Clearwater Cobrattle's

Fear the roar of our engine, and the cry of our rattle!

The Teamed Track Racing team for Pinellas County, The Clearwater Cobrattle's are a lively team full of spunk and pride!

What We Do

The Clearwater Cobrattle's are a team representing Clearwater and Pinellas County in Teamed Track Racing, created in 1948.

Teamed Track Racing was created in 1922, by a man named Edward Yates. As single racing grew in popularity, Teamed Track racing followed suit, although not as popular in the end.The Rules of Team Track Racing are fairly simple.
On the track are two teams, each consisting of five racers. The goal is to keep the leader as high in the ranks as possible, while also keeping the opposing leader as low in the ranks as possible.Points are given based on sportsmanship, placement, and actions.
-Sportsmanship depends on how well you follow the basic rules of safety, along with how well you treat the other drivers. You can have points taken if you do not follow the sportsmanship guidelines, such as cutting off or trying to wreck other drivers.
-Placement depends on how high you are on the ranks. There are ten drivers on the track, and so there are ten ranks. The goal is to keep your leader and flanks as high up as possible to win. The lower you are in the ranks, the less points you receive.
-Actions can give or take points. An action that may gain points is successfully avoiding an disruption set by the other team while protecting the leader.

In Teamed Track Racing, there are five roles each team member fills.
-Leader: As the leader, you are in charge of staying in the lead during the race, staying as high up as possible in the ranks. Only one person in the team is the leader.
-Flanks: As a flank, it is your job to defend the Leader and ensure the opposing team doesn't sabotage them. There are two flanks on each team.
-Rears: As a rear, it is your job to sabotage the opposing team and try to get the advantage for your team. There are two rears on each team.

The Team

Our racers on the track, they show the competition who is King!

#48

MARTY CALDWELL
THE KING COBRA

DOB- 4-13-1996

Our Lead Driver, Marty has been racing since he could walk! His father was a flank driver for the Cobrattle's, and so Marty knew he was destined to follow in his footsteps! Training day after day, night after night, every waking moment Marty pushed himself to qualify for the role of a Cobrattle! When his time came, he started out as a rear, but in almost no time at all he found himself in charge as Head Driver!
His job is to lead the team, being sure to stay in the lead while his flanks and rears defend him and stay ahead along the way!

#16

THURMAN MATTHEWS
THE CAPE COBRA

DOB- 11-18-1993

Left Flank, Thurman grew up hoping to be a musician. Thurman was able to flesh out this dream by releasing some of his own music! Unfortunately, he wasn't able to keep up this dream very long due to financial difficulties. Desperately trying to find a source of income, he reached out to his family for advice. His uncle suggested learning the ropes of racing and joining the Cobrattle's, since Thurman's grandfather was invested in racing. Thurman wasn't too sure about it, but because he was looking for anything, he decided to take up the offer and taught himself about racing, and soon enough he earned himself a spot on the team!

#53

EARLINE LANG
THE CROTALUS PRICEI

DOB- 8-18-1997

Right Flank, Earline grew up in northern Florida, in the city of Wellborn. She spent much of her childhood indulging in her mother's culture, carefully learning Mandarin so they could speak together in her first language. As Earline grew, she started to dive into her father's life and interests more, with a large part of it being Racing.
Earline knew she could make her mother proud by acknowledging and partaking in her culture, but she wanted to find a way to make her father proud too, and that was racing! She took a few years to learn how to race, and after some years of searching, she came across the Cobrattle's. It's all history from there...

#13

RUSTY HATFIELD
THE SIDEWINDER

DOB- 10-3-1998

Left Rear, Rusty grew up in Frostproof with their family, Their single father, Travis, and their older sister, Esmerelda. Rusty came out as non-binary fairly early in their transition, and joyfully their family was very supportive. As Rusty and their dad was clearing out the attic, they found their grandfathers old racing things. Immediately, Rusty was invested in their grandpa's past with racing, and soon Rusty found themself applying to join the Team Tracked Racing team, the Cobrattle's. Rusty's family are incredible proud, and Rusty has a bright future ahead of them.

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