I was talking about the Southern Sportsmen Series sorry. They are a pavement only series.
They are having the street stock division,which is about the same thing as the sportsman class in asphalt term of division.
Dirt Street Stock
I ask Mike last night at the banquet about the street stock class.
He said he’s working on it. More to follow , I hope.
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WOW!!! All I can say is I hope to get a weekend off so I can see the First Class Speedway Ocala will be in dirt. It was first class as asphalt. See you soon!!! Bobby and Sylvia Diehl. Merry Christmas to all.:sport009:
Updated Pictures From Ocala Speedway!
With rain predicted for Saturday, work continued under the lights on Friday at Ocala Speedway to get the new surface graded and packed before the rain hits. A steady stream of racers are dropping by to check out the progress for themselves as the work continues. Here is Michael Peters showing off the track as the last piles are spread onto the entrance to turn 1…
As the grading got underway, here is a look down the frontstretch under the lights…
And here is a look from turn 2 back up the backstretch as the grader works on the track…
So far around 340 loads of clay have been spread onto Ocala Speedway. More clay will be arriving on Monday as work continues. And by the way, when the track was paved an extra 10 feet of width was added to the pre existing dirt track. We have added an extra 6 feet to the bottom, meaning that the track is now a full 16 feet wider than it ever was as a dirt track! The banking remains at 7 degrees and the overall configuration is the same.
Track looks great! I ran there in 2005 with the USA sprints, what a blast. Are you planning any winged sprint car races this season? If so, what rules will you be running? Hope to get a chance to turn some laps on the new dirt.
It is great to see more dirt tracks in Florida. Even better when the tracks put out good pay-outs and are racer friendly. Good luck and I think it will be a great deal for you and the race fans.
Stay tuned. More announcements on future events will come later on. And yes, sprints will be running on the dirt at Ocala. As soon as more details are finalized you’ll be hearing about it.
Any plans to make the retaining wall taller or improve the catch fence? Maybe it is an illusion but the wall sure looks short now that the clay is added which will put more emphasis on the catch fencing if it isn’t made any taller. Other than that it is really starting to shape up and can’t wait to see the races!
The wall will be raised by means of a guardrail on top, or something to that effect. Right now options for that are being researched. As for the catch fence, Ocala Speedway already has what probably is the best and safest catch fence and catch cable system in Florida outside of Daytona Speedway. There should be no need to upgrade it, but a plan to make it a bit higher has been discussed. What is there is more than adequate and far exceeds what most other tracks have in place, but there is always room to improve.