" Ok, it's Thursday, halfway till racing Saturday"
West Georgia Speedway, this Saturday Night will again hear the "THUNDER of racing engines roaring", there will be NO RAIN OUT, it may be cold, if you call in the 60's cold, and that temp will drop when racing begins, but fear not racing fans are well built fans that come out to see their favorite drivers.
This weekend should prove for some hot contested racing, as we will have the opportu
nity to see Blant Duke, who drives the #01 Hobby car not only race in the Hobby feature, but he will get into one of Rucker Orr's back up cars and drive in the Sportsman feature. Blant will be driving on a limited basis for Orr, so you never know what is going to happen. If Blant drives the Sportsman car like he pushes his Hobby car, we should see some exciting racing action.
This reporter THOUGHT that driver's could not race in two features of the night, but I was told by a respectable driver that rule 21 has been changed, and th
at if YOU PAY you can run in any class. So if you have the bucks, guess what, a hobby driver can make the switch to Crate Cars or Sportsman, or whatever feature they have a car they want to drive in. The main thing is that they must PAY for all features they are in.
In a way this sounds like a great rule, because then we can see what a certain driver does when running in a different class.
Those super fast Crate Cars will return to "Historic" West Georgia Speeday Saturday Night, and we may get to see drivers like the #16 of Tony Kemp, or the #K17 of battling Mark Knight, plus maybe last weeks winner in the #8 car, Michael Keener, who blew the field away. That crate race was fun to watch a crowd favorite, because Mark Knight in his "Blue K17" was charging hard to get around Keener, only to have his car spin, and that took him out of contention. Don't forget "Amazing #22M of Mark Sims could show up, really you never know
where he will be, but one thing is for sure Mark is in need of a Win, and Saturday Night would make a great place to take that checked flag. Mark and his father Charlie Sims, work on what I call a "Shoestring" racing buget, and they work on their car without extra hands like the bigger teams, who have big name sponsors, on their car.
One thing is for sure is that when Mark takes his #22M Crate car onto the track, he gives it his all. I also hear that Anthony Hill will show up, it's been a long time since we saw this young man race, and he is also a force that needs to be reckoned with.
NEWS FLASH!!!! JUST IN, AFTER SPEAKING WITH MARK SIMS, HE HAS INFORMED ME THAT HE WOULD NOT BE BACK RUNNING IN THE CRATE RACES AT WEST GEORGIA SPEEDWAY THIS WEEKEND, BUT THAT HE HAS HAD SOME SPONSORS COME ON BOARD AND HE WILL BE DRIVING IN THE SPORTSMAN DIVISION. SO FROM PURE MINI, TO MODIFIED MINI, TO CRATE ,MARK SIMS "NOW" WILL BE RACING IN A SPORTSMAN CAR. WHEN WE WILL SEE HIM AT "THE BURG" IN HIS NEW SPORTSMAN RIDE WILL BE SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT ON.
Let's not go over board, by talking about the Hobby, Crate and Sportsman car features, lets take a look at those Modified Mini cars, now these guys are always ready to run, and the winner last weekend March 7, 2009 was the #07 of Frank Long, but this time he was being chased down by #19 of Richard Dale and son of 3rd place finisher #06 of Richard Bagby. This modified race showed some really intense racing action, with Richard Bagby trying to pass his son Richard Dale, on the high side and on the low side of the track, trouble was that there was NO way Little Richard was letting his famous racing legend of a father past him, so in the 1st race of the season, Richard Dale proved he was ready for the task of going for the checkered and winning, he is one step away, and his father better get his car ready for the next modified mini race at West Georgia Speedway.
Opening Night at West Georgia Speedway, proved to be the best for t
he fans, as it was reported that the complete concession stand sold out of food, now that was good, great for Sammy Duke, not good for the hungry fans, but when a race track runs out of food you know you are doing something right.
This weekend proves to be a exciting time, so I hope all fans as well as drivers show up to battle this "Historic" track. When you win at "THE BURG" You win in all respects, because if you can beat the other driver's in your feature plus beat this track you are special.
Ok driver's lets get those cars ready to rumble, because Saturday Night is nearing, and that checkered flag is waiting on you.
Just remember that you can't win a race on the 1st lap, hang in there and race hard and give the fans their money's worth of excitement.
Some fans that I spoke with this week were so very impressed at all the improvements that were made to West Georgia Speedway, and that says a lot because fans were always afraid of this track, but now Sammy Duke and his Staff have really cleaned the place up, and it has the air of being a real race track.
So nothing else to say except "BE THERE" this Saturday Night at "The Burg",
West Georgia Speedway, and watch some thrilling racing action.
See you at the races,
Tino Patti
Freelance Photographer /Video Journalist
and a MSA contributing writer
This weekend should prove for some hot contested racing, as we will have the opportu
nity to see Blant Duke, who drives the #01 Hobby car not only race in the Hobby feature, but he will get into one of Rucker Orr's back up cars and drive in the Sportsman feature. Blant will be driving on a limited basis for Orr, so you never know what is going to happen. If Blant drives the Sportsman car like he pushes his Hobby car, we should see some exciting racing action.This reporter THOUGHT that driver's could not race in two features of the night, but I was told by a respectable driver that rule 21 has been changed, and th
at if YOU PAY you can run in any class. So if you have the bucks, guess what, a hobby driver can make the switch to Crate Cars or Sportsman, or whatever feature they have a car they want to drive in. The main thing is that they must PAY for all features they are in.In a way this sounds like a great rule, because then we can see what a certain driver does when running in a different class.
Those super fast Crate Cars will return to "Historic" West Georgia Speeday Saturday Night, and we may get to see drivers like the #16 of Tony Kemp, or the #K17 of battling Mark Knight, plus maybe last weeks winner in the #8 car, Michael Keener, who blew the field away. That crate race was fun to watch a crowd favorite, because Mark Knight in his "Blue K17" was charging hard to get around Keener, only to have his car spin, and that took him out of contention. Don't forget "Amazing #22M of Mark Sims could show up, really you never know
where he will be, but one thing is for sure Mark is in need of a Win, and Saturday Night would make a great place to take that checked flag. Mark and his father Charlie Sims, work on what I call a "Shoestring" racing buget, and they work on their car without extra hands like the bigger teams, who have big name sponsors, on their car.One thing is for sure is that when Mark takes his #22M Crate car onto the track, he gives it his all. I also hear that Anthony Hill will show up, it's been a long time since we saw this young man race, and he is also a force that needs to be reckoned with.
NEWS FLASH!!!! JUST IN, AFTER SPEAKING WITH MARK SIMS, HE HAS INFORMED ME THAT HE WOULD NOT BE BACK RUNNING IN THE CRATE RACES AT WEST GEORGIA SPEEDWAY THIS WEEKEND, BUT THAT HE HAS HAD SOME SPONSORS COME ON BOARD AND HE WILL BE DRIVING IN THE SPORTSMAN DIVISION. SO FROM PURE MINI, TO MODIFIED MINI, TO CRATE ,MARK SIMS "NOW" WILL BE RACING IN A SPORTSMAN CAR. WHEN WE WILL SEE HIM AT "THE BURG" IN HIS NEW SPORTSMAN RIDE WILL BE SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT ON.Let's not go over board, by talking about the Hobby, Crate and Sportsman car features, lets take a look at those Modified Mini cars, now these guys are always ready to run, and the winner last weekend March 7, 2009 was the #07 of Frank Long, but this time he was being chased down by #19 of Richard Dale and son of 3rd place finisher #06 of Richard Bagby. This modified race showed some really intense racing action, with Richard Bagby trying to pass his son Richard Dale, on the high side and on the low side of the track, trouble was that there was NO way Little Richard was letting his famous racing legend of a father past him, so in the 1st race of the season, Richard Dale proved he was ready for the task of going for the checkered and winning, he is one step away, and his father better get his car ready for the next modified mini race at West Georgia Speedway.
Opening Night at West Georgia Speedway, proved to be the best for t
he fans, as it was reported that the complete concession stand sold out of food, now that was good, great for Sammy Duke, not good for the hungry fans, but when a race track runs out of food you know you are doing something right.This weekend proves to be a exciting time, so I hope all fans as well as drivers show up to battle this "Historic" track. When you win at "THE BURG" You win in all respects, because if you can beat the other driver's in your feature plus beat this track you are special.
Ok driver's lets get those cars ready to rumble, because Saturday Night is nearing, and that checkered flag is waiting on you.
Just remember that you can't win a race on the 1st lap, hang in there and race hard and give the fans their money's worth of excitement.
Some fans that I spoke with this week were so very impressed at all the improvements that were made to West Georgia Speedway, and that says a lot because fans were always afraid of this track, but now Sammy Duke and his Staff have really cleaned the place up, and it has the air of being a real race track.
So nothing else to say except "BE THERE" this Saturday Night at "The Burg",
West Georgia Speedway, and watch some thrilling racing action.
See you at the races,
Tino Patti
Freelance Photographer /Video Journalist
and a MSA contributing writer
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