Thursday, January 24, 2008

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING Jan. 24-31

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING Jan. 24-31 ---- Schedule ---- 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. 2 Atlanta Motor Speedway Legends Winter Flurry Road Course race Feb. 4-9 East Bay (FL) Lucas Oil LM Series, $5000-$10,000 to win Feb. 8-9 South Georgia Speedfest, featuring crate LMs. www.racesgmp.com Feb. 10 (Sun.) South Georgia Partsarama Car Show and swap meet. Sellers $20, fans and buyers $10. www.racesgmp.com 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 Feb 23-24 Birmingham International Raceway Early Bird 125 Qualifying Saturday - Features Sunday afternoon Super Late Models 125 Laps Feb. 28-Mar. 1 East Alabama 23rd Annual Jimmy Thomas Memorial Crate Late Model (100 laps) - $10,000 / Sportsman - $5,000 / Super Street - $2,000 / Hobby - $2,000 / Bomber - $2,000 / 4-Cylinder - $2,000 Plus 6ft Tall Beautiful Trophies in ALL Divisions! Mar. 1 South Alabama Speedway pro LM $5000 to win, $400 to start. 125 laps www.southalabamaspeedway.com Mar. 2 (Sun.) South Alabama Speedway “The Rattler” super LMS 250 laps $10,000 to win, $650 to start www.southalabamaspeedway.com March 8 Peach State Speedway National Vintage Racing Association plus local classes Mar. 22 Douglas Motorsports Park Opening day (tent.) www.dmpspeedway.com Mar. 29 Peach State GA Asphalt Series April 19 Dixie Spring Championships all divs. 7:00 April 25-26 Dixie Monster Truck Natls. 8:00 May 3 Dixie Season Opener 7:30 May 25 (Sun.) Rome Season Opener 7:30 ---- TV ---- Feb. 9, live on SPEED at 4 pm. ARCA 200 at Daytona ---- ---- ---- ---- 'The Newport Nightmare' Jimmy Owens Draws First Blood with $10,000 win in Opening Night of the 2008 SuperBowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick. Shane Clanton, of Locust Grove, led near the mid-point, and finished second. There’s video of the show at www.ournetnews.com Thursday’s race was cancelled early, with rain approaching. The remaining $10,000-to-win events are scheduled for Jan. 25-26 and Jan. 28-Feb. 2 at the 4/10-mile oval in southeastern Georgia. The Super Late Model action is sanctioned by UMP and the O'Reilly Southern All Stars. Dixie Dirt TV (www.dixiedirttv.com) will be broadcasting the O’Reilly Southern All Stars events January 30, 31 and Feb 1. A week later, they will put the videos on their free website. Race/Network will Stream LIVE The Last 5 Nights of Golden Isles shows, via pay-per-view - $9.99 for the first four nights, $12.99 for Saturday’s final, and all five days for $39.99. www.racenetwork.tv Sources for coverage of the Golden Isles shows: www.jimmygraymotorsports.com www.ournetnews.com In the National Late Model Series prelim at GIS, Shane Williams S-P-A-N-K-E-D everyone with a five year old Rayburn chassis, in Dillion Woods #1 car. Brandon Cameron was second, and Michael Lloyd was third. www.nlmss.com Remaining schedule Super Bowl of Racing Golden Isles Speedway Friday, January 25th: UMP Super Late Models $10,000 to win (Qualifying, Heats, Consi’s, 50 Lap Feature) NLMS Late Models $3,000 to win (Heats, Consi and 50-Lap Feature) Hobby Stock $600 to win (25-Lap Feature) Saturday, January 26th: UMP Super Late Models $10,000 to win (Qualifying, Heats, Consi’s, 50 Lap Feature) NLMS Late Models $3,000 to win (Heats, Consi and 50-Lap Feature) Limited Sportsman $600 to win (25-Lap Feature) Sunday, January 27th: Annual SuperBowl of Racing Brunswick Stew Bar-B-Q with Live Music & Entertainment Monday, January 28th: UMP Super Late Models $10,000 to win (Qualifying, Heats, Consi’s, 50-Lap Feature) Crate Late Models $2,000 to win (Heat races and 25-Lap Feature) Open Wheel Modifieds $1,000 to win (Heat races and 25-Lap Feature) Tuesday, January 29th: UMP Super Late Models $10,000 to win (Qualifying, Heats, Consi’s, 50 Lap Feature) Crate Late Models $2,000 to win (Heat races and 25-Lap Feature) Open Wheel Modifieds $1,000 to win (Heat races and 25-Lap Feature) Wednesday, January 30th: O’Reilly SAS Super Late Models $10,000 to win (Qualifying, Heats, Consi’s, 50 Lap Feature) Crate Late Models $2,000 to win (Heat races and 25-Lap Feature) Open Wheel Modifieds $1,000 to win (Heat races and 25-Lap Feature) Thursday, January 31st: O’Reilly SAS Super Late Models $10,000 to win (Qualifying, Heats, Consi’s, 50-Lap Feature) Open Wheel Modifieds $1,000 to win (Heat races and 25-Lap Feature) & TQ Late Models (10 Lap Feature) Friday, February 1st: O’Reilly SAS Super Late Models $10,000 to win (Qualifying, Heats, Consi’s, 50 Lap Feature) Super Streets $600 to win (25-Lap Feature) & TQ Late Models (10 Lap Feature) Saturday, February 2nd: UMP Super Late Models $10,000 to win (Qualifying, Heats, Consi’s, 50 Lap Feature) NLMS Late Models $3,000 to win (Heats, Consi and 50-Lap Feature) TQ Late Model & Pure Stock (10 Lap Features) Adult General Grandstand Admission is $25.00 (Call for RESERVED SEATING-$35.00) Kids 12 and Under admitted FREE when accompanied by a paying adult. Pit Admission is $35.00 nightly. A list of drivers entered: http://4m.net/showthread.php?t=35276 DIRTVision has announced that for the third straight year, the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals – scheduled for Feb. 5-16 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. – will receive live cybercast coverage on DIRTVision.com, with 60 hours of live video coverage, including the season-opening World of Outlaws Late Model Series events on Feb. 14 and 16. The 12 days of coverage are $29.99. MustSeeRacing.com will broadcast asphalt Speed Week races from New Smyrna (FL). Six nights of racing for $34.99. LM driver Ryan Robertson has a sponsorship from Winston-Salem (NC) State University’s motorsport management program. Lanier Tech, in Gainesville, has five programs in their Motorsports Vehicle Technology Dept. www.laniertech.edu The FASTRAK $50,000 to win National Points Banquet is Sat., Jan. 26, at the beautiful Nashville Airport Marriott. Young William Thomas, of Phenix City Alabama, in the now famous yellow #22 car, will be honored as the youngest National Champion in dirt late model history. Varying much from the 2006 season as that Champion was Hot Rod LaMance as one of most elderly National Champions in history. “It just goes to show how equal this series really is” said FASTRAK Vice President Doug Gillenwater. There will be seminars starting Thursday for Regional Directors. Friday will have FASTRAK weekly sanctioned tracks from across the country coming in for rules information and training seminars on marketing for weekly tracks. There will also be a technical inspection process for all weekly tracks later that afternoon with FASTRAK National Technical Director Rick Ellison. Saturday will bring about a Marketing class for all FASTRAK teams to teach them about co-op advertising funds and how to go out and get sponsorship. A rules meeting for all teams will follow that afternoon with the Points banquet to follow. Guest speakers of the evening will include Bill Martens, Manager of General Motors Performance Parts crate engine program and Scott Junod, Marketing Director of the Goodyear Racing Short Track Program. Fastrak’s Grand National Championship “Top 10” William Thomas #22 (AL) Lee Cooper #57 (SC) Jordy Nipper #119 (GA) Shanon Buckingham #50 (TN) Tired for 5th place Justin Hirt #27 (WI) Dick Barton #28B (NY) Troy Springborn #81 (WI) Alan Dellinger #8 (PA) Blake Stewart #04 (AL) John Llewellyn #90 (TN) Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Director Ritchie Lewis has announced the plans for a detailed and aggressive internet broadcast schedule that will include the launching of a weekly internet talk show, Tuesdays at 8pm (EST) on www.RaceTalkLive.com. The Lucas Oil Motorsports Hour will air every week there is a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event during racing season and once a month during the off-season. www.lucasdirt.com The Legends Winter Flurry Road Course race at Atlanta Motor Speedway scheduled for Saturday January 19th has been rescheduled to February 2nd. Leagends are Racing this Saturday at the Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele. Winder-Barrrow Reschedules Driver Meeting: Drivers meeting has been rescheduled to Sun., 1-27-08, 2:00 at the track. Cochran has an Open Practice Fri., Mar. 14, and OPENING NIGHT RACING IN ALL DIVISIONS is SAT., MAR. 15. Dixie has an open practice April 12, and the first race April 19. Opening night at Rome is Sun., May 25. There’s still a TBA date Mar. 7-8 on the WoO sprint car schedule, but apparently they aren’t coming to Dixie in ‘08. Duane Goins reports that the crowd of race fans was so big at the Legends Helping Legends event in Charlotte honoring Sam Ard that the doors were opened two hours early. The winingest driver in BGN history, Sam Ard, had 22 wins in just 92 starts, and many many more in short track races, before a career ending head injury at Rockingham in 1984. Ard was signing autographs in between taking time out in his wheelchair to rest. Pictures at http://larre.smugmug.com/gallery/4195132/1#P-1-12 Fort Payne (AL) Motor Speedway is now owned and operated by the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series (formerly StormPay.com), and is being completely revamped. Fort Payne will host a two-day 75-lap $5,000-to-win race on July 3-4, and a 40-lap $2,500-to-win series race on September 21. The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series will be moving its headquarters to Fort Payne Motor Speedway from Cartersville in the coming weeks. The crate series is at Columbus, MS, Sat., and at East Bay, FL, Feb. 21-23. Full schedule at www.georgiastockcarracing.com www.nesmithracing.com NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers had a two-day test session at Atlanta Motor Speedway this week. Terry Cook laid down a fast lap of 31.493 seconds, (171.467 mph) followed by Todd Bodine, Chad McCumbee, Jack Sprague and Ron Hornaday Jr. Teams are preparing for the March 7 American Commercial Lines 200 at AMS, held under the lights immediately following Georgia Power Sprint Cup Qualifying. Mike Skinner, the defending ACL 200 winner, was seventh quick with a lap of 31.795 seconds (169.838 mph). Tickets to the American Commercial Lines 200 Craftsman Truck Series race, as well as the entire Kobalt Tools 500 event weekend, are available by calling the AMS ticket office at (877) 9-AMS-TIX (877-926-7849), 770-946-4211 or by visiting www.atlantamotorspeedway.com Joey Clanton, who had a taste of Craftsman Truck Racing in 2007, will be a full-time driver for Roush Racing in 2008, with sponsorship from Zaxby’s. He’s 35 years old, and lives in Tyrone with wife Brandi and two children. He’s also the owner of two Zaxby’s Restaurants south of Atlanta. He’s a 1999 mechanical engineering graduate of GA Tech, and is the second truck series driver with a degree (Brendan Gaughan, with a Georgetown degree, is the other one). Clanton began his racing career at birth, as the Son of legendary dirt track racer and hero Billy Clanton. In 2000, he started racing in the ASA Series, winning the championship in 2002, and repeating in 2003 with nine wins. Clanton, who grew up racing Legends cars around Atlanta Motor Speedway’s frontstretch quarter-mile oval, is among those looking to build a solid foundation for the 2008 season. “It’s great to be back at Atlanta Motor Speedway, since this is my home track,” said an optimistic Clanton. “I’ve got a great group of guys behind me who are committed to winning. There have always been great opportunities here at Atlanta, and I’m hoping to win one for the home crowd.” At a meet and greet this week, several series drivers were concerned about a new engine restrictor plate and a smaller fuel cell rule. Driver Rick Crawford talked about his son, Adam, who is racing super late models at Mobile, AL, and Five Flags, FL, and will be in some ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour shows this summer. He was rookie of the year at Mobile in 2006. Both owners of the Wood Bros. Racing will have sons Keven and Jon in the Truck Series, sharing the No. 21 Ford. www.zaxbys.com/racing/joey_clanton.html Tim Pafford’s Fun Track, which formerly was the Suicide Circle Speedway, in Albany, has the website updated at www.thefuntrack.com Their first test and tune is Feb. 23, and they’ll have shows March thru November. Weekdays, they offer car fun rides on a pay per lap basis - 6 laps for $10, or 60 laps for $100. ---- ---- ---- ---- Would it be possible for you to make an appeal, on behalf of The Northeast Georgian newspaper in Cornelia, for pictures of or at the Hollywood Speedway in Habersham County? I have several good photos of the old Habersham Speedway on Dicks Hill, but none of the Hollywood track. Hollywood Speedway held its grand opening in May 1956 and only ran for about two weeks. I need them for an upcoming special section, in which I plan to feature the two local tracks, while also mentioning the old Gainesville Looper Speedway (with photos). I welcome any photos of the three tracks mentioned (either of events, or the facilities themselves). Rob Moore, Editor The Northeast Georgian P.O. Box 1555 Cornelia, GA 30531 (706) 778-4215, ext. 110 (706) 776-9510 fax editor@thenortheastgeorgian.com ---- ---- ---- ---- In South Georgia, the live radio show "Track Talk" with Phil and guests is on most Thursdays at 7:30AM on the NEW 92.1 FM with Scott James - your racing station. Also on 92.1 FM at 6:00 - 7:00 PM listen to Rev, Ride and Roll with Herb Mason covering the local and national racing scene from Go-Carts to NASCAR. 92.1 FM will soon be simulcast over the world wide web covering our Saturday night events "Live". South Georgia Motorsports Park’s new website: www.racesgmp.com Coming in Feb. is the 1st Annual Speedfest - Feb 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th: < Thursday Feb 7 - Testing and Practice < Friday Feb 8 - Speedway Racing SGMP Late Model, Super Stock, Hobby Stock, Pure Stock < Saturday Feb 9 - Speedway Racing SGMP Late Model, Super Stock, Hobby Stock, Pure Stock < Sunday Feb 10 - Car Show and Swapmeet www.racesgmp.com Atlanta’s all-sports radio 790 The Zone has announced a Monday night racing show. Herb Emory’s Saturday WSB Radio racing show is not likely to come back on a weekly basis, after years on the air. ---- ---- ---- ---- Get GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING NEWS via email weekly: email -- subscribe -- to ddrrtt@earthlink.net email -- unsubscribe -- for the opposite ---- ---- ---- ----

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