Ben Tunny Racing

Ben Tunny Racing Late Model/Outlaw Figure 8 racing team who races from FL to CA yearly and Midwest weekly! 🌎 Champion

My goals and aspirations are to develope my career and provide value to my sponsors so that we can develope a plan to race in other series such as the USSA Sprint Car Challenge and the ARCA/CRA Series.

Well, Christmas time has came and gone for me. You know that feeling when you didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas?...
09/09/2024

Well, Christmas time has came and gone for me. You know that feeling when you didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas? Yeah, same lol.

The 3 hour is done. First, I want to say we all hope and pray for Doodle N Terri Farris recovery and health. It’s a awful thing to see. I hate it for him and his team, and family. I know they all had our backs when Mark and I had our bad wreck in 2015. This was even worse. Get well soon buddy.

Have to thank my sponsors for chipping in to help us be able to do what I love. Thank you once again to:

- Hadley Towing
- VK Indy Smoke Shop
- Skinner Motorsports
- Shuffitt’s NAPA Autocare
- Tunny’s 3rd Turn Performance powered by Polk Bros Racing
- ICA Dumpsters
- Pro Touch Lawn Mowing
- Brown’s Oil Service
- Bigsys Sports Grille
- Joe Williamson Racing Engines
- T8 Racecars

Shout out to Josh Ridener, Jeff Thinnes for stepping up when the others were busy workin late at 3rd Turn most of the time. Thank you to Jerica Smith, Val Thurston for their continued help week in and out. Brandon Vize, Ricky Brittaney Heine and their team for coming up and helping out with our pit stop and everything this weekend. Appreciate you guys very much.

Thank you to all the fans for showing up and showing our enduring the chilly night. We hope you enjoyed the race, but if not, I hope you come back and see if we can get it to the next level again next year to suit ya.

Lisa Semans, thanks for all the food and help with everything everywhere this week.

Medessa Ann thanks for being you and always being there to support me and help mentally keep me sound if that’s possible. I know I’m always upset lol. Love you 😘

Congratulations to Mark Tunny for killing it last night and keeping the trophy 🏆 in the family. Awesome job and great driving as always 🐐🏁

Tonight’s the night! 1 Hour Figure 8 Endurance race and the final points race of the year so they will crown a new Tra...
08/24/2024

Tonight’s the night! 1 Hour Figure 8 Endurance race and the final points race of the year so they will crown a new Track Champion afterwards.

$7500 to win! Event times and ticket information can be found at www.speedrome.com/schedule.html

We’d like to proudly welcome Bigsy’s Sports Grill on board the #5 team to finish out 2024 and hopefully kick off 2025 with! Look for posts about possible coupons or specials to use when heading to or leaving the race track for some lunch, dinner, or drinks 🍹 🍺

See y’all tonight! Let’s have fun. 🏁🏁🏁🏁

So much good racing coming up. Next week at Speedrome is the 1 hr endurance race. $7500 to win! Then, we prep for the 3...
08/13/2024

So much good racing coming up. Next week at Speedrome is the 1 hr endurance race. $7500 to win! Then, we prep for the 3 hour!

Following that a good/big race coming soon after is the Sept 28th 78 lapper. Below is the payout for that race.

Looking for new sponsors to job on board to help us get through the end of the year. I know everyone thinks we’re loaded and rich and don’t need any help, but you couldn’t be more mistaken.

If you think you’d rather be a part of a race and event, get with the Indianapolis Speedrome and Sportsdrome Speedway on how you can add your own bonus of choice to the upcoming events.

There’s so many things I want to help with in racing. Outlaw figure 8 stuff mainly but even other tracks, and the Mini ...
08/05/2024

There’s so many things I want to help with in racing. Outlaw figure 8 stuff mainly but even other tracks, and the Mini Late Models.

One of my favorite races each year since 2014 has been the West Coast Outlaw Figure 8. Usually we have it every year early November and circumstances have us in a bind where we need to pull together as a racing family and chip in. We need to start a Go Fund Me or just rounding up $20 here, $100 there or whatever to put towards this purse. We need to raise around $15,000 to be able to make this happen. Everyone message Rod Proctor for Zelle information or whatever, or Zelle me and I’ll transfer to him. We have only a couple months. Let’s not let the west coast championship die out. There’s more to the story but all that matters now is we need to raise money. We will figure out a way to honor or thank everyone who donates whenever it happens and if it doesn’t happen, all money will be returned. Thank you guys! 🙏🏼

Shoutout to Earnest Performance and Brannon Earnest for getting me this coil over care pack to me quickly and painlessly...
05/23/2024

Shoutout to Earnest Performance and Brannon Earnest for getting me this coil over care pack to me quickly and painlessly. One of the best to work with here. If you haven’t reached out about shocks yet, you’re missing out!

05/02/2024

Looking to build up a more bigger and hyped event than just the same ole shows on repeat for everyone. Obviously, this takes help and contribution from friends, fans and businesses near and far. Below, is a goals we’re aiming high for, for next weekends race.

If anyone wants to help contribute, please contact the Speedrome and tell Scott Or Jonathan that you’re donating to the Phyllis Tunny Memorial race and they can keep a tally of where we are at with sponsors and donations. I’ll help as well. If you would rather 💰Zelle or 🟢 Cash App or pay by Credit Card 💳 , get with me and I will connect with the Speedrome to make sure this all goes to the race itself. Thank you all in advance if you choose to participate and help! 🏁🏆🙏🏼

May 11th, 2024
Phyliss Tunny Memorial Format/Payout Ideas
Current:
1. $1450 ——> $5000
2. $750 ——-> $1500
3. $650 ——-> $1000
4. $500 ——-> $750
5. $475 ——-> $650
6. $425
7. $400
8. $375
9. $350
10. $325 ——-> on down until $200 to start

Looking for sponsors to grow the purse like such. Hopefully we can get announcer to give each person or business a shout-out next weekend if you contribute!

But, I’d like to see these be goals for more bigger races other than just 3 hour or 90 min spring shootout. Someone else should take the lead for those and other upcoming races.

So far we have $100 from Kylie Anne Photography added to winners purse

Indy Screen Print adding $300 for a Hard Charger award for most improved position

FIVE1 Designs boosting 4th and 5th place money up to $550 and $525 now.

Mortgages by Debbie Tunny adding $100 to most laps led

Wood Enterprises adding a $100 but I’m not sure where they want it yet.

Kurt Gearlds Jr. Adding a $100 to winners purse on behalf of Speedrome TV

If you can contribute, please help us grow and support this raise to be bigger and better if we can. My grandma started a petition in the early 80’s to save the speedrome when people wanted it shut down due to the noise. Without that it’s hard to say what could’ve happened, so now I’m petitioning for more bigger races and we just need everyone to chip in for it to happen.

Let’s do it! 🇺🇸🏆🏁🏎️ It’s May in Indiana! Race Season in full effect!

Blessed to be able to pull off a win 🏆 last nightI always feel like every win could be my last one any more. I know how...
04/28/2024

Blessed to be able to pull off a win 🏆 last night

I always feel like every win could be my last one any more. I know how hard it is to win in these cars and it’s very hard to get on a hot 🥵 streak and very easy to get on a cold 🥶 streak. Just have to keep paying attention to all the little things and make the best of every you can and stay ready.

Shoutout to my gang for all their help week to week, day to day, year to year: Josh Ridener, Jerica Smith, Medessa Ann, Val Thurston, and Jeff Thinnes when he can. Couldn’t hardly make a show without you guys helping behind the scenes. (Ty Romeo, Lindsey N Matt Johnson, Porter and Raymond for coming up too)

Thanks to everybody who chips in on this operation and I hope everyone supports these fellow small businesses out as much as they can:

🟡 VK Smoke Shop
⚫️ Shuffitt's NAPA AutoCare
🟡 ICA Dumpsters
⚫️ Brown’s Oil Service
🟡 Earnest Performance
⚫️ Pro Touch Lawn Mowing
🟡 Hadleys Towing
⚫️ T8 Racecars
🟡 Bob’s Tu Your Door 🍕
⚫️ Joe Williamson Racing Engines
🟡 Polk Bros Racing/Tunny Motorsports
⚫️ Breedlove Automotive
🟡 Mortgages by Deb Tunny
⚫️ Maid to Clean 🧼
🟡 Millennium Trailers
⚫️ Kylie Anne Photography
🟡 Tunny’s Auto Service

One more 50 lap race and we look forward to the 75 lap Phyliss Tunny Memorial race. See my next post for help to boost this event to get a good hyped race for fans and drivers to look forward to.

Thank you everybody!

After FL, we’ve come back home and had a good start to the season with 2 feature- 75 lap wins at 2 different tracks. The...
04/07/2024

After FL, we’ve come back home and had a good start to the season with 2 feature- 75 lap wins at 2 different tracks. The first one we earned rightfully, and this one we kind of fell into. My little brother Austin I think had everyone covered last night and led every lap and unfortunately broke something in the back end. Fortunately for us being in 2nd we were able to hang on.

First want to thank all the sponsors. Never did make a post from Sportsdrome’s outcome. We’d like to thank everyone who’s helped out and plan to help out this season for 2024:
❇️ Polk Bros Racing
❇️ VK Smoke Shop
❇️ Hadley Towing
❇️ Shuffitt’s NAPA Autocare
❇️ Browns Oil Service
❇️ Earnest Performance Shocks
❇️ Tunny Motorsports
❇️ Joe Williamson Racing Engines
❇️ Pro Touch Lawn Mowing
❇️ T8 Racecars
❇️ ICA Dumpsters
❇️ Mortgages by Deb Tunny
❇️ Breedlove Automotive

Thanks again to m crew for doing a great job week in and week out: Jerica, Josh, Val and Jeff, you guys rock. Thank you for the commitment!

Thanks to every driver who has given so many kind breaks in traffic and in the intersection. Owe you all one in return one day.

Thanks to my lovely gf Medessa for putting up with me, and all my family for their support.

Big extra shoutout to Bob Polk for not just being a sponsor and a friend but believing in me and my passion for the sport off the track. I can’t thank you enough!

See everyone next week!

Trying to get car count up for the Sportsdrome Speedway outlaw figure 8 race. It’s the Midwestern, so it’s a 75 lap hist...
03/11/2024

Trying to get car count up for the Sportsdrome Speedway outlaw figure 8 race. It’s the Midwestern, so it’s a 75 lap historical event. The more cars we get, the better the purse gets. Pays quite a bit more than our 75 lap races at Speedrome. It’s on Speedrome tires, and is a 4 tire event. Speedrome rules also. 2450, 10” wheels, big roofs can stay on. Who’s coming?

Me
Mark Tunny?
Jesse Tunny
Austin Tunny I believe is
Mason Hadley is in

Haven’t heard really about anyone else up here. We need to get some guys going

I know it’s late back home, but we’ve been steadily doing activities and driving nonstop so not a lot of down time to po...
11/21/2023

I know it’s late back home, but we’ve been steadily doing activities and driving nonstop so not a lot of down time to post much. Sorry for the long post warning ⛔️

You got people that love FL and hate CA. And then you got people who love CA and FL and that’s me. Ever since I was fortunate enough to make it out west in 2014, with much help from EDCO Welding and the Van Meter family, I’ve been basically in love with the west coast area. Then, again got to go northwest in 2019 to Seattle and the west got me again. It’s just something about the skyline, hills, trees, mountains and ocean/beaches and all that combined in one. You got no humidity and the best sunsets in SoCal. Almost every day is sunny and 70-80. Florida is just like a hotter version of Indiana with a beach to walk on and get burnt at basically lol. Anyways, I basically just appreciate the world and it’s power and size and all that mushy stuff a lot more when I come back from here every year. Meeting all these new people has grown our sport and helped it reach farther and farther than just the 3 hour alone can do. The FL races have been a big part in that also along with the gang fighting and holding strong on the Washington front at Evergreen. Bring us all together, and we make quite a race and show with lots of talent and nice racecars.

I’m lucky to be able to make it out here and do this. Without the help of a few great sponsors this year I really couldn’t of made it. Just haven’t been in good spot financially this year. Following a poor points finish and a DNF in the 3 hour we didn’t have much to use to get to California as we had in some previous years. With the help of: Bob Polk, his family and Polk Brothers Racing, Pete Shuffitt with Shuffitt's Autocare Shuffitt, David Snead& Lisa Snead with Vaper Kings Indy, Pro Touch Lawn Mowing with Ryan Tunny and his partner Matt, and Brown’s Oil Service we were able to get out west and give a shot at racing again.

Fast forward through Friday and Saturday, we race and it’s one heck of a hard and fast race. Between the top 5-6, anyone had a good shot at winning. With the bad luck the 28, and 20 had, it was myself and my little brothers to race out the finish. With what would of been hard in itself as a race alone turned into a mess of guys running out of gas and pitting with 5 to go. Austin lost ground under green unfortunately and Jesse caught a yellow in time to pit and get back to 2nd and I was lucky to not run out until we drove the car off the track after the race. But it was sure a wild and competitive one with lots of action and battling for position.

I want to thank the crew for working hard all weekend and preparing for the race. It’s been a nightmare getting the car ready following the dirt race, and then getting it out there and changing stuff constantly chasing hundreds of a second it seems. Jerica Smith, Val Thurston, Chris Johnson and Josh Ridener thanks a bunch for all the time, commitment and dedication to help me do something I love to do. Hope you all continue to want to because I ain’t getting tired of doing it yet. Just getting fatter and some gray sprinkles of hair lol. Thanks to Medessa Ann for supporting me and my “hobby” and traveling to support me and helping out with everything around the house because I’m not hardly home. Thanks to my mom, and Aunt Debbie for coming to most all of our races and supporting me and my brothers.

Thanks to all our sponsors in 2023 for another fairly successful season with 5-6 Speedrome feature wins and this West Coast Outlaw Figure 8 win:

Polk Bros Racing
Vaper Kings Indy
Browns Oil Service powered by Sunoco
Earnest Performance Shocks
Spivey Detailing
ICA Dumpsters
Shuffitt’s NAPA Autocare
Pro Touch Lawn Mowing
Bobs Tu Your Door 🍕
Breedlove Automotive
Joe Williamson Racing Engines
Mortgages by Deb Tunny
T8 Racecars
KY Clutch
Tunny Motorsports

Special Shout out to Mark Murello for getting some deliveries for us while we were gone and hassling him with those. Thank you!

Thanks Chad Sizemore for letting us take your spare rear and diff with us, and Matt Smith for letting us take his scales.

I’m happy we were able to get my dad’s car scheme back to victory lane for some pics.

Time to regroup and refresh for the Winter Storm Series in FL in February! Looking forward to that and not forward to the break of not racing lol.

Thank you to Rod Proctor and everyone from Orange Show Speedway’s staff who made this possible. I appreciate everyone’s hospitality and effort to make it happen. Everyone have a nice Thanksgiving!

10/24/2023

Racing season’s winding down to an end. We got one more this weekend at the Speedrome for the new annual Halloween 🎃 race. Last weekend sure was wild. Fun, mixed in with lots of extra work with it being a dirt race. I don’t know how them guys stick with that on a regular basis but the driving side of things on dirt was fun. It was a great idea to put on the show and do it on old throw away tires from modified race teams. Made for a cheap way for cars to come run and for a good purse with lots of bonuses. Thanks to everyone who pitched in on that and thanks to Kimmie Greig for organizing all of it. We’re supposed to have more dirt figure 8’s next year and for more money. Should be interesting to see what’s go come.

Looking ahead, after this weekend we look to prepare to try and get to California for the West Coast Outlaw Figure 8 championship. It’s November 18th. Then, the following day we hop over to Willow Springs to race a 100 lap figure 8 on a track I’ve never ran on or been to.

Should be a good time as usual, but obviously it’s a long long haul and very expensive. Fuel is about $1750 for the truck. About $300 in racing fuel. Around $600-$800 on hotel rooms, $1000 in race tires. With that, if anyone would be interested in chipping in towards helping us get out there that would be awesome. I think I’ll designate a whole place on the car for every individual to pick a name or nickname they want to have on the car and I’ll bring home a souvenir from CA and give you that piece of another piece of the race car as a thank you to give to a person off the car from a drawing like we did last year. If any of our current sponsors can chip in anything extra for this trip, it would be much appreciated.

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