On a night when Gulf Coast race fans welcomed Hall of Fame racing legend Red
Farmer to the
high-banks of Deep South Speedway, it was Ricky Haugen who stole the show to
score on the track. Haugen, from Pace, Florida, had started from the rear of
the field in his qualifying heat race and would work his way to the front with a
rousing run through the high speed traffic on the lightning fast oval. The
victory was Haugen's second of the season in GM Performance Late Model action at
Deep South Speedway, and it took everything that Haugen could muster in order to
hold off repeated challenges for the lead by Stephen Brantley and Ryan Little.
Farmer, at seventy-eight years of age brought the crowd to their feet early in
the evening as he rallied to finish second in his qualifying heat, closed in on
the leaders in the closing laps of the main event to score a fourth place finish
and was followed to the stripe by Tom Lohr round out the top-five.
Fans from
across the Gulf Coast region turned out to get a chance to meet Red Farmer, and
watch the Hueytown, Alabama legend battle with the young guns on the track.
Prior to his strong top-five run at Deep South Speedway, Farmer made a special
promotional appearance at the Bass Pro Shops location in Spanish Fort, Alabama,
where crowds turned out to meet Alabama Gang leader whose sixty years as a
leading race champion also earned him the honor as one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest
Drivers of All-time. Farmer was given a rousing standing ovation when Deep
South Speedway presented him with a special award and commerative plaque in
appreciation for his visit to the racing facility in Loxley, Alabama.
All divisions
provided the fans who packed hillside terrace at Deep South Speedway plenty of
excitement with side-by-side battles and sparks throughout the evening. Another
classic Open Wheel Modified duel between Gulfport, Mississippi ace Ron Tubbs and
Molino, Florida talent Greg Hopkins saw Tubbs prevail for the win. The race to
the checkered flag intensified during the final three laps as Tubbs felt the
pressure of the oncoming Hopkins trying to take the top spot. Tubbs prevailed
with Hopkins in second as Nathan Ingersoll, Randy Booker and Aaron Perritt
finished third through fifth, respectively. The Super Hobby division main event
saw Allen Taylor survive a wild and wooly affair to score another big win over
Greg Tuberville. Scott Albritton was third with Terry Iknor and John Godwin
crossing the stripe in fourth and fifth.
Jaime Mozingo
of Grove Hill, Alabama was the winner in the Stinger feature with Robertsdale's
Derrick Johnson taking the win in Hobby Stock action. The Vintage Racecar main
event was won by Pensacola's Ansel Reed and Bret Henderson of Foley, Alabama
roared to the win in the Limited Sportsman feature.
This Saturday night, September 20th, the Super Late Models
return to the home of the Saturday Night Special as the Mississippi State
Championship Challenge Series rolls into Deep South Speedway for a sanctioned
event plus the final championship racing points event of 2008 in all other
divisions. Gates open at 4:00 with the racing action set to take the green flag
at 7:00 p.m. An open practice session is set for Friday at 7:00 p.m.
Additional event information is available online at
www.deepsouthspeedway.com
As part of
the continuing racing and special entertainment events at Deep South Speedway,
Saturday night October 4th Deep South Speedway will host world famous motorcycle
stunt artist Bubba Blackwell, The American DareDevil, in a featured attempt to
jump a world record-breaking fifty-two cars in a death defying leap on his
XR-750 Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Check out the Deep South Speedway web site
for additional special event announcements and detailed event information on
upcoming events continuing into December.
Deep South
Speedway offers one of the most exciting slates of racing in the Southeast,
showcasing the best racing action in the Gulf Coast this season! Deep South
Speedway is located on Alabama Hwy 59, just four miles North of Interstate 10
(Exit 44) and north of Loxley; or just 15 miles South of I-65 (Exit 37). The
track is situated halfway between Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama and
just twenty-five miles north of the resort areas of Gulf Shores and Orange
Beach, Alabama. The modern facility has fast become the location of choice for
race fans, family fun and motorsports competitors each Saturday night and offers
a wide selection of amenities for fans and competitors alike, including a VIP
Hospitality and Entertainment events and a state-of-the-art tower complex along
great selection of food and beverage items. Grass terraced grandstand seating
and even air-conditioned restrooms for the Grandstand spectators await visitors
to Deep South Speedway.
Deep South
Speedway Results from Saturday September l3, 2008 - (Loxlel,
Ala)
Top-Five Finishers in Each
Division
GM PERFORMANCE LATE
MODELS
Winner - RICKY HAUGEN (Pace, Fla) 2.Steven
Brantley (Monroeville, Ala) 3.Ryan Little (Satsuma, Ala) 4.Red Farmer
(Hueytown, Ala) 5.Tom Lohr (Pensacola, Fla)
HOBBY
STOCK
Winner - DERRICK
JOHNSON (Robertsdale, Ala) 2.Ronnie Vick (Summerdale, Ala) 3.Keith Presnall
(Satsuma, Ala) 4. Steven Allday (Citronelle, Ala) 5.Junior Vick (Summerdale,
Ala)
LIMITED
SPORTSMAN
Winner
- BRET HENDERSON (Foley, Ala) 2.Sean Goodwin (Stockton, Ala) 3.Brad Busby
(Irvington, Ala) 4.Michael Rhodes (Molino, Fla) 5.Chuck Moore (Fairhope, Ala)
STINGER
Winner - JAMIE MOZINGO (Grove Hill, Ala)
2.Wes McAdams (Gulf Shores, Ala) 3.Roger Kight (Spanish Fort, Ala) 4.Michael
Gollott (Pensacola, Fla) 5.Gary Watson (Spanish Fort, Ala )
SUPER
HOBBY
Winner -
ALLEN TAYLOR (Saraland, Ala) 2. Greg Tuberville (Robertsdale, Ala) 3.Scott
Albritton (Citronelle, Ala) 4.Terry Iknor (Semmes, Ala) 5.Chuck Moore
(Fairhope, Ala)
OPEN
WHEEL MODIFIED
Winner - RON TUBBS (Gulfport, Miss)
2.Greg Hopkins (Molino, Fla) 3.Nathan Ingersoll (Robertsdale, Ala) 4.Randy
Booker (Repton, Ala) 5.Aaron Perritt (Pace, Fla)
VINTAGE
RACECARS
Winner - ANSEL REED
(Pensacola, Fla) 2.Jody Beech (Stapleton, Ala) 3.Billy Boothe (Citronelle,
Ala) 4.Brandon Buhler (Livingston, La) 5.Jay Coleman (Cantonment,
Fla)
UPCOMING
EVENTS AT DEEP SOUTH SPEEDWAY
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 20th SUPER
LATE MODELS are back with the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series
Plus a full Saturday
Night Special Racing Program Featuring ALL DIVISIONS in the FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP
POINTS NIGHT....Open Practice on Friday Night Sept 19th for all divisions and
racecarss
Saturday
September 27th – Off Weekend
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 4th
BUBBA BLACKWELL
is Coming to Deep South Speedway PLUS a Full Night of Racing...Don’t Miss This
Unbelievable Attempt as Bubba Roars Through the Air in a World Record Launch
Over 52 Cars Aboard His Harley-Davidson XR-750 in a Death Defying Jump As Deep
South Speedway & the Gulf Coast Celebrate Bubba Blackwell’s 42nd
Birthday
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