Sorry for the delay but we’ve been having problems with our website hosting company the past few days and are actively exploring moving to a new hosting company. As much as we hate GoDaddy, they do sponsor an IndyCar and their websites seem to never go down…
Regardless, the Florida Mini Sprint Association is in action this weekend, today to be precise, at North Florida Speedway in Lake City. While it is a non-points affair, it is a race and they are sprint cars and you probably have nothing better to do unless you are going to the Rolex 24 this weekend, which we also recommend as a cracking good time.
All eyes will most likely be on Jesse Teed, who picked up a Triple X chassis in the off season and a low-mileage Suzuki GSXR 750 to go with it.
TBARA President Buff Fritz announced today that the club has reached agreement with officials at Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. to be the presenting series sponsor for the 2012 race season. The series will now be known as the Safety-Kleen Systems TBARA Sprint Car Series.
“We are very excited to reach this agreement with Safety-Kleen Systems and look forward to helping market Safety-Kleen’s environmentally responsible cleaning solutions to race fans and racers alike all over the southeastern United States,” said Fritz. “We at the TBARA feel that our passion for providing the best in pavement sprint car racing in the southeast and Safety-Kleen’s passion for keeping workplaces safe by keeping the environment clean is a good fit. Safety-Kleen has partnered with some of the finest teams and series in motorsports so we are honored to have them as a marketing partner for the 2012 race season.”
As one of the few areas in the country that has winged sprint car racing on pavement, when the TBARA competes at short tracks all over the southeastern United States, they generally re-write the track record books and pack the stands.
“We are very excited about partnering with the TBARA for the 2012 race season,” added Drew Patey, Director of Safety-Kleen Motorsports. “The TBARA has an almost 40-year tradition of sprint car excellence and we at Safety-Kleen have a track record of excellence in developing practical green processes for business for over fifty years. We feel this is a good fit and look forward to working together for years to come.”
The Safety-Kleen Systems TBARA Sprint Car Series has a 15 race schedule for 2012, covering Georgia and Florida. The Safety-Kleen Systems TBARA Sprint Car Series kicks off their season during SpeedWeeks at New Smyrna Speedway on February 19. For the entire Safety-Kleen Systems TBARA Sprint Car Series schedule, please visit www.tbara.net.
About Safety-Kleen.
Safety-Kleen is a leading North American used oil recycling and re-refining, parts cleaning and environmental solutions company, with approximately 4,300 employees serving more than 270,000 customer locations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Safety-Kleen provides a broad set of environmentally-responsible products and services that keep North American businesses in balance with the environment. For more information, please visit www.safety-kleen.com or call (800) 669-5740.
Once again your webmaster and our Factory Driver, 2009 Top Gun Sprint Series Champion Flyin’ Ryan Partin have teamed up to bring you a very important public service announcement regarding SpeedWeeks, particularly for those of our sprint car brethren coming in from out of state. Also, our Editor at Speed is holding the camera, so this was truly a team effort.
