Robert Balkum, Bomber and Bran-

non Fowler, Sports-man, will have to stay on their “A” game to protect their points lead as they head into the 2nd half of the season, while Oakie Mason, Modified and Trucks. See story inside on Jay Jay Day, who is driving to replace Oakie on top of the points.

Coming up for the 2nd half are more

Supers, Pro’s, Faster Pastor, Modifieds, Sportsmen, Bomb-ers and Trucks. The Vintage Cars will return, We also have a Demo Derby and fireworks scheduled this summer.

We would like to take a minute and

thank all the sponsors who make these events possible. Allen Turner Hyundai, Buddy’s Home Furnishings, Butlers U-Pull it, Faith Chapel, the Home Depot, Beef O’Brady’s, Deep South Cranes and Rubber and Specialties.

Kids Join Mods, Trucks, Sportsmen & Bombers

The list goes on and on, and we just

wanted to say THANK YOU for what you do for us at Five Flags Speed-way.

Keep up with all the upcoming events

by going to our website snowballderby.com or tune in to “In The Grove” every other Monday night on BLAB/TV at 6:00 pm. It is “live” so call us with any ques-tions or comments you may have

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June 27, 2014 # 7

The mid-way point of the 2014 racing

season has already approached us at Five Flags Speedway and the backside of the season looks to be just as healthy as the first half. We’ve seen Super Late Models, Pro Late’s, Pro Trucks, Modifieds, Sports-man, Super Stock, Bombers, Sprint Cars, NASCAR, Vintage Cars and Motorcycles. Don’t expect it to slow down now because we’re just getting wound up.

Tonight we will bring you feature races

in the Modified, Pro Trucks, Sportsman and Bomber classes. One of the most popular events of the entire season is the kids ‘BIKE RACES” and this is the kids time to shine. Can Nathan Bolding, Ben White, Sammy Roberts and Braifon Carr do it again or will other names be atop the marquee? Their photos are inside from last year.

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Could it be true? Jay Jay Day is consider-ing slowing down from racing full time at the end of this season? Could it be true? Day easing off the throttle during Pro Trucks features has improved his results? It might seem hard to believe for a driver who used to throw caution to the wind and get to the front by any means necessary.

But spend a few minutes talking with the 24-year-old Day, and you’ll quickly discov-er the Theodore, Ala., native has matured from the driver he was several years ago when he raced the Butler U-Pull-It Bomb-ers wide open every single lap.

“I’ve kinda slacked up and slowed myself down,” Day said. “By doing that, I’ve gotten a lot faster. My tires are lasting the whole race. It’s showing up in the points.”

Indeed Day’s new style has paid dividends early this season. As the Pro Trucks return, Day — a Pro Trucks feature winner this year — trails series leader Okie Mason by five points in what Day is calling his last year to battle for a points championship.

Married with daughter Addison, now 4, and wife Shelby expecting the couple’s first boy this fall, Day will scale back his racing schedule when 2015 arrives.

“This’ll be my last year to run for points,” he admitted. “If we could get (the track championship) at Five Flags, that’d be incredible. After winning the championship in Mobile last year, and coming so close at Five Flags — and now I’m leading it — I wanna do my best to try and win it. “I’d like to win the Gulf Coast (title between Pensacola and Mobile). It’d be amazing to end the season like that.”

That’s why Day is trying to go out with a bang in 2014. He hopes his good fortunes continue tonight.

It certainly is a new Day from the one fans and rival drivers had grown accustomed to when he was dominating Bombers features between Pensacola and Mobile a few seasons back. Day was a brash personality who enjoyed mixing it up outside of the car just as much as he did when he was in the seat. For that reason alone, he became a driver you couldn’t take your eyes off of.

These days, Day has trashed the bravado in favor of being a doting father to little Addison — who, by the way, wants noth-ing to do with racing. -(Read the rest of Chuck’s story on our web site.)

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1 10   Oakie Mason 3122 17   Chris Cotto 2873 13   David Beale 2684 8   Donnie Hamrac 2095 117   Mike Swilley 1736 88   Joe Thornton 1707 99   Brandon Howell 1278 131   Jeff Letson 1239 131   Parker Pugh 112

10 145   Billy Melvin 100

1 52    Robert Balkum 6952 03    Michael Nelson 6743 1    Hunter Ward 6274 27    Tommy Lowery 6125 22    John K Merritt   6106 11    Courtney Rodrigues 5717 7    Ryan Worsham 5578 83    Tim Wilmont 5039 42    Brandin Sidner 458

10 10    Kerner Kafka 373

1 00    Brannon Fowler 7442 29    Shanna Ard 7023 77    Shawn Laws 619  4 07    Jim Pokrant 6005 83    Bo Resmondo 5956 42    Randy Thompson 5147 33    Kenny Williams 4418 12    Thomas Faddis 4339 33    Steve Buttrick 40810 99    Billy Hoover 356

1 9    Todd Jones 3062 42    Randy Thompson 2963 12    Bubba Winslow 2954 9    Dave Nolan 2705 57    Charles Skipper 2626 33    Dave Mader III 2117 5    Kevin Chase 1648 13    Jeremy Tassin 919 84    Joe Mahuron 88

10 18    Jessie Reid 79

1 11    Johanna Long 2932 99    Jr Niedecken 2753 88    Garrett Jones 2684 42    Steven Davis 2664 22    Bryce Dulabhan 2666 21     Larry Blount 2257 17     Kurt Guillot 2248 30     Rusty Sanford 2239 10     R S Senter 209

10 55     Ronnie Osmer 200

1 6   Oakie Mason 2362 98   Jay Jay Day 2313 99   Teras Hodivsky 2254 50   Ty Roberts 1185 96   Rick Pollaro 1126 56   Darryl Rudd 1027 72   Greg Leachman 10089

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1 26 Bubba Pollard 2302 29   Anderson Bowen 2082t 112   Augie Grill 2084 2   Donnie Wilson 2055 8   John H Nemechek 1966 18   Hunter Robbins 1777 98   Daniel Hemric 1698 11   David Rogers 1619 29   Stephen Nasse 1489t 3   Kyle Grissom 148

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