Welcome Sprint Fans,

 

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the first official CFWSCA newsletter. ( We sure could use a catchy, racy name?) We welcome any and all comments and suggestions to make it all future issues better for you the “Fan” and the Drivers, Owners and Sponsors of our club. If you think of anyone who might be interested in receiving future updates, just have them drop us an email at wingless@yahoo.com and if someone wants to be removed, just let us know.

I could not think of a better way to start off than an interview with one of the founders and the lady at the helm of Florida’s Wingless Sprint Group “Carla Rudolph”.

Here in her words is how it all started.

 

“In the Beginning”

In February of 2002 my husband Michael (Rudolph) decided he just couldn’t afford to race sprint cars any more. Racing and times had changed and finances were tight for everyone, the expense of keeping up with the Winged Sprint Cars had skyrocketed and was just out of reach. When Michael began his hobby in racing many years ago along side his father George, people built, worked on their own cars, fabricated their own parts and built their own motors. In time this ethic had all fallen by the wayside. Michael continued on, he was one of the lucky ones, he had a wife and daughter who fully supported his hobby and passion, at times we probably liked it even more than he did.

One afternoon Michael was at a Larry Moyer’s shop talking about all he had accomplished in his racing career and why he was going to have to throw in the towel for a couple of years while he regrouped. Larry asked what actually was the biggest expense to running a sprint car? Michael’s reply was simply two words. “Motors and Tires“. You see Michael and many others in the similar financial situation were running Sprint Cars with a wing. And to put it simply as Michael says “It takes a whole lot more motor, money and tires with a wing than it does without one.” They continued to discuss several different options. Michael called and asked me to come up to the shop, that he and his friends wanted to discuss a business proposition with me. When I arrived at the shop they thought they had it all figured out, except for one little thing. I asked, who would actually plan, organize and run the series? Suddenly I noticed everyone was pointing fingers and looking at me.

After some further discussion I agreed to start the series with the help of Larry who in-turn brought Bobby Diehl on board as a series promoter.. Due to personal business demands Larry faded away after about a year. At this point in time Bobby continued on board and we adopted the name FAST SPRINTS. This was to coincide with other series Bobby was promoting. It was a very slow start for all of us, tracks didn’t really want to book a new, unproven series with no track record so to speak. Despite a lot of initial rejection we kept on trying. Finally a track (Auburndale) offered to run us once a month. That was great, we had kind of a home track. For a while, It was all good. The driver, car count and fan base began to grow and we were putting on what we deemed to be mildly successful races. We learned that there was indeed a lot of traditional (non-wing) sprint car people out there. Like a lot of good things for one reason or another they often come to an end. The track management and Bobby had their differences. Not that either one was totally right or wrong. In a lot of cases, they just weren’t on the same page or did not have the same goals and objectives. After much thinking and discussion it was mutually agreed that Bobby and the club end their business relationship. With a lot of thought I agreed to change the name of the series to Central Florida Wingless Sprint Car Association. I soon realized I needed help and an announcer would help to boost the fans at the tracks. Kenny Sands stepped up and offered to help. He has been our announcer ever since and officially became a partner in CFWSCA In 2006 we formed a 5 member Board of Directors along with additional support people We now have our own Announcer, Official Push Truck, Tech and Safety Officials. Michael even created a Racing Simulator we often take to tracks, car shows and such. We have lots of new help with marketing, a newsletter and a new website in the works. All of which we hope will create new and additional awareness not only for our club but all Florida sprint cars. For 2007 we have a growing list of versatile drivers, both seasoned veterans and young guns and Michael has now become a full time promoter for the series. Looking back, I have to smile. In some ways it seems like only a short while ago Michael called me from the shop with his so called proposition, I am proud of what we have accomplished in 4 years. Building a series of any kind from scratch is a long and winding road. Together we have come a long way but we still have a long way to go. One thing I can say is Central Florida Wingless Sprints are not going away. We are in it for the long haul.

 

ADEMA OPENS TITLE DEFENSE WITH WIN AT CCMP
Scott Adema began the 2007 defense of his CFWSCA Championship title with a convincing win Saturday night Feb 17 at Charlotte County Motorsports Park in Punta Gorda, Florida

FINISH 1- Scott Adema 2-Rusty Dixon 3-Ernie Teed
4-Paulie Milum 5-Dennis Misuraca 6-Tim George
7-Nick Manikis 8-Geoffrey Styner 9- Curtis Carter
10-Scott Rocchio 11-Bob Parrow 12-Bob Bradley

 

2007 SCHEDULE
FEB 17 - CHARLOTTE COUNTY *** Winner - Scott Adema
APRIL 21 - BRONSON *** Winner - ?????
MAY 12 - CITRUS COUNTY ***
JUNE 30 - COLUMBIA LAKE CITY ***
SEPT 8 - COLUMBIA LAKE CITY

Additional dates are currently being negotiated with Orlando Speedworld, Auburndale, Ocala, and Desoto as well as a possible return to Charlotte County Motorsports Park

 

In the Pits

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