Todd Fayard turns exhibition laps at Mobile International Speedway during a recent race night. Photo courtesy Mobile International Speedway
Todd Fayard has several vivid childhood memories that revolve around racing.
He remembers watching the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series on cable. He specifically recalls those times when his father, Fred Fayard, told him to hop in the truck because they were headed to Mobile International Speedway to see the super modifieds race.
“They were fast; I remember that,” Todd Fayard said. “I always wanted to do it.”
At 39, Fayard is getting to live out one of his boyhood dreams, piloting a pair of winged sprint cars. The Saucier, Miss., resident was the guy behind the wheel of the black No. 13 that flew around MIS at the last race in a personal-best 14.8 seconds before the start of the Miller Lite Super Late Models 100.
Fayard will be back Saturday, along with a crowd of Winged Warriors when the Tampa Bay Area Racing Association winged pavement sprint cars invade MIS for the first time this season.
Along with the Winged Sprint Cars, the track will host it’s annual FIREWORKS display and the Bob’s Speed Shop Sportsmen and Island Motors II Bombers will compete July 9. Grandstands admission is $15 for adults; $14 for seniors, $7 military and policemen; $12 Student 12-17; $5 for children 6-11; and ages 5-and-under are free when accompanied by adult. Pit passes run $25.
This will be Fayard’s first chance to compete in a pavement feature this season. He currently leads the points race for the Cajun Sprinters, which race on dirt tracks across the southeast.
“We like the half-mile. We’ll race anywhere,” Fayard said. “Hats off to (the TBARA) guys. It’s hard to make that trip way up here the way the economy is.”
His first trip on a paved speedway came in 2009 at Five Flags Speedway where took his dirt sprint car and put a pavement front axle.
Fayard’s night ended abruptly when he broke a motor in qualifying. Still, the experience did nothing to make him reconsider his pursuit of his aspirations.
“We’ve always been racing family,” said Fayard, who owns Seamless One LLC, a gutters repair business in Saucier. “We finally made enough money to buy a sprint car. That sparked the fire.
“My father got involved three years ago. He loves this pavement racing. We like sprint cars. They’re the fastest things on wheels.”
On the average, the sprints easily pass 100 mph. Fayard said the fastest he has ever run his sprint was the 133 mph he reached last week at MIS. Sprints typically run 2.5 to 3 seconds faster than late models.
Each time Fayard and Co. pull into a truck stop or rest area to stretch their legs, the eyebrows get stretched just as much.
“They think we’re crazy getting in those things,” Fayard said. “ ‘They look dangerous,’ everybody says.
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“You try not to make a mistake. One mistake and your whole night is done. Drive hard as can without making mistake.”
He drove flawlessly June 26 as a warm up to the ground pounding action coming to MIS on July 9th. Fayard pulled his car back to his hauler saddled right next to NASCAR K&N Pro Series East rookie Chase Elliott.
Even Elliott’s crew had to scrape their jaws off the pavement.
“I think they were intrigued by us more than we were them,” Fayard joked. “I got a kick out of them asking their questions because those late models are pretty high-tech. Sprint cars are very simple. It’s grassroots racing. Nothing technical.”
Nothing technical, but very fast.
Just like Fayard always remembers them.
Mobile International Speedway
2011 Points Standings
Miller Lite Super Late Models Top 5 — 1. Bubba Pollard 186.00, 2. Augie Grill 155.00, 3. Donnie Wilson 155.00, 4. Steven Davis 137.00, 5. Mike Garvey 120.00
Midwest Cooling Towers Pro Late Models Top 5 — 1. D.J. VanderLey 180.00, 2. Thomas Praytor 138.00, 3. Donnie Hamrac 126.00, 4. Josh Bragg 122.00, 5. Bubba Pollard 122.00
Alabama Pipe and Supply Modifieds Top 5 — 1. Gerald Wilkerson 241.00, 2. Brandon Howell 187.00, 3. Okie Mason 162.00, 4. James Patrick 153.00, 5. Donald Crocker 151.00
Praytor Realty Super Stocks Results Top 5 — 1. Shannon Jackson 228.00, 2. Bobby Baria 213.00, 3. Bubba Winslow 186.00, 4. Darin Matthews 161.00, 5. James Alonzo 152.00
Bob’s Speed Shop Sportsman Top 5 — 1. Brannon Fowler 438.00, 2. Randy Thompson 432.00, 3. Lee Reynolds 380.00, 4. Steve Stagner 367.00, 5. Chad Robinson 349.00
Island Motor II Bombers Top 5 — 1. Jay Jay Day 485.00, 2. Jayme Corry 479.00, 3. Johnathan Day 468.00, 4. Rusty Powell, Sr. 402.00, 5. Derek Long 371.00
Up Next
Racing returns Saturday, July 9 at MIS when Fayard and the rest of the Tampa Bay Area Racing Association Winged Sprint Cars make their thrilling return, while the Bob’s Speed Shop Sportsman and Island Motors II Bombers will continue their respective seasons, plus the MIS Annual FIREWORKS show.
