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by Dale Terry
Thanks to Atlanta Motor Speedway for sponsoring this issue.
I've looked at all of the offers available for the NASCAR Labor Day Weekend at AMS, and probably the most economical deal is a $69 package available now. It includes:
Friday night (concert and race for the Southern Superstars on the asphalt quarter-mile) - free with Sat. or Sun. ticket
Saturday (qualifying at 2:40 and 4:40, Great Clips 300 Nationwide Race 7:00) - $30.00 (unlimited free children)
Sunday (Emory Healthcare 500 7:30, pre-race and concert 4:30) - $39.00
Monday (free Breakfast 7:00-9:00 a.m.) for race ticket holders
1-877-9-AMS-TIX http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/tickets/specials/
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FRI./SAT. 8/27-28:
Senoia: USCS Winged Outlaw Sprint Cars Summer Nationals
Friday: Winged Outlaw Sprint Cars Plus $1000 to win Topless Late Models vs. Crate Late Models Shootout Round #1, Hobby, Enduro and Pure Mini Stock. Admission $15, Kids 12 & Under FREE!
Saturday: Winged Outlaw Sprint Cars Plus $1000 to win Topless Late Models vs. Crate Late Models Shootout Round #2, B-Cadet, Hobby, Enduro, Modified Mini Stock and Pure Mini Stock. Admission $20, Kids 12 & Under FREE!
Racing Starts at 7:30 pm both days. http://www.newsenoiaraceway.com/
FRIDAY 8/27
West Georgia: Open practice Sept. 1
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whitesburg-GA/West-Ga-Speedway/350483400717
Anderson (SC) Late models 50 laps + local divs. www.andersonmotorspeedway.com
Modoc: Super Stock 4 $500 to win + Outlaw Super Street Race + Fastrak LMs www.modocspeedway.com
Westminster (SC) TMC 30 for Fastrak teams $1500 to win. $5 admission.
Boyd's Full racing program. $1,000 to WIN Steel-head LMs 25 laps, $800 to WIN Crate LM's 20 Laps. www.boydsspeedway.com
Oglethorpe: 2010 Season Championship Night - FREE Tee Shirts with the first 50 Military Grandstand Admissions www.ospracing.net
SATURDAY 8/28
Dixie: Full racing program + $1500 to win crate LM race. http://www.dixiespeedway.com
Lanier US Auto Sales "Lincoln Nite" Legends racing $5 grandstand/tracksideadmission http://www.lanierspeedway.com/
Greshams: NASCAR K&N Pro Series http://www.greshammotorsportspark.com
Toccoa: Regular show with eight divs. racing.
www.toccoaspeedway.info
Cochran: Natl. Late Model Series $3000 to win. http://www.nlmss.com www.cochrangaspeedway.com
Watermelon Capital Speedway: no racing www.watermeloncapitalspeedway.com
Tri County: Regular racing in all classes. www.tricountyracetrack.com
441 Speedway/Dublin: Weekly Racing Show, Double pts. Bicycle races. Adm. $10. http://www.441speedway.com
East Alabama Kids night, kids foot races. www.eamsdirt.com/
Lavonia: no racing http://www.lavoniadirttrack.com
Needmore: Adm. $10 Late models $3000 to win, Limited $1000 to win http://needmorespeedway.com
North Georgia: Full race program. www.northgaspeedway.net
Swainsboro: Racing in Driggers Concrete Road Warrior, Love's Seafood Mini Stock, Daniels Chev. Pure Stock, Sunoco Super Street, and Aaron's Crate Late Models, www.swainsbororaceway.com
Talladega Short Track: Full racing program.
http://www.talladegashorttrack.com
Waycross: Kids School supply giveaway! Pure Stock $1500 to win 25 lap shootout + Local racing in SuperStreet, Late Models, TQ Late Models, & Limited Sportsman. http://www.wayxspeedway.com
TUESDAY 8/31
Oglethorpe Speedway: Race for the Shrine benefit, with NASCAR drivers David Ragan and Andrew Smith. http://www.andrewsmithracing.com/ www.ospracing.net
FRI.-SAT. 9-3/4:
North Wilkesboro: PASS South late models 200 laps
Lavonia: Southeastern Latemodel Sportsman Series www.southeasternlatemodels.com
FRIDAY 9/3:
Boyd's: Sprint Car Mania. USCS Sprints & Mini-Sprints www.boydsspeedway.com
Atlanta Motor Speedway: Georgia Best Chevy Dealers 150 - Southern Superstars Short Track Series! $10 or free with Sat. or Sun. ticket. Preliminaries 6:00 p.m. http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com
SATURDAY 9/4:
Dixie: Full Racing Program (All divisions) Plus Chain Races $1,000 to win (Preregister/must have 4 teams) http://www.dixiespeedway.com
Atlanta Motor Speedway: NASCAR Nationwide Series 7:00 p.m. http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com
Albany: Florida Sprint Racing Association 800hp sprint cars. www.albanymotorspeedway.net
Golden Isles Natl. Late Model Series $3000 to win + local classes 8:00 p.m. Adm. $20/car load
http://www.goldenislesspeedway.com/
Lavonia: USCS Sprint cars with SLMSS plus full Race Program (No SLM) http://www.lavoniadirttrack.com
Montgomery: no racing http://www.montgomeryspeedway.com/
North Georgia: Volunteer Racing Series $3,000 to win + Full race program. www.northgaspeedway.net
SUNDAY 9/5:
Rome: USCS Sprint Cars, + Full Racing Program + ROME BOSS Super Late Model Championship $3,000 to win / 40 laps. http://www.dixiespeedway.com
Atlanta Motor Speedway: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 7:30 p.m. http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com
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Mayfield Dairy Farms and its Mayfield Dairy Ice Creamier brand of products will serve as the presenting sponsor of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East event at Gresham Motorsports Park Saturday. The American Fence Association is the title sponsor of the 150 lap show, which will start 30 cars.
This is the first NASCAR-sanctioned race at the track since August 30, 1987, when Larry Pearson captured the World Crown 200 NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series race.
Joining the K&N Pro Series East division on Saturday will be the GMP Trucks, Renegades, and Mini-Stocks divisions.
Qualifying 4:00, Autograph session 5:00. Features start at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $20. Seniors (55 and older) and Active Military Personnel are $18 while Children 6-12 are $10.
Gresham Motorsports Park is located right off I-85 at Exit 140.
Two local drivers are entered:
Brandon "Cornbread" Haley is trying to break into the big leagues of NASCAR after a long dirt short-track career. Earlier this season, Haley made his first career K&N Pro Series start wheeling the No. 51 Carter Royal Ford to a 20th-place finish at Martinsville. It was the first time Haley had ever driven a stock car on a paved surface. Haley, age 24, started his career in the Georgia dirt go kart ranks at the age of 8. Eventually, he worked his way through the ranks to the Dirt Late Model division and competes regularly at Lavonia Speedway, a quarter-mile dirt oval less than 30 miles from GMP. "I expect to qualify, hopefully in the Top-15," stated Haley. "After that, it will be all about getting good seat time. It's all about finishing the race. That will be the goal Saturday night."
Max Gresham, a senior at Atlanta's Woodward Academy, debuted in the K&N Pro Series with three East starts and one West appearance in 2009. This year he is fifth in points thanks to wins at South Boston Speedway and Iowa Speedway. Gresham has raced twice at GMP. Last November, he finished second in the World Crown 300 late model stock car event only to have the finish disallowed because of a post-race technical violation. Earlier this year, Gresham crashed in attempting to qualify for a Super Late Model event at GMP.
"Racing at my family's race track is going to be a cool," Max said. "It will be neat to have the support of the fans that come to see the race. Knowing that many of my family members will be there will be cool too. It means a lot." www.GreshamMotorsportsPark.com
Rising racing star Casey Roderick is set to make the next big step in his racing career this weekend as he takes on the 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway in Friday’s Ansell Protective Gloves 150 ARCA race.
The race is live on SPEED starting at 7:00 p.m.
Roderick, the former Legends champion from Lawrenceville, Ga., enters the race fresh off his first career ARCA victory, at New Jersey Motorsports Park on Aug. 15.
“I’m just looking forward to going to Chicagoland with Phoenix Racing,” said Roderick, whose Chevrolet Impala will be fielded jointly by Phoenix and the Bill Elliott Driver Development program. “These mile-and-a-half tracks are new to me, and it may take me a little while to get used to them and to keep the car under me for the race.
“We just need to go out there and have a good solid top-five finish and come home with a complete car.”
Roderick spent last weekend working as a mechanic with the Phoenix team and driver Ryan Newman with their Nationwide Series entry at Bristol Motor Speedway, and impressed many in the Bristol garage with his willingness to pitch in and work on the car.
“Were excited to get Casey to a superspeedway now that he has turned 18, to get him more experience,” Steve Barkdoll, general manager for Phoenix Racing, said. “Coming off of the win at New Jersey we hope to back it up with a good solid run.”
Roderick’s mentor and car owner Bill Elliott also has high hopes for the youngster, who now has a win, a seventh place finish, a runner-up finish and a pole in four career ARCA starts. He also was leading the race at Palm Beach, Fla., when he broke a transmission.
PERRY HOLMAN “VOICEMAN” PASSES AWAY (From TST website):
Our deepest sympathies goes out to the Holman family tonight, as longtime announcer Perry Holman passed away at a Birmingham Hospital early Tuesday Morning. Holman, who just turned 61, was an inspiration to all, and always had a smiling face and kind word to say to everyone.
“Not only did the racing community and family lose a special person, I lost one of my very best friends today” stated TST track GM Dennis Anton.
Funeral services will be at 2:30PM on Thursday at the funeral home (Collier–Butler Funeral Home on Highway 411 in Gadsden) followed immediately by gravesite services. The TST track Chaplin will officiate.
“I spent the entire day on the phone with racing series and racing friends from all over the country along with being with the family at their house,” Anton said. “They would like to thank everyone for the overwhelming outpouring of support and love that has been given to them at this difficult time.”
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the family to help cover expenses.
TST is also planning a special night in Honor of Perry in September of this year, and the details of that race will be announced shortly.
Please keep the Holman and TST family in your prayers tonight and the next several days as we all come together to get through this difficult time.
Racing this Saturday Night August 28th is still on as scheduled, as Perry would want it that way. It won’t be the same, but we will all come together and get through it.
Jack Starrette, a prolific dirt Late Model owner and sponsor from Augusta, died on Aug. 19 at the age of 78 from severe injuries suffered when he fell from a front-end loader at the Starrette Trucking sand pit.
Mobile Speedway announcer Jim Koblas suffered a stroke on Friday, August 20th. Jim is currently in Intensive Care at Springhill Memorial Hospital. www.mobilespeedway.com
Reena Turner, wife of Dave Turner of Turner's Automotive, was seriously hurt Saturday at the Jackson Drag Strip when she fell off a golf cart.
Bill Brannon (Fellowship Baptist Church) reports: Beau Slocumb had surgery for a tumor on his shoulder and had some pins put in his arm. Evidently his cancer has returned.
Corbin (KY) Speedway has closed, and cites financial failure as the reason. During their last local show, employees worked on a volunteer basis and drivers raced for no cash, in an effort to try to save the track from doom. It didn’t work. Speedway executives say they are working on plans to possibly revive racing with a special-event-only schedule. www.Z3Sports.com
Posted 8-10-10 by Little River Speedway, near Heflin, AL:
"The Track is CLOSED!!!!!! The equipment is being priced in a package to open gates and race. If interested In this package or doing something different please contact and we can discuss in private.
Included:
Water truck
Motor grader
Wrecker
Kubota Four wheelers
Radios
New fences, new lights and wiring.
New pa
New grading to track, really racy now, wider.
New parking area.
All concession equipment
Water pumps
All kinds of small stuff
I'll even help someone run it.
1-256-452-9390
Wren Goodman http://www.littleriverspeedway.com/
Daniel Hemric won the 30 lap, $1250 to win, 600 Legends race at the Anderson Motor Speedway August 20. Twenty cars started the Legends Summer Sizzler presented by Mid State Roofing. Sam McAulay led the first four laps of the race before he was passed by Sean Rayhall, of Winston, GA. Rayhall led the next four laps before he relinquished the top spot to Daniel Hemric. Once out front Hemric led the remainder of the race and took home the special prize money. Austin Leitner finished second. Sean Rayhall finished third. Jimmy Henderson finished fourth. Evan Swilling finished fifth. http://www.andersonmotorspeedway.com/
"UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF GOLDEN ISLES SPEEDWAY - There is a lot of wild speculation and misinformation on various websites regarding Golden Isles Speedway. I wanted to set the record straight. As many are aware an auction was held in our parking lot this past Saturday, August 21, involving about 350 FEMA trailers. I reluctantly agreed to allow the auction company to also list my paved parking lot and race track to appear on the flyer. I have no real desire to sell my race track but for enough money I guess everything is for sale. There were bids made on the parking lot and race track. However, they were well short of any figure I would have considered.
"As announced earlier we are back on schedule and will be racing every other weekend through December 4 and are putting together a schedule for 2011. Our next event is a National Late Model race along with all other local classes on Saturday September 4.
"In closing, just for the record:
* All payments are up to date on my parking lot and race track
* I am not being pressured by my bank to sell the property
* Any other version, speculation, or misinformation you may encounter regarding my track and parking lot is pure fabrication." http://www.goldenislesspeedway.com/
The new Needmore Speedway is trying to speed things up. Practice will start at 6:30, and racing immediately following.
The practice line up and racing feature line up will be:
1. Super Street
2. Limited
3. Late Model
4. Pure Stock
5. Mini Stock
6. Enduro
Due to time constraints there will be no heat races. Limited and Late Models will qualify and the other classes will draw for posistion. We will run as many features as it takes to accomodate the cars.
Our plan is to put on a great show for the fans and get everyone out of here at a decent hour. http://needmorespeedway.com
The Checkered Flag has fallen on the 2010 racing season at Penton (AL) Raceways.
Jeff Landrum - Late Model Champion
Chris Arnet - Limited Sportsman Champion
David Martin - Hobby Champion
Cord Dodgen - Bandit Championship http://www.pentonraceways.com/
The #77 Dylan Ames Racing Team headed to the Talladega Short Track Saturday night. The Georgia Mini Sprint group was running as well, so Ames was excited to meet up with a lot of the old quarter midget and mini sprint friends from the past.
He finished third in his heat race, and started fifth in the 19 car field for the feature. He finished third.
Ames will be at Dixie Speedway this Saturday for a $1500 to win Crate race.
At West Ga Speedway, the $500.00 to win Pure Mini race winner was Bobby Arnold. The track is racing Fridays, and there's an open practice Sept. 1. They had about 70 cars recently.
Other winners:
Mod. Mini-1st-07-Frank Long/2nd-6-Eric Hogsed/3rd-28-Lane Wilt
Hobby-1st-B3-Clifton Moran/2nd-20-Jay Connor/3rd-9-Brian Cobb
B-Cadet-1st-22-William Blair/2nd-47-Jason Causey/3rd-29-Rusty Johnson
Crate-1st-16-Tony Kemp/2nd-17-Lamar Haygood/3rd-23-Curtis Kl...ein
Info at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whitesburg-GA/West-Ga-Speedway/350483400717
The Late Model Stock division will highlight the Anderson Motor Speedway race card this Friday night. When the Late Models took to the track two weeks ago the race across the Finish Line was one of the closest in recent memory as Ralph Carnes narrowly edged Randy Porter for the victory. Both will return Friday night with a host of others (to include Neil Meredith, Jeremy Burns, Justin Sorrow, Justin Ashley, Amanda Lynch, Dale Dove and more) hoping to be the one celebrating Victory Lane.
In addition to the Late Model Stocks, AMS will host six divisions of racing including B Mini Stocks, C Mini Stocks, BM Modifieds, Legends, Renegades and Front Wheel Drives. The Racer’s Edge, the Official Parts Supplier of Anderson Motor Speedway has posted $50 bonuses to each of the Mini Stock winners.
The OMG FASTRAK Late Model SE Tour will make their way to Toccoa Speedway next Saturday night. The points battle for the $10,000 first place prize could not be ANY closer as David Smith, of Inman, SC, and Royce Bray, of Hull, GA, are deadlocked with 306 points each. Every race will be vital as there are only four events left in the season. One intriquing tid bit is both are friends but probably the most important factor is they are both very familiar with Toccoa Speedway. Both Bray and Smith have mutiple supper late model and FASTRAK late model starts at Toccoa. This in itself should make it an interesting race. Add to that some of the toughest local competion in the country with drivers like Parker Herring, Jonathan Taylor, Frankie Beard, Mike Davidson, Doug Sanders, Rambo Franklin, Anthony Sanders, Ron "The Bull" Parker, Ty Lowe, Dan Brewer, Steve Cook and many others every position will be important for the two points leaders. http://www.toccoaspeedway.info
http://www.fastrakracing.com
Racing historian and Georgia Racing History.com contributor Mike Bell has estimated that there are a total of around 175 race tracks in the state of Georgia, operational or long since closed. This week, he takes a look at the Columbus Super Speedway which lasted for seven seasons before closing in 1959. www.GeorgiaRacingHistory.com.
Atlanta Motor Speedway’s 2011 Labor Day NASCAR night racing weekend schedule has been expanded to include a 200-mile NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Friday, Sept. 2.
The Truck Series race will precede a 300-mile NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Saturday, Sept. 3 and a 500-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, Sept. 4. All three events feature evening start times.
Ted Austad, the Event Promotions/Special Events Coordinator at Atlanta Motor Speedway, says Friday night drags has been rained out three weeks in a row. He's going to try again Friday, and it's a double points night.
The show also includes the Picnic in the Pits, Big Rig show trucks (taking a lap on the big track), Show and Shine (with a chance to be in the NASCAR Weekend Showcase), and drag racing on pit road for 15 classes.
The points standings are at www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/events/drags/
Drag Race Practice Runs begin at 6:15pm. Show-N-Shine judging begins at 6:15pm. Speedway Cruise rolls off at 8:15pm. Front Stretch Awards at 9:00pm. The first elimination drag race cranks up at 9:19pm. Spectator tickets are $7. Children ages five and under are free.
The first NASCAR fans lined up at the Speedway on Friday, Aug. 20, to grab the free camping spots for the Emory Healthcare 500 race Labor Day weekend.
Sean Rayhall's rookie season in Legends:
Won - Young Lions/Semi Pro (Legends Million) Collected $25.000.00
Won - Pro heat race (Legends Million)
DNF - Mechanical (Legends Million Dollar Race). Collected $10.000.00
Won - Atlanta Thursday Thunder. Young Lions (7 wins & 3 2nds) 10 fastest laps. Set track record.
Won - Charlotte Tuesday Shootout. Young Lions. (4-wins, 2-seconds, 2-third place,1 dnf) Set track record.
Overall race record since November racing Legends and Formula cars:
54 Races
34 wins
12 second place
2 third place
2 fourth place
4 mechanical
34 poles
32 fastest lap
Winning percentage - 62.9%
Finishs in top 3 - 88.8%
In two weeks, SPRINT CAR MANIA returns to the BOYD's SPEEDWAY. The USCS Outlaw Sprint Cars headline with the GEORGIA MINI SPRINTS. Next
This Friday, a Full Regular Program is on tap with Steel-Head LM's, Crate LM's, A&B Hobby and FWD. Visit www.BOYDsSPEEDWAY.com
Official Results: 8/20/10
HOT AUGUST NIGHTS 40
S.R.R.S at BOYD's SPEEDWAY
1. Skip Arp (# 97) Georgetown, TN
2. Brandon Kinzer (# 18) Allen, Ky
3. William Thomas (# 22T) Phenix City, Al
4. David Payne (# 8) Murphy, Nc
5. Randy Weaver (# B1) Crossville, Tn
6. Chad Ogle (# 10) Sevierville, Tn
7. Jake Knowles (# 66) Tyrone, Ga
8. Riley Hickman (# R1) Ooltewah, Tn
9. Tony Morris (# M31) Murfreesboro, Tn
10. Anthony Burroughs (# 121) Athens, Al
11. Jay Brinkley (# 10) Shelbyville, Tn
12. Kevin Gibson (# M45) Ringgold, Ga
13. Brett Wyatt (# 17) Crossville, Tn
14. Robert Gant (# 22) Flat Rock, Al
15. Jacob Grizzle (# 99G) Blairsville, Ga
16. Jason Welshan (# 124) Maryville, Tn
17. Ray McElhiney (# 20) Pulaski, Tn
18. Ronnie Johnson (# 5) Chattanooga, Tn
19. Josh Putnam (# 212) Florence, Al
20. Mark Douglas (# 52) Knoxville, Tn
21. John Owenby (# 48) Cleveland, Tn
22. Anthony White (# 2x) Clinton, Tn
23. Derek Ellis (# 99) Chatsworth, Ga
24. Craig Burrows (# 23) Chicamauga, Ga
Chase Elliott and his Aaron's Dream Machine crew overcame the crash of their hauler en route to the track, and a late-race spin, to win the fifth running of the Show Me The Money series at Montgomery (AL) Motor Speedway.
The weekend woes began when the team hauler, driven by Jacky Wade, went through the steel wire barrier and off of Interstate 85 just inside the Alabama state line during rainy, foggy weather. Wade was unhurt and no other vehicles were involved, but I-85 was closed down to one lane for the next five and a half hours while the transporter was pulled from the median.
The hauler was towed to the track, and the team had to use a drill to open the hydraulic door - but eventually unloaded the race car and got about five laps in the first practice of the day and all of the second practice.
Elliott qualified on the pole and started third behind Kyle Benjamin and Bubba Pollard.
At mid-race, Elliott was sent to the back of the lead lap drivers for bringing out the caution with a spin. He passed Augie Grill, Jason young, and John Bolen, giving him his third win in
five Show Me The Money races.
Chase Elliott said, "It was by far the best we have ever run down there [Montgomery Motor Speedway], it was a rough day getting over there but we are all glad that Jacky was okay and really excited that we got a win."
Elliott's next race will be on Saturday at Concord (NC) Motor
Speedway in the first of five USARacing series championship events in his new Red Bull paint scheme. He has been a Red Bull Athlete since January which is more of a personal services and not a sponsorship.
Now Red Bull has stepped up their involvement by sponsoring Chase in the last five races that make up the USARacing championship:
Concord Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, North Wilkesboro Speedway, Greenville Pickens Speedway, and South Boston Speedway
Aaron's is still on board with Chase for all of the Late Model
races left on Chase's schedule
The Pro Cup Series and Concord Speedway free tickets here: www.usarprocup.com/images/stories/con...ticket.jpg crash pix: http://www.z3sports.com/
Darrell Lanigan’s spectacular 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign rolled on Monday night with a conquest north of the border. The 40-year-old star from Union, Ky., stormed to victory in the tour’s rescheduled 50-lap A-Main at Autodrome Drummond, thrilling the French-Canadian fans with an impeccable performance that saw him master both the top and bottom grooves of the four-tenths-mile oval.
Clint Smith, of Senoia, GA, who started from the pole position, crossed the finish line 1.868 seconds behind Lanigan in the runner-up spot.
Results of WoO Late Model Series at Autodrome Drummond (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (4) Darrell Lanigan/50 $10,600
2. (1) Clint Smith/50 $5,575
3. (6) Tim McCreadie/50 $3,600
4. (3) Josh Richards/50 $3,100
5. (9) Steve Francis/50 $2,600
6. (5) Rick Eckert/50 $2,250
7. (7) Shane Clanton/50 $1,900
8. (2) Tim Fuller/50 $1,800
9. (10) Chub Frank/50 $1,700
10. (8) Austin Hubbard/50 $1,850
Ricky Elliott is a winner on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series – finally. The 44-year-old driver from Seaford, DE, made his long-awaited breakthrough on Tuesday night, ending his dogged pursuit of victory on the national tour with a dramatic win in the second annual ‘Dirt Demon 50’ at Brewerton Speedway.
Elliott outdueled WoO LMS stars Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, GA, and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., to join the elite group of racers with an Outlaw triumph on their resume. He secured the lead from Clanton lap 39 and held off Eckert’s late-race bid to bank a payday of $10,575.
Elliott dedicated his win to the memory of the late Jack Starrette, a prolific dirt Late Model owner and sponsor from Augusta, Ga., who died on Aug. 19 at the age of 78 from severe injuries suffered when he fell from a front-end loader at the Starrette Trucking sand pit. Elliott received sponsorship support from Starrette and drove a Starrette-owned car several times over the past three years.
Clint Smith of Senoia, GA, completed the top five, charging forward to finish fifth after starting 18th. It was his second consecutive top-five run.
NEXT: Wed., Sept. 1, Mohawk International Raceway in Akwesasne, N.Y. Sept. 4-5 Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa., on Sept. 4-5 for a pair of 50-lap, $10,000-to-win programs that comprise the annual Oil Region Labor Day Classic.
2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Point Standings as of Aug. 24 – 38 A-Mains completed (rank/driver/points/deficit to leader):
1. Darrell Lanigan 5060
2. Josh Richards 5058 (-2)
3. Tim McCreadie 5014 (-46)
4. Steve Francis 4872 (-188)
5. Shane Clanton 4794 (-266)
6. Rick Eckert 4766 (-294)
7. Austin Hubbard 4718 (-342)
8. Tim Fuller 4684 (-376)
9. Chub Frank 4582 (-478)
10. Clint Smith 4530 (-530)
Watermelon Capital 8/21:
< Super Street
1. 64-Steve Barber of Hampton
2. 21-Cody Hale of Americus
3. 5-Sammy Short of Hampton
4. 11-Craig Irish of Cordele.
< Mini Stock
1. 81-Jimmy Chancy of Kathleen
2. 8-Billy Chancy of Kathleen
3. R2K-Banks Perdue of Cordele
4. 112-Justin Edwards of Warner Robins
5. 07-Ted Rowley of Perry
6. 11-Brett Roberts of Sylvester
7. 33-Loretta Folsom of Whigham
8. 1-Jake Roberts of Sylvester
9. 12-A.W. Napier of Cordele
10. 00-Cliff Hines of Vienna
11. 707-Mark Rowley of Perry
< Claimer
1. 3-Ben Massingille of Centerville
2. 411-Bill Dunn of Cordele
3. 11-Jeremy Merritt of Cordele
4. 22-Randy Cornwell of Warner Robins
5. 10-Alex Lang of Pearson
6. 72-James Yawn of Cordele
7. 36-Mike Hughes of Cordele
8. 36L-Lee Akins of Cordele
9. 28-Wesley Burke of Cordele
10. 61-Michael Olds of Cordele
< Pro Challenge Results:
1. 29-Anderson Bowen of Swanee
2. 10-Grant Crane of Zebulon
3. 11-Nick Hazelwood of Cumming
4. 6-John Tullis of Atlanta
5. 1-Austin Raines of Cumming
Next Watermelon Capital Racing - September 11th.
http://www.watermeloncapitalspeedway.com http://www.facebook.com/themelon
carowner73 posts about the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series race at 441/Dublin on 4m.net: "Ivadent won, Tyler Ivey fast qualifier, couldnt hardly see the cars on the track. I think 26 entries, freight train race:
Ivadent Lloyd
Jeremy Faircloth
Tyler Ivey
Darrell Padgett
Jordy Nipper
Bear6198 posts about 441/Dublin on 4m.net: "Worst race track I have ever seen. If you started on the outside you went backwards. We stood in turns one and two and could not see the cars in 3 and 4. I dont know what they could do to fix it but I would perfer not to go back there again."
New World’s Fastest Quarter Mile Oval: Slinger (WI) Super Speedway Xtreme Sprint Car Series 9.908 sec.
Former record holder: Anderson (IN) Speedway 10.28 sec. http://www.speed51.com
Prior to the start of racing Thursday night at Thompson International Speedway, the track's competition director, Mike Chapman, made clear to drivers that officials were fed up with the extracurricular issues taking place regularly following events in divisions at the track. "The nonsense after the race will not be tolerated," Chapman told drivers.
A few hours after Chapman delivered the message Connecticut State Police and emergency medical technicians were responding to a vicious brawl in the pits following the 15-lap Mini Stock feature.
According to two witnesses, at least 15 people confronted and physically assaulted Mini Stock driver Rick Blanchard outside of his race hauler in the pit area at Thompson following the Mini Stock feature.
NASCAR has imposed an indefinite suspension from NASCAR competition on four drivers. The official penalty notice from NASCAR cited the drivers for “Actions detrimental to stock car racing.” Race drivers Fred, Scott, and Trevor Michalski, along with Scott Jassaume, all received the same penalty from NASCAR. In addition, the Speedway has informed these drivers and Ruth Michalski that they are no longer welcome on the property in and around the race track. http://blogs.courant.com/autoracing/2010/08/ugly-mini-stock-division-pit-b.html http://www.speed51.com/
The biggest movers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region standings were Larry Harrod of Plains, GA and Terrance Nowell of Phenix City, AL, who finished one-two respectively on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway.
Harrod picked up his fourth win of the season to move into the top ten in points. He can still earn full points in four more East Region weekly events. Tod Darda, of LaGrange, picked up his sixth win of the season at New Senoia Raceway.
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 21 RESULTS:
EAST REGION:
PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL:
1. 18 Chase Edge
2. 21s Jake Sanders
3. 52 Marc Gooden
4. 23 Jeff Landrum
5. 17 N.B. Freeman
6. 19 Jeremy Britton
7. 22m Taylor Mitcham
8. 0 Cord Dodgen
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 47 Adam Martin
2. 16 Tim Staples
3. 77 Dylan Ames
4. 32 Jason Hawkins
5. 88 Charlie Henderson
6. F22 Carlton Freeman
7. 55 Ryan King
8. 30 Karl Parks
9. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.
10. 72 Ronnie Revis
11. 3d Mikey Donahoo
12. 5 Mike Combs
13. 81 David Abernathy
14. 4 Kevin Henderson
15. 17 Cameron Heath
16. 81c Adam Cummings
17. 13 David Pettus
NEW SENOIA SPEEDWAY – SENOIA, GA:
1. 91 Tod Darda
2. 33 Randy Hester
3. 55 Parrish Duncan
4. 27 Doug Ludwig
5. 21 Johnny Stinchcomb
EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 27 Larry Harrod
2. 55 Terrance Nowell
3. 66k Scott Knowles
4. 18 Chase Edge
5. 19 Shane Stodghill
6. 00 Richie Stephens
7. 9 Adam Brown
8. 22 Chad Carden
9. 40 Marvin Cook
10. 19 Jeremy Britton
11. 29 Randy Allen
12. P19 Paul Walters
Gordon Park Race Results 21Aug2010
< Crate Late Model
1. z21 Zack Weathers
2. 67 Dalton Overton
3. M31 Mike Akeson
4. 71 Jimmy Maness
5. 88 Johnnie Tucker Jr.
6. 47 Bryan Addy
7. 76 Eric Cooper
8. 112 Garrett Jacobs
9. B4 Brandon Carpenter
10. 76 Brandon Overton
11. 42 Chris Usry
12. c18 David Cadle
13. 2x John Henderson
14. 87 Mike Lee
15. 77 Brian Connor DNR
16. T1 Tommy Snell DNR
17. 17 John Barfield DNR
18. 94 Wendell Chavous DQ
< Super Street
1. 75 Andy Stewart
2. 88 Johnnie Tucker Jr.
3. 99 Billy Gunter
4. 71 Jeff Hadden
5. 02 Tony Drawdy
6. 14 Jason Burton
7. 3 Kenneth Harn
8. 44 Phillip Burton
9. 22b Michael Brown
10. 15jr Jamie Corley
11. 04 Trampus Williams
12. 39 Brandon Adams
13. 17 Shaun Snelling DNR
14. 78 Charlie Black DNR
15. 0 Speedy Baughman DQ
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