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We will be having a TT and Flat Track race on Saturday, 11/22/08.
We will race TT during the day, and after a short break we will run Flat Track at night under the lights. Just to keep things interesting, we will probably run a new and different version of the TT track for this race.

Gates Open @ 9am
TT Practice @ 10am
TT Racing @ Noon

and we will stick to the usual times for Flat Track....
Flat Track Practice @ 4pm
Flat Track Racing @ 6pm

The "Paddy Wagon" concession truck will be on site selling chow all day.

Only 2 races left this year, so come on out and have some fun!

Call me with any questions
Rick Dugan
352-266-1961
 

Also, I forgot to add that Brady will be grading the track out for us, so it will be nice and s-m-o-o-t-h for race day.

Thanks again
Rick Dugan

Hey Richard
    Hope all has been well. Will there be a flyer for the 11-22-08 race. I need to blast out some info on the e mail list. I have people asking me that don t live on this message board. Need to give them more notice than we have in the past. Let me know if you don t have time or that it might be a few days. I can always blast the info posted by Rick

Let me know and THANKS for everything

Ward

I'm going to have one up by Wednesday evening. Been a little hectic here of late. I will see if I can change it up a bit. At any rate, I'll have something by then.

For your viewing pleasure: The latest, the greatest, and the bestis TT and Flat Track Flyer for 11/22/08. Please note the scheduling changes for the TT race. Hope to see everyone there and bring some new faces!
Richard.

Good job Richard, the flyer looks great now we need everyone to print these and hand out as many as possible to show Brady/Rick how much we appreciate having a our local track.

We really need a good turn out for this race and there is no reason why we should not have it, fuel cost are WAY down and the weather is perfect.

See ya on the 22

Shawn

Shawn, that is a jpeg on this thread. I sent out the PDF to you and everyone on the email list. The PDF will print better than pulling it off the web here.
For those of you that wish to have the PDF sent to you so you can print them or take it to a printer and have a few printed up, PM me with your email address and you'll get it.
Richard.

Flyer posted on:
two wheel motorcycle email list 
flattrack.com
thunderbowlspeedwayocala.com

submitted to vft.org (Vintage Flat Track)

anyone know of other forums that should be included?

Ward

Be aware that there is a race in South Carolina on the same weekend. I know of a couple of people that will be attending it (just my Uncle and Dave "Coon Dog" Coon). With any luck John (my Uncle) will keep the rubber side down! lol Jason Green (I believe that's his name), the one armed flat tracker (National # 23c) and his father is putting on the race. Whoever went to the races out in the panhandle saw him race there, both the flat track and the TT. So those of you that think you can't do it, just know that there is a guy racing that lost his right arm!. He races with a conventional throttle that instead of turning to the rear, he has to turn it to the front to accelerate! And he is good too.
Oh well, that's my rant for the night!
Richard.

Oops, my bad.
The name is Jason Griffin. Sorry for the mix up

Why are we not listing the ladies m/c class? 

I guess because the yahoo that designed the flyer had a momentary lapse in reasoning. Sure would hate to piss off the ladies. I'll change it in a few.

So who is going to be at the race this Saturday?

Lets show Brady and Rick that we do want a race track.......

Me (Paige) and my dad will both be there. We are both racing a ATV, ill do two classes and he is doing one and he is always racing a Razor if you have the class.

We will be there with 2 quads and 4 rhinos. Maybe we can get Brady and Rick out there with the track rhino. >:D

My son and myself will be there for the flat track racing. Can not make it early enough for the TT. I will be racing my quad ( # of classes ?) and my son will be racing his ds90x. I have been telling alot of people about the race, so hopefully more will show up. Can't wait!

Stop by and say hi

We have a yellow ltr450 (#69) and a white ltz400 (#42).  Should be a great weekend for a race!

You won't piss me off just thought we might want to advertise the ladies m/c class a little more to get it going. 
WE Will be there.  merritt will be there for both races and I will be there for the Flat track.
BURR it's supposed to be cold.
Tonya

Come on folks do not be shy  <sofa peeky>, if you are coming please post

I may break out the tracks Rhino and wear all yall out with it.

Remember the track Rhino has a big ol push bumper on the front.....

Team McNary will be there with 2 quads & 4 bikes, we are even bringing 2 newbies that have never ridden T-Bowl.

Shawn ;D

chuck and nate of team wach iss should be there! screamin old hondas lol !!

Hey Nate is the Harley ready yet?

I was told Rob McLendon from AHRMA is coming down from Pensacola with a group of 2 wheeled guys.

shawn
the harley will be ready for next year!  it's almost done just need a little more money to finish!

#38 nate

Who's bringing the firewood? And, the hot chocolate? I can bring some lighter'd, fat pine for those of you that don't speak the dialect! lol
Got a fire going in the fireplace and it is nice and toasty! lol

what the hell is "wach iss"?

13 hours and counting  ;D

Alright, the TT & Flat Tracks are ready. Bring it on. 8)
 

Rick, give us some insight...........whats the TT design look like this time

It is red, has left and right turns, and has been watered for 5 days. That's all you get.  ;)

Red huh  ;D


See you tomorrow!!

Boy, That was a ton of information! lol

ward

 the term "wach iss" is the last thing a redneck says befor he f__ks up!                                                    the yankee pronounceation is "watch this"
hope this helps! lol
nate #38

Thought maybe it was swiss spelling for "watches" and the fact that the flying Honda's are intricately built like fine swiss watches

redneck theory works too

Had a blast yesterday!! some good racing a good people to talk smack with ;)  Hope to see a good quad turn out on 12/6 !! still have some bugs to work out on the R, But will see ya there.

Yes it was a fun time time!!!!! Now if I can just figure out how I got 2 flats and keep from pulling my kill switch 2 times  :'(

I will be ready for 12/6 as well!  Nice racing with you and Pat.




Nice battle with the UTV class, they almost had more in their class than all of the atv's combined  ???

Some good racing yesterday. The Rhino's are crazy. I can honestly say I never thought I would see 6 UTV's on the starting line and 3 Rhinos racing side by side with the music blasting, racing into turn 1! I raced the first heat in the track Rhino, but if I tear that thing up, I'd be walking for the rest of the night which I definately don't want to do. ha ha

The TT was good. The course we had laid out seemed to work out pretty good.

The flat track racing was great. There was a big motorcyle turnout and I saw some great racing out of those guys. The race between Rob on the BSA and Ayscue (sorry if spelled wrong) on the Bultaco was freakin awesome. I hope someone got some pictures of that race.

Thanks to everybody who came out and had fun

The race results will be up in a little while

-Rick Dugan

 

 

A few pics of my very close call to the emergency room.  Pat was leading and said he went into turn one hot so he checked up, while he did that I was like 2 quad lengths away and then UH OHHHH

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j37/geno6969/IMG_2514.jpg)
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Fortunately no one was hurt although I did split his rear wheel and bent his number plate tabs

Hey Rick
    Thanks to all for a great night of racing!!!! Was having a blast until I visited the grass area in turn 3

Ward

I saw you taking the scenic route. The grass needed trimming down there anyway. ;)

Myself, my son and my nefew all had a great time racing Saturday night. Looking forward to the next race. Thanks Rick, Brady and everyone else who helped put the race on.

Ward, Are you sure you didn't go down the trail I blazed down there?
I was picking the grass out of the crevices on my bike this morning! lol

No.....I am not a hunter.......didn t go as deep into the woods as you did.

Wish I had tried to race smarter instead of faster. Lost my mind trying to keep up with fast guys. But was having a blast throwing it into 3.......almost felt like a dirt tracker

Ward

I wanted to say thanks to the vintage group for not running me over and letting me get some track time in with them!! I had an absolute blast!!!!!
Thanks Brady, Rick and Thunderbowl crew for getting the track ready and maintaining it!! We all had a blast! We were glad to see all the kids out there!!
Thanks again!
Tonya, Jeff, Merritt
CJC Racing

 thanks for not running me over when i high sided in turn 2! that corner is tryin to kill me im sure! i hurt the ol girl on that one. got her torn down and fixin her back to racin trim. giving chucks a tune up and hopfully we'll be back on the 6th.

nate #38

Turn 2?..... You mean "Brady's Corner"? Every time he crashes, it's in that corner. There's a nice collection of visors from him and others screwed to the wall down there. Heck, even I had a little get off in that turn.

Well, I don' think I was the only one that may of had you in the crosshairs! A little unnerving coming out of that turn pointing right at you. You'll have to learn not to highside that turn! lol

yep thats the second time it's threw me over the handlebars in that corner. i think the grandstands and flag tower need to be moved back to the pit road and move the front straight  over so the corners are sweepers and not paperclips! would be a lot faster and the corners would be fun too. just my two cents?!

nate #38

I have even contributed 2 visors to turn #2.

ha ha Wayne. You are the "others" I was talking about!

On my first night I was wondering what was on the other side of the turn 2 wall and then I found out the really hard way...lol
 
F.N.G mistake.  Now I like taking out the inside cones(oops) its alot safer.

I was there when you went through the wall  ???

You are VERY lucky that you didn't hit anything whe you went through that wall. There's an old travel trailer, an old grader, pipe, trailers, and a bunch of other junk parked back there in that corner. Somehow you threaded through all of it. You shoulda played the lotto on the way home cuz that was your lucky day.

Be careful. The cones will get you too! Just ask the guy (whos name I won't say), on the black 250R who did a 45 foot superman after hitting one a few races ago. (in turn 2 no less!) Ha Ha
We have small cones now, so it shouldn't be an issue.

I was there for that as well  :o


I have hit several cones (actually drug one from turn two all the way to turn three) and I also have hit many tires  ;D

cones,walls.... same thing! :P

Just wanted to wish everybody a safe and Happy Thanksgiving  !! My motto this year:

GOBBLE TILL YOU WOBBLE !!!    ;)

Jennifer

Im new to this site and I am looking for some flat tracks in Florida.  Can anyone give me suggestions. I need a fast track with some fast riders I need a challenge.

Who is this masked avenger that so boldly talks and hides his e mail.......  :) 

 Looks more like Rick or someone having fun......

but lets see......I will bite

1. A brand new newbie............so that suspicious on its own!!!
2. Didn t mention motorcycle or quad
3. "Looking for flat tracks in Florida"...........you/he posted under the heading...."TT & Flat Track at Thunderbowl Speedway"......so you/he already found what he is looking for
4. Suggestions?.....I would suggest Thunderbowl Speedway on Dec 6th......duh!!!
5. "Needs a Fast Track"?......if you/he is "2fast4u450"........fast track...slow track......shouldn t matter.......same track the rest of us "2slow4u450" will be on.
6. "Needs Fast Riders?"......Shawn, Kurt, Brantley, Asycue, Golley, Squeezer, Delacqueseaux.....flying chipmunk when the track is wet....and depending on the class
7. "Needs a challenge?"......Show up Dec 6th.........talk is cheap!!!!!!........if you/he runs Expert which you/he should be.....I will put my money on Shawn & Kurt......Vintage Class?......money is on Asycue.....and myself respectfully unless the track is wet and then the "Flying Chipmunk" would prevail.......Senior Class?....I doubt you/he qualifies.....but if you/he does.....Pat & Gary might show the way around the track.


so who is this "twofastforyoufourfifty" guy????

pic of fast guys attached  ;)


Sincerely
Ward Jones....."2slow4some750" :)
#66Q
Thunderbowl Speedway
Vintage Class

Welcome. Like Ward said, Thunderbowl on 6th is the place you're looking for. Track is fast with lots of good people. I don't know if you ride two wheels or four, but we have plenty of fast quad and bike guys that will give you all the challenge you want. My suggestion is to bring it.

Well I stopped by the site to see when the next flat track race was. I found two very disapointing things. I have to be at a wedding on the 6th. (Bummer!!!) Then I read about some wannabe flat tracker moving in on my name. Good thing i'm a die hard two stroke fan. Although the 450's are fast just to loud for my liking. :) Just wanna say i've earned my name with many feature wins and a point championship. Someday my schedule will permit me to bring this ole rat bike of mine out and represent for the 2 strokes. Have a fun weekend all!!!

Well I wanted to know about tracks not just The Thunderbowl thats why I went to the Southern Dirt Track Associations link. I ride a quad yfz450. I have heard about the Thunderbowl and heard that there isnt such a good turn out of quads. Just looking for some new challenges, as for "2fast4u" we'll just have to see who has really earned the name.

      Hey Rob,
 You and the original Naples crew have been missed. I don't think I have seen you since the Dade City flat track days in 05 although a few of your guys made it out to the Eastbay races we had last year. We have talks underway about next years point series so hopefully some of those dates will fit in to your schedule.
  As far as the latest "fast" guy posting on here...many more before him have braved our local fast guys and typically what happens is the so-called fast guys show up once or twice, get waxed and then are never to be heard from again. So my free advice, for what it's worth, is just come out and see who's who.  And although I don't care for country music they do have some catchy sayings. The one that comes to mind is "don't call 'em a cowboy until you see 'em ride!"  My suspicion is that the newest keyboard racer is probably that pansy Gary Sisson!! ;D

Sounds like a challenge is in order after the wedding on the 6th.

 Dave you are still alive, I hear you may be ready to come back out again but in a new color.

2fast as for fast guys we dont have any at T bowl, we just play follow the leader, so come on out maybe we can learn something from you.

Well superstar there is no Thunderbowl link on this site, so the SDTA link is your only choice for flat track info. You're right, the last couple of races have had lower than normal quad turnouts, but we finished a points series in October, crappy economy, gas prices, holidays, etc. have probably all contributed to that. There's still plenty of fast guys to challenge you. Come on out if you're not just a keyboard racer, and make sure to bring your A game cause these boys up here don't play. Also, a word to the wise- if you do sack up and come out to race, make sure you race clean. A lot of these guys (and girls) race together all the time and ain't gonna let some new jagg off hurt them. Rough riding with this bunch will get you put on your lid in a hurry.

Are you only wanting to race flat track? Don't be skerrrred try some TT too. You'll enjoy it, but I promise ya these local riders will eat you for lunch

Tell ya what... I'm so confident that you'll tote an azz whoopin, that if you show up and win the Open class in either the TT or flat track on December 6th I'll personally hand you $500.  Should be easy pickins for a fast guy like you.
How's that for being called out nancy boy
Cmon and get my money I dare ya
-Rick Dugan

Well if Naples was a bit O.K. alot closer I would definitley be there after the wedding. I miss the good times and good people. I don't think the $500 was an offer to me but I don't really know these people getting married that well. I'd like some of that action. My bike is a 330R. How did Bud do with the 330 against you guys?

No not you. I was talking to "2fast4u450" He's obviously a keyboard racer whos not gonna show.

Bud did good with the 330.

mmmmmm.......our masked avenger still has not come forward and identified himself. Maybe we need a contest to guess who it might be. Two wheelers would be at a disadvantage since we do not know all the 4 wheel players. One thing that has come out of these e mails is I kinda like the new screen name........"2slow4some750" ;) . Props to Rick for calling him out properly!!!!!!!.



Ward

Hey Rob, this is Randy Edwards long time no see how you been? I'll tell you what since you can't make it for the race i'll put my son Travis up against the new guy to represent for you. Im pretty confident he would do you proud. What do you think Rick?

well, what I wanna see is if Mr. 2fastfor450 or whatever it was knows how to ride on 2 wheels instead of 4. i know that i havent raced in a few months, but you can ask Brady, Rick and my dad Richard.........it didnt take me long to get that TT sliding again if you know what I mean. im sure it wouldnt be to hard to take care of buisness lol ;)

Randy Why do you think I put we just follow the leader. LOL

I think there's a bunch of 'em that could hand him his azz. Travis, Bud, Cabana, Wayne, Jody, Raymond, Derek, Scott, Dave W, Dave B, Brady if we could keep him from crashing(I couldn't resist), the list goes on and on. We'll have my Raptor done soon, so he's welcome to come git some of it too. Better yet, lets line him up with Lisa Cabana, Lauren, and Paige and see what happens. Dem girls are straight fast as he!! too.

Ha Ha. We must have scared that punk off. He hasn't been in here talking smack lately.

 

Well you guys havent scared me off  :(. I'm game for some follow the leader, and I'm game for $500 but as for lining me up with some ladies i do like to play fair so i will stick with the guys. If my schedule allows I will be there on the 6th for TT anf flat track so does that mean if i win in the open class in Tt and Flat Track thats $1000 for me?. I'm not up for the challenge on two wheels i will stick to four.If all goes well I will see you all on the 6th and so you know i'm not just a keyboard racer and I dont like to ride dirty either so no worries there. Im out there to have some fun and now win some money.

Kyle

     kyle?  is this the kyle from southpark?  scared of the two wheelers?! lol



  nate #38

   Looks like the cat's out of the bag! I think I know who let em out too! The Banshee is nearly back together...new frame, top end, etc., etc., etc.

Dave your not alone I am going with one also

Cool man, hope to see you out there!   8)
I sure hope there is a better turnout then last race, it was fun, but wish the hole gang would had showed!  :)

OK Kyle, I hope you do show. No its not $500 for each. Its for one or the other. It doesnt matter though because you're not going to beat these boys on their home track your first time out. It just aint gonna happen.   

Will there be a window open at the registration building for placing bets?

Real funny d!ckhead. I recall seeing you bounce off the ground in turn two once or twice also.

Ya, but turn 2 has you name written all over it, all the visors that were nailed up on the wall proves it!  ;D
sorry couldn't resist! 8)

it IS real funny. funny as heII! i mean c'mon bro the turn aint named after me. in your defense- i know all the visors hanging up on the wall aint yours............................












......but a lot of em are! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

   Good to have some company! C'mon in, the water's fine!  ;D