The Faith Chapel Outlaws are the appetizer to SRX’s main course and will vie for a winner-take-all $3,000 in their 50-lap feature. There will be a fan zone under a tent behind the grandstands and cooling misters sprinkled throughout the facility for fans to beat the blistering June heat.īill Elliott greets fans before an SRX Series auto race Saturday, July 17, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Saturday with a brief SRX autograph session beginning at 2:15 p.m. General admission is $35 with advanced reserved seats $40 and $45 for reserved seats on race day. I look forward to attending Saturday's race.” “With renowned drivers, this will be like an all-star event. “This Saturday's arrival of the SRX series in Pensacola at Five Flags Speedway will be an incredible experience for Escambia County and District 1,” Bergosh continued. District 1 and Board of Escambia County Commissioners Chairman Jeff Bergosh believes the two-hour Saturday primetime spotlight will enhance the city’s profile and deliver a “shot in the arm financially from all the visitors who attend.” The 75-lap SRX race brings a CBS TV production crew, which will broadcast the two-hour event live to a national audience beginning at 7 p.m.
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More Five Flags: Sammy Smith goes back-to-back, earns another Pensacola ARCA 200 victory We are over-the-top excited to put on a great show for Pensacola and showcase our city.” “There are hundreds of short tracks around the country that would jump at a chance to host an SRX event. “We were humbled when we received the call that we were being considered for one of the six events,” Five Flags general manager Tim Bryant said. The 12-car field includes present drivers and future Hall of Famers, such as Bill Elliott, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti, Paul Tracy and others. When the idea of a Superstar Racing Experience touring series was first tossed around a few years ago, the immediate goal was focusing on iconic short-track speedways.Īs any Five Flags Speedway loyalist will attest, a list of historic short tracks would be incomplete if it didn’t include the famed half-mile asphalt oval tucked away two miles off I-10, on Pine Forest Road.Ĭut to today and the Camping World SRX Series is opening its second season Saturday night at Five Flags with an otherworldly car collection of NASCAR legends, Indianapolis 500 winners and champions from other professional motorsports series.
(Photo by Dylan Buell/SRX via Getty Images) #2 battles Bobby Labonte #18 on the final restart during the Camping World Superstar Racing Experience event at Lucas Oil Raceway on Jin Indianapolis, Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JULY 03: Ernie Francis Jr.
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