Wednesday, December 12, 2007

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING.com Dec. 13-20, 2007

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING.com Dec. 13-20, 2007 ================= In the Christmas spirit, this will be the last racing newsletter until after Talladega’s Ice Bowl in early January. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. The www.georgiastockcarracing.com website is now controlled by Dale Terry, and will be updated and improved on a regular basis. The site’s Fan Forum welcomes your comments and complaints. ================= You might be a redneck, or maybe just a resourceful racer, if you use a Hoosier tire as a Christmas tree holder. Tammy Dehm, of Lexington, IL, posted this picture and description: “It has white lights, checkered ribbon, ornaments of our 5 favorite NASCAR guys, bulbs the colors of the racing flags (green, yellow, red, black, white and even blue with the yellow stripe for the layover flag). It also has picture ornaments of our family’s racing which includes my son’s racecars, my husband’s racecars, our twins when they were trophy girls, and the one powder puff I raced two years ago (don't ask, it was really ugly). For a topper, I took a car from a trophy and surrounded it with small checkered flags, then put black and white curly ribbons around the base of it.” After Christmas, she hopes to sell it for $1,000. Send bids to jimmy@jimmydehm.com She’s the mother of teenage driver Jimmy Dehm, who is a high honors student and math team geek at Lexington HS. www.jimmydehm.com * ---- Schedule ---- Dec. 14 (Fri.) Atlanta Motor Speedway Legends racing Dec. 29 Swainsboro New Year’s 100; racing in all divs. swainsbororaceway@yahoo.com Jan. 3-6 Talladega Short Track Ice Bowl for LMs and all divs. Jan. 12-13 Lanier Ice Cold Shriner Bowl Daytime shows Sat. and Sun. www.lanierspeedway.com Jan. 19 Swainsboro 7th annual Trade Show 10:00-3:00 $5 swainsbororaceway@yahoo.com Jan. 23-Feb. 2 Golden Isles Super Bowl of Racing: Super late models every night for $10,000 to win. Support classes: Jan. 23-26, Feb. 2 Natl. Late Model Series $3000 to win Jan. 28-30 crate LMs, open-wheel modifieds Jan. 31 open-wheel modifieds Feb. 1 Super street racers Sun., Jan. 27 Brunswick Stew BBQ (no racing) Jan. 24-26 USA Intl. Speedway (FL) Speedfest for asphalt LMs Feb. 4-9 East Bay (FL) Lucas Oil LM Series, $5000-$10,000 to win Feb. 22-24 Green Valley (AL) 11th Annual BAMA BASH $10,000 To Win Super Late Model race. Limited $5000 to win, crates $5000 to win. www.greenvalleyspeedway.com Mar. 22 Douglas Motorsports Park Opening day (tent.) www.dmpspeedway.com ---- TV ---- SPEED TV coverage of Lucas Oil LM Series: December 15 - 6:00 PM Lucas Oil LMs at Florence Speedway December 22 - 7:30 PM Lucas Oil LMs at Talladega Short Track December 29 - 7:30 PM Lucas Oil LMs at Virginia Motor Speedway Jan. 12 HBO pay-per-view 8:00 p.m. Chilli Bowl midget nationals ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- * Mason Massey, who will be 10 Jan. 24, and his family had their Bandolero car on display at Captain Herb’s Toys for Tots fund raiser Sat. at the Barbecue House in Lithia Springs. In 2007, young Mason, from Winston, won the Bandolero championship, and one of those famous guitars, at Nashville’s Music City Motorplex, with four poles, four wins, and three seconds. He also won at Mobile, Lanier, Atlanta, Kentucky, Huntsville, Charlotte, Watermelon, Concord, and the dirt track at Millbridge, NC. He won the Regional Championship Race in Mobile, and finished second in Georgia State points. In 2007: 31 wins. In 2006, 22 wins, 51 top fives. Only once, he was DQ’d after dad installed the restrictor plate gasket wrong. Like many of the young drivers, he’s home schooled by parents Mayes and Delena. He has two young sisters, and plays soccer and basketball. www.masonmassey.com +++++++++++++++++++++++ Georgia’s 2008 Asphalt Race Schedule 12-10-07 By Dale Terry (www.georgiastockcarracing.com) Georgia’s asphalt racing fans, and race teams, will have nearly unlimted choices in 2008, as three traveling series for limited-motor, or crate-type, late models will visit the state’s top five short tracks. Micky Cain, who was general manager of the very successful Georgia Asphalt Series, has joined with former Lanier Speedway GM Stan Narrison and promoter John Kee, to start the Southeast Asphalt Tour, with plans for televised races and rules welcoming crate and other types of motors. Former racer Vince Whitmire is the new GM at Peach State Speedway, and will be running the Georgia Asphalt Series. The ASA Late Model Series South has four of its 11 shows in Georgia, but travels as far as Missouri, Florida, and North Carolina. Also visiting the state will be the Pass South Series for super late models for shows at Watermelon Capital Speedway and Lanier National Speedway, and the Hooters Pro Cup returns to South Georgia Motorsports Park in March. The Viper Series, at South Alabama Speedway in Opp, and Anderson Speedway and Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina, also attract many fans and race teams from the Peach State. Lanier is the only Georgia track running late models weekly, and will soon announce the schedule for their season’s special longer events. They start the season with a $2000 to win pro late model race, the Ice Cold Shriner’s Bowl, Jan. 12-13. Georgia’s 2008 Asphalt Schedule: Jan. 12-13 Ice Cold Shriner’s Bowl - Lanier March 1-2 Rattler Weekend at South Alabama (Super LMs 250 laps, Pro LMs) March 22 ASA SEAT Mobile Int’l Speedway (Under Neg.) Mobile, AL Mar. 29 Hooters Pro Cup South Georgia Motorsports Park March 29 GAS Peach State Speedway - Jefferson, GA April 5 ASA SEAT Watermelon Capital Speedway (Television) April 12 GAS Watermelon Capital Speedway - Cordele, GA April 12 South Ala. Viper Pro LMs April 19 ASA South New Senoia Raceway April 26 ASA SEAT South Georgia Motorsports Park (Television) April 26 PASS South Watermelon Capital May 3 GAS TBA May 3 South Ala. Viper Pro LMs May 10 ASA South Watermelon Capital Speedway May 17 ASA SEAT Hickory Motor Speedway (Television) May 17 South Ala. Viper Super LMs May 24 GAS Peach State Speedway May 31 ASA SEAT Senoia Speedway June 7 South Ala. Viper Pro LMs June 14 ASA SEAT Dillon Motor Speedway (Television) June 14 GAS New Senoia Speedway - Senoia, GA June 21 South Ala. Viper Super LMs June 28 ASA South Peach State July 3 GAS Peach State Speedway - Jefferson, GA July 3 PASS South Greenville-Pickens July 5 ASA SEAT Music City Motorplex (Television) July 12 South Ala. Viper Pro LMs July 18 GAS Anderson Motor Speedway - Anderson, SC July 19 ASA SEAT Iowa Speedway (non-pts) (Television) July 26 ASA SEAT Concord Motorsport Park (Television) August 2 GAS Watermelon Capital Speedway - Cordele, GA August 2 PASS South Lanier August 2 South Ala. Viper Super LMs Aug 16 South Ala. Viper Pro LMs August 16 ASA SEAT Anderson Motor Speedway August 16 GAS New Senoia Speedway August 30 ASA SEAT South Carolina Motorsports Park (RC) (Television) August 30 GAS Peach State Speedway Sept. 6 South Ala. Viper Super LMs Sept. 13 ASA SEAT Watermelon Capital Speedway Sept. 13 ASA South South Georgia Sept. 19-20 ASA South I-70 Speedway-Odessa, MO Sept. 20 ASA SEAT Hickory Motor Speedway Sept 13 South Ala. Viper Pro LMs Sept. 20 GAS TBA Oct. 4 ASA SEAT Concord Motorsport Park (Television) Oct. 4 GAS Peach State Speedway - Jefferson, GA (Final points race) Oct. 11 ASA South New Senoia Raceway Oct. 18 PASS South Greenville-Pickens Oct. 18 ASA SEAT Under Negotiation TBA Oct. 18 South Ala. Viper Pro LMs Alabama 200 Oct. 24 ASA SEAT Under Negotiation TBA Nov. 8 ASA SEAT & ASAMWS Combined) TBA (Television) Nov. 7-9 GAS Peach State Speedway - Jefferson, GA - World Crown Weekend Nov. 22 PASS South TBA GAS (Georgia Asphalt Series) www.georgiaasphaltseries.com SEAT (ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour) www.asasoutheastasphalttour.com ASA South www.asalatemodelssouth.com South Alabama Speedway Viper Series (Super and Pro Late Models) http://sas.bozpc.com/ PASS South (Super Late Models) www.racewithpass.com Hooters Pro Cup (Late Models) www.usarprocup.com +++++++++++++++++++++++ The new Rolling Thunder TV Show features scenes from the "Legends" race at Toccoa Motor speedway on December 2 and results from most all the races that day. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1294025081224453747 At the World of Outlaws Late Model Series banquet in Orlando, Steve Francis received the champions check for $100,000 and Chub Frank got the runner-up award of $60,000. Over $400,000 was awarded. Clint Smith, of Senoia, received $40,000 for finishing third, and Shane Clanton, of Locust Grove, picked up a $35,000 check for placing fourth. Custom Race Engines, in Knoxville, Tenn., won the 2007 WoO LMS Engine Builders’ Challenge. Francis, Frank, and Clanton exclusively used Custom powerplants in ’07. Roger Slack and Matt Long of The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., were honored as the 2007 WoO LMS Promoters of the Year. The 2008 WoO LMS kicks off on Feb. 14 and 16 with the 37th annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. www.worldofoutlaws.com Clint Smith raced a crate-motored car owned by Scotty Knowles at the StormPay.com Columbus show. It was his second-ever crate race, and allowed him to end 2007 with an even 90 events. The Atlanta Braves are expanding their all-you-can-eat section to 2500 seats, at $35 to $70 each, in 2008. Lowe’s Speedway in charlotte tried this promotion for their fall NASCAR weekend, but we haven’t seen any numbers on sales. The 2007 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Champion David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN, was disqualified of his fifth heat race win on Friday night. Gentry changed engines on Saturday morning, and StormPay.com DLMS officials tore down the engine Gentry used on Friday night. During the inspection, StormPay.com DLMS technical officials found an unapproved valve in Gentry’s engine. Gentry will be unable to defend his title in 2008, as he has been suspended from series competition for 365 days for a technical violation inside the seal of his GM Performance Crate Engine. 2008 O'Reilly Southern All Star Racing Series Working Schedule All Dates are TENTATIVE and SUBJECT TO CHANGE January 30 - Golden Isles Speedway - OSAS - $10,000 (Super Bowl of Racing) January 31 - Golden Isles Speedway - OSAS - $10,000 (Super Bowl of Racing) February 1 - Golden Isles Speedway - OSAS - $10,000 (super Bowl of Racing) March 1 - TBA March 8 - North Georgia Speedway - OSAS - $5000 March 15 - Cleveland Speedway - OSAS - $7500 (The Shamrock 60) April 12 - Toccoa Speedway - OSAS - $5000 April 26 - Talladega Short Track - OSAS - $5000 (NASCAR Weekend) May 9 - North Alabama Speedway - OSAS - $5000 May 10 - Columbus Speedway - OSAS vs. SUPR - $5000 (John L. Cliett Memorial) May 17 - Cleveland Speedway - OSAS - $5000 (Jean Johnson Memorial) May 24 - TBA June 7 - The Mountain Raceway - OSAS - $5000 June 20 - TBA June 21 - Dixie Speedway - OSAS - TENATIVE - $5000 July 3 - Swainsboro Raceway - OSAS - $5000 (3rd Annual Independence Triple Crown) July 4 - Oglethorpe Speedway Park - OSAS - $5000 (3rd Annual Independence Triple Crown) July 5 - Screven Motor Speedway - OSAS - $5000 (3rd Annual Independence Triple Crown) July 18 - North Georgia Speedway - OSAS - $5000 (21st Annual Thunder in the Mountains) July 19 - Cleveland Speedway - OSAS - $5000 (21st Annual Thunder in the Mountains) July 20 - Rome Speedway - OSAS - $5000 (21st Annual Thunder in the Mountains) July 25 - Green Valley Speedway - OSAS - $5400 (11th Annual Michael Head, Jr. Memorial Weekend) July 26 - Talladega Short Track - OSAS - $5400 (11th Annual Michael Head, Jr. Memorial Weekend) August 2 - TBA August 9 - Toccoa Speedway - OSAS - $5000 August 22 - TBA August 29 - TBA September 13 - Screven Motor Speedway - OSAS vs. OSASE - $10,000 (Georgia Outlaw State Championship) October 4 - Talladega Short Track - OSAS - $5000 (NASCAR Weekend) October 11 - Golden Isles Speedway - OSAS - $10,000 November 9 - Cherokee Speedway - OSAS - $10,000 (Blue-Gray 100) November 15 - Cleveland Speedway - OSAS - TBA (The Gobbler) Toccoa’s boosters always say “The Legendary Toccoa Speedway, The Oldest and Fastest 5/16 Mile Clay Tri Oval on the Planet” to describe their favorite. NASCAR star and track owner Ken Schrader says “I’m excited I-55 Raceway will be the host. There isn’t a faster or more competitive 11/32-mile track in the world.” He’ll host a big UMP weeknd in 2008. Effective immediately the minimum age requirement to race or be a race participant at a Florida FASCAR track( New Smyrna Speedway, Orlando SpeedWorld and Columbia Motorsports Park) is 14 years old. This also applies to all FASCAR Tours. FASCAR was notified by its insurance carrier the minimum age to be a race participant will be 14 years old. All minors require a completed parental consent, release and waiver of liability, assumption of risk and indemnity agreement by parent(s) or guardian together with a “certified” copy of the birth certificate and medical release information. At the 2007 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Awards Banquet, it was announced that NeSmith Chevrolet of Claxton, GA, will be the series’ title sponsor for 2008, and it will be called the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series. David Gentry picked up his second straight StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Championship Trophy, a check for $20,000 out of the series $50,000 National Point Fund, a GM Performance 604 Crate Engine, and a new Mastersbilt chassis from Mastersbilt Race Cars. Chip Brindle, of Chatsworth, GA, picked up a $5,000 check and a new GRT Chassis for the Rookie of the Year Award. Brindle also finished fourth in the National point standings. Jeff Fields, of Aragon, GA, and Matthew Turner, of Dawsonville, GA, were recognized for being the only two drivers to compete in every series event ever since 2005 with the Ironman Awards. Fields is the only driver to finish in the top five of the series point standings for the past three seasons. He was the National Championship Runner-Up in 2005, finished third last season, and was fifth in this year’s final point standings. Turner has finished in the top ten in points for the past three seasons, with a third-place effort in 2005, seventh last year, and ninth this season. Derrick Rainey, of Powder Springs, was honored as the third-place driver in the 2007 National points chase. Rainey received a Warrior chassis from Goddard Performance. Frank Ingram, of Woodstock, was recognized as the seventh-place driver in the National points. Jimmy Elkins Jr., of Talladega, AL, was the East Region Runner-Up followed by Chad Wallace, of LaGrange, Curtis Cline, of Douglasville, Adam Martin, of Talladega, AL, and Dustin Stewart, of Eastaboga, AL. The first event for the 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series season will be on January 5-6 at the Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. The second event of the season will be at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS on January 27, and the series will return to East Bay Raceway Park for three complete shows on February 21, 22, and 23. www.stormpayracing.com Al Robinson reports in NSSN from the Snowball Derby that “roughly half” of the starters in the Snowflake 100 were teenagers. Not a teen is 61 year old Ronnie Sanders, of the Atlanta area. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Now available: GA Race car hall of fame license plate: http://motor.etax.dor.ga.gov/motor/plates/plate.asp?ptitle=RQ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Get GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING NEWS via email weekly: email -- subscribe -- to ddrrtt@earthlink.net email -- unsubscribe -- for the opposite

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