Team Xtreme Racin Press Release for 7/7/08
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It is sure good to be back racing again after a long time away do to the weather. On July the 5th we decided to venture to another track because weather had not allowed us to race at Ocala Speedway. We ventured to Putnam County Speedway in Satsuma Florida for a night of racing. We had trouble before we even paid to get in the gate. For folks that don't know Putnam County Speedway its like a home town track for a lot of local guys and when new cars or teams show up they get rather upset and Saturday July 5th was no exception. While standing at the pit gate in line waiting to pay our fee to enter the track the first thing that was said by another team in our division was well we know that car isn't legal. This was just the start of a long night.

Tonight we had three cars in the Mini stock division and all eyes were on us being the new team on the block to come to the local guys track. With that being said I just wanted to add that this would be the largest car count with all divisions Putnam County Speedway would have seen so far this year. We were able to see a lot of drivers and friends we hadn't seen in a long time ( we raced this track last year for those that don't know this) so that was a good thing. All three cars the 19t driven by Keith Briggs, the 14 driven by Frank Prouty and the 26 driven by Kristopher Prouty were ready for a fun night of racing. The heat races would go well with all three cars finishing with no problems the 19t would win his heat race with the 14 finishing in 5th in the same one. The 26 would start 5th in heat race and thats were he would finish that was a great accomplishment for Kristopher since this was the first time he was ever in a race car.

Because Keith in the 19t had won his heat race he decided to take there 8 ball challenge which means he would start in 8th position on the feature and if he won the race there was an additional $225.00 added to the winnings. Well its now feature time and the field is lining up there was a few cars that weren't able to make it to the feature so the cars were just riding around the track and we seen that Keith in the 19t was not in eight place to start so the field of cars were stop so that he could be put in the proper spot. When he took off the car jumped and then he went off the field he had lost the transmission he would not be able to even start the race. The 14 & 26 did a great job tonight Frank in the 14 would come in 7th and Kristopher in the 26 would come in 8th.

After the feature event for th Mini Stock Division there was a surprise award given. Craig Stern from Florida Flag Stand would come up to the pit stands and tell Keith in the 19t that they needed to push him in his car to the front stretch on the track. Of course Keith said why do you want to push my broke car to the front stretch? Craig Stern at this time said don't worry about it just do it please. So Keith went back and got in the 19t and was pushed to the front. Keith was met there by Richard Tipton ( North Florida Speedway Flagger ) where Richard presented Keith with the driver of the month award on behalf of Florida Flag Stand and Shamrock Auto Exchange Inc ( Selling with Honesty ) located @ 2005 Reid Street in Palatka, Florida 386-325-5733. This is an honor to receive. On behalf of Xtreme Racing we would like to say thank you to everyone involved ( and if I have missed anyone call me please and I will fix the write up ) Craig Stern with Florida Flag Stand, Richard Tipton, Shamrock Auto Exchange Inc, Madonna Dowling, Denise Strehle,BJ & Cindy Cavin.

Thanks to everyone for a very memorable evening.

XTREME RACING