Friday, February 29, 2008

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING FEB. 28-MAR. 6, 2008

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING FEB. 28-MAR. 6, 2008 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just a few days remain before your chance to experience NASCAR at one of it’s legendary tracks…Atlanta Motor Speedway. Three huge days of racing excitement, fun activities, concerts, monster truck rides and more! You, your family and your friends can enjoy some or all the weekend has to offer. There are still great seats available for Friday’s qualifying and 200 mile NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. You can still get a front straightaway seat for Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race. Plus, Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race has a good number of chair back seats in our new Winners Grandstand still available. There is also a few spots in our fan and family friendly campgrounds where you can stay the weekend, grill and chill with other great race fans. Grab your tickets now by calling the Atlanta Motor Speedway ticket office at 770-946-3954. You can also order on line at www.atlantamotorspeedway.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ---- Schedule ---- 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! Feb. 29 (Fri.) Oglethorpe AMA Motorcycle Racing Half Mile Nationals adm. $20. www.ospracing.net Mar. 1 Oglethorpe AHRMA Vintage Motorcycle Racing adm. $5 www.ospracing.net Mar. 1-2 South Georgia First 2008 points race Mar. 1 Golden Isles season opener. Full racing program, local classes. www.goldenislesspeedway.com Mar. 1 South Alabama Speedway pro LM $5000 to win, $400 to start. 125 laps www.southalabamaspeedway.com Mar. 1 Watermelon Capital Legends Winter Series pit passes only $20 watermeloncapitalspeedway.com Mar. 2 (Sun.) South Alabama Speedway “The Rattler” super LMS 250 laps $10,000 to win, $650 to start www.southalabamaspeedway.com Mar. 2 (Sun.) Cherokee Speedway (SC) Southern All Stars East March Madness $10,000 to win www.cherokee-speedway.com Mar. 7-8-9 Oglethorpe Extreme Monster Truck Nationals www.ospracing.net *? 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. 8 Waycross Motor Speedway National Late Model Series www.nlmss.com Mar. 14-15 Watermelon Capital O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Asphalt Thunder Tour (winged outlaw sprint cars) Mar. 15 Golden Isles. Full racing program, local classes. www.goldenislesspeedway.com Mar. 15 Toccoa Grand Opening www.toccoaspeedway.info Mar. 15 Watermelon Capital USCS winged sprint cars + local divs. watermeloncapitalspeedway.com Mar. 15 Volunteer Speedway (Bulls Gap, TN) World of Outlaws sprint cars Mar. 16 (Sun.) Lanier 2008 Opening (day race) www.lanierspeedway.com Mar. 21-22 Lavonia Latemodel Extravaganza Latemodel only show: O'Reilly Southern All Stars $5,000.00 to win; Fastrak Crate Latemodels $2,000.00 to win; Southeastern Latemodel Sportsman $1,200.00 to win Mar. 22 Douglas Motorsports Park Opening day (tent.) www.dmpspeedway.com Mar. 22 Toccoa Regular show www.toccoaspeedway.info Mar. 22 Lanier First night race, Easter Egg Hunt. www.lanierspeedway.com Mar. 22 Mobile ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour www.mobilespeedway.net www.asasoutheastasphalttour.com Mar. 22 North Georgia Late Models plus full racing program www.northgeorgiaspeedway.com Mar. 28 Gordon Park Speedway Crate LM $2000 to win. www.gordonparkspeedway.net www.carolinaclash.com Mar. 29 (Fri.) Toccoa Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series $5,000 to win Super Late Models www.toccoaspeedway.info 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 4 (Fri.) Boyd’s Opening night (tent.) April 4 (Fri.) Lavonia Opening night Weekly Show www.lavoniaspeedway.com ---- ---- ---- The 23rd Annual Jimmy Thomas Memorial is Friday and Saturday at East Alabama, and the featured Crate LM div. pays $10,000 to win for 100 laps. Sportsman racers will run 50 laps for $5000 to win. Last chance races start at 5:30 Sat., with features for Super Street, Hobby, Bomber, 4-Cylinder, Sportsman, and Crates to follow. This track is across the river from Columbus, GA. www.eamsdirt.com Dale McDowell's double duty at Green Valley Speedway's 11th annual Bama Bash paid double time. The Rossville, Ga., driver earned $10,000 for dominating the Super Late Model feature and an additional $5,000 for dominating the crate engine Late Model feature at the 3/8-mile oval south of Gadsden. Starting third in both races, McDowell didn't take long getting to the front and wasn't challenged in either victory. He led all but one lap of the 75-lap Super Late Model race and took the lead on the sixth lap of the crate feature, a race shortened to 27 from 50 laps because of a time limit. Clint Smith, the three-time and defending race winner, and Shane Clanton started on the front row of the Super Late Model feature, but McDowell quickly dispatched Smith on the first lap, then worked his way past Clanton after a two-lap, side-by-side duel. Over the rest of the 75 laps, no one could keep up with McDowell as he frequently built straightaway leads in rolling to the victory. Ronnie Johnson, who started 10th in the Super Late Model race, worked his way into second on a lap-49 restart and finished a straightaway behind McDowell at the finish. Smith was another straightaway behind in third at the checkered flag while Ray Cook and Brad Neat rounded out the top five on a track with fresh clay after off-season improvements. In qualifying, Johnson was 26th of 41 cars. Clanton held the second spot the first 49 laps, but a flat tire forced him out of a race where only 10 cars were running at the finish. Super Late Model feature: (1) Dale McDowell, (2) Ronnie Johnson, (3) Clint Smith, (4) Ray Cook, (5) Brad Neat, (6) Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, (7) Chris Jones, (8) Anthony Burroughs, (9) Justin McRee, (10) Nick Howell 1 - Dale McDowell, Chickamauga , Ga 2 - Ronnie Johnson, Chattanooga , Tn 3 - William Thomas, Phoenix City, Al 4 - Eiddie Rickman, Columbus , Ms 5 - John Liewellyn, Knoxville , Tn 6 - Don Jenkins, Kingston , Ga 7 - Shane Hmiel, Huntersville , Al 8 - Todd Hurst, Lineville , Al 9 - Glen Nix, Toccoa , Ga 10 - Jason Wilson, Margaret , Al 11 - Jeff Smith, Rocky Face, Ga This race was a real crashfest, with at least nine yellows and a red. Gathan Burns had a nasty flip, which also destroyed Johnny Stokes’ car. Youngster Dillon Crim, from Eastaboga, AL, at age 14, was the youngest-ever Bama Bash starter. In the crate B-Main, Chip Brindle, of Chatsworth, GA, crashed spectacularly after hitting the inner berm on the track. Brindle made the long trip from the rained-out NeSmith Series race in Florida to Green Valley, but was out after a single lap. Jeff Smith, of Rocky Face, GA, also made the trip, and finished 11th in the crate feature. Former track champion Tim Busha, of Boaz, Ala., led the final two laps of the 50-lap Limited Late Model feature to earn $5,000. Mark Rosner had led virtually all the way when a flat tire during a lap-48 caution period forced him off the track. Busha, who started 11th, inherited the lead and raced away from Mike Head in the final two laps. Head was disqualified, moving David Brannon up to second. Limited Late Model feature: (1) Tim Busha, (2) David Brannon, (3) Mark Haddon, (4) Brandon Brown, (5) Richard Ogle, (6) Larry Harrod, (7) T.J. Alford, (8) Mark Rosner, (9) Kenney Hall, (10) Jason Morris Saturday’s part of the Bama Bash didn’t get started until about 9:30 p.m., after the track’s lights went out. The show didn’t end until 2:30 a.m. - so late that they had to draw seven times to get a 50/50 cash winner. Green Valley uses the Track Pro Safety Team for trackside medical aid and fire control, as does the Talladega Short Track. (parts from GV website and DirtonDirt.com) Detailed results: www.speednetdirect.com/results.php Pictures from the Bama Bash at Green Valley Speedway: http://public.fotki.com/stargazer444/green-valley-speedway/ & http://www.rskinner.exposuremanager.com/g/ The track has nine green mini-condos in turns one and two, available for $2500 for the season. (Pix courtesy of DirtonDirt.com) ? Modoc’s Winter Shootout Champions Crate Late Model Winner - Royce Bray Hobby Winner - Bubba Livingston Super Street - Keith Roberts Stock V-8 - Brandon Hadden Mini Stock - Bubba Koss Extreme 4 - Wes Witt Good photos of the winners: http://southboundracingphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/4420244_ekjAJ/1/259723295_PQ2oL#259723667 Modoc’s schedule continues with a non-points race Friday, Feb. 29 and the first points race Mar. 7. www.modocspeedway.com The National Late model Series show at Waycross was rained out, and will be moved to Mar. 8, with $4000 to win. Former Cochran promoter Winford Johnson has returned, as Arlene Pittman steps down, and Johnson is making big changes to the track, including lower banking, sharper turns, and some new clay making the track a 3/8s mile. Racing starts Mar. 15 (practice Mar. 8), with the same classes. Some pictures of the changes at: www.cochrangaspeedway.com Birmingham Mayor Larry Lankford has said that he wants racing to continue at the Birmingham Fairgrounds asphalt oval, and track operators Ray Tennyson and Joey Sims have prepared an improvement plan. “For the track, that means this year we will be putting down new asphalt and taking out the old football field in the infield. That will give teams a front stretch pit road and give fans a chance to watch pit stops in the future. Next year, we’re looking at installing SAFER barriers in the turns,” said Tennyson. The track has a wonderful old covered grandstand (pictured), but the asphalt is worn out, the walls are old highway barriers which destroy cars, and the infield has a football field complete with bleachers and a locker room building blocking the view. The pit road runs between the back stretch and front stretch, starting near turn three, and the haulers block the sightlines. “We’ve got to look at everything out there,” said Sims. “This facility can’t survive with just stock car racing. With all of the proposed changes, this will become a true multi-venue facility. We would like to have concerts here. We could have drifting events, SCCA events, and monster truck events. As far as racing goes, we haven’t been able to bring in major touring series because of our current pit road. With the new pit road, we can really look down the road and see what we can do with maybe bringing ARCA or Pro Cup to the track. Maybe even [NASCAR] Busch East or the Truck Series.” The future plans aren’t just big ones too. There are some smaller plans in the works as well, including construction of a 1/5th mile oval that can host go-kart, mini sprint, Legends and Bandolero races.” *? At Birmingham International Raceway, Ken McFarland took the checkered flag in the Early Bird 125 Sunday. Josh Hamner crossed the finish line second with a flat right rear tire. Results: 1) #14 Ken McFarland 2) #38 Josh Hamner 3) #x2 Dennis Reno, Jr. 4) #4 Chris Whorton 5) #3 Chris Serio 6) #41 Gary Nix 7) #49 Jeff Fultz 8) #145 Billy Melvin 9) #89 Lee Hansard 10) #11 Clint Folsom 11) #91 Heath Hindman 12) #82 Donnie Wilson 13) #29 Andy Antinoro Ken McFarland shared victory lane with his spotter for the race, NASCAR legend Red Farmer. Only 13 cars showed up. Last year 19 cars competed in the Super Late Model portion of the event, with 23 drivers racing in the GAS race. (Thanks to www.speed51.com) Shane Clanton’s season of misery - with only two top fives in 10 starts - continued at the Bama Bash, as he fell out again while contending for a win. Even worse, he’s lost his nick name and needs one to stick. World of Outlaws announcer Rick Eshelman is calling him the Locust Grove Lightning, and dirt racing rankings czar Steve Hixson wants to call him the Georgia Giant. The WoO website says he’s “Coconut.” We’re waiting for your suggestions. www.shaneclanton.com The new ASA Southeastern Asphalt Tour, which starts the engines Sat., Mar. 22, at Mobile’s half-mile, already has 108 drivers registered, according to Stan Narrison. Registrations have come from Texas, Indiana, Florida, Alabama, Maine, Mississippi, and North and South Carolina for the 15-race season. www.asasoutheastasphalttour.com www.mobilespeedway.net Probably the winner in 4m.com’s “Worst Race Track Name Contest” is GIT-R-DONE RACEWAY in BEAVER, OK. “DIRT TRACK RACING FAST AND FUN” says the track’s Wayne Williams. Another contender is Whynot, a track in MS. Tthe Pro All Stars Series (PASS) for super late model racers in the southeast has fourteen races scheduled. PASS South 150 lap events pay a minimum of $5,000.00 to win and $500.00 to start, andthree extra distance races will see the winner’s share double to $10,000.00. The PASS South title will be decided in a 250 lap, $10,000.00 to win free for all, October 25, at the Mason-Dixon 500. An open competition, 250 lap, $10,000.00 to win Late Model Stock Car feature is also on the card. PASS is looking for additional people to join the team of PASS officials for the season. If you are interested, contact Scott Reed at scottreedpass@yahoo.com or by phone at 207-625-3230. www.proallstarsseries.com South Alabama Speedway, near Opp, hosts the 32nd Annual Rattler this weekend, with a 125 lapper for the Pro Late Models on Saturday and a 250 lap main event for Super Late Model competitors on Sunday afternoon. The PLM entry list includes names like David Hole, Taylor Satterfield, Michael Pope, Johanna Long, Joey Senter, Ronnie Sanders, and Greg Boone. Super Late Model competitors who are on the roster for Sunday's race include Hunter Robbins, Dennis Reno, Jr., Josh Hamner, Bubba Pollard, Chris Davidson, Boris Jurkovic, Jeff Fultz, Jeff Choquette, Jason Hogan, Casey Smith, and Augie Grill. Last season, The Rattler provided one of the best finishes all season long, anywhere, when Augie Grill and Hunter Robbins wrecked at the finish line, Grill held on for the win. www.Speed51.com will have Trackside Now coverage with updates from the track, including news and notes from practice, qualifying, pre-race, and the actual event itself. Peach State Speedway in Jefferson will kick off its 2008 racing season Saturday afternoon, March 8, at 2:00 PM when the National Vintage Racing Series (NVRA) visits the fast 1/2 mile oval. Gates open at 12 noon. The NVRA is an organization of owners and drivers of 1929-1968 vintage circle track stock cars. Entering its twelfth year, the NVRA "Vintage Thunder" Racing Series is the largest touring vintage stockcar racing series in the United States . Some of our race cars are restored originals that ran on tracks in the southeast in the '50s, '60s and '70s while others are replicas of stockcars from that era. The NVRA averages 30 to 35 cars per race. In addition to the vintage racers, the Peach State Super Truck, Outlaw Late Model (formally Iceman), Sportsman, Bandits and Mini-Stock classes will also compete. There will be an Open Practice for all local classes on Saturday, March 1st, from 2PM - Dark. The grandstands will be open to the public with free admission. www.peachstspeedway.com or call 706-387-7490. Update: Robert Powell, a 60 year-old man from Apopka, FL passed away while participating in the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Daytona International Speedway. The man, who was driving in the “High Banks 8” session at the 2.5 mile superspeedway, was on lap 4 of his 8 scheduled laps when the incident took place. The Halifax Medical Examiner’s report shows the Boswell passed away of a heart attack and not from any mechanical issue with the car. The Toccoa Speedway will hold Open Practices Saturdays Mar. 1 and 8. Any type Dirt RaceCar is welcome to come. No Tire Rules for Practice so bolt on what you like. Food and Drinks will be available. www.toccoaspeedway.info The Lavonia Speedway will hold an Open Practice Friday March,14th. Any Type Dirt RaceCar is welcome to come. Practice will begin at 6:00 pm and go untill. Food and Drinks will be available. Pit Admission will be $10 www.lavoniaspeedway.com East Alabama had a “bad check” problem in 2007, and is getting tougher this year. The still-uncashed checks are now displayed on the track website (including one from a well-known GA driver). www.eamsdirt.com/currentnews.php Anderson (SC) Motor Speedway opens Fri., Mar. 14, with a practice noon to 3:00 Mar. 1. Season higlights include the GA Asphalt Series Fridays, April 11 and July 18, and the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour Aug. 8. AMS Weekly divisions include: Renegades, Super Renegades, B Mini Stock, C Mini Stock, Young Guns, BM Modified & Legends. Weekly practices will be held Tuesday evenings from 5-8 PM beginning in March 12th. All 2008 shows will be Friday nights. www.asasoutheastasphalttour.com www.georgiaasphaltseries.com www.andersonmotorspeedway.com Heavy rain on Saturday morning washed what was to be two shows on Saturday for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series at East Bay (FL) Raceway Park. Both the Saturday afternoon and Saturday night races have been cancelled and will not be made up. Keith Nosbisch of Valrico, FL, won the 40-lap main event Friday. The Thursday night rainout brought about the scheduled two races on Saturday. A 40-lap race was scheduled to run on Saturday afternoon, and the 50-lap finale was scheduled for Saturday night. Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA, leaves East Bay Raceway Park with a two-point lead over Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point standings after the first three events of the 2008 season. The next event for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series will be at Flomaton (AL) Speedway March 21-22, highlighted by a 75-lap $5,000-to-win main event. www.nesmithracing.com. ---- Ideas for Promoters ---- Green Valley Mission Statement/Guarantee It is our Mission to conclude all evening events no later than 10:55 PM. We expect and require all Drivers, Staff and Management to work to that end. We believe in and promise to give the Fans an entertaining program that moves along with excitement and real value for their entertainment dollar. All of this can and will be accomplished in a family atmosphere that will make the Fans will want to regularly return: Making Green Valley Speedway the Race Place to be! If we fail to end evening events prior to 11:15 PM, (weather or delays beyond our control excluded), all Grandstand Fans still in attendance at the end of the evening will receive $5.00 OFF GRANDSTAND admittance the following week. ---- ---- ---- The Ernest Young Memorial will kick off the season at North Georgia's premier clay oval, North Georgia Speedway, on Saturday, March 8. The Southern All Star sanctioned 50-lap event will pay $5,000 to the winner. The Ernest Young Memorial will be supported with racing in all divisions including Limited/Crate/Sportsman, Hobby, Mini Stock and Econo Bombers. Pit gates will open at 2 pm, grandstands 3 pm with racing at 6 pm. Adults are $17 in the grandstands with kids 6-11 $3 and under six are free. Pit passes will be $30. www.northgeorgiaspeedway.com Cleveland (TN) Speedway opens with the 13th Annual Southern All Star/Sonya's Used Cars Shamrock 60 on Saturday night March 15. The annual event will pay $7,500 to the winner. In support of the Super Late Models there will be racing in all regular divisions, Limited/Crate Late Models, A and B Hobby, Pony, and Front Runners. Grandstands will be $17 for adults. Kids 6-11 are $3, and under six are free. The pits will be $30. For the 2008 season Cleveland Speedway has been able to hold the line on the price for grandstand tickets for regular weekly racing. As it has been for a number of years adults are $12, kids 6-11 are $3 and under six are free. Due to a healthy increase in insurance pit passes will be $22 this year. The pricing for special events will vary and will be announced for each event. "Nobody has to tell us money is tight and or the price of gas and everything else is up," said Cleveland owner and promoter Monty Morrow who has seen fuel prices add another $400 a week to the cost of preparing the track. "Like everyone else we are doing the best we can and are trying to keep our prices as low we can. We were able to keep the grandstand ticket prices the same for another year, but we had to go up in the pits a couple of dollars." www.clevelandspeedway.com/ Red Camaro makes first laps at Albany’s Fun Track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbObyDPyRtE There’s a Sprint car driver and fan conflict coming up, and there is a very small supply of cars for two shows: July 26 Dixie ASCS Sprint cars July 26 Peach State USCS Sprint cars Ladies – If the numbers are any indication, Sprint Car racing is still a guy's domain. But the ladies are starting to make some inroads. Out of Bonney Lake, WA, about as far from Tampa as one can get within the continental United States, 18-year-old Samantha Taylor made the cut for Saturday night's feature at East Bay and put her No. 17 entry in the 17th finishing position. With a total of 985 different drivers making at least one ASCS National Tour "A" Feature start since the series inception in 1992, Samantha became just the eleventh lady racer among those ranks. Stephanie Chappell (45 starts) and Natalie Sather (41 starts) have been the most frequent ASCS National feature starters in series history. Stephanie, younger sister to title-contending Zach, now hustles sponsors for another series while North Dakota's Natalie reigns as conqueror of the ASCS Midwest Region. The O'Reilly Southern All Stars East Dirt Racing Series will roll into Cherokee Speedway for the 6th Edition of the $10,000.00 to win March Madness Super Late Model race on Sunday March 2nd. “March Madness is a great way for us to start off the season with a big event,” said Cherokee Speedway promoter Lennie Buff. "We made several changes to the speedway last season that gave the track new life. We had over 85 different feature winners last season. I think that says a lot about the competition and the racing we have to offer. The fans have gotten used to seeing side by side racing again, and we enjoyed bringing it back to them.” www.cherokee-speedway.com The American Kart Racing Association (AKRA) Championship Dirt Series 2008 season opens Mar. 1 at Dexter Raceway (in Dexter, near Dublin). Dexter is "A Sanctioned WKA Master Track" with over 200 parking spots with electrical hookups, and a complete snack bar with some of the best southern cooking in the state. It’s a 1/5 mile clay track with a smooth fast racing surface. The 2007 AKRA champions will be honored at a banquet, and it sounds great: “Catering will be done by "Miss Pat's World Famous Down South Country Cooking.” Her menu will include Bar-B-Que, Chicken Pot Pie, Green Beans, Black Eyed Peas, Brunswick Stew, potato salad and rolls. For drinks she’s offering ice tea, lemonade, and coffee. For desert she’s fixing her famous homemade peach cobbler and homemade banana pudding. Come hungry.” To reserve banquet tickets, call the AKRA office at 704.764.8138. For track info: Contact Carl Williams (478) 875-FLAG. The karts return Aug. 29–30 for the Labor Day Bash at the Georgia Karting Komplex. http://americankarting.us/website/modules/news/ Screven Motor Speedway claims the “best regular program for late models in the southeast.” If less then 20 LMs race, the race is $1000 to win and $150 to start. For 21 or more LM cars, $1200 to win and $175 to start. They pay $50 tow money for teams traveling over 100 miles, and pay $250-$125-$100 to the top qualifiers. There is a six-car dash for the fast qualifiers, and a 12-lap B-main paying $175 for qualifiers 15th thru 30th. 16 cars start the feature. Brandon Yawn was the ‘07 Screven LM points champion, and he and other champions will be honored at the 12th Annual Shrimp Boil/BBQ Banquet Mar. 29. Following the banquet is a practice for all classes of racing. Ten special shows are scheduled: • April 4, 2008 - Lucas Oil Dirtcar Series - $10,000 to win • May 10, 2008 - Carolina Clash Late Model Series - $5,000 To Win • May 24, 2008 - NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series - $3,000 To Win • June 28, 2008 - Southeastern Limited Late Model Series - TBA To Win • July 5, 2008 - O'Reilly Southern All Star Series - $5,000 To Win • July 19, 2008 - Southern National Series - $5,300 To Win - 9th Annual Rebel Yell • August 16, 2008 - World of Outlaw Late Model Series - $10,000 To Win • August 16, 2008 - Southeastern Limited Late Model Series - TBA To Win • September 13, 2008 - O'Reilly Southern All Stars & O'Reilly Southern All Star East Series - $10,000 - 8th Annual GA State Outlaw Championships www.screvenmotorspeedway.com NASCAR Notes: General Motors Corp. lost a record $38.7 million in 2007, and the highest finishing GM product at Daytona was eighth. Fans seeking a taste of asphalt Super Late Models can see them at Nashville’s fairgrounds Mar. 28-29, as the CRA stars compete. It pays $1500 to win. Ron Hedger, in NSSN, reports that Wisconsin’s Bob Schafer saw 269 races at 89 tracks in 2007. That was 62,000 miles in a Honda Civic: $5,277 for gas, $2,844 for admission tickets. “The crowds continue to dwindle and the shows continue to get longer,” says Schafer, “with more buying pit passes at many tracks than buy tickets to watch.” Bob Litton, of Iowa City, saw 135 shows, and says his favorite was a November race at Cleveland, TN. Hedger keeps count of race chasers, while our buddy Randy Lewis leads in track chasing (counting only newly-visited tracks). ---- ---- ---- ---- Get GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING NEWS via email weekly: email -- subscribe -- to ddrrtt@earthlink.net email -- unsubscribe -- for the opposite ---- ---- ---- ----

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