The Wife's of the Race Car driver can make up a "Perfect Team"
How many times have you been to a race car event and always watched the driver, as he prepared himself for a tough short track night on the clay surface in Georgia?
Then again, when we look at Nascar events, how many times do you see the driver's wife sitting atop a hauler and cheering her husband on, watching him in every turn, and maybe sending up those silent prayers for his safety.
The same goes for those down home racing boys here in Georgia that can't wait to get onto the dirt track and turn their cars loose, I mean, they work hard all week and on Saturday Night at the Short Tracks, it's hey lets show them all that we are the fastest and the best on this Saturday Night.
That is what happens every Saturday Night at West Georgia Speedway in Whitesburg, Georgia. Racing becomes fun, and drivers of all ages come to prove that their car is ready and able to win.
They have one problem in that, maybe they do have a fast car, maybe their car is lettered up and looks like it should be coming from a Nascar event, maybe while they take a few turn's around the 3/8th track their car seems as though it will out run all the cars that compete in their feature.
Everything looks good, then they line them up side by side, and the flagman gives them the one to go signal, as they come out of turn 4, and head past the tall flag stand, the crowd and tension seems to rise, because everyone knows that once they round turn 3 and into turn 4, the green flag will drop and racing will once again be underway, and all the drivers will be fighting to make up lap positions, passing on the inside and passing on the outside, and if they rub, hey that's racing.
But has anyone ever wondered what was going through the minds of driver's wife's as they see the green flag drop, and cars go to high gear, and it becomes not another Saturday night cruise around the track, but a pure battle from hell, with every driver, pushing the limits of his car.
These special wife's are some really dedicated people, because they come out to a race track, where the weather can be "COLD" or it can be so "HOT" that it is unbearable, I mean it is like being in a dry desert, the only thing missing on the "Hot" days are the camels. I have experienced the infield pit area walking around talking with driver's and I can tell you from first hand experience. sometimes I felt like I was about to drop. My face would turn solid red, of course I would always find some shade somewhere, half of the time in came when I was talking or taking photo's of drivers, I would enter their car hauler and catch up with what they are doing and also catch some cool shade to tune my temperature down.
That is when you will meet some of the finest wives that you could ever meet, one in particular comes to mind faster than any of the other wives and that is the wife of Hobby car driver Jeff Carter, and that is his precious wife "Lisa Carter", she is without a doubt the best that you will ever meet. To tell you just a little about Lisa would take a while so I am about to shorten this, Lisa is a short precious lady that loves her man, or husband/driver/bread winner/tough worker/ and that of course is Jeff Carter, we know him so well as "The Magic Man". One season, I had yet to meet Lisa Carter's husband, Jeff who drives in the tough Hobby class. I was a top in the scorers tower filming, my camera was set on the #01 car of Blant Duke and some other cars following Blant, when all of a sudden like a rocket on rails, I seen this red #3 with a checkered flag top come from no where, and was passing cars like they all decided to park and have a smoke. My camera was rolling, but as I took my eye away from the viewfinder and monitor I could see the flagman, throwing the white flag, and that means 1 lap to go, that one lap seemed so fast because this red blur came blowing past the flagman and took that nights hobby win, it was the #3 of Big Jeff Carter, and I was saying in the booth to my spotter, "where in the "HELL" did he come from", and that night was born the phrase "The Magic Man".
Now that Lisa's son Robbie Carter will be racing in the "Pure Mini" class feature we ought to see some real action, because this is Robbie first season behind the wheel and those other drivers that have been driving for years, will not be afraid to move a young mini driver out of their way.
So getting back to Lisa Carter, how will she feel when her son takes his first green flag at West Georgia Speedway, will she see him as he enters turn one and rounds the tough turn 2 only to head down that long "seems long" back straight away to enter the dangerous turn 3 and 4 to come out and head down past the flag stand and a huge crowd. My question to Lisa Carter?, what will be going through your mind?, and will she be standing or sitting, or will she have her eye's open are closed?, we need a camera on her, just for her reactions, it might be exciting, then again if something happens we don't need all the "BLEEP, BLEEP, BLEEP" words that may come out. So lets just enjoy another season of racing at Historic West Georgia Speedway.
One thing for sure is that among the many driver's that come to the track, you can bet there is always a woman beside him, and cheering for him, no matter if he wins or loses, and no matter what that ride home in those car haulers can be fun, more so when they all gang out at a restaurant of their choosing, and they all start talking about the race while eating, and laughing, its a win, win time for the restaurant, that has drivers and their families invade the places because they make money, because one thing is for sure these drivers will eat and when you add in family members you are going to see some food get gone in a hurry.
All I can say to end this is that no matter who wins, or loses I want to see some clean racing, and I keep in my prayers that NO DRIVER is hurt in anyway. Our Prayers go out to every driver and we THANK every driver that makes racing so much excitement at West Georgia Speedway or any local dirt track here in the South.
See you at the track, and as I always tell the drivers before leaving them in the pit area, "M
ake sure they look for the flag that is black and white", that's the one they want to see first, the Checkered Flag. Good Luck to every driver
Tino Patti * A MSA Reporter *
How many times have you been to a race car event and always watched the driver, as he prepared himself for a tough short track night on the clay surface in Georgia?
Then again, when we look at Nascar events, how many times do you see the driver's wife sitting atop a hauler and cheering her husband on, watching him in every turn, and maybe sending up those silent prayers for his safety.
The same goes for those down home racing boys here in Georgia that can't wait to get onto the dirt track and turn their cars loose, I mean, they work hard all week and on Saturday Night at the Short Tracks, it's hey lets show them all that we are the fastest and the best on this Saturday Night.
That is what happens every Saturday Night at West Georgia Speedway in Whitesburg, Georgia. Racing becomes fun, and drivers of all ages come to prove that their car is ready and able to win.
They have one problem in that, maybe they do have a fast car, maybe their car is lettered up and looks like it should be coming from a Nascar event, maybe while they take a few turn's around the 3/8th track their car seems as though it will out run all the cars that compete in their feature.
Everything looks good, then they line them up side by side, and the flagman gives them the one to go signal, as they come out of turn 4, and head past the tall flag stand, the crowd and tension seems to rise, because everyone knows that once they round turn 3 and into turn 4, the green flag will drop and racing will once again be underway, and all the drivers will be fighting to make up lap positions, passing on the inside and passing on the outside, and if they rub, hey that's racing.
But has anyone ever wondered what was going through the minds of driver's wife's as they see the green flag drop, and cars go to high gear, and it becomes not another Saturday night cruise around the track, but a pure battle from hell, with every driver, pushing the limits of his car.
These special wife's are some really dedicated people, because they come out to a race track, where the weather can be "COLD" or it can be so "HOT" that it is unbearable, I mean it is like being in a dry desert, the only thing missing on the "Hot" days are the camels. I have experienced the infield pit area walking around talking with driver's and I can tell you from first hand experience. sometimes I felt like I was about to drop. My face would turn solid red, of course I would always find some shade somewhere, half of the time in came when I was talking or taking photo's of drivers, I would enter their car hauler and catch up with what they are doing and also catch some cool shade to tune my temperature down.
That is when you will meet some of the finest wives that you could ever meet, one in particular comes to mind faster than any of the other wives and that is the wife of Hobby car driver Jeff Carter, and that is his precious wife "Lisa Carter", she is without a doubt the best that you will ever meet. To tell you just a little about Lisa would take a while so I am about to shorten this, Lisa is a short precious lady that loves her man, or husband/driver/bread winner/tough worker/ and that of course is Jeff Carter, we know him so well as "The Magic Man". One season, I had yet to meet Lisa Carter's husband, Jeff who drives in the tough Hobby class. I was a top in the scorers tower filming, my camera was set on the #01 car of Blant Duke and some other cars following Blant, when all of a sudden like a rocket on rails, I seen this red #3 with a checkered flag top come from no where, and was passing cars like they all decided to park and have a smoke. My camera was rolling, but as I took my eye away from the viewfinder and monitor I could see the flagman, throwing the white flag, and that means 1 lap to go, that one lap seemed so fast because this red blur came blowing past the flagman and took that nights hobby win, it was the #3 of Big Jeff Carter, and I was saying in the booth to my spotter, "where in the "HELL" did he come from", and that night was born the phrase "The Magic Man".
Now that Lisa's son Robbie Carter will be racing in the "Pure Mini" class feature we ought to see some real action, because this is Robbie first season behind the wheel and those other drivers that have been driving for years, will not be afraid to move a young mini driver out of their way.
So getting back to Lisa Carter, how will she feel when her son takes his first green flag at West Georgia Speedway, will she see him as he enters turn one and rounds the tough turn 2 only to head down that long "seems long" back straight away to enter the dangerous turn 3 and 4 to come out and head down past the flag stand and a huge crowd. My question to Lisa Carter?, what will be going through your mind?, and will she be standing or sitting, or will she have her eye's open are closed?, we need a camera on her, just for her reactions, it might be exciting, then again if something happens we don't need all the "BLEEP, BLEEP, BLEEP" words that may come out. So lets just enjoy another season of racing at Historic West Georgia Speedway.
One thing for sure is that among the many driver's that come to the track, you can bet there is always a woman beside him, and cheering for him, no matter if he wins or loses, and no matter what that ride home in those car haulers can be fun, more so when they all gang out at a restaurant of their choosing, and they all start talking about the race while eating, and laughing, its a win, win time for the restaurant, that has drivers and their families invade the places because they make money, because one thing is for sure these drivers will eat and when you add in family members you are going to see some food get gone in a hurry.
All I can say to end this is that no matter who wins, or loses I want to see some clean racing, and I keep in my prayers that NO DRIVER is hurt in anyway. Our Prayers go out to every driver and we THANK every driver that makes racing so much excitement at West Georgia Speedway or any local dirt track here in the South.
See you at the track, and as I always tell the drivers before leaving them in the pit area, "M
ake sure they look for the flag that is black and white", that's the one they want to see first, the Checkered Flag. Good Luck to every driverTino Patti * A MSA Reporter *
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