GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING FEBRUARY 2010
TV:
SPEED Channel 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals
Sat.,
Feb. 13, 9:00 p.m.
www.RacersReunionRadio.com: 7:00 p.m. Thurs. Jan.
28 Guests will be
The Entire crew of History Channel's TV Series
MADHOUSE: Burt and Jason
Myers, Tim Brown, Junior Miller and Chris
Fleming. Jerry Smith will be
the referee, and no holds
barred.
NASCAR Champion and ESPN commentator Rusty Wallace will be on
hand for
this weekend's SpeedFest at Lanier. Fetured races are the CRA
Super
Series Late Models in a 250-lap battle and Pro Late Models in a
150-lap
tilt. Rusty will be on hand to support his son and
NASCAR Nationwide
driver Steven Wallace for this weekend's
event. Both Wallace's will be
accessible to the fans during
Sunday's activities.
The NASCAR connections continue to grow for the
traditional Super Late
Model season opener. Besides the
Wallaces, those participating in
SpeedFest with deep NASCAR ties
include Kyle Busch, David Ragan, David
Stremme, Bill Elliott as car
owner for son Chase, Dave Blaney as car
owner for son Ryan, and
Ritchie Wauters as owner and crew chief for son
Spencer.
The
stellar field of drivers from all over the country will be part
of an
on-track autograph session on Sunday at 12:30 prior to the green
flag
dropping on 400 laps of racing action.
NASCAR Star Kyle Busch, the SpeedFest
2009 winner, comes into the
SpeedFest event as the favorite after
winning the Winchester (IN) 400.
Other drivers entered for SpeedFest
who competed in the Winchester 400
include Jason Dietsch who finished
fourth in the 400, Chase Elliott who
finished eighth, Jeff Fultz who
finished 14th, Nick Lay who finished
16th, John VanDoorn who finished
23rd, Stanley Smith who finished 25th,
Scott Hantz who finished 26th,
and Johanna Long who finished 31st.
Bobby Gill has entered the CRA race,
driving the #51 Super Late Model
owned by SPEED broadcaster Bob
Dillner. Gill drove the car to fourth at
the Snowball Derby. Michael
Pope drove the car to fifth last year at
Speedfest.
TJ Reaid, who
finished third in points in the Georgia Asphalt Series,
in the ASA
Southeast Asphalt Series, and in the Snowflake at Five Flags
in 2009,
has entered, and has weekend sponsorship from Comfort Inn and
Suites
of Buford (I-985 at Exit 8).
Jason Hogan, of Cleveland, has a new motor
package for his Chevy, and
hopes to improve on his 2009 second place.
“Well me and Kyle know each
other pretty well," says Hogan, "and
everyone from the pits to the
grandstands knows he is the guy to beat
no matter where or what series
he races in. For me, last year it was a
disappointment ... no matter
whom it was to. To beat Kyle will take a
lot but I’m pretty confident
we can get it done." Hogan is also
helping prepare David Hole's car,
and mentoring young Dalton Grindle.
www.jasonhogan.com
2009 ASA Late Model
Challenge Series champion Brian Campbell and his
Perfect Circle Racing
team are entered, and the CRA entry list had 32
cars 10 days
ago.
The CRA portion of SpeedFest 2010 will be 250 laps with a break at
lap
125 for teams to work on their cars and change tires. It will be
an
eight tire event. The leader at lap 125 will receive a $2000 bonus,
the
second place driver $1000, third place will receive $750, fourth
place
$500 and fifth place $250. The halfway leader will then draw for
an
invert for the start of the second half, the invert could be a
three to
a possible six. The winner of the event will receive
$8000.
The 150 lap Pro Late Model event, which follows the CRA race, will
pay
$3000 to win. There will be a $10,000 bonus if a driver can win
both
events!
There will be an open practice on Friday. Practice and
qualifying will
take place on Saturday. The CRA feature starts at 2:00
Sun.
www.Speed51.com, Speed 51 Radio, and www.RaceTalkRadio.com will have
live
coverage of both Sunday races. www.lanierspeedway.com
www.craracing.net
The 6th Annual Super
Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway, in
Brunswick, is this
weekend. The Super Bowl always attracts dirt
racing's biggest names
who stop on their way to Florida's winter races.
Last year, the
winners were Chris Madden, Scott Bloomquist, and Randle
Chupp, and
they'll probably be back, chasing the larger purses for
2010.
It
opens Thursday with two late model Touring Sanctioned Events,
kicking
off three consecutive days of racing action featuring the cars
and
stars of The Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series and The National
Late Model Series.
Thursday is a $7,500 to win SAS Super Late Model Main
Event and a The
National Late Model Series $3,000 to win event.
Grandstands $25 and
reserve seating is $30.
On Friday, a $10,000 to
win Main Event for SAS Late Models will
headline the ticket with the
NLMS also in action for another $3,000 to
win affair. Grandstands $25
and reserve seating is $35.
The three-day extravaganza wraps up on Saturday
night with a $12,000
to win Main Event for The Southern All Stars and
another $3,000 to win
event for the National Late Models Series.
Grandstands $30 and reserve
seating is $35.
2009 NLMS Super Bowl
winners William Thomas and Johnny Collins are
expected at GIS, butu
2009 NLMS points champion Jason Fitzgerald has
taken a full time
position with Bobby Labonte Racing, serving as Crew
Chief for dirt
Super Late Model Driver Earl Pearson, Jr.
Pits open each day at 12 noon, with
Stands opening at 4pm and practice
at 5pm. www.GoldenIsleSpeedway.com
www.SouthernAllStarsRacingSeries.com
Former Sugar Creek promoter ('04-'05) Timmy Millwood, of Cumming,
will
promote races at North Georgia Speedway this year. His agreement
with
Diane (widow of Raymond Young) and Fletcher Young, the track
owners, is
for four years, with an option for four more.
The
Southern All Stars already has May 8th at North Georgia Speedway,
$5,000 to win, on their schedule.
For the past 18 months or so, Cleveland
(TN) Speedway promoter Monty
Morrow was the track operator, and
attempted unsuccessfully to make it
into a Friday night track.
Fans
know that the track needs more lights and a better sound system,
and
Millwood plans to add lights and a new PA system.
Millwood has been a winning
econo bomber driver at Dixie and nearby
tracks, and drove a crate car
while he was promoting Sugar Creek. He
says he knows racers Travis and
Tyler Millwood, but they are "no kin."
North Georgia Speedway is a 1/3 mile
banked track near Chatsworth,
which has hosted both World of Outlaws
and Lucas Oil LM series in
recent years. Both fans and drivers like
the track, but past track prep
issues, a mid-season change of
management in 2008, and poor promotion
put Millwood in a hole to start
2010. The Racing Forums have had a lot
of praise for his days at
Sugar Creek, which ended when his wife and
co-worker had health
problems. http://www.northgeorgiaspeedway.net/
Earlier this winter, Florida racer, team owner, and businessman
Gary
Fountain, along with his wife Nanette, purchased the assets of
the
former Georgia Asphalt Series and re-named it simply the GAS
Series.
However, Several rumors spread in recent days about the
new GAS Series
already out of business and up for sale.
Fountain
admitted that he, along with longtime short track promoter
Terry
Roberts, had tried to set a 2010 schedule when they purchased the
series, but because the purchase was finalized after many other
touring
Late Model series and tracks in the Southeast had set their
schedule,
most appetizing dates had already been booked
up.
Therefore, Fountain said that he plans on several races in 2010,
likely two to three at tracks and dates to be determined, with an eye
towards a more diverse and lengthy schedule in 2011. The 2010
events,
if sponsorship is secured (which Roberts and other GAS
officials are
currently in the works on), will be large-purse events,
which as
Fountain said, "will make it worth teams coming to race with
us."
Fountain also stressed that he is a racer at heart, not a
businessman
looking to make a buck on the series, so he will do what
he can to make
as many cars compete under one common set of rules as
possible in the
Southeast and will not make promises he can not
keep. www.Speed51.com
Reed Sorenson, of
Peachtree City, will pilot a Braun Racing Toyota
sponsored by Dollar
General in five 2010 Sprint Cup races, as the team
tests the waters
for a possible jump to full-time competition in 2011.
Sorenson's
schedule begins with the Daytona 500 and includes the Kobalt
Tools 500
at Atlanta in March, Chicagoland in July, the Brickyard 400,
and the
Bank of America 500 at Charlotte in October.
Sorenson and Brian Vickers will
share the Braun ride in the Nationwide
Series during the
season.
Atlanta Motor Speedway has expanded its list of partner hotels to
more
than 30 properties for the March 5-7 Kobalt Tools 500 race
weekend,
each featuring room rates of $120 or less without requiring
a
multi-night stay. 12 feature rates of less than $80 for a
single-night
stay.
Tickets for Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500 start at
only $39 with student
tickets only $19.
AMS's Ted Austad reminds us
that Children ages 12 and under will be
admitted for FREE on Saturday,
March 6, for the Atlanta 200 NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series race,
and the final two rounds of practice
for Sunday’s big
showdown! \
In addition to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying
during Georgia
Power Qualifying Night on Friday, March 5, race fans
will also witness
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, and a
150-lap NASCAR Whelen
Southern Modified Tour race on Atlanta’s
quarter-mile “Thunder Ring.”
The Friday Night Drags (on pit road) &
Show-N-Shine Season Opener is
April 30. First points night is June 4,
with an added Kid’s Candy &
Coin Scramble. www.atlantamotorspeedway.com
BOYD's
SPEEDWAY kicks off the 2010 season with the CABIN FEVER event,
Friday
and Saturday, February 19-20, with over $20,000 in posted prize
monies. Super Late Models will be vying for $3,000 to-WIN as the top
draw of the weekend, in an unsanctioned event. The contest will abide
by SRRS series' rules for motors, weight, and tires. Mufflers are
required for all classes at BOYD's. www.boydsspeedway.com
Boyds Speedway Schedule
2010
Feb.20 Super late models $3000 to win plus crates-a&b
hobby/frt.runners
March 5 Open test and tune 6-10 p.m.
March 12 Southern
Allstars $4000 to win plus steelheads-a&b hobby-f.w.d.
March 19 Open test
and time 6-10 p.m.
March 26 Season Opener Full Program
The Southern
SuperTruck Series, presented by Riverside Gun, Pawn,
Auto, and Tire
has launched its new website at
www.southernsupertrucks.com
This new
Alabama-based series has gotten attention and interest from
drivers in
Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi, and will race
on both
dirt and asphalt using metric-style chassis.
Promotion idea: Las Vegas
Motor Speedway, Sam's Town Hotel and
Gambling Hall, and FOX 5 TV, are
staging an open audition called
Speedway Superstar to find a singer to
perform the national anthem
prior to the Feb. 27 NASCAR Nationwide
Series event at LVMS. Contact
Jeff Motley at (702) 632-8266, jmotley@lvms.com
Promotion idea: Kansas
Speedway announced today that Kansas Lottery
FREE Day is returning on
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, for the Kansas
Lottery 150 ARCA Racing
Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards. Fans
will have free grandstand
admission to Kansas Speedway, courtesy of the
Kansas
Lottery.
Promotion idea: Days of Thunder, the auto racing drama film
released
by Paramount Pictures in 1990 celebrates its 20th anniversary
this
year. TOYOTA Speedway at Irwindale (CA) has a Days of Thunder
promotion
which will give race fans a special Days of Thunder
celebration. The
movie and game night kicks off at 4:45 p.m. with fans
being able to
view a free special screening of the movie on a 40-foot
large screen
situated on the track. Michael Rooker, who played the
character “Rowdy”
Burns in the movie, will introduce the movie and
give the “start your
engines command” before the start of 225-lap
feature race.
Montgomery (AL) Motor Speedway opens Mar. 20, with
practices Mar.
12-13, for the “Show Me The Money” race - 125 laps,
$5000 to win.
Augie Grill, of Hayden, AL, is the defending champion of the
“Show Me
The Money” series. He won the final event of 2009,
edging out Jason
Young of Houston, Tx. by just ten points.
Joining Grill and the
“Alabama Posse” at Montgomery will be John
Bolen, from Jasper, Hunter
Robbins, from Montgomery, and Justin
Bonnett, of Hueytown. Challenges
will come from the Georgia Gang
of Bubba Pollard, T. J. Reaid, Chase
Elliott, and rookie Kristen
Wallace, the only female Late Model driver
competing at
Montgomery.
The All American 400, billed by the late Bob Harmon as “The
Greatest
Short Track Race In America,” has been trademarked by Bobby
Knox and
Montgomery Motor Speedway. The 400-lap Super Late Model
race will
bring the greatest asphalt racing venue ever to the track
once owned by
Harmon from 1959 – 1973. A Pro Late Model event,
on Saturday, will
precede the All American 400 on Sunday. The New All
American 400 is
scheduled for September 16-18 at Montgomery. The past
races have been
run at Nashville's Fairgrounds track.
Wood
Brothers Racing announced Tuesday that the organization will once
again run a 12-race Sprint Cup schedule with driver Bill Elliott. The
No. 21 Ford will have primary sponsorship from Motorcraft and Quick
Lane Tire and Auto Centers.
A Legends show, with a million-dollar
purse, is set for Charlotte's
infield quarter-mile July 15-17. That's
an off weekend for NASCAR
Sprint Cup teams, and Legends veterans such
as Kyle Busch, David Ragan,
and Joey Logano are likely entrants. The
winner be probably get
$250,000.
600 Racing, the company that
invented Legend car racing, is now known
as US Legends
International. The company has sold over 5,500 cars to
people in
16 countries, and there are over 1,500 races to be held this
year on
150 race tracks around the world utilizing their race cars.
Speedway
Motorsports Inc., the parent company of US Legends
International,
announced that they are going to be putting $200,000
into the driver
point payout for the 2010 season.
http://www.facebook.com/n/?
event.php&eid=289017250773&mid=1c16222G2c026817G9456dd9G7
www.charlottemotorspeedway.com
National
Speed Sport News (1/6/10) has a nice article about
trackchaser Randy
Lewis, the retired Californian, who I've joined for
two area track
visits (and one loser to some kart track in SC). The
trackchaser's
group welcomes fans who have visited 200 or more tracks.
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/TrackChasers/
Dan Hoff, in NSSN, writes that 2009 was the first time in 100 years
that no American driver won in Indy-car racing.
"ASA Late Model
Series President and owner Ron Varney reached out to
Speed51.com on
Sunday after 51 reported that after the series banquet
on Saturday
night, the championship team of 5k Motorsports and owner
Ken Wills
told us that they did not receive a point fund check. Varney
told Speed51.com that teams were issued vouchers at the banquet which
can be exchanged for cash, products or services.
"Varney also said that
during a time when many series are facing tough
economic times, that
he wanted to give his competitors an option of how
to be paid.
Varney also told Speed51.com that preparations for the
2010 season are
underway and right on track." www.Speed51.com
Bank of America, the
Official Bank of NASCAR, is providing fans an
opportunity to kick off
the 2010 NASCAR season by attending the most
prestigious race of the
year – the Daytona 500. When fans open a NASCAR
Checking account and
apply for a NASCAR Banking credit card, they can
acquire two tickets
to the Daytona 500.
The offer is LIVE NOW on the website at
www.bankofamerica.com/racepoints and will last
until Feb. 5th.
The Dirt Track @ Charlotte opens the 2010 season with the
World of
Outlaws Sprint Car Showdown on May 28. The World of Outlaws Late
Model
Showdown on Wednesday night, Oct. 13, kicks off NASCAR Banking
500
Week.
The four-tenths-mile clay oval closes its season with the
return of
the World of Outlaws World Finals for the fourth-consecutive year
Nov.
4-6. In
addition to the World of Outlaws sprint cars and late
models, this
year's
World Finals will be even more action-packed
than before with the
addition
of the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block
Modified drivers.
www.charlottemotorspeedway.com.
Tony
Knowles, of Tyrone, won the 19th Annual Ice Bowl title in the
Limited
Late Model division, driving Barney Mayfield's #102 GRT.
Tony is also proud
to announce that all of his Ssuper Late Model
sponsors from the 2009
season have renewed for 2010, and there are a
few new ones, who have
come on board including Coleman Auto Salvage,
All Star Performance,
and Wiles Drive Shafts.
New t-shirts from Tony Knowles racing are now
available and can be
purchased online at www.TonyKnowles26.com
After being named by
SceneDaily.com as one of ten drivers of the next
decade in NASCAR,
14-year-old Chase Elliott is ready to prove he’s
worthy of the
designation as he kicks off the 2010 season. His
schedule
includes 40 Pro and Super Late Model races at 17 different
tracks
across the Midwest and Southeast.
The 2009 Georgia Asphalt Series
(GAS) Champion will make runs for the
Blizzard Series and Miller Lite
Series titles at sister tracks Five
Flags Speedway (Pensacola, Fla.)
and Mobile (Ala.) International
Speedway, which will also put him in
the running for the Gulf Coast
Championship that combines both series
into one title.
Coming off four wins in 2009 in three series – GAS,
ASA Southeast
Asphalt Tour and Pro All Stars Series (PASS), Elliott’s
2010 schedule
includes runs in six different series. Elliott
also has several “big
name” races scheduled throughout the year,
including his season-opener,
the CRA-sanctioned SpeedFest at Lanier,
January 31, The Rattler 250 at
South Alabama Speedway, Rowdy’s Revenge
251 at Berlin Speedway (Marne,
Mich.); the World Crown 300 at Gresham
Motorsports Park, and the
Snowball Derby.
“I am really
looking forward to 2010,” said Elliott. “We learned a
lot last
year and still have a ton to go, but I think that if we can
put what
we learned into this year as well I believe that would make us
more
competitive at the bigger races.” www.ChaseElliott.com
The dirt season in
Texas opens Feb. 26-27 with the Texas World Dirt
Track Championship at
the Texas Motor Speedway near Fort Worth. Last
year they had 397
entries - including a bunch of late models sanctioned
by SUPR. Last
year we enjoyed this show, although most fans froze their
butts.
www.texasmotorspeedway.com
The producers
of the upcoming movie, "Red Dirt Rising" have just
released the
Carolina Moonshine music video.
http://racersreunion.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
Saturday's Legends winners at Watermelon Capital:
Bandits: Kason
Plott
Young Guns: Anderson Bowen
Young Lions: Mason Massey
Semi-Pro:
Cody Garland
Pro: Donald McIntosh
Masters: Bobby Fox
Racing returns to
Atlanta Motor Speedway Saturday with Double Features
followed by by
the 2009 Awards Ceremony.
2nd Annual Gordon Park Speedway Swap Meet
Grovetown, Ga. (next to
Augusta)
Saturday Feb. 20 8am to 2pm
It
doesn't have to be racing related. Want to sell it? Bring it on.
Sellers,
private party or commercial vendors, $10 Flat Fee.
Buyers, lookers, gawkers –
FREE !!
803-755-9045, www.gordonmx.net
South Georgia Motorsports
Park's All Motorsports Auction is Feb. 20.
That's in Adel. There's
also action on both the oval track and drag
strip, and live
music from Woodard Johnson. www.racesgmp.com
New Senoia Raceway will
add the Open Wheel Modified class to their
program for the first two
races of the season. All classes are invited
to the practice days on
March 20th and 27th,2010.
Opening Day is April 3rd, with racing in all 7
divisions starting at
2:00.
Coming up: United Dirt Late Model
Challenge Series $3000 To WIN 50 Lap
Feature Event June
19. http://www.newsenoiaraceway.com
Modoc 100
& NLMSS March 4-6th
10,000 to win crates Fastrak (100 laps)
5,000 to
win NLMSS (50 laps) http://www.modocspeedway.com/
2010
SOUTHERN ALL STARS DIRT RACING SERIES SCHEDULE (partial)
1. January 28th –
Golden Isle Speedway – Brunswick, GA - $7,500 to win
2. January 29th – Golden
Isle Speedway – Brunswick, GA - $10,000
3. January 30th – Golden Isle
Speedway – Brunswick, GA - $12,000
4. March 12th – Boyd’s Speedway –
Ringgold, GA - $4,000
5. March 13th – Cleveland Speedway – Cleveland, TN -
$10,000
6. April 3rd – Lavonia Speedway – Lavonia, GA - $5,000
7. April
10th – Toccoa Speedway – Toccoa, GA - $5,000
8. April 17th – Clay Hill
Speedway – Milan, TN – (Purse TBA)
9. April 24th – Talladega Short Track –
Eastaboga, AL - $5,000
10. May 8th – North Georgia Speedway –
$5,000
www.SouthernAllStarsRacingSeries.com
Randy
Weaver had a terrific 2009 racing season, which was highlighted
by his
first O'Reilly Southern Allstars Series (OSAS) Championship.
After
teaming up with car owner Mike Hill in 2009, Randy has decided to
head
a different direction in 2010. He and Junior Weisgarber have
assembled
their own racing team for the '10 campaign.
"We acquired two Bloomquist
racecars for use this year and have two
great crew guys on board
full-time in Junior Weisgarber and Josh
Gunter," Weaver
said.
Southern All Star Dirt Late Model National Champions
2009 – 116
Randy Weaver – Crossville , TN
2008 – 21 Ivedent Lloyd – Ocala , FL
2007 –
21 Ivedent Lloyd – Ocala , FL
2006 – 44 Chris Madden – Gray Court, SC
2005
– 44 Chris Madden – Gray Court, SC
2004 – T31 Shane Tankersley – Morganton ,
GA
2003 – 44 Clint Smith – Senoia , GA
2002 – H2 Duayne Hommel – Newport ,
TN
2001 – 87 Rex Richey – Ringgold , GA
2000 – 44 Clint Smith – Senoia ,
GA
www.randyweaverracing.com www.SouthernAllStarsRacingSeries.com
Southeastern Latemodel Sportsman Series "2010" April Schedule:
3 -
Lavonia Speedway
17 - Toccoa Speedway
Ocala Speedway Winternationals
will be held on Friday and Saturday
(Jan. 29-30). with the O'Reilly
Auto Parts All Star Circuit of
Champions and other 410 sprint car
teams. According to the "Official
TSR Fan Page" (Tony Stewart Racing)
on Facebook, Donny Schatz and Steve
Kinser will be at Ocala Speedway
this time around.
A more complete schedule of events, plus ticket prices and
other info,
is posted at www.OcalaSpeedway.com
Swainsboro Raceway
will hold its 9th annual "Bring It-Sale It-Trade
It" trade show on
Saturday Feb. 20. www.swainsbororaceway.com
ICE BOWL -
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK
Super Late Models January 10, 2010
A-Main
1 1 15
Randall Walker Pell City, AL $6,000
2 4 49 Dingus Griffin Alexandria, AL
3
5 46 Chris Jones Alabaster, AL
4 7 21P Travis Pennington Winston, GA
5 10
15TB Tim Busha Boaz, AL
6 9 T1 Todd Morrow East Ridge, TN
7 11 16A Steven
Ashby Cunningham, TN
8 12 25 Tim Rozell Anniston, AL
9 19 21 Neil Baggett
Shannon, MS
10 15 7C Dillon Crim Eastaboga, AL
24 14 15H Ethan Hunter
Tiger, GA
Great pix of ice bowl wwinner: http://www.talladegashorttrack.com/
photo
courtesy of Ron Skinner
Jeff Grantham will promote Cochran Speedway for
2010.
Anderson (SC) Speedway had a good turnout of interested late
model
drivers at their pre-season meeting, and will be running a late
model
class at least once a month this summer. Rules will be similar
to
Greenville Pickens, allowing both crate and custom motors.
Chad Hunter
also reports that the Super Renegades are a growing class,
with good
racing for old Chevelles and Monte Carlos.
Gordon
Park Speedway says Full RV hookups are coming for 2010!
Greenville
Pickens opening night is March 13. SIGNS AND STUFF will
again sponsor
trophies for the winners, and QUAKER STEAK & LUBE and the
speedway
marketing staff are planning to keep your party rolling in the
new
year on the Dale Earnhardt Memorial Backstretch. Roger Powell's
name
has been added to the famous wall of track champions.
A bargain on the
Lanier Forum: 2 race ready pintos and one tube frame
rolling chassis.
3 spare 2.14 transmissions, spare rear ends, 3 spare
blocks, coil
springs of different rates, 2 leaf springs, a arms,
ignition coils,
sway bar, stagger stick, 5 gallon fuel jug, many spare
13 and 14
wheels, dot tires, and asphalt slicks. 2 race cievers and a
driver to
crew 2 way race radios. $6000 takes it all and anything I may
have
forgot.
Another bargain on the Lanier Forum:
Metric race truck for
sale $7500
new built 305
new distributer
new shocks
new nose
new
tail
automatic
2 barrel carb
new rotars
new brakes
2 sets of 8
inch 5 on 5 wheels, 1 set of 10 inch 5 on 5 wheels
gear for lanier
gear
for gresham
brake adjuster
much more
call 864-843-4812 or 864-901-5835
- jimmy franklin
Oglethorpe 2010 Stock Car Season Schedule now
Posted
Motorcycle Races ~ February 26 & 27
NLMS ~ March 13
Season
Opener ~ March 26
http://www.ospracing.net/
Duane Goins has
posted a nice article about Jack and Travis Pennington:
http://www.trackforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130210
Jack Maddox & David Conner will be the New Management
for the Toccoa
Speedway. Conner said there won't be many changes but
the Super Late
Models will be a weekly Division at Toccoa. All the new
information &
Rules should be announced in a few weeks.
Former
promoter (for seven years) Randy McCoy said at the awards
banquet that
he wanted to devote more time to his SOUTHEASTERN LATE
MODEL SPORTSMEN
SERIES.
Winder Barrow: practicing March 20th and Racing March
27th.
Chris Henry will be the manager/promoter of Speedway Park
(near
Swainsboro), which is returning after several race-less
years.
www.speedwayparkracing.com
The track is
undergoing extensive renovations to the grandstands,
concession stand,
scoring tower, as well as the track itself. The track
will be a 3/8
mile semi-banked clay oval that should provide plenty of
side-by-side
racing action!
Open House and Practice - March 12, 2010 7:00 p.m. $10
admission
Regular Racing Every Friday Night! Hot laps at 8:00pm, Racing at
8:30pm
Grandstand admission: $7
Humpy's Heroes winner Andrew Smith, of
Pooler, GA, will be attending
the Rolex 24 at Daytona race for the
Grand-Am Series on January 29-31
as guest of the Brumos / Action
Express / Spirit of Daytona teams and
team manager / advisor Gary
Nelson. Andrew will use this rare
opportunity to observe the behind
the scenes action of one of the most
prestigious sports car races in
the world.
He has also been invited to attend the 2010 NASCAR Rookie Seminar
on
February 9. This is the first such event for NASCAR and the
program
will include NASCAR Chairman Brian France, other NASCAR
executives,
NASCAR’s medical liaisons, series directors, veteran
drivers, and track
operators.
441 Speedway in Dublin has
Practice March 20, Opening Race - TBA
SUNDAYS at 10:00 p.m. central on
The History Channel: Life in the
Madhouse
What happens when 20-plus
racecars going 100 mph are set loose around a
quarter-mile track in
Winston-Salem, NC? NASCAR's oldest sanctioned
track is a mecca for
race fans and has played host to some of the
greatest racecar drivers
of all time.
Some race dirty. Some race clean. But in the end everyone's
chasing
that
checkered flag. http://www.history.com/content/madhouse
According to the Winston-Salem Journal, the opening episode that
Sunday’s premiere of Madhouse, a History channel reality show that was
shot in Winston-Salem, drew 1.3 million viewers. The channel said that
those numbers were an 8 percent increase over its 2009 prime-time
ratings average for the 10 p.m. Sunday time slot. The series, which
taped 13 episodes last year, follows racers at Bowman Gray Stadium. A
new episode will be shown this Sunday night at 10 p.m.
New Senoia
Raceway and the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series
announce a
$3000 To WIN 50 Lap Feature Event that is scheduled for
Saturday, June
19th, 2010!
Promotion ideas: Our compilation of 200 promotion ideas for
tracks has
been posted at http://www.4m.net/showthread.php?t=125447
“An
empty seat is a tragedy” - Humpy Wheeler
If you’ve got a good promotion idea,
send it to us:
ddrrtt@earthlink.net
Southeastern
Latemodel Sportsman Series "2010" Schedule
April:
3--- Lavonia
Speedway
17--- Toccoa Speedway
May:
7--- TBA
15--- Lavonia
Speedway
29--- Tri County Racetrack
31 ---TBA
June:
5 ---Toccoa
Speedway
11--- TBA
19 ---TBA
July:
3 ---Tri County
Racetrack
24--- Toccoa Speedway
August:
14 ---TBA
28--- Tri County
Racetrack
September:
4--- Lavonia Speedway
18--- Lavonia
Speedway
East Alabama Motor Speedway officials has made the decision to
move
the 36th Annual National 100 to the week after the World Of
Outlaws
season ending event in Charlotte. The National 100 will be
November 11
- 14, 2010. www.eamsdirt.com
National Dirt Late Model
Hall of Fame Class of 2010
The 2010 Class will be inducted at the Florence
(KY) Speedway August
14, prior to the Annual $50,000.00 to win
North-South 100.
Selected as Contributors is the Thomas Family of Phoenix
City, AL -
Father and patriarch Jimmy Thomas along with his wife
Shirley and
children Billy, Bobby, Ben and Bevy were instrumental in
the business
areas of car and chassis building, car owning and
sponsoring, driving,
and promoting the very successful East Alabama
Speedway in Phoenix
City.
The Hall’s “Circle Track Racing
Magazine’s” Sportsman Award will be
presented to long time competitor
Freddy Smith for his dedication and
ambassadorship to the
sport.
Among the drivers headed to the Hall of Fame is Mike Head, who's
semi-retired. His record includes:
Over 600-career feature wins
1982
Dixie 100/Woodstock Ga.
1982 Lanier Ga. 200
1988 NASCAR Natl. Dirt Classic
100/Crossville Tn.
1990 North-South 100/Florence Ky.
1991 Northern
All-Star Fling/Fla. Speedweeks
1991 Southern All-Stars Series
Champion
1997 Rick’s Furniture LM Series Champion
Champion Racing
Association will be involved in two of the Gresham
Motorsports Park
Super Late Model events in 2010, and the winner of the
CRA events will
be guaranteed a starting spot in the World Crown 300,
which is now a
Super Late Model event (a 150-lap Pro Late Model event
will also take
place during the World Crown weekend).
At 14 years old, Dylan Ames has
completed his third year in a Legends
car with some terrific
stats. Ames qualified on the pole 3 times, won
8 Heat races and
won 11 Feature events while only running a 33 race
schedule in 2009.
At the season finale Legends National, Ames was 2nd
fast qualifier out
of 53 Pro contenders and Won the Race of Champions
against the
nation’s best. Over his 3 years in a Legend car, Ames ran
121
Feature Events with 32 Feature wins, 21 Heat Race wins, 12 Fast
Qualifiers and 77 top 5’s. Ames is definitely ready for the next
level.
Ames began evaluating the options for the road ahead. Given
the
unstable economy and its impact on asphalt short tracks, the
investment
in an asphalt late model operation did not appear to be the
best option
for the family funded team. Many local asphalt
tracks and regional
series were unable to complete their scheduled
events in 2009. Given
the substantial investment needed to run
competitively in asphalt late
models and the uncertainties with the
tracks and series, Dylan Ames
Racing is headed to the Dirt track to
run a Late Model in 2010.
Dylan has proven himself in each level of racing so
far and is excited
at the chance to compete in a full size late model
on dirt. Ames
started to prepare for the 2010 season by
purchasing a complete Rocket
chassis from Clint Bowyer Racing.
Dylan also completed the McDowell /
Cook Driving School in Chattanooga
TN - getting his feet wet
(literally) in understanding dirt and the
cars while making valuable
connections with 2 of the best in the
business. Ames did a terrific
job his fist day in the car and is
looking forward to racing and
learning throughout the year
ahead.
For the 2010 season, Ames is making plans to run at Boyd's
Speedway,
Cleveland Speedway, Green Valley Speedway, Moulton,
Talladega Short
Track, and others.
Dylan is excited about the 2010
season and the new challenges it
brings, as he heads to the dirt
tracks. http://www.dylanames.com
LETTERS
make me feel good
You are doing a bang up job of keeping everyone informed on
what is
going on in the racing circles. You probably know that
this has never
been done in the past that I know of. Let’s get
this cold weather out
of here so we can go RACING!!! Keep up the
good work.
Regards,
Dick Wulf
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feel like that now life is going on
again when I get your
newsletter!!! Thank you so much. I know you put
lots of hours
into this. I will be glad to subscribe and pay $. We're
looking
forward to this weekend, not that I like Talladega, but at
least it's
a race to go to. I'm sure crowd will be off with the weather
being so
cold, but that's why its called the Ice Bowl!!! Thanks
again!
Linda
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