Welcome to The Villages Motor Racing Fan Club website!

SHARING INTERESTS IN ALL FORMS OF MOTOR RACING

Curious about who we are and what keeps our engines running? Take a spin through our website -- it's built to keep both members and racing fans up-to-speed (pun fully intended!) on everything we do.

Our club is open to all Villages residents, and we're united by one passion: motor racing in every form. Whether you're a die-hard NASCAR fan, love the roar of NHRA dragsters, root for super late models on dirt and asphalt, or get a kick out of go-karts and motorcycles, you'll find fellow enthusiasts here. The photo above? Believe it or not -- that's not even half our members!

From the legendary 2.5-mile high banks of Daytona to the gritty 1/4-mile dirt of Marion County Speedway, we live and breathe the tracks that make Florida a racing hotspot.

Want to keep the excitement going? Connect with us on Facebook or through our Contacts page. We would love to welcome you into the club!
  

It's time to renew your club membership - $25 per year. Please renew at the next meeting. Can't make it to a meeting? Click Here to download the membership form to renew. Renewal deadline is February 3.

Our next meeting is at Colony Cottage Recreation Center on November 4 at 7 p.m. when the business of a NASCAR ARCA team takes center stage.

Join us for a memorable meeting with guest speaker Sandy Brantley, the Director of Marketing for City Garage Motorsports, a family-owned Lakeland-based ARCA team focused on helping young drivers develop their craft.

Sandy's responsibilities at the team include managing sponsorships, media, and fan engagement to secure mutual value for partners and necessary support for the team. The CGM team emphasizes community involvement, especially with their primary sponsor, Orlando Health. We will learn about what she deals with to successfully promote their drivers and partners.

Before joining City Garage Motorsports, Sandy was a Fortune 50 company executive, a bestselling author, and a speaker who has spent years helping young people grow into successful adults.

Don't miss this inside look at how a start-up professional race team can do things differently by sharing their purpose and the relentless desire to win!

Meetings are open only to club members, but Villages residents are welcome to join at the door. Click Here for more membership information.

TALLADEGA — Bubba Wallace made the list this week! That’s a driver we haven’t seen picked in quite a while. We’ll see if Pete’s logic for picking Bubba pays off. Cathe could really use a strong showing from Joey Logano to move back ahead of her husband, Jim.

We’ve got five different drivers to root for this weekend, so there should be plenty of excitement. Should be fun!

Standings are based on the number of wins with points breaking any ties.

Talladega Predictions 

  1. Len Pouncey - 1 win, 350 points - Ryan Blaney - Fifth in points with three wins and 11 top 5 finishes. Superspeedway talent with drafting skills and a dominant Penske car.
  2. Pete Zaagman - 1 win, 302 points - Bubba Wallace - He is a past winner here in 2021. His career best finishes are primarily on superspeedways in team 23XI race cars.
  3. Jim Rezendes - 1 win, 284 points - Ryan Blaney - Not wrecked, average = 1.7, but DNF’s 2024 to 2026! Still best at cutting through the field.  Best manufacturer teamwork, but 'Dega is a crap-shoot.
  4. Cathe Rezendes - 1 win, 275 points - Joey Logano - At this chaotic superspeedway, he is a three-time winner. Ford drivers are known to be reliable drafters and he is the best!
  5. Steve Poplarski - 0 wins, 322 points - Tyler Reddick - Consistent on the high-speed drafting tracks with six top 8 finishes over the last eight races. Last week’s win puts him back in the Chase race.
  6. Bob Patterson - 0 wins, 248 points - Denny Hamlin - Talladega is just a crapshoot. All drivers stand an equal chance to win. Denny has two wins at this track. Might just as well be him.

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.