Archive for CFSS
Jan
10
Scenes from the CFSS Championship Banquet this past weekend.
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Your 2010 Checkered Flag Sprint Series champion Mark Gimmler.
Your 2010 CFSS Rookie of the Year Jimmy Alvis Jr. with Series Director Don Rehm and the evening's presenting model Heather Rehm.
Mr. and Mrs. Barfield with the season's Clean Sweep Award winners - David Slawiak, Mark Gimmler, Keith Butler and Jimmy Alvis, Jr.
I think I hear ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" playing, that can only mean it's the one and only "Double G" Gary Gimmler.
2010 CFSS Championship Car Owner Norm Gimmler.
70+ were in attendance at the Red Rose Inn & Suites in Plant City for the festivities. Did you know this was Mark Gimmler’s first sprint car title? Hard to believe, but true. We’d also like to applaud all of the drivers for coming out and rocking their finest suits and dresses. Well done ladies and gents!
Thanks go to Gene Marderness for supplying us with the photos!
Oct
24
Commando convincingly conquers Citrus County! Crowd cheers!
Posted by: | CommentsIt was a great night of racing at Citrus County (save one bizarre incident we’ll talk about in the race report) for the new USAC gang of sprinters and until we get some time to digest and put up a full blown race report, here are a few pictures, with captions to give you some insight.
"The Commando" Brian Gingras was simply a rocket out there. Not many people can say they've ran down Troy DeCaire this year, but Brian did and took home a very popular win. Note the Dave Steele shirt on Brian's good luck charm there.
Mickey Kempgens is your 2010 CFWS Champion. He didn't have a trophy yet but declared this trophy to the left to be better than any piece of plastic and metal he may receive later. We would tend to agree. Congrats Mickey!
Troy DeCaire led the most laps but got passed on a late restart and finished a hard fought second. Judging by all of the Troy t-shirts we saw, Citrus County appears to be DeCaire Country.
I'll explain more later in the week, but that's your webmaster with one of the Doink The Clowns! You have no idea how excited I was to pose for this picture, seriously.
Dennis Misuraca and his Crew Chief/Daughter Logan.
Who then promptly stole my glasses later in the evening. She did take that picture of me and Doink The Clown though, so I was willing to let the glasses thing slide...
More to come later, but thanks to all involved for another great night of racing at Citrus County Speedway!
My seventh grade English teacher Mrs. Hain would be so proud of me and my use of alliteration in that headline…
Aug
27
FloriBama’s Loss is Citrus County’s Gain.
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Straight from the Weather Channel, you now see why the TBARA FloriBama tour has been postponed until October 15 and 16. Seeing how most of the teams were there or damn close to being there, and the tracks pulled the plug, that reallllllllly sucks.
But business is certainly going to pick up at Citrus County Saturday night for the CFSS show. Confirmed already is Shane Butler in the #8 and Travelin’ Troy DeCaire in the #41. The state’s hottest driver “The Smooth Operator” Mickey Kempgens is currently working the phones for a ride as is Hustlin’ Steve Heisler.
So…you will be at Citrus County Saturday night. Citrus County and wingless sprints go together like peanut butter and chocolate, it’s damn tasty.
In addition you should expect the regular cast of characters like The Brothers Gimmler, Keith “Forget Shane, I’m the Butler to Cheer for Tonight” Butler, teenage female sensation Amanda Ferguson, teenage male sensation Channing Conley, Jimmy Alvis Jr., Frankie Hurst, David “Nothing Rhymes With” Slawiak, Slick Ric Voisey, Robby “Slice It, Don’t” Hackett, Skeeter Faulconer, one, if not two, Riddle family and out of state invader Matthew Hall, and undoubtedly more.
And on top of that, the CFSS announced earlier this week a purse increase, courtesy of Rick Gabor of Eagle Jet International. This means the entire field will receive an additional $50.00 per position to start the feature race and the feature race will pay $1050.00 to win and $300.00 to start.
If everyone shows that is expected, this could shape up to be one of the best races of the year. God bless you Citrus County Speedway, we love you so.
As always, when we know “Slick” Ric Voisey is going to be racing, we post a video as a public service announcement that his interviews should be conducted like this…