Friday, July 11, 2008

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING JULY 10-17, 2008

Dirt racing - Asphalt racing - Legends racing - Speedways in Georgia ------------- Sent to your email box weekly: send "subscribe" to ddrrtt@earthlink.net ------------- GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING JULY 10-17, 2008 The ASCS winged sprint cars are at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock Saturday for $2000 to win 25-lap feature. The series has gone to a pill-draw format, eliminating qualifying, using two or three heats, plus a redraw for the top eight, to set the feature starting order. The favorite to win is series points leader Kenny Adams, of Malabar, FL, who has won four the nine ASCS features in 2008, and he has three career wins at Dixie. Adams recently won the $4,000 first place prize in the 3rd Annual URC Rislone Sprint Nationals at Williams Grove (PA) Speedway - a show which attracted 52 cars. Chasing Adams into the weekend is 19-year-old Matt Tiffany of Daytona Beach, FL, with Bryn Gohn of Malabar, FL, another 26 points back in third. Nineteen-year-old Samantha Taylor of Bonney Lake, WA, is just another eight points back in fourth, with Winter Park, Florida's Red Stauffer rounding out the current top five in points. Samantha Taylor is one of the few ladies in sprint car action, and flies in from her Washington home. Dixie and ASCS official Larry Sams are hoping for 20 or more cars Sat., but recent races at Green Valley, Oglethorpe, and Swainsboro have drawn have only drawn 13-15 cars. Sams has been contacting sprint car drivers this week, and expects the ASCS "racing family" will turn out, although there are competing races for ASCS-type cars at DeSoto (FL) Super Speedway and an ASCS sprint car week in MO, OK, and AR. He says two drivers are putting two cars, and all their parts, into one hauler to save fuel money. Only four Georgians are known to be racing sprint cars: Clint Weiss, of Columbus Matt Linder, of Hoschton Nick DeFeo, of Marietta Brian Thomas, of Commerce Some teenagers are moving into sprint cars, including two ASCS drivers stepping up from mini-sprints. Two of the ASCS regulars are in college. Dixie Speedway is located in Woodstock, GA, off of I-75 Exit 277, then six miles east on SR 92, then north. For more information, contact the track at 770-926-5315. www.ascsracing.com http://www.dixiespeedway.com/ ---- schedule ---- July 11 (Fri.) Lavonia Weekly Show www.lavoniaspeedway.com July 11 (Fri.) Modoc no racing www.modocspeedway.com July 11 (Fri.) North Georgia phone 423-400-9956 July 12 Golden Isles. Natl. Late Model Series, plus local classes. www.goldenislesspeedway.com July 12 Toccoa Full race program http://www.toccoaspeedway.info July 12 Watermelon Capital Candy Dash for the kids, plus a full racing show with Bandolero's, Claimers, Mini Stock, Legends, Pure Stock and Super Street July 12 Lanier Weekly Asphalt Show + Christmas in July www.lanierspeedway.com July 12 Talladega Short Track IMCA Mod championship www.talladegashorttrack.com July 12 Cochran Regular show www.cochrangaspeedway.com July 12 Talladega Short Track no racing www.talladegashorttrack.com July 12 Waycross no racing www.wayxspeedway.com July 17 (Thurs.) Hartwell Ray Cook’s Southern Nationals $3500 to win www.hartwellspeedway.com www.southernnationalsseries.com July 18 (Fri.) Lavonia Weekly Show www.lavoniaspeedway.com July 18 (Fri.) Swainsboro Ray Cook’s Southern Nationals $5300 tp win www.southernnationalsseries.com July 18 (Fri.) Modoc no racing www.modocspeedway.com July 18 (Fri.) North Georgia phone 423-400-9956 July 18 (Fri.) Anderson (SC) GA Asphalt Series July 19 Cochran Regular show www.cochrangaspeedway.com July 19 Screven Ray Cook’s Southern Nationals $5300 to win www.southernnationalsseries.com July 19 Swainsboro Racing in all divisions www.swainsbororaceway.com. July 19 Lanier Weekly Asphalt Show + Home grown tomato contest + vintage racers www.lanierspeedway.com July 19 Toccoa Women's World Championships! 4 Cylinders will pay $200 and V-8 Will pay $250! http://www.toccoaspeedway.info July 19 South Georgia Late Models, Super Stock, Hobbie Stock, Pure Stock, and Wildones www.racesgmp.com July 19 Waycross BIG SUPER STREET EVENT www.wayxspeedway.com July 19 Talladega Short Track Full Race Program www.talladegashorttrack.com July 20 (Sun.) Rome Southern All Stars $5000 to win + local divs. www.dixiespeedway.com ---- TV ---- July 12 Fri. VERSUS Network Hooters Pro Cup at Salem 11:00 p.m. July 19 Sat. SPEED WoO Sprint Cars at Eldora 1:00-3:00 p.m. July 19 Sat. SPEED ARCA Kentucky 150 live 8:00 p.m. July 26 Sat. SPEED WoO Sprint Cars at Ohsweken 4:00-5:00 p.m. Aug. 2 Sat. SPEED WoO Sprint Cars at Ohsweken 4:00-5:00 p.m. Brett Butler, of Snellville, heads to Motor Mile Speedway (VA) this weekend for the USAR Hooters Pro Cup "K-Mart 250," and is a solid contender for the win. At this time last year, Butler was fighting to stay inside the top 30 of the Championship Point Standings. This year he sits 16th in Northern Div. points. His No. 99 VERVE Energy Drink Team started the season with No Owners Points, meaning No Provisionals – and they have solidly placed the No. 99 into the starting field at each event. "We’ve ran really strong," said Butler. "Our finishes haven’t even come close to showing how strong we have run, but even with that, we have still managed to solidly get ourselves inside the top-20 of the points." Matt Hawkins, of Canton, is now fourth in Southern Div. points. Other Georgians are 15th Dusty Williams, of Guyton; 26th John Wes Townley, of Athens; and Michael Phelps, of Suwanee, 28th. Maggie Slocumb reports that the Pro Cup Brothers Racing Team car, driven by her brother Beau, has ended it’s season after two races, due to the economy. Beau will continue to run his #08 Late Model in select ASA South, GAS and ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour races - next at The ‘Melon Aug. 2. www.beauslocumb.com Special Pro Cup shows coming up are at Bristol’s high banks Wed., Aug. 20, and at Rockingham Sat., Nov. 1. http://www.usarprocup.com/ Suwanee rookie Michael Phelps, in the no. 45 Bowen Family Homes-Cunningham Motorsports Dodge, unofficially posted the quickest speed (176.010 mph) in ARCA RE/MAX Series open testing last week at Kentucky Speedway. Cunningham Motorsports recently became Penske Racing’s official ARCA RE/MAX Series development team. Matt Hawkins, of Canton, who won at Iowa Speedway in his career-first series start back in April, was second quickest overall at 175.382 mph. Hawkins also made contact with the turn two wall earlier in the day. Chris Cockrum, Conyers, and his Chevrolet 162.602. (Speed51.com) The Kentucky 150 is LIVE on SPEED at 8:00 PM Friday night, July 19. http://www.kentuckyspeedway.com/ At Swainsboro last week, Johnnie Tucker was disqualified in post race inspection and Albert Cosnahan picked up the $2000 R & R Electrical Crate Late Model win. Chaz Haskins second, Jimmy Sharpe third, Robert Diekemper fourth, and Terry Lumley fifth. Swainsboro is off this week, but returns next week with Ray Cook’s Southern Nationals Friday (July 18) and their regular show Sat. “My new historical worldwide auto racing site is now available. Keep in mind that only the tracks section is well underway at this point, although I did add a few random records in the other categories to give an idea how it will look as time goes on. The introduction page may help to explain things a bit also. “A lot of work has gone into this site already but I've only scratched the surface, so don't forget to return periodically and see what's been added.” from Trackchaser Will White www.autoracingrecords.com Guy Smith reports: Today I called Terry Keeney and asked him about the Dublin, GA, track. He confirmed that the track is not running this year, has not run, and will not be running under his promotion...The track is for sale or lease...He says he is building a better track nearby. He did say the Dublin track is very nice, if I was interested. Joey Miller, of Wilmington, NC, and Danny Bagwell, of Cordova, AL, lead the ISCARS points standing as they head to Dillon, SC, for a 150 lap race Sat. Sunday, the series has a test session at Rockingham. ISCARS, descended from the NASCAR Dash series and using reduced-size NASCAR replicas , will have a 150-lap race at Senoia Aug. 9. http://www.iscarsonline.com Photos from the Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series race at Boyd's Speedway: www.mrmracing.net The Watermelon Capital Speedway was rained out July 5. This week is the Candy Dash for the kids, plus a full racing show with Bandolero's, Claimers, Mini Stock, Legends, Pure Stock and Super Street. Admission is on $10 for adult's in the stands with kids 6-11 only $5 and 5 and under absolutely free. JUNE 28TH WINNERS: Bandoleros - Blaise Rutherford Mini Stock - Jimmy Chancy Legends - Cindy Anderson Pure Stock - Jordan Hembree Super Street - Randy Woodard Claimer Cars - Amos Farmer Dale Hall’s photo story from The ‘Melon: http://sgsports.net Gordon Park Speedway will resume racing on Saturday, July 12. Our track promoter, Chris Henry said there has been some interest in running Super Late Models at Gordon Park. If you are interested in running your Super Late Model at Gordon Park, please call Chris at 478-455-2311 and let him know! For your entertainment we offer five classes of racing every Saturday night: Crate Late Models, Super Street, Stock V8, Super Stock 4 and Road Warriors. Special events will include Super Late Models, Sprint cars and Vintage Race cars. http://www.gordonparkspeedway.net/ Hartwell results from Heather Rhoades and Slingin' Dirt: < Limited Late Model Bubba Russell Dustin Mincey Paul Byrum Ricky LaCount Todd Hammond DNF < Crate Late Model Mitchell Godfrey Bubba Russell Eric Veal Kyre Mullaney Kevin Rowland < Hobby Danny Sanders Joe Nash Bobby Hill Chris Nickerson < Street Stock Brandon Puckett Robin Collins Rusty Jordan Dean Butler Cal Moon Daniel Doster Screven will be hosting it's 9th Rebel Yell on July 19th -Saturday nite action also featuring Ray Cook's Southern Nationals - $5300 to win, $530 to start SLM race! Also racing: SUPER LATE MODELS CLAYCUTTERS MOONRUNNERS RENEGADES PLUS "SONS OF CONFEDERACY" WILL BE FIRING THE BATTLE CANNON ! Plus Miss "Rebel Yell" + plus Rebel Yell trophies + Savannah Hooters girls will be on site ! Complete Results for Modoc July 5, Summer Shootout: < Extreme 4 1. 69 Neil Stone 2. 29 Ben Newsome 3. 32 Allen Jones 4. 1 Mike Kernells 5. 6 Josh Cleveland 6. 9 Scott Smothers 7. 7 Bill Sealy 8. 1m John Smothers 9. 01 Bryan Rhodes 10. 4 Eddie Driver < Mini Stock 1. 4 Bubba Koss 2. 44 Jason Baker 3. 11 Larry Sheppard 4. 71 Ricky Rule 5. 15 Angel Henderson 6. 16 Donald Hancock 7. 31 Marc Posey 8. 81 Robert Whisnant 9. 47 Bryan Addy < Road Warriors 1. 37 Wesley Underwood 2. U1 Brad Corley < Stock V8 1. 3g Wayne Gable 2. 2 Bubba Shaw 3. 911 Don Dimorier 4. 51 Jason Holtzclaw 5. 22 Donald Hancock 6. 51 Troy Gearig 7. 05 Jeff Proctor < Hobby 1. 8 Glenn Evans 2. 07 Evans Martin 3. 45x Chris Usry 4. 2 Speedy Baughman 5. 23 Tim Wilkerson 6. 28 Lance Beck 7. 69 Timmy Kensley 8. 7 Melvin Galbreath 9. 71 Jimmy Maness 10. 45 Daniel Marshall 11. 21 Phillip Burton < Super Street 1. 19 Lance Beck 2. 64 Thomas Scott 3. 50 Snow Havird 4. 71 Jimmy Maness 5. 98 Bill Stevenson 6. 0 Kevin Abstence 7. 18 Terrell Holloway < Open Wheel 1. 8 Russell Hail 2. 69 Mike Munn Modoc July 5 win Pics: http://docsphotos.smugmug.com/galler...26915918_mjt3W www.modocspeedway.com Michael Moats has posted some excellent pictures of the renovated Boyd’s Speedway: http://www.mrmracing.net/boyds.html Ryan Crane, of Panama City, FL, took his first ever win in the GAS Series in the Toyota Tundra -Independence 125 at Peach State. This was only Crane's second start with the series. Ryan Sieg, of Decatur, took over the points lead from Russell Fleeman of Dacula. This was the first time Fleeman has not led the series points since last summer. Sieg holds a slim 6 point lead over the 2007 GAS Series Champion. Michael Phelps, of Suwanee, made his first start of 2008 with the GAS Series. Phelps has been racing with the ARCA/ReMax Series this season. Phelps' evening ended with a hard crash in turn 3. Former Peach State Speedway Champion Clay Dale of Jefferson, had a top 10 finish in only his second start with the series in 2008. Crane, from Panama City, FL, is a Florida State Univ. business law grad. His big wins include the 2006 Rattler at South Alabama, the Five Flags (FL) Snowflake in 2007, and the 2008 pro late model Rattler at South Alabama. Crane has two more Peach State GAS races on his schedule: Oct. 4 and the World Crown Nov. 7-9. The crew chief and consultant for his Ford Fusion is Mike Garvey. After leaving Peach State, Crane won the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour at Nashville, after Preson Peltier got the checkered flag and the guitar from the Music City Motorplex. Post race tech revealed that Peltier had an illegal cold air box on his car - giving Crane his second win of the weekend. Toyota Tundra GAS Series 125 - Peach State Speedway - July 3, 2008 Official Results 1) Ryan Crane - Panama City, FL 2) Ryan Sieg - Decatur, GA 3) Paul Kelley - Flowery Branch, GA 4) Joey Senter - Jefferson, GA 5) Russell Fleeman - Dacula, GA 6) Kyle Fowler - Smyrna, GA 7) Clay Dale - Jefferson, GA 8) TJ Reaid (r)- Acworth, GA 9) Josh Adkins (r) - Cumming, GA 10) Nick Potts - Jefferson, GA 11) Max Gresham (r) - Griffin, GA 12) Tony Clark - Sharpsburg, GA 13) Billy Chancy - Kathleen, GA 14) Kyle Mitchell (r) - Hampton, GA 15) Wes Burton - Kannapolis, NC 16) Michael Phelps - Suwannee, GA 17) Jimmy Garmon - Gainesville, GA 18) Scott Patton (r) - Chattanooga, TN 19) Chris Dilbeck - Hampton, GA 20) Larry Jordan - Gainesville, GA 21) Roger Delp - Newnan, GA 22) Dennis Wilder - Commerce, GA 23) Zac Kittle (r) - Watkinsviile, GA 24) Taylor Satterfield - Commerce, GA 25) Shane Nalley - Canton, GA 26) Bobby Keys - Lilburn, GA Next GAS Series event - Friday, July 18 Anderson Motor Speedway - Anderson, SC In Lanier’s Pro Late Model Super Six Series race, Paul Kelly was either in first or second place for 87 of the 100 laps Friday night at the annual Fourth of July extravaganza before eventually pulling away in the final 10 laps for the victory. 1) Kelly 2) Shawn Simpson 3) Greg Simpson 4) Kevin Barett 5) Fredrick Moore Lanier Speedway posts: At the conclusion of the Serenity Limousine Super Trucks feature on Saturday June 28, 2008 the #29 failed to comply with the post race inspection of the sealed engine program and consequentially the owners Larry Jordan and Jeff Guthrie have been permanently suspended from further competition at Lanier National Speedway. Lanier’s 2008 First Half Points Champions: Pro Late Model - Shawn Simpson Super Trucks - Paul Antley Sportsman - Richard King Open Wheel Modified - Joey Love Street Stock - Mike Childers Semi-Pro Legends - Austin Hill Pro Legends - Will Prance Master Legends - Lamar Adams Young Gun Bandoleros - Justin Thomas Bandit Bandoleros - Kason Plott "RC Cola / MoonPie 100" - ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour - Music City Motorple 1 - 10Ryan Crane 2 - 74Jay Middleton 3 - 98Russell Fleeman 4 - 2John Bolen 5 - 15David Elliott 6 - 90Kenton Hanks 7 - O5Gene Kirila 8 - 51CBrandon Carlson 9 - O4Jarrod Foley 10 - 84Mike Alexander 11 - 70Jeff Choquette 12 - 97John Weston 13 - 51Joel Anderson 14 - O7Jeremy Mullinax 15 - 40MTyler Miles 16 - 47Chris Fontaine 17 - 1Stephan McCurley 18 - 33Dillon Oliver 19 - 31Tyler Millwood 20 - 44Michael Pope 21 - 40Taylor Satterfield 22 - 26Bubba Pollard 23 - 47SDakota Stroupe 24 - 71Johnny Braizer DQ - 5Preston Peltier After the race Preson Peltier got the checkered flag and the guitar from the Music City Motorplex. Post race tech revealed that Peltier had an illegal cold air box on his car. Peltier was disqualified and the victory was given to Ryan Crane his second victory of the week. Preston Peltier told Speed51.com after the race "This is it i am done, I have gone so far in debt trying to make this work I can't do it anymore. “Apparently, in the rule book it says you have to run a Five Star (Racecar Bodies) air box, and what we have is not a Five Star air box,” said a frustrated Peltier. “It’s cut and dry; it says it in the rule book. We overlooked it.” Friday (July 18) Anderson (SC) Motor Speedway prepares for the return of the Upstate 100 – Georgia Asphalt Series. Drivers from across Georgia and the Carolinas will take to the track in the 100 lap event. Local SC drivers pre-entered for the event include: Randy Porter, Ralph Carnes, Blair Addis, Justin Ashley and Tom Stokes; Georgia competitors pre-entered: Joey Senter, Frederick Moore, Russell Fleeman, Paul Kelley and many others! AMS local divisions will also compete. Gates open at 4PM; qualifying at 7Pm; green flag racing at 8PM. Atlanta Motor Speedway is continuing to provide family entertainment at a fantastic price as Thursday Thunder and Friday Night Drags hit mid-season form this Thursday and Friday, July 10 and 11. This week’s Thursday Thunder features a Summer Speedway Shuttle tour for children, the second of three Speedway Challenge events, and the Thunder Roadsters competing on AMS’ 1.54-mile track. Friday Night Drags will feature a motorcycle class in addition to the weekly drag racing excitement. The Carl Black Automotive Top Track Challenge Series returned to the high banked half mile Rome Speedway Sunday night as 44 cars checked into run the 30 lap $1,500 to in event and when all the dust settled Frank Ingram, of Acworth, took home the first place money The most serious accident came on lap 28 as Bryan Jackson started to barrel roll as he was entering turn three and wound up upside down. Track officials rushed to the scene and Jackson got out under his won power and only complained of a sore ankle, but was later transferred to the hospital for observation. The next Carl Black Top Track Challenge Series event will be July 26th at the Dixie Speedway. OFFICIAL FINISH: 1.Frank Ingram; 2.Chris Cape; 3.Michael Jones; 4.Todd Morrow; 5.Jerry Fowler; 6.Jake Knowles; 7.Mike Head; 8.Blake Stewart; 9.Royce Bray; 10.Dewayne Aldridge; 11.J J Nye; 12.Chris Fennell; 13.Brian Burke; 14.Jeff Smith; 15.Jeff Fields; 16.Doug Ludwig; 17.Bryan Jackson; 18.Dale Thurman; 19.Jacob Grizzle; 20.Bill Peters; 21.Ronnie Johnson; 22.Alan Brewer; 23.Scottie Pritchett; 24.Bobby Mayse www.toptrackschallenge.com The 2007 champion of the Birmingham Super Series Late Model Challenge, Gary Sanford, Jr., was the winner of the Magic City 200 at Birmingham International Raceway in a special Wednesday race July 3. Sanford, a resident of Maytown, AL, wasted little time in establishing his superiority in the race, taking the lead on the 28th lap and leading the rest of the race.. Dustin Knowles of Trussville won his first ever Open Wheel Modified race in that division’s 25 lapper. Michael Scoby won the Sportsman feature in a real life replica of the cartoon car, Lightning McQueen. The next event at BIR is a 100-lap Super Late Model race in August 9th. Support divisions will also compete. www.bir-raceway.com. Boyd's Speedway B-Hobby racer Tim Totherow is featured in this month’s Speedway Illustrated Magazine. Totherow has been a paraplegic since falling off a ladder at work in 2006. In 2007, in seven starts, he had a win, two seconds, and two thirds. http://www.t39racer.com/t39racer3_002.htm Albany Motor Speedway Gates Reopen Sat July 12th - LATE MODELS 1200.00 TO WIN Albany Motor Speedway is set to swing open the gates Sat July 12th for a big night of dirt track racing in Southwest Ga, . According to Speedway manager and longtime racer Skip Pannell, many changes are going on with the track.One of the biggest will be a actual drive on and off scale that all cars can easily access with no problems - which the track has never really had .Other features will be the pits will be separated between the cars and grandstands . Skip has hired some key people to help in order to have a smooth racing program .Don Mills who has both ARCA and racing on the local level tech experince will be the tech man .Jan Brewer who has always be excellent in the scoring and managing of tower duties will also be there as well .Classes to be featured will be NLMS, SUPER STREET, PURE STOCK, MINI STOCK, AND CLAIMER. The SMALL TRACK WITH BIG TRACK ACTION. FOR MORE INFO PHONE 229 888 4088 OR 229 343 0166. Late models will be $1200 to win, $600 for 2nd, $400 for 3rd, etc. $100 to start and ALL classes will have a purse. Its $10 for stands, $25 for pits. NLMS RULES APPLY. Late Model Mark reports: There is a load of drivers in Alabama who are doing well but there is one that is on fire and has been for some time. The hottest driver is Phenix City's Richie Stevens. If he is not winning he is a top 5 or top 10 runner. Just last Friday he got 2nd at Penton Raceway. Then the next night he won at East Alabama Motor Speedway. These are not lightweight fields in Nesmith competition. In 20 starts he has 8 wins, not to shabby. Benji Cole Takes Toccoa Win < Super Latemodel 1.Benji Cole 2.Preston Graves 3.Randy Nichols 4.Jeff Weber 5.Frankie Beard 6.Doug English 7.Joey McCoy 8.Matt Dillard 9.Keith Freeman 10.J.R. Headen 11.Ray Dunlap 12.Joel Rice 13.Josh Thurmond 14.David Smith < Southeastern Latemodel Sportsman 1.Melvin English 2.David McCoy 3.Bubba Russell 4.Wesley English 5.Matt Pruitt 6.David Conner 7.Vern Schuttors 8.Barney Mayfield 9.Casey Mulkey 10.Kyle Connell 11.Mack English 12.John Howard 13.Kip Cochran 14.Josh Mulkey 15.David Conley < Fastrak Crate 1.Clayton Turner 2.Jimmy Feltman 3.Chris Cape 4.Dustin Morris 5.Ty Lowe 6.Hot Tod LaMance 7.Ryan Bryson 8.Randall Jordan 9.Ronald Woods 10.Chris McKeehan 11.Jim Madden 12.Donnie Henry 13.Dalton Bates 14.Seth Wimpey 15.Joe Pickleseimer 16.Crandall Turner Full results at http://www.georgiastockcarracing.com Toccoa Speedway Tech Director Boyd Kelley made an attempt to P&G the engine of George Reese Sr. this past Saturday night, June 21st. Reese Sr. refused to allow Kelley to P&G the engine. FASTRAK asked the track to put it it writing and that letter was received this morning, Weds June 25th, delivered in person by Kelley. Under the guidelines of the FASTRAK Racing Series, any competitor refusing to be teched is automatically disqualified and considered "illegal". That competitor is barred for 365 days and must pay a $1000 fine before being allowed to run another FASTRAK event be it Touring or Weekly Sanctioned. This includes all FASTRAK weekly sanctioned tracks and touring regions across the country. The FASTRAK Series proved once again why it is the fastest growing and most competitive racing series in the country, in Saturdays 4th annual $20,000 “Fireworks and FASTRAK“ event at Lavonia. In the 50 lap main event, Grant Jordan, of Bowman, GA, was able to hold off Inman, SC, driver David Smith, to collect the $5000.00 first place check. Jordan assumed the point when Timbo Mangum relinquished the lead on lap 18 after contact with another car in heavy lapped traffic. In the 33 laps that remained, Smith would challenge Jordan for the lead on over 30 occasions in a classic duel which had the huge crowd in attendance on their feet many times. Following Jordan and Smith across the line, was Ryan Gifford, Kenny Peeples and Dustin Morris. For complete story and full field results, go to www.fastrakracing.com 1-05 Grant Jordan, Bowman, GA 2-116 David Smith, Inman, SC 3-29 Ryan Gifford, Winchester, TN 4-k22 Kenny Peeples Jr, Rural Retreat, VA 5-83 Dustin Morris, Landrum, SC 6-39 Ty Lowe, Commerce, GA 7-17 Parker Herring, Hartwell, GA 8-57 Lee Cooper, Greer, SC 9-2 Austin Dillon, Lewisville, NC 10-51 Brandon Haley, Lavonia, GA Winder-Barrow Speedway 07/05/08 Feature Winners: *Street Stock #99 Ronnie Poole, #F3 Randy Futral,#3 Darryl Frady ,#16 Kevin Johnson *Hobby #98 Jimmy Johnson, #85 Chad Stinchcomb, #17 johnny Hill, #19 Ray Everett * Adv. 4 #9 Perry Crowe, #w0 Wormy Gaddis, #2 PJ Taylor, k9 Mark Parker * Stock 4 #77 Joel Conley, #33 Micheal Lewis, #w0 Ty Martin, #16 Russell Page * Limited #98 Jimmy Johnson, #47 Dustin Cason, #1k Ken Lampp, #115 Jeffery Lampp Good Night at the track,track in good shape expecially after the rain shower we had. No fights tonight or torn up race cars like last week. There will be DOUBLE POINTS in Hobby and Adv.4 this week. We did not shoot fireworks because they said we had to have a permit. Never had to have one before this year, and they said we had to notify them five days prior to the show. They told us that on Wed. Thats Barrow County for you! NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Rick Crawford has reached an agreement in principal to buy the half-mile Montgomery (AL) track, according to Doug Carwyle, a local businessman who helped broker the deal. The only stipulation to the sale is that the city of Montgomery grant a license allowing the track to hold races. Kevin Radvany, who handles public relations for Crawford's race team, said track representatives will make the request with the city licensing board July 17. "Outside of that one thing, it's a done deal," said Carwyle, who is expected to help manage the track once Crawford takes ownership. Bailey Freeman flips a Legends Car at Lowe’s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X-Y2c0KKYA Promotion ideas: “I made the trek to the Airport Speedway where we enjoyed a mostly fast paced show slowed only by a lengthy intermission. I used the down time to sample bake sale goodies, with all money collected going into the driver's point fund. Boo to all those that waited until the stuff was half price.” (trackchaser Gordy) For an example of how a track uses weekly emails to build interest, keep the car count high, and fill the stands, sign up for Eric Westendorf’s email list for Lernerville Speedway: http://lernerville.com/mailman/listinfo/news_lernerville.com Kasson (MN) Speedway is switching shows from Sunday nights to Thursdays. “(Sunday) does not work anymore,” said promoter Scott Mondus, “and in reality, it hasn’t for a long time.” (from NSSN) Vacation report: Made the long trip to western PA at the end of June, and saw a great winged sprint car show at Williams Grove - nearly 70 cars in the 358 and 410 classes. Unfortunately, the WoO LM show at Lernerville was rained out Sat. and Sun. Hadn’t planned to be there for Friday’s heats and prelims, which all the WoO people said were the best of 2008. Fun at the track, mud at Lernerville Firecracker 100: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3BVYFQ5io

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