Thursday, March 27, 2008

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING.com MAR. 27 - APRIL 3

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING.com MAR. 27 - APRIL 3 This is one of the busiest weekends to the year, with several big shows on both dirt and asphalt. The best traveling asphalt short track series, Hooter’s Pro Cup, is at South Georgia Motorsports Park, near Valdosta, for their only show in the state this season. Matt Hawkins, of Canton, leads their points. The Georgia Asphalt Series kicks off at Peach State, with Legends Pro Champion Casey Roderick and nine other rookies spicing up the show. The Southern All Stars, who had a well-run show at Lavonia last week, run 50 laps at North Georgia Friday, and 60 laps at Cleveland Saturday. If one driver can win both events he will pick up a $2,500 bonus from Car Smart of Cleveland. If both races are not won by one driver, the high point man receives a $500 bonus. Gordon Park Speedway in Augusta has a $3000 to win show for crate LMs Friday, and a $5000 to win Carolina Clash super LM show Sat. - with a $500 bonus to anyone beating three-time winner Ed Basey. Results will be posted at www.georgiastockcarracing.com as soon as we get them. ---- See you at the track --- ---- Schedule ---- Mar. 28 (Fri.) Gordon Park Speedway Crate LM $2000 to win. www.gordonparkspeedway.net Mar. 28 (Fri.) North Georgia Southern All Stars $5000 to win Mar. 29 Waycross National Late Model Series Mar. 29 South Georgia USAR Hooter’s Pro Cup Series Mar. 29 Gordon Park Speedway Carolina Clash LM series $5000 to win. www.gordonparkspeedway.net www.carolinaclash.com Mar. 29 Sugar Creek Regular program http://sugarcreekracing.com Mar. 29 Toccoa regular show, + $250 to win wheel barrow race (Prev. announced Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series has been postponed) 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 Talladega Short Track Full race program www.talladegashorttrack.com Mar. 29 Cleveland (TN) Southern All Stars $7500 to win Mar. 29-30 Bristol (TN) Legends cars on the high banks April 3 (Thurs.) Swainsboro Lucas Oil LM Series $7000 to win April 4 (Fri.) Screven Lucas Oil LM Series $10,000 to win April 4 (Fri.) Lavonia Opening night Weekly Show www.lavoniaspeedway.com April 4 (Fri.) North Georgia Late Models plus full racing program www.northgeorgiaspeedway.com April 4 (Fri.) Sugar Creek Regular program, first pts. races http://sugarcreekracing.com April 5 Golden Isles. Lucas Oil LM Series Tiny Lund Tribute Race (on SPEED TV), plus local classes. $10,000 to win www.goldenislesspeedway.com April 5 Toccoa Regular show www.toccoaspeedway.info April 5 Talladega Short Track Full race program www.talladegashorttrack.com April 5 Green Valley Southern Reg. Racing Series $5000 to win When Matt Hawkins last left South Georgia Motorsports Park, the Canton, Ga., driver did so with the winner’s trophy. The win jumped Hawkins from 23rd to ninth in the standings and fueled his last-season chase at the championship. But when Hawkins returns to the sight of his second Hooters Pro Cup win for the running of the BFGoodrichTires.com 250 presented by K&N Filters on Saturday, March 29, at 7:00 p.m., he will be the one that’s being chased. Hawkins, driver of the No. 2s JaniKing Ford, finished second in the season-opening Southern Division event at USA Int’l Speedway on March 15, giving him the point lead heading into SGMP. And with his successes last season at the fast, half-mile track, Hawkins expects to leave with the lead. "I think we’re going to be awesome at [South Georgia]," said Hawkins. "Having Mike Garvey as my crew chief is great. We should have won the Snowball Derby. But that’s three second-place finishes in a row for us and we won at SGMP before that; so we’ve been doing great. We just have to keep it going all season." The BFGoodrichTires.com 250 is slated for a green flag at 7 p.m. on Sat. at SGMP. Awesome Awnings Pole Qualifying will start at 4:30 p.m. and be followed by the on-track autograph session at 5:45 p.m. The event will air on VERSUS Network on Monday, April 7, at 4 p.m. O’Reilly Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Fast Facts WHAT: Ernest Young Memorial 50 WHERE: North Georgia Speedway—1/3 mile high banked clay oval - near Chatsworth and Dalton WHEN: Friday March 28th DISTANCE: 50 Laps/16.65 Miles $5,000 to win $300 to start STARTING FIELD: 24 cars, 10 cars locked in through qualifying, next 12 positions determined by B Main Events. 2 provisionals determined by 2008 Series points standings. SCHEDULE: Hot Laps 6:30 pm SAS DIRT RACE WINNERS IN 2008: 1.Golden Isle Speedway—Jimmy Owens 2.Golden Isle Speedway—Scott Bloomquist 3.Golden Isle Speedway—Steve Francis 4.Lavonia Speedway—Jonathan Davenport OSAS TOP TEN:1.Ivedent Lloyd 298; 2.Jimmy Owens 276; 3.Clint Smith 270; 4.Chris Madden 260; 5.Scott Bloomquist 256; 6.Michael England 248; 7.Brady Smith 248; 8.Josh Richards 242; 9.Kelly Boen 232; 10.Donnie Moran 232 CLEVELAND SPEEDWAY DRIVING SCHOOL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1.Jason Fitzgerald 222; 2.Derek Ellis 170; 3.Dillon Wood 130; 4.Anthony Hill 124; 5.Tony Knowles 70; 6.Dingus Griffin 66; 7.G R Smith 60; 8.Steven Howard 60 The Shamrock 60 at Cleveland (TN) Speedway, a 1/3 mile semi banked clay oval, is next for the Southern All Stars, Saturday, March 29. It’s 60 laps/19.98 Miles, $7,500 to win $300 to start. If one driver can win the events at North Georgia and at Cleveland, he will pick up a $2,500 bonus from Car Smart of Cleveland. If both races are not won by one driver, the high point man receives a $500 bonus. The Carolina Clash LM Series has had 160 shows in nine years, including three at Gordon Park Speedway in Augusta - and Ed Basey, of Augusta, has won all three of them. For Saturday’s show, the track and series has posted a $500 prize for the driver who beats Basey, in addition to the $5000 to win. Friday’s preliminary is a $3000 to win crate LM race, and Brian Stewart and Southeastern Auto Sales is awarding $250 to the Pole sitter. The track’s webpage link to the Weather Channel says the high temps will be 81 and 79, with a 10-30% chance of precip. The National Late Model Series will be at Gordon Park on May 10, and the Ray Cook Series Super Late Models on July 1 www.gordonparkspeedway.net Waycross hosts the National Late Model Series Sat. night, for a $4000 to win LM show, plus all the local classes. Last week at Albany’s newly-dirt Fun Track, Mark Whitener won the 50-lap feature, folowed by Brandon Cameron, Jay Johnson, Jeremy Faircloth, and J.R. Moseley. After five races, the NLMS points race: 1 - Brandon Cameron 489 2 - Jeremy Faircloth 457 3 - Mark Whitener 454 4 - Clay Bedenbaugh 451 5 - Bo Allen 424 ---- TV ---- Sat., Mar. 29 Versus Cable 5:00 p.m. Lucas Oil LM Series East Bay Final $12,000 to win Mon., Mar. 31 VERSUS Network 4:00 p.m. Hooter’s Pro Cup at Lakeland, FL Mon., April 7 VERSUS Network 4:00 p.m. Hooter’s Pro Cup at South Georgia ---- TV ---- Captain Herb’s WSB Radio racing show, the Bellamy-Strickland Chevrolet 120, will be Sat. noon to 1:30. Rolling Thunder Radio and TV invites you to the first annual Race Car Show and Get Together Saturday, April 12, at the Hayes Automotive Dealerships, on Highway 365 in Baldwin, Ga. 3 miles south of Cornelia, 10 AM to 1 PM. Free hotdogs and soft drinks from 12 to 1. There will also be free face painting and baloons for the kids! Toccoa Speedway will feature seven divisions of action packed racing Sat. night: Super Latemodels / Limited Latemodels / Crate Latemodels / Hobby / Street / Street Stock 4Cyl / and the front wheel drive Bombers. Limited Latemodels will be running a $700 to win Feature and the Crate Latemodels (Fastrak rules) will be running a $600 to win Feature. The featured front stretch wheel barrow pays a winner-take-all $250. Official rules: 2 person teams, one pushing and one riding (position switching allowed at any time). Min. age 16. www.fastrakracing.com www.toccoaspeedway.info The 2008 DIRTVision cybercast schedule has more then 20 LIVE video events, starting April 15th at Lernerville Speedway with the World of Outlaws Late Models. The DIRT Track Ticket yearly subscription is $59.99. www.dirtvision.com PROMOTERS IDEA CORNER: Pensacola’s Five Flags Speedway has 1100 fan club members on their weekly email list, and it’s grateful: “A very special thanks to all of our Fan Club Members. You are the heart and soul of racing. We value your input and appreciate all you do to help us promote local racing. Keep forwarding your newsletter to your friends and look for more Fan Club Promotions soon!” Five Flags also has the “In The Groove” TV show on Monday night at 8:00 PM on Blab TV. Blab TV is on broadcast channel 53, as well as two 24-hour cable channels in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties with a total of over 120,000 cable homes and over 300,000 brodcast homes. www.blabtv.com Fastrak races have been canceled April 4th at Penton Motor Speedway and April 5th at East Alabama Motor Speedway. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series ventures into the Georgia for three events starting on Thursday Night, April 3rd at the Swainsboro Raceway, Friday, April 4th at Screven Motor Speedway and Saturday Night, April 5th at the Golden Isles Speedway. The event at Golden Isles will be taped by SPEED Channel and will be shown on a date and time to be announced in the future. Georgian Jonathan Davenport led every lap of the $5000 to win O'Reilly Southern All Star Racing Series portion of Lavonia Speedway's "Late Model Extravaganza" on Saturday night. Davenport, who drives the Beaver Motorsports Barry Wright Race Cars Monte Carlo, scored his second career OSAS win after starting from the outside of row number one. Davenport also went on to pick up the winners purse in the Fastrak Champions Series crate race later in the evening. Thirty-five drivers signed in for Sunoco Race Fuels Pole Qualifying at the newly reconfigured 3/8ths mile northeast Georgia oval. Troutman, North Carolina's Randle Chupp grabbed the pole award with his quick lap. The driver known as the "Showstoppa" laid down a lap of 15.301 seconds - just over a tenth of a second off the track record. Davenport was second fast with his lap of 15.374 seconds. 2007 OSAS Rookie of the Year Stacy Holmes, second generation race Travis Pennington and 2007 OSAS-East Champion Casey Roberts rounded out the top five in qualifying. Official Finish 1 – 75 Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA 2 – 01 Travis Pennington – Winston, GA 3 – 101 Casey Roberts – Toccoa, GA 4 – 9 Ken Schrader – Fenton, MO 5 – 2 Dennis Franklin – Gaffney, SC 6 – 116 Randy Weaver – Crossville, TN 7 – 121 Benji Cole – Cannon, GA 8 – 7 Jason Fitzgerald – Jacksonville, FL 9 – D1 Dion Deason – Greenwood, SC 10 – 99 Derek Ellis – Chatsworth, GA 11 – 44 Clint Smith – Senoia, GA 12 – 21 Ivedent Lloyd – Ocala, FL 13 – 007 Jeff Weber – Clayton, GA 14 – H2 Stacy Holmes – Munford, AL 15 – 26 Dillon Wood – New Smyrna Beach, FL 16 – 03 Randy Nichols – Toccoa, GA 17 – 49 Dingus Griffin – Alexandria, AL 18 – 10 Anthony Hill – Carrollton, GA 19 – USA1 Doug English – Clayton, GA 20 – F21 Frankie Beard – Hartwell, GA 21 – 8 Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth – Northport, AL 22 – 22 Randle Chupp – Troutman, NC 23 – 2 David Smith – Inman, SC 24 – 05 James Roulette – Cumming, GA Carlson’s photos from Lavonia: http://www.carlsonracephotos.com/gallery2/gallery2/main.php Big Mack’s Lavonia pictures: http://luvracin.smugmug.com/gallery/4568601_4uJXC/1 (Thanks to OSAS for the info) Lavonia Sportsman Finish 1. #38 Jamie Oliver 2. #27 Kip Cochran 3. #97 David McCoy 4. #71 Tony Headen 5. #c5 Melvin English (full results at www.georgiastockcarracing.com) FASTRAK Southeastern Region at Lavonnia Mar. 22: 1 - Jonathan Davenport Williamston , SC 2 - Matt Long Concord , NC 3 - David Smith Inman , SC 4 - Lee Cooper Greer , SC 4 - Chris Chandler Weaverville , NC Although no Georgian was in the top five, 11 were in the show. (full details at http://www.fastrakracing.com/resultssouthern.php) Modoc Speedway, on Friday, April 11th, has a Mini Stock Challenge paying $1500 to win. Lanier has their regular weekly show this Sat. and next Sat., with pro late models, trucks, and five other local classes. Lanier Results March 22, 2008 1. Shawn Simpson 2. Joey Senter 3. Kevin Barrett 4. Fredrick Moore 5. Rodney Benefield 1. Paul Antley 2. Butch Gardner 3. Clinton Sheriff 4. Ronnie Wehunt 1. Clay Hair 2. Jeff Haynie 3. Bill Close 4. Randy Thornton 5. Bill Elliott 1. Mason Massey 2. Kason Plott 3. Evan Bell 4. Dillion Bassett 5. Brady Boswell (full results at www.georgiastockcarracing.com) Ross and Adam Martin each picked up their first wins of the 2008 racing season, giving a one-two punch at Talladega Short Track on Saturday Night. Adam Martin lead all twenty-laps of the Crate Late Model feature event. Then Dad, Ross Martin followed by taking the checkers in Super Late Model action. Ross bested the field of twenty-seven Super Late Models, and held off a good battle with Terry Smith for the victory. Smith finished in the second spot with Season opener winner James Cline in third. Fourth spot went to Danny Peoples, with Tim Roszell rounding out the top five. Tim Busha put on a passing clinic in the Super Late Model feature, after starting in the twenty-fourth spot, Busha rallied for a sixth place finish. Adam outran the twenty-car crate field for the win over Lee Burdett in second and Brian Ponder third. Talladega Short Track is back in action this Saturday Night March 29th featuring a full racing program in all seven exciting divisions. Gates open at 4PM with Hot Laps at 6 and racing at 7. (full results at www.georgiastockcarracing.com) www.talladegashorttrack.com. ---- <<<< >>>> ---- ---- <<<< >>>> ---- ---- <<<< >>>> ---- ---- <<<< >>>> ---- Commentary from 4m.net by “southern racer” Went to Albany to for NLMS race. Racing was good except in the latter part of the race drivers started driving a little crazy and running over each other. They can't seem to understand that what goes around usually comes around. With what it costs to race these days I don't understand why some drivers don't try to take better care of their equipment. If you hit another car, chances are real good that he will retaliate. Most of the guilty will blame either the track or Ray Miller for all the tore up sheet metal in the last half of the race, but, the truth is it is their own fault. It is also hard to believe that there were only 17 cars there. All dirt late model racers in this area need to support this series. There have been mistakes made in the past but we need series like this to help keep our purses up and some promoters honest. I don't mean to be Ray Miller's cheerleader, but, what I saw Sat. night leads me to believe that he is trying to get this series back to where it belongs. A strong viable NLMS can only help all of us. (Want to comment? Send it to us.) ---- <<<< >>>> ---- ---- <<<< >>>> ---- ---- <<<< >>>> ---- ---- <<<< >>>> ---- Beginning with this weekend’s inaugural ‘March Through Dixie 100’ at Pike County Speedway in Magnolia, Miss., the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will embark full-bore on a 31-week, map-hopping odyssey to determine its 2008 champion. And no stretch of the campaign will be more lucrative than the ensuing four weeks, which can easily be called the tour’s ‘Month of Money.’ With three high-dollar 100-lappers highlighting the upcoming springtime schedule, there’s a robust $110,000 in first-place cash on the line over the next five WoO LMS races. “This is a great way for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series to dive into the busiest season we’ve ever had,” said tour director Tim Christman, alluding to the heart of a schedule that currently shows 47 confirmed events at 40 tracks in 22 states and three Canadian provinces. The Month of Money: Pike County Speedway, $20,000 to win Sat., March 29. Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway, $20,000-to-win April 4-5 Virginia Motor Speedway, $10,000 to win Fri., April 11 Lernerville (PA) Speedway, $10,000 to win Tues., April 15 Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway, $50,000 to win April 18-19 WoO LMS stars Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., the veteran known as ‘Cat Daddy,’ turned 43 on March 20 Smith and Shane Clanton, of Locust Grove, entered Saturday’s O’Reilly Southern All-Stars Series event at Lavonia Speedway. Smith scored an 11th-place finish in the A-Main, while Clanton saw his horrid early-season luck continue as he scratched from the feature after running into trouble during his qualifying heat. Six WoO LMS events in 2008 will be televised on SPEED, beginning with the Lernerville, PA, show taped June 28 and cablecast July 13. Free audio broadcasts of WoO LMS events, log on to www.dirtvision.com www.pikecountyspeedway.com www.worldofoutlaws.com Childersburg Speedway, between Talladega and Birmingham at 11001 Plant Rd., Alpine, AL 35014, is now open and racing Fridays under the new ownership of Tim Bright (770-834-9757) and Cookie Bright (404-597-4075). They have a whopping nine classes of racing. NEXT RACE: Friday, March 28 Gates Open @5pm cst, Racing @ 8pm cst www.racechildersburg.com Tri-County Racetrack, in Brasstown, NC, opens with practice April 5th and the First race April 12th. First points race is April 19th. Tri-County will be running Super Late Model, Sportsman, Crate Late Model, Modified Street, Stock Street and Mini Stock. www.tricountyracetrack.com Lavonia Speedway will hold it's Final Open Practice Friday Night, Mar. 28th. This Practice is open to any type Dirt Racecar. The 2008 Racing Season will begin on Friday Night April 4th. www.lavoniaspeedway.com SUGAR CREEK RESULTS 3-22-08 1 32 SHANNON BEARDEN 2 33 DANNY LEDFORD 3 30 DEVIN DILLBECK 4 96 BOBBY PANTER 5 88 JASON PAYNE 6 88 CALEB BEARDON 7 53 JOE PICKELSIMER 8 35 BRIAN WINKLER 1 24 RYAN BRYSON 2 51 RANDY DILLARD 3 24 SETH WIMPEY 4 7 JASON DEAL 5 M42 JOSH MORROW 6 28 RONALD WOODS 7 41 BRIAN COCHRAN 8 64 JACOB ANDERSON 9 5 TIM GREEN 10 68 TONY LEDFORD 11 31 ERIC WHITENER 1 00 JOHNNY CHASTAIN 2 57 RUSSELL THOMAS 3 12R RODNEY WEEKS 4 12W GABE WILSON 5 X15 SHAWN CHASTAIN 6 13 GEORGE MASHBURN 7 41 JAMIE LUNDFORD 8 3 JEREMY LEDFORD 9 30 PRESTON GRAVES (full results at www.georgiastockcarracing.com) Sugar Creek races this Sat. at 6:00 p.m., and then returns to Friday shows starting April 4 and April 11. April 18 they will have a $1000 to win, $100 to start, crate LM race. Another schedule highlight is a $3000 to win, $300 to start Super LM show Memorial Day weekend, and a May 2 USCS outlaw sprint car show. MORE INFO: CALL JASON AT 706-633-6720 www.sugarcreekracing.com/ Brett Butler, of Snellville, will be running the full Hooter’s Pro Cup Northern Div. schedule with the DRT Enterprises two-car team. "We’ve been looking to start a second team for the last 2 years, and finally we were able to put the right people and package together to make it happen," said team owner Tim Bainey. "We’ve got to know Brett pretty well the last few years, and when it started to look like we had things in place to add the 2nd team he was the perfect fit with what we have going on." Brett makes his debut in the No. 99 Ford Fusion for DRT Enterprises at South Boston Speedway on April 19. Brother Ken III was 19th in the Daytona ARCA race, and will be racing at Salem, IN, April 13. www.butlerbrothersracing.com The first race of the 08 season for Georgia Mini-Sprints is in the books now with a great show at Green Valley Speedway Saturday night. We had a good field of cars at nineteen with some very fast and furious racing all over the track with only one incedent when A. J. Trapino broke a steering rod and hit the front streatch wall hard. 1. Bobby Zaiontz ,Columbus Miss. 2. Rick Barregarye ,Montgomery Al. 3. Kevin Thomas jr. ,Cullman Al. 4. Shane Werner ,Locust Grove Ga. 5. Matt Strahm ,Shellbyville Tenn 6. Tim Garrison ,Woodstock Ga. 7. Bob Trapino ,Alpharetta Ga. 8. Tommy Tyler ,Bessemer Al. 9. Kurt Shumacher ,Columbus Miss. 10. Jim Holmer ,Atlanta Ga. 11. Jim Tsokatos ,B"ham Al. 12. Sam McCullough , Atlanta Ga. 13. Barry Shipman ,Bessemer Al. 14. Dewight Pilgram ,Mcdonough Ga. 15. Tracy Walker ,Mobile Al. 16. A. J. Trapino ,Ballground Ga. 17. Tom Maushardt, McDonough Ga. 18. Austin Hund , Dallas Ga. 19. Clint Garrison ,Woodstock Ga. The next show is at East Alabama Motor Speedway Saturday March 29 7:30 PM The Bayou 100, the much anticipated first event of the new RC Cola/MoonPie ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour, delivered on its promise of giving fans a chance at seeing drivers from across the country beat-and-bang their way from the moment the green flag dropped. At the conclusion of the historic day at the legendary Mobile International Speedway in Alabama, it was North Carolina’s Preston Peltier who wrote himself into the record books as the series first winner. Rounding out the top five in the Bayou 100 were Michael Pope, John Bolen, Chris Fontaine, and Brandon Johnson. Round number two of the RC Cola / MoonPie ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour will be Saturday, April 5th, at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, GA. Qualifying is slated for 6:30pm with the 100-lap feature scheduled for 8:30pm. www.asasoutheast.com. BAYOU 100 UNOFFICIAL FINISH Mobile International Speedway, AL Saturday, March 22, 2008 1) Preston Peltier 2) Michael Pope 3) John Bolen 4) Chris Fontaine 5) Brandon Johnson 6) Sean Bass 7) David Jones 8) Scotty Ellis 9) Josh Atkins 10) Jarrod Foley 11) Taylor Satterfield 12) Trey Mitchell 13) JR Garcia 14) Steven McCurley 15) Stephen Davis 16) Dakota Stroup 17) Michael Seeright 18) Eric Wallace 19) Devin Hall 20) Jay Middleton 21) Josh Hamner 22) Brad Webb 23) Will Kimmel 24) Jess Mattox 25) Tyler Millwood 26) Joel Anderson 27) Jeremy Mullinex 28) Logan Boyett 29) Russell Fleeman 30) Bubba Pollard 31) Jody Knowles 32) Kyle Fowler 33) Greg Davidson 34) Josh Bragg 35) Ryan Crane 36) Thomas Prayter Michael Pope, of Dublin, came home second at Mobile, after having a breakout season in 2007, when he earned his first-career GAS win, August 18th at Peachstate Speedway. He finished the 2007 GAS season with 14 top-10 finishes in 16 races, earning him a third-place results in the GAS point standings. He also earned the VIPER Series Pro Late Model Championhip at South Alabama Speedway, and then capped off the year by finishing second in the annual Snowflake 100 during the Snowball Derby weekend at FIve Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL. “The weekend went really well for us down at Mobile,” said Pope. “We qualified third, but the top-10 had to draw for an inversion and I pulled 10th, so we had to start from that spot. Once the race got underway, we were doing pretty good.” He will be back in action on Saturday, April 5th, when the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour heads to Watermelon Capital Speedway. www.michaelpopeonline.com. Five Georgians were at the ARCA test session at Rockingham last weekend, and Ken Butler III was 17th fastest of 40 cars. ARCA’s inaugural Carolina 500 at Rockingham will be live on SPEED at noon Sunday, May 4. Georgians who tested: 17 Ken Butler III/Lilburn GA Aaron's Toyota 25.663 140.280 28 Chris Cockrum/Conyers GA Corning-Accutech-Berktek-Ortronics Chevrolet 26.185 137.483 31 Michael Phelps/Suwanee GA Cunningham Motorsports Dodge 26.287 136.950 35 Ricky Sanders/Stockbridge GA RaceFansSponsored Chevrolet 26.730 134.680 37 John Wes Townley/Watkinsville GA Zaxby's-SPS Ford 26.792 134.368 Reader Kim Byrd ( kbyrd20@yahoo.com) is looking for a HANS device, size large, for an Enduro race April 3, to buy (cheap) or borrow. For our hungry race fans: “I am the promotor at sugar creek raceway,you are welcome anytime we do put on a good show in a timely fashion and we have the best track food in the country garunteed!!” Mason Massey had an excellent weekend in Bandolero racing. Friday night, he won his heat and the feature at Concord (NC) Motorsport Park. Saturday at Lanier, after a mechanical problem in the heat race, he started the feature 12th and won it with a last lap pass. Safety alert: This fire happened in the Top Dog race Mar. 22, 2008 at Cricket Arena in Charlotte, NC. Note that Arena Racing officials had fire extinguishers only on opposite end of track! Del Stewart, Tony Stewart's uncle, escapped unhurt thanks to Ed Peters and John Collins, the two officials you see turning car over and helping him out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKvN_H0Ur14 EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY Phenix City, Alabama Saturday Night - March 29 - 8 p.m. Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints Stock Car Racing In Late Model, Limited Sportsman, Hobby, Bomber, Pony Stock & Modified www.eamsdirt.com Fans voted for racing Photo of the Year. The nominees in Speed51.com voting: http://51sports.smugmug.com/gallery/4212090/1/246250642 NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Flomaton, AL Results OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 4 AT FLOMATON SPEEDWAY IN FLOMATON, AL ON 3/22/08: POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS $ WON 1. 1 17 Chris O’Connor Cantonment, FL 75 $5,000 2. 5 57 Shep Lucas McKenzie, AL 75 $2,500 3. 4 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA 75 $1,750 4. 6 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA 75 $1,500 5. 15 30 Mark Clifton Brewton, AL 75 $1,250 6. 7 58 Larry Boutwell Baker, FL 75 $1,000 7. 2 88 Rusty Ellis Brewton, AL 75 $850 8. 9 66k Scott Knowles (R) Lanett, AL 75 $750 9. 16 22w William Thomas Phenix City, AL 75 $700 10. 8 38c Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA 75 $650 15. 17 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA 75 $400 20. 3 F9 Frank Ingram Woodstock, GA 63 $300 22. 18 12 Hunter Peacock (R) Macon, GA 42 $300 ENTRIES: 35 - PROVL: Tays - LAP LEADER: O’Connor, 1-75 HARD CHARGER AWARD: Tays (started 23rd and finished 11th) CAUTIONS: 8 POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 3/22/08: 1. 38c Chip Brindle – 314 2. 16 Jeff Fields – 306 3. 8 Chris Tays – 284 4. 58 Larry Boutwell – 280 5. 2x Jay Blair – 274 (full results at www.georgiastockcarracing.com) Fans voted for racing Photo of the Year. The nominees in Speed51.com voting: http://51sports.smugmug.com/gallery/4212090/1/246250642 Ryan Sieg, of Tucker, qualified 25th of 40 cars for the PASS South Easter Bunny at Hickory, NC, Speedway, and was second in Consi 2 to earn a spot in the feature, where he finished 17th. Full report at http://www.speed51.com/2008_Stories/PASS_South/EB_150_Trackside_Now.html The newly formed late model team of Mitch Cobb/Bill Elliott Racing debuted last weekend in Hickory, NC, at the PASS South Easter Bunny 150. Behind the wheel of the #94 Ford Fusion for the first time in Super Late Model competition was 17-year-old Alabama native Mitch Cobb. Over the past 4 months the team has been building two new GARC race cars, powered by Ernie Elliott built Ford engines, driven by Dan Elliott prepared transmissions, in the Bill Elliott Racing shop in Dawsonville. The team is led by crew chief Ricky Turner, the 2001 Snowball Derby Champion and Hooters Pro Cup series competitor. Recent testing at Lanier National Speedway, Nashville’s Music City Motorplex, and Hickory Motor Speedway, has given the team high hopes for the 2008 season as Cobb will compete across the eastern seaboard in select Super Late Model races during the year. Testing has gone very well,” commented Turner. “Mitch has gotten up to speed quickly and that has helped us determine how to approach these first few races of the year.” When asked about his hopes for the season, the quiet Cobb stated, “Top tens are a must, top fives would be great, but ultimately I have everything here to win my first race this year in a Late Model car.” He was 29th of 30 at Hickory. Next is CRA’s All American 150 race at the Music City Motorplex in Nashville, TN, Mar. 29. www.mitchcobbracing.com Steve Hixson’s National Dirt Late Model standings reports that Jimmy Owens has five wins in $10,000-or-more to win races in 2008, plus a second and a third. Billy Moyer has three wins, three seconds, and a third. Scott Bloomquist has two wins, and a second and a third so far. There have been 17 $10,000+ shows in 2008. Owens will probably be at North Georgia and Cleveland this weekend, with Bloomquist at a Lucas Oil LM Series show in Indiana, and Moyer at the $20,000 WoO show in Pike County, MS. Seven divisions of stock car racing once again highlight the race card this Friday night at Anderson (SC) Motor Speedway. Competition will include: B Mini Stock, C Mini Stock, BM Modified, Legends, Renegades, Super Renegades and Young Guns divisions. Gates will open at 5PM and racing will begin at 8PM. Grandstand adult admission is $10 and kids under 12 are admitted Free. www.andersonmotorspeedway.com Champion Racing Association is ready to start its 2008 season Saturday with the 2008 Spring Clash event at the Music City Motorplex at the Fairgrounds in Nashville, TN. 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. The All American 150 will pay $5000 to win, but more importantly, the top three finishers will have a guaranteed start for the CRA sanctioned Adam Petty Memorial All American 400. 45 teams pre-entered to compete in the All American 150. Qualifying starts at 4pm. The race program will begin at 7pm on Saturday with last chance races first, then the three feature events. Tony Stewart has climbed into the flagstand after many NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories to celebrate - but on May 4th, Tony will be climbing into the flagstand for the first time to wave the green flag to start a major stock car race when 50 cars come roaring by to start the ARCA Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway. ========================================= To receive this newsletter via email each week, send “subscribe” to ddrrtt@earthlink.net To keep this out of your email box, send “unsubscribe” =========================================

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