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SWAINSBORO, GA \u2014Officials with the Turkey 100 Crate Late Model event to be held Thanksgiving Weekend at Swainsboro Raceway in Swainsboro, GA have announced the following concerning rules for the November 22-24 race.<\/p>\nSWAINSBORO, GA \u2014Officials with the Turkey 100 Crate Late Model event to be held Thanksgiving Weekend at Swainsboro Raceway in Swainsboro, GA have announced the following concerning rules for the November 22-24 race.<\/p>\n
The tire rule for the weekend will be a Hoosier only (serial # stamped) tire (Crate 21 or Crate 55 option) that must be purchased from the track. Hoosier Racing Tire will have representatives on hand to sell tires from Thursday November 22nd through the final day of competition on Saturday November 24th. The cost of the tire is $155.00 (tax included) and will be the only tires allowed during Turkey 100 competition. On Thursdays practice session, the driver\u2019s may run whatever brand or compound but when practice on Friday begins for the Aaron\u2019s Crate Late Models, the Swainsboro stamped Hoosier tires (21 or 55 option) will be the only tires allowed during racing competition. This is being done to promote fair competition all weekend long. Tires will be checked all weekend, which means no chemical alterations will be allowed at all.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tires can be grooved and siped, no needling.<\/p>\n
Other technical rules include the use of a 12 inch spoiler, UMP\/Lucas\/WoO body rules apply. The specifications on the GM Performance 602 and 604 crate engines will be utilized including the winning race engine being torn down to the crank after the completion of the main event to be checked to make sure the engine is legal. The weight rule is 2400 lbs. before any qualifying, before any heat or last chance race and before the main event.\u00a0 50 lb. weight break for Neck Restraint and\/or Full Containment seat.\u00a0 (50 lb. total)<\/p>\n
This event will be the largest event weekend of the season for Swainsboro Raceway as the GM Performance Aaron\u2019s sponsored Crate Late Models will take to the track on November 22, 23 and 24 vying for the top spot and this year\u2019s Turkey 100 Champion. In addition to the Aaron\u2019s Crate Late Models ($20,000 to win and 50 laps), the 440\u2019s\u00a0 ($200 to win),\u00a0 the Adams Construction Road Warriors ($300 to win), Daniels Chevrolet Pure Stock ($700 to win), Sunoco Race Fuels Super Street ($1,000 to win) and the Love\u2019s Seafood Mini Stocks ($500 to win) will also be on the racing card for the weekend.<\/p>\n
On Thursday Evening (Thanksgiving Day) November 22nd, the Turkey 100 Weekend kicks off with an open practice session for all divisions from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Adult General Admission will be $5.00 with Children 11 and under admitted FREE. All pit Passes will be $10.00.<\/p>\n
A 3-Day Pit Pass will be available.<\/p>\n
On Friday Afternoon the Pit Gates will open at 12:00 p.m. with The Driver\u2019s Meeting slated for 5:00 p.m. and Hot Laps will roll out at around 5:30 p.m. Adult General Admission will be $10.00 with Children 6-11 Admitted for $5.00 and Children under 6 admitted FREE. Pit Passes will be $25.00 for Adults while Children 6-11 admitted for $10.00. A 2-Day Pit Pass will be available. Friday\u2019s action will see Hot Laps for all divisions, Aaron\u2019s Crate Late Model Time Trials (2 laps) and Heat Races (10 laps) plus Heat Races for all supporting divisions.<\/p>\n
On Saturday\u00a0 the\u00a0 Gates will open at 12:00 p.m. with the driver\u2019s meeting at 4:00 p.m. and Hot Laps slated for 4:30 p.m. Adult General Admission will be $20.00 with Children 6-11 admitted for $10.00 and Children Under 6 admitted for FREE. Pit Passes will be $35.00 with Children 6-11 admitted for $15.00. Saturday\u2019s action will see Consi\u2019s for the Aaron\u2019s Crate Late Models\u00a0 and Feature racing for all divisions including the 50-lap $20,000 to win Turkey 100 for the Aaron\u2019s Crate Late Models. Also Saturday, there will be a\u00a0 $750 to win Non-Qualifier\u2019s event for the Crate Late Models.<\/p>\n
Also on Saturday afternoon the\u00a0 Swainsboro Mud Bog will rev up at 4:00 p.m. with mud slinging action to thrill the crowd. There will be action in five classes \u2013 Pure Street,\u00a0 35\u201d Street, 38 \u00bd\u201d Street, 44\u201d Street, and Tractor Tire.\u00a0 Registration will begin at 2:30 p.m.\u00a0 There will be a $200 Bonus in all classes. \u201cCome see the mud fly!!\u201d<\/p>\n
A three-day pit pass will be offered for $60 for Adults, and $30 for children 6-11 which can be purchased on Thursday at the Pit Gate during the open practice session.\u00a0 A two-day pit pass will be offered on Friday, $50 for Adults, and $25 for children 6-11. Camping with hook-ups are available at the track for only $20.00 per spot. The Host Hotel for Swainsboro Raceway & the Turkey 100 is the Days Inn of Swainsboro, please call (478) 237-9099 for details and please ask for the Swainsboro Raceway rate. The Swainsboro Raceway is located at 586 Modoc Road, Swainsboro, GA 30401. A $300 Fast Time Award will be given from GRW Competition Engines in Dublin, GA to the fastest Crate Qualifier on Friday Night.<\/p>\n
TURKEY 100 PAYOFF: 1) $20,000; 2) $7,500; 3) $3,000; 4) $2,000; 5) $1,800; 6) $1,500; 7) $1,300; 8) $1,100; 9) $1,050; 10) $1,000; 11) $950; 12) $900; 13) $850; 14) $840; 15) $830; 16) $820; 17) $800; 18) $750; 19) $700; 20) $700; 21) $700; 22) $700; 23) $700; 24) $700.<\/p>\n
The Aaron\u2019s Crate Late Model entry fee is $225.00. Entry forms will be\u00a0 available on the official Swainsboro Raceway website. You can mail entry forms to: Swainsboro Raceway, 5372 Pinetucky Road, Wadley, GA 30477.<\/p>\n
Further information on the Swainsboro Raceway and the 12th Annual Turkey 100 Weekend by contacting the following: Swainsboro Raceway (478) 252-1300 or (478) 494-5005 or visit www.swainsbororaceway.com<\/a> or swainsbororaceway@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SWAINSBORO, GA \u2014Officials with the Turkey 100 Crate Late Model event to be held Thanksgiving Weekend at Swainsboro Raceway in Swainsboro, GA have announced the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,3,61,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-front-page-news","category-racing-news","category-upcoming-events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14974"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14977,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974\/revisions\/14977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}