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| First Race of the New Year for Charlotte County, the Hangover 250 | Danny Snow
Mother Nature did a good job for the race fans and the
drivers of the Hangover 250 Tuesday, January lst getting
the racing world of Charlotte County Speedway in gear
for the New Year.
Sixty-five cars signed up for the slam-fest and made
that good old "Southern Thunder" sound when our flagman
Greg Roebeck threw the green flag for the start. Every-
body did the best they could, vying for position and
bouncing off each other, racing four and five wide for
the first eighteen laps. Lap nineteen saw the red flag
for a scary wreck right in the middle of the front
stretch, when a hand-full of cars came together, leaving
one of them against the inside wall on fire. The
responses of the track rescue teams were put to the test
as they doused the flames of the burning race car. The
driver was OK thanks to the quick actions of the team.
After a couple more red flags for cars sitting the wrong
way on the track (driver facing on coming traffic), the
racing action continued to bump, grind and slam, until
lap one-sixty five. The field of remaining cars was then
turned around to race in the opposite direction for the
duration of the race. The drivers were bouncing off of
each other through lap two hundred and ten. Cars #90 and
#63 of Terry Gay and Robert Ray got together in turn
three and ended up going through the back pit exit, taking
out a piece of the wall and bringing out the red flag once
again. On the restart, we had another red flag when a car
took out a section of the back stretch fencing. #85 Michael
Gamache was out in front for the majority of the race, and
was still on point when he took the checkered flag for
the win.
Danny Snow
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