"Pushed to the Limit"
Racing can be fun, but then again racing can become a hazard to drivers and others, there is a time to race and a time to fight. When at a Dirt Track drivers go through all kinds of emotions and things tend to get heated. The following incident took place prior to a Saturday night race at West Georgia Speedway in Whitesburg, Georgia.
The battle became wild and woolly between two Sportsman car drivers. The drivers involved were Rucker Orr and Ted Ray, two drivers with lots of talent, but on this hot Saturday night in June the tempers flared and before I knew it I was capturing a fight while I had been setting up my video camera for the races for that night. I was working in the tower outside the track where I film from, setting up my equipment. I had a video tape in the camera and was fine tuning every angle to make sure that I would be able to capture turn one through turn four and the finish line.
There was a race on June 14th that is when the sportsman cars had a major crash as soon as the green flag fell, that is also when tempers heated up. It was caused because of car 99 Rucker Orr that mashed the gas, which sent the first row cars sideways and crashing along the fence, Rucker made it through, but other drivers were caught up in the mass of metal. One driver known as "Bear" Ted Ray was also involved in the crash, but when you are running in the back of the pack and something happens up front, your car is always going to be involved unless you have so much luck on your side, and some drivers did avoid the wreck.
When I am filming, and I have filmed for years I know that the start of any race is where and when things can get hairy and wrecks will happen. Like I have always said NO ONE WINS ON THE FIRST LAP. Think about it, there is maybe 25 sometime 30 laps in a race, and someone one once to win on lap one with the green flag flying. It's hard to imagine but wrecks happen to the best of driver's. Most drivers go home fix their cars and come back to race again on the next race night. Then again some hold what I shall call a grudge and carry it on their backs all week long. Intead of letting it go it eats them up on the inside, and that driver is the worst driver to be around. I have met several drivers and have come to like and enjoy watching them race. I have stood behind drivers, I have opened up and told them my troubles, I have always tried to be the best person I could have been.
Some people say that I show favoritism, but let me let you know that I have got closer to some drivers than others. Sure I have my favorites but that does not mean they win every Saturday night, they might not even finish a race.
That bring me too the next Saturday night, June 21st, that was the night I was walking around the infield of the pit area selling my few DVD's and I seen Ted Ray approach Rucker Orr and throw parts of his car down in front of Rucker car, and Ted made sure he let Rucker know that the next time they raced he planned on putting Rucker into the wall, and he pushed Rucker as well as said some words that I shall not repeat here. That night was the beginning of a nightmare, it was good that Ted Ray did not bring his car too the track or that could have been the night that he put Rucker in the wall.
Rucker went on to win his Sportsman race and was gearing up for the next race on the 28th of June, but that race would not have Rucker in the race as prior to race night that is when a fight began that involved Ted Ray and Orr. That is when my camera caught the action of a mob fight that had Rucker on top beating Ted Ray, there were others also kicking and throwing punches it was amazing. I had like I said been setting up my camera and checking it when the fight broke out. My instinct cut in full gear, and I hit the record button on my camera and away I went filming a fight in the infield of West Georgia Speedway. This was like a film you would see on the news on any day of the week, a mob, swing and slapping and pushing and shoving and all this maybe 4 minutes was caught on video.
Now I have been called and threatened by Ted Ray one of the people involved and he said that he was going to get me, if I sold a video of the fight. I explained to him that anything I have a video of is MY PROPERTY and no one has any right to it, unless they buy a copy. He demanded I never sell a copy, he also stated I was also going to be sued for the release of the tape.
The video itself shows the mayhem with Ted Rad being pushed to the ground and that is when Sportsman driver Rucker Orr started to beat him, he had been provoked and this time to his limit. Ruckers, father stated that he was trying to defend himself from the Big Bear of a man named Ted Ray, when Rucker did see that his father had been pushed against a parked truck, Rucker took matters into his own hands and somehow got Ted to the ground where then the battle was on.
The crowd gathered to watch and some were trying to control the fight, it seemed from where I was filming most drivers stayed away and watched not wanting to get involved.
I have seen some battles on the track with cars pushing each other but to be honest this I thought I would never see, I mean grown men, drivers that drive expensive car's, beating each other senseless. Instead of taking their anger out on the track, they had to battle prior to the race and in the infield pit area of all things.
I know what my video shows, I also know that I would never lie about anything regarding this matter, but I do think that if a driver had a problem with another driver they should have taken it out on the track and not fight in the Pit area where others could be hurt.
Sometimes a driver, who has been winning can be pushed to the limit, and when that happens all you get is stress and pain, I never said I liked one driver over the other, I show no favoritism I enjoy clean racing, but sometimes things happen on the racetrack and people are involved in wrecks. Thats fine, but when they take it too the limit of pushing each other every Saturday night something has to give, and on June 28th at West Georgia Speedway it all came to a head, and what was words, came to blows sending one driver to jail and that was Rucker Orr, when to be honest both drivers should have been sent to the jail. I hate it that Rucker was not allowed to race but was barred from the track for 2 weeks and so was Ted Ray, I hope that Ray is banned as Sammy Duke has said, but we will have to really see what happens. I know that this fight had been brewing and something was going to happen just when and where were the questions. Well it did, on that hot Saturday Night in July at West Georgia Speedway.
Is there anyway people can get a grip on what I am saying, if Rucker Orr had not been pushed to his limit against Ted Ray things would not have happened but everyone even myself has that breaking point, and Rucker was at his breaking point and Ted "The Bear" Ray had pushed him to the limit. I hate it for both drivers but in this case I show no favoritism, I just know what happened and I know in my heart what I did was right. The video is now in the hands of the law enforcement and a judge and that is all that I can do. I will always have the master copy of the fight in my possession and no one will ever get control of it.
Wish things could have ended better but that is that story, hope both drivers come to their senses. The end is that both drivers were escorted from the track in police cars, and went to jail, for a short time before being released. If Sammy Duke would have had a police officer in the pit area before the race, could this have stopped the trouble, I believe it would have at least had a impact but there was no police at that time of day at the track, so that gave a better opportunity for the drivers to exchange heated words.
Racing is a Sport but when it becomes violent for the drivers that is when racing is no longer fun, as I said if one driver had a problem with another the best place to end the problem is to spin the opposite driver out and get the anger out and not keep harboring anger.
Fans Racing is exciting, and this was one small incident at a race track and there is nothing that could have been done by management, so please remember almost every driver that pulls onto the track is not that way and all they are in racing for is the sport and the good sportsmanship.
See you at West Georgia Speedway for the big 4th of July Race, featuring $800 to win in the Crate Car division and $1000 to win in the Sportsman feature race.
SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Racing can be fun, but then again racing can become a hazard to drivers and others, there is a time to race and a time to fight. When at a Dirt Track drivers go through all kinds of emotions and things tend to get heated. The following incident took place prior to a Saturday night race at West Georgia Speedway in Whitesburg, Georgia.
The battle became wild and woolly between two Sportsman car drivers. The drivers involved were Rucker Orr and Ted Ray, two drivers with lots of talent, but on this hot Saturday night in June the tempers flared and before I knew it I was capturing a fight while I had been setting up my video camera for the races for that night. I was working in the tower outside the track where I film from, setting up my equipment. I had a video tape in the camera and was fine tuning every angle to make sure that I would be able to capture turn one through turn four and the finish line.
There was a race on June 14th that is when the sportsman cars had a major crash as soon as the green flag fell, that is also when tempers heated up. It was caused because of car 99 Rucker Orr that mashed the gas, which sent the first row cars sideways and crashing along the fence, Rucker made it through, but other drivers were caught up in the mass of metal. One driver known as "Bear" Ted Ray was also involved in the crash, but when you are running in the back of the pack and something happens up front, your car is always going to be involved unless you have so much luck on your side, and some drivers did avoid the wreck.
When I am filming, and I have filmed for years I know that the start of any race is where and when things can get hairy and wrecks will happen. Like I have always said NO ONE WINS ON THE FIRST LAP. Think about it, there is maybe 25 sometime 30 laps in a race, and someone one once to win on lap one with the green flag flying. It's hard to imagine but wrecks happen to the best of driver's. Most drivers go home fix their cars and come back to race again on the next race night. Then again some hold what I shall call a grudge and carry it on their backs all week long. Intead of letting it go it eats them up on the inside, and that driver is the worst driver to be around. I have met several drivers and have come to like and enjoy watching them race. I have stood behind drivers, I have opened up and told them my troubles, I have always tried to be the best person I could have been.
Some people say that I show favoritism, but let me let you know that I have got closer to some drivers than others. Sure I have my favorites but that does not mean they win every Saturday night, they might not even finish a race.
That bring me too the next Saturday night, June 21st, that was the night I was walking around the infield of the pit area selling my few DVD's and I seen Ted Ray approach Rucker Orr and throw parts of his car down in front of Rucker car, and Ted made sure he let Rucker know that the next time they raced he planned on putting Rucker into the wall, and he pushed Rucker as well as said some words that I shall not repeat here. That night was the beginning of a nightmare, it was good that Ted Ray did not bring his car too the track or that could have been the night that he put Rucker in the wall.
Rucker went on to win his Sportsman race and was gearing up for the next race on the 28th of June, but that race would not have Rucker in the race as prior to race night that is when a fight began that involved Ted Ray and Orr. That is when my camera caught the action of a mob fight that had Rucker on top beating Ted Ray, there were others also kicking and throwing punches it was amazing. I had like I said been setting up my camera and checking it when the fight broke out. My instinct cut in full gear, and I hit the record button on my camera and away I went filming a fight in the infield of West Georgia Speedway. This was like a film you would see on the news on any day of the week, a mob, swing and slapping and pushing and shoving and all this maybe 4 minutes was caught on video.
Now I have been called and threatened by Ted Ray one of the people involved and he said that he was going to get me, if I sold a video of the fight. I explained to him that anything I have a video of is MY PROPERTY and no one has any right to it, unless they buy a copy. He demanded I never sell a copy, he also stated I was also going to be sued for the release of the tape.
The video itself shows the mayhem with Ted Rad being pushed to the ground and that is when Sportsman driver Rucker Orr started to beat him, he had been provoked and this time to his limit. Ruckers, father stated that he was trying to defend himself from the Big Bear of a man named Ted Ray, when Rucker did see that his father had been pushed against a parked truck, Rucker took matters into his own hands and somehow got Ted to the ground where then the battle was on.
The crowd gathered to watch and some were trying to control the fight, it seemed from where I was filming most drivers stayed away and watched not wanting to get involved.
I have seen some battles on the track with cars pushing each other but to be honest this I thought I would never see, I mean grown men, drivers that drive expensive car's, beating each other senseless. Instead of taking their anger out on the track, they had to battle prior to the race and in the infield pit area of all things.
I know what my video shows, I also know that I would never lie about anything regarding this matter, but I do think that if a driver had a problem with another driver they should have taken it out on the track and not fight in the Pit area where others could be hurt.
Sometimes a driver, who has been winning can be pushed to the limit, and when that happens all you get is stress and pain, I never said I liked one driver over the other, I show no favoritism I enjoy clean racing, but sometimes things happen on the racetrack and people are involved in wrecks. Thats fine, but when they take it too the limit of pushing each other every Saturday night something has to give, and on June 28th at West Georgia Speedway it all came to a head, and what was words, came to blows sending one driver to jail and that was Rucker Orr, when to be honest both drivers should have been sent to the jail. I hate it that Rucker was not allowed to race but was barred from the track for 2 weeks and so was Ted Ray, I hope that Ray is banned as Sammy Duke has said, but we will have to really see what happens. I know that this fight had been brewing and something was going to happen just when and where were the questions. Well it did, on that hot Saturday Night in July at West Georgia Speedway.
Is there anyway people can get a grip on what I am saying, if Rucker Orr had not been pushed to his limit against Ted Ray things would not have happened but everyone even myself has that breaking point, and Rucker was at his breaking point and Ted "The Bear" Ray had pushed him to the limit. I hate it for both drivers but in this case I show no favoritism, I just know what happened and I know in my heart what I did was right. The video is now in the hands of the law enforcement and a judge and that is all that I can do. I will always have the master copy of the fight in my possession and no one will ever get control of it.
Wish things could have ended better but that is that story, hope both drivers come to their senses. The end is that both drivers were escorted from the track in police cars, and went to jail, for a short time before being released. If Sammy Duke would have had a police officer in the pit area before the race, could this have stopped the trouble, I believe it would have at least had a impact but there was no police at that time of day at the track, so that gave a better opportunity for the drivers to exchange heated words.
Racing is a Sport but when it becomes violent for the drivers that is when racing is no longer fun, as I said if one driver had a problem with another the best place to end the problem is to spin the opposite driver out and get the anger out and not keep harboring anger.
Fans Racing is exciting, and this was one small incident at a race track and there is nothing that could have been done by management, so please remember almost every driver that pulls onto the track is not that way and all they are in racing for is the sport and the good sportsmanship.
See you at West Georgia Speedway for the big 4th of July Race, featuring $800 to win in the Crate Car division and $1000 to win in the Sportsman feature race.
SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10 comments:
i think the bear should kick butt i guess to tackle the bear it takes at least 3 cowards to have brought down the bear they were coards for soraying him first with maze so he couldnt see one of the others come up from behind and also if orr was any man he would have confronted bear like a man the wkend b4
Well, It seems like Yogi is a little embarassed about all this. Cowards?? It takes a coward to push an older man into a truck!
That is a coward! Im sure Decent people dont want any trouble...but Yogi, Just had to keep trying to start trouble because he is not satisfied with the outcomes of the track! It is totally all his fault! If he cant handle what happens on the track he doesnt need to be racing!
There are two sides to every story. There are many witnesses who can tell the truth about what did happen the week before the fight. The trouble with Orr and Ted was reported to local law enforcement at the track , but nothing was done about it . When your life is threatened the automatic thing to do is defend yourself and that is what Orr was doing for himself and his Father. Ted started the entire thing and Orr only defended himself!! Get over it lets race!!!!!
Obviously the folks defending Rucker weren't witness to what actually happened the night of the fight. Ted was on his 4 wheeler with a little girl (about 8 or 9 yrs. old) on the back with "the man" Rucker sprayed him with mace, which also got the little girl. That is when old man Orr hit Ted with a walking cane. THAT is why Ted threw him against the truck. What would you have done?? The whole incident was planned. Rucker had a posse with him that night because he knew he couldn't take on Ted by himself. And if he's so bad, why didn't he take care of the problem the week before when Ted confronted him? Because he's a WUSSIE, that's why. You people need to watch how Rucker starts a race, which is what caused this incident with Ted. He's nothing but white trash.
Leave it on the track!!!!!
Like I say, Trouble makers will be trouble makers! Ted is the one that continuously tried to start something. What happens on the track should stay on the track and if orr starts off a certain way. I dont see anyone else trying to start trouble about it. If you dont like it stay off the track!!!!!
Well, since the last post there has been some more action at West GA Speedway that involved the wonderful Rucker Orr. I knew if Orr kept moving down (or up) on folks on the start of the race something would happen. I'm talking about the incident with the 26 and Orr. I was a witness to a heated conversation the two had about 6 weeks ago at the scales after a race where the guy in the 26 car told Orr if he didn't stop moving up or down as the case may be on him on the start of the race, that next time he, (26), was not going to let off the gas like he had been doing to keep from causing a wreck. I guess Orr wanted to try it one more time and look what happened. He knew why it happened, that's why he didn't get out of his car and try to start something. (Either that or he was scared.) As they were going down the back stretch side by side Orr started moving down on the 26. I know he was thinking the guy would let off the gas and Orr would come out ahead going in turn 3, except the guy didn't let off the gas and because Orr had not cleared him he got t boned. I, for one, was glad to see somebody stand their ground with him. He started G1 moving down on him the last race. It's just a matter of time before these drivers get tired of Orr and quit coming to West GA and he will be out there trying to out run himself. When that happens Sammy Duke with lose a lot of fans and have to cut that class out.
Good Job Orrs! Stand your ground. Thats the way it should be, defend your family. Every race track you go to has a trouble maker. And if they keep on and on then they get whats coming to them. I would have done the same thing that Orr done. I would have defended my father. I give 2 thumbs up to the Orr's.
Way to go Rucker..... Drama starter! lol ; )
Whatever it takes right?
Ya'll want some cheese with that whine! Shut up and race ya bunch of b****es!. Fighting is part of any kind of racing whether it's with your fist or your car. The thing is, fighting with your fist is cheaper. (most of the time). Shut up and race!
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