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Bubba "the love sponge" Clem buys Ocala raceway....
Got this press release from Bubba tonight, thought you guys would be
interested - good read. For those who may not know, he's sponsored the
USAC florida winternationals at this track the past two years, and even
went so far as buying a new right rear for all the racers who attended.
Pretty cool move, and from the press release.....some aggressive
marketing. He's a former sprint car racer, current late model driver
(part time), and a huge fan and supporter of the sport.
April 14 2011
Nationally Syndicated Radio host Bubba the Love Sponge Clem buys Ocala Speedway
Bubba and his group of investors closed yesterday on the famed
Ocala Speedway Wednesday April 13th 2011. Ocala Speedway is the oldest
track in Florida, the famed Dirt oval first opened in 1952 as a
clay/dirt track,functioned as dirt for 45 years, turned to asphalt for
10 years then back to its modern day surface clay in 2008. Ocala
Speedway has hosted and continues to host some of the best dirt racing
in American along with other speciality events, such as a special
Monster Truck show this weekend with the Famed Grave Digger.
Racing sanctioning bodies such as USAC,WOO,ASCS,and UDLMS also
have visited and will continue to visit the famed dirt oval located
within 2.5 hours of almost anywhere in the state of Florida. Bubba with
his Nation wide radio reach, and relationships he has established
within the racing community will market/promote the track quite
aggressively.
" I obviously bought this place as a investment, but also want to give
back to the racers. I myself have raced here and other tracks in
Florida and outside of Florida for over ten years, and for the most
part track owners are greedy scum-bags. They want to make a great
living at the expense of the racers. Very few track owners want to give
back, well those days are over at my track. Most tracks here in this
area and even outside of Florida dont even offer very attractive end of
the year point funds, that will change as well. And while we are
changing things, I am announcing now the new name of the track will be
Bubba Raceway Park. So if your a track owner be mad or change your
ways, if your a racer, come to my track and have fun, be treated fair,
and get paid square." Bubba said.
After this weekends Monster Truck show, we will be closing down till Friday May 13th we then will be having a
Re-Grand opening 5000 to win late model race Named the first annual Bubba Army Open.
>> Look for our new websiteBubbaracewaypark.com to be up by early
next week for details about Friday May 13th race. Also info regarding
the new revised 2011 schedule and the 32,000 dollar end of the year
points fund which will start the night of May 13th
Hope to see you soon
Bubba the Love Sponge Clem
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Real sprint car racing in Florida was nearly extinct. Now Volusia Speedway is reviving it with 19 regularly scheduled shows, although only a few are currently true 360 sprints. While Bubba has fired up the situation with Ocala, by the way I'll bet where there's fire there's Smoke. If the current regime at Easy Bay bits the dust we could find a real resurgence of sprint car racing in the Sunshine State.
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