East Bay Raceway Winternationals Practice Night
Florida Short Track Report
Tom Sherrill
1-30-08
The East Bay Raceway Winternationals are in full swing. The ASCS 360 sprint cars
and the Florida Mini Sprint Association mini sprints are up first. On the 2008
Winternatioal schedule. With the practice being held tonight the drivers and their
crews were hard at work.
With the all the hard work of the staff East Bay Raceway has prepared a top notched
racing facility.
The stands are already for the fans and the breezeway is full of vendors. And of
course the great food from East Bay raceway there is something for everyone. As a
treat for the fans the DAK Simulations sprint car simulators are set up for the fans to
get a real feel for sprint car racing and this is a must try for any fan.
Practice got under way tonight for the ASCS and Florida Mini Sprint Association cars
and the track took rubber fast like it is known for. The cars got faster and faster
through the night.. With the ASCS top cars turning mid too upper thirteen second
laps . Some of the fastest cars of the night were showing their stuff and making their
presence know . The cars of Kenny Adams, Sport Allen and Matt Tiffany who are
some of Florida’s best sprint car drivers and Terry Gray,Nick Smith and Chuck
Swenson showing that they had what it takes to be very fast on the clay by the bay.
They are now set to race for three nights to see who will be the King of the 360’s for
2008.
The Florida Mini Sprint Association has a great field of cars. These seven hundred
pound sprint cars really fly! With some of the faster cars of Eddie Moss Jr. who is the
FMSA 2007 champion and Mardy Hardgroder, Luke Thomas and Amanda Ferguson
all running in the high fifteen to low sixteen second laps. With many other top drivers
like five time FMSA champion Jesse Teed, John Craddock and Jim Young these
racers will put on three strong nights of racing and will return to East Bay Raceway
to run with the 410’ on February 11th and 12th.
Practice was completed just after 9PM and the first of three nights of sprint car
racing starts on Thursday January 31st and runs through Saturday February 2nd.
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