Quote of the Week from a very involved person: "Racing is like the Mafia. Once you're in, you can't get out."
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Chad "Chadalac" Feltman hosts the "Southern Race Report" on WEKS-FM 92.5 The Bear radio every Wednesday 7:00-8:00 p.m. - on the air on Atlanta's southside and on the internet. Our Short Track Report will air about 7:40 each week.
Captain Herb's AVF 120 is on WSB radio in Atlanta Saturdays noon to 1:00 p..m. Between BBQs, our Short Track Report usually gets aired. http://wsbradio.com
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This Friday night Anderson Motor Speedway fans can try their luck at racing the 3/8 mile asphalt oval. Banana spectator racing highlights the race card as one lucky winner will receive $200 and a very cool banana of a trophy. Any individual can enter his or her personal vehicle (car or truck) in the race. Drivers make the first lap, stop at the Finish Line, dash to the Infield Concession Stand where they grab and eat a banana (our version of a Pit Stop). After returning to their respective cars from the “pit stop”, participants must make a second lap around the track. The winner is the driver who takes the checker flag first. Also on the race card is the AMS weekly racing program featuring the B Mini Stock, C Mini Stock, Renegade, Super Renegade, BM Modified, and Legends divisions. Kids can cool off by participating in the Water Balloon Toss!!! Face painting is always FREE for kids! Racing begins at 8PM.
Pastor Bill Brannon reports: "Mike Head (Bro. Mike suffered a heart attack last week and is in Piedmont Hospital)" Reportedly mild, and out of hospital this week.
Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Friday Night Drags resumes with the first of three FastLife Friday events featuring celebrity drag racing. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. and nightly drag race eliminations start after 9:00 p.m. Last week Scott Bates, of Locust Grove, won the Sportsman Class again in his 1962 Nova Station Wagon. Bubba Harry, of Griffin, won the Tuners Div. in a 1937 Ford Sedan Legends car. Bubba has won championships in almost all of AMS's Legends oval track divisions. After a display of temper last year, he was suspended from the oval. www.atlantamotorspeedway.com
Sean Rayhall, age 15, of Winston, joined the Legends ranks after dominating in open-wheel formats and has been competing in a Legends car for just a matter of months. Despite his lack of experience on the short track, Rayhall collected a win in his first off-season Legends race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and was closing on back-to-back off-season wins when he suffered an equipment failure. Rayhall completed the weekend sweep at Miller Motorsports Park (Utah), winning Rounds Five and Six of the Formula Enterprises Pro Series from the pole position in nine-car races. Sean Rayhall has taken over the FE Pro Series championship lead with four consecutive wins. Next: September 4-5), with Rounds Seven and Eight at Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota
Photo:Jimmy Sykes www.sccapro.com
Boyd's Speedway: June 11 Full Program June 18 NO RACING (Off Night) June 25 Full program http://www.boydsspeedway.com
Cochran will add some bigger pay days to each class this summer. This week: Late Models pays $2000 to win! ($100 Entry Fee). Adm. $10. http://www.cochrangaspeedway.com/
Swainsboro: Saturday, June 12, 2010 Racing In: Road Warrior, Mini Stock, Pure Stock, Super Street, & Crate Late Models Gates Open @ 4:00 PM - Practice @ 7Pm Racing @ 8Pm May 29, 2010 RESULTS http://www.swainsbororaceway.com/
Hartwell has a $1000 to win crate challenge June 19. www.hartwellspeedway.com
Golden Isles' next show is the National Late Model Series and all local divisions June 19. Trackside parking will be $40 per carload, and grandstands are $25 per carload. www.goldenislesspeedway.com
Thursday Thunder at Atlanta Motor Speedway is an affordably-priced activity that offers something for spectators of all ages. Tickets are just $5 for adults and $1 for children 6-11 (ages 5 and under are free) for each evening of family fun and grass-roots racing. Gates open at 6 p.m., heat races start at 6:15 p.m. and feature races start at approximately 7:50 p.m. Absent from the race track for nearly 10 years, William Plemons III quickly brushed off the proverbial rust when he claimed victory in the Dixie Home Crafters Semi-Pro division during Atlanta Motor Speedway’s opening week of Thursday Thunder racing. Plemons, who resides in Vinings, last appeared in a Thursday Thunder race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2001, with his last victory coming in 1998 over the likes of current NASCAR driver Reed Sorenson. When he graduated high school in 2001, Plemons put aside his driving gloves and enrolled at Clemson University, leaving his Legends car sitting idle in the shop: “I always loved racing,” said Plemons, “but never looked at it as a career and put education first.” But when the 27-year old arrived in the “Thunder Ring” for 2010’s points opener, victory was far from a foregone conclusion. “I was not expecting to immediately win races, but rather to do it for fun,” explained Plemons. “It was like getting back on a bicycle to tell you the truth. I thought there would be a sharp learning curve and I just planned to piddle around and have fun, but we were pretty quick out there.” Week 1 Feature Winners: Bandits: Alex Coffey Outlaws: John Holleman Young Lions: Sean Rayhall Semi-Pro: Willian Plemmons III Masters: Rick Geddes Pro: Donald McIntosh www.atlantamotorspeedway.com Full report at http://www.georgiastockcarracing.com
At ARCA's Pocono show, Mark Gibson, of Winder, qualified his Dodge 22nd at 153.681, but finished 34th. www.atlantamotorspeedway.com
Update: Travis Pennington (above) has now been incarcerated for nearly three months, with his appeal about to be submitted. He's changed his image, if you can imagine him with a shaved head. His 20th birthday is coming up Aug. 19. Cards and letters: Travis Pennington Irwin County Detention Center 132 Cotton Drive Ocilla, GA 31774
At the Martinsville NASCAR K&N Pro Series East show, Andrew Smith, of Pooler, was fastest in practice, and qualified eighth. A spin, and then a broken axle, resulted in a 26th place finish. Max Gresham, of Griffin, also had bad luck, qualifying 16th and finishing 17th in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Brandon "Cornbread" Haley, of Lavonia, qualified his Ford 25th, and completed 170 laps for 20th place, winning $1,200. Haley was driving for Reed Motorsports, as he attempts to make the move from dirt to asphalt. He's kept one crate-motored dirt LM, and won with it at Hartwell Mar. 20. Next: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the New England 125 June 25. http://www.andrewsmithracing.comhttp://www.maxgresham.comhttp://www.reedmotorsports.com
The NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series will present “The War Between The States” with two races this weekend featuring drivers from seven states battling it out in a 40-lap $2,000-to-win event Friday at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL, and a 40-lap $2,500-to-win event on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. The NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series is open to just about every engine that is under the hood of a dirt late model race car today. The NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series creates a competitive field by using different weight and spoiler heights for different engines. The tire rule is simple and economical to competitors in that any brand and any compound punching 40 or harder is legal. www.pentonraceways.com www.talladegashorttrack.com www.nesmithracing.com
Dixie Speedway Saturday 7:30 PM: Full Racing Program - Plus Limited Late Model Championship. BIKE RACES FOR KIDS. $10 adults / kids 8 yrs & under Free / 9 - 17yrs $6 Dixie Speedway has 3,217 fans of it's Facebook page. http://www.dixiespeedway.com
Rome Speedway Sunday 7:30 PM. Full Racing Program - Super Late Model Championship $2000 to win / 30 laps http://www.dixiespeedway.com
Dixie Speedway Results 6-5-10 SUPER LATE MODEL (Bill Ingram Memorial): 25 - Shane Clanton 24 - Frank Ingram 26 - Tony Knowles 44 - Clint Smith 19 - Wayne Echols LTD LATE MODEL: 03 - Oliver Gentry 19 - Chuck Page 119 - Mike McConnell 21 - Danny Carter 84 - Jason Smith CRATE LATE MODEL: 9 - Cass Fowler 47 - Mark Sims 67 - Jimmy Long 91 - Curtis Cline X - Tyler Millwood
Rome Speedway Results 6-6-10 SUPER LATE MODEL: 44 - Clint Smith 111 - Bo Shirley 3 - Mike Collins 19 - Wayne Echols 22 - Robert Gant LTD LATE MODEL: 119 - Mike McConnell 03 - Oliver Gentry 3 - Bobby Tucker 9 - Tom Maddox 21 - Danny Carter CRATE LATE MODEL: 55 - Ryan King X - Tyler Millwood 67 - Jimmy Long 47 - Mark Sims c87 - Chris Fennell
Casey Roderick, the up-and coming driver from Lawrenceville, who is part of Bill Elliott's Driver Development program, has lost his sponsor and is leaving his Late Model racing behind. He'll be putting all his focus on big track racing - specifically ARCA. His change of plans means his next outing will be in the ARCA race at Iowa Speedway July 10. Elliott and Roderick made the decision to concentrate on what Elliott believes it will take to move Roderick into the next level of his career. "We need to focus all of our energy right now on ARCA," said Elliott. "Casey will be 18 in August, and we will be taking another big step, moving on to bigger race tracks to gain the necessary experience for approval to compete in NASCAR's Nationwide Series." The summertime stretch of superspeedway racing will take Roderick from the 7/8-mile oval in Iowa to the mile-and-a-half tracks of Chicagoland and Kansas speedways. "This is the biggest opportunity I have ever had and the most exciting," said Roderick. "I am going to do anything and everything to make the most of it - whatever it takes." James Finch, owner of Phoenix Racing, also will support Roderick's rise through the ranks. Finch, who has played a key role in developing young drivers including current Nationwide Series points leader Brad Keselowski, said he too is committed to helping Roderick. "I hope the experience Casey gains on the bigger tracks will garner him approval from NASCAR to race in the Nationwide Series at Phoenix this November," Finch said. "I am looking forward to racing with Casey." The ARCA series offers televised events and national media coverage. Roderick is making a serious run at the Legends Million, a $250,000-to-win, $10,000 to start, race at Charlotte July 15-17. He led early, and finished second, in the 28-car Legends Pro race at Charlotte Tuesday. Following a meeting at the Bankrupcy Court in Monroe, LA, Monroe Motor Speedway has been officially closed for now. No further racing will take place until further notice. Monroe Motor Speedway is now in Chapter 7 and bids for purchasing the race track will be forthcoming. More information on when the bidding will take place, date and time, will be announced as soon as possible.
311 Speedway, called the Daytona of Dirt by operators Gene and Teresa Robertson, has closed. It was near Greensboro, NC. http://www.311fastrack.net/
Modoc Speedway, just across the river in SC, will not be racing for a few weeks, according to Marie Stewart, marketing mgr. The next event may be a Monster Truck show in late July. The Clash South race scheduled for Friday June 18th at Modoc Speedway has been postponed. http://www.modocspeedway.com
Next Clash South race: Travelers Rest Speedway Saturday Night June 19, $3,500 to win and $300 to start. www.clashsouth.com
With an unfavorable weather forecast on the horizon, NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series officials postponed the National Touring events last week at Penton Raceway and East Alabama Motor Speedway until June 18 at Penton Raceway and June 19 at EAMS. www.pentonraceways.com www.eamsdirt.com www.nesmithracing.com
East Alabama has brought back Tuesday Night Thunder Presented By Extreme Power Sports. The Tuesday night seven race series has a separate points championship. They promise the show, which starts at 8:00, will be over by 10:30. Admission - $5.00. This Saturday is the track's 95.3 The Ride Night, with Racing In Late Model, Limited Sportsman, Hobby (double points this week), Modified, & Pony Stock. www.eamsdirt.com
Atlanta Motor Speedway is seeking fans who attended the track’s first race, the 1960 Dixie 300, to take part in their 50th Anniversary celebration and pre-race festivities before the track’s Labor Day weekend NASCAR Sprint Cup Series night race. Contact the Atlanta Motor Speedway Events Department at 770-946-3923 or Events2@atlantamotorspeedway.com
Watermelon Capital Speedway: Saturday Night the racing season continues with the regular racing program on the agenda: Bandoleros, 4cylFWD, Legends, Pure Stock, Mini Stock, Super Street and Claimers. http://www.watermeloncapitalspeedway.com
Gresham Motorsports Park has the perfect present for Father's Day - a free night at the races for Dad! All Dads will get in free to the Saturday, June 19, racing program when Mom or another family member buys a regular $20 adult ticket for the Father's Day Speedtacular at Gresham Motorsports Park. The show includes a 100-lap Super Late Model headliner with feature races in the Outlaw Late Model, Renegade Street Stock, Truck and Mini-Stock divisions. Direct Tools Outlet, from Tanger Outlet in Commerce, will be on hand to give out hundreds of dollars in tool prizes to lucky Dads. 7 p.m. $20, Children 6-12 are $10. Children 5 and under will be admitted free and, as always, general parking is free. www.GreshamMotorsportsPark.com.
Promotion idea: from Tim Bryant at 5 Flags Speedway: One of our favorite annual events, the kids take to the track Friday Night for Bicycle Races. 4 different age groups, (5 &under, 6-9, 10-12, 13 & over) will compete and every single kid will get a winner's trophy. (thanks to Panhandle Motorsports) Tracy Goodson's Beef O'Bradys will provide each kid an ice cream, while Eddie & Stevie Mercer's Buggy Worx will issue a $50 Savings Bond to each race winner. Scott Carlson's Fast Eddie's Fun Center will be giving prizes and Wayne Blackmon's "Wayne's Diner" will be furnishing the kid's Fun Jump.
Atlanta Motor Speedway has added a 150-lap Southern Superstars late-model race and pre-race concert with Drivin’ N Cryin’ to Friday, Sept. 3, as part of the track’s Labor Day NASCAR night racing weekend. Admission to the event is free for fans holding tickets to Saturday’s Great Clips 300 Nationwide Series race and Sunday, Sept. 5’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Friday-only tickets can be purchased for just $10. The race starts at 8:45 p.m. In addition to the racing action, the night’s activities will begin with a driver question-and-answer session at 6:00 p.m., followed by a concert by Georgia-based southern rockers Drivin’ N Cryin’ at 6:35 p.m. www.atlantamotorspeedway.com
Nine classes of racing will be on track Saturday at Lavonia Speedway. The divine "nine" which will include Super Late Models, Limited Late Models, FASTRAK Crate Late Model, Hobby, Modified Street, Stock V-8, Stock Four Cylinder, Young Guns and Up Fronts will all be in the house to lay it all on the line for a chance at dirt track glory. Saturday night's spotlight will be shinning on the Stock V-8 class as they compete in a 15 lap championship race which will be full of fender rubbing, bumper busting fun. This class will run heats depending on car count, to set the field for the main event. (Don't forget this will also be a double points event for this class because of May 29th rain out.) www.lavoniadirttrack.com
The NATIONAL LATE MODEL SERIES WILL BE BACK AT DUBLIN 441 SPEEDWAY Saturday after 18 years. $3000 for the win! $400 to start. BUILDERS CONCRETE of Dublin will pay a $500 bonus to the Super Street win. Tom Mullis & DUBLIN TIRES will pay a $500 bonus to the Pure Stock win. http://www.441speedway.com/
Steve Brolsma, who worked at Dixie and Rome Speedways' back gate and pits, died last week in a four-wheeler accident.
Headlining Saturday nights program at Toccoa will be the "Coca Cola Super Latemodels", the "Lightning Quick Limited Latemodels," and Fastrak Crate Latemodels, and the Hobby / Enduro / Young Guns / and Front Wheel Drives. Street Stock 4Cyl's will be running Double Feature Events this week. Hot Laps @ 7:30pm Next: Saturday, June 19 - Fastrak Georgia Late Model Shootout $3,000 To Win
Saturday's Round 2 of North Ga Speedway Championships will feature the $800 to win Crate Late Models 20 lap feature. Photos from North Georgia are now posted at http://www.northgaspeedway.net/photos/categories.php?cat_id=2 Last Saturday: < Super Late Models 1-#99 Derrek Ellis-points leader 2-#8 David Payne-fq 3-#2J Jason Welshan 4-#88 Brad Coffey 5-#29 Gary McPherson 6-#12R Rodney Weeks 7-#11 Davy Davis 8-#55 Brad Allen 9-#13 George Mashburn 10-#J12 Jeff Franklin 2 others did not start < Limited Late Models 1-#17 Shannon Beardon-fq-1st 2010 win at NGS 2-#30 Davon Dilbeck-points leader 3-#41 Jamie Lunsford 4-#T6 Todd Hernandez-1st Steelhead run at NGS 5-#1 Trigg Parris 6-#45 Robbie Hair 7-#11 Lee Gray 8-#11 Chip Burke 9-#25 Justin Walston 10-#25 Henry Ward 11-#71 Spencer Singleton-accident 12-#4 Blake Smith 3 others DNS < Crate Late Models 1-#17H Randy Hill-fq-1st. 2010 win at NGS 2-#17S Jeff Smith 3-#12 Darrell Owenby-points leader 4-#A1 Kenny Kizzar 5-#99 Aaron Wheat 6-#44 Colby Kilgore 7-#3D Jim Bob Davis 8-#57 Scott Green 9-#S14 Aaron Wilson 10-#J23 Justin Clements < Mod Hobby Championships 1-#1 Jr. Whitner-1st 2010 win at NGS 2-#90 Greg Brown 3-#11 Delbert Haynes 4-#07 Donnie Farmer 5-#43 Tim Ford 6-#8 Dale Fortner 7-#148 Booger Brooks 8-#20 Devin Stuart-points leader 9-#99 Don Farmer 3 others DNS < Econo Hobby Championships 1-#21 Eric Hamby 2-#17 Ronnie Sanders 3-#T39 Tim Titherow 4-#84 Ronnie Brooks 5-#D20 Joe Dockery 6-#J19 Jeff Jacobs 7-#72 Dave Fletcher-points leader 8-#37 Mike Fletcher 9-#21D James Adams 2 others DNS < Mod Pony 1-#27 Grady Stokes-3rd straight win 2-#14 Ralph Langston-points leader < Stock Pony/FWD 1-#31 Michael Arp-1st. 2010 win at NGS-FWD www.northgaspeedway.net
Mountain Raceway Park in Maryville, TN, will host the cars and stars of the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series Saturday. The program will be headlined with a $5,000 to win, fifty-lap, A-Main for super late models plus a full slate of local divisions competing for double points. A great points battle is shaping up among the top seven competitors and there has only been one repeat winner so far in ten events; Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, with victories at Cleveland Speedway’s $10,000 to win Shamrock in March and at Toccoa Speedway in a $5,000 to win event in May. www.MountainRaceway.net www.SouthernAllStarsRacingSeries.com
New Senoia Raceway Results 6/5/10 Craig Scott of Newnan, GA took his second NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region win of the season on Saturday night at New Senoia Raceway driving the Base Fuels GRT, and move up to the third spot in the East Region standings. Scott has 391 points with two wins, five top fives, and eight top tens in 10 starts. < Topless Late Model 1. Shane Criswell #18C 2. Rucker Orr #99 3. Shane Fulcher #9 4. Scott Duffey #25 5. David Burton #8 6. Ricky Payton #24 7. Glenn Morris #27 8. Duane Treadwell #55 9. Travis Allen #4 10. Jason Williams #73 11. Jim Harrah #14 12. Paul Holloway #32 13. Nicky Prosser #10 14. Carey Smith #89 15. Dennis Hale #888 16. Daniel Goodman #28 17. Lee Ownby #60 1. Craig Scott #0 2. Chip Brindle #21 3. Parrish Duncan #55 4. Tony Kemp #16 5. Tod Darda #91 6. Paul Walters #19 7. Jeremy Hall #19 8. Matt Dooley #18 9. Johnny Stichcomb #21 10. Troy Tyson #T11 11. Trey White #16 12. Randy Hester #33
Happy wedding anniversary to Ronnie & Bobbie Sanders - June 12, 1964. From BroBillBrannon@aol.com
Brad Neat scored his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of 2010 in the Toyota Knoxville 75 on Friday Night at Tazewell Speedway. Dale McDowell, of Chickamauga, was tenth, Ray cook was 11th, and Shane Clanton, in a rare Lucas appearance, started and finished 20th. Scott Bloomquist has a lead of 105 points. www.lucasdirt.com
Fighting off both Scott Bloomquist and Jimmy Mars in the closing laps, Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL, captured the Lucas Oil Late model Dirt Series sanctioned 24th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial on Saturday Night at Florence (KY) Speedway. Ray Cook set fast time, won his heat, and started on the pole, but problems led to a 21st place finish. Dale McDowell was eighth
Andy Loden’s high, wide, and handsome move to the outside of Jay Fogleman on lap ninety-one of Friday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Piedmont Pride 150 at Ace Speedway sealed his second career PASS South series super late model victory in less than a week. Justin Wakefield, of Woodstock, was chopping his way through the field with lap times faster than the leaders. Wakefield would make his way all the way up to battle a fading Jay Fogleman for second when the two tangled, sending a fast Wakefield spinning and out of contention for the win. Wakefield’s spin bunched the field up, giving all challengers a fair shot at leader Loden but no one came even close to the top spot. Next: Saturday June 26, Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, NC www.proallstarsseries.com
Chase Elliott and the crew of his Aaron's Dream Machine played the weather strategy to perfection and came away a winner in Saturday's rain-shortened "Show Me the Money" race at Montgomery Motor Speedway. Elliott and his crew figured they'd need to be in front in case the rains came, so that was their strategy from the start. Elliott started on the outside pole beside Bubba Pollard. At Lap 47, rain began to fall mixed with severe lightening, and within an hour's time officials called off the remainder of the event, awarding the win to Elliott.
Racing returns to Tri-County Friday with go karts and on Saturday with racing in all classes featuring the Mid-Season Street Stock Championship. Saturdays partial results: < Late Model Jamie Oliver Bobby Panter Danny Ledford Preston Crisp Jonathan Cope Kevin Sutton Doug Sneed Randy Dillard Michael Barnett Adam Morrow < GM Performance Late Model Jacob Anderson Jason Deal Kevin Bradshaw Tony Ledford Nick Sellers Jared Nichols Kurt English www.tricountyracetrack.com
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