Bubba Raceway Park, Ocala, 5000 to win, June 1 and 2, UDLMS

[mf0521]

That race was something else.
More like an enduro race.
Track will probably be good tonight, but who knows how many cars will race due to last nights carnage.

[dalexander19]

Per Ivedent Lloyds Fan Page: tonite will be the last Powell Memorial in history!!! To much info to tell the whole story just go to his page and read it! All I can say is way to go Bubba u sure done it this time!!! On Facebook.

[Egoracing]

The rules at MANY tracks state that if a crew member sets foot on the track for any reason the driver is DQ'd. Ivedent has raced enough to know that that is a rule. If his dad walked onto the track to give him a helmet then that is the correct call. I would commend the track for not allowing one person to ignore the rules because of who they are. I have see WAY to many tracks run Friday/Saturday shows where you qulaify on one day and race the next. The tracks make a bunch of money and they drivers get paid once even thhough they pay 2 times for everyone to get into the track. With our team and a $30 per person pit enterance fee it was $120 to get in each night. If it was a 2 day event where you qualify and then race the next night that is $240 just to get thru the gate and not even enter the event, there is CONSTANTLY people saying they wish a track would run 2 events and pay both nights, Bubba decides to pay both nights and someone gets upset about it??? Ask the drivers if they would rather pay for 2 nights and get paid for one OR pay for 2 night and race for both, then ask the fans if tehy would like to pay for 2 nights to see qualifying one night and racing another or if they would rather pay 2 and watch 2 complete events. I think it is a no brainer that the drivers AND fans would rather have 2 full events, make the drivers and fans happy and they will come back.

[Egoracing]

Per Ivedent Lloyds Fan Page: tonite will be the last Powell Memorial in history!!! To much info to tell the whole story just go to his page and read it! All I can say is way to go Bubba u sure done it this time!!! On Facebook.

FYI, if the track ownes the rights to the event they can have it every year even without the familly involved.

[dalexander19]

FYI, if the track ownes the rights to the event they can have it every year even without the familly involved.

Yea bud got no problem with what happened rules are rules and if ure gonna dq 1 person u better do it for all, reguardless if u are the most popular driver at the track. But I do agree with the powells on the format of the race it's been the same for the past 16 years until bubba changed it. How the hell u gonna run a memorial race and have 2 different winners. It about respect and honor of those people's names, if that's how they want it run that's how it should be. Bubba has got lots of other two day shows paying $ to win both nites.

[dalexander19]

At the same time if the officials had been doing there job they would have seen he had stopped and needed a fresh helmet, and his dad wouldn't have had to take it to him. Instead they were in the very middle of the racetrack not paying attention to what was happening!!

[latemodel28d]

the powell's pulled their support from this event, the altercations was bw "bubba the love sponge" and powell family members

[Egoracing]

Yea bud got no problem with what happened rules are rules and if ure gonna dq 1 person u better do it for all, reguardless if u are the most popular driver at the track. But I do agree with the powells on the format of the race it's been the same for the past 16 years until bubba changed it. How the hell u gonna run a memorial race and have 2 different winners. It about respect and honor of those people's names, if that's how they want it run that's how it should be. Bubba has got lots of other two day shows paying $ to win both nites.

I agree That there could have been a better way to do it, Maybe like this:

Run Show #1 Friday Night Pay $4000 to win and drop the purse on back.
Run Show #2 Saturday Night and Pay $4000 to win and drop the purse on back.
Then Total Points Champion Pays $2000 to win and pays it on back as many places as the races did.

Then it would be an average of the 2 races crowns the Champion.

One question I have about the helmet thing is this, I was with the UDLMCS the first year and a half so I am looking at this from the official side, If a driver is having helmet issues, he should notify an official that he needs is swapped out, If he did not notify an official then how did his team know he needed one because radios are not allowed?

[latemodel28d]

name change for 2nights racing action

1st annual florida latemodel championship written right on ticket stub

[dalexander19]

I agree That there could have been a better way to do it, Maybe like this:

Run Show #1 Friday Night Pay $4000 to win and drop the purse on back.
Run Show #2 Saturday Night and Pay $4000 to win and drop the purse on back.
Then Total Points Champion Pays $2000 to win and pays it on back as many places as the races did.

Then it would be an average of the 2 races crowns the Champion.

One question I have about the helmet thing is this, I was with the UDLMCS the firstyear and a half so I am looking at this from the official side, If a driver is having helmet issues, he should notify an official that he needs is swapped out, If he did not notify an official then how did his team know he needed one because radios are not
allowed?

Bc in Ocala at a big race ure team brings extra tires and tools to the infield of the racetrack. Ivedent simply pulled to the bottom of the frontstraightaway and sat for a few seconds, no one paid him any attention. Then he reved the engine a few times and got his dads attention to let him know he needed a fresh helmet, still while this was going on no official come to ivedents car or to his crew, that's the reason why I think sr. took the helmet out to the car.

[Egoracing]

Bc in Ocala at a big race ure team brings extra tires and tools to the infield of the racetrack. Ivedent simply pulled to the bottom of the frontstraightaway and sat for a few seconds, no one paid him any attention. Then he reved the engine a few times and got his dads attention to let him know he needed a fresh helmet, still while this was going on no official come to ivedents car or to his crew, that's the reason why I think sr. took the helmet out to the car.

When we started the UDLMCS the rules were: any car damage that would cause problems you would be stopped by an official and you could get your spot back once released. If you had an issue and needed an offical, stop by one and they would come to you and determine what the issue was. If he did not stop by an offical OR stopped by his pit intentionally that would be the ONLY issue which could get him into trouble.

[balknob wallbanger]

Problem is the racetrack is a big circus... The rule is the rule but the track was so bad i think they could have over looked the problem had a red flag and seen if everybody needed tear offs..real simple

[old17ford]

Any results from last night ??

[mf0521]

Last nights race was awesome, went down to the wire on a 70 lap feature.
58 of Mark Whitener won, 99 of Shan Smith was right there, incredible finish,
58 had the high line, 99 was low, they would come together even on the front and backstretches
with no contact, just a great race after friday night !
Tyler Ivey finished 5th and led some of the way early, also a good battle with the 58.
Randy Weaver was 3rd.

[Egoracing]

Last nights race was awesome, went down to the wire on a 70 lap feature.
58 of Mark Whitener won, 99 of Shan Smith was right there, incredible finish,
58 had the high line, 99 was low, they would come together even on the front and backstretches
with no contact, just a great race after friday night !
Tyler Ivey finished 5th and led some of the way early, also a good battle with the 58.
Randy Weaver was 3rd.

The 58 and 99 started the last green flag stretch side by side and never changed for the last 6 or so laps. The 1st 2nd and 3rd place cars started 7th 9th and 11th.