Welcome to The Villages Motor Racing Fan Club website!

SHARING INTERESTS IN ALL FORMS OF MOTOR RACING

You are cordially invited to view the pages in our site, all of which have been designed to keep our members and interested parties up-to-speed (pun intended!) on who we are and what we do.

Our club is open to all Villages residents. Collectively, we are dedicated to providing a forum to share common interests in ALL forms of motor racing.

Besides many of us being NASCAR fans, we are equally interested in the local racing venues so prevalent here in Florida. The classes we watch range from Super Late Models to Go-Karts, NHRA dragsters, and motorcycles. The tracks we have been known to visit range from the 2.5-mile, high-banked asphalt Daytona International Speedway to the 1/4-mile, flat dirt Marion County Speedway.

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DOVER -- This week Denny Hamlin appears to be the favorite followed by Kyle Larson. Both for good reasons. However, just for the fun of it, we should all root for Chase Elliott which will get Rick into the top three. While A Hamlin win would firm up 1st and 2nd place for Bill and Craig, it could also get Len up out of last place.

Should be fun to watch! 

 Standings are based on wins, with points acting as the tie breaker. The Top 3 will advance to our  Playoff Segment.

Dover Predictions

  1. Bill McCormick - 3 wins  229 points - Denny Hamlin - He has won 2 of the last 6 races at Dover will pick up another win.

  2. Craig Simundza - 2 wins 264 points - Denny Hamlin - The #11 Toyota "fan favorite" mastered The Monster Mile last year and is primed to repeat today.

  3. Rick Kegel - 1 win  225 points - Kyle Larson - It's back to short ovals which Kyle is extremely good at.  He will improve from his 2nd place finish last year.

  4. Rick Almeida - 1 win  208 points - Chase Elliott - Has 2 wins and 10 top 5's in only 14 starts here. He won 2 weeks ago and came in 3rd last week. His momentum is building.

  5. Marty Wool - 1 win  203 points - Kyle Larson - With 7 top fives and 11 top tens at the “Monster Mile” the #5 has 1 win and 900 laps led. Gets win #2 today.

  6. Len Pouncey - 0 wins  184 points - Denny Hamlin - Prior winner at the “Monster Mile”.  Good performance at the high bank concrete tracks.  Nine top five finishes this season.

     

    Click on the PREDICTION ROW tab at the top of this page so you can keep up with the competition from race to race. Check the notes at the bottom for an explanation of scoring.

Club member Bob Carlblom, a lifelong enthusiast of high-performance cars, has owned at least 15 sports cars, with his latest being a 2022 Porsche 911 Carrera S.

His passion for racing began in childhood, influenced by trips to sprint car races with his father, and continues today.

Carlblom admires the engineering behind endurance race cars and hopes to someday own an Aston Martin Vantage to round out his dream collection.

Click Here to download the article that appeared in the March 22, 2025 edition of The Villages Daily Sun.