5Flags Speedway, Pensacola Fl

[BamaChief]

Well I have made it to another track while my hopetrack is off for the next few weeks. I made it down to the Blizzard #2 race where some of the top late model racers in the South came to battle it out. 5 Flags is home to the famous Snowball Derby held every Dec. The top 2 in blizzard points get an automatic spot in the race. The track is a fast 1/2 mile that has some great late model racing, well any class actually. I hope to make it this year to the derby but I hear you better get tickets as soon as you can. This year there are reports that Kevin Harvick is going to race in it. I took a bunch of pictures while there. They are from the stands so the fence is in most pictures.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v143/Fyrmn/Racing/

http://www.5flagsspeedway.com

[JohnGina1]

BamaChief ... glad to hear you made it to Pensacola. We love going to 5 Flags ... it's a fun short track. We have a friend that drives in the bomber division ... he is also a state trooper (always nice to have one of those guys as your friend) ... he goes by the name Trooper Tim. He used to work for my husband while they were stationed onboard the USS SPRUANCE. Anyhow, we will be at the blizzard ... maybe we can meet up if you make it. We plan on taking our RV ... much better than driving home every night. Another great track (dirt track) is the Southern Speedway at Milton. Ken Schrader loves to race out there.

[BamaChief]

I hear the camping spots can get real scarce if you dont get them in advance. I do hope to make it down.

[BamaChief]

One of the local 5flags favorites is getting a shot in Arca/Remax:
She can really wheel the car and gives the fellas all that they want.

Venturini Motorsports Debuts 17-Year-Old Johanna Long in Iowa

Speedway Open Testing.....http://www.arcaracing.com/images/stories/Drivers/Driver_Candids/long-johanna.jpg
NEWTON IA (6-30-0NEWTON IA (6-30-09) - Pensacola, Florida driver Johanna Long, in a Venturini Motorsports-prepared Chevrolet, made her first laps in an ARCA RE/MAX Series car Tuesday in the open test at Iowa Speedway.
Long's best lap so far around the .875-mile short track is 23.828 seconds, an average speed of 132.197 mph. That's currently 6th fastest among 15 drivers testing today in preparation for the Prairie Meadows 200 Saturday, July 11.
9) - Pensacola, Florida driver Johanna Long, in a Venturini Motorsports-prepared Chevrolet, made her first laps in an ARCA RE/MAX Series car Tuesday in the open test at Iowa Speedway.
Long's best lap so far around the .875-mile short track is 23.828 seconds, an average speed of 132.197 mph. That's currently 6th fastest among 15 drivers testing today in preparation for the Prairie Meadows 200 Saturday, July 11.
Long, 17, recently made headlines at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida with a victory in the super late model Blizzard Series. Long dominated the 100-lap race from the pole leading the most laps en route to the win, her second triumph in three attempts in the Blizzard Series at Five Flags.
Miami Springs, Florida rookie Joey Coulter, in a Chevrolet, was fastest overall in the morning session with an average speed of 134.777 mph. Coulter finished a career-best second at Mansfield last weekend. Brian Ickler, a veteran and winner in the NASCAR Camping World East Series, was second fastest with a speed of 134.088 mph.
For Live Timing & Scoring all day from Iowa Speedway, click on the Live Timing & Scoring banner at the top of ARCAracing.com.

[Buddlite]

Cool, hope she does well in the series, long as she can get good equipment she should have a good shot!!!