A new chapter in pavement sprint car racing begins Friday night with the inaugural Race for the Million event at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. The innovative series, featuring four events ...

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James Smith didn’t have to wait long to get a nickname. On the day he was born, he received a weathered moniker from his great-grandfather: "Rawhide." “He said I was going to have to be as tough as ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Pensacola's Five Flags Speedway will be celebrating the start of the summer with a Meet the Drivers and Kids Bike Race Night event. Two suspects in Wilmer robbery lead ...

When every short track season begins in the United States, the one event most competitors prioritize takes place at the end of the year: the prestigious Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in ...

The Late Model driver wasn’t leaving anything to chance Wednesday morning with Hurricane Helene barreling through the Gulf Coast. The Big Bend, where Helene came ashore Thursday night, is three hours ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Preparing for back to school can feel like a wreck, and in the case of Five Flags Speedway’s Back to School Bash, it really is. The speedway will be the site of a unique Back ...