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By Chuck Corder B.J. Leytham had drawn a line in the sand four years ago. These days, Five Flags Speedway fans are used to seeing the Mobile-area driver dominate the Butler U-Pull-It Bombers division...

By Chuck Corder Kurtis Bailey got his a year ago. Terry “Killer� Keller drove all the way to Fort Worth, Texas, for his — on Valentine’s Day, no less. For all the bouquets of flowers and...

August 5th is the last race of summer vacation time for school kids, and the last race before the Florida primary.  We have invited candidates from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties who are on the ba...

By Chuck Corder When Ronnie Sanders speaks, listen. Period. End of story. The former Snowball Derby champion has been a late model maestro as a car owner and crew chief to some of short-track racingâ...

By Chuck Corder When Augie Grill admits defeat, you know you’ve accomplished something. Give him a few years, a decade or two perhaps, but at some point 18-year-old Cole Anderson will recall fondly...

Kenzie Ruston started off her 2016 season in the Southern Super Series presented by Sunoco with high expectations after returning to Super Late Models. After a stint in NASCAR K&N Pro Series Ea...

By Chuck Corder Many routes lead drivers to milestone victories. Jarrett Parker’s path to his first career victory at Five Flags Speedway, not to mention asphalt, was unconventional to say the leas...

By Chuck Corder How long does it take to erase a nightmare? For veteran short-track driver Okie Mason, it took about an hour Friday night at Five Flags Speedway. The 54 year old from Kushla, Ala., st...

By Chuck Corder When you track Jim Pokrant down — no small feat these days (just ask Steve Buttrick) — on the Fourth of July, he’s exactly where you’d expect the 45-year-old patriot to be. Po...

By Chuck Corder Assumptions, fair or unfair, are often made about only children. Outsiders might negatively label only children as loners, spoiled and entitled. Others might admire their independenc...