laps to go.

9:45

Comment From Dave So 5 to go when it is green?

9:45

Comment From Guest Come on BUBBA POLLARD go get the #112

9:44

All 100 laps are green.

9:44

Comment From Dave Hey, what are the rules? Do the last five have to be under green?

9:44

Comment From Forrest Wow! caution and it will be a shootout for the win!!

9:44

Comment From Twisty Great broadcast on RaceTalkRadio.com – I can even hear Dan Spence calling the race in the background. Makes me feel like I’m up in the press box. Thanks Elgin and Ally!

9:41

Caution Lap 95 – Exactly what the rest of the field wanted to see.

9:36

15 laps to go.

9:36

Johanna Long in tenth has now gone down a lap as Augie Grill leads by half a lap over Bubba Pollard in third.

9:35

Lap 80 : Grill leads Pollard, Wilson, Smith, Garvey, Lawler, and Elliott.

9:34

Comment From Guest Go #18 Go

9:23

Comment From K GO FULTZIE!!!

9:21

Augie Grill leads Lawler, Fultz, Pollard and Long on lap 35.

9:21

Comment From jimmy dru thanks to trackside now and racetalk radio for keeping us informed of my favorite track and series.

9:21

We are live now on RaceTalkRadio.com.

9:20

Comment From Guest what time will coverage start?

9:20

Comment From Patty GO JOHANNA !!

9:12

Augie Grill currently leads Jeff Fultz, Ryan Lawler, Bubba Pollard, Johanna Long, Donnie Wilson, Eddie Mercer, Josh Hamner, Casey Smith, Mike Garvey, Wayne Niedecken Jr, Dave Mader III, Jeremy Rice and Rocky Boyd.

9:10

Unfortunately we don’t have our expert Trackside Now photographer Bob Dillner with us tonight since he has to take care of his SPEED Channel duties in Phoenix this weekend. We’re glad you enjoyed our coverage though!

9:10

Comment From Guest do we get pictures tonight like from the easter bunny?

9:09

All drivers but Millwood have pulled away.

9:09

Caution on lap 19 for spin in turn two by Korey Ruble, Danny Bagwell, Brandon Carlson, Tyler Millwood, and Chris Davidson.

9:03

Augie Grill leads under caution at lap 12 for a spin on the back straightaway by Chase Elliott.

8:59

Don’t forget we are now live on RaceTalkRadio.com.

8:58

Augie Grill and Jeff Fultz battle for the lead at lap 8.

8:55

Comment From mrriver 50 says Garvey wins

8:40

Comment From Guest No Augie has to deal with Bubba Pollard

8:37

Don’t forget to check out Speed51video.com to see all of our feature videos with the drivers of the Gulf Coast.

8:34

Comment From jimmy dru GO #112 SMOK’EM AUGIE

8:32

We are now going live on RaceTalkRadio.com. To switch over and join us switch over to RaceTalkRadio.com and click the “Listen Live” link in the top right corner of the screen.

8:30

We heard the unfortunate news today that Clint Bowyer will be in his seat at Phoenix this weekend. RCR is currently denying that they’ve let him go indefinitely.

8:29

Comment From Tony John Wes will be back at P-Cola before long racing late models!

8:26

Thanks for joining us! There are several great drivers in the field tonight that would love to be your temporary favorite driver.

8:26

Comment From Michael Thank you to the Speed 51 staff for your awesome coverage as usual. I just tuned in and learned that my favorite, David Rogers, is ok but done for the night so I’ll be counting on your coverage to pick a temp favorite for tonight. See you all in December!!

8:22

Yes, we will start our broadcast at 9:30 Eastern.

8:22

Comment From murph Still goin live at 9:30 Eastern

8:14

Don’t forget if you’re going to join us at the track tonight you can hear our broadcast on your scanner at 454.5000.

8:03

We’d like to wish a quick Happy 23rd Birthday to Ryan Lawler.

7:56

The cars are on track and set for the 20 lap Sportsman feature. The Blizzard Series Pepsi Max 100 will follow.

7:56

Full moon over Phoenix? We’ve just gotten word of the top-5 qualifiers for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway.1. AJ Allmendinger
2. Scott Speed
3. Sam Hornish, Jr.
4. Marcos Ambrose
5. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

7:53

We invite you to switch over to our radio broadcast on RaceTalkRadio.com when the green flag falls as we will then switch to limited Trackside Now updates.

7:51

Yes, Josh Hamner is piloting the KBM #51 here tonight.

7:51

Comment From Guest is hamner running the kyle busch car?

7:50

There was a two rolled for the invert on the for the local classes, but no invert for the Super Late Models.

7:49

Comment From Guest will they invert the field tonight?

7:49

Comment From Guest please do not invert the field!!!

7:48

Comment From guest Go Augie!!!

7:48

Comment From Guest Go Chase and Go Bubba!!!

7:48

No, we don’t go live until around 9:30 Eastern for the start of the race.

7:48

Comment From Guest is RTR live right now from 5 flags?

7:47

7:43

We will go live on RaceTalkRadio.com with our coverage of the Pepsi Max 100 around 9:30 pm Eastern.

7:42

Comment From Dave Hey Giuys…what time will Race Talk Radio coverage start?

7:41

Blizzard Series Qualifying Results :

1	112	Augie Grill
2	18	Bubba Pollard
3	10L	Johanna Long
4	67	Jeff Fultz
5	49	Ryan Lawler
6	9	Chase Elliott
7	51	Josh Hamner
8	82	Donnie wilson
9	21	Brandon Carlson
10	1M	Eddie Mercer
11	1G	Mike Garvey
12	31	Tyler Millwood
13	99S	Casey Smith
14	41	Chris Davidson
15	23	Jeremy Rice
16	10B	Danny Bagwell
17	16	Korey Ruble
18	29	Allen Karnes
19	11	Wayne Niedecken, Jr.
20	18M	Dave Mader
21	99L	Dale Little
22	86	Mike Fritts
23	3	Rocky Boyd
24	92	Ron McDonald

7:35

Very true Dave, we’ve been discussing that here at Five Flags Speedway all day.

7:34

Comment From Dave Maybe just 25 cars but you would be hard pressed to find a stronger 25 car field. Don’t you think?

7:34

A legendary man who will be greatly missed.

7:34

Comment From allprocars Please remember Tom Blackwell, Greenville-Pickens Speedway owner/operator who passed away Wednesday evening after a five month battle with cancer. Tom and his late brother Pete operated GP for years with the popular South Carlina asphalt track the second oldest NASCAR weekly racing track in America behind Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem. The Blackwell’s were pioneers in short-track racing supporting Big Bill France in the early 50s. Funeral arrangements are pending.

7:33

The crowd is pretty good here tonight for a Blizzard series event, especially when it’s supposed to get down to 40 degrees here tonight. It would be a miracle if the stands were full since this venue has many different grandstands to accomodate the crowds of the Snowball Derby. Promoter of the Year, Tim Bryant, has currently got his electrician hat on and is working on the track PA system.

7:33

Comment From james Promoter of the year? How big a crowd is there?

7:29

The unnoficial top five for tonight’s Pepsi Max 100 :

1	112	Augie Grill	16.440
2	18	Bubba Pollard	16.472
3	10L	Johanna Long	16.491
4	67	Jeff Fultz	16.560
5	49	Ryan Lawler	16.577

7:27

Brandon Carlson, our last qualifier, has just completed his run and made it to the pits.

7:27

Jeff Fultz has just run a 16.560 and taken the fourth spot from Ryan Lawler.

7:26

Johanna Long has just made an attempt to take her track record back. She came close but didn’t quite get it. She ran a 16.491 which will put her in the 3rd spot and knock Ryan Lawler in 4th.

7:22

Comment From Mickie What was Casey’s time?

7:22

Casey Smith posted a 16.810.

7:21

Lawler has just gone out and posted a 16.577 and put himself in the third spot.

7:17

Pollard has just posted a 16.472 which will put him second fastest currently.

7:15

Casey Smith now, Pollard next.

7:15

Comment From Guest When does Pollard go out to qualify ?

7:12

Comment From Guest whens lawler go out

7:12

Chase Elliott is currently on track as the ninth car out and Ryan Lawler will be the 18th car out so nine more cars to go.

7:10

Johanna Long set the previous record in last year’s Snowball Derby qualifying with a 16.463.

7:10

Augie Grill has just set a new track record of 16.440.

7:08

Nope, only 25 cars. We’ll have the full results immediately following the last car.

7:08

Comment From Dave Wow…. no live coverage of qualifying?

7:07

The #9 will go out 9th.

7:07

Comment From Beefjerky21 When position Chase Elliott go out

7:03

The first car, Donnie Wilson, has hit the track for Blizzard series qualifying. We will have the results for you as soon as the time trials have concluded.

6:58

As was mentioned in the driver’s meeting, we are currently waiting for the sun to go down over turn three before qualifying will begin.

6:57

Tonight’s Pepsi Max 100 will mark the first race of the Gulf Coast Championship series between both Five Flags Speedway and Mobile International Speedway.Here is the complete Gulf Coast Series schedule :

Apr 9	Five Flags Speedway
Apr 10	Mobile International Speedway
May 28	Five Flags Speedway
May 29	Mobile International Speedway
June 25	Five Flags Speedway
June 26	Mobile International Speedway
Aug 13	Five Flags Speedway
Aug 14	Mobile International Speedway
Sept 24	Five Flags Speedway
Sept 25	Mobile International Speedway

6:52

Scroll down and you will see all of the drivers in the pits here.

6:52

Comment From allprocars Where is an Entry List for the Late Models???

6:42

TJ Reaid is here today but not driving. He is here as a crew member for the Kyle Busch Motorsports #51. Reaid will be back in the drivers seat of the KBM #51 for next week’s Pro Late Model opener at Gresham Motorsports Park.

6:42

Comment From LeadSeventeen I didn’t see TJ Reaid on the list for practice, is he not there today?

6:24

We are about 20 minutes away from time trials for tonight’s feature event, the Pepsi Max 100.

6:13

Comment From Shaughn McCromick Sorry to hear David wrecked. Glad you are ok!

6:11

David told Speed51.com that something broke. With all the damage it’s hard to find out what it could have been.

6:10

Comment From LeadSeventeen Any idea what happened or the cause of this wreck. Man it doesn’t look good! I’m glad David is OK.

6:06

PHOTO: This is a full size image so you can click on it to see the damage of the 11 car. David is ok and is already thinking about when he will race again. With this being his only car it might be a while. (51 Sports Photo)

6:06

6:03

PHOTO: David Rogers is ok after this wreck in turn three. (51 Sports Photo)

6:03

5:56

Comment From David Good to see Dale Little back @ the track

5:55

Photo : Eddie Mercer is paying tribute to fallen Five Flags Speedway team member Ricky Bryant this weekend by displaying Bryants ’65 Chevelle on the hood of his #1 Super Late Model tonight. Bryant was the brother of track general manager Tim Bryant. (51 Sports Photo)

5:55

5:52

PHOTO : Long time Five Flags Speedway supporter Allen Turner Hyundai has outfitted the speedway with a nice new pacecar for the 2010 season. (51 Sports Photo)

5:52

5:50

Local cars are now on track for their practice sessions.

5:48

PHOTO : Ronnie Sanders Buggy Worx golf cart for the weekend. (51 Sports Photo)

5:48

1977 Snowball Derby winner, short track veteran, and car owner of Bubba Pollard’s #18, Ronnie Sanders is here with is in Pensacola tonight. This marks his first trip to the racetrack with his Super Late Model since he spent 5 hours in surgery to remove colon cancer in March. Sanders is on a long road to recovery and we’re glad to see him back at the track. The Bryant family here at Five Flags Speedway was so glad to hear that Sanders would be returning that they spoke to fellow racer Eddie Mercer and arranged for Sanders to have a golf cart to use for the weekend. They didn’t expect the fellow short track veteran to show up with a golf cart with Sanders red #18 paint scheme on it.

5:45

Final Round of Super Late Model practice :

1	18	Bubba Pollard	16.918
2	51	Josh Hamner	16.976
3	82W	Donnie Wilson	16.981
4	11	David Rogers	17.005
5	49	Ryan Lawler	17.005
6	67	Jeff Fultz	17.114
7	31	Tyler Millwood	17.240
8	18	Dave Mader III	17.244
9	10	Danny Bagwell	17.286
10	112	Augie Grill	17.348
11	29	Allen Karnes	17.358
12	16	Korey Ruble	17.367
13	1	Mike Garvey	17.430
14	9	Chase Elliott	17.446
15	23	Jeremy Rice	17.463
16	11N	Wayne Niedecken, Jr.	17.480
17	41	Chris Davidson	17.522
18	86	Mike Fritts	17.546
19	1	Eddie Mercer	17.618
20	99L	Dale Little	17.783
21	92	Ron McDonald	17.829
22	21	Brandon Carlson	17.863
23	10L	Johanna Long	—–
24	99S	Casey Smith	—–
25	3	Rocky Boyd, Jr.	—–

5:40

The final round of Blizzard practice has concluded and the times are on their way.

5:32

Track crews have cleared Rogers’ #11 from the racing surface and the Super Late Models will now have 5 more laps before their final round of practice is concluded.

5:30

We will just be covering the Pepsi Max 100 Blizzard Series event here tonight. We will also be covering tomorrow night’s Miller Lite Series opener at Mobile International Speedway with both Trackside Now coverage as well as a live radio broadcast of the race on RaceTalkRadio.com.

5:30

Comment From JBODDIE44 Will you be covering any of the local races live, or just the 100 lapper

5:24

David is certainly a favorite, always has a smile on his face and a pleasant outlook.

5:24

Comment From Steve Dang! David is one of my favorites!

5:23

That is true, Junior Niedecken is in Rogers’ backup blue #11. It will be interesting to see if Rogers will step into that ride.

5:23

Comment From Steve Just an FYI Jr Niedecken is in a backup car #11 which is actually a Pro latemodel. His primary car had metal shavings in the oil pan, so he elected to run this car in order to get some points.

5:22

You could hear the thud in turn three as Rogers his the wall but he has made his way out of the car and he is OK.

5:21

David Rogers has hit the wall hard in turn three. He will not race this evening as he has suffered major damage.

5:20

PHOTO : Garvey atop the Goodson Racing hauler with long time Goodson team member Billy Peavey. (51 Sports Photo)

5:20

5:18

Several of the stout drivers that are planning to run all five of the Friday night Blizzard Series races will also head to Mobile International Speedway on the following Saturdays for the Miller Lite Series. The two series have combined to form the Gulf Coast Championship Series which will take into account both of the series results at the end of the season to crown a champion.Most of the familiar faces from last year as well as a few new faces will make a run at the Gulf Coast title but Super Late Model veteran David Rogers has confided in us that he will not make the trip to Mobile, he is going to focus only on the Five Flags Blizzard Series.

One of the new faces we have down here in the panhandle of Florida is really not a new face at all. Mike Garvey, who was a competitor in both the ASA National Tour as well as the USARacing Pro Cup Cup Series and was also a regular in the Cup series for a while, has teamed up with former driver and local car-owner Tracy Goodson for the Gulf Coast season this year and will make a run at the Snowball Derby in December.

Garvey ran the first Super Late Model race of the year at Gresham Motorsports Park earlier this season with Goodson. The trip was the Georgia driver’s first venture back in a Super Late Model in six years. For the past several years his has been around the tracks just not in the drivers seat. Garvey has been setting up late models over the past few years and is now doing his own research and development to start building his own racecars.

5:12

PHOTO: Augie Grill (R) and Bubba Pollard (L) battle in pracitce. (51 Sports Photo)

5:10

5:09

PHOTO: Johanna Long had the quick time in the first practice as her dad, Donald Long looks on in the infield. (51 Sports Photo)

5:09

5:04

Five Flags Speedway head scorer Jimmy Wiggins has just informed us that this 25-car field has the lowest car count for the first Blizzard Series race of the season in four years.

5:03

PHOTO : Hamner in the driver’s meeting here at Five Flags Speedway. (51 Sports Photo)

5:02

We mentioned earlier that Josh Hamner is here but we should point out that he is not piloting his family-owned #38. Hamner will be driving the Kyle Bush Motorsports #51 in both the Five Flags Speedway Blizzard Series as well as the Mobile International Speedway Miller Lite Series.

5:02

Comment From Rowdy #51 How is the 51 car doing?

5:00

The Blizzard Series cars are now on track for their third and final round of practice.

4:59

First and Second Rounds of Blizzard Super Late Model Practice :

1	10L	Johanna Long	16.902
2	18	Bubba Pollard	16.955
3	49	Ryan Lawler	17.002
4	67	Jeff Fultz	17.036
5	11	David Rogers	17.099
6	51	Josh Hamner	17.187
7	112	Augie Grill	17.215
8	99S	Casey Smith	17.299
9	1	Mike Garvey	17.307
10	41	Chris Davidson	17.337
11	31	Tyler Millwood	17.405
12	82W	Donnie Wilson	17.409
13	9	Chase Elliott	17.423
14	23	Jeremy Rice	17.424
15	16	Korey Ruble	17.445
16	18	Dave Mader	17.627
17	99L	Dale Little	17.634
18	1	Eddie Mercer	17.701
19	21	Brandon Carlson	17.718
20	29	Allen Karnes	17.738
21	11N	Wayne Niedecken, Jr.	17.834
22	3	Rocky Boyd, Jr.	18.255
23	86	Mike Fritts	—–
24	10	Danny Bagwell	—–
25	92	Ron McDonald	—–

4:54

Super Late Model practice ends at 5:30 pm Central.

4:54

Comment From J123 WHEN DOES PRACTICE END

4:53

The second round has just concluded and those times are on their way.

4:53

Correction : They have merely combined the first and second rounds of practice and the third round will be scored separately.

4:47

Track scoring officials have chosen to treat the Super Late Model practice as one session and we will have all of the times for you when it completes.

4:47

Comment From beefjerky21 Do you have any practice speeds from the late models

4:46

PHOTO : Chase Elliott, Casey Smith, and Ryan Lawler all parked along pit road here at Five Flags Speedway. (51 Sports Photo)

4:45

The 2009 Blizzard Series season here at Five Flags Speedway was nothing short of dominated by the “Big Three” of Augie Grill, Bubba Pollard, and Johanna Long. This year it looks like they’re going to have some competition. We’ve got a lot of familiar faces from throughout the Super Late Model ranks like Chase Elliott, Ryan Lawler, Casey Smith, Mike Garvey, Jeff Fultz, and Josh Hamner that have committed to come down to Pensacola, Florida this year and make a run at the Blizzard Series Championship.

4:39

The gates have been cleared and the second round of Blizzard Series Super Late Model practice is now underway.

4:35

The first round of practice has concluded and track crews are clearing the gates. We will have the times from that round of practice up for you as soon as they become available.

4:34

We’ve had a few more cars come in and unload here at Five Flags Speedway :

10	Danny Bagwell
92	Ron McDonald
10	Johanna Long

4:19

Legends car Pro division National Champion and Charlotte Motor Speedway Summer Shootout Pro division Champion Daniel Hemric has been spotted in the pits here at Five Flags Speedway helping veteran Jeff Fultz’s #67 team.

4:16

The Blizzard Series Super Late Models are now on the track for their first round of practice.

4:13

Notes from the driver’s meeting :Track owner/promoter Tim Bryant has increased the bottom of the purse this season. Blizzard Series events will now pay $400 to start instead of the past $200.

Qualifying is scheduled to start at 6:45 pm CT but may be pushed back due to the position of the sun in turn three this evening.

Head tech man Ricky Brooks has announced that there will now be no penalty for an infraction in pre-qualifying tech. However, Brooks did strong word his warning to the drivers that if that was abused the punishment would return for the next race.

Many drivers and fan alike remember that after the Snowball Derby there were no burnouts our donuts allowed. Ricky Brooks has stood by that rule and once again said that won’t be happening out here tonight until after the cars have cleared tech.

4:08

By our count here are the driver’s we’ve got here today :1 Eddie Mercer
1 Mike Garvey
11 David Rogers
11 Junior Niedecken
112 Augie Grill
16 Korey Ruble
18 Bubba Pollard
18 Dave Mader
21 Brandon Carlson
23 Jeremy Rice
29 Allen Karnes
3 Rocky Boyd
31 Tyler Millwood
41 Chris Davidson
49 Ryan Lawler
51 Josh Hamner
67 Jeff Fultz
82 Donnie Wilson
86 Mike Fritts
9 Chase Elliott
99 Dale Little
99 Casey Smith

3:39

We are heading down to the driver’s meeting and we will return with a few news and notes shortly.

3:38

Comment From bgf2 Good Looking car Jo!

3:22

PHOTO: Augie Grill was a little late getting to Five Flags Speedway today, nothing new for the two-time Snowball Derby Champion. (51 Sports Photo)

3:22

3:20

PHOTO: Johanna Long was the first car in the tech line today before practice. She also was showing off some new colors for the 2010 season. (51 Sports Photo)

3:20

3:11

Johanna Long in her #10 Super Late Model was the first car into the tech line followed by the #82 of Donnie Wilson and the #9 of Chase Elliott rounded out the top three.

3:06

Don’t forget to tune into RaceTalkRadio.com tonight for the call of the Blizzard Series Pepsi Max 100 live here from Five Flags Speedway. If you’re at the track you can listen on your scanner at 454.5000.

3:04

2:16

Schedule of Events for Tonight’s Blizzard Series Pepsi Max 100 :1:00 pm CT – Pit Gate Opens
3:45 pm CT – Blizzard Drivers Meeting
4:00 – 5:30 pm CT – Blizzard Practice
5:30 pm CT – Local Practice (Super Stock, Sportsman, Bombers)
Blizzard Cars to Pre-Qualifying Tech
6:45 pm CT – Blizzard Qualifying
7:30 pm CT – Local Driver’s Meeting
7:50 pm CT – Pre Race Festivities
8:00 pm CT – Feature Races Begin
Sportsman 20 Lap Feature
Pepsi Max “100” Lap Feature
Super Stock 25 Lap Feature
Bomber 20 Lap Feature

2:16

Welcome to Speed51.com’s live Trackside Now coverage of the first Five Flags Speedway Blizzard race of the 2010 season. We’ve got what many say could be the strongest field of Super Late Models this series has seen in a while gunning for the win tonight. We will be at the keys with you throughout the afternoon keeping you up to date and at race time we will switch to a live radio broadcast of the event on RaceTalkRadio.com.

April 9, 2010 8:00 pm

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