NO BLOGS DUE TO DEATH OF MY WIFE

Please bear with me and give me a chance to get back to blogging on New Senoia Raceway, and other local dirt tracks. In case you do not know my wife passed away on Fri. 4/8/2011 she was 73 years of age and a prayer warrior and a joy to be around. She will me missed by me in so many way that I can not describe. The pain I have is unbelievable, it is so hard to let someone you love go, she was in ill health but the day before she passed away she was so cheerful and also was looking forward to her nurse taking her to the stores. That never happened and she was pronounced dead at Wellstar Douglas Hospital at 6:54 a.m. Her memorial was held on Sunday night in our car port and the real church one took place at Lithia Springs Assembly of God Church located in Lithia Springs Ga. Tears have been flowing in our house hold and friends and family have been trying to lift me up. As for as racing blogs go, I pray I can get back into it, please remember me in your Prayer I need all the help I can get. Thank You Tino Patti 770-361-3019

First Race at Senoia and at Little River

NEW SENOIA RACEWAY SPRING FLING - THIS SATURDAY 40-Lap Special for the Late Models $2000 to win!!! Plus - Kid's Candy Scramble MIKE WHEELER AUTOMOTIVE & TRANSMISSION LATE MODELS CROWN SECURITY CRATE LATE MODELS NEWNAN BONDING B CADET SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT HOBBY STOCK MINI STOCK New Senoia Raceway kicked off the 2011 racing season with a BANG, the weather was a little cool but that still did not stop the fans who packed the grandstands. Drivers you could tell were ready to get back to what they do best and race and win. Tim and Tony Moses and the complete staff were great, some rules have changed but that is to be expected. I filmed all of 2010 season at Senoia and now I am back doing what I love. This time racing at Senoia is going to be fun in more ways than one, more things for the fans and children and lots of racing action in every class. Gone this year are the modified mini cars, for now, Gone or the Bomber class, so you have B-Cadet racing action with some of the greatest drivers from The Legend Billy Bright Sr. and his son The Hot Shot Billy Bright Jr. and then you have Blake Griffin a driver that wins some of the biggest races when he is in them. Plus extra drivers, that put on a show for everyone. Jump to the Hobby feature and you know you are in for some of the best hobby car racing in the south, drivers like #41 Scott Sherrer known as “The Champ” races with fury. Bring in new comer #K1 Kip Stanfill that was a long time champion driver at the now closed Seven Flags Speedway. He will race you clean and you know it was so good seeing Kip back on a track and we look forward to him racing again this weekend. Then you have the rough and tuff drivers that seem to never give you a break like Clifton Moran who drives like a wild man. Moran is not used to losing and if he can win he will try it any way he can. I will now talk about a man that when his car is in the race always has a chance to win, and that is Winford Minix in his #M4 car. Winford was not racing Saturday because he had clutch problems. The hobby feature was really the most exciting race of the night with a finish of a green white checkered finish, with Scott Sherrer taking another win. This time the crowd was not all cheering but so what a win is a win and that’s the way it is. Then it was time for the Crate cars to pull out on the track and there were several that looked like winners but as in everything there can be only one winner. Drivers like, “The Zero Hero” Craig Scott was racing and so was young and talented #M96 Marty Lunsford was racing. But no one counted on a driver from Phoenix City Alabama to lead all the way and close the deal he was Russ Olgetree, and like I said a s amazing an Alabama driver took the first Crate race of 2011 at Senoia. The highlight reel was when everyone went into turn one and young and talented Tim Bright Jr in his bright Orange and white #T7 Jr. car spun and the car behind him could not checkup thus rolling the #54 car on his roof while Tim Bright shook up but he was able to continue in the race. Man after that excitement bring on the Pure Pony Class, drivers like young #4 Dusty Jones and #00 Matt Black plus #54 of Bo Chambers made the pure mini class exciting, these young men start on the ground floor of racing but you know they drive like hobby are limited late model drivers. The race looked like a run away with Dusty Jones but his car’s engine went south, and he was passed by #00 Matt Black who was sporting a Orange race car this year, he was setting the pace and was giving it the best he had, Matt had told me he wanted to win the first race of 2011 but that was going to take some BIG driving. The driver that would go up in flames and I mean up in flames with flames blazing from his motor looked so cool in the night was giving it his all and that was Bo Chambers who raced Matt to the checkered flag with flames shooting from his car, thinking he could pass Matt on the last lap it looked like he would but young Black drove under the waving checkered flag and took the first win of the season at Senoia Raceway of 2011. A driver that did not make the show was #16 Stephen Hill, who would have been a force but he will be at Senoia this weekend. Drivers to start the Limited Late Model race were top drivers like #03 of Oliver Gentry, #54 Mike Head, #18c of Shane Criswell, #25 Scott Duffy,#27 Doug Stephens, and more all except #99 Rucker Orr who’s car broke in Qualifying and he never would make the race. This had to be a bitter pill for Rucker to take, all the time effort and he has gone through and then his car breaks down. One thing could be said maybe it had better break in this race rather than this weekend 40 lap Late Model 2 thousand dollars to win race. THE BIG ONE, racing for this much will bring some of the best drivers back to Senoia like missing driver Little Joe Armistead, Shane Fulcher, and more even some Alabama drivers. This is going to be a great show and the fans should show up in droves, with the weather looking great with a high in the 80’s and lows in the 50’s so we will have some really great racing action.

THE LEGEND WINS LONG TIME SINCE HE WAS IN A WINNERS CIRCLE "Mike Head" known as THE HEADMAN

Results from Saturday 4/2/2011 New Senoia Raceway results from April 2, 2011 Mike Wheelers Automotive & Transmission Late Models Feature Finish: 1-Mike Head, Ellenwood 2-Shane Criswell, Bowden 3-Glenn Morris, Fayetteville 4-Scott Duffey, Newnan 5-Thomas Mewborn, Greenville 6-Oliver Gentry, Newnan 7-Daniel Goodman, Senoia DNS-Rucker Orr, Newnan; David Burton, Fayetteville Fast Qualifier: Gentry Crown Security Crate Late Models

CRATE RACES ANYONES GAME

Feature Finish: 1-Russ Ogletree, Phenix City, AL 2-Randy Hester, Columbus 3-Doug Ludwig, Grantville 4-Thomas Lewis, Hamilton 5-Doug Stevens, Griffin 6-Tim Bright, Jr., Waco 7-Craig Scott, Newnan 8-Parrish Duncan, Newnan 9-Marty Lunsford, Newnan 10-Trey White, Jenkinsburg 11-Eddie Terry DNS-Troy Tyson, Fayetteville Fast Qualifier: Ogletree Summit

THE BATTLE ROYAL SUPREME

Racing Supplies Hobby Stocks Feature Finish: 1-Scott Sherrer, Newnan 2-Clifton Moran, Carrollton 3-Kip Stanfill Douglasville 4-Eddie Albriton, Barnesvile 5-John Landrum, Jackson 6-Billy Brown, Loganville 7-Kerry Carden, Brooks 8-Randy Futral, Covington 9-Todd Hatchett, Concord 10-Russell Frost, Jackson 11-Mike Jenkins, Brooks 12-Ricky Garland, Newnan DQ-Gary Brand, Franklin (light at scales) Heat race winners: Sherrer & Brand Newnan Bonding B-

B-CADET wild start to 2011

Cadets Feature Finish: 1-Brand Lewis, Hamilton 2-Lee Trayler, LaGrange 3-Charlie Garrett, West Point 4-Jay Conner, Gay 5-TJ Joiner, Lithia Springs 6-Johnny Stinchcomb, Hapeville 7-Billy Bright, Jr., Union City DNS-Buck Williams,

UP IN FLAMES PURE MINI CONGRAGULATIONS MATT BLACK!

Watkinsville Mini Stocks Feature Finish: 1-Matt Black, Douglasville 2-Bo Chambers, Griffin 3-Dorough Bright, Whitesburg 4-Gary Parker, Barnesville 5-Michael Crawford, Thomaston 6-Robbie Scardon, Senoia 7-Dusty Jones 8-Joshua Blume, Sharpsburg 9-Marcus Snead, Grffin -----------------------------------------------------

News about Little River Speedway, With the young and talented promoter, Wren Goodman who is a class act. Goodman was a driver for years and now he has taken an old run down track known as Hollis Crossroads and turned the place where fans and families can come and see some exciting racing action almost every Saturday night. This Alabama Speedway is just over the Georgia line, and can be found easy. If you have trouble call Wren or the track for more information. Welcome to Little River Speedway. We are located 1/2 mile from Hollis Crossroads down Highway 431 South. LOCATED: LITTLE RIVER SPEEDWAY 9104 HIGHWAY 431 HEFLIN, ALABAMA 36264 CONTACT WREN GOODMAN WRENGOODWIN@YAHOO.COM 1-256-452-9390 1-256-452-9390 FOR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS

Here are the results from the racing action at Little River Speedway, where the crowd was huge and it looks like it can only get better.

APRIL 2, 2011 RACE RESULTS ECONO BOMBER CLASS

1ST -- 56 SHANE BEASON

2ND 64-JEFF WALKER

3RD -65-KEVIN WALLS

4TH -55W- WAYLON WHEELES

5TH - 98- JOSEPH CHAMPION

6TH- 55Y-SHANE SCOTT

A "KNIGHT TO REMEMBER"

SPORTSMAN / LATE MODEL CLASS *

1ST--K17- MARK KNIGHT

2ND--5- ?????

3RD--1- BEN HILL

4TH -77- SHANE BARRETT

5TH--13.5- DAVID PETTUS

6TH--11-JEFF HOLT

7TH--9- TIM COMP

* HOBBY/ SUPER STREET CLASS * 1ST--56- SHANE BEASON

2ND--47- MARK KNIGHT

3RD-51- OPIE COWEN

4TH-11- MICHAEL BROWN

5TH--64- JEFF WALKER

6TH--9-STANLEY GREGO

* MODIFIED PONY CLASS * 1ST--6-ERIC HOGSED

2ND--13-BRIAN DODGEN

3RD-5-RAMPAGE

4TH---28-JEFF VISE

5TH--11-MICHAEL MORGAN

* PURE PONY CLASS * 1ST--5-KEN HORTON

2ND--12- ALLEN ANDERSON

3RD --80- BEN MORRIS

4TH--18- JOHN CHANDLER

5TH- 5-TERRY MERRIT

6TH--21-FRANK LONG

7TH---3-DANIEL BURNETTE

8TH--55- WAYLON WHEELES

9TH -29-WAYNE KING

10TH---09-JUSTIN TRIVETT

11TH--1-MATTHEW CORNWELL

12TH--23.5-TRAVIS SMITH

13TH--65-KEVIN WALLS

14TH--93-JAMES GANEY

15TH--23-ANTHONY WESSELS

16TH--14J-JESSE LOWMAN

17TH--74-KENNETH GANN

18TH--38-ROSS BAINES

19TH--43- ADAM LAW

20TH--28-ANDY McCARTNEY

21ST--32-DAVID SISSON

Thanks to everyone, see you at the track

Don't forget DVD's are available of New Senoia Racway features cost just $25 CASH please remember have of the money is going to help my wife with dialysis and other medical needs.

Also know any one that needs weddings or just outstanding family portraits done please let me know everyday except Saturday evening during racing season. Please Call 770 361 3019 any time and ask for Tino

Tino Patti

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