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GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING.com AUG. 7-14

Getting dupes? If you receive more than one email of this newsletter, please let me know. Thanks. GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING.com AUG. 7-14 Terry Roberts, who has made Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway into the state’s top asphalt short track, and brought lots of good sponsorships to the track, will be the new manager at Lanier National Speedway effective Aug. 16. Roberts made the announcement on Inside Florida Racing: http://karnacmedia.com/STAshows2008/IFR/IFR-080408.mp3 This Saturday, Lanier has all of the local divisions in action, rides in the Big Cheese school bus for kids, and a Hoosier tire race for the speedy youngsters. Racing at 7:00, adm. $12. http://www.lanierspeedway.com/ Last Saturday major rain storms wiped out the Saturday shows at Dixie and the Talladega Short Track, Fort Payne lost its lights after a lightning strike, and Thursday’s Legends show at AMS was raained out, disappointing a lot of people. Sunday, in Oslo, Norway, lightning struck at a racetrack, sending 45 fans to the hospital with minor burns. The eighth week of Friday Night Drags presented by ACDelco at AMS will feature a special class solely for Ford Mustangs during “Mustang Mania,” in addition to the weekly elimination, drag racing action. Any Mustang owner is encouraged to participate in “Mustang Mania” and any other driver interested in competing is welcome to participate in any of Friday Night Drags’ nine-weekly classes. The AMS drag racing continues Fridays until Aug. 22. http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/ The Advance Auto Parts Thunder Super late model Series will be at Boyd’s Speedway Friday night. It will be the second visit of the season to the south's most exciting little bull ring. Anthony White won the last event June 27th among a stellar 27 car field. The Hot Summer Nights 40 will pay $4,000 to win, $325 to start and an even larger field of competitors is expected to appear. The track is conveniently located just off of I-75 South at Exit 1, turn east and then approximately 1/4 mile on the right. Racing is scheduled to get underway around 7pm. The series will be at Lavonia next Friday. Known as “The Indianapolis of the South”, Lakewood Speedway was one of the most prestigious stops on several national stock car and open wheel circuits over the years, and the first Lakewood Reunion is being organized by the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Sat. (Aug. 9) in Dawsonville. Lakewood played host to NASCAR in the 1950s, with hall of fame racers Lee Petty, Tim Flock, Curtis Turner, Junior Johnson, Tiny Lund and others finding victory lane. Indy Cars often made their way to the Atlanta track, with drivers such as Ted Horn, Al Keller, Eddie Sachs and Bill Holland taking top honors. In holding the Lakewood Reunion, the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame hopes to help keep the memory and history of Lakewood alive. As part of the Lakewood Reunion festivities, Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame Association president Marvin Mills will unveil a plaque honoring Lakewood Speedway, and the dozen drivers who lost their lives there. Attendees are asked to bring any personal photos they may have from the speedway to share, and to be scanned into the GRHOF archives. Lakewood Speedway. a one-mile dirt track, was in south Atlanta, where the Lakewood Amphitheatre now entertains music fans - just off I-75 at the Langford Parkway East Exit. The event is free, but there is an optional meal at $15 in advance. GRHOF Attn: Lakewood Reunion P.O. Box 6 Dawsonville, GA 30534 There’s a nice picture from 1943 at http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/exhibits/fog/fog.swf Wiki has quite a write-up about Lakewood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Speedway http://www.thunderroadusa.com/ (Thanks to historian Brandon Reed at brandon@mainstreetnews.com) Screven is closed until their World of Outlaws $10,000 to win show Aug. 16, as they add new clay, raise the walls, and improve the top groove where WoO star Shane Clanton likes to run. The Southern All Stars visit Sept. 13 for $10,000 to win. On Oct. 4, Screven has a show including both the Southeastern Ltd. LM Series and the UDLMC Series, which have similar rules and some drivers may run both. www.screvenmotorspeedway.com The United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series will be at Waycross Sat. for 50 Laps, plus a $600 to win Pure Stock race and Local Racing in Superstreet, Limited Sportsman, and TQ Late Models. UDLMCS points are led by Johnny Collins, of Jacksonville, and Keith Nosbisch, of Valrico, FL. http://www.fdlmcs.com. Waycross has a $1000 to win Super Street race Aug. 23, all the local divs., and bicycle and power wheels races for the kids. http://www.wayxspeedway.com Toccoa Speedway will be Welcoming the Traveling Stars and Cars of the O'Reilly Southern All Stars Saturday night. This will be a $5,000 to win $300 to start Feature Event. The Limited Latemodels will not be on the program but will have the opportunity to compete. The Toccoa Limited Latemodels are pretty fast, and Promoter Randy McCoy announced that any Steel head Limited Latemodel that can make the show will recieve an additional $75. For the Steel heads it will then be $375 to start. Benji Cole showed the way around the Toccoa Speedway on the last visit by the OSAS, closely followed to the finish by Jonathan Davenport, Doug English, Jason Fitzgerald, Casey Roberts, and Travis Pennington. The Fastrak Crate Latemodels will also be on Saturdays program, and the Crate Latemodels will be running a $800 to win Feature event. Support racing will include the Hobby / Street Enduro / Street Stock 4Cyl. / and the Bomber Divisions. Hot Laps @ 7:30pm. www.toccoaspeedway.info www.southern-allstars.com www.fastrakracing.com All of USA Intl. Speedway, except the asphalt, will be auctioned Sat. at 10:00 a.m. in Lakeland, FL. Included are a Busch-style showcar, seven vehicles including an ambulance, 700 ft. of bleachers, lights, scorreboard, and a portable restroom. http://www.usaspeedway.com Both South Georgia and Peach State hoped to host the Hooters Pro Cup Championship Series Aaron’s 250 which had been scheduled at USA Intl., but the race has been moved to Southern National Raceway Park on Saturday, Oct. 18. ---- schedule ---- Aug. 8 (Fri.) Lavonia Weekly Show www.lavoniaspeedway.com Aug. 8 (Fri.) North Georgia phone 423-400-9956 Aug. 8 (Fri.) Penton Local divs. http://www.pentonraceways.com/ Aug. 8 (Fri.) Oglethorpe Late Models, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks, Go Mini Stocks, 440’s http://www.ospracing.net Aug. 8-9 Bristol Motor Speedway ASA Late Model Series Challenge Div. Aug. 8-9 Gordon Park Summer Shootout, incl. Super LMs $2500 to win http://www.gordonparkspeedway.net Aug. 9 Dawsonville’s Thunder Road 1st Lakewood Speedway Reunion Aug. 9 Senoia ISCARS Twin 75 lap features http://www.iscarsonline.com http://www.newsenoiaraceway.com Aug. 9 Anderson (SC) ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour http://www.asasoutheast.com/ Aug. 9 Talladega Short Track full race program + slingshots www.talladegashorttrack.com Aug. 9 Birmingham Super LM Series www.bir-raceway.com Aug. 9 Toccoa Southern All Stars Super LMs $5000 to win http://www.toccoaspeedway.info Aug. 9 Lanier Weekly Asphalt Show + kids tire races www.lanierspeedway.com Aug. 9 Cochran Regular show www.cochrangaspeedway.com Aug. 9 Hartwell Weekly Racing Program www.hartwellspeedway.com Aug. 9 Waycross United Dirt LM Challenge Series 50 laps $3000 to win + local racing divs. www.wayxspeedway.com Aug. 9 Swainsboro No racing www.swainsbororaceway.com Aug. 9 East Alabama All local divs. http://www.eamsdirt.com Aug. 15 (Fri.) Lavonia Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series $4000 to win www.lavoniaspeedway.com Aug. 15 (Fri.) North Georgia phone 423-400-9956 Aug. 15 (Fri.) Penton Local divs. http://www.pentonraceways.com/ Aug. 15 (Fri.) Oglethorpe Street Stock Special, Pure Stocks, Go Mini Stocks, 440’s http://www.ospracing.net Aug. 15-16 (Fri.-Sat.) Modoc Mini Stocks $5000 to win, Crates $3000 to win, Hobby $1500 to win, Super Street $1000 to win, Stock V-8 $1000 to win. www.modocspeedway.com Aug. 16 Golden Isles. Full racing program, local classes. www.goldenislesspeedway.com Aug. 16 Lanier Weekly Asphalt Show www.lanierspeedway.com Aug. 16 Watermelon Capital USCS Sprint cars Aug. 16 Talladega Short Track full race program + Keith Hays Tribute Race www.talladegashorttrack.com Aug. 16 New Senoia GA Asphalt Series www.gerogiaasphaltseries.com http://www.newsenoiaraceway.com Aug. 16 Toccoa Regular show http://www.toccoaspeedway.info Aug. 16 Swainsboro Racing in all divisions www.swainsbororaceway.com Aug. 16 Screven World of Outlaws LMs $10,000 to Win http://screvenmotorspeedway.com Aug. 16 Hartwell Weekly Racing Program www.hartwellspeedway.com Aug. 16 Cochran Regular show + Cadets $1000 to win www.cochrangaspeedway.com ---- TV ---- Aug. 9 Sat. SPEED Toyota ARCA 150 live 4:30 p.m. Aug. 16 Sat. SPEED WoO late models at Deer Creek 4:00-5:00 p.m. Aug. 23 Sat. SPEED WoO late models at Eldora 4:00-5:00 p.m. Aug. 31 Sun. SPEED WoO late models at Sharon noon-1:00 p.m. Sept. 7 Sun. SPEED WoO late models at Tri-City 6:00-7:00 p.m. Sept. 27 Sat. SPEED LIVE WoO Sprint Cars at Williams Grove 8:00-11:00 p.m. Nov. 1 Sat SPEED LIVE WoO Sprint Cars at Lowe’s 8:00-11:00 p.m. The WSB Radio 750 am Bellamy Strickland 120 racing show with Captain Herb Emory is Sat. from noon to 1:00 in the Atlanta area. RaceFanRadio.com will broadcast “the Saturday Night Shootout 325” live from the newly re-opened Southern National Raceway Park near Kenly, NC. A special edition of “Kick'n Asphalt Trackside” will kickoff the night with a sixty minute pre-race show starting at 6pm Eastern. Albany Motor Speedway will be back in to action Saturday with MINI STOCK, CLAIMER, PURE STOCK, SUPER STREET, AND LATE MODEL action. The late model race pays $1000 to win. Racing will start at 7pm. ADMISSION: $10 PER PERSON - 12 AND UNDER FREE. http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=albanymotorspeedway Dale Hall, of South Georgia Sports Network, has posted these photos from the July 26 show: http://sgsn.smugmug.com/gallery/5546121_TUKpR#339755050_pdPmX Thursday is Legends Thursday Thunder Championship night at Atlanta Motor Speedway, running the rained-out Feature races from Week 9, plus Heat Races and Week 10 Feature races. Races start at 5:20 p.m. with the rained out features from last week. International Sport Compact Auto Racing Series (ISCARS) DASH Touring cars will be at New Senoia Speedway Saturday (Aug. 9) for a Double Header event. With the economy stretching everyone’s pocket book to the limit, ISCARS has decided to run two races at each of the remaining events on the 2008 calendar. “All of our teams are talking about how tight things are for them,” says Randy Claypoole, President of ISCARS. “We want to race, they want to race, but everyone’s budgets are feeling the pain, mostly from the gas/diesel pump. So, beginning with this weekend’s event teams will travel to one track and have two races instead of one. We call them Twin 75’s.” There will be 90 minutes of local division races in between. The ISCARS season has five races in the books. Joey Miller won the first race of the season at Florence Motor Speedway. Since then, it has been 2007 Champ Danny Bagwell showing the way. Bagwell became the fifth driver in DASH history to win four in a row. The list includes Robert Huffman (‘98), Mike Swaim Jr. (‘97), Dean Combs (‘76,’81) and Larry Hoopaugh (‘82). Each went on to win the Championship. All-time DASH Winner is Dean Combs with 60 wins. Combs is the only driver to win six races in a row. There are several drivers determined to interrupt Bagwell’s winning streak. Joey Jones took $300 from his purse win at Franklin County Speedway and posted it as a Bounty to any driver or car owner who can get to the checkered flag before Bagwell. Racing action begins at 7:30. http://www.iscarsonline.com/ Benji Cole Strolls To Toccoa Super Latemodel Win: < Super Latemodel 1.Benji Cole (fast time 12:258) 2.Jeff Weber 3.Matt Dillard 4.Russell Thomas 5.Joey McCoy 6.J.R. Headen 7.Ted Crunkleton 8.Kip Cochran 9.Ricky Harvey 10.Jimmy Ivester 11.Clayton Turner 12.Bruce Taylor 13.Brett Williamson 14.Jeremy Ledford 15.Joel Rice 16.Ray Dunlap < Limited Latemodel 1.Melvin English (fast time 12:899) 2.Wesley English 3.Mickey Carpenter 4.Mack English 5.John Howard 6.Benji Cole < Crate Latemodel 1.Jonathon Taylor (fast time 13:317) 2.Ryan Bryson 3.Clayton Turner 4.Crandall Turner 5.Chris Cape 6.Harley Holden 7.Steve Richardson 8.Gus Simpson 9.Derrick Harvey 10.Randy Smith 11.Wayne Wilburn 12.Jim Madden 13.John Beddingfield Full results at www.georgiastockcarracing.com Albany Motor Speedway Racing Saturday, Aug 9: AMS is set and ready to bring another exciting night of dirt track racing this Saturday night .Track manager Skip Pannell has been working this week on the racing surface to give both racers and fans what they like .The main event of the night will be those bad fast LATE MODELS as they will be going for a $1000 to win 25 lap main event and a 100.00 to take the green flag .There also has been a 100.00 put up to the fastest qualifer as well. www.albanymotorspeedway.net www.southernracefans.com The Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series will be at Lavonia Speedway Friday, August 15, for a $4,000 to win, forty lap A-Main with preliminary action to include PowerMaster Time Trials, Sunoco Quick-Six Twin dashes, and West Haven Speed Equipment B-Mains, along with a full slate of local racing action. www.LavoniaSpeedway.com www.AdvanceAutoPartsThunderSeries.com Over 30 National Late Model Series teams were at East Alabama Motor Speedway Sat. for the 40 lap $3,000 to win feature event. Mark Whitener set fast time in qualifying with a 16.33 and after the shuffle draw started third behind Todd Mitchell, who in his first appearance in two years, won the pole. Jordy Nipper finished first. Mark Whitener finished second, Russell Brown JR third, Jeremy Faircloth fourth, Mitch Fulford fifth, Tod Darda sixth, Jason Fitzgerald seventh, Clay Bedenbaugh eighth, Ben Faircloth ninth, and JR Moseley tenth. Paul Walters battled his way through the war of attrition, emerged as the victor in Ltd. Sportsman. EAMS has all the local divisions in action Sat., and has a moonster truck show next Friday and Sat. http://www.eamsdirt.com/ Tony Headen Takes Lavonia Win 8-1-08 < Limited Latemodel 1.Tony Headen 2.Brandon Haley 3.Steven Segars 4.Eric Johnson 5.Jody Farmer 6.Barney Mayfield 7.Bubba Russell 8.J.R. Headen 9.Todd Hammond 10.Robin Collins 11.Michael Chancey 12.Paul Byrum < Crate Latemodel 1.Ty Lowe 2.Brandon Haley 3.David McCoy 4.Chad Pearson 5.Chris Cape 6.David Archer 7.Hot Rod LaMance 8.Eric Veal 9.Will Beard 10.Vince Fanello 11.Shane Conner 12.Blake Craft 13.John Beddinfield Jr. 14.Chris McKeehan 15.Parker Herring 16.Justin Simms 17.Grant Jordan Full results at www.georgiastockcarracing.com In news about the neighborhood: The town of Lavonia shelled out nearly $1 million Tuesday to buy and shut down the Cafe Risque strip club along Interstate 85. Then, the city quickly burned the interstate signs advertising the club, which was popular with truckers. Cafe Risque was opened in 2001. http://www.accessnorthgeorgia.com/detail.php?n=211994&c=10 Paul Kelly and Shane Sawyer put on one of the best finishes of the season at Lanier National Speedway Saturday night in a 100-lap Pro Late Model race during the annual Saturday of Speed at the 3/8ths mile oval. Kelly and Sawyer traded the lead three times in the final five laps before Kelly took the final lead on Lap 98 and then used a high groove to nip Sawyer in a near photo-finish. There were seven lead changes over overall and five cautions in the race. In the other 100-lap feature Saturday, Cleveland's Jason Hogan took the lead on Lap 5 and then cruised to an easy win in the Super Late Model event.Only four cars finished on the lead lap in a race that was run entirely under the green flag. Dwayne Buggay took second, Shane Sawyer, who logged 200 laps on the night, was third, and Joey Senter was fourth as the only drivers to not get lapped by Hogan. There were several drivers who got their first-ever wins at LNS on Saturday. Chad Hackenbract won in the 20-lap Legends semi-pro division; Jeff Chadwick got his first win in the 25-lap Sportsman race; and Mark Wilbanks got his first win in the 25-lap supertrucks race. In other action Saturday, Mike Childers won again in Street Stocks while 12-year-old Thomasville, N.C., native Clint King won in the pro Challenge. In the open-wheeled modified division, Joey Love won his 13th race of the season. The 20-lap Bandeleros race saw Kason Plott win the Bandit race with Cody Garland winning in the Young Gun division. http://www.accessnorthgeorgia.com/detail.php?n=212047 Following the weekend Natl. Late Model Series shows at Penton and East Alabama, Mark Whitener (1397 pts.), Brandon Cameron (1382), and Clay Bedenbaugh (1352) are in a tight points race. Effective Sept. 6, Brodix aluminum heads will be legal for the series. www.brodix.com Upcoming shows are at Golden Isles Sept. 6, Waycross Sept. 20, and Cochran Oct. 4. http://www.nlmss.com Boyd's Speedway Results 8-01-08 < Crate Late Model 1.Todd Morrow 2.Jason Deal 3.Arron Wheat < Steel Head Late Model: 1.Jason Cardwell 2.Ruben Mayfield 3.Bryan Pritchard Full results at www.georgiastockcarracing.com National Late Model Series at Penton 8-1-08: 1-Ben Faircloth 2-Johnny Collins 3-Jason Fitzgerald 4-Dana Eiland 5-Mark Whitener 6-Russell Brown 7-Jordy Nipper 8-Tod Darda 9-Cale Simons 10-Mitch Fulford Hartwell Speedway will award Crate Late Model and Advanced Four Cylinders double points this week. Saturday’s results: < Limited Late Model 1. Brandon Haley 2. Ricky LaCount 3. Steven Segars 4. Tony Headen 5. Paul Byrum 6. Bubba Russell < Crate Late Model 1. Bubba Russell 2. Mitchell Godfrey 3. David Archer 4. Mark Parham 5. Will Beard 6. Mark Richards 7. Eric Veal 8. Kyre Mullaney (DNF) 9. Scott Holmes (DNF) 10. Shan Connor (DNF) Full results at www.georgiastockcarracing.com Veteran Georgia Asphalt Series driver Nick Potts, of Jefferson, added his name to the winners list at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele Saturday night. Potts is one of GAS Series most dedicated competitors and it also was his first win with the series. GAS Series Rookie T.J. Reaid, of Acworth, won the Bearen Oil Company Pole position in qualifying. Reaid drew an eight out of the hat, sending Potts to the pole position. This was Reaid's forth Bearen Oil Company Pole position in 2008. When the green flag dropped, Potts took the lead followed closely by rookie Max Gresham and veteran Ronnie Sanders. In the meantime, Sanders is making a run to the front. Sanders passed Gresham and set his sites on Potts. On lap 13, Sanders passed Potts in turn 3. The caution flag flew on lap 16 when GAS Series first timer Steven Bloodworth of McIntyre, GA, spun off the track on the back stretch. Bloodworth was able to continue. On the restart, Potts got back around Sanders on the back straightaway and was able to maintain the lead until the checkered flag in The Straw Lot/ Game Ready Sportswear Ford Fusion. "I know it was going to be tough to get back around Ronnie (Sanders) because he is a tough competitor," said Potts. "His tires seemed to be getting hot and I took advantage of that." Rounding out the top five were Gresham, Sanders, Russell Fleeman and current GAS Series points leader Ryan Sieg. "This is what it's all about," said Potts in victory lane. "I want to thank my wife for her support and my Crew Chief Josh McCoy. Josh is on to something to make this car so good." Potts will be looking to make it two in a row at the next GAS Series event next Saturday, at New Senoia Speedway. NOTES FROM THE MELON: Brothers Rusty and Jared Evans of Cairo, GA, and Steven Bloodworth, of McIntyre, GA, made their first ever starts with the GAS Series. The Evans brothers began their racing careers at Albany (GA) Motor Speedway. They are currently competing at South Georgia Motorsports Park in their Late Model class. Bloodworth is a Legends competitor at The Melon. He was making his first Late Model start .... GAS Series regular and former Watermelon Capital Speedway Mini Stock Champion Billy Chancy of nearby Kathleen had a top 10 finish in his Chancy Auto racer ... former GAS Series regular Scotty Ellis, of Juliette, made his first GAS Series start of 2008. Ellis has been competing with the ASA Southeast late model touring series this season. Ellis finished 8th on the lead lap. Watermelon Capital Speedway, Cordele, GA, August 2nd Georgia Asphalt Series 100 Official Race Results Position-Driver-Hometown-Laps Completed 1) Nick Potts Jefferson, GA 100 2) Max Gresham Griffin, GA 100 3) Ronnie Sanders Fayetteville, GA 100 4) Russell Fleeman Dacula, GA 100 5) Ryan Sieg Decatur, GA 100 6) Beau Slocomb Macon, GA 100 7) TJ Reaid Acworth, GA 100 8) Scott Ellis Juliette, GA 100 9) Steven Bloodworth McIntyre, GA 97 10) Billy Chancy Kathleen, GA 96 11) Jared Evans Cairo, GA 28 12) Rusty Evans Cairo, GA 20 Justin Allgaier won the ARCA race Saturday afternoon at Pocono Raceway. 3rd Chase Miller/Canton GA 7th Ken Butler III/Snellville 9th John Wes Townley/Athens 14th Michael Phelps/Suwanee GA Townley is sixth in ARCA points, and Butler is tenth. Next: Nashville Superspeedway for the Toyota ARCA 150 on Saturday (Aug. 9). The race is live on SPEED beginning at 4:30 p.m. 13-year-old AJ Carlisi, of Dalton, an eighth grader, picked up his first Legend's Semi-Pro win Saturday night at the historic Nashville Motorplex. He’s second in MidSouth Legends Series points. http://legendsoftn.com http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=186004724 After finishing 19th at the Hooters Pro Cup show at Hickory, Matt Hawkins, of Canton, has fallen to 11th in Southern Div. Points. Hunter Robbins, age 16, of Montgomery, won the race. The next USAR Hooters Pro Cup race is at Bristol Motor Speedway Wed, Aug. 20, in a double-header with the NASCAR Trucks. West Georgia Speedway crates - Shane Barret picking up the win Sat nite 8-2. (from psfb33 on 4m.net) http://www.westgaspeedway.com/ FASTRAK has announced a $10,000 to Win/$500 to Start PRO Late Model Nationals at Wythe Raceway (VA) Aug. 29-31. www.fastrakracing.com The Carl Black Top Tracks Challenge Series event that was set for August 23rd at the Dixie Speedway has now been moved to Saturday night September 13th and will now be a doubleheader with Rome Speedway on Sunday night September 14th. Dixie’s Southern All Stars show, which was rained out Aug. 3, will be Aug. 23. www.toptrackschallenge.com. To say that Casey Roderick has had an impressive career in Legends Cars would be an understatement. His most notable accomplishments include the 2007 Legends Car Asphalt National Pro Championship, the 2007 INEX Pro National Points Championship, the 2007 Lanier National Speedway Legends Pro Championship, the 2007 Georgia Asphalt Pro Championship, the 2006 Legends National Pro Division title and the 2006 Governor’s Cup at Lanier National Speedway, the 2006 Mason-Dixon Meltdown Legends feature win at South Boston Speedway, and the 2006 Mopar-PRI Sprint & Midget Classic Legends feature win at Orlando SpeedWorld. He also sits second in all-timecareer feature wins at AMS with 23 victories, ahead of both Joey Logano (20 wins) and Reed Sorenson (22), who are both NASCAR drivers now. Roderick is also the reigning Most Popular Driver for the Thursday Thunder Series, earning the title in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Now the Bill Elliott Driver Development (BEDD) program has announce the addition of the 15-year-old racing prodigy Casey Roderick to its stable of young drivers. Roderick joins current BEDD teammates Chase Elliott, Mitch Cobb, Trey Poole, and John King, who operate out of the Dawsonville shop of Bill Elliott Racing. First up, Roderick will participate in the McDowell and Cook Driving School, a partner of Bill Elliott Racing, which gives racers the advantage of in-depth classroom analysis of set-ups, driving techniques, and shop preparation. Elliott plans to continue testing Roderick in various types of equipment, including late model and ARCA cars, for the remainder of 2008 and will make an announcement later this year about his plans for 2009. www.BillElliot.com PROMOTION IDEAS: Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway: SAT. 8/16 – DOUBLE SUPER LATE MODEL 25 LAP FEATURES FREE OHIO and WV RESIDENT NIGHT WITH PHOTO ID Sat. August 16 7PM Another one from Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway: Free PPMS Group Admission Offer - your family and your group of 10 or more. All families can get FREE grandstand admission to a PPMS Action Event for their family & a group of 10 to 10,000! Every family that organizes a FREE GROUP Action Event night at the races for a business, employer, school, people living on the same street, or charitable organization of 10 or more will get FREE GRANDSTAND ADMISSION for the Group and FREE GRANDSTAND ADMISSION for their family. The group & the family are FREE! Arrangements must be made in advance. Phone 412-279-RACE (7223) or Fax 412-279-9965 Or Email mmiley99@comcast.net for complete details. Derrick Rainey, of Powder Springs, outran the field and the weather to win a rain-shortened $10,000 to win Cajun Summer Nationals for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series on Saturday night at Pike County (MS) Speedway. Rainey was the sixth and final leader of the race, taking the point on lap 24, and then leading until the rains came on lap 51 of the scheduled 100 lap race. Last year, Rainey was third in NeSmith points with two wins and 13 top fives. POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS $ WON 1. 5 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA 51 $10,000 2. 7 22T William Thomas Phenix City, AL 51 $5,000 3. 4 86 Rick Rickman Columbus, MS 51 $3,000 4. 6 2x Jay Blair Angie, LA 51 $2,000 5. 9 66k Scott Knowles (R) Lanett, AL 51 $1,750 7. 10 12 Hunter Peacock (R) Macon, GA 51 $1,300 10. 18 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA 51 $1,000 12. 23 38c Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA 51 $700 http://www.stormpayracing.com/ The CRA (Champion Racing Association) is bringing their super late model series to South Georgia Nov. 21-23. Their shows attract a good car count, in part due to their heavily-sponsored Contingency Product awards. Nineteen drivers shared $4,135 in contingencies at last weekend’s 100-lapper at Toledo. Winner John VanDoorn received: Holley Performance Award ($100 Cash Bonus), Tex Racing ($150 Product Certificate), Port City Chassis ($100 Product Certificate), ATI ($100 Product Certificate), Pro Shocks ($100 Product Certificate), Hawk Performance ($75 Product Certificate), PitStopUSA.com ($25 Product Certificate), Klotz Lubricants (One Case Of Racing Oil), Fatheadz.com (One Pair Of Sunglasses). We don’t know the contingencies for any of the area traveling series, but we hope they’re as good. The CRA will be the featured race at Nashville’s All American 400 Nov. 1-2.

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