Thursday, February 7, 2008

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING FEB. 7-14

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING FEB. 7-14 Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., took the lead from polesitter Billy Moyer midway through the 50-lap finale at Golden Isles Speedway's Super Bowl of Racing IV and led the rest of the way for a victory worth $10,000. Third-starting Scott Bloomquist, who won the previous two Super Bowl events, pitted during an early caution and faded from the outset. He retired on the 20th lap. Three-race winner Jimmy Owens was sixth, but picked up $10,000 for winning the Dart Winternationals points chase for the seven-race miniseries. Two of the 10 nights were rained out, and crowds were small until the last two nights. Bloomquist was disqualified one night by UMP officials for too-soft tires, and suspended for 30 days, as a tire controversy raged. Eventually UMP’s sanction was ended, and racing continued, including Bloomquist, sanctioned by the Southern All Stars. STEVE JONES AND SHANE WILLIAMS each won National Late Model Series features at the Super Bowl of Racing on Friday and Saturday. Next up for the National Late Model Series is a two-day event at the Waycross Motor Speedway February 22-23. Rhett Butler photography has posted lots of GIS pictures, including this one of the small crowd Jan. 30. http://photos.butlerracingphotos.com/p481076883/?session=3ACCB8CE25685007&_not_a_link Leading trackchaser Randy Lewis hit the Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Legends show on the infield road course Sat. (track #1306 for him), and he renewed his ties with Bill Elliott and waved the green flag. One of his best reports ever: http://www.ranlayracing.com/1306atlantamtrsdwyrc.htm The Feature Winners: Bandits: Evan Bell Young Guns: Chase Elliott Outlaws: Trey Maughan Chargers: Evan Swilling Semi-Pro: Austin Hill(Feature Winner) Masters: Jeff Haynie Roadsters: Bubba Harry Next race is Saturday Feb. 9th at Lanier Opening night at Lavonia Speedway March 21-22 now includes the Southern All Stars super LMs, Fastrak crate LMs, and the Southeastern Late Model Series limiteds. Practice and qualifying Friday, heats, consis, and features Sat. ---- Schedule ---- 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. 9 Peach State swap meet and car show Feb. 9 Lanier Legends racing 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. 22-23 Waycross Motor Speedway National Late Model Series 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 March 8 North Georgia Southern All Stars Ernest Young Memorial $5000 to win Super Late Models Mar. 22 Douglas Motorsports Park Opening day (tent.) www.dmpspeedway.com Mar. 29 Peach State GA Asphalt Series Mar. 29 Music City Motorplex in Nashville 2008 Spring Clash All American 150 for the CRA Super Series late models Mar. 29-30 Bristol (TN) Legends cars on the high banks 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 Feb. 9 SPEED Lucas Oil Dirt LMs 9:30 p.m. SportSouth presents Spotlight: Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 30-minute all-access special on the track considered by many NASCAR drivers to be one of the fastest on the circuit. Hosted by Natalie Taylor, Spotlight: Atlanta Motor Speedway debuts on SportSouth on Saturday, February 9 at 8 p.m. ET and 11:30 p.m. ET with additional airings on Sunday, February 10 at 11:30 a.m. ET and Monday, February 11 at 10:30 p.m. ET. SportSouth reaches more than 9 million cable and satellite subscribers across a six-state region. To view a clip of Spotlight: Atlanta Motor Speedway, please click on the link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWRYGwh5VxU Ronnie Johnson, of Chattanooga, won the 40-lap NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Winter Classic main event on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway driving the Miller Brothers Coal Warrior. Johnson took the lead on lap two, covered the bottom groove, and went on for an emotional win, as he dedicated the victory to an injured crew member. Johnson’s crew member John Leatherwood was injured in a pit area accident earlier in the day, and was transported to a local hospital with a hand injury. www.nesmithracing.com. At Speedfest, which opened his pro late model season at USA Intl. Speedway in Lakeland, FL, Beau Slocumb, of Juliet, lasted only nine laps and finished 19 (of 20) after spinning and heavy wall contact in the Zaxby’s car. In the Speedfest super late model 200 lap race, four Georgians started: Shane Sawyer of Buford 9th, Shane Seig on Tucker 19th, John Wes Townley of Watkinsville 29th, and Ryan Seig of Tucker 31st. Jeff Choquette, the ASA South ‘07 Champion, won the race, and Sawyer was third. Some interesting pictures from the good ole days: http://www.atxcomputers.com/Mearsphotos.html The exciting drag racing on pit road at Atlanta Motor Speedway returns Fri., May 2, and runs most Friday nights through Oct. 24, when the finals are run in front of the huge NASCAR qualifying crowd. Special nights are devoted to MOPAR, Street Warriors (tattoos unlimited), Goodguys Rods and Customs, 44 years of Mustangs, NOPI (which attracted 100,000 last year), and Super Chevy Weekend. Castrol GTX returns as the name sponsor. Each Friday also has a Show-N-Shine competition. with classes for stock vehicles of all ages, tuners, customs, and motorcycles. These competitors will take a lap around the big track, and winners will be displayed in the grandstand concourse in following weeks. (schedule and rules at www.georgiastockcarracing.com) The Richard Petty Driving Experience at Atlanta Motor Speedway often has 500 people per day paying for high-speed rides ($100) around the track. Other packages, including instructions and driving, cost more. At Daytona Sunday, a man whose 60th birthday present was to experience a high-speed stock car died Sunday after crashing into a retaining wall. Robert Boswell, of Apopka, FL, was on the fourth of eight laps in the Richard Petty Driving Experience when he began driving erratically and struck a wall, said Chris McKee, spokesman for the driving experience. Boswell and his son, Greg, were part of a 20-driver class. Greg Boswell was supposed to drive next. The cause of death is still being investigated. The driving experience puts put behind the wheel or in the passenger seat of a stock car going 150 mph or more. It costs from $400 to $2,000. It's the first death for the driving experience at the Daytona Beach track. Atlanta, Chattanooga, and Macon media outlets will hold contests with six winners getting the chance to ride shotgun with Jeff Gordon in a No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet race car f February 19 at AMS. Entry information can be obtained at: WSB-TV, Channel 2 – www.wsbtv.com WSB-AM, 750 AM – www.wsbradio.com WKHX-FM, Kicks 101.5 – www.kicks1015.com WWWQ-FM, Q100 – www.allthehitsq100.com < Chattanooga, Tenn.: WLND-FM, The Legend – www.981thelegend.com WUSY-FM, US 101 Country - www.us101country.com WDSI-TV, FOX 61 – www.myfoxchattanooga.com < Macon, Ga.: WGXA-TV, FOX 24 – www.fox24.com In addition to the grand prize ride-along, 60 participants will have the opportunity to win daily prizes that consist of tickets and pre-race pit passes to Friday night, March 7 Georgia Power Sprint Cup Qualifying and the American Commercial Lines 200 Craftsman Truck Series event as well as the Saturday afternoon Nicorette 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race and the Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup event. www.AndrettiGordon.com Tony Townley, owner of Brothers Racing Team, and driver Beau Slocumb will run a full Hooters Pro Cup North and Championship Division schedule this year. He will also be running a couple of South Division races that his teammate, John Wes Townley, is having to miss because of scheduling conflicts. Beau will be eligible to compete for Rookie of the Year in this series, starting April 19 in South Boston, VA. While none of Beau's Pro Cup races will be in Georgia, he still plans to run quite a few other races in Georgia on his open weekends, starting at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele on April 5. He’ll also be running the entire ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour which has 9 televised races on it's schedule. Pictures from Slocumb’s season opening race at Lakeland, FL: http://beauslocumb.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album25 The famed Music City Motorplex at the Fairgrounds in Nashville opens with the "2008 Spring Clash" Mar. 29th. The event will include the All American 150 for the CRA Super Series late models, a 75-lap event for the O'Reilly USA Modified Series, and a special-points 75-lap Shoot-out event between the CRA Street Stocks and the MCM Sportsman. Qualifying starts at 4pm., racing at 7pm with last chance races first, then the three feature events starting with the 75-lap event for the O'Reilly USA Modified Series, followed by the All-American 150 for the CRA Super Series, and ending with the 75-lap CRA Street Stock/MCM Sportsman Shoot-out. In 2007, Georgia ace Russell Fleeman finished a close third in the Super LM race. Birmingham Intl. Raceway will be running their annual Super Late Model EarlyBird event on February 23 & 24. B.I.R. is located at the Alabama State Fairgrounds. For more info go to http://www.BIR-Raceway.com/ Reed Sorenson of Peachtree City celebrated his 22nd birthday: Feb. 5, same day as Hank Aaron’s 74th. The high banks of Bristol (TN) will host a RACEceiver National Touring Series show for Legends and Bandolero cars Mar. 29-30. The Bandoleros will be restricted to the flat part of the track. The King of the Ovals series, for Thuunder Roadsters, will also be at Bristol the same days, and is tentatively coming to Lanier Oct. 4. Peach State’s Monthly Car Show and Swap Meet will be Saturday, and we want to invite everyone to come out to the track. Vendors set-up at 8:00 am. Gates open at 9:00 am and it will end approximately 3:00 pm. Admission is $3 for Adults. Kids 12 and under are FREE. The Car Corral is $10, The Car Show is $15, and Vendors are $20. South Georgia Motorsports Park: 1st Annual Speedfest - Feb 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Thursday Feb 7 - Testing and Practice on the Speedway • Gates open at 10AM • Practice at 2 PM Friday Feb 8 - Speedway Racing • Gates open at 3:00 PM • Racing at 7:00 PM • 40 Lap SGMP Asphalt Late Models - $1000 to win • Pure Stock - $250 to win • Hobbie Stock - $325 to win • Super Stock - $350 to win Saturday Feb 9 - Speedway Racing • Gates open at 3:00 PM • Racing at 7:00 PM • 60Lap SGMP Asphalt Late Models - $1200 to win • Pure Stock - $250 to win • Hobbie Stock - $325 to win • Super Stock - $350 to win Their 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 . Stay abreast of all the up coming events as well as occasional special guests. 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 as well as covering our Saturday night events "Live". The top 10 drivers from the 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series points standings have committed to chasing the tour’s prestigious championship trophy this season, series officials announced on Sunday. Included are: * Clint Smith, 42, of Senoia, Ga., who enjoyed his best WoO LMS campaign ever in 2007, winning four times – all in the Midwest, increasing the national popularity of the Southeastern standout nicknamed ‘Cat Daddy’ – and finishing third in the points standings. A winner of 10 career WoO LMS A-Mains, he’s a former UDTRA/Hav-A-Tampa Series champion and owns four titles with the Southern All-Stars Series. * Shane Clanton, 32, of Locust Grove, Ga., a still-rising Southern star who steered Ronnie Dobbins’s yellow No. 25 to a pair of triumphs and a fourth-place points finish on the 2007 trail. Tied for 10th on the alltime WoO LMS win list with six victories, he announced his arrival as a national power in 2006 with a second-place finish in the WoO LMS standings and over the past two years has recorded major wins in the Pittsburgher 100 and Magnolia 100. The 2008 WoO LMS kicks off with 50-lap, $10,000-to-win events on Feb. 14 and 16 as part of the 37th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla www.worldofoutlaws.com ---- ---- ---- ---- Get GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING NEWS via email weekly: email -- subscribe -- to ddrrtt@earthlink.net email -- unsubscribe -- for the opposite ---- ---- ---- ----

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