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GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING.com April 10-17
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GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING.com April 10-17
Opening Night @ Winder-Barrow
Winder-Barrow Speedway will start racing this Saturday night April 12th. Driver drawings will begin at 6:00 with driver meeting to follow.
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April 11 (Fri.) Sugar Creek Regular program http://sugarcreekracing.com
April 11 (Fri.) Lavonia Weekly Show www.lavoniaspeedway.com
April 11 (Fri.) North Georgia phone 423-400-9956
April 11 (Fri.) Anderson (SC) GA Asphalt Series
April 12 (Fri.) Toccoa Southern All Stars $5,000 to win Super Late Models www.toccoaspeedway.info
April 12 Talladega Short Track Full race program www.talladegashorttrack.com
April 12 Green Valley regular race program
April 12 Cochran Season Opener (rain date Sun., April 13, 3:00 - phone to verify 478-934-4470) www.cochrangaspeedway.com
April 18 (Fri.) Lavonia Weekly Show www.lavoniaspeedway.com
April 18 (Fri.) North Georgia phone 423-400-9956
April 18 (Fri.) Sugar Creek Regular program, + crate LMs $1000 to win http://sugarcreekracing.com
April 19 Dixie Spring Championships all divs. 7:00
April 19 Golden Isles. Full racing program, local classes.
www.goldenislesspeedway.com
April 19 Senoia ASA LM Series South
April 19 Talladega Short Track Full race program www.talladegashorttrack.com
April 25 (Fri.) Sugar Creek Regular program, double pts. night http://sugarcreekracing.com
April 25-26 Dixie Monster Truck Natls. 8:00
April 25-26 Talladega Short Track Sprint Cup Weekend Specials, incl. Sat. Southern All Stars $5000 to win www.talladegashorttrack.com
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Boyd's Speedway's 2008 rules package can now be viewed at www.boydsspeedway.com
After a rainout last week, Talladega Short Track tries again with kart races Friday, and their weekly stock car program Sat. The three-night Sprint Cup show is April 24-26.
Cochran’s season opener was rained out on 4/5 and has been moved to 4/12. If Saturday gets rained out we will run SUNDAY APRIL 13th. The gates will open @ 1:00 w/ racing @ 3:00. Check out www.cochrangaspeedway.com or call the track Saturday for race day info. 478-934-4470. RACECEIVER: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE YOU WILL NOT RACE! bostonw@bellsotuh.net
The Georgia Asphalt Series Touring Series for Pro Late Models will make the first of two visits in 2008 to Anderson (SC) Motor Speedway Friday, April 11th. AMS has been a regular stop for the GAS Series over the past three years.
Late Model drivers from throughout the Southeast will converge on the 3/8 mile oval. Anderson Motor Speedway's wide straightaways and tight, tricky corners are infamous for producing close, competitive short track racing. AMS is truly a drivers track.
AMS is located off of Interstate 85 at Exit 27, then go north on SC 81. Racing at 8 PM.
Defending series champion Russell Fleeman had the fastest qualifying time, and led the first 47 laps in the GAS 100 at Peach State, but then sparks came from under his car and he had a flat tire.
Luckily for Fleeman, as he drew the yellow flag, two cars crashed on the front stretch producing a long yellow flag period. This allowed Fleeman's crew time to find and replaced the damaged left front parts, and put on the two allowed tires.
Bubba Pollard, the #2 qualifier, took the lead on the restart, as Fleeman charged from the rear of the 28 car field. With about 10 laps left, Fleeman was into the top five, and gaining - all without benefit of a single yellow flag.
Pollard was nearly as fast as Fleeman, and was nearly a straight-away ahead at the end.
Unofficial results:
1 - Pollard
2 - Fleeman
3 - Wes Burton
4 - Richard Johns
5 - Max Gresham
In the support classes at Peach State, all three winners were DQ'd:
1 - refused to tear down
1 - was claimed, and refused
1 - had something bad
Peach State Speedway local division recap:
< Outlaw Late Models
Hoyt Stephens held off Russell Shore to win the 35 lap Outlaw Late Model feature. Shore's car failed post race inspection giving the 2nd position to Phil Peppers. Third was Terry Martin and 4th was Brian Hardman.
< Super Trucks
Homer's Wes Whitfield inherited the win in the Super Truck 30 lap feature. Paul Antley took the checked flag, but was disqualified after failing the post race inspection. Second place went to Andy Gaddis followed Matthew Rouse and James Davidson.
< Sportsman
Robbie Gonterman was the man to beat in the 25 lap Sportsman feature. Gonterman checked out on the field. Following Whitfield were Richard King, Keith Barrett and Chuck Copper.
William Earnest inherited the win in the 20 lap Mini Stock feature. Troy French took the checkered flag, but was disqualified after failing the post race inspection. Following Earnest were Ken Candiotti, Aaron Calvert and Wayne Smith.
There was a hard crash during the Mini Stock feature race when David Cochran erupted an engine coming out of turn four and came to a stop on the front straightaway. Due to the extremely heavy smoke, Darrell Carlson plowed into the back of Cochran's stalled car. Both cars were destroyed in the accident. Neither driver was injured.
ARCA champion Frank Kimmel’s street stock spectacular at Bristol. 60 cars, 150 laps on the high banks, mid-race stop for fuel. $25,000 purse. Shows upcoming at Rockingham and Kentucky.
http://www.youtube.com/FlipperFord13
PROMOTERS: FASTRAK’s Friday (April 11) show at Cherokee will give a fan a chance to win $1000 by guessing the Top Five finishers, before qualifying starts. www.fastrakracing.com
The Eliot Spitzer night at the Macon, GA, minor league baseball stadium, has been cancelled.
Ethan Hunter Takes Toccoa Win
< Super Latemodel
1. Ethan Hunter
2. Brent Dixon
3. Larry Timms
4. Joel Rice
5. Matt Dillard
6. Michael Akeson
7. Jeremy Ledford
8. Ricky Harvey
9. Jimmy Ivester
The #97 of David McCoy was "DQ'ed" - did not pass the P&G test.
< Southeastern Latemodel Sportsman
1. Kip Cochran
2. Melvin English
3. Parker Herring
4. Jamie Oliver
5. David Conley
6. Wesley English
7. J.R. Headen
8. Mack English
9. Wayne Ramey
10. David Conner
11. Evan Harrell
12. Andy Lee
13. Ethan Hunter (dns)
14. Matt Pruitt (dns)
< Crate Latemodel
1. Clayton Turner
2. Ryan Bryson
3. Ty Lowe
4. John Bedinfield
5. Dustin Morris
6. Brad York
Finishing sixth was Lavonia Speedway operator Brad York. Photo collector Richard Pearson has posted several pictures of York: www.dirtfans.com/BradYork.html
Full results, all divs., at www.georgiastockcarracing.com
Toccoa hosts the Southern All Stars Saturday night, for a $5000 to win show.
Also on tap for Saturday will be Toccoa's own Lightning Quick Limited Latemodels. Limited Latemodels will qualify to determine their starting spots for their feature event. Limited Latemodels will compete under an "Open Tire" Rule.
Fastrak Sanctioned Crate Late models will also be on the program. Rules can be viewed at the Series website www.fastrakracing.com
The Hobby class will see action in a $400 to win feature event. Hobby will heat race to set the field for their feature. Hot Laps @ 7:30pm
Billy Moyer thrilled a record crowd to win Saturday night’s inaugural World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Illini 100’ at Farmer City Raceway.
The 50-year-old dirt-track legend from Batesville, Ark., pocketed $20,150 – the biggest dirt Late Model prize ever paid out in the state of Illinois – for capturing a wildly competitive event that featured eight lead changes among five drivers and was in doubt until the checkered flag.
After spending a mid-week day testing his swing-arm car at his sponsor Don Cliburn’s Jackson (Miss.) Speedway (along with Eckert and Fuller), Clint Smith, from Senoia, was primed and ready for the ‘Illini 100.’ But he struggled in the A-Main, spinning on the homestretch on lap 26 and finishing one lap down in 14th.
Shane Clanton, of Locust Grove, spent most of the distance as a fringe top-five runner, but he faded to 11th at the finish after an apparent sealed right-rear tire hampered him in the closing laps.
For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
“It had a hole or two in the track, but heck, it’s springtime,” said Moyer, who credited Farmer City promoter Don Hammer with doing “a good job” on the surface. “Myself, I think every track should have a bump or two. It doesn’t bother me any. It gives you something to do.”
Results of WoO Late Model Series ‘Illini 100’:
1. (3) Billy Moyer/100 $20,150
2. (19) Shannon Babb/100 $10,100
3. (1) Steve Francis/100 $6,000
4. (20) Tim McCreadie/100 $5,000
5. (17) Wes Steidinger/100 $4,500
6. (6) Josh Richards/100 $3,000
7. (12) Rick Eckert/100 $2,750
8. (23) Darrell Lanigan/100 $2,500
9. (8) Steve Sheppard Jr./100 $2,300
10. (10) Darren Miller/100 $2,100
11. (13) Shane Clanton/100 $1,900
12. (2) Chub Frank/100 $1,800
13. (16) Jeep VanWormer/100 $1,700
14. (14) Clint Smith/99 $1,650
Late model fans that won’t be able to attend the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Showdown at Sarvertown at Lernerville Speedway on April 15th, DIRTVision.com has the remedy. For only $8.99 users can purchase the Showdown at Sarvertown cybercast subscription. The DIRTVision cybercast is the exclusive live video streaming broadcast of the World Racing Group. To purchase all 2008 live video events users can sign up for the DIRT Track Ticket for only $59.99, a savings of over $100 Dollars.
South Georgia has a points race rescheduled for Saturday April 12th, for SGMP Late Models, Super Stocks, Hobby Stocks, Pure Stocks, Wildones, and Tailgaters. Racing at 7:00 PM
In 2007, Tim Russell was atop the Florida Super Late Model racing world. He was crowned champion in two of the state’s toughest racing series, the Sunbelt Series and the Brighthouse Challenge Series. He’s entering the SGMP show Sat., after winning the Series’ two openers.
www.timrussellonline.com
Lavonia Speedway is Geared up to get the Racing Season Officially started this Friday night. Raim put a stop to the Season Opener last week. The Limited Latemodels will headline this week’s program.Limiteds will qualify to determine their starting spots for their feature event. Limited Latemodels will compete under track rules. Rules and points will be in effect this Friday night. Rules can be viewed at the Speedway's website www.lavoniaspeedway.com
Also on hand Friday night will be the Fastrak Sanctioned Crate Late models. Support racing will include, Hobby / Enduro / Stock 4Cyl / and the Up Front Stock divisions. Gates open @ 5pm / Hot Laps @ 7:30pm. www.lavoniaspeedway.com
PRO CHALLENGE SOUTH REGION
Clint King Leads Youth Movement at Cordele’s Watermelon Capital Speedway:
1. Clint King
2. Patrick Ingui
3. Kyle Plott
4. Hunter Kent
5. J.L. Snowden
6. Brandon Williamson
7. Bob Leeds
8. Joe Radford
Behind King and Ingui, former Bandolero Summer Shootout at Lowe's Motor Speedway Champion Kyle Plott finished third.
Birmingham Super Series - The Steel City 100 Birmingham Super Series event at Birmingham International Raceway was ALSO postponed by rain until Sunday, but when it was run it was a familar face in victory lane. Ken MacFarland topped the field at BIR, which is becoming a familar story at the historic track. 1) McFarland 2) Gary Nix 3) Chris Serio 4) Brandon Parker 5) Chase Oliver
Green Valley Speedway just cannot seem to stay dry on Saturdays. Of the four scheduled events this season, only one has not been rained out.
April 12th will be a regularly scheduled show, but on April 18th and 19th, Green Valley Speedway proudly welcomes the SOUTHERN MONSTER TRUCK SHOWDOWN. The first day of this event will be a shortend schedule of racing, plus a "Freestyle Show" by the monster trucks. The second day will also have a limited racing schedule and then a full monster truck competition. In addition to all the racing on Saturday, we have scheduled the band "Fuzebox" to kick off the day's events with a mini-concert prior to hot-laps, racing, and monster trucks.
The GVS Go-Kart track is officially open. A schedule can be viewed at www.greenvalleyspeedway.com. Our first racing event will take place on April 11th.
At East Alabama Motor Speedway on Mar. 29, the track was fast and so were the Mini Sprints.
1. # 1x Kurt Shumaker
2. # 80 Rick Barregarye
3. # 23 jim Tsokatos
4. # 1 Bobby Ziaontz
5. # 31 Jim Holmer
6. # 11m Matt Strahm
7. # 36 Bob Trapino
8. # 87 Cody Smith
9. # 64 Tim Garrison
10. # 41 Tom Maushardt
11. # 73 Dewight Pilgram
12. # 7 Don Epley
13. # 15 Austin Hund
14. # 07 Tracy Walker
15. # 48 Shane Werner
16. # 16 Clint Garrison
17. # 8 Austin Smith
The race at Central Alabama Motor Speedway April 12 has been cancelled, due to the speedway’s storm damage.
www.georgiaminisprints.com
Mason Massey raced his Bandolero at the Indianapolis Speedrome April 5th and 6th. This is the site of the 2008 Bandolero Nationals in September. He had a great weekend. Each day he set fast time in qualifying and won both feature events. On Sunday, he broke the track record in qualifying at the 67 year old facility!! It was a great weekend for all of us, as Dad got to celebrate his 40th birthday in victory lane with Mason.
Friday Night Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola opens the 2008 Season for Super Late Models with Blizzard Series Race #1, The " Amp Energy Drink 100". A large field of cars for this event is anticipated, with drivers from at least 8 states. Defending Snowball Derby Champion Augie Grill will be on hand as well as several former Derby winners including Wayne Anderson and Pensacola's own Eddie Mercer. Add in first time Five Flags competitor Dennis Schoenfeld from North Carolina, Joe Gibbs development driver Joey Logano, and Oklahoma's Donnie Wilson, just to name a few, and the action surely will make for a great night of racing entertainment.
PROMOTERS: Nice idea from Five Flags in Pensacola and Tim Bryant: a three-tiered podium for the winners’ pictures - and it’s not placed on the front stretch, delaying the next race.
Early Sunday morning, a large caravan of white-and-orange clad race fans could be seen traveling the 65-mile stretch of Interstate 75 between Macon and Cordele, Georgia. The large contingent of fans of Late Model standout Beau Slocumb took their place in the grandstands near the start-finish line at Watermelon Capital Speedway for the running of the RC Cola / MoonPie ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour event that had been postponed from the day before due to rain.
Those Slocumb fans and supporters would eventually make the return trip to Macon with smiles on their faces. The 23-year-old Macon resident started fourth, made a daring move around fast-qualifier and early-dominator Jay Middleton, and then held off Middleton through several late-race restarts to win Sunday’s Watermelon 100 at Watermelon Capital Speedway, the second event of the 2008 RC / MoonPie ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour.
“It’s awesome,” said Slocumb, who won in front of the TV cameras which will televise the event on a tape-delayed basis. “I’ve got a huge family and a huge group from my church, and they are all here tonight. That makes it even more special to do it in front of them.
Behind Slocumb and Middleton, Michael Pope took home third, his second-straight podium finish after a runner-up finish at Mobile in the opening ASA SAT event.
“I feel really good about the car and the team,” said Pope. “I really appreciate all the hard work that they put in this week. During the race, the car started off pretty good, but at the end it started getting tight. We had been running side-by-side with the #40 car (Taylor Satterfield) and it just started shoving the nose coming off the corner. That didn’t help any when I was trying to hunt down Beau and Jay. But, all in all, we had a good run tonight.”
Jess Mattox and Taylor Satterfield rounded out the top-five in the Watermelon 100.
Fans will be able to catch the action from the Watermelon 100 RC / MoonPie ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour on SportSouth Wed., May 7, 8:00 p.m., and other major networks across the country. Check local listings for a schedule for your area and be sure to stay tuned to www.asasoutheast.com
UNOFFICIAL FINISH
RC Cola / MoonPie ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour
Watermelon 100
Watermelon Capital Speedway
Cordele, GA
1. Beau Slocumb
2. Jay Middleton
3. Michael Pope
4. Jess Mattox
5. Taylor Satterfield
6. Scotty Ellis
7. Stephen McCurley
8. Paul Kelley
9. Jeremy Mullinax
10. Kyle Fowler
11. Preston Peltier
12. Chris Cable
13. JR Garcia
14. Josh Adkins
15. Gene Kirila
16. Jason Hogan
17. John Bolen
18. Tyler Millwood
19. Michael Seeright
20. Steve Renner
21. Chris Fontaine
22. Brandon Johnson
23. Trey Mitchell
24. Jeremy Rice
25. David Jones
26. Sean Bass
27. David Elliott
28. Alex Fleming
The PASS South Series visits Watermelon Capital Speedway on April 26th. Thanks to Elgin Traylor and Speed 51.
At Golden Isles, Earl Pearson Jr. won the Lucas Oil LM Series race with a last lap pass on Scott Bloomquist.
Fast Qualifier: Jimmy Owens
Heat #1: Casebolt, Rattliff, Lloyd, Madden, Hartman, Drake, Owens, Howard
Heat #2: Casey, Hollingsworth, Jackson, Schlieper, Buckingham, Eller, Weaver, Massengill
Heat #3: Fitzgerald, Pearson, Moran, Riner, Brown, Wood, Dixon, F Smith
Heat #4: Bloomquist, Chupp, Bowen, James, Chinn, Mason, Ivey Barrow
(Redraw: Casey. Bloomquist, Casebolt, Fitzgerald)
B-Main #1: Hartman, Buckingham, Weaver, Eller
B-Main #2: Chinn, Ivey, Wood, Mason
Feature: Pearson, Bloomquist, Casebolt, Fitzgerald, Hartman, Rattliff, Lloyd, Buckingham, Schlieper, Madden, Moran, Ivey, Hollingsworth, Wood, James, Riner, Chupp, Jackson, Drake, Weaver, Smith, Chinn, Bowen, Casey
Lap Leaders: Bloomquist 1-49; Pearson 50
Not a big crowd at Golden Isles, probably due to threat of rain: http://www.4m.net/showthread.php?t=47698
Scott James of Lawrenceburg, IN, took the lead from Tim Dohm of Charleston, WV, on lap 21 and then held off Jimmy Owens, of Newport, TN, to win the 50-lap main event for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series on Friday night at Screven Motor Speedway. James used a unique line around the track, running high through turns one, two and three, and then driving off the bottom of turn four to cover the inside where Owens was the strongest.
Owens had to settle for second, and Dohm took the third spot. Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN, was fourth, and Donnie Moran of Dresden, OH, rounded out the top five.
Pictures from Swainsboro and Screven:
75www.carlsonracephotos.com/gallery2/gallery2/main.php
At Swainsboro Raceway Thursday:
LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES (45 entries)
Fast Qualifier: Terry Casey
Heat #1: Terry Casey, Tim Dohm, Donnie Moran, John Mason
Heat #2: Casey Roberts, Randy Weaver, Bart Hartman, Ivedent Lloyd
Heat #3: Dan Schlieper, Don O'Neal, Dillon Wood, Earl Pearson Jr.
Heat #4: Justin Rattliff, Billy Drake, Dennis "Rambo" Franklin, Ray Cook
B-Main #1: Randle Chupp, Freddy Smith, Ronny Lee Hollingsworth
B-Main #2: Steve Casebolt, Jeremy Faircloth, Bob Robertson
Feature Results: (finish, start, car #, driver)
1. (3) 42 Terry Casey
2. (1) s9 Dan Schlieper
3. (14) 21 Ivedent Lloyd
4. (12) 2 Dennis "Rambo" Franklin
5. (15) 44 Earl Pearson
6. (10) 75 Bart Hartman
7. (17) 22 Randle Chupp
8. (18) c9 Steve Casebolt
9. (7) 71 Don O'Neal
10. (16) 53 Ray Cook
11. (13) 72 John Mason
12. (4) 16 Justin Rattliff
13. (9) 99 Donnie Moran
14. (20) 27 Jeremy Faircloth
15. (8) 9 Billy Drake
16. (19) 00 Freddy Smith
17. (11) 26 Dillon Wood
18. (24) I4 Damon Eller
19. (6) 116 Randy Weaver
20. (21) 8 Ronny Lee Hollingsworth
21. (5) 6T Tim Dohm
22. (23) 83 Scott James
23. (2) 101 Casey Roberts
24. (22) 95 Bob Robertson
Lap Leaders: Schlieper 1-7; Terry Casey 8-30
Track chaser Randy Lewis reports from Swainsboro:
“Once back at the track, we were just in time for hot laps. Hot laps are essentially practice. Time trials followed the hot laps. Each late model was given one lap to qualify. They normally get two but they were trying to beat the potential bad weather. The 40+ stock car finished time trials in about 30 minutes.
“From there we saw four Lucas Oil heat races, two “B” mains and then the “A” main feature. There was only one support division, a local late model group. Surprisingly, something happened that I cannot ever recall happening. The track ran the complete Lucas Oil Late Model show before they ran any of the local late model races. Good for them! Most of the fans came to see the “big boys”. By running the Lucas Oil series first, fans could “get on down the road” after the Lucas Oil races were run or stay to watch the locals if they wanted. That’s so much better than holding the traveling fan “hostage” while the local classes wear out the track and the fan’s posterior.
“The Swainsboro track is a first class facility. I was surprised to learn they have been racing down here for 40 years. The track was a red clay 3/8-mile oval. Cars were pitted beyond turns three and four giving the fans a great view of all of the racing action.
“The crowd wasn’t very large. I don’t know how these shows can make money with a crowd of 500 or so in the stands and a first place purse of $7,000. The race program had one other glaring error. It was impossible to hear the track’s P.A. system. This is really inexcusable for a show of this caliber and from a track of this quality.
“The racing was very good. There was a good deal of passing and some minor inverted starts. Scott Bloomquist was caught up in a wreck not of his doing during the heat race and never reappeared. Terry Casey from up Wisconsin way blew everyone’s doors off getting fast time, winning his heat and then the $7,000 to win feature event. I had never heard of him, but he definitely made an impression.
“The track got a little dusty at the end but my purchase of some racing goggles at the track made everything good. I listened to both the track’s radio channel on my race scanner as well as the “raceceiver” channel (454.000). This channel is used for the race organizers to talk to the drivers during the race. This really speeds up the show when the drivers can be told over the radio where to line up.
“All in all, some very good racing. If I had my choice, I wish trackchasing could consistently offer race programs like this one. Alas, I know the hobby cannot. I’m O.K. with that.”
The Major League of Monster Trucks (MLMT) and the Atlanta Motor Speedway announced today the rescheduling of its event from May 3 to Sunday, July 6. The rescheduling was required because of the lack of time available to schedule production trucks and television crews to cover the original May 3 event at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Tickets are available now through the atlantamotorspeedway.com
New photos taken April 3 showing the construction progress at Boyd's are now posted on the gallery page at www.boydsspeedway.com.
Construction is well under way on an extension to the back of the control tower building that will double the size of the mens restroom, triple the size of the ladies restroom, and include a new ticket booth/souvenir stand on the bottom floor and a new kitchen facility on the top. The grandstand extensions are slated to begin construction tomorrow. The scales, decorated in their new checkered flag motif, are now installed under the scalehouse waiting for the controls and displays to be installed. The grandstand parking area is being graded and made ready for fresh gravel.
Due to the above normal rainfall in the area, application of the new clay racing surface has been delayed, forcing the postponement of the targeted starting date kof April 18th for at least a couple of weeks.
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