National Touring Series
MUST SEE RACING ANNOUNCES 2026 SCHEDULE
Photo by David Sink
October 28, 2025 – The Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com today released its 2026 schedule. The schedule includes traditional venues, a new venue, and a track the series hasn’t raced at since 2021. 2026 will mark the seventeenth consecutive year the series has sanctioned 410-winged pavement sprint car racing.
The early version of the 2026 schedule contains eight events in five different states.
The 2026 season kicks off May 8 when the series visits 3/8 semi banked Anderson Motor Speedway in Williamston, South Carolina. It will be the first time the series has visited the facility since 2021. Joe Liguori and Troy DeCaire were victorious the last time the series competed in a two-day event there.
The series will then head to Cordele Motor Speedway in Cordele, Georgia the following evening May 9. It will be the first-ever visit by MSR to the 3/8 facility. It has also been since July 20, 2013, that winged sprint cars last raced there. Brian Gingras won that event nearly thirteen years ago.
Both early season events will pay $5,000 to win and $700 to start each night.
Next up will be a return to Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan on Saturday June 6. Berlin has hosted an MSR event every year since its formation in 2010 and is the oldest track on the schedule. This event will be Round #1 of the Fast Car Dash miniseries. A separate points fund will give teams a chance to earn extra money by competing in the Fast Car Dash miniseries.
This event will be just three days after the new Million Dollar Series event at nearby Owosso Speedway. This event will give out-of-town teams the chance to compete with MSR as there will be a good number of out-of-town cars in the area. A huge field of cars is expected.
The final round of the Fast Car Dash will be contested at Owosso Speedway in Ovid, Michigan for the only visit to Owosso Speedway in 2026 on Saturday July 11. Kody Swanson picked up $10,000 after winning the August 31 event at the 3/8-high banked speedway on August 31.
There is a TBA announced date of August 7-8 on the schedule. Series officials announced details of these dates will be announced soon, once details have been finalized.
The 2026 season will conclude on October 1-2. The series will make a return visit to Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida on Friday night October 1 before wrapping up the weekend at Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama the following evening. Both events will be part of the 2nd annual Southern Shootout. Bobby Santos III swept the Southern Shootout in 2025.
Additional details pertaining to the 2026 schedule will be announced in the coming weeks. Like and follow us on Facebook or visit www.mustseeracing.com.
MUST SEE RACING SET TO REVEAL 2026 SCHEDULE & DETAILS IN COMING DAYS
October 27, 2025 – The Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com today announced that the 2026 schedule is set to be released before the end of the week. MSR annually is one of the first pavement sprint car series in the country to release their schedule to give teams ample time to pursue sponsorship and map out their season as early as possible.
MSR hinted that the new schedule will include a new track and one that the series hasn’t been to in several years.
The series also announced that the 2025 Champions Awards Celebration will be held on January 10, 2026, at the Fairfield Inn in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Both the 410 National Series and Midwest Lights Series will be honored for their 2025 accomplishments.
During the Champions Awards Celebration MSR President Jim Hanks will give a state of the series address that will give teams a glimpse into what 2026 will look like. Additional breaking news and information are expected to be revealed at this time.
For those unable to attend the Champions Awards Celebration it will be broadcast live on Racing America. In addition, a one-hour highlights version of the night will air a few days later on Racing America.TV. Racing America.TV can be viewed for free on Roku or as a subscriber to DIRECTV.
Racing America.TV is also planning to highlight this past season with a full day of Must See Racing programming all day long on Saturday November 1, 2025, from 9:00 AM EST. – 8:00 PM EST. During this time every MSR race from 2025 will be rebroadcast. The 2025 MSR Season Rewind will give fans a chance to catch any rebroadcast from 2025 they may have missed.
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Santos Is Montgomery’s Last-Lap Hero As Liguori Celebrates Third MSR Title
Bobby Santos III with the winner’s check at Montgomery Motor Speedway. (KR Poole Photos)
By Jacob Seelman, Must See Racing Trackside PR
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Oct. 4, 2025) – Bobby Santos III stole a small portion of Joe Liguori’s thunder at the end of Saturday night’s Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series season finale, making a last-lap, last-corner pass of Aaron Willison to complete a weekend sweep of the Perfit Southern Shootout.
Liguori, meanwhile, finished third behind that duo at Montgomery Motor Speedway to finish off his third series championship, becoming just the second driver in history to win three or more titles.
Joe Liguori (right) is honored with his third series championship by Must See Racing founder Jim Hanks. (KR Poole Photos)
It was a day of dueling storylines at the Alabama half mile, with Floridian Daniel Miller starting it off by earning his first ever fast time with Must See Racing during single-car qualifying, edging Santos to do so in thrilling fashion.
After Willison and Tommy Nichols won their respective heat races, Dylan Reynolds redrew the pole position for the second race in a row and got a good launch to lead at the initial green flag.
Reynolds paced the first five circuits, but Willison marched forward quickly from fourth on the starting grid, making an outside sweep off turn two to take the lead from Reynolds on lap six.
Moments later, the race’s lone caution flag waved when fourth-running Alby Ovitt slowed to a stop on the high side in turn four, bunching the field up for a frantic double-file restart.
Willison chose the outside for the lap-eight restart and got away cleanly, with Liguori slotting into second and Santos getting to third, setting up a three-way fight for all the marbles as the race wound into its second half.
Inside of 10 laps to go, the top three were all within a second of one another, with Santos scrapping hard for second before finally wrestling the position away from Liguori coming to five to go on the outside.
While that was happening, Willison was catching the back of the field, and the turbulent air from Kevin Mingus’ car cost him precious lap time as Santos began closing in down the home stretch.
Coming to two to go, Santos had a run on Willison for the lead, but slipped coming off turn four and seemingly lost his chance to pounce at that point. But the open-wheel veteran reloaded, and sent his DJ Racing-prepared No. 22a deep into turns three and four on the outside with the checkered flag looming.
Bobby Santos (22a) races to the checkered flag ahead of Aaron Willison at Montgomery Motor Speedway Saturday. (KR Poole Photos)
The car stuck, and Santos surged around the outside of Willison on corner exit, leading only the last 100 yards of the 30-lap main event to win for the second day in a row and bank another $10,000 winner’s check.
It gave Santos $20,000 for the weekend, as well as four Must See Racing wins on the season and 14 for his standout career. But it wasn’t easy, as Santos attested after climbing from the car and catching his breath from the intensity of the moment.
“Oh my God, that was tough,” Santos said. “After looking at it now, I’m glad we started where we did, but going in we were deep enough I wasn’t sure we’d be able to pull this off. I had to work my butt off. That was such a hard race, and I didn’t know I was going to get to fifth … let alone to second and even with a shot to win there at the end.
“I thought the lap cars actually cost me the shot to win the race, and then a lap car ended up giving me the opportunity to win the race in that final corner,” he added. “It’s all for these guys on my team. They work so hard and it’s great to reward them with an exciting win like this.”
Willison was understandably disappointed with runner-up honors, after leading 24 of the 30 laps and coming oh-so-close to his second win of the year.
“The Statham Construction [No.] 36 was really good all night; we just got burned by a cloud of lap traffic right on that last lap,” Willison lamented. “It happens every now and then, when you come up on four or five of them racing each other really hard, and you’re just pinned in. There was nothing I could do.”
Liguori’s third-place finish at Montgomery backed up his win at the track from four years ago, the same night he earned his first Must See Racing points title in 2021.
This time, while it wasn’t a race win, the big trophy still went home with the Lebanon, Ind., resident.
“At the beginning, Aaron was a bit better than us, but he started cooking the right rear [tire] a bit and we were able to close on him,” Liguori reflected. “I’d sneak up on him a bit and then lose the nose … and I just had the wing too far back to get in his dirty air and be able to do anything, and that let Bobby get around me.
“It’s a testament to our team that we came back for a podium, after we blew off the left rear tire in the heat race. We were lucky we didn’t get any damage from that, and we just kept fighting. Three championships in six years with Must See is really cool, and hopefully we can add to that in the future.”
Miller crossed fourth and Dodge Carlbert, the current Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series 360 point leader in the Southeast, completed the top five. Both drivers’ finishes were MSR career bests.
While Miller’s 16.716-second lap (109.835 mph) was just a shade off the Must See Racing track record at Montgomery of 16.544 seconds from 2021, it was nowhere close to the all-time mark at the .51-mile oval of 15.038 seconds (122.090 mph). That lap was turned by Santos on April 3, 2016.
Liguori and the rest of the Must See Racing field will be honored for their season accomplishments during the sanctioning body’s annual Night of Champions this winter.
Specific details will be announced in due course at www.mustseeracing.com.
RESULTS: Must See Racing Sprint Car Series; Montgomery (Ala.) Motor Speedway; Oct. 4, 2025
Qualifying (best of two laps): 1. Daniel Miller, P1, P1 Chassis-16.716; 2. Bobby Santos III, 22a, Fieler-16.741; 3. Colton Bettis, 61, Bettis-16.859; 4. Aaron Willison, 36, Statham-17.015; 5. Joe Liguori, 5, PCS-17.083; 6. Alby Ovitt, 20, Parker-17.145; 7. J.J. Dutton, 86, Dutton-17.448; 8. Dodge Carlbert, 9, RAD-17.496; 9. Dylan Reynolds, 24, Reynolds-17.555; 10. Kevin Mingus, Z10, Mingus-17.563; 11. Tommy Nichols, 55, Nichols-17.731; 12. Shane Butler, 18, Butler-17.937; 13. Bobby Komisarski, 7, Fogle-18.118; 14. Johnny Gilbertson, 77, Crowder-18.335; 15. Mickey Kempgens, 68R, Rudolph-19.750; 16. Steven Hollinger, 81, Blake-NT.
TTI Machine Heat #1 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 36-Aaron Willison [5], 2. 18-Shane Butler [1], 3. Z10-Kevin Mingus [2], 4. 9-Dodge Carlbert [3], 5. 77-Johnny Gilbertson [7], 6. 22a-Bobby Santos III [6], 7. 20-Alby Ovitt [4].
TTI Machine Heat #2 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 55-Tommy Nichols [1], 2. 24-Dylan Reynolds [2], 3. 61-Colton Bettis [5], 4. P1-Daniel Miller [6], 5. 5-Joe Liguori [4], 6. 86-J.J. Dutton [3], 7. 7-Bobby Komisarski [7], 8. 68R-Mickey Kempgens (DNS).
Perfit Southern Shootout A-Feature (30 laps): 1. 22a-Bobby Santos III [7], 2. 36-Aaron Willison [4], 3. 5-Joe Liguori [6], 4. P1-Daniel Miller [5], 5. 9-Dodge Carlbert [10], 6. 55-Tommy Nichols [3], 7. 18-Shane Butler [2], 8. 77-Johnny Gilbertson [12], 9. Z10-Kevin Mingus [11], 10. 86-J.J. Dutton [9], 11. 24-Dylan Reynolds [1], 12. 20-Alby Ovitt [8], 13. 68R-Mickey Kempgens [13], 14. 7-Bobby Komisarski (DNS), 15. 61-Colton Bettis (DNS).
Lap Leader(s): Dylan Reynolds 1-5, Aaron Willison 6-29, Bobby Santos 30.
Hard Charger: 22a-Bobby Santos (+6)
Santos Is Smooth As Silk In Southern Shootout Opener At Pensacola
From Jacob Seelman, Must See Racing Trackside PR
PENSACOLA, Fla. (Oct. 3, 2025) – By pulling the outside front-row starting spot in the feature redraw, Bobby Santos converted his night-long speed at Five Flags Speedway into a $10,000 Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series victory Friday.
Santos swept to the point on the initial start of the Perfit Southern Shootout opener at the half-mile paved oval and never looked back, eventually lapping all but the top three in an utterly dominant performance.
The past NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion led from start to finish for his 13th career Must See Racing victory and third in four tries this season.
After the race, he credited his DJ Racing team for a lightning-fast No. 22a sprinter that carved through traffic with ease, as the final 29 circuits of the 30-lapper ran uninterrupted.
“This team is so good at coming together to give me everything I need to succeed,” said Santos, who also celebrated his 40th birthday Friday as well. “It starts with Dick [owner Richard Fieler] and goes all the way down through the entire crew. We have all the resources to have fast race cars, and that makes my job that much easier as a driver.
“[Wife] Kristy asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and all I wanted was to win tonight,” he added. “It’s not easy; there’s so much competition and the depth of field keeps getting greater and greater, so to put together a night like we did here isn’t something to take for granted and we definitely have to appreciate when it comes, because you never know when you’ll be on the other end of it.”
The only yellow flag waved with one lap complete, after the No. 32 of Mississippi’s Joey Schmidt spun in turn three to set up the lone restart of the event.
Santos elected the outside lane with his leader’s prerogative, then jumped to an advantage he never relinquished as polesitter Dylan Reynolds faded back from the front row.
That allowed for a fierce battle for runner-up honors to develop through the middle portion of the race, with 16-year-old Colton Bettis eventually coming out on top of a three-car tussle for second place.
Bettis took the position on lap 16, but had nothing left to chase down Santos, who drove away by 9.443 seconds at the finish.
“I just missed it in the redraw,” said Bettis, who started the feature from seventh. “He was just better at pulling a pill than I was tonight. But he had a rocket ship, too, and there’s no denying that. He does this for a living, and it shows how talented he is when he goes out and whoops us all like that. It’s a push for all of us to get better and work to catch him. I think we had a really good piece tonight, though. We just have to build our notebook and hopefully get a better starting spot for the next one.”
“Unfortunately, we had to come from pretty far back,” added third-place finisher Aaron Willison. “The initial start was good on our end, but the restart didn’t go quite as well, and I lost a spot or two. It took a while to dig out from that hole, but we were really good through the center portion of the run … and just burned my stuff up a bit trying to get around Colton there late in the going.”
By finishing fourth, Joe Liguori unofficially clinched his third career Must See Racing Sprint Car Series championship and second in a row, adding to previous titles from 2021 and 2024.
Liguori has an insurmountable 106-point margin over Kevin Mingus with just one race remaining.
Mingus closed out the top five, followed by Dodge Carlbert, the highest finisher in the field with a 360-cubic-inch engine in sixth.
Santos kicked off the night with the fastest time in qualifying, a lap of 13.906 seconds, then joined Bettis and Bobby Komisarski as heat race winners prior to the main event.
Must See Racing teams conclude the season Saturday night, Oct. 4, at Montgomery (Ala.) Motor Speedway with the second and final night of the Perfit Southern Shootout.
Coverage will be streamed live on Racing America, and Liguori will officially be honored for his season championship at the same track where he won to clinch his first title four years ago.
RESULTS: Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series; Five Flags Speedway; Pensacola, Fla.; Oct. 3, 2025
Qualifying (best of two laps): 1. Bobby Santos III, 22a, Fieler-13.906; 2. Colton Bettis, 61, Bettis-14.313; 3. Alby Ovitt, 20, Parker-14.429; 4. Joe Liguori, 5, PCS-14.429; 5. Kevin Mingus, Z10, Mingus-14.606; 6. Aaron Willison, 36, Statham-14.663; 7. Davey Hamilton Jr., 14, Morgan-14.721; 8. Shane Butler, 18, Butler-14.846; 9. Daniel Miller, P1, P1 Chassis-14.868; 10. Dodge Carlbert, 9, RAD-14.937; 11. Tommy Nichols, 55, Nichols-15.020; 12. Steven Hollinger, 81, Blake-15.056; 13. Dylan Reynolds, 24, Reynolds-15.163; 14. J.J. Dutton, 86, Dutton-15.537; 15. Bobby Komisarski, 7, Fogle-15.537; 16. Scotty Adema, 67, ?-15.567; 17. Mickey Kempgens, 68R, Rudolph-15.659; 18. Johnny Gilbertson, 77, ?-15.721; 19. Joey Schmidt, 32, TB-15.770; 20. Todd Bliss, 121, Bliss-17.031; 21. Butch David, 21, David-17.070.
TTI Machine Heat #1 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 7-Bobby Komisarski [1], 2. 36-Aaron Willison [4], 3. P1-Daniel Miller [3], 4. 81-Steven Hollinger [2], 5. 77-Johnny Gilbertson [6], 6. 5-Joe Liguori [5], 7. 21-Butch David [7].
TTI Machine Heat #2 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 61-Colton Bettis [5], 2. 18-Shane Butler [3], 3. 55-Tommy Nichols [2], 4. Z10-Kevin Mingus [4], 5. 86-J.J. Dutton [1], 6. 121-Todd Bliss [7], 7. 68R-Mickey Kempgens [6].
TTI Machine Heat #3 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 22a-Bobby Santos III [4], 2. 24-Dylan Reynolds [1], 3. 9-Dodge Carlbert [2], 4. 67-Scotty Adema [5], 5. 32-Joey Schmidt [6], 6. 20-Alby Ovitt [3], 7. 14-Davey Hamilton Jr. (DNS).
Perfit A-Feature (30 laps): 1. 22a-Bobby Santos III [2], 2. 61-Colton Bettis [7], 3. 36-Aaron Willison [8], 4. 5-Joe Liguori [6], 5. Z10-Kevin Mingus [3], 6. 9-Dodge Carlbert [10], 7. 77-Johnny Gilbertson [16], 8. 55-Tommy Nichols [11], 9. 7-Bobby Komisarski [5], 10. 21-Butch David [19], 11. 81-Steven Hollinger [12], 12. 121-Todd Bliss [18], 13. 18-Shane Butler [4], 14. 68R-Mickey Kempgens [15], 15. 24-Dylan Reynolds [1], 16. 32-Joey Schmidt [17], 17. 86-J.J. Dutton [13], 18. P1-Daniel Miller [9], 19. 67-Scotty Adema [14], 20. 20-Alby Ovitt (DNS), 21. 14-Davey Hamilton Jr. (DNS).
Lap Leader(s): Bobby Santos 1-30.
Hard Charger: 77-Johnny Gilbertson (+9)
SOUTHERN SHOOTOUT UP NEXT FOR MUST SEE RACING
September 30, 2025 – The Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com is preparing for its biggest weekend of racing with this weekends ‘Southern Shootout’ looming. The series will visit Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida on Friday night October 3 and will conclude the weekends with a visit to Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama the following evening October 4.
This will be the first time unrestricted 410 winged pavement sprint cars have raced in the area since Must See Racing last visited Montgomery Motor Speedway in 2021. It has been since 2014 that MSR last raced at Five Flags Speedway.
Teams will be racing for a combined weekend purse of nearly $64,000 including bonuses and other incentives. The winner will receive $10,000 for finding victory lane each night.
The all-time track records could be in jeopardy at both tracks this weekend. Must See Racing bills itself as being the “Fastest Short Track Cars in the World”, and for good reason. Must See Racing in the only 410 pavement sprint car series in the world that doesn’t utilize restricted or detuned 410 engines.
Brian Gerster established the all-time track record at Five Flags Speedway on April 11, 2014, with a lap of 13.046 seconds around the famous half mile. Bobby Santos III established the current all-time track record at Montgomery Motor Speedway on April 3, 2016, 15.038 seconds (122.090 mph). A $250 bonus will be awarded to the fast qualifier each night.
This weekend’s events have drawn interest from some of the top drivers in winged pavement sprint car racing. Santos III headlines a list of some of the best from the Midwest and Southeast. Santos III has been hot in winged competition this season. He has won twice with Must See Racing thus far in 2025. He also picked up a par of $10,000 to win unsanctioned events at Dacono, Colorado in July.
16-year-old Florida standout Colton Bettis is also entered for this weekends ‘Southern Shootout’ The teenager got off to a hot start in the spring and hasn’t slowed down. He currently leads the nation with 9 pavement sprint car feature victories in 2025. He will be making his second MSR start of the season.
Joe Ligouri, who is the current series points leader, is looking to finish off his season with a third MSR title. Liguori is winless so far in 2025 and would like nothing more than to finish his potential championship run by adding another career MSR feature victory to his season.
Langley, British Columbia hot shoe Aarron Willison is set to return to Must See Racing competition after two podium finishes with MSR over Labor Day Weekend. Willison was victorious with MSR at Sandusky in on July 23. He was the inaugural Open Wheel Showdown champion and runs strong in big money races.
Davey Hamilton Jr. makes his return after a busy season that has saw him split time between sprint cars and the Indy NXT Series. The multi-time MSR winner will be a strong contender all weekend.
A significant number of Floridian drivers are entered for this weekend’s events including Scotty Adema, Shane Butler, JJ Dutton, Johnny Gilbertson, Steven Hollinger, Mickey Kempgens, Daniel Miller, Tommy Nichols, and Dylan Reynolds.
Other expected entrants include Todd Bliss, Butch David, Bobby Komisarski, Kevin Mingus, Alby Ovitt, and Joey Schmidt among others.
MILLER SET TO MAKE 410 DEBUT WITH MUST SEE RACING
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September 30, 2025 – Ocklawaha, Florida’s Daniel Miller is set to make his Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com debut when the series visits the Panhandle area for two nights of racing as part of the ‘Southern Shootout’. Not only will it be his first points paying MSR debut, but it will also be the first time he has run an unrestricted 410 engine in competition.
The series will visit Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida on Friday October 3 and will conclude the racing weekend the following evening on Saturday October 4 at Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama. Both events will pay $10,000-to-win.
The 2023 Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series champion is no stranger to asphalt winged sprint car racing. In addition to his championship, he has previously won with the series during his racing career.
Miller did compete in the special co-sanctioned MSR / SSSS ‘Children’s Dream Fund 50’ non points event in 2024, but it was a restricted 410 engine race. This weekend’s racing agenda will be the first time he will get to feel the true horsepower of a 410 engine. The SSSS is a 360 series.
“It will be the first time I’ve run with Must See Racing and with a 410 before. It’s definitely gonna be a learning curve” explained Miller. “I haven’t even tested the 410 yet. There is an open practice on Thursday. We’re gonna try and make it up for that to get some seat time.
“We’ve talked about running these races for a while. My car owner Chaz Hambling has had the 410 for a while. We ended up putting the 410 in about a month ago just to make sure we didn’t have any bugs or anything going on.
“These tracks will be new for me. I’ve run Five Flags in a late model but never in a sprint car. I liked Five Flags. It was definitely different. I remember it was fast and ate tires a lot. But comparing the late model to a sprint car there are two different animals.
‘We’re trying to get through some recent misfortunes with the car. We’ve struggled. We’re trying to get through some of the lows of the P1 car. We’re trying to get some of the things we’ve found wrong with the car straightened out. I think we’re there. If we do good this weekend, I think Chaz and everybody will be happy to do some more 410 racing in the future”.
The 29-year-old Miller began driving for the Chaz Hambling owned P-1 Chassis racing team in the spring. Despite driving for two different teams this season, he currently sits in seventh place in the SSSS points standings despite missing a race.
“Chaz has been great to drive for. Anything we’ve needed he’s bought. He’s willing to do whatever it takes to win. We explain it and he’s on board.
“I’d love to win this weekend. If the car is good, I think we’ll have a chance. I’d love to run in the top five. We’re gonna have a bunch of cars there so even a top ten and I’d be happy” concluded Miller.
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LOUISIANA DIRT VETERAN SET TO MAKE FIRST MUST SEE START
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September 25, 2025 – Veteran dirt sprint car driver Butch David (pronounced da-veed) is set to make his first career Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com start when the series invades Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida Friday October 3, 2025.
The Geismar, Louisiana driver will be one of the two drivers from the state of Louisiana competing. It will be the first time a driver from Louisianna has competed with the series. David will have his work cut out for him. He will be one of a few 360 cars battling the 410 invaders from the north.
“I follow Must See Racing on Facebook, so I was aware of the Five Flags race” explained David. “I’m not sure how many cars will be there, but I’d like to see if I can run top ten against those guys. I don’t have a lot of asphalt experience; I’ve only run a handful of races up to this point”.
The 63-year-old was running strong at a 360-winged asphalt non-sanctioned event in Alabama this past April. He was running third with one lap to go before getting involved in an accident with another car with one lap to go.
“I went there with my dirt car. I was running third and one of the lapped cars got into me when I shot down under him. It ended up taking me out. After the race I thought this was much more fun than running dirt anymore. That was what made me wanna get an asphalt car. I wanted to do some more asphalt racing. I decided I’d rather do this.
“I called the Schmidt’s because I knew they had a car for sale at one time. They told me they sold it to Shane Morgan years ago. I made a deal with Shane for one of my dirt cars against their asphalt car. So now I have a Hurricane pavement car and I’m looking to do some asphalt sprint car racing. I knew if I got a decent asphalt car, I could get a little more competitive. I ran third with the car the first time out with it a couple weeks ago”.
In his thirty-one years of dirt sprint car racing David has won a variety of championships that include a Cajun Series championship, Louisiana State championship, Super Sprints championship, and 305 championship among others.
“I looked at the money for this race. If I could run in the top ten it would be an ideal run for me, especially against 410’s and people who basically do it for a living. That’s what I’m shooting for” concluded David.
The ‘Southern Shootout’ will officially kick off Thursday October 2 with an open practice at Five Flags Speedway with a complete night of racing at Five Flags Speedway the following evening. The weekend will conclude Saturday night October 4 when the series will visit Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama.
Early entrants already confirmed include Scotty Adema, Colton Bettis,Todd Bliss, Shane Butler, JJ Dutton, Johnny Gilbertson, Davey Hamilton Jr., Steven Hollinger, Mickey Kempgens, Bobby Komisarski, Joe Liguori, Jimbo McCune, Jimmy McCune, Daniel Miller, Kevin Mingus, Tommy Nichols, Alby Ovitt, Dylan Reynolds, Bobby Santos III, Joey Schmidt, and Aaron Willison among others.
This year’s ‘Southern Shootout’ has been made possible due to a handful of sponsors including Dutton Safer Fencing and TTI Machine among others.
BONUSES AWAIT MUST SEE COMPETITORS AT SEASON ENDING WEEKEND
September 18, 2025 – Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts. Com today announced several bonuses that will be up for grabs at the upcoming ‘Southern Shootout’ events at Five Flags Speedway and Montgomery Motor Speedway October 3-4, 2025. The series previously announced that these season ending events would pay $10,000 to win and $700 to start each night.
The bonuses that were announced are incentives for 360 area teams and dirt competitors who regularly compete in area events. In addition to the $700 to start money, 360 competitors will be gunning for a slew of additional incentives designed to draw interest from locals and help promote a competitive racing program for local fans with drivers they recognize.
A $100 bonus will be up for grabs for the highest finishing 360 car each night. Another $100 bonus will be awarded to the highest finishing dirt chassis each night. At the conclusion of the weekend a points fund will be awarded to the top six 360 cars based on a two-night points average. The payout will be $250-$200-$175-$150-$125-$100. A 360 competitor could potentially walk away with as much as $2050 for the weekend. Each event will start up to twenty-four cars each night.
In addition to 360 bonuses, MSR regulars will have an opportunity to pocket an additional $250 each night for setting quick time. With the addition of these announced bonuses and previously announced purse money, teams will be racing for nearly $64, 000 in total purse money. This will make for one of the richest weekends of sprint car racing ever seen in the area in many years, if ever.
Five Flags Speedway. Children’s Dream Fund, and Dutton Safe Fencing & Safer Systems have made these bonuses and additional monies possible.
These events are expected to draw teams from the Must See Racing, Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series, and the Panhandle area. A good car count is anticipated each night.
A complete entry list of competitors expected for these events will be released in the coming days. An open practice will kick off the weekend Thursday October 2 at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. Racing will begin at Five Flags the following evening October 3 and conclude on Saturday night October 4 at Montgomery Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama.
These events will give fans a rare opportunity to watch 410-winged pavement sprint cars compete on a half-mile speedway, which is a rarity in today’s racing world.
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