FASTRAK and Friendship Motor Speedway Have a Magical Weekend Reunion After 3 Years
Elkin, North Carolina – The Friendship Motor Speedway is a 4/10th mile clay oval nestled off I-77 in the “Tarheel State” of Elkin, North Carolina. It’s seen its great share of racing throughout the decades whether it was an asphalt track or now currently the famous dirt clay oval everyone has come to enjoy. This previous weekend the FASTRAK Racing Series better known in the Southeast/Mideast Region as the FASTRAK City Chevrolet Touring Division competed for Round #3 in the Southeast/Mideast 2013 Points Championship hunt. The $2,000 to win event was a reunion for Les Wooten with Friendship Motor Speedway and FASTRAK Companies International. The last time FASTRAK was there was in October of 2010 in a race event in the Grand Nationals series.
Over 30 drivers convened to the 4/10th mile track on a beautiful “spring” Saturday afternoon. “The crowd turnout was the biggest it’s ever been in 2 years for an event after Les Wooten did financial tallies on the weekend, FASTRAK at Friendship was a huge success.” stated Jerry Farley – Race Director/Announcer at Friendship on FASTRAK Weekly LIVE National radio show Tuesday night to the public viewers. The racing was “fast, furious and exciting” to boot. (more…)
Ripley, West Virginia – I-77 Raceway Park is a 3/8-mile dirt oval track that has been putting race fans on the edge of their seats since the mid-1970s. Dirt track racing the way it should be on a red clay track in Ripley, West Virginia. During the start of the 2013 race season there were talks about having the steel-head late models program associate with the crate late models of FASTRAK at I-77 Raceway Park. However, there has been such a tremendous response the past few races it’s becoming successful as one division.
JEFFERSON, GA (April 27, 2013) – Two Georgia drivers battled under the lights Saturday night at Jefferson, Georgia’s Gresham Motorsports Park, both desperately wheeling their cars to pick up the Southern Super Series presented by Sunoco victory in their backyard. In the end, Senoia’s Bubba Pollard would win the Racing Radios 125 presented by Schoenfeld Headers after a fierce, but clean, battle with Acworth’s T.J. Reaid.
Flat Rock, Michigan–April 27, 2013: It was a beautiful opening night for the 2013 race season at Flat Rock Speedway. Dakota Carlson paid a surprise visit and scored the victory in the 50 lap ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model feature at the Jet’s Pizza season opener. Rob Moore notched the victory in the 25 lap ARCA Drive Train Specialists Street Stock feature, while Jeremy Vanderhoof was the winner of the 20 lap ARCA Parts Galore Figure 8 race.
The Florida United Promoters Series returns to Auburndale Speedway this Saturday May 4th for the fifth race of the season. With the cry going out can anyone beat Wayne Anderson as he goes for his 5th win in a row. Wayne without a doubt is the man to beat stated series director Rick Williams, we have the best drivers in the state competing in our series and Wayne currently has them covered. It doesn’t matter were he starts he’s going to the front, Billy Bigley and him put on one heck of show with some of the best side by side we’ve seen in a long time a few weeks ago, it will be interesting to see who steps up this weekend, added Williams.
WHEEL, TN – April 28, 2013 – Eric Wells will never forget his first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory.