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TBARA Announces Safety-Kleen Sytems, Inc. as Series Sponsor.

Tampa, FL – TBARA President Buff Fritz announced today that the club has reached agreement with officials at Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. to be the presenting series sponsor for the 2012 race season. The series will now be known as the Safety-Kleen Systems TBARA Sprint Car Series.   “We are very excited to reach this agreement [...]

Reminder about TBARA Owner and Driver Membership Dues.

All TBARA owner / driver membership dues and car number requests must be turned in and paid in full by February 10, 2012. Please send to: Buff Fritz, 5661 SE 9th St, Ocala, FL 34480

2012 TBARA Race Schedule

  The race schedule for the 2012 TBARA Race Season has been released. Go the the schedule section of the tool bar.  

TBARA announces dates for 2012 edition of SpeedWeeks.

December 12, 2011 – The following are the dates for SpeedWeeks for the 2012 TBARA racing season. Date Track Location 02.19.12 New Smyrna Speedway New Smryna Beach, FL 02.20.12 New Smyrna Speedway New Smryna Beach, FL 02.25.12 Desoto Speedway Bradenton, FL Stay tuned for further additions to the 2012 TBARA racing schedule.

TBARA Members – Annual Meeting is Coming Up Soon.

Attention all TBARA members, our Annual Meeting will soon be approaching, so please send in any proposed rule changes, nominees for President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasure by December 10th to Buff Fritz. You can contact Buff Fritz via the following: P: 352.342.6051 E: bfritz123@cox.net Thank you.

Sprint Car Swap Meet Coming Up on December 18.

There will be a sprint car swap meet on Sunday, December 18 Dirt Devil Speedway. The swap meet will get under way at  9:00 am and go as long as need be. There will be a $5.00 entry fee per person, but no other charges. Dirt Devil Speedway is located at 23846 State Road 52  [...]

Gene Marderness recently profiled by Sprint Car Hall of Fame.

Over the years, many tans have come to identify the sport’s icons through his excellent photographs, which have been featured in most racing publications. One of his latest contributions is on the cover of Doug WoIfgang’s autobiography Lone Wolf. A dinosaur of sorts who slaved over chemicals and film canisters in earlier years, Gene enjoys [...]

The TBARA Annual Meeting details have been announced.

The TBARA has announced the end-of-the-year annual meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, January 7th at Steele Performance Parts located at 4415 North Lois Ave, Tampa FL 33614. The meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 AM.

TBARA announces Johnny Gilbertson is the 2011 TBARA champion.

TBARA President Buff Fritz today announced that the final race of the 2011 TBARA season at Desoto Speedway scheduled for November 26th has been cancelled, thus concluding the season. Due to this event, current points leader Johnny Gilbertson is the 2011 TBARA champion. At this time, the club would like to thank everyone for his [...]

Pictures from the Desoto Speedway race have been posted.

We are pleased to post photos from Sprint Car Hall of Fame photographer Gene Marderness to the website. All of the race photos going forward will be found on this page, which can be found in the drop down header menu for Results and the specific Desoto Speedway photos for the last race can be [...]

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The premier pavement sprint car series in the South, and some would say in the country, the Tampa Bay Area Racing Association (TBARA) has been racing from 1973 through 2009 and is preparing for its 40th season. Known as "the ground pounders," these purpose-built pavement sprint cars are powered by fire-breathing 360 motors and piloted by some of the best drivers in the country.

Current drivers include two-time USAC Silver Crown champ Dave Steele, two-time TBARA champ Troy DeCaire, and past race winners Bo Hartley, Dude Teate, Larry Brazil Jr. and the first female to win a sprint car feature with a major touring series in the southeast, Wendy Mathis.