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ULTIMATE SE MAKES FIRST VISIT TO LAURENS COUNTY SPEEDWAY SINCE 2011

CARNESVILLE, GA – The ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series South East Region Tour will return to the track known as The Darlington of Dirt, Laurens County Speedway in Laurens, SC this Saturday night for the first time since 2011 to remember a legendary driver. The Ronnie Brookshire Memorial Race will pay $4,014-to-win and $400-to-start.

The complete payout for the ULTIMATE SE Ronnie Brookshire Memorial Race will be as follows: 1. $4,014; 2. $2,000; 3. $1,350; 4. $1,000; 5. $875; 6. $775; 7. $700; 8. $600; 9. $500; 10. $450; 11. $425; 12. $400; 13. $400; 14. $400; 15. $400; 16. $400; 17. $400; 18. $400; 19. $400; 20. $400; 21. $400; 22. $400; 23. $400; 24. $400. M&W Transport will put up $200 for the Fast Time Award.

The battle for the 2017 ULTIMATE SE Championship is tight with just 17 points separating the top two drivers and only 35 points separating the top three in the 2017 ULTIMATE SE point standings after the first ten races of the season.

Tyler Millwood of Cartersville, GA leads the ULTIMATE SE standings and the Autolite/Fram/DirtOnDirt.com Rookie of the Year standings with 305 points and Jason Welshan of Maryville, TN is second with 288 points. The defending and two-time ULTIMATE Champion Dennis “Rambo” Franklin of Gaffney, SC is third with 270 points.

Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, GA is fourth with 233 points, and three-time ULTIMATE Champion Casey Roberts of Toccoa, GA is fifth with 178 points. Brett Hamm of Newberry, SC is sixth in the ULTIMATE SE standings and second in the Autolite/Fram/DirtOnDirt.com Rookie of the Year standings with 157 points.

G.R. Smith of Statesville, NC is seventh in the ULTIMATE SE standings with 141 points, and two-time 2017 ULTIMATE race winner Brandon Overton of Evans, GA is eighth with 138 points. Another two-time 2017 ULTIMATE race winner, Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, GA is ninth with 137 points, and 2011 ULTIMATE Champion Chris Ferguson of Mt. Holly, NC rounds out the top ten with 135 points.

Saturday night’s ULTIMATE SE race will be run in memory of Ronnie Brookshire, who passed away on March 21, 2014. Brookshire is a legendary driver at Laurens County Speedway and was a multi-time Late Model Champion at the track. The Clinton, SC driver was known as “The Hustler” and his legacy lives on through his two sons-in-law.

Brookshire’s son-in-law Mike Measamer is also a multi-time Late Model track champion at Laurens County Speedway driving a race car that is wrenched by another Brookshire son-in-law Bobby Thomas.

In ULTIMATE’s previous visit to Laurens County Speedway in 2011, Ross Bailes of Clover, SC was the winner of the Shrine Race. Laurens County Speedway is located at 435 Race Track Road, Laurens, SC 29360. For more information call 864-984-2427, or visit the track web site at www.laurensspeedway.com. You can also like their Facebook page at Laurens County Speedway-The Darlington of Dirt and on Twitter @SpeedwayLaurens.

Check out the official website for the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series at www.ultimatesupers.com, and continue to follow our social media networks on Facebook at ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series and on Twitter @ULTIMATESupers to get up to the minute news and details as they become available.
The ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series would like to recognize their marketing partners for the 2017 season which include: American Racer, Hoosier Race Tires, VP Race Fuels, M&W Transport, PPM Racing Products, Arizona Sport Shirts, DirtonDirt.com, Big A’s Custom Graphics, AR Bodies, Five Star Race Bodies, Schaeffer’s Racing Oil and Lubricants, Autolite/Fram, RockAuto.com, Safecraft, Simpson, and Thomas Clarke Performance Web Design.

By Scott|2017-06-27T14:41:20-04:00June 27th, 2017|Front Page News, Regional, ULTIMATE Super Late Model Seires|Comments Off

ROUSE & RIGGS COOK IT UP RIGHT FOR VICTORIES AT ORANGE COUNTY

ROUGEMONT, NC (June 25, 2017) – Saturday night’s CARS Tour event at Orange County Speedway was the perfect predecessor to the inaugural Mid-Atlantic Classic coming up at the facility in July. Cole Rouse survived a wild and hectic super late model feature to win his first race while also battling mechanical problems late in the race and local driver Layne Riggs captured his second career late model stock win dominating fashion during the Thrifty Tire Center / Puryear Tank Lines 300 presented by The Grilling Store.

SUPER LATE MODEL RECAP

With Mahle Pistons Pole Qualifying cancelled due to weather, Matt Craig and Cole Rouse were the fastest two in final practice, the session by which officials set the starting lineup. Craig quickly jumped out to the lead as a group of a half dozen cars separated themselves from the field in the early laps.

A handful of mid-race incidents thinned the field, beginning with a four-car melee in turn one on lap 46. Brandon Setzer and Lucas Jones came together, sweeping Tate Fogleman and Dan Speeney into the accident, too.

A little over fifty laps later, Trevor Noles and Casey Roderick came together in turn four, cutting the left rear tire of the No. 2 of Noles and causing him to spin into the wall in turn one. A lap later on the restart, Roderick and David Calabrese found one another on-track. The ensuing aftermath claimed Bradley McCaskill after he flew airborne over Calabrese’s car, plus Fogleman and Jody Measmer while Spencer Wauters and Gracie Trotter spun to avoid the carnage.

Rouse and Craig emerged as the two contenders once the proverbial dust settled, locking horns each lap around the lightning-quick facility. With 33 laps to go, Rouse moved to the inside of Craig in turn three and performed a textbook slide job to claim the lead.

In the final five laps, with over a two-second lead, Rouse’s car began to show smoke and Casey Roderick began to close in. Rouse was able to hold on to a narrow margin of victory to claim his first CARS Super Late Model Tour win and the fourth for Kyle Busch Motorsports at Orange County.

“We had enough until at the end when our tires got so over-inflated that it was so hard to make it through the entire corner without slipping,” Rouse said in Edelbrock Victory Lane. “I was so loose those last five laps or so and losing a lot of speed. I can’t thank all these guys enough, Toyota and KBM did a great job. We deserved a few wins this year and finally got one. It’s good to finally get a win since we deserved a lot and should’ve won three this year and a lot last year. So, yeah, this is for all these guys here.”
SUPER LATE MODEL RECAP
The late model stock feature lineup, much like super late model race, was set via practice speeds and had Josh Berry leading the field to green with Layne Riggs alongside. Berry won the drag race into turn one, but by the time the first circuit was completed, Riggs had wrestled the lead away from Berry and began to control the event.

Grayson Massey exploded an engine underneath of his No. 39 machine on lap 38, bringing out the first caution and subsequent red flag of the race. He escaped uninjured. Twenty laps later, Tommy Lemons, Jr., slowed with a flat right front tire, bringing out the second yellow flag of the event.

The field took the green flag for the final time with 91 laps remaining and Riggs once again was forced to duel with Josh Berry for the race lead. After a handful of side-by-side laps, Riggs cleared Berry and slowly began to pull away. Deac McCaskill passed Berry for second 19 laps later and made his attempt to reel in Riggs as the laps wound down.

Riggs caught traffic in the final ten laps, allowing McCaskill to pull within three quarters of a second, but used veteran-like maneuvers to slice through the slower cars, causing McCaskill’s hopes of victory to evaporate as he also was forced to navigate the cars racing for position. Riggs cruised to his second career victory and first at his home track by 1.456 seconds and extended his point lead over Anthony Alfredo who finished fifth.

“Oh, man, it’s just amazing to win at our home track,” Riggs remarked in Edelbrock Victory Lane, visibly holding back tears. “Thanks to everyone and all the sponsors who’ve helped us. Hopefully, we can get some more wins like this. I’m just ready to go to the next track, Tri-County. I felt like we were pretty good there last year, we sat on the outside pole and had some bad luck. I feel like Tri-County is probably most like this track than anywhere else, then we come back to Orange County, so it’s great for us and hopefully we can get some more finishes.”

The CARS Tour visits Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, N.C., in two weeks time (July 8) for race seven of the tour’s 2017 schedule, the Do The Dew 200. The Tri-County event is followed by the inaugural $10,000-to-win Mid-Atlantic Classic on July 22, the series’ return visit to Orange County Speedway.

For more information on the CARS Tour, visit their website at www.carsracingtour.com. Fresh content and updates can also be found on the series Facebook page (@carstour), Twitter (@carstour), Instagram (@cars_tour), Snapchat (@carstour) and Youtube channel (/carstour). The series Roku app is also available for installation to see live and on-demand events by following the instructions available at www.carstour.tv.

NOTES OF INTEREST:
– Local driver Craig Moore, who started 2017 with full plans of running the entire CARS Tour until an accident in the season opener nearly destroyed his car, was very impressive in the late model stock race while winning the Hard Charger Award. Moore started 14th and finished fourth at the end of the night.
– Tommy Lemons ran a race as a driver in the CARS Tour for the first time since Bristol. Lemons’ regular driver, Craig Stallard, was home assisting his family with relatively minor medical issues. Lemons gave the No. 42 a drive, however, and was challenging for a top five finish until a flat tire slowed his car. Other mechanical issues ultimately sidelined him prior to the finish.
– If there was an award for outstanding pit crew performance, Tate Fogleman’s crew would’ve won it hands-down on Saturday night. After destroying the entire front of his car on a lap 46 crash, the Fogleman crew used subsequent cautions to completely rebuild the front of the No. 8 Ford and exercise their “never give up” attitude. By the end of the night, the car had two new fenders, a bumper cover, hood and fender bracing just like it was unloaded, although with a few other other battle scars. By virtue of his crew’s exceptional attention to detail and performance under pressure, Tate was able to finish fourth on the lead lap.
– Bond Suss Racing fielded a super late model for Toyota Racing driver Gracie Trotter, a 15-year old Legend car standout, for the first time in her career. With little fanfare, Gracie piloted the No. 55 Camry to a top ten finish, the final car on the lead lap in eighth. Trotter is expected to make more full-size car starts.

THE FINISHES:
CARS Super Late Model Tour powerd by VP Fuels
Thrifty Tire Center / Puryear Tank Lines 300
Orange County Speedway – June 25, 2017

POS NUM DRIVER LAPS REASON OUT
1. 51 Cole Rouse 150
2. 18 Casey Roderick 150
3. 54 Matt Craig 150
4. 8 Tate Fogleman 150
5. 92 Jason Stanley 150
6. 5 Spencer Wauters 150
7. 34 Nolan Pope 150
8. 55 Gracie Trotter 150
9. 37 Dan Speeney 130
10. 118 Bradley McCaskill 103 Accident
11. 2 Trevor Noles 100 Accident
12. 43 David Calabrese 100 Accident
13. 98 Jody Measmer 100 Accident
14. 49 Jeff Batten 98 Mechanical
15. 6 Brandon Setzer 60 Accident
16. 16 Lucas Jones 46 Accident
CARS Late Model Stock Tour
Thrifty Tire Center / Puryear Tank Lines 300
Orange County Speedway – June 25, 2017

POS NUM DRIVER LAPS REASON OUT
1. 99 Layne Riggs 150
2. 08 Deac McCaskill 150
3. 88b Josh Berry 150
4. 1 Craig Moore 150
5. 8 Anthony Alfredo 150
6. 81 Jared Fryar 150
7. 74 Ronald Hill 149
8. 28 Chris Hudspeth 149
9. 2 Myatt Snider 149
10. 98 Stefan Parsons 149
11. 44 Justin Johnson 149
12. 18 Evan Swilling 149
13. 06 Terry Dease 149
14. 32 Brandon Grosso 148
15. 88 Chris Davis 144 Mechanical
16. 42 Tommy Lemons 111 Mechanical
17. 39 Grayson Massey 38 Engine

By Scott|2017-06-27T14:16:28-04:00June 27th, 2017|CARS Racing Tour, Front Page News, Regional|Comments Off

Jack Smith Wins Emotional Midwest 100 at Salem Speedway for His Brother

Salem, IN (June 19, 2017) – After going win less in 2016, after getting three wins in the final four events of the 2015 season, Ohio veteran racer Jack Smith got back to victory lane with the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance Saturday night, in the Midwest 100 on the High Banks of Salem Speedway Fueled by the Hoosier Lottery. In an event that saw the tough ½ mile take its toll on many of the series competitors, Smith had to hold off a hard-charging Jack Dossey II to get the emotional win.

“This is a very special win for me, I wanted to win this race for my brother Daryl, who’s going through some serious health issues”, remarked Smith in victory lane. “He’s here tonight and I want to dedicate this win to him. I want to thank my car owner Greg Urbine and my family, who supports me whenever I go race. I love these High Banked tracks, it’s great to get a win here at Salem!”

Former series Winchester winner Corey Deuser grabbed the early lead from his outside pole starting position after Fury Race Cars Fast Qualifier Jack Dossey III drew a seven for the events invert. Smith wasted little time coming from his eighth place starting position to close on Deuser’s tail and start applying pressure to Deuser. Smith looked under Deuser several times but was not able to complete the pass before finally getting around him with a power move in turns three and four. Deuser tried to go back under Smith but couldn’t make the pass, then made contact with third place Josh Brock trying to get back behind Smith creating a caution when Deuser and Smith both spun in the back stretch.

Smith officially grabbed the lead on the lap 27 restart and looked like he would cruise to the win until several late event cautions bunched up the field giving several drivers the opportunity to race with Smith and for the top four positions including Austin Kunert, Dossey III, Michael Clancy Jr. and Carson Hocevar. Dossey II was able to stay with Smith and looked to have the faster car as the laps started winding down.

A lap 96 caution bunched up the field for a sprint to the finish. The first restart on lap 96 resulted in a caution when contact between Hocervar and Clancy Jr. resulted in Clancy Jr.’s car hitting the wall hard in turn one ending his night. Smith and Dossey III were side by side as the green flag flew for the final restart with Smith taking full advantage of the top side of the track to grab the lead and the win. Smith was awarded the AR Bodies Cool Move of the Race for his last winning restart to pull away and get the win.

Dossey III finished in second, his best ever finish with the series and earned the FLUIDYNE Cool Under Pressure Award. Kunert finished in third and earned the Sweet Manufacturing Sweet Move of the Race Award. Hocevar would finish in fourth place and earned his first VanDoorn Racing Development Rookie of the Race Award of the season.

Joe Cooksey would hold on after losing power steering early in the event and come from his 13^th place starting position to finish in fifth place. The former ARCA Racing Series veteran picked up a Great Lakes Tire/Hoosier Performance Award and the Racing Electronics Hardcharger Award. Cooksey’s crew picked up the PitBoxes.com Pit Crew of the Race Award for their hard work all weekend on Cooksey’s car and getting him back out into race after losing power steering.

Smith and Bristol Motor Speedway event winner Cole Williams are both now locked into the new Chase Championship format, if they compete in at least 75% of the races leading up to the final four Chase events, to crown the 2017 series Champion.

The rescheduled Masters of the Pros 144 at Lebanon I-44 Speedway will be the series next event on Monday, July 3^rd. More information on the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance is available at www.cra-racing.com.

By Scott|2017-06-21T17:01:46-04:00June 21st, 2017|CRA Racing Series, Front Page News, Regional|Comments Off

FORD USES CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE POWER FOR TOCCOA FASTRAK WIN

TOCCOA, GA – Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, TN drove the Tim Byrd Motorsports TNT his family built with an economical Chevrolet Performance 604 Circle Track Engine under the hood to his first FASTRAK Pro Late Model Series win of the season on Saturday night at Toccoa Raceway. The $2,000 victory also gave Ford the lead in the FASTRAK South Region point standings.

Ford took the lead at the drop of the green flag and would build up a decent lead, but six caution flags would bunch up the field at various points in the 40-lap race, including the last one with six laps to go. Even though Ford led all 40 laps, it was close at the end.

In taking the checkered flag, Ford had a .697 second margin of victory over the defending FASTRAK SE Champion Cla Knight of North Augusta, SC in the Augusta Aquatics Longhorn. Three-time FASTRAK Champion David Smith of Inman, SC drove the Smather’s Excavating/Hi-Bridge Automotive TNT “House Car” to a third-place finish.

The Ford family is well-known through the TNT Race Cars shop owned by the race winner’s parents, Tony and Teresa Ford. With all of the high-dollar Longhorn and Rocket chassis in the field, the less expensive TNT Race Cars came home first and third. Smith and Ford also won the ten-lap Heat Races. Jensen Ford grew up in the shop and helped build both cars.

“We had a good car tonight and it worked really well up front in the clean air,” Ford said. “We weren’t that good when we were here in April to open the season, but we went back to the shop, changed some things, and those changes were for the good tonight.”

Matthew Nance of Ronda, NC drove the Diversified Finishers Longhorn to a fourth-place finish and fifth went to Benji Hicks of Mt. Airy, NC in the T&K Enterprises Longhorn. Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA was sixth in the Jessica Cornett Racing/CMP Automotive Mastersbilt, and former FASTRAK Champion Ron Parker of Belwood, NC took the seventh spot in the Schaeffer Oil Rocket.

Daniel Wilson of Clayton, GA started 16th and finished eighth in the Persimmon Creek Transport Rocket to earn the Hard Charger of the Race Award. Dylan Lewis of Oakland, MD made a ten hour tow to Toccoa, GA to finish ninth in the CRB Timber Mastersbilt and was the Rookie of the Race. Larry Waters of Cumming, GA rounded out the top ten in the Heards Dirt Work and Dumpster Rocket.

Knight was the Fast Qualifier of the event with a lap around the Toccoa Raceway high-banked clay oval in 13.068 seconds.

Ford took the lead from his outside front row starting spot followed by Smith, defending FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series National Champion David McCoy of Franklin, NC in the C&P Motorsports Barry Wright, Knight and Nance. The red flag was displayed on lap two after an eight car pile-up completely blocked the head of the front straightaway.

The wreck ended the evening for three drivers, Cody Pritchett of Carnesville, GA in the Carter’s Royal Disposal Longhorn, Drew Benfield of Toccoa, GA in the David Benfield CPA Longhorn, and Adam Smith of Carnesville, GA in the Jacky Jones Rocket. When the green bulb was illuminated to restart the race, Knight drove to the inside to get under McCoy for the third spot.

The caution came out for the second time on lap four when Jerry Loudermilk of Mt. Airy, GA spun the BTR Racing Barry Wright in turn four. The top ten of Ford, Smith, Knight, McCoy, Beard, Nance, Hicks, Parker, Peyton Freeman of Commerce, GA in the Freeman Plumbing Longhorn, and Wilson doubled up for the restart.

The race stayed green for four more laps and Nance got by McCoy to take over the fourth spot. Phillip Thompson of Knoxville, TN spun the Milmax Filtration Warrior in turn two on lap eight. On the next restart, it was Nance on the move once again, as he drove around the outside of Knight to take over the third spot, and Beard passed McCoy for the fifth position.

Ford continued to open up a lead on Smith, Nance, Knight and Beard, but the field was slowed by a caution flag for the fourth time on lap 14 when Derrek Harvey of Toccoa, GA stalled the Toccoa Gas Service Walter Newman in turn two. Ford, as he had done for the previous restarts, chose the inside for the double-file restart.

When the green flag was displayed, Ford was able to clear Smith and slide up in front of the second-place car coming off the fourth turn. Behind Ford and Smith, Nance, Knight, Beard, McCoy, Hicks, Parker, Wilson, and Freeman battled for the top ten spots. Knight drove around the outside of Nance on the restart to reclaim the third spot, and Hicks went from eighth to sixth.

Knight chased down Smith to battle for second, and on lap 17, he stepped to the outside to pass Smith for second. In the meantime, Ford had opened up ten car length lead. That advantage was erased on lap 26 when Freeman stalled on the backstretch. The field lined up for a single-file restart with Ford leading Knight, Smith, Nance, Beard, Hicks, McCoy, Parker, Wilson and Lewis.

When the field set up for the restart, Knight put the nose of his car right under the back bumper of Ford’s car. That’s as close as Knight would get, as Ford took off and opened up a five car-length advantage by lap 30. While Ford maintained his lead, and was methodically clicking off the laps, he expected to see the five to go signal coming off the fourth turn, but instead, saw yellow.

McCoy had a fire break out under the hood of his car and he slowed to bring his flaming race car to the safety crew in the turn four entrance to the pit area. Thompson came around the fourth turn and couldn’t get slowed down in time, spun and hit the back of McCoy’s car.

The red flag came out, the fire was extinguished by McCoy’s onboard fire suppression system that’s mandatory this year on all FASTRAK race cars. McCoy exited the car under his own power and no one was hurt. Ford led Knight, Smith, Nance, Beard, Hicks, Parker, Wilson, Lewis, and Waters down for the six lap dash for the cash.

Once again, Knight left Ford a wake-up call for the restart by knocking on his back door just before the leader hit the throttle to bring out the green flag. Ford opened up a five car-length advantage over Knight, the second-place driver looked like he saved a little speed for the closing laps. Knight whittled his deficit down to a car-length when the lead duo took the white flag.

Ford hit his marks to perfection on the final lap, and Knight was unable to make a move through the first and second turns. Knight stayed with the leader down the backstretch, and threw caution to the wind entering turn three. Knight dove deep into the high side of turn three, hoping it would stick. Knight ended up jumping the cushion in turn three, which sealed the deal for Ford.

The next race for the FASTRAK SE Tour will be on Saturday night, July 1 at Lavonia Speedway in Lavonia, GA for a 40-lap $2,000-to-win, $250-to-start race, Round 6 of the 2017 FASTRAK SE season. Ford will take a two point lead in the FASTRAK SE standings over Hicks into that event.

Just 16 points separate the top five in the FASTRAK SE point standings heading into the July 1 Lavonia Speedway race. Ford leads with 155 points, and Hicks has 153. Knight is third in the FASTRAK SE standings with 144 points, Nance is fourth with 140 points, and Parker is fifth with 139 points.

Check out the official website for the FASTRAK Racing Series at www.fastrakracing.com and continue to follow our social media networks for the FASTRAK Racing Series. Like and Follow our Fan Page on Facebook plus follow @FASTRAK_SE and/or @FASTRAK_MOV on Twitter to get up to the minute news and details as they become available.

OFFICIAL FINISH OF ROUND 5 AT TOCCOA RACEWAY IN TOCCOA, GA ON 6/17/17:

POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS $ WON
1. 2 83 Jensen Ford Piney Flats, TN 40 $2,000
2. 3 42 Cla Knight North Augusta, SC 40 $1,000
3. 1 11 David Smith Inman, SC 40 $700
4. 6 24n Matthew Nance Ronda, NC 40 $600
5. 10 55 Benji Hicks Mt. Airy, NC 40 $500
6. 8 2 Frankie Beard Hartwell, GA 40 $450
7. 14 8 Ron Parker Belwood, NC 40 $400
8. 16 12 Daniel Wilson Clayton, GA 40 $375
9. 15 44 Dylan Lewis Oakland, MD 40 $350
10. 17 66 Larry Waters Cumming, GA 40 $325
11. 4 187 David McCoy Franklin, NC 34 $315
12. 18 24T Phillip Thompson Knoxville, TN 32 $300
13. 7 F1 Peyton Freeman Commerce, GA 24 $275
14. 19 60 Branden Yawn Savannah, GA 13 $265
15. 13 11h Derrick Harvey Toccoa, GA 12 $250
16. 11 1 Jerry Loudermilk Mt. Airy, GA 3 $250
17. 5 15 Cody Prichett Carnesville, GA 1 $250
18. 9 371 Drew Benfield Toccoa, GA 1 $250
19. 12 14 Adam Smith Carnesville, GA 1 $250

ENTRIES: 19
FAST QUALIFIER: Knight, 13.068 Seconds
PROVISIONALS: None
LEAD CHANGES: None
LAP LEADER: Ford, 1-40
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Lewis
HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE: Wilson (started 16th and finished 8th)
CAUTIONS: 6 (2 Red Flags)
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .697 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE: 59 Minutes and 13.438 Seconds
NEXT RACE: Saturday, July 1, Lavonia Speedway, Lavonia, GA, 40 Laps. $2,000-to-win, $250-to-start

GROUP QUALIFYING:

GROUP 1:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 42 Cla Knight North Augusta, SC Longhorn 13.068
2 11 David Smith Inman, SC TNT 13.124
3 F1 :Peyton Freeman Commerce, GA Longhorn 13.166
4 15 Cody Pritchett Carnesville, GA Longhorn 13.177
5 1L Jerry Loudermilk Mt. Airy, GA Barry Wright 13.247
6 371 Drew Benfield Toccoa, GA Longhorn 13.295
7 11h Derrick Harvey Toccoa, GA Walter Newman 13.397
8 44 Dylan Lewis Oakland, MD Mastersbilt 13.799
9 66w Larry Waters Cumming, GA rocket 13.863

GROUP 2:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 187 David McCoy Franklin, NC Barry Wright 13.070
2 55 Benji Hicks Mt. Airy, NC Longhorn 13.097
3 83 Jensen Ford Piney Flats, TN TNT 13.124
4 24n Matthew Nance Ronda, NC Longhorn 13.143
5 2 Frankie Beard Hartwell, GA Mastersbilt 13.177
6 14 Adam Smith Carnesville, GA Rocket 13.344
7 12 Daniel Wilson Clayton, GA Rocket 13.350
8 8 Ron Parker Belwood, NC Rocket 13.352
9 60 Brandon Yawn Savannah, GA Rocket 13.676
10 24T Phillip Thompson Knoxville, TN Warrior 13.913

HEAT RACES (10 Laps):

1ST HEAT: 1. D. Smith; 2. Knight; 3. Prichett; 4. Freeman; 5. Benfield; 6. Loudermilk; 7. Harvey; 8. Lewis; 9. Waters.

2ND HEAT: 1. Ford; 2. McCoy; 3. Nance; 4. Beard; 5. Hicks; 6. A. Smith; 7. Parker; 8. Wilson; 9. Thompson; 10. Yawn.
THE 2017 MARKETING PARTNERS FOR THE FASTRAK RACING SERIES ARE CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE, HOOSIER RACING TIRE, VP RACING FUEL, BEYEA HEADERS, ROCKET CHASSIS, TNT RACE CARS, ARIZONA SPORT SHIRTS, SIMPSON SAFETY EQUIPMENT, SAFECRAFT FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, ROCK AUTO.COM, AND THOMAS CLARKE PERFORMANCE.

By Scott|2017-06-20T16:59:50-04:00June 20th, 2017|Fastrak Late Model Series, Front Page News, Regional|Comments Off

Jason Hiett Wins B J Parker Memorial Southern All Stars At Talladega

EASTABOGA, AL-Jason Hiett of Oxford, AL., scored his second career Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Victory Saturday night wining the 5th Annual B J Parker Memorial. A 42 lap $4,200 to win race that honored the founder of the Southern All Stars B J Parker. Hiett lead from start to finish, but it was not easy as he had to work his way through some tough lapped traffic and then hold off the advances late in the race of a hard charging Dallas Cooper, Tim Roszell and Austin Horton. Hiett would stretch his lead over the second through fourth trio, but the lapped traffic he used to his advantage, as he worked it to hold those three cars behind him and help slow their momentum down. Cooper did make one last run in final stages of the race but Hiett was just too strong and went on to get his second career series win. Copper improved one spot from his May showing with the series with the second place finish, third to local favorite and multi track champion Tim Roszell of Anniston, Al., fourth place went current Southern All Stars points leader Austin Horton of Newnan, GA., and fifth to Boaz, AL., driver Tim Busha who had his best run with the series in quite a few races.
Finishing in the sixth spot was Todd Morrow who had a strong run heading to the front till a fifth coil broke slowing his momentum, seventh place went to Josh Adkins, eighth to Riley Hickman, ninth T J Reaid and tenth to Chris Noah.

RACE TIDBITS: Points leader Austin Horton extended his points lead a few more markers of T J Reaid, Matt Perry of Niceville, Fl., also moved into the top ten after 8 races. Cruz Skinner of Oxford, Al., made his first start with the series in 2017 as well as Heath Hindman of Soddy Daisy, TN., Joseph Faulkner of Flintville, TN., Dusty Carver of Englewood, TN., Jason Lively of Jacksonville, AL., Oliver Gentry of Newnan, Ga., and Jimmy Elkins Jr of Talladega, AL.

Hiett Sponsors: Capital Race Cars/Vinson Race Engines/Freestyle Graphics/Phillips Properties/Austin Trucking/NSC Mechanical

Car Count: 24

SUNOCO RACE FUELS GROUP QUALIFYING: Group A: Jason Hiett 13.767; Group B: Tim Roszell 13.381

PPM Race Products B Mains: Todd Morrow/Chris Noah

AR Bodies Last Car Lead Lap: Joseph Faulkner

COR Suspensions 10th Place Finisher: Chris Noah

36 Racing & Fabrication Hard Charger: Todd Morrow

Race Car Engineering Hard Luck Award: Oliver Gentry

BrakeOMeter 4th Place Finisher Award: Austin Horton

Results Pending Tire Test: 1.Jason Hiett; 2.Dallas Cooper; 3.Tim Roszell; 4.Austin Horton; 5.Tim Busha; 6.Todd Morrow; 7.Josh Adkins; 8.Riley Hickman; 9.T J Reaid; 10.Chris Noah; 11.Terry Smith; 12.Eric Hickerson; 13.Cruz Skinner; 14.Tristan Sealy; 15.Heath Hindman; 16.Joseph Faulkner; 17.Dusty Carver; 18.Dillon Crim; 19.Jason Lively; 20.Jeff Johns; 21.Trey Wood; 22.Matt Perry; 23.Oliver Gentry; 24.Jimmy Elkins Jr

DNS:

The next Southern All Stars event will be on Saturday night June 17th at the Smoky Mt Speedway-Maryville, TN., Big Daddy 500 a 40 lap $5,000 to win event.

For more information on the www.smokymountainspeedway.com

For more information concerning the Southern All Stars contact Lynn Acklin – General Manager: 256-924-4546 www.sasdirt.com

2017 SOUTHERN ALL STAR POINTS STANDINGS: 1.Austin Horton 646; 2.T J Reaid 584; 3.Tristan Sealy 552; 4.Eric Hickerson 518; 6.Bo Shirley 466; 7.Casey Roberts 382; 8.Brad Skinner 376; 8.Clint Smith 302; 9.Matt Perry 288; 10.Tyler Crowder 246;

2017 CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS/DIRTONDIRT.COM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1.Austin Horton 646; 2.T J Reaid 584; 3.Tristian Sealy 552; 4. Eric Hickerson 518;

2017 AR Bodies Challenge: 1.Eric Hickerson 210; 2.Brad Skinner 130; 3.Brandon Overton 106; 4.Todd Morrow 87; 5.Josh Putnam 63; 6.Derek Ellis 35; 7.Jamie Perry 33; 8.Jeff Johns 30; 9.Jason Lyles 24; 10.Dean Carpenter 16; 11.John Minon 15; 12.Jason Walker 14

UPCOMING SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES EVENT:
June 17-Smoky Mt Speedway-Maryville, TN-$5,000
July 1st Senoia Raceway-Senoia, GA-$5,454
July 8th Thunderhill Raceway-Lawrenceburg, TN-$4,000

2017 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Sponsors:
*Hoosier Racing Tire “The Official Race Tire” of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series *Patriot Sports “The Official Merchandise Vendor” of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series *Sunoco Race Fuel “The Official Racing Fuel” of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series

2017 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Marketing Partners Include: AR Bodies, Brodix Cylinder Heads, , COR Suspensions, Cruise with the Champions, DirtonDirt.com, H3 Performance Graphics, Integra Racing Shocks, , MSR Mafia Web Design and Service, PPM Racing Products, RockAuto.com, 36 Racing & Fabrication, Racecar Engineering, BrakeOMeter

By Scott|2017-06-13T15:52:13-04:00June 13th, 2017|Front Page News, Regional, Southern All Stars|Comments Off

VanDoorn Breaks Baer Field Curse with Win in the Summit City 100

Salem, IN (June 11, 2017) – Three time ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS Champion Johnny VanDoorn freely admitted prior to Saturday nights series event at Baer Field Motorsports Park, that race track was one of his least favorites, those thoughts may have changed after VanDoorn came out on top in a tough battle with Dalton Armstrong to get the win in the Summit City 100.

“Wow I can’t believe I won a race here at Baer Field,” remarked a visibly elated VanDoorn in victory lane. “We have never really run very well here and never had any good luck, but everything came together tonight and we parked it in victory lane. I want to thank all the fans that came out for tonight’s race, what a great crowd. We need a lot more of this in short track asphalt racing, I hope fans will come out and support these type of events more!”

The stands were packed on Saturday night as promoters Dave and Jody Muzzillo had one of the biggest events ever held in the recent history of Baer Field Motorsports Park on Saturday as the ARCA/CRA Super Series Summit City 100 was teamed up with the ICAR Outlaw Super Late Models who contested the final Stan Perry Memorial 110 lap event, which was appropriately won by his son Bud Perry and a special 10 car, $10,000 to win Challenge event that was won by Terry Senneker. It was also Baer Field Hall of Fame Induction Night, were former ARCA/CRA Super Series competitor Terry Fisher was inducted into the track’s Hall of Fame. Fisher is the father of current CRA competitor Terry Fisher Jr. (more…)

By Scott|2017-06-13T15:41:05-04:00June 13th, 2017|CRA Racing Series, Front Page News, Regional|Comments Off

Devin Dixon Grabs Podium; Leads Chevy Performance Points

Ocala, Florida (06/06/17) – Devin Dixon piloted the Big Frog Motorsports #58 Dave’s Towing/Rocket XR1 Late Model into battle on Saturday night at Dixie Speedway with the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. The Florida driver enjoyed a solid outing as he registered a podium finish.

“It wasn’t a bad night at all for our team, and it made the 8-hour ride a little less brutal to have such a strong run in our first time at Dixie Speedway,” Dixon said. “Our goal is to win the championship and the rookie title, and if we can keep performing at this level I’m confident that we can reach our goals.”

The Big Frog Motorsports team returned to Dixie Speedway (Woodstock, Georgia) on Saturday night with Devin Dixon back behind the wheel for the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series sanctioned program. With 24 cars registered in for action, Dixon locked his spot into the School’s Out Bash A-Main with the 3^rd-fastest time overall in qualifying.

With $3,000 on the line in the feature, Devin ran in 2^nd the majority of the feature, but slipped back to 3^rd when the checkered flag flew, trailing Cory Hedgecock and Jake Knowles across the finish line. John Ownbey and Ronnie Johnson completed the Top-5 finishers.

Devin continues to lead both the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series standings and the tour’s Rookie of the Year battle by 14 markers. Complete results and the latest series standings can be found at www.525SuperSeries.com . (more…)

By Scott|2017-06-06T16:35:55-04:00June 6th, 2017|Front Page News, NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, Regional|Comments Off

HICKS TAKES SECOND FASTRAK WIN OF THE SEASON AT VMS IN USA 100

JAMAICA, VA – Benji Hicks of Mt. Airy, NC was awarded his second FASTRAK Pro Late Model Series win of the season on Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway as a part of the 41st Annual USA 100. Hicks pulled his T&K Enterprises Longhorn into Victory Lane after the car of apparent winner Ross Bailes of Clover, SC was light at the scales.

Even before the penalty to Bailes, Hicks was pretty happy with a second-place finish, as Bailes was driving a car owned by Hicks’ Uncle Billy Hicks. When Hicks arrived in Victory Lane, his happiness went to pure emotion.

“It was two years ago tonight that my Namaw passed away and she was my everything,” Hicks said. “This win tonight is for her. I tried to win the Bill Hicks Sr. Memorial last Friday night at 311 Motor Speedway, but finished third. Bill Hicks Sr. was my Grandfather and my Namaw’s husband. Winning this race tonight with my family here is a pretty good consolation prize.”

For Hicks, family was the operative word, as he and Bailes driving his Uncle’s car were parked next to each other in the Garage Area of Virginia Motor Speedway. Hicks hinted that the fate of his win and Bailes being light at the scales may have been set at lunch time.

“My Mom made tacos for everyone at lunch time, so both teams dug in,” Hicks said tongue-in-cheek. “I ate more tacos than Ross did, so it didn’t really surprise me that he was light at the scales and we made weight. But in all seriousness, I hate that for them because they work as hard as anybody else.”

The $3,000 victory also gave Hicks the FASTRAK Pro Late Model Series point lead. Hicks now leads Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, TN by two points after the first four races of the 2017 season. The defending FASTRAK Pro Late Model Series Champion Cla Knight of North Augusta, GA is tied for the third spot with Ron Parker of Belwood, NC. Both drivers are ten points behind Ford. (more…)

By Scott|2017-06-05T21:11:00-04:00June 5th, 2017|Fastrak Late Model Series, Front Page News, Regional|Comments Off

Bloomquist Wins 4th USA 100 And First ULTIMATE Race At VMS

JAMAICA, VA – Despite dropping a cylinder on lap 23, Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN swept the 41st Annual USA 100 for the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series at Virginia Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Bloomquist was the Fast Qualifier, won his eight-lap Heat Race, and then led all 60 laps to claim the $20,000 top prize driving the Reece Monuments Bloomquist.

The win now lists Bloomquist as the only four-time winner of the USA 100, and he seemed really impressed that is was his first career win with the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series, after racing many times with the Regional series.

“I think we might have burned up a spark plug wire when we lost the cylinder, but the car was still fast, and those seven cylinders left gave all of the traction I needed,” Bloomquist said. “I didn’t realize I had never won a race with the ULTIMATE Series until tonight, so that’s something impressive.”

Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL and Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, GA battled side-by-side on the last lap of the race for the second spot, and they made contact on the backstretch. That put McDowell into the steel guardrail. Pearson finished second in the Dunn-Benson Ford/Lucas Oil Longhorn and apologized to MacDaddy after the race. McDowell was third in the TEXTRON Sweet/Bloomquist. (more…)

By Scott|2017-06-05T21:11:00-04:00June 5th, 2017|Fastrak Late Model Series, Front Page News, Regional|Comments Off

SINGLE-DAY USA 100 AT VMS PAYS OUT $13,000 TO FASTRAK COMPETITORS

CARNESVILLE, GA – The richest single-day race in Regional dirt late model racing will pay out $13,000 in prize money to FASTRAK Pro Late Model Series competitors for the 40-lap $3,000-to-win, $275-to-start USA 100 this Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, VA. That’s Hot Laps, Qualifying, Heat Races, B-Main Races, and the A-Main in one day!!!

When you combine the $57,000 purse that will be paid out to the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series, the sister series of the FASTRAK Series, that’s $70,000 that will go through the Virginia Motor Speedway pay window on Saturday night.

The complete payout for the FASTRAK Pro Late Model Series National event this Saturday night for the USA 100 is as follows: 1. $3,000; 2. $1,500; 3. $900; 4. $650; 5. $600; 6. $500; 7. $450; 8. $425; 9. $400; 10. $365; 11. $340; 12. $325; 13. $300; 14. $275; 15. $275; 16. $275; 17. $275; 18. $275; 19. $275; 20. $275; 21. $275; 22. $275; 23. $275; 24. $275.

On Saturday at Virginia Motor Speedway, the pit gate opens at 3 p.m., with FASTRAK Pre-Race Registration and Technical/Safety Inspection from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Drivers need to bring their helmets and head and neck restraint systems to Tech along with their race car. The Drivers Meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., and Hot Laps are set for 6 p.m. (more…)

By Scott|2017-06-05T21:11:00-04:00June 3rd, 2017|Fastrak Late Model Series, Front Page News, Regional|Comments Off