The ASA Late Model South Series and the Southern Pro Late Model Series will unite for a 100 lap event at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele Saturday. Late Model drivers from through out the southeast are expected to compete in the Watermelon Bowl 100. This will be the third of five co-sanctioned events for the two series, which include joint visits to New Senoia Raceway, Concord (NC) Motorsports Park, and Rockingham (NC) Speedway. Front gates open at 5pm starting with qualifying, autograph session ,and pre-race ceremonies. Racing begins at 7pm. This is a great event for the Georgia fans with tickets only $10 with the ASALMS Coupon Flyer. Flyers are located on the ASALMS site at www.asalatemodelssouth.com. Watermelon Capital Speedway is located off I-75 at Exit 104 and then west. Schedule for Saturday, May 9th 2009 4:30pm ASLMS/SPLM Qualifying 2 laps 6:30pm Local Heats 7:30pm Autograph Session (30 minutes) 8:15pm Local Features 9:15pm ASALMS/SPLM Pre-Race Ceremonies 9:30pm ASALMS/SPLM Watermelon Bowl 100 NEXT: May 30 New Senoia Raceway 100 Laps www.splmseries.com www.asalatemodelssouth.com.
Lanier National Speedway will honor the Public Safety Workers this Saturday (free adm. with ID) and they'll see the GAS Super Six 100-lapper postponed by last week's rain. www.lanierspeedway.com Bill Elliott Racing’s Casey Roderick will debut two new sponsors, Hometown Community Bank and Braselton Visitors Bureau Authority, in the No. 19 Ford Pro Late Model this weekend at Lanier. Lanier's FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT will be May 17th with $5.00 general admission, give-away promotions, and incentives for the race fans. The nearly-new quarter-midget track at Lanier is home to the Metro Atlanta QM Assn., and they have upcoming shows on May 16 and 30. Newcomers can find cars for sale on the website for $1900 and $3500, and a complete team with trailer for $7000. Ken Harrison is the group's president. http://maqma.org/index.html
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Tradin' Paint Written by Catherine Bush Directed by Jessica Phelps West Theatre in the Square, Marietta, GA April 29 - June 7, 2009 www.theatreinthesquare.com
May 9 GARHOFA Family Picnic and Racing Reunion, at Minter’s Farm in Fayetteville. Please bring a sack of non-perishable food items for donation to charities. Reservations at samorgan5@comcast.net http://www.garhofa.org/
May 9 East Alabama Senior citizen night $5 adm. NVRA Vintage cars, plus all local classes www.eamsdirt.com
May 8-9 Swainsboro Raceway Pinetree 150 - $2000 to win Crate Late Models and $2000 to win Super Streets. Friday - qualifying and heats. Features on Saturday night May 9. www.swainsbororaceway.com
May 16 East Alabama Military appreciation night free - all local classes racing www.eamsdirt.com
May 16 Montgomery Motor Speedway "Show me the money!" Military Appreciation Night. LM Race with $5000 to win. Also Super Trucks, Pure Stocks, and Mini Modifieds. www.montgomerymotorspeedway.com ---- ---- ----
Bill Elliott, Georgia's brightest NASCAR racing star in recent years, holds the official qualifying record at Talladega at 212.229 set May 1, 1986. He's going back to Talladega Wednesday (May 13) to try for a new closed course speed record. He'll be driving the same E-85 Ford Mustang that Dave Despain of Speed TV called "Arguably the fastest Mustang on the planet" after it went over 252 mph at Bonneville driven by Danny Thompson last August. The E-85 Ford Mustang has been reconfigured to NASCAR specs, and will be fueled with Rocket Brand racing fuel, which is 85% corn alcohol. Hajek Motorsports Museum, in Ames, OK, has one of the most impressive collections of vintage record breaking race cars in the country, and is one of the sponsors for this record attempt. One of the cars in this collection is Bill Elliott's 87 Ford Thunderbird that is still today the fastest stockcar. This classic race car will be on display at the Talladega Super Speedway during the event. Hajek Motorsports has reserved the entire Speedway for this event. This is a special invitation to our partners, sponsors and media to attend. http://hajekmotorsports.com/
Southern Race Week radio, on WEKS - FM 92.5 THE BEAR (in South Metro Atlanta) will be broadcasting live at Scott's Machine Shop in Fayetteville on Wednesday, May 20th from 5 - 8pm EST to celebrate Scott's 25th Anniversary. Hosts are William Barber and Chadalac. The show is streamed online at www.925fmthebear.com Free food and prizes for those who attend,"
Promotion idea: The Havasu 95 Speedway (AZ) has created another innovative idea to add to the fun. It's Tattoo Night. Show your body art at the ticket booth and you will receive a $2 discount. Inked fans will also be eligible to participate in the tattoo contest during intermission. www.havasu95speedway.com
Promotion idea: On a picture-perfect afternoon, there was a great turnout at The Milwaukee Mile for the famed speedway’s annual “Drive The Mile” event, which allowed passenger vehicles ranging from motorcyles to minivans to large dump trucks, to take moderated laps around America’s Legendary Oval ... An event record 3,333 pounds of food, up from 3,000 pounds a year ago, was collected, plus $400 cash.
Promotion idea: Members of the Dayton (OH) Auto Racing Fan Club will have their choice of two tracks to visit on May 9 as both Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway (DARF members will be admitted at half-off) and 35 Raceway Park (free grandstand admission to DARF members) have DARF track dates. www.darfnews.com
The Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour winged sprint car event scheduled for May 15th at Sugar Creek Raceway in Blue Ridge has been moved to Friday, June 5. www.sugarcreekraceway.net www.uscsracing.com
Next up for the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series is May 15th at Oglethorpe Speedway and Screven Motor Speedway May 16th. Both races are 50 lap $3,000 events. http://www.unitedirtlatemodels.com
Southern All Stars spokesman "Flagone" has posted the Hartwell forum on www.trackforums.com "I have always chose to keep business private. That is why I did not address who cancelled our events (at Hartwell) ,,, Car counts had nothing to do with the reason I was given however. It was business related. "But let me say since you brought it up. Car counts are not what makes money for race tracks. Providing them with a quality, well run event that is run in a timely manner and provides entertainment IS. I can assure you that though we only had 22 cars at Lavonia and Toccoa respectively that the promoter made money on each show. We put butts in seats and THAT is where anyone looking to make money on a racing show should be looking to judge from. "I will not make excuses for car counts anywhere. For the last 27 years Southern All Stars has been successful using the same formula. A core group of drivers mixed with the regional group in the area of the track plus the track regulars. I have about 7 guys who are running our series for points. That is no secret. I tell promoters that up front when we talk about a race. The thing is you need to talk to those promoters that had those 22 car counts and ask them if they made money and how their show was ran. "I am not downing anyone. As I said I chose not to answer because it was a business matter. So to answer the question, the track decided to cancel their events. I was given a reason that was a matter of the track's personal business and I left it at that. If the real reason was car counts, they made a $$ error. "BTW here are my car counts after 9 events: GIS #1 - 59 GIS #2 - 58 GIS #3 - 52 North Georgia - 40 Lavonia - 22 North Georgia - 38 Cleveland - 42 Toccoa - 22 Talladega - 49 "Without exception every promoter has said they have made money. EVERY ONE. "That is an average of 42 cars per event. Getting 30 cars in todays market is good. "And BTW in regards to TST. We will be there in July when there is no Cup race going on and I can assure you we will have another very strong car count there." www.southern-allstars.com
Modoc's Friday, May 15, crate late model race will be $3000.00 to win. www.modocspeedway.com
Screven is not racing on the oval this week, but their Spring Jam & Bikefest includes a $500 to win bikini contest and a $1000 to win wet T-shirt show. Adults only $15 adm. www.screvenmotorspeedway.com
The Lucas Oil dirt LM series comes back to Talladega Short Track June 13. The track has their weekly show this Sat. The kart track winner Friday night gets $200. http://www.talladegashorttrack.com
Marshall Green's phenomenal 16-year dirt racing career is over, according to Dirt Late Model magazine. He's helping promote Dixie and Rome Speedways, and doing custom fabrication for the aerospace industry, using some of his old race shop equipment. Green, from Dalton, won the Dirt Track World Championship in 1997. www.threewidemedia.com
From http://beauslocumb.blogspot.com/ Monday, May 4, 2009 Four down...Two to go! So Beau (Slocumb) finished his fourth round of chemo Saturday night...and got to go home (to Sam's house) Sunday! Mom said he did unbeliveably well this round. He never actually got sick! He felt pretty nauseous a couple of times but they stayed on top of the nausea medication and were able to fight it off. One of Beau's nurses told mom that he had seen a few patients that were able to adjust to the chemo and actually did better towards the end of their treatments so hopefully, Beau will be one of those kinds of patients. With the number of people that have been praying for him and the positive attitude he has had, that wouldn't surprise me at all at this point! I've been thinking alot about this since Beau was diagnosed and in Sunday School yesterday, Mr. Washburn reminded me of it again...we have soooo much to be thankful for in this situation. It may not seem like it to someone on the outside looking in, but we really do. Things could have been so much worse than they are... Beau's cancer was only found in his lung. I now know far more about synovial sarcoma than I ever would have imagined and according to my (and Dr. Brown's) research, it RARELY ever shows up in the lung first. In fact, from what we could find, Beau is only the 24th case in the world where it originated in the lung. Usually, synovial sarcoma originates in an extremity and metastasizes to the lung. If that had been the case, Beau's prognosis would have been MUCH worse http://beauslocumb.blogspot.com/
Gordon Park has Increased Purse For Saturdays Super Street Race, Sponsored, in part, by Keith Hadden & Vidalia Auto Salavage: PayOut - 1. $500 2. $300 3. $200 4. $150 5. $125 6. $100 7. $75 8. $50 9. $50 10. $50 11. $25 - Rest of Field. www.gordonparkspeedway.net
NASCAR REPORT: The U.S. Army will pay Stewart-Haas Racing $11.6 million to sponsor Ryan Newman's #39 car for 23 races this season, and the Army official who oversees it says the money is worth it. Army and National Guard (#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.) were the only branches of the military that served as primary sponsors for cars in Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway. Lt. Gen. Benjamim Freakley said the Army looks at different ways to determine if the sponsorship is worthwhile but admits it comes down to one thing. "At the end of the day, for the Army, it's does someone join the Army or not," Freakley said. He said 41 people agreed Saturday at the Army's booth at the track to be interviewed by an Army recruiter. "That's powerful," Freakley said. (Hampton Roads)(5-3-2009)
The AP's Jenna Fryer is reporting Speedway Motorsports, Inc., run by motorsports magnate Bruton Smith, has put in an official request to NASCAR for Kentucky Speedway to be added to the 2010 Sprint Cup schedule. However, SMI's latest proposal has come with a twist: for the first time, they've admitted they're willing to move a date from another SMI track in order to make room for the 1.5-mile oval on the 36-race docket. The two SMI tracks in serious jeopardy of losing a date are Atlanta and New Hampshire. Atlanta has struggled to sell out its Spring date in recent years, while New Hampshire has often struggled to produce exciting side-by-side action since the 1-mile oval was added to the Sprint Cup schedule in 1993. www.Frontstretch.com
Ratings for the NASCAR on FOX broadcast Saturday night dipped by double digits once again. The Richmond race scored just a 3.7/7 share for the evening, 12 percent lower than last year's 4.2/8 for the same event. Overall viewership remains down 15 percent this season for Sprint Cup races. Further confirming America's short attention span, ratings for the Kentucky Derby, which lasts two minutes, were up by double digits.
John Wes Townley and RAB Racing will be making their debut at Darlington Raceway this weekend in the Nationwide Series. Last week he failed to qualify at Richmond. Townley will return to his home track, Lanier National Speedway, on Saturday, to compete in the Georgia Asphalt Series race that was previously rained out. RAB Racing and Billy Ballew Motorsports will field the No. 09 Toyota Tundra sponsored by Zaxby’s in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on May 15 with Townley driving. http://twitter.com/Team09_Jessica www.teamrab.com www.BillyBallewMotorsports.com
Reed Sorenson was at Infineon Raceway on Wednesday for a test session in a late model racecar. Sorenson, who drives the No. 43 Dodge for Richard Petty Motorsports, has a best finish of 29th (2006) in two starts on the Sonoma Valley road course. He was coached by road-course veteran Chris Cook.
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Captain Herb Emory’s Allan Vigil Ford Lincoln Mercury 120 on News/Talk 750 WSB in Atlanta and online at www.wsbradio.com most Saturdays from 2-4 p.m. Georgia Asphalt Series and the GAS Radio Network. Coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. on www.racefanradio.com for the race no. 3 this season at Lanier National Speedway
Nice post on 4m.net about 411 Speedway in Dublin: "The crowds are still coming every week. Packed house again Sat night. Fans had to sit and wait out rain for about 1 1/2 hrs but a good many stayed to see the Features that got started around 11pm. We had a total of 43 cars Sat night, that was down from 68 previous week. Had a lot of owners say they are in the process of building a car to race. Overall, for a track to only be back open for three weeks after over 10 years of being idle, things are looking very good for 441 speedway. http://www.4m.net
NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Round Up For May 4 Scott Knowles, of Lanett, AL, took a double-point victory on Friday night at Penton Raceway and a posted a win on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway, driving the All-Star Graphics Warrior. Knowles now has six wins in seven starts, and the race he didn’t win, he finished second. Sugar Creek Raceway in Blue Ridge, GA rained out on Friday night, as did Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL, and Tri-County Race Track in Brasstown, NC on Saturday night. The next three events for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour will be held over the Memorial Day weekend at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL on May 22 for a 40-lap $2,000-to-win event, East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL on May 23 for a 50-lap $2,500-to-win race, and Deep South Speedway in Loxley, AL on May 24 for 40 laps and $2,000-to-win. At the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Saturday Whynot (MS) show: POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS $ WON 1. 4 222 Mike Boland Cuba, AL 50 $2,500 2. 2 33c Eric Cooley Fulton, MS 50 $1,250 3. 6 38c Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA 50 $1,150 5. 7 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA 50 $650 10. 20 81 Aaron Ridley Chatsworth, GA 50 $375 12. 18 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA 49 $300 www.nesmithracing.com
After the scheduled WoO show in Ohio was cancelled, Clint Smith raced and won at Green Valley Friday in a six-car feature. Pending rain kept the car count low. Carrollton’s Tony Kemp won the Crate LM feature with Kasey Hall and Carlton Freeman following. Coming up at GVS is Monster Truck and Mudd Racing on the 22nd and 23rd and on May 29th GVS welcomes the SRRS touring SLM’s for night #1 of the ALABAMA CHALLENGE. www.greenvalleyspeedway.com.
Promotion idea: As a salute to Mother's Day, the Fairgrounds Speedway will be giving away a half-carat diamond ring this Saturday night to one lucky ticket holder. www.fairgroundsspeedwaynashville.com
NLMS Race Update May 16 @ Albany Motor Speedway Quailfy, practice, and feature on Saturday May 16. There will be a practice along with the support classes running their heats on Friday May 15 . Admission --- Grandstands ----Friday --10.00 12 and under free------Saturday ---15.00 Pits------------ Friday --10.00 12 and under free ------Saturday----30.00 Race time 7:00 pm http://albanymotorspeedway.net/
This Saturday, Dixie has a Full Racing Program plus the Econo Bomber Championships, Bike Races for Kids, and the Kids Zone returns. Next week: MUST MINISTRIES FOOD DRIVE - $5 grandstand admission with donation of 5 food items http://www.dixiespeedway.com/ Dixie Speedway Opener Goes To Clint Smith (thanks to Jeff Smith) - partial results < Super Late Model 44 - Clint Smith 26 - Tony Knowles 66 - Jody Knowles L7 - Lee Sutton 17 - Ricky Williams 3 - Luther Jenkins 17 - Lamar Haygood 00 - Steven Endicott 0 - Craig Scott 65 - Danny Ferguson 55 - JJ Nye 15 - Dusty Chitwood 59 - Dale Thurman 29 - Gary McPherson 31 - Dwayne Jackson 07- Scott Hall 01 - Travis Pennington 27 - Glen Morris 18 - Mike Bruner 19 - Wayne Echols 77 - Tim Day 24 - Buster Goss < Ltd Late Model: 119 - Mike McConnell 03 - Oliver Gentry 33 - Scott Howard 7 - Travis Millwood 22II - Michael Brewer 3 - Bobby Tucker 14 - David Eubanks 6 - Carey Seres 70 - Adam Reid T11 - Troy Tyson 84 - Jason Smith 3 - Tom Watson 17m - Matt Helbing 57 - John Williams 18 - Sherman Gage (DNS) < Sportsman (Crate): 22 - Allan Brewer 67 - Jimmy Long 9 - Cass Fowler 34 - Chuck Padgett 22m - Mark Sims 90 - Jonathhan Taylor 18 - Rodney ****son 27 - Pete Cochran 17 - Richie Williams 77 - Corey Underdowns
Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, partial results < Bandoleros Joey Padgett Brandon Stewart Chase Knight Michael Bell Marlee Graham < Go Carts Rebeca Turner Gary Turner Gary Mobley Leon Turner Tony Howell < Claimers Scott Rainey Justin Butterworth Ben Massingile James Yawn Lance Spurling < Legends Steven Bloodworth Kim Kelley Joe Parker < Pure Stock Jordan Hembree Justin Bridges Tony Knight Kenny Borum Ron Bryant < Mini Stock Jimmy Chancy Mark Rowley Zeb Johnston Brett Roberts Jake Roberts < Super Street David Woodard Billy Nipper Hunter Durham Gary Turner
Trackchaser Randy Lewis reports from Monadnock (NH) Speedway: "Rural Eastern race fans are a boisterous lot. Eastern race fans appear to be an older group, but with a good deal of families sprinkled in as well. No one would confuse the demographics of a west coast stadium off-road crowd with these people ... A good deal of fans would have a difficult time passing the President’s Council on Physical Fitness mid-term exam, but then that is true is most locations of the United States ... I would consider the Monadnock Speedway a “top 40” track within the U.S." Pictures from his Iceland trip, too, at www.ranlayracing.com
The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series travels to the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO, for the $30,000 to win SuperClean Diamond Nationals this weekend. With the added bonus money put up under the "Sunoco Road to Wheatland" program the series will set a new record for drivers that have attended every series event leading up to the Diamond Nationals. Twenty two (22) super late model drivers have maintained perfect attendance on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series leading to this coming weekend's prestigious Diamond Nationals. They include, Scott Bloomquist, Earl Pearson Jr., Billy Moyer, Ray Cook, Jimmy Owens, Scott James, Dale McDowell, Josh McGuire, Don O'Neal, Steve Casebolt, Jeep VanWormer, Eric Jacobsen, Dan Schlieper, Bart Hartman, Brad Neat, Donnie Moran, David Breazeale, John Blankenship, John Mason, Freddy Smith, Tommy Weder Jr. and Michael Walker. www.lucasdirt.com
Tuesday night's WoO ‘Showdown in Sarvertown' at Lernerville Speedway was hit by rain with only one B-main and the feature yet to be run. They'll run those Thurs., June 25, the night before the PA track's third annual Firecracker 100, making a three-day show. The WoO LMS will be off this weekend before returning to action May 16 at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway and May 17 at Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway. Just Plugs has signed a multiyear agreement to be the Official Ear Plug of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, and the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals. www.justplugs.com
Lavonia's next show is May 16 - a full program plus kids foot racing. Lavonia Speedway Results (Sunday May,3rd) < Limited Latemodel 1.Steve Segars 2.Parker Herring 3.Paul Byrum 4.Brandon Haley 5.Dustin Mincey 6.Royce Bray 7.Todd Hammond 8.David McCoy 9.Michael Barnett....dnf 10.Dustin Ogletree...dnf < Fastrak Crate Latemodels 1.Brandon Haley 2.Royce Bray 3.Clayton Turner 4.Grant Jordan 5.Steve Segars 6.Danny Sanders 7.Blake Craft 8.Eric Veal 9.Drew Cole 10.Kenny Collins 11.Mark Parham...dnf 12.Steve Richardson...dnf 13.Bubba Russell...dnf 14.Jonathon Taylor...dnf < Enduro 1.Rusty Jordan 2.Robin Collins 3.Chuck Finch 4.Aaron Warren 5.Ben Norris 6.Tracy Addison...dnf 7.Mike Miller...dnf < Stock V/8 1.Tyrone Anglin 2.Ricky Chamberlain 3.Charlie Jackson 4.Sammy Calhoun 5.Chris Fortson 6.Mark Richardson...dnf < Up Front Stocks 1.Corey Price....Congratulations on your first win 2.Otis Fleemen 3.James Goodwin 4.Keith Hicks 5.Glenn Nix 6.Seth Brown 7.Alyssa Isom 8.Noah Argo 9.Justin Pearson Full report at http://www.georgiastockcarracing.com
Last week emails were flying about a last chance to see and walk around the long-closed Lakewood Speedway on Atlanta's south side. "This is the last time to see the remains of the track. It will be gone forever on Monday. They are going to put cheap housing on the land." The last email on the subject kinda reflected one of the reasons for the demise of Lakewood: "and bring your gun." Times change: One reason cited for the closing was the "modern" trend towards asphalt racing.
Former AJC NASCAR writer Rick Minter often shared accomodations on the road with David Poole, of the Charlotte Observer, and wrote a loving piece upon the death last week: "Late into many a night, he was sitting at the kitchen table in front of his laptop, writing stories or compiling stats to back up what he wrote. He usually was the last to turn in at night and the first up in the morning, as most highly successful people are." www.racintoday.com/archives/2870 "In his final column, David Poole called for changes to the race track at Talladega Superspeedway to prevent a disaster from happening in light of the Carl Edwards crash at the end of Sunday’s Aaron’s 499. "Poole pointed out that changes to the cars, restrictor plates, yellow line rules and other measures haven’t fixed the problems that come with racing on a track designed to be as fast as possible. He said racing at Talladega is out of control and suggested changing the banking in the turns or the shape or size of the race track." http://www.racintoday.com/archives/2916
Rick Minter, senior writer for RacinToday.com, has joined the crew at Race 2 Win Radio (www.blogtalkradio.com/race2win) beginning with the April 30th episode.
Mark Whitener has won three of the five races on the UNITED DIRT LATE MODEL CHALLENGE SERIES tour. They'll be at Oglethorpe Fri., May 15, 50 laps for $3000 to win, and move to Screven Sat., May 16, for another round. http://uniteddirtlatemodels.com
The Southern Super Stars has set up a special bonus for the First Annual Alabama Triple Header at Sayre, Huntsville & Montgomery. The driver to score the most points between the May 23rd race at Sayre, the May 24th race at Huntsville, and the May 30th race at Montgomery will win a guaranteed additional $500 bonus! The races at Sayre & Huntsville will pay $1,500 to win & Montgomery will pay $2,000 to win. The pole sitter at each track will pocket an additional $100 and an additional $400 will be paid to any pole sitter that breaks the track record. That is a total possible of $7,000 to sit on all three poles, break all three track records & win all three races. Win all three races without any poles and take home $5,500. Both Memorial Day Weekend races at Sayre & Huntsville will have great fireworks shows sponsored by Charity BINGO in Walker County. www.superstarsracing.com
West Georgia results 5/2/09 < Mod mini: Frank Long Evan Lancaster Shane Walton < Enduro: Winford Minnix Gary Brand Dusin Smith < Hobby: Roscoe Collins Jeff Carter Joe Hillman < Crate: Tony Kemp Michael Keener Carey Smith < Sportsman: Ryan Law Clifton Moran Scott Duffey Joe Spencer Dylan Parmer Tony Schreiber < Full stock: Lee Durrough (4 straight I believe) Mike Mills Randy Johnson Car count very low due to rain in the area
Congratulations are in order for Ray Cook and his entire family! Peggy gave birth to Jenna Grace Cook last week and both mom and daughter are doing great! Ray's 37 years old, and now has three daughters. Cook is at the $30,000 to win 'SuperClean Diamond Nationals' at the pristine Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO, this weekend. Cook comes into the weekend tied for fourth in the latest version of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series point standings. http://www.raycook53.com
The promoters at East Alabama, which is across the river from Columbus, GA, were finalists for Promoters of the Year in 2008, and they're trying hard to win this year. They have a large fan email list to spread the word. Upcoming: May 9: Senior Citizen Appreciation Night All Seniors Age 60+ Admitted To The Grandstands For $5.00 NVRA Vintage Cars May 16: Military Appreciation Night All Military With ID Admitted Free To Grandstands Gigantic Fireworks Display May 23: Memorial Day Celebration NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series "Salute To The Armed Forces 50" May 30: Youth Sports Players & Scouts Night All Players, Coaches, Scouts & Scout Leaders Wearing Team Jersey Or Scout Shirt Admitted Free To Grandstands www.eamsdirt.com
Douglas is now selling reserved spots along the fence to fans for $150 for the season. Moms, step-moms or grandmothers get in the stands for half-price this Sat., and one lucky mom will win a gift basket and flowers. There's a $400 to win race for the Hobby Stocks, and an adult bike race with a $50 prize. The Natl. Late Model Series is at Douglas June 12-13. Results from April 25 are at http://saturdaynightthunder.com/board/index.php?topic=369.0 http://www.douglasmotorspeedway.com/
South Georgia admission is $10, with seniors, military, and kids $5. May 16 their SGMP Asphalt Series welcomes dirt late models. They'll have qualifying at 5:45 p.m., and heat races start at 6:05. Races, too, for hobbie stocks, pure stocks, and wildones. http://www.racesgmp.com
Stuntman Robert Plesko will go airborne by attempting to jump thru a recreational vehicle and land on a parked car on the frontstretch Friday night at Anderson (SC) Motor Speedway. Also entertaining fans of all ages will be stock car competition in seven divisions including B Mini Stock, C Mini Stock, Stock Four, BM Modified, Legends, Renegades and Super Renegades classes. In honor of Mother’s Day, the kids of the AMS Jr Fan Club will make Mother’s Day crafts and one lucky Mom’s name will be drawn at random to receive a special Mother’s Day surprise. Free face-painting is always offered to kids under age 12. www.andersonmotorspeedway.com
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