Phillip Swofford, of Bremen, is the new leasee and promoter at West Georgia Speedway in Whitesburg. He's already at work on a track facelift, painting everything and upgrading the bathrooms. Swofford has been involved with sportsman class racing in recent years, and his McKenzie Auto Parts has had a parts trailer at area tracks for the past two years. He's making West Georgia into a Friday night track, and will have divisions and rules similar to Saturday night at nearby Senoia: late models, mod minis, hobby, B-cadet, pur mini, and enduro street stocks. He hopes to include a crate class too. West Georgia was the loser when Senoia went to dirt this year. A low fan and car count led to a cut in the purse one Sat. night. The next week only five cars showed, and the track never recovered, even after trying a switch to Friday nights. As a sign, Swofford posted on Facebook: "Want to let all the drivers and fans know that the restrooms will be cleaned every week and in working order. Will be taking pics of improvements to the track over the next 3 weeks before we reopen and posting them on facebook ... no more intermissions" Questions: 678.796.3366 mckenracing@yahoo.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whitesburg-GA/West-Ga-Speedway/350483400717
Needmore Speedway, in Norman Park, GA, will open for the first race Sat., July 31. It's a 3/8's mile dirt, 90 ft. wide, banked 9 to 11 degrees all around. It's located seven miles west of I-75, at exit 49 (that's 49 miles north of the FL state line). They had a practice last week (check out the YouTube video) and will practice again this Sat. For opening night, the late model race will pay $3000 to win, and the limited will pay $1000 to win. $500 to win in other classes. Video of Practice 7/17 @ Needmore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e6Kj97rBzQhttp://www.needmorespeedway.com/
Ken Ragan, a former NASCAR driver and father of David Ragan, is leaving 600 Racing, the Legends racing group, and coming to Perry, GA, to manage a Ford Dealership that David Ragan is buying.
Week eight of Thursday Thunder at Atlanta Motor Speedway will feature the annual Faster Pastor race, pitting racing pulpit leaders against one another in an intermission bomber car race, in addition to grandstand games, concourse activities, and seven classes of Legends, Bandolero, and Thunder Roadster racing.
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THURSDAY 7/22: Atlanta Motor Speedway: Thursday Thunder and the annual Faster Pastor race FRIDAY 7/23: Lanier: Drifting, Dragging, and Spectator Racing. http://www.lanierspeedway.com/ Atlanta Motor Speedway: Friday night drags, show-n-shine, Ride-a-long-night www.atlantamotorspeedway.com Anderson: Anderson Motor Speedway: Late Model Stocks and local divisions, + Mini-Cups. www. andersonmotorspeedway.com Boyd's: All classes racing http://www.boydsspeedway.com/ SATURDAY 7/24: Lanier: Christmas in July, featuring the Red Top Auto Auction Super 6 Series Race #5 http://www.lanierspeedway.com/ North Georgia: Super Late Models 40 laps $3,000 to win Southern Regional Racing Series by PPM Racing Products. www.northgaspeedway.net Albany: Full racing program http://www.albanymotorspeedway.net Cochran: Sportsman Summer Sizzler $1,000 TO WIN http://www.cochrangaspeedway.com/ East Alabama: Full Stock Car Racing program www.eamsdirt.com/ Toccoa: Southeastern Latemodel Sportsman Series $1,200 to win, $100 to start, 35 lap Feature event. Super LMs and local divs. too. www.southeasternlatemodels.com Albany: Summer Sizzler Late Models $1000 to win 25 laps. http://www.albanymotorspeedway.net/ Cochran: Sportsman Summer Sizzler $1,000 TO WIN http://www.cochrangaspeedway.com/ Dixie: Full Racing Program & 4x4 Truck Pulls www.dixiespeedway.com 441/Dublin Speedway: GMSRS Sprint Cars + Road Warrior, Bomber, Pure Stock, Super Street & Late Model Divisions! http://www.441speedway.com Golden Isles: Fan Appreciation night. Outlaw sprint Cars. Adm. $15 per car load/website coupon. www.goldenislesspeedway.com Lavonia: Family Fun night. Fireworks, Back yo School Bash., and six divs. of racing. www.lavoniadirttrack.com Oglethorpe: Mini Sprints - GA vs FL, plus all local divs. www.ospracing.net Talladega Short Track: Full program + kids night. www.talladegashorttrack.com
FRIDAY 7/30: Modoc returns to action www.modocspeedway.com
SATURDAY 7/31: North Georgia: Full program, plus Bicycle Races for the kids! www.northgaspeedway.net Waycross: Pure Stock $1500 to win 25 laps http://www.wayxspeedway.com Watermelon Capital 25 lap race for the claimer class pays $500 to win. $25 entry fee. www.watermeloncapitalspeedway.com Screven: Claycutters, Moonrunners/Super Streets, Pure Streets, Mini Stocks, Road Warriors, and Renegades www.screvenmotorspeedway.com
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Georgia-based Legends competitors nearly swept the show at the Legends Million race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with local drivers winning the Semi-Pro/Young Lions A-Main feature and finishing second in the Legends Million A-Feature and Masters A-Main race. Sean Rayhall, of Winston, the current Young Lions points leader, won the Semi-Pro/Young Lions A-Main feature, and $25,000, at the Legends Million event. Rayhall dominated the majority of the race, but spun his tires on a late-caution restart and relinquished the lead to fellow Thursday Thunder competitor Kason Plott, of Marietta. However, Plott would soon be slowed by lapped traffic, allowing Rayhall to move ahead for the lead with just four laps remaining. Doug Stevens, of Griffin, better known now for his Legends car-setup wizardry than his five-career Thursday Thunder championships, led from the pole for 89-of-100 laps in the Legends Million A-Feature before eventual winner Daniel Hemric, of Kannapolis, NC, pulled inside Stevens with just 11 laps remaining. By finishing second, Stevens claimed a $100,000 prize and held off NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver David Ragan who finished fourth. Evan Swilling was 14th, Justin Swilling was 25th, and Adam Gay was 26th. There was some heartbreak, too, for Casey Roderick, who wasn't competitive in his Doug Stevens-prepared car. Austin Hill, of Winston, qualified third, but was DQ'd in tech. He started in the rear in his heat and in the B-main, and made it to third, but only the top two advanced. Will Prance, of Canton, who graduates from his home schooled high school in August, came close but missed the feature. Beau Slocum, formerly of Macon, started on the front row of his B-main, but didn't make the show. He's newly married and moved to Charlotte, where he's a bodyman for the NASCAR truck of Ricky Stenhouse. Beau was going back to Houston, TX, this week for his cancer check-up. Another race: unlikely. Small crowd due to rain and "only" 300 entries. It was on SPEED TV and will surely sell a few more Legends cars.
Young racer Travis Pennington has been moved to a south GA prison: Travis Pennington GDC # 1000239195 Wheeler Correctional Facility PO Box 466 Alamo, GA 30411 His 20th Birthday: Aug. 19. Cards and letters are welcome. More info at www.georgiastockcarracing.com
Lanier Speedway and NASCAR Sprint Cup racer David Ragan host the 4th annual Ice Cold Shiners’ Bowl Jan. 8-9, 2011, featuring the Pro Late Models battling it out for 100 laps around the tough 3/8th’s mile asphalt oval. Many of your local favorite divisions will be on hand to warm up the chill bumps and lay the bumper to their closest rivals in the New Year. Speedfest 2011, for Pro Late Models and Super Late Models, takes the green flag on January 28th, 29th and 30th. Speedfest 2010 saw one of the most exciting finishes in the Pro Late Model twin bill of the Speedfest feature, as local favorite Casey Roderick held off the hard charging NASCAR star Kyle Busch until a late race spin sent Roderick and Busch to the back allowing another local favorite Greg Simpson to take the checkered flag for his 2nd Speedfest victory. The Super Late Models will once again fill out the second half of the Speedfest bill, as they battle for 250 laps around the historic Lanier National Speedway. Last January, Busch captured the checkered, the first of his many wins in 2010. This Friday Night at Lanier: Anyone Can Race!!!! < DRIFTING. Pro's only though. < 150 FEET SPECTATOR DRAG RACE. This will be a two-car drag race down the front-straight of LNS. Just as all drag racing, the winner moves on to the next round and the loser is out. < FULL LAP SPECTATOR RACE. This is the same thing we do every Saturday night. We line up two cars on the start-finish line and they will race 1 lap around LNS. There will be no warm-up laps, you will just pull onto the track and you will be lined up by an official either on the inside or outside, and when the flagman gives you the green light the race has started. The winner will move on to the next round, loser is done. < SPECTATOR QUALIFYING. We will put a transponder on your car to accurately see who will be able to turn the quickest lap. One car on the track at a time. < PEOPLE'S CHOICE CAR SHOW. There will be only one category. People's choice. It will be open to any type car, truck, or motorcycle. Winner will be determined by who receives the most votes. < SWIMSUIT COMPETITON. No explanation required. Winner will receive $500 cash. Lanier's also racing Saturday night, and it's Christmas in July featuring the Red Top Auto Auction Super 6 Series Race #5 for the pro late models, and features for seven local classes. http://www.lanierspeedway.com/
Texas Motor Speedway is expecting 300 cars for their first US Natl. Dirt Track Championship Sept. 17-18. Top class is the SUPR late models, plus modifieds and limited modifieds. www.texasmotorspeedway.com
The Southern Regional Racing Series sponsored by PPM race products is at North Georgia Saturday for a $3,000 to win, $300 to start - 40 lap Super Late Model event. www.northgaspeedway.net www.southernregionalracingseries.com
Max Gresham, a 17-year-old from Griffin, Ga., led the final 47 laps at Mansfield Motorsports Park to win the Tim Richmond Memorial 200 in just his third career ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards start. "I'm overwhelmed with joy and happiness. It's awesome. We've had two great runs (sixth at Salem and 10th at Iowa) and now here's a third one to cap it off," Gresham said while celebrating on track after the race. "There's been great work back at the shop, and this is a great deal for Gresham & Associates. I'm glad to come out here and rock the socks off of these guys." Next: Weis Markets 125 at Pocono Raceway, 3 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, July 31, with live television coverage provided by SPEED. Full story at http://www.georgiastockcarracing.com
Augie Grill knows the fast way around Gresham Motorsports Park as he proved again in the U. S. Auto Sales World Series of Speed 100, the third race in the CRA Super Series Southern Six Pack Series Saturday night. Grill, the current track record holder, was the second fastest qualifier behind TJ Reaid. He started in the seventh position but found the lead on the 34th lap after several laps of side by side racing with early race leader Bubba Pollard. He then put on a clinic of how to find speed on the famed Georgia half mile running out to strong leads and only being seriously challenged on restarts as he went on to lead the rest of the race for his second CRA win. TJ Reaid set fast time, and finished second on the track, but failed post race tech and has been officially credited with finishing 20th. That change moved bubba Pollard to second, Ryan Blaney to third, Jeff Fultz to fourth and Jimmy Weller to fifth in the posted results. www.craracing.net US Auto Sales 100 CRA Super Series Late Models (Unofficial) 1. Augie Grill 2. Bubba Pollard 3. Ryan Blaney 4. Jeff Fultz 5. Jimmy Weller 6. Greg Simpson 7. Jody Lavender 8. Daniel Johnson 9. Randy Gentry 10. Jason Hogan 11. Rodney Benefield 12. Stephen Nasse 13. Jimmy Garmon 14. Allen Karnes 15. Ben Kennedy 16. Donnie Wilson 17. Billy Leslie 18. Don Young 19. Bill Hoose 20. T.J. Reaid Full report at http://www.georgiastockcarracing.com www.craracing.net
Rain washed out the Friday night action at Penton Raceway, and a pair of $1,000-to-win 25-lap races on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track.
http://georgiaracinghistory.com/wheres-raymond/ This page has been added in an effort by fans, friends and admirers of Georgia racing legend Raymond Parks to make a case for his inclusion in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina as a member of the class of 2011.
Glen Jones, of Decatur, has won a trip to Victory Lane with the race winner after Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Labor Day weekend NASCAR Sprint Cup Series night race in the “Best Video to Victory Lane” contest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidsTi7aOi4.
Atlanta Motor Speedway has announced details for the Sept. 3 Friday Fan Fest, presented by Your Georgia Best Chevy Dealers. The event will kick off the biggest Labor Day party in the USA. Friday night’s action will include the Georgia Best Chevy Dealers 150 late-model race on the “Thunder Ring” quarter-mile track, a pre-race concert featuring Drivin’ N Cryin’, a question-and-answer session with NASCAR drivers, and a late-model autograph session. The event will be free for fans displaying tickets to either Saturday or Sunday’s NASCAR races and will cost only $10 for all others. 5:30 p.m. Gates open 6:00 p.m. NASCAR question-and-answer session featuring Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton and David Ragan, hosted by Rutledge Wood from SPEED. Fans will be invited onto the frontstretch to be stagefront for the event. 6:45 p.m. Georgia-based rockers Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ will take to the stage, while drivers from the Southern Superstars Short Track Series will be giving autographs and posing for photographs at their cars on the frontstretch. 8:45 p.m. Green flag waves for the Southern Superstars Short Track Series as they take to Atlanta’s quarter-mile “Thunder Ring” for the Georgia Best Chevy Dealers 150. Ticket Office (770) 946-4211, (877) 9-AMS-TIX, www.atlantamotorspeedway.com
The GA Super Mini Cups will once again make a stop at the Anderson Motor Speedway Friday night. The Mini Cups are half-scale race cars built similar to the Sprint cars seen on television. They have tube chassis, adjustable suspension, coil-over shocks, disc brakes, rack and pinion steering, etc. Drivers will compete in two programs: 1) Future Stars (ages 8-16) for beginning drivers and 2) Open division for more experienced drivers. More information on the series can be found at www.georgiasuperminicups.com/ Also on the race card will be competition in the Mini Stocks, Renegades, Super Renegades, BM Modifieds and the US Legends Cars. Several of the Legends will be returning from competition in the Million Dollar Race Event held last weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The B Mini Stock drivers who attend Friday's event will have their names put into a hat and one lucky competitor's names will be drawn at random to win a set of tires - a $330 value. www. andersonmotorspeedway.com
The third annual Lakewood Speedway Reunion is August 7 at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame, located in the Dawsonville Municipal Complex. This year, we plan to honor the Flock Brothers of NASCAR fame, Tim, Bob and Fonty, who were among the winningest drivers of record at Lakewood. Along with the three brothers, we plan to honor the other members of the Flock family that made them a unique group in the annals of Georgia Auto Racing. We're also anticipating a big turnout from the motorcycle community, as several former two-wheel racers have said they plan to come out to the event this year for the first time as we also prepare to induct our first champion motorcycle racer, Ted Edwards, into the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in October. Cost to attend is $15, which includes a catered meal from the world famous Dawsonville Pool Room. www.georgiaracinghof.com.
Toccoa Speedway Results For Saturday July 17th < Super Latemodel 1.David McCoy 2.Bruce Taylor 3.Clayton Turner 4.Randy Nichols 5.Keith Freeman 6.Sean McGahee 7.Billy Rushton 8.Terry Bullard 9.JR Headen 10.Tony Quarells 11.Sean Harrison < Limited Latemodel 1.Parker Herring 2.Charlie Parker 3.Wesley English 4.Jimmy Feltman 5.David Conner 6.Daniel Wilson 7.Ryan Bryson 8.Mack English 9.Ricky Tallent < Crate Latemodel 1.Ty Lowe 2.Jonathon Taylor 3.Stephen Segars 4.Nick Sellers 5.Derrick Harvey 6.Eric McCracken 7.Trevor Parker http://www.toccoaspeedway.info
Southeastern Latemodel Sportsman Series Top (10) In Points Official Top 10 Points 1.Parker Herring...........................1295 2.Wesley English..........................1210 3.Rodney Peters...........................1153 4.Kenny Collins.............................1100 5.Bubba Russell............................1057 6.Mack English...............................986 7.Kip Cochran................................980 8.Mickey Carpenter.........................863 9.Charles Parker.............................814 10.Daniel Wilson.............................632 www.southeasternlatemodels.com
Saturday was a fantastic night of family fun at Lavonia Speedway. Brad & Gloria York, Wayne & Beth Reed & Max and Sarah King would like to thank all the pastors and churches that came out in support of Lavonia’s inaugural Faster Pastor Race. That Faster Pastor taking the win was Ken Buffington, son of a former Dirt Driver, the Legendary Donald Buffington. FASTRAK Late Model 1. Royce Bray 2. Jonathon Taylor 3. Eric Veal 4. Grant Jordan 5. Chris Ausburn 6. Mike Davidson 7. Frankie Beard 8. Bobby Sexton 9. Brant Carey 10. Kyre Mullaney 11. Jay Dunham 12. Marc Richards 13. Stephen Segars 14. Matthew Wragg < Modified Street 1. Rusty Jordan 2. Tyler Brown 3. Dean Butler 4. Paul Byrum 5. Mark Wilbanks 6. Marc Boeckel 7. Wayne Scott
New Senoia Raceway Full Results 7/17/10 < Topless Late Model 1. Shane Criswell #18C 2. Jason Williams #73 3. Rucker Orr #99 4. Glenn Morris #27 5. Jamie Carr #945 6. Rickey Peyton #24 7. Marty Lunsford #M96 8. Charlie Garrett #21 9. Scott Duffey #25 10. Daniel Goodman #28 11. Randy Brown #32 12. Mark Sims #22M DQ < Crate Late Model Championship 1. Matthew Turner #77 2. Chip Brindle #38C 3. Tom Maddox #117 4. Rodney Peters #8 5. Craig Scott #0 6. Russ Ogletree #88 7. Josh Noles #16 8. Lavon Sparks #11 9. Parrish Duncan #55 10. Tod Darda #91 11. Trey White #16 12. Dustin Hendrix #25 13. Wren Goodman #114 14. Chad Marchman #6 15. Randy Burns #12 16. Roger Cassel #13 17. Matt Dooley #18
This Saturday the racing action at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele continues with regular racing in all weekly divisions - Bandoleros, Legends, Pure Stock, Mini Stock, Super Street, and Claimers. http://www.watermeloncapitalspeedway.comhttp://www.facebook.com/themelon Race Results - July 17th, 2010 < Mini Stock-Race 1 1. 8-Billy Chancy of Kathleen 2. R2K-Banks Perdue of Cordele 3. 81-Jimmy Chancy of Kathleen 4. 3-Drew Marchant of Tifton 5. 33-Loretta Folsom of Whigham 6. 12A.W. Napier of Cordele 7. 00-Cliff Hines of Vienna 8. 9-Sam Hines of Vienna < Super Street-Race 1 1. 48-Sam Odon of Macon 2. 49-Billy Nipper of Cordele 3. 9-Lee Layfield of Unadilla 4. 21-Cody Hale of Americus < Claimer Race 1 1. 49-Joey Hall of Eastman 2. 16-Chris Neighbors of Arabi 3. 0-Justin Butterworth of Cordele 4. 3-Ben Massingille of Centerville 5. 12-Lee Akins of Cordele 6. 411-Bill Dunn of Cordele 7. 15-Jeff Davis of Cordele 8. 22-Randy Cornwell of Warner Robbins 9. 36-Mike Hughes of Cordele John Morgan Tullis Gets His First Pro Challenge Feature Win With this being his second season of racing in the Pro Challenge Series, after coming over from the quarter midge ranks, John Morgan Tullis finally claims victory at Watermelon Capital Speedway Saturday night. While in victory lane he wanted to give special thanks to his dad, J L, for the hard work and effort he puts into my racing program. "I'd also like to thank Russell Fleeman for teaching me how to get around the racetrack with this type of car. It was a major change from the quarter midgets I was accustomed to and my learning curve was coming around slowly. However, with Russell's help I've learned car control and patience on the track which has helped me progress in what is considered a mini late model. Hopefully, now that I've finally broke the ice, this will be just one of many to come. http://southernprochallenge.comhttp://www.watermeloncapitalspeedway.com
Johanna Long, the defending Sunoco Gulf Coast Champion as well as 2009 Blizzard Series Champion, will make her debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Friday at O'Reilly Raceway Park, not far from Indianapolis, She will drive the Ballew Motorsports entry number 15 in the AAA Insurance 200. The race will be televised via the Speed Channel and begins at 6:30 pm CDST.
Promotion idea: Beginning this Saturday and continuing until further notice, the pit gate will open at 1 p.m. and practice on the quarter-mile oval will begin at 3 p.m. Spectator gates will continue to open at 4 p.m. with the first race at 7 p.m., but the pre-race on-track autograph session has been suspended. The changes have been made to minimize the time fans, racers, and officials are exposed to the summer heat, and Best in the West Racing appreciates everyone’s understanding and cooperation. www.BestInTheWestRacing.com
Promotion idea: Thank you again for your support of Mobile International Speedway. This message is all about a special night coming up July 31, known as "Kids' Night". Children eleven years of age and under will be admitted to the grandstand free. On the same night the kids eleven years of age and under will be given an opportunity to ride in a race car or the MIS pace car. They need to present a passing report card to be eligable for the ride. Truthfully though, some of us had report cards there were not so terriffic, so even if the report card is not the best, a promise to work hard to do better in terms of school work, will be acceptable.
Jimmy Owens, of Newport, TN, held off a late-race charge from Chris Wall of Springfield, LA, to win the Fourth Annual CMH "Diamond Nationals" on Saturday Night at Lucas Oil Speedway. Owens took home $10,000 for his seventh Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of the season. Earl Pearson, Jr. of Jacksonville, Fl finished third, followed by Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR and Brady Smith of Solon Springs, WI. Dale McDowell, of Chickamauga, GA, started 21st and finished eighth. www.lucasdirt.com
Jacob Grizzle, of Blairsville, was seventh in the Southern Regional Racing Series show at Thunderhill Raceway, which was won by Tony Morris. www.southernregionalracingseries.com
Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series Boyd's Speedway Event #14 - Summer Slammer 40 40 laps - $4000 to win 29 representing 9 states Randy Weaver wins from 11th. Took the lead with about 7 to go and drove away. Hollingsworth broke coming to the white flag. 1 116 Randy Weaver A-Main 2 10 Chad Ogle A-Main 3 66 Jake Knowles A-Main 4 25 Shane Clanton A-Main 5 5 Ronnie Johnson A-Main 6 8 David Payne A-Main 7 17 Chris Wilson A-Main 8 16 Rick Hixson A-Main 9 21B Chris Brown A-Main 10 45 Doug Smith A-Main 11 18H Ronny Hollingsworth (fast qual. 13.179 New Track Record) 12 4 Mark Vineyard A-Main 13 R1 Riley Hickman A-Main 14 31 Skip Arp A-Main 15 00 Freddy Smith A-Main 16 22W Mike Weeks A-Main 17 M45 Kevin Gibson A-Main 18 99 Derek Ellis A-Main 19 50 Shannon Buckingham A-Main 20 16B Daniel Baggerly A-Main 21 P4 Jamie Perry A-Main 22 6 Kerry Jones A-Main 23 31C Scott Creel A-Main 24 18 Brandon Kinzer A-Main Ronny Lee Hollingsworth was in his Victory Circle Chassis with a Vic Hill Race Engine. Photos: http://tennesseeracer.com/?p=999 www.southernallstarsracingseries.com
Promotion idea: One of the worst racing dates is a 5th Saturday of the month when nobody has money left until the 1st of the month. We will take a well deserved week off and enjoy some family time. (Tri-County)
Southern Nationals Series Event #5 of 10 Rome Speedway (Rome, Georgia) Sunday, July 18, 2010 Car Count: 33 from 11 States 1 (3) Chris Madden $5,300 2 (6) Jonathan Davenport $2,500 3 (8) Shane Clanton $1,500 4 (10) Tommy Kerr $1,000 5 (11) Clint Smith $900 6 (7) Chris Brown $800 7 (5) Casey Roberts $750 8 (17) Vic Hill $725 9 (23) John Henderson $700 10 (24) Brian Nuttall, Jr. $675 11 (14) Jake Knowles $650 12 (16) Robert Gant $625 13 (21) Tony Knowles $600 14 (9) Frank Ingram $590 15 (19) Mike Collins $580 16 (13) Ronny Lee Hollingsworth $575 17 (12) Randy Weaver $570 18 (18) Brian Booze $560 19 (15) G.R. Smith $555 20 (20) Luther Jenkins $550 21 (4) Bub McCool $545 22 (1) Ivedent Lloyd $540 (fast qual. 13.306) 23 (2) Austin Dillon $535 24 (22) Daniel Baggerly $530
Southern Nationals Series Event #4 of 10 Screven Motor Speedway (Sylvania, Georgia) Saturday, July 17, 2010 Car Count: 29 1 (1) Casey Roberts $5,300 (fast qual. 14.753) 2 (5) John Pursley, Jr. $2,500 3 (8) Chesley Dixon $1,500 4 (16) Clint Smith $1,000 5 (19) Jeff Smith $900 6 (12) Jonathan Davenport $800 7 (24) Chris Ferguson $750 8 (9) Tony Knowles $725 9 (23) Vic Hill $700 10 (22) Brian Booze $675 11 (17) Brian Nuttall, Jr. $650 12 (4) Colby Cannon $625 13 (2) Brent Dixon $600 14 (15) Monk Gulledge $590 15 (7) John Henderson $580 16 (13) Ben Faircloth $575 17 (3) Kenny Compton, Jr. $570 18 (18) G.R. Smith $560 19 (20) Brian Reese $555 20 (21) Jimmy Ivester $550 21 (10) Casey Barrow $545 22 (6) Tommy Kerr $540 23 (14) Mike Collins $535 24 (11) Donald Bradsher $530
Tazewell Speedway welcomes the Ray Cook’s Southern Nationals on Saturday, July 24, the mini-tour featuring 10 races in 13 nights. Tazewell Speedway has hosted the Southern Nationals finale every year since the series started six years ago. Some of the best drivers from the Southeast will be competing for the $5,300 winner’s check. www.TazewellSpeedway.net
RPM Wheel & Tire, in Jackson, GA, presents the "No Claim 25" July 31 at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele. It's for the Claimer class, a class is designed for stock cars with no modifications. They do have rollcages, race seat, harness, etc. but the suspension and engine must remain stock. For this show, there will be no claiming. Entry fee is $25, and winner takes home $500. On August 14, RPM Wheel & Tire presents the "Pure Stock Shootout" double feature. The first 15-lap race pays $400 to win, and the second 15 laps pays $500 to win, after a complete inversion. Addl. $100 for winning both. $50 entry fee. www.watermeloncapitalspeedway.com
GM Performance Parts will sponsor the Hard Charger Award at NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring events during the 2010 season. GM Performance Parts will award $100 to the driver that improves his position the most from the start of the race to the end of the race. Matthew Turner, of Dawsonville, GA leads the GM Performance Parts Hard Charger standings after the first 15 events of the 2010 season with 86 points. www.nesmithracing.com
The Appliancezone.com partnership with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will offer a unique "driver development contest" for five drivers currently running on the LOLMDS tour. These five drivers will compete for a 2011 primary sponsorship from Appliance Zone. The sponsorship will award one driver a $70,000 cash sponsorship for the 2011 season. The five drivers that will compete for this sponsorship include Steve Casebolt from Richmond, IN, Ray Cook from Brasstown, NC, Don O'Neal from Martinsville, IN, Jimmy Owens from Newport TN, and Chris Wall from Holden, LA.Appliance Zone selected these five drivers based on their set criteria that best fit the company's demographics and representation of their company in 2011. Racefans can vote at http://appliancezoneracing.com/Home/DriverDevelopmentContest.aspx www.lucasdirt.com www.appliancezone.com
Anderson Motor Speedway July 16, 2010 (Anderson, SC) Super Renegades 1. 14 Whitey Suttles-Greenville 2. 33 Barry Tollison-Pelzer 3. 28 Barry Tollison, Jr-Pelzer 4. 3 Dave Beckner-Pendleton 5. 1 Kyle Dill-Anderson Renegades 1. 33 Anthony Cordell-Greenville 2. 47 Jim Reynolds-Greenvill 3. 16 Jamie McCall-Piedmont 4. 95 Mark Sullivan-Conestee 5. 74 Tommy Stokes – Central B Mini Stock 1. 0 Mark Timmerman-Greenwood 2. 17 Chad Campbell-Williamston 3. 20 Chuyck Mitchell-Anderson 4. 10 David Darnell-Greenville 5. 71 Ben Kay-Williamston C Mini Stock 1. 4 Avery Burgess-Hendersonville, NC 2. 99 Mark Burdette-Anderson 3. 54 David Alewine-Honea Path 4. 54 David Alewine-Honea Path 5. 39 Jordan Skinner-Piedmont Late Model 1. 2 Ralph Carnes-Anderson 2. 36 Neil Meredith-Anderson 3. 81 Jeremy Burns-Simpsonville 4. 33 Anthony Cordell-Greenville 5. 89 Daniel Smith-Belton
Dillon Wood drove his Mixson prepared Psycho chassis to Victory Lane, in “The Land of the Trembling Earth” Saturday night at Waycross Motor Speedway. This was the Hedman Hedders NLMS Southern Dirt Tour’s first race back at Waycross since the reconfiguration to clay from oil. Wood picked up his second win of the 2010 seaon, placing his self solidly in the Hedman Hustle set to take place at the end of the season, to determine the 2010 NLMS Champion. Wood was followed by Jeremy Faircloth, Brandon Dewitt, Tyler Ivey, and Jay Johnson. Brandon Dewitt was the Waycross fast qualifyer. NEXT: 8/6 Penton Motor Speedway $3,000 to win 8/7 East Alabama Motor Speedway $3,000 to win 8/28 Cochran Motor Speedway $3,000 to win 9/3 Oglethorpe Motor Speedway $3,000 to win http://www.nlmss.com
William R. Burnette, better known as "Russell", age 64 of Blairsville, passed away Friday, July 16, 2010 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.
7-17 Results From North Ga. Speedway - from drflavio309 Even a fire in the press box couldn't top the racing action, the PA system was not as ready to race as the drivers and dropped a resistor, causing a fire, but with fast thinking by our fearless announcer Tony Ray who took the fire extinguisher and put the fire out. The track looked as good as it has been any night this year, and the racing was great. With the crates running heats and limited qualifying it was action packed to say the least. Jim Bob Davis won his heat in crates, Randy Hill won the second heat with Johnny Cloer making a strong move on last last to take second. Econo only had a few car's but they still put on a great show with the 7 of Justin Thomas taking the win over the 44 of John Paul and the 64 of Glenn Grimsley Modified Hobby saw the new #20 owned by Mickey Long with Larry Higgins in the seat and he put on a clinic, from the drop of the green it was all Larry Higgins as he broke the new car in with a win, Higgins and Cleveland regular Richard Dixon started on the front row, but it was Larry Higgins leading the pack into turn one, and he never looked back, followed by the #3 of Richard Dixon, #07 of Donnie Farmer and the #10 of John Clark. The duo of John Clark and Donnie Farmer put on a show for the fans racing for 3rd and it was Donnie Farmer getting the spot over the 3 wheeling John Clark who carried the left front most of the race but he could not hold off the hard charging Donnie Farmer. Next it was the Crates with Randy Hill and 3D on the front row, the other TEAM17 of Jeff Smith buried on the 5th row, and the green saw the 17H lead them to turn one, followed closely by the 27 of Johnny Cloer and 3D of Jim Bob Davis the 17S of Jeff Smith charging hard from the back on lap 14 Spanky caught Johnny Cloer and it took him a few laps but he worked his way around Cloer but Cloer who was driving the 27 of Kazy Racing who has shown the TEAM17 drivers that he could run with the big dogs, but suffered mechanical issues again and dropped back, give this guy a car and he will show you how to race! Randy Hill who had issues with a lapped car lost the lead to the charging 17S of Jeff Smith, Spanky was not to be denied, as he took the win followed by teammate Randy Hill, Darrel Owenby, and Jim Bob Davis. Limited rolled out next and it was the Todd Hernandez show as he led from wire to wire in the T6 car followed by Trig Parris, the 17 of Shannon Bearden, and the 30 of Devin Dilbeck. Brian Jackson who was running 3rd had contact with the 30 of Dilbeck and as a result of the call was sent to the back, Dilbeck who felt the caution should have been on him moved to the back thinking he was going to be charged for the yellow was given his spot back and the B4 of Jackson was sent to the back, after the race Dilbeck apologized to Brian Jackson saying it was his fault and that he was the one who should have been sent to the back not the B4( More on this later this week). Randy Hill said after the race that the official on the raceceiever cost him the race by not telling the lapped cars to move over as he was passing them, “he wanted to talk about everything in the world but racing” Said Randy Hill. Mod Pony was next and it was the 14 of Ralph Langston taking the early lead but he could not hold of the Brian Burke prepared 32 of Billy Callahan, Billy was followed to the checkered by the 27 of Grady Stokes, the 14 of Ralph Langston, and the 7 of Caleb Howard. www.northgaspeedway.net
The SRRS race scheduled for July 31 at Tri-County has been rescheduled to August 21. Murphy’s Jacob Anderson went to Victory Lane in the Late Model Sportsman feature Saturday night at Tri-County Race Track. Anderson, who was getting married Sunday, is moving to Australia and will be out of racing for a while. Morganton driver Bobby Panter gave Anderson a battle early in the race but fell about five car lengths at the checkers. Rounding out the top five were Preston Crisp, Doug Sneed and Jr. Carswell. The GM Performance Late Models line up for their Mid-Season Championship which went to Copperhill’s Jason Deal in front of Blue Ridge’s Sam Parris, Kevin Sutton, Kevin Bradshaw and Tony Ledford. Another strong field of Cornwell Tools Modified Street drivers saw Morganton driver Brad Thomas lead the pack across the finish line in front of Heather Taylor, Mike Bryson, Sammy Berrong and Greg Sudderth. Robbinsville driver Charles Toomey made it two wins in a row when he held off several challenge from current points leader Ricky Smith as Josh Roberts, Harold Garrett, and Clark Molster filled the top five positions. Blairsville driver Shannon Jones pulled away to a commanding lead to win the Mini Stock feature over Doug Thompson, Joshua Cordin, Herbert Chinn and Eddie Chinn. Racing returns to Tri-County Saturday night with racing in all classes. www.tricountyracetrack.com
The 2006 United Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year, Derek Hagar from Marion, AR, charged past North Carolina hot-shoe Johnny Bridges, on lap five of the thirty- lap USCS presented by Goodyear Dixie Sprint Car Nationals at Dixie Speedway on Saturday night. Hagar was driving the Jay Hancock owned Athens, GA, based #1A sprint car. It was Hagar’s first time in the car and he collected $2000 for his efforts. It was Hagar’s fourth career USCS feature win. Matt Linder, from Hoschton, GA, who started eighth advanced six positions and finished in the runner-up spot. Eight-time United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear National Champion and current series points leader, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee finished in the third position. Gray’s team-mate, seventeen year-old female sprint car star, Morgan Turpen from Bartlett, Tennessee finished in the fourth position. USCS veteran sprint car driver, Aubrey Black from Lookout Mountain, Georgia rounded out the top five. USCS results Dixie Sprint Car Nationals - Dixie Speedway 7/17/10: USCS presented by Goodyear Feature Race results (30 laps) 1 - 1A Derek Hagar, Marion, AR 2 - 1X Matt Linder, Hoschton, GA 3 - 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN 4 - 80 Morgan Turpen, Bartlett, TN - Rookie 5 - 21 Aubrey Black, Lookout Mountain, GA 6 - 81 A.J. Maddox, Brandon, FL - Rookie 7 - 47 Eric Riggins, Jr., Charlotte, NC – Rookie 8 - 21B Brandon McLain, Indian Trail, NC 9 - 5x David Thorman, Greenville, SC 10 - 83 Bob Auld, Sarasota, FL 11 - 33 Joe Larkin, Suwannee, GA 12 - 07s Johnny Bridges, Cherryville, NC GA 13 - 82 Sport Allen, Seffner, FL 14 - 21 David Clarke, Huntersville, NC 15 - 12 Darren Clarke, Huntersville, NC 16 - 69 Brandon Rekow, Mooresville, NC 17 - 96d Nick DeFeo, Marietta, GA – DNS www.uscsracing.com
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