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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Meet Wren Goodman, Promoter of Little River Speedway










TURN YOUR RADIO ON, AND IF YOU DID NOT THIS IS WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD, ABOUT ALABAMA'S NEWEST PROMOTER, MR.WREN GOODMAN!





RACERS AND FANS,

THE OLD HOLLIS DIRT TRACK IS OUT AND THE NEW LITTLE RIVER SPEEDWAY IS IN. 2010 WILL OPEN A NEW YEAR WITH GREAT PLACE TO FOR FAMILYS TO SPEND THIER SATURDAY NIGHTS. RACERS HAVE BEEN MAKING CIRCLES AROUND THE "OL DIRTY CIRCLE" CALLED LITTLE RIVER SPEEDWAY FOR OVER 25+ YEARS UNDER DIFFERENT NAMES SUCH AS" HOLLIS DIRT TRACK, HOLLIS SPEEDWAY, 431 SPEEDWAY. IN 2009 A RACER CAME TO TOWN WITHOUT HIS RACING SUIT ON FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SATURDAY NIGHTS IN MANY YEARS, HE WAS WEARING A PROMOTER SHIRT THIS NIGHT.

WREN GOODMAN IS HIS NAME, HE'S 28 YEARS OLD WITH A RACING MIND OF 40 YEAR RACING VETERAN. THE LAST RACE HE RUN AT LITTLE RIVER SPEEDWAY HE WALKED OUT A WINNER OVER SEVEN OTHER COMPETITORS AND NOW RETURNING TO WIN AGAIN. LITTLE RIVER HAD BEEN RUN DOWN OVER THE YEARS OF BAD PROMOTING AND HAVING A REPUTATION OF HAVING TO FIGHT YOUR WAY OUT. WREN SET HIS GOALS FOR A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AND BY GEORGE HE DID IT TOO!!!!!!

WREN TOOK THIS PLACE OVER IN THE WORST TIME OF RACING SEASON TRYING TO MATCH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, NASCAR FINAL RACES, COLD AND WET WEATHER, ALONG WITH RACERS DEVOTED TO POINTS AND OTHER TRACKS AROUND.
HIS MIND WAS ALL BUSINESS WHEN HE WALKED IN THE GATE, HE SET RULES, ADVERTISED ON RADIO,INTERNET, PUT UP SIGNS ALL AROUND THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH GOING OUT AND SPEAKING WITH RACERS AT OTHER TRACKS GETTING THERE OPINION ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A RACETRACK. HIS FIRST RACE WAS AWFUL WITH ONLY 37 PEOPLE AND 7 CARS TOTAL, BUT THE EIGHTH RACE WAS ELBOW ROOM ONLY OVER THE ENTIRE RACETRACK. HE ANNOUNCE FIVE-DOLLAR STANDS ALONG WITH SET PURSE AND COLLECTED RACERS AND FANS FROM ALL OVER. THE RACETRACK HAD THE BIGGEST CROWD IVE EVER WITNESSED AT THIS SPEEDWAY.

LITTLE RIVER SPEEDWAY "OL DIRTY CIRCLE" IS A 3/10 OF MILE PURE RED CLAY WITH 6 DEGREES OF BANKING.
THE TRACKS NORMAL NIGHTS OF RUNNING IS SATURDAYS MARCH THROUGH NOVEMBER WITH RACING STARTING AT 7:30 CENTRAL TIME. THE NORMAL STAND FEE IS $10 PER ADULTS KIDS UNDER 12 FREE WITH THE LAST RACE OF THE MONTH $5 STANDS.


FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPEEDWAY GO TO WWW.LITTLERIVERSPEEDWAY .COM AND CHECK HIS NEW WEBSITE.
TO CONTACT CALL
1-256-488-5148
1-256-419-1418
1-256-591-2849
OR EMAIL
WRENGOODWIN@YAHOO.COM

Thanks,

Tino Patti


A Freelance Photographer/Video Journalist

With A world wide racing BLOG Following

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