Five Flags Speedway Ready to Drop the Green Flag for the ARCA East Pensacola 200

Photo by Jay Husmann

Five Flags Speedway is nationally known as the ‘Home of the Snowball Derby’. The track is building on that legacy and growing for the future. Last year, the ARCA Menards Series made their return to the Pensacola, Florida locale for the first time since 1996. This year, the popular half-mile track is hosting the ARCA Menards Series East for the Pensacola 200 this Saturday night.

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Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk Review of Phoenix and Pensacola – Monday, March 11, 2019

Monday night 8:30 to 10 pm ET is NASCAR & Race Talk with host Sharon Burton. At 10 pm ET is NASCAR Hot Topic Sound Off

Guests on this episode include…

Michael Self

Returns to our Winner’s Circle after his ARCA Menards Series victory with Venturini Motorsports at Five Flags Speedway last Saturday night.

Joe Graf Jr

ARCA Menards Series driver with Chad Bryant Racing to talk about Five Flags Speedway and his 2019 season along with being a New York University Student

David Talley

Director of Communications at Auto Club Speedway to chat about the upcoming NASCAR Weekend, the last stop on their ‘West Coast Swing.’

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Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala every Monday night 8:30 to 10 pm ET as we bring fans the smartest race talk around onFan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk! 

Stay tuned in 10 to 10:30 pm ET for NASCAR Hot Topics Sound Off as our Fan4Racing crew discusses the hottest topics from the weekend of racing with co-host Andy Laskey and our Fan4Racing crew.

We’re talking all the latest from the ISM Raceway in Phoenix in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series, along with the ARCA Menards Series at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL. We’ll include updates from the Gander Outdoors Truck Series, K&N Pro Series, and more.

Call 929-477-1790 OR tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Our LIVE broadcast starts at 8:30 pm ET on Monday, March, 11, 2019.

As always…Thanks for listening!

Joe Graf Jr Travels from Quiet Suburbs to New York City Streets and Perhaps an ARCA Menards Series Title

Joe Graf Jr on the streets of New York City as an New York University Student during the week. On the weekends he’s on the track with Chad Bryant Racing in the ARCA Menards Series Photo – Courtesy of Joe Graf Jr PR

Joe Graf Jr is our next guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview, Monday, March 11, 2019, at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

From Mahwah, NJ, just a 30 minute commute to New York City, ARCA Menards Series championship contender Joe Graf Jr went through a dramatic life change once he enrolled at New York University last fall.

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Michael Self Now the Newest ARCA Menards Series Driver to Win at Five Flags Speedway

Michael Self driver of the No. 25 for Venturini Motorsports holds his ARCA Pensacola 200 trophy in Victory Lane at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Photo – AMS

Michael Self is our next guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk, Monday, March 11, 2019, at 8:40 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Multiple cars were strong throughout the ARCA Pensacola 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions in the ARCA Menards Series return to Five Flags Speedway, but a debris caution with around 40 laps to go changed the game as several leaders were caught a lap down. 

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Five Flags Speedway Hosting ARCA Menard’s Series; Bret Holmes Hosting Guests, Family, Friends, and Family

ARCA Menards Series, Bret Holmes signing autographs at Five Flags Speedway before the ARCA Pensacola 200 race on Saturday, March 9, 2019.
Photo – Jay ‘MJ’ Husmann/Fan4Racing Blog and Radio

Every driver has raced at their home track before moving up to compete on a national level touring series.  For Munford, Alabama’s Bret Holmes, his home track is Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. 

Racing his No. 23 family-owned team with the ARCA Menard’s Series, which returns to Five Flag Speedways after a 23-year absence, it is a homecoming for the 2016 pro-late-model track champion. Holmes was sixth fastest in the lone practice session and was able to up that to the fifth spot during qualifying based on his knowledge of the track and it’s driving conditions.  But while focusing on the car and race, he is also doing some entertaining.  As a local driver, Holmes fan base in this area is huge and it shows.

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