Billy Ammons can't stay away from the race track. His plans for this year are to focus on the Frank Kimmel Enduro races, but he can't help but come out to South Alabama Speedway for some short track fun.

Billy borrowed Johnny Otto's #17 Street Stock car once again, and had a good solid run, coming home in the 6th spot, after starting 8th in the 25 lap feature.

Also of note, the Ammons Racing crew brought their Enduro car that they will be running next weekend at Bristol out to South Alabama for some practice laps. They wanted to shake down the car before heading up north to the high banks of Bristol.

Spun Early, but Strong Second for Ammons at SAS

Billy Ammons started the feature race for the Street Stocks last Saturday night in the 12th position. A first lap crash put Billy restarting in 8th. By the end of the first lap after the restart, Ammons found himself in the 5th spot. On lap four he was 3rd. By lap nine he was second and bearing down on the leader. That was until he was spun in turn three on lap 13. He would restart at the tail end of the field, but would work his way back up to a strong second place finish.

Billy Back in Victory Lane at SAS

It has been over three months since the black #3 has visited victory lane at South Alabama. That was, until last Saturday. Billy Ammons drew the pole starting position, and led every lap en route to his third win of the season. The win wasn't a walk in the park however, as Billy had to battle a very loose race car in the closing laps. He was able to hold on the top spot for the victory.

Bad Luck Continues... Blown Motor for Billy

The monkey is still on Billy Ammons' back. After starting in the 6th position for last Saturday's 25 lap Street Stock feature, Ammons' engine let go. At the time, he was having a very strong run, and looked to have a shot at the checkers. The team will try to get the car readied for the big 75 lap Street Stock Madness race coming up on August 18th.

Up and Down Night - 2nd Place Finish for Ammons

Sixteen cars pulled into the pits this past Saturday night for the 25 lap Street Stock feature. Only five cars finished the race, which had a high attrition rate. Billy Ammons started fourth in the feature, but a first lap incident would take out the second place starter, moving Billy up to the outside pole.

Billy would have a strong run until being spun in turn three with 9 laps to go. He would manage to fight his way back up to cross the line 3rd, but a post race disqualification of the race winner would move him up to a second place finishing position.

Another Solid Top 5 For Billy at SAS

The Street Stock division had a special 40 lap feature June 16. Billy Ammons, always one of the favorites, again struggled through the night, but came home with a strong top five. Billy got involved in a first lap accident that rendered his #3 machine with some suspension damage. He managed to overcome the damage to take the lead from Jody Henderson on lap 21, and looked poised for victory. On lap 27, however, Billy's right from tire gave way. He would have to surrender the lead to come in and change tires. He still managed to work his way back up through the field to take home fifth.

 Billy Borrows a Top Five Finish at SAS

 Misfortune has been the story of the season thus far for the Billy Ammons Racing crew. The bad luck continued Saturday night, as Billy's engine blew early in practice. Billy managed to wheel a borrowed car from Johnny Otto to finish in the top five and maintain his position in the points.  This marks the fourth different car that Billy has driven this season, including his primary car, backup car, and two borrowed cars; one from Shanky Smith, and one from Johnny Otto. Next week at SAS, is a special 50 lap race paying $1000 to win for the Street Stock division.

Billy held off Jeff Rudd to take an exciting win at South Alabama Speedway last night!

 Billy Finishes Fifth... in the #17 Car?

To say Billy Ammons had a rough night this past Saturday night would be an understatement. The Street Stock division had the chance to qualify for the first time on the new pavement at South Alabama Speedway. Everyone on hand had track record on their minds.

Unfortunately for Billy, his shot at a track record will have to wait. On his first qualifying lap something broke in the front end of the #3 machine as he exited turn 4. This lead to Billy slamming into the outside wall, and narrowing the car by about three inches. Physically, Billy was uninjured. Emotionally, he was not a happy camper, as evidenced by him climbing out of the car to survey the damage.

His night was seemingly finished at that point. That was, until the Shanky Racing team stepped up to the plate and offered to let Billy use their car. The Shanky Racing guys rushed to Troy to get the car from the shop, where it had been sitting since the Rattler in March. This is the same car that Shanky drove to the 2005 Street Stock Championship.

They got the car back to the track in time to get Billy strapped in for the feature, but did not have time to put a setup in the car. Billy muscled the car from his 10th place starting spot to take home a fifth place finish.

Thanks to the generosity of the Shanky Racing team, Billy will still have a shot to defend his Street Stock championship at South Alabama Speedway.

Billy Ammons managed to overcome a false penalty to come home with a third place finish this past Saturday night. Billy lined up on the grid 5th, but wound up starting at the tail end of the field after being called for jumping the initial start of the race.

By lap 3 Billy had already moved his way to the top five. On lap 15 Billy spun to avoid an accident, and was awarded his position back. He would fight with Jeff Rudd for the remainder of the race and come home with a solid third place finish.

During post race video review, track officials found Billy did not in fact jump the initial start. Officials appoligized to the #3 crew, who understood mistakes can be made.

Billy will be back in action on May 5th at South Alabama Speedway

A quickie caution was called for by track officials, and Billy rejoined the race half a lap down as the leaders were prepared to take the green.

Billy, still with the fastest car on the track managed to work his way up to a top five finish.

Billy started near the back of the pack, and patiently worked his way to the front. By the time he got up to second spot, race leader Jeff Rudd had pulled to nearly a straightaway advantage.

Within about five short laps Ammons was able to track down the white #17 of Rudd, and found himself right on Rudd's tail with just a couple laps remaining. Rudd protected the low line, not allowing Ammons to get past him on the bottom of the race track. Ammons made an attempt to pass on the outside in turn three on one occasion, but was unable to make the car stick.

As the two came to the white flag, Rudd continued to protect the low line. Ammons followed him into turn one right on his tail. Ammons got a good run coming off of turn two and was able to get his nose under Rudd as the two came to turn three. Rudd slid up the racetrack and Ammons was able to get by and take the checkers with the fans all on their feet.

Billy started 14th for the 50 lap Street Stock feature at South Alabama Speedway, and had worked his way up to 10th by the end of lap 1. Billy's car was handling great as he worked his way up to the front. Billy fought hard and clawed his way up to the fifth position by lap four.

Then, the first round of bad luck struck while attempting to pass the #17 of Jeff Rudd. The two touched and Rudd went spinning in turn three. As per South Alabama Speedway rules, both cars were ordered to restart the race at the rear of the field.

Billy shook off the incident, and started to climb his way back through the field once more. The second round of bad luck hit on lap 40 as the #3 machine had a brake rotor break, ending Billy's night. Billy's official finish position would be 11th.

Pitts Motorsports will team up with Billy Ammons Racing during the Snowball Derby weekend at Five Flags Speedway. Billy Ammons will drive the Buddy Pitts owned #26x Super Stock car in the 75 lap Super Stock feature.

"Billy has run Super Stocks before and has the talent to put this car up front. I look forward to working with Billy and his team." said Pitts.

"I am very excited and feel this is going to be the best opportunity me and my team have to be competitive." said Ammons.