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by Dale Terry

 JANUARY 2010

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12/7: WoO LM 2010 big shows
12/8: Chase Elliott Closes ’09 with 7th in Snowball
12/10: '10 WoO LMs schedule Screven (Mar. 20) and Swainsboro (May 1)
12/13: BOYD's SPEEDWAY awards $10K point fund
12/16: Gresham's '10 PASS South races cancelled
12/17: Gresham responds: Pass South shows cancelled
12/18: New GAS website: http://www.gasseries.com/
12/19: Stremme, Wallace enter Lanier's Speedfest
12/29: 441 Speedway joins NeSmith Series

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Jan. 8-10  Talladega Short Track Ice Bowl 19
< SATURDAY JANUARY 9TH - ICE POLE DAY - $20 (KIDS UNDER 10 FREE)
HOT LAPS @ 10:30AM - RACING TO FOLLOW
POLE QUALIFYING: SUPER LATEMODEL / CRATE LATEMODEL
HEAT RACES FOR:  SUPER LATEMODEL; CRATE LATEMODEL; IMCA MODIFIEDS; LIMITED LATEMODEL (SPORTSMAN)
CONSYS & FEATURE: BOMBERS
< SUNDAY JANUARY 10TH - CHAMPIONSHIP DAY - $20 (KIDS UNDER 10 FREE)
RACING TO START APPROX 12 NOON
CONSYS & FEATURES FOR:
SUPER LATEMODELS; CRATE LATEMODELS; LTD LATEMODELS; IMCA MODIFIEDS
SUPER LATEMODELS - $6,000 TO WIN, $500 TO START
CRATE LATEMODELS - $3,000 TO WIN
SPORTSMAN (LTD LATEMODELS) - $2,500 TO WIN, IMCA MODIFIEDS - $1,500 TO WIN
BOMBERS (THUNDERCARS) - $800 TO WIN, STREET STOCKS - $500 TO WIN
http://www.talladegashorttrack.com/

Jan. 9-10  Lanier Ice Cold Shriners Bowl with NASCAR's David Ragan. Pro LMs $2000 to win.  Sat. qualifying, Sun. racing at 1:00 for Pro LMs, mods, trucks, icemen, renegades, Legends, bandos, mini-stocks, and pro challenge. Shriner clowns and parade.
3rd ANNUAL ICE COLD SHRINERS BOWL
Friday, January 8th
1:30-5:00 Practice (Divisions Rotating)
Saturday, January 9th
2:45 Legends and Bandelero Heat Races
3:15 Local Divisions Qualifying
GA Winter Series FEATURES
Bandelero Bandits 20 laps
Bandelero Young Guns & Outlaws 20 laps
Thunder Roadsters 20 laps
Legends Young Lions & Semi-Pro 20 laps
Legends Pro-Master 20 laps
To Follow ... David Ragan Ride-Alongs
Sunday, January 10th
1:00 AUTOGRAPH SESSION
2:00 FEATURES
BANDELERO BANDITS 20 LAPS
BANDELERO YOUNG GUNS & OUTLAWS 20 LAPS
MINI CUP 20 LAPS
LEGENDS YOUNG LIONS & SEMI-PRO 20 LAPS
PRO CHALLENGE 20 LAPS
LEGENDS PRO-MASTER 20 LAPS
STREET STOCK 15 LAPS
MINI STOCKS 20 LAPS
ICEMAN 20 LAPS
OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED 30 LAPS
TRUCKS 40 LAPS
PRO LATE MODEL 100 LAPS
http://www.lanierspeedway.com

Jan. 19-24  BJ Parker’s 2010 Southern Racers’ Auction and Trade Show, Huntsville, AL   www.mcsauctions.com

Jan. 28-30  Golden Isles Super Bowl of Racing VI
    - Thursday, January 28th $7500 to win Southern All Stars event and a $3000 to win National Late Model Series event.
    - Friday night $10,000 to win Southern All Star event and a $3000 to win National Late Model Series event.
    - Sat. night  $15,000 to win Southern All Star event and a $3000 to win NLMS event.   www.goldenislesspeedway.com   www.southern-allstars.com

Jan. 30  Atlanta Motor Speedway Winter Flurry Race #4 Time TBA   www.atlantamotorspeedway.com

Jan. 30-31  Lanier  SpeedFest 2010 (CRA 250 laps $8,000 to win & $2,000 half-way award, pro LM 150 laps $3,000 to win; $10,000 to win both)   www.lanierspeedway.com   www.craracing.net.

Feb. 6  Atlanta Motor Speedway Winter Flurry Race #5 Time TBA   www.atlantamotorspeedway.com

Feb. 20  South Georgia 3rd Annual Music & Motorfest  Auction, partsfest, late models, and concert with Woodard Johnson.   www.racesgmp.com

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    Southern Race Week (Wed. 7-8 PM) is going to kick off 2010 with a bang. SRW Host William Barber and the SRW panel will discuss this weekend's Ice Cold Shriners Bowl at Lanier National Speedway and the Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track. In addition, Shawn Parker with the Charlotte based  Dirt Track Racing School will be on the show. Dirt Track Racing School is getting ready to announce a lease program for Dirt Late Models in 2010 and the upcoming 2-Day Open Wheel School with Open Wheel and ARCA driver Erin Crocker.
    Southern Race Week airs on Wednesday evenings at 7 - 8 PM on 96.7 The Legend in Metro Atlanta. You can also listen online at www.967thelegend.com

    Talladega Short Track officials are readying for the famed Ice Bowl event coming up this weekend at the 1/3 mile clay oval. The race will live up to its billed name of the “Ice Bowl” as cold conditions are forecasted for the weekend, but dry conditions are also on the menu.
    “The Ice Bowl always throws some kind of a twist with the weather,” stated TST owners Lynn Phillips and Alfred Gurley. “It’s just another chapter to the fabled race.”
    Rumors have surfaced about the race being postponed, BUT that is NOT the case. The race will be ran this weekend, its’ originally scheduled date.
    Action gets underway on Thursday with gates opening at 9AM and practice scheduled to begin at 12 Noon. Qualifying and heats Sat., features at noon Sun.
    For more information: (256) 831-1413 www.talladegashorttrack.com

    Red Farmer, age 77, was recently admitted to a Bessemer, Ala., hospital for treatment of double pneumonia, and may miss the Ice Bowl. He won a heat race at TST last summer. http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-father-time-eats-reds-dust/

    Lanier National Speedway is going to welcome the 2010 racing season in style, hosting the 3rd Annual Ice Cold Shriners Bowl Presented by Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Service Technicians from the Local Union 72, Sat. and Sun.   NASCAR Sprint Cup driver David Ragan will be racing in the $2,000 to win Pro Late Model Race.
    Ragan won the ARCA race at Lanier in May, 2005, from the pole, and finished fifth last January in the Shriners Bowl.
    Ragan will also be giving fans the ride of their life Sat., in a specialty built two-seater truck, for a $50 donation going directly to the Shiners’ Hospitals.
    When the Super Trucks start their feature, Ragan will be racing, and a ride with him in an actual race is up for bid on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170425274763&ru=http://shop.ebay.com:80/170425274763_W0QQ_fviZ1&_rdc=1
    Bid was $385 Tues.
    There's also a helmet autographed by the Roush drivers being auctioned.
    In addition to the large turnout of Pro Late Model racers competing for $2000 to win, local divisions consisting of the action packed Open Wheel Modifieds, Super Trucks, Iceman, Renegades, Legends, Bandoleros, Mini-Stocks, and Pro Challenge will run features.
    The 3rd Annual Ice Cold Shriners Bowl includes entertainment and comedy from the Shiners’ clowns and parade.
    Friday, January 8 - Open Practice
    Saturday, January 9 - practice and qualifying for all divisions,     Sunday, January 10 - green flag t 1pm for the Ice Cold Shriners Bowl features   www.lanierspeedway.com    (770) 967-8600.
http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-ragan-gets-an-early-start/

    Legends will race at Lanier Speedway Saturday and Sunday, and at Watermelon Capital Jan. 16. The Winter Flury, with double features, is Jan. 30, followed by the 2009 Awards Banquet.

    Lanier's 2010 schedule is at http://www.lanierspeedway.com/schedule.html
    The Super Six Series for pro late models, the Jim Garrison Memorial, Dukes of Hazzard Night with Ben "Cooter" Jones, and Home Grown Tomato Night are back, and there will be 10 "Lincoln Nights" with $5 admission and racing only for Legends, Bandos, Mini Cup, and Pro Challenge teams. Free rides most nights with Donnie Clack in the "Big Cheese" school bus.

    The Gresham Motorsports Park schedule came out this week, with three surprises:
    1 - Only two touring series are on the schedule - the NASCAR Camping World East (Aug. 28) and the Pro Cup Series twice (Mar. 27, Oct. 23). We hoped for more.
    2 - The World Crown 300 (Nov. 14) will feature a super late model race, with 150-lap pro LM race Sat. (Nov. 13).
    3 - Seven Gresham-promoted super and pro LM one-day shows, including local Renegade, Truck and Iceman divisions. Hopefully, the GAS Series, CRA, and PASS South will become involved in these shows.
    Lanier and Gresham have coordinated the schedules, with Lanier racing Legends only when Gresham has a show, except for June 19 when Lanier has the pro LMS and Gresham's has super LMs.
    The full schedule is at www.GreshamMotorsportsPark.com and http://www.georgiastockcarracing.com   

Last issue we published:
    "The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) 2010 schedule includes Gresham Motorsports Park June 5 and Oct. 2." These are not on the track's schedule.
    Dan Elliott, General Manager of GMP, told Speed51.com in December the decision to not have PASS at the track in 2010 wasn’t due to a rift between the track and the series.
    “I was under the impression you had to have a contract in order to cancel a contract,” said Elliott.  “We talked back and forth and I have one lying on my desk that hasn’t been signed.  He (Tom Mayberry, President of PASS) didn’t sign it and I didn’t sign it.  We really never reached an agreement."

     Rocky posted the truth on 4m.com:  "Jesus himself would be unable to protect racers from spending more than they can afford."   http://www.4m.net/showthread.php?t=149894

    Catch MADHOUSE on the History Channel on Sunday, January 10 at 10 p.m. ET. It’s all about two feuding families who compete on a regular basis at the 61-year old Bowman-Gray Stadium in NC in short track racing which has evolved into a family rivalry.

    Cochran's New Year's Show, the Hangover 100, was rained out Friday.  Saturday's winners:
< NLMS
William Thomas
Cale Simons
Jeremy Faircloth
Ben Faircloth
Steven Roberts
< Cadet -
1st Josh Odom
2nd Chris Pittman
3rd Bobby Pulsifer
4th Justin Bridges
5th Lance Griffith
< Pure Stock -
1st Jason Floyd
2nd Jimmy Sharpe
3rd Scott Smith
4th Greg Parks
5th Joseph Lewis
< Sportsman -
1st Allen Rowland
2nd Danny Warren
3rd Johnny Tribble
4th Paul Smith
5th Wayne Bradley
< Extreme 4 -
1st Kevin O'Brien
2nd Brian Balom
3rd Ben Stapleton
4th Raymond Weatherford
5th Mark Bunch
www.cochrangaspeedway.com

    Cochran's Points Champions:
Road Warrior - TJ Willard
Sportsman - Josh Odom
Cadet - Kyle Conyer
Pure Stock - Scott Smith
Late Model - Phil Pittman
    Details are not set, but the track banquet will be $15.   http://www.cochrangaspeedway.com/

    The National Late Model Series, and Director Ray Miller, have added Hedman Hedders as the 2010 Title Sponsor.
Next: 2009 NLMS Awards Banquet January 16
Daytona USA-Bill France Room
$75.00 per person
http://www.nlmss.com

    Forum posts hint that there will be a new relationship in 2010 involving Dublin's 441 Speedway and Cochran Speedway.
    "Rules meeting will be Jan 16th at La Quinta banquet room in Dublin on Hwy 441 exit. Check website for times your class will be dicussed."

    National Speed Sport News reported in their December issue that the ASA Late Model Series will not have a southern division in 2010.  According to the report, the series cited economic times and the inability to draw full fields as their reasoning for not having a southern division.  http://www.speed51.com

    North Georgia Speedway's owners are still looking for a 2010 promoter.  Contact Dianne Young at 706-226-3367. Dianne Young and Fletcher Young will make the final decision on the 2010 promoter.

    SpeedTV reports Michael Waltrip may drive some Camping World Truck Series races for team owner Billy Ballew. Waltrip is going to be a part-time Cup driver, and is entered in the Daytona 500 and his 25th NASCAR season in 2010. He's won the 500 twice.
    http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-daytona-offers-waltrip-ticket-deal/

    Ricky Brooks, of Pensacola, FL, will be the Technical Director for the 2010 GAS Series season.
    Brooks has been given legendary status with some rulings from his "room of doom" at the Snowball Derby, not hesitating to DQ the winners and biggest stars.
    His legend grew at Five Flags' final points race, when he DQ'd the apparent points champ, called the runner-up at home at 12:30 a.m., and told him to bring his car back to the track for a tech check.  The runner-up left early in the morning with the title.
    At this year's Derby, Brooks' tech crew did their work before qualifying and the race, took away a second qualifying lap from a few violators, and had no post-race DQ actions.
    Brooks did put a new and strange law into the mix at the Derby: No burnouts or donuts after the race - and winner Kyle Busch meekly complied. www.Speed51.com

    Max Gresham, of Griffin, who's still in high school, will compete in a select number of ARCA events this season including races at Iowa Speedway (July 10) and Rockingham Speedway (October 9). “This is going to be a great opportunity for me and my team,” said Gresham, who's 16.
     In addition to Gresham, Indy Car star Danica Patrick will test the ARCA waters in 2010.
    Gresham won two ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour events, and had three Top-10 finishes in the Joe Gibbs Racing NASCAR Camping World Series East division entry in 2009.

    Racing returns to Rockingham Speedway on March 13-14 with the first-ever Chump Car 24 hours of Rockingham. The Spring Fling Legends and Bandolero challenge series also kicks off on March 14 on the Little Rock. For more information on upcoming events and attractions at Rockingham Speedway, go online to www.rockinghamspeedway.com

    The Legends and Bandolero racers will have a full 38-race season at Concord (NC) Speedway starting Friday, March 12. This might affect the Thursday Thunder car counts at Atlanta Motor Speedway, if Charlotte area racers go only to Concord.

    Legends manufacturer 600 Racing is now U.S. Legends Car International. Only Bruton Smith knows why.

    Name game: The American Speed Association Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment is now The American Speed Association Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment & GrandStay Residential Suites Hotels.

    Video Christmas greetings from AMS:  http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/handler.cfm/template,video/cat_id,43898?med_id=1388947

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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series SPEED Channel Broadcast Schedule:
Florence Speedway - Union, KY  Sat 1/9/10  2:00 PM /ET
Batesville Speedway - Batesville, AR  Sat 1/9/10  3:00 PM /ET
Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrenceburg, IN  Sat 1/16/10  2:00 PM /ET
Bluegrass Speedway - Bardstown, KY  Sat 2/13/10  2:00 PM /ET
Portsmouth Raceway Park - Portsmouth, OH  Sat 2/13/10  3:00 PM /ET
Brownstown Speedway - Brownstown, IN  Sat 2/20/10  2:00 PM /ET
Dixie Speedway - Woodstock, GA  Sat 2/20/10  3:00 PM /ET
Season-In-Review - 2009 Season  Sat 2/27/10 2:00 PM /ET

    Rolling Thunder Media begins its 10th Anniversary year with a special show featuring some photos we've accumulated! It may bring back a few memories! www.rtmag.us    www.myracenet.com

    SpeedFest 2009 winner Kyle Busch has announced that he will return to defend that title at SpeedFest 2010 on January 31st at Lanier National Speedway. The NASCAR competitor, who won the Snowball Derby on December 6th at Five Flags Speedway, was also victorious in his late model this past season in the RedBud 300 on July 27th at Anderson Speedway and the Winchester 400 on October 18th at Winchester Speedway. Busch will compete in both the CRA Super Series sanctioned SpeedFest 250 and the 150 lap Pro Late Model event at SpeedFest 2010.
     The CRA portion of SpeedFest 2010 will be 250 laps with a break at lap 125 for teams to work on their cars and change tires. The leader at lap 125 will receive a $2000 bonus, the second place driver $1000, third place will receive $750, fourth place $500 and fifth place $250. The halfway leader will then draw for an invert for the start of the second half, the invert could be a three to a possible six. The winner of the event will receive $8000. The 150 lap Pro Late Model event will pay $3000 to win. There will be a $10,000 bonus if a driver can win both events!
    Open practice on Friday, January 29th.
    Practice and qualifying Saturday, January 30th.    
    The late model feature events Sunday, January 31st in the afternoon. www.lanierspeedway.com   www.craracing.net

    New Senoia Raceway will race 7 classes for 2010 on their new dirt: Topless Late Models, NeSmith crate Late Models, B- Cadet, Hobby, Enduro, Modified Mini Stock, and Pure Mini Stock. The rules for the classes are now available.   http://www.newsenoiaraceway.com

    Jim Romans, called 'HOT ROD" at Dixie and Rome as he drove his motorized wheel chair, died last week.

    Bad news: After 13 Seasons the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series for dirt late models has Suspended Operation.
    The Tennessee Thunder Dirt Car Series has shut down, and Series Director Brad Byrd is the new Series Director for the Southern Allstars Dirt Late Model Series. Kelley Carlton will remain as SAS Race Director along with Rusty Carlton as Lead Tech Official.
    Mike Kittrell and J.J. Templeton, along with Kentucky Dirt Late Model promoter Chris Tilley, have formed the new racing group, Volunteer Racing Series, aimed at keeping East Tennessee racing strong and competitive.
http://tennesseeracer.com/?p=372

    Jack Maddox & David Conner will be the New Management for the Toccoa Speedway during the 2010 Season. Conner said there won't be many changes, but the Super Latemodels will be a weekly Division @ Toccoa. The schedule includes two Southern All Stars shows and four Southeastern Latemodel Sportsman Series Races.   www.toccoaspeedway.info

    Montgomery Motor Speedway opens March 20 with practice Mar. 12-13.
South Alabama Speedway's 34th Annual Rattler 250 weekend is Mar. 5-6..

    For 2010, the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series will split into Northern and Southern (FL) Divisions, with six south GA tracks, and East Alabama, in the Northern Div. All races are 50 laps, $3000 to win.
    Waycross Motor Speedway's 2nd Annual Scotbilt Classic April 3 is the first race.   www.uniteddirtlatemodels.com

    Brandon Reed, of Georgia Racing History.com, asked a group of journalists and other racing people their opinion on the most historic moment or happening for Georgia racing (or outside the state, if the effect is big enough) for 2009, good or bad, and, a prediction for what could be the most historic moment in 2010.  My contribution:
    Most historic moment or happening = Renovation of Peach State into Gresham Motorports Park
    Most historic moment we see in 2010 = hopefully, big crowds at GMP
    Happening = young graduates of Legends racing moving into late models and winning - especially Chase Elliott (GAS Champion), Casey Roderick (Lanier Super Six Champion), TJ Reiad (race winner, 3rd in both Series), Tyler Millwood (competitive in dirt and asphalt).
    Happening = AMS gets Labor Day race, good weather, and best crowd in years
    Rising star:  Andrew Smith, from Pooler, former Legends National Champion and Golden Wheel Award winner of the Humpy’s Heroes Driver Development Program    www.andrewsmithracing.com
    Outside GA: Birmingham closes, and Nashville near dead. Two of the last remaining big old fairgrounds tracks.
    Things to worry about: Three dirt tracks - North Georgia Speedway, Sugar Creek Raceway, and Douglas Motorsports Park - end '09 seasons early, and face uncertain '10.
    Growing: Friday night drags at AMS started with 10 nights in '08, now 17 nights in '10.  Big crowds of racers and fans.
    Other opinions: www.GeorgiaRacingHistory.com

cevans097 posts on 4m.net:
NEW DIRT TRACK BEING BUILT!!!!!
Cochran, Georgia Is getting a new race track,land has been purchased and all permits will be ready to be picked up the first week of January.
No!!!!. (THIS IS NOT A RUMOR) it is a fact. Two business owners in Cochran and one out of town invester have gotten together and decided to build a new dirt racing facility. Ground breaking should start about mid January weather permitting.
Completion date not determined as of yet.The name of the new racing facility is going through the legal process. As soon as the name goes through the legal process the website will be announced and up and running, with all the step by step pictures of the facility being built and updates on special announcements, and finish dates.

    The editors of Frontstretch.com discuss Bruton Smith's options on moving a race to his Kentucky Speedway, and how Dover and Atlanta may be involved:   http://www.frontstretch.com/md/28383/

    Promotion idea: “Competition cautions”.  This type of yellow flag is used for just one reason.  They want to close up the competition midway in the race.  The crowd loves it.  It makes the race much more entertaining for the fan.
    It takes what might be a runaway contest and tightens things up.  The casual fan likes that.  The casual fan is what racetracks are trying to attract.  They’ve already got the hard-core fan.  They need to keep that fan that might just as easily spend his or her time at some other activity coming back to the track.  Oval tracks could learn several lessons from the “short track off-road” crowd.
    - from Trackchaser Randy Lewis, Lake Elsinore (CA) Motorsports Complex - track No. 1,516

42nd Annual Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway (partial):
1.  Kyle Busch
2.  Eddie Mercer
3.  Steven Wallace
4.  Bobby Gill
5.  John Bolen
6.  Grant Enfinger
7.  Chase Elliott
8.  Wayne Niedecken Jr.
9.  Ryan Lawler
10.  Ryan Seig
18.  Johanna Long (pole winner)
19.  Gary Helton
26.  Shane Seig
27.  David Stremme
30.  Tyler Milwood
31.  Augie Grill
34.  Bubba Pollard
13 finished on the lead lap. The winner's purse $22,500.

    In only his third start ever at Five Flags Speedway, Pro Late Model driver TJ Reaid, of Acworth, made his mark on the Snowflake 100 for Pro Late Models, setting fast time in qualifying with a 16.667 lap around the 1/2 mile oval.
    He ran in the top 5 most of the evening, swapping the lead with a couple drivers. On lap 96, Reaid was able to get by race leader
Augie Grill. After a caution, Reaid was able to maintain the lead until lap 98 when Grill took the lead. "I was hoping Grill would race me clean but apparently that didn't happen," said Reaid, who eventually finished in the third position.
     Reaid's plans for 2010 are up in the air. "We are leaning toward running Super Late Models mainly next season and possibly the Blizzard Series at Five Flags," adds Reaid.
    Says a race fan: "If Augie keeps pushing folks around, he's going to get some serious payback. He has the best equipment out there but he can't win by skill and race drivers clean. He can only win by knocking people around. He's the dirtiest driver I've seen in a while."

    Chase Elliott, who turned 14 just a week before the year’s biggest Late Model race, qualified 10th, ran up front with the nation’s best drivers, and recorded an impressive seventh place finish in his first “Derby” attempt.
    The second-generation driver made it a double header weekend with a start in Saturday’s Allen Turner Snowflake 100 Pro Late Model race.  Elliott started 15th and survived a wreck-fest to finish 12th.
     Elliott’s top-ten run at Five Flags Speedway put the final touches on an already impressive rookie resume.  In 31 combined Pro and Super Late Model starts this season, Elliott recorded four wins, 13 top-five, and 24 top-10 finishes.  Of those seven finishes outside of the top-10, three were DNF’s due to wrecks or mechanical failures.    www.ChaseElliott.com.

BJ Parker’s 2010 Southern Racers’ Auction and Trade Show
January 19-24, 2010
New Location for 2010!!!
Builder’s Square @ the intersection of Max Luther and Hwy 231/431 on Memorial Parkway North in Huntsville, Alabama.
www.mcsauctions.com

Georgia Winter Series Legends races at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele
Feature Race Winners:
Bandits: Alex Coffey
Young Guns: Joey Padgett
Young Lions: Mason Massey
Semi-Pro: Tyler Edwards
Masters: Bobby Fox
Pro: Jimmy Henderson

    We cover everything: Lucas Oil National drag boats at Augusta, GA, July 16-18

    Jake Knowles was racing and winning in South Africa this winter, and
Jake, his dad Wade Knowles, Lee Sutton, and Riley Hickman will be
going back Feb 8-March 2 for more racing.
http://www.kozmoracingmoments.com    www.wmcamericanraceway.talkspot.com

    The 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series promises to be a true test of drivers' versatility, with Forty-seven events at 40 tracks in 19 states and two Canadian provinces are currently confirmed. The tour kicks off on Feb. 11 and 13 with a pair of 50-lap A-Mains during the 39th annual DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. It will end for the fourth straight year with the World Finals on Nov. 4-6 at The Dirt Track @ Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
    Series director Tim Christman, a Georgian, said he expects to add up to five more events to the schedule.
    - An early-season weekend in the Southeast, with events on March 19 at Ocala (Fla.) Speedway, March 20 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., and a track to be determined on March 21. Ocala will host the WoO LMS for the first time, while Screven's annual tour date is moving from late-summer to the spring.
    - Spring dates on April 30 at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway (tentative) and May 1 at Swainsboro (Ga.) Raceway, which is on the WoO LMS schedule for the first time.
    - Dirt Track @ Charlotte Motor Speedway: mid-week Showdown on Oct. 13
    - July 4 – Sun. – Green Valley Speedway/Glencoe, AL - $10,000 – 50L
    - Nov. 5 – Fri. - The Dirt Track @ Charlotte Motor Speedway/Concord, NC – WORLD FINALS - $10,000 – 50L
    - Nov. 6 – Sat. - The Dirt Track @ Charlotte Motor Speedway/Concord, NC – WORLD FINALS - $10,000 – 50L
www.worldofoutlaws.com/LateModel

    Next events for the Southern All Star Racing Series will be the Super Bowl of Racing VI at Golden Isles Speedway in Waynesville, Georgia.
    - Thursday, January 28th with a $7500 to win Southern All Stars event and a $3000 to win National Late Model Series event.
    - Friday night Southern All Star event paying $10,000 to win and the NLMS paying another $3000.
    - Sat. night  $15,000 to win Southern All Star event and  $3000 to win NLMS event.
    The Southern All Stars have a tighter tire rule for 2010:
Hoosier Racing Tires Only - All Compounds are allowed
Grooving, Needling and Siping are allowed
Chemical alterations of tires is strictly prohibited. No tire softeners or conditioners which alter the chemical compound of the tire will be permitted. This includes, but is not limited to, tire soaking, internal applications, or the use of tread softeners. This rule will be strictly enforced.
www.goldenislesspeedway.com   www.southern-allstars.com

    South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil kicked off 2010 January 2 with the Sober-Up 150 and racing in seven classes.
    The next big event will be the 3rd Annual Music & Motorfest February 20th. The day will start out with an All Motorsports Auction, Partsarama (swap meet), Car Show, Test-N-Tune on the Dragstrip, and the 1st of 6  Slam Late Model Races. It's the SGMP asphalt series first points race of the 2010 season. The afternoon will end with a big tailgate party featuring Woodard Johnson on stage.
    South GA Motorsports Park: new web link is www.racesgmp.com.
    Race Results for January 2nd, 2010
Wild-Ones: 1. #22 Stan Lang, 2. #75 Vinny Vinciguerra, 3. #50 Chris Sweat, 4. #15 Mark Copeland DNS.
ThunderCars: 1. #51 Lupe Alonzo, 2. #77 Frank Green, 3. #88 Shane Weaver, 4. #8 Jock Taylor, 5. #47 Kenny Brooks, 6. #61 Dalton West, 7. #12 Jason Garver, 8. #25 Cindy Mullis DNS.
Hobbie Stock: 1. #0 Lee Newsome, 2. #97 Roscoe Gurley, 3. #40 Jim Dawkins, 4. #8 Frank Green, 5. #39 Tim Alldredge, 6. #81 John Wesley, 7. #41 Adam Hitt.
Sportsmen: 1. #17 Nevin Gainey, 2. #07 Jeff Prescott, 3. #44 Charlie Seroki, 4. #57 Steve Weldon, 5. #38 Randy Merwin, 6. #12 Tyler Jenkins, 7. #0 Lee Newsome, 8. #8 Josh Southerland, 9. #16 Brian Hull, 10. #31 Roy Crain Jr., 11. #06 Josh Wise.
Skeeter Cars: 1. #8 Martin Sapp, 2. #19 Scotty Moore, 3. #21 Irvin Lawson, 4. #1 Jerred Bullard, 5. #19s Lonnie Roberts DNS.
Powder Puff: 1. #11 Susan Breer, 2. #61 Rebecca Mathis.
Race’Um Wreck’Um: 1. #40 Eric Graham(aka redneck yacht club), 2. #8 Shane Weaver, 3. #11 Todd Breer, 4. #7 Bobby Johnson, 5. #54 Ron Dawkins, 6. #07 Martin Weeks.   www.racesgmp.com