| Florida 100 - New Smyrna Speedway, Samsula, FL | By John Barker
 LAKELAND, FLORIDA - Chris Fontaine of Lakeland, FL will have a different look for the running of the Florida 100 at New Smyrna slated for a 8:30 p.m. start as he will now pilot a new FLF Race Cars Ford that his team has made ready for this race on Saturday night.
Fontaine is expecting a strong run in his new ride and the Ford has run competitive times on the speedy New Smyrna Speedway paved track. Southern Division qualifying is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
The ASALMS Southern Division is back in gear with this third race of the season at New Smyrna (FL) Speedway located eight miles west of New Smyrna Beach and 15 miles south of Daytona Beach in Samsula, Florida on the one-half mile high banked oval for the Florida 100 presented by FLF Race Cars. A late model field of up to 40 cars is expected.
Joining the ASALMS Southern Division contingent in eastern Florida will be the traveling cars and stars of the Southern Sportsmen Series and the Florida Mini Stock Challenge, who will each be running 50-lap features in support of the ASALMS Southern Divisions’ inaugural appearance at the home of the “World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing”.
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Heading into the third race of the season at the New Smyrna Speedway; Orlando, Florida rookie, 20-year-old Sean Bass is the overall as well as the Rookie of the Year points leader in the ASALMS Southern Division. In addition, Bass is the first driver running a Mopar powered crate engine to lead the point standings at any time in the overall ASALMS five year history.
As for the ASALMS Southern Division points standings, Bass leads Lakeland, Florida’s hard-charging Fontaine in both the overall and rookie title chases by just 10 points (335-325). Rob Partelo stands third in both standings’ and sits 15 points behind Fontaine with 310. The first non-rookie is Bo Miller, who is fourth with 302 points.
After the Invocation and the National Anthem at 7:30 p.m., the GM Performance Parts Shootout 25-lap feature will begin. At this time, no cars will transfer out of the Shootout, but that can change at the discretion of ASALMS and New Smyrna Speedway officials.
After the GM Performance Parts Shootout, the Florida Mini Stock Challenge 50-Lap feature will begin at approximately 7:45pm. Then at 8:20pm the starting grid in the ASALMS Southern Division will be pushed out onto the front stretch for pre-race ceremonies and driver Introductions. The Southern Sportsmen Series will run their 50-lap feature to close out the racing action.
The next event for Fontaine in the ASALMS Southern Division will be race number four on the 2007 schedule. The Crimson 125 is set for Saturday July 14, 2007 at the famed 0.625 mile semi-banked paved oval of the Birmingham (AL) International Raceway in Birmingham, Alabama.
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