The final double-header weekend on the Gulf Coast netted big results for Adam Crawford and his Circle Bar Truck Corral Late Model team. The Mobile, Alabama native finished 3rd at Pensacola's Five Flags Speedway on Friday night and a 7th place finish at Mobile International Speedway was enough to catapult Crawford to 3rd in the final championship points standings. Crawford and his team are now busy prepping for the 40th Annual snowball Derby at Pensacola's Five Flags Speedway slated for ,the first Sunday in December.

Pensacola Five Flags Speedway 10-12-07: With the bulk of the 2007 season having been spent racing at Mobile International Speedway, Adam Crawford and his Circle Bar Truck Corral late model team were looking for a tune up for the 40th Annual Snowball Derby at Pensacola's Five Flags Speedway. The team arrived a day early to test at the rugged old racetrack. A full night of testing left the team looking for answers that would not reveal themselves until the final 10 laps on Friday night.

A lackluster qualifying effort put Crawford in the middle of the pre-derby field of 35 cars starting 18th. With the drop of the green flag Crawford was hung up on the outside line. A slow car in front of him had Crawford hung out to dry as the rest of the field went by in the preferred line, putting Crawford all the way back to 28th. Finally able to get down, Crawford starting picking off spots working his way back up to 14th on lap 70. Under caution, Crawford would bring his Circle Bar machine to pit road for 2 tires (all that was allowed). The team was quick on the stop picking up 3 spots on pit road and returning Crawford to the track in the 11th position. With all of the leaders having pitted for tires and the race down to its final 20 laps, business was picking up at 5 Flags Speedway. Two laps into the green flag run 3 cars crashed in front of Crawford and with a good call from spotter Bob Moore, Crawford was able to dodge the wreck and pick up 4 spots to 7th. A red flag brought the field to a halt to clean up the debris and preserve green flag laps for the final laps. Back under green the field wasn't through wrecking, this time spots 3-6 started wrecking high and low in front of Crawford. The young Mobile driver went high then low and shot the gap between the final 2 cars to clear the carnage while those behind him were tangled up in it. Another red flag would reset the field again with Crawford in the 3rd position behind leader Grant Enfinger and former Snowball Derby champ Eddie Mercer. 

Mercer had just returned to Pensacola after having run the ARCA ReMax Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Mercer had led early but Enfinger had opened up a huge lead before the pit stops. With 10 to go the pair were looking to duke it out in the final 10 laps, what they didn't count on was another hungry racer looking for a piece of the lead. With the drop of the green flag the trio of Enfinger, Mercer and Crawford quickly separated themselves from the rest of the field. On the 2nd lap of the 10-lap shootout Crawford had the rear bumper of Mercer's car over the hood pins of his Circle Bar Ford, serving notice it was time to go. Mercer took the cue and quickly rooted Enfinger out of the groove, Crawford followed to take 2nd, 6 to go. Enfinger was shuffled back to 3rd but not done. With a lap to recover, Enfinger was on Crawford's back bumper and it was his turn to do the rooting. With 5 to go Enfinger and Crawford were side by side for 2nd with both drivers fighting for the spot. Circuit after circuit the pair made laps rubbing, banging and slamming to the finish. Crawford would finish 3rd but he served notice that he will be ready for the Derby.

Adam on his night: "That was awesome! My spotter, Bob Moore, made some great calls tonight and our whole Circle Bar team worked their behinds off this weekend. We dodged some big bullets and I learned a lot racing with Mercer and Grant (Enfinger). I'm looking forward to coming back in December for the Derby."

Mobile International Speedway 10-13-07: Coming of the Rookie of the Year title at Mobile International Speedway in 2006 Adam Crawford was looking to improve on a solid Rookie year and make a bid for the Championship. An early season altercation would cost Crawford a top 5 finish and end his shot at the 2007 Millet Lite Super Late Model Title but coming into Saturday night he was resting in the 7th position just a few marker out of the top 5. After finishing 3rd on Friday night in Pensacola Crawford and his Circle Bar team were looking for more in Mobile on Saturday night. The team spent Saturday morning making the necessary changes for their Circle Bar Ford Fusion to run in Mobile. Off the trailer the Circle Bar machine was solid and the team tweaked on it and posted an 11th place starting position. The final installment of the Miller Lite Super Late Model Series took on a green flag look from the beginning and made it well past the halfway mark before a caution would gather the field back together. Under the long green flag run Crawford had worked his way up to 7th and with the bulk of the top 5 in the Championship standings not in contention Crawford was looking at a big move up in the points if he could stay on the racetrack. A long green flag run that started the race turned into a messy finish with the race having to go into overtime to get the final 5 laps in under green. One of the final cautions included Crawford tangling with one of Friday night's antagonist Eddie Mercer. Down but not out Crawford battled back into the top 10 with a 7th place finish. The finish was enough to catapult Crawford from 7th in the Championship Points standings to 3rd.

Adam on his night: "After last night's run in Pensacola we were really hoping for more tonight in Mobile. When we didn't have a car to win and with the other guys in the top 5 having problems we started looking at the big picture and still got in it with Eddie Mercer. What a great night in the points, we went from 7th to 3rd on the final night of racing. I feel like we turned a lot of corners this weekend and I wish this was the middle of the year instead of being close to the end."