"RACING NEWS, AND WOES "
Well fan's and friends, it does not look good for racing on Saturday night at "The Burg", I mean these heavy rains just seem to want to continue to mess
up racing season at West Georgia Speedway.
It seems so strange now because I am typing this at 5:25 p.m. and the sun is out here in Douglasville, also the temperature is in the high 60's, gee I was hoping this would blow over so that we could see some more exciting racing action, in all classes.
I know that there were so many cars that were wrecked in the hobby race, and also the
Enduro race, not to mention the Crate and the Sportsman class features.
I guess the class with the worst damage was in the fast and wild Hobby car races, where driving was not meant for the faint at heart. When Blant Duke gets spun and cuts a tire, and Jeff Cart
er has two are more major mishaps, you know things are not right.
Blant as we all know went on to win the Hobby race, followed by car #31 of Blake Griffin, and in thrid place was the organge and white #92 of Joe Hillman. Crashing right after the checkered flag and right before me on the front straight was the car #69 driven by a veteran of dirt track wars, Rosco Collins, and into him was car #3 of Jeff Carter who had really no place to go, then there was car #470 of old Bo, who I have not got a last name for, but finding out later that he said that is one reason he never races at West Georgia Speedway, he makes his home track Dixie Speedway.
Well Bo, if you can't drive here then my man, you can drive anywhere. We all know that "Historic" West Georgia Speedway has to be one of the toughest race tracks in the south. When you bring you car to West Georgia Speedway, just remember, you may haul it off in peices before the night is over.
I know this week has been rough on some driver's and their families, I mean they had to go and work during the week, plus peice their race cars back together. That takes some real cash, and I know how hard it can get during a racing season, but you have some of the best drivers tackel "The Burg" every Saturday night, and I know that some drivers can't wait for that 1st win of the racing season, and when they get it, they don't like the taste of 2nd or 3rd, its that winning fever that makes them race every Saturday night.
The modified mini driver that really sticks out is Richard Bagby, in car #6, he is a proven winner and when his night has come he can and will out run every modified mini car on the track including the #07 of Frank Long, who has won 2 races at "The Burg", so he is the man that every other driver is shooting to beat.
The Enduro races are hard to call, because there are so many drivers that have the t
alent, but do they have the pacience to wait and win. One driver that has always been around the top of this class is #32 of Terry "Sunshine" Finnell, who believe it or not came to the race Saturday night, but never unloaded his car do to engine trouble, which in a way was a good thing because he could have been caught up in several wrecks. By the way who is #91 Lee Owensby, and why could he not be out run?.
When the Crate Cars came out, I knew what I was told in the pit area, by the crew chief of car #89 driven by the young Cary Smith, who raced motorcycles before trying his hand in the dirt cars.
Cary was really doing a outstanding job, but I believe he was nervous knowing that lurking in the pack was the super fact and experienced #16 of Tony Kemp.
Tony has always been a fan favorite and he knows, West Georgia Speedway so well, he plays that waiting game, that can drive some drivers "NUTS", I mean he is there, but when will he make his move, Tony will make that move as soon as you mess up, when you do be prepared to see the #16 car blow past you. Let me make sure that you all understand, Tony is a clean driver, but he will race you, that goes the same for the #K17 of Mark Knight, who will race you hard, but when he see's that opening and can pass you, he is gone and you are history. This is what makes a real driver, one that has patience and one that can wait. As for as Mark Knight goes he got to the track late, so I really have no information as to what happened to his car, he is usually battling for the lead, but not this night. Tony would go on to win, when he saw that brief opening that Cary left open, and Tony took it, the trouble was and I still have know idea what really happened but as soon as Tony cleared the #89 , Tony was slammed in the rear of his race car, which sent Cary Smith into a spin that collected several Crate Cars in the process. After that it was all over, and Tony Kemp won his 1st race of the 2009 season at "The Burg".
At half time, all the fans headed to the concession stands, to grab some food, and then they were ready for the fast and furious Sportsman car feature race.
Tonight was the night that was owned by Rucker Orr in his famous #99 as he blistered the track and took no prisoners, he led the entire race, and that is something Rucker is known to do best, it was as if he was on a mission, and that mission was to WIN and prove his car was back.
Ben Hill was there to race as was the yellow #13 of Roger Casell, who started next to Rucker on the pole. But when the green flag was flying all you could see was the #99 of Orr leading the charge.
One thing is for sure when you ever meet Rucker Orr, you are meeting a super gentleman.
As for as his back-up car, the Black #99 driven by hobby car driver Blant Duke, the car was good, but Blant was maybe nervous, plus he started in the back of the pack and that is never good. So maybe we will see him again in the back-up car of Orr's but first all week he has to really work on the damage he did to the car, I am sure he will be back, and once he has more seat time , Blant could win some Sportsman races, and that might be what he needs.
I look for RAIN this weekend, so I do not expect that there will be racing at the "Burg", but maybe if we all prayed and hoped the rain could bypass us and we could see some racing action.
As for as my Camera I am now the owner of a $3000.00 digital up to date state
of the art camcorder that can and will reach out and scratch the drivers back, that is how powerful the lens is, the only trouble I am finding is that the instruction manual reads like the Atlanta phone book, and you have to read and reread it to make sense of what the camera will do.
Remember DVD's are available of Modified Mini, to Sportsman features and the price has never changed it is still $20.00. So if you need a copy of a race just please let me know at 770-361-3019 that's my cell line or call my home line at 770-942-9
888 ,or my e-mail apattijr@bellsouth.net
Hope to hear from you soon and good racing gang!
Thanks to all,
Tino Patti
Freelance Photographer/ Video Journalist
Well fan's and friends, it does not look good for racing on Saturday night at "The Burg", I mean these heavy rains just seem to want to continue to mess
up racing season at West Georgia Speedway.It seems so strange now because I am typing this at 5:25 p.m. and the sun is out here in Douglasville, also the temperature is in the high 60's, gee I was hoping this would blow over so that we could see some more exciting racing action, in all classes.
I know that there were so many cars that were wrecked in the hobby race, and also the
Enduro race, not to mention the Crate and the Sportsman class features.I guess the class with the worst damage was in the fast and wild Hobby car races, where driving was not meant for the faint at heart. When Blant Duke gets spun and cuts a tire, and Jeff Cart
er has two are more major mishaps, you know things are not right.Blant as we all know went on to win the Hobby race, followed by car #31 of Blake Griffin, and in thrid place was the organge and white #92 of Joe Hillman. Crashing right after the checkered flag and right before me on the front straight was the car #69 driven by a veteran of dirt track wars, Rosco Collins, and into him was car #3 of Jeff Carter who had really no place to go, then there was car #470 of old Bo, who I have not got a last name for, but finding out later that he said that is one reason he never races at West Georgia Speedway, he makes his home track Dixie Speedway.
Well Bo, if you can't drive here then my man, you can drive anywhere. We all know that "Historic" West Georgia Speedway has to be one of the toughest race tracks in the south. When you bring you car to West Georgia Speedway, just remember, you may haul it off in peices before the night is over.
I know this week has been rough on some driver's and their families, I mean they had to go and work during the week, plus peice their race cars back together. That takes some real cash, and I know how hard it can get during a racing season, but you have some of the best drivers tackel "The Burg" every Saturday night, and I know that some drivers can't wait for that 1st win of the racing season, and when they get it, they don't like the taste of 2nd or 3rd, its that winning fever that makes them race every Saturday night.
The modified mini driver that really sticks out is Richard Bagby, in car #6, he is a proven winner and when his night has come he can and will out run every modified mini car on the track including the #07 of Frank Long, who has won 2 races at "The Burg", so he is the man that every other driver is shooting to beat.
The Enduro races are hard to call, because there are so many drivers that have the t
alent, but do they have the pacience to wait and win. One driver that has always been around the top of this class is #32 of Terry "Sunshine" Finnell, who believe it or not came to the race Saturday night, but never unloaded his car do to engine trouble, which in a way was a good thing because he could have been caught up in several wrecks. By the way who is #91 Lee Owensby, and why could he not be out run?.When the Crate Cars came out, I knew what I was told in the pit area, by the crew chief of car #89 driven by the young Cary Smith, who raced motorcycles before trying his hand in the dirt cars.
Cary was really doing a outstanding job, but I believe he was nervous knowing that lurking in the pack was the super fact and experienced #16 of Tony Kemp.
Tony has always been a fan favorite and he knows, West Georgia Speedway so well, he plays that waiting game, that can drive some drivers "NUTS", I mean he is there, but when will he make his move, Tony will make that move as soon as you mess up, when you do be prepared to see the #16 car blow past you. Let me make sure that you all understand, Tony is a clean driver, but he will race you, that goes the same for the #K17 of Mark Knight, who will race you hard, but when he see's that opening and can pass you, he is gone and you are history. This is what makes a real driver, one that has patience and one that can wait. As for as Mark Knight goes he got to the track late, so I really have no information as to what happened to his car, he is usually battling for the lead, but not this night. Tony would go on to win, when he saw that brief opening that Cary left open, and Tony took it, the trouble was and I still have know idea what really happened but as soon as Tony cleared the #89 , Tony was slammed in the rear of his race car, which sent Cary Smith into a spin that collected several Crate Cars in the process. After that it was all over, and Tony Kemp won his 1st race of the 2009 season at "The Burg".
At half time, all the fans headed to the concession stands, to grab some food, and then they were ready for the fast and furious Sportsman car feature race.
Tonight was the night that was owned by Rucker Orr in his famous #99 as he blistered the track and took no prisoners, he led the entire race, and that is something Rucker is known to do best, it was as if he was on a mission, and that mission was to WIN and prove his car was back.
Ben Hill was there to race as was the yellow #13 of Roger Casell, who started next to Rucker on the pole. But when the green flag was flying all you could see was the #99 of Orr leading the charge.
One thing is for sure when you ever meet Rucker Orr, you are meeting a super gentleman.
As for as his back-up car, the Black #99 driven by hobby car driver Blant Duke, the car was good, but Blant was maybe nervous, plus he started in the back of the pack and that is never good. So maybe we will see him again in the back-up car of Orr's but first all week he has to really work on the damage he did to the car, I am sure he will be back, and once he has more seat time , Blant could win some Sportsman races, and that might be what he needs.
I look for RAIN this weekend, so I do not expect that there will be racing at the "Burg", but maybe if we all prayed and hoped the rain could bypass us and we could see some racing action.
As for as my Camera I am now the owner of a $3000.00 digital up to date state
of the art camcorder that can and will reach out and scratch the drivers back, that is how powerful the lens is, the only trouble I am finding is that the instruction manual reads like the Atlanta phone book, and you have to read and reread it to make sense of what the camera will do.Remember DVD's are available of Modified Mini, to Sportsman features and the price has never changed it is still $20.00. So if you need a copy of a race just please let me know at 770-361-3019 that's my cell line or call my home line at 770-942-9
888 ,or my e-mail apattijr@bellsouth.netHope to hear from you soon and good racing gang!
Thanks to all,
Tino Patti
Freelance Photographer/ Video Journalist
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