Plusphotography: BREWSTER IS THEIR NAME

Joe McWaters Watchs his sons Time, Glenn McWaters #G1 , known as "Mighty Joe"

Ken Orr, Leganardy driver known as "Moonrunner" watches his son Rucker get his Sportsman car ready.

"RACING AT WEST GEORGIA SPEEDWAY"

The Modified Mini race the first race of the night at the “Burg” can be the calling card for all the fans to get ready for the races later that night.

I was not expecting to see the #T3 of Todd Brewster and #3 Allen Brewster show.

The big guns in the modified mini race were at the track but they were not racing, I am speaking about hot shot driver Richard Bagby as well as his all time rival Frank Long. There was young #20 Ryan Heppner and the mystery man, #16 Huie Long, who is a story in his self. I have never met Huie yet but if he is like his crew he has to be a real trip. I can not wait to meet this young man, next Saturday night at West Georgia Speedway.

One thing about the “Burg” it will punish a car and it will take a toil on a driver the next day, it is not pure pleasure running on this historic 3/8th oval clay track. As a matter of fact this can be a real drivers “Nightmare”.

One thing is always true at West Georgia Speedway, promoter and son-in-law Sammy and Brian Duke try and always put on a show for the fans.

The Modified race was looking good, even though it did not have the superstar drivers like Bagby or Long entered in this feature but there was #11 Charles Lancaster, and #20 Ryan Heppner plus the man that had won all 3 races in a row, #16 Huie Stewart, starting in the back of the field. Then to fill in the gaps were #T3 of Todd Brewster and #3 of Allan Brewster.

Who would have known that leading the race #20 Ryan Heppner’s motor would take a dive, and send him to the back of the field.
Then the man that we were watching close was the red #16 of Huie Stewart, and I knew if there was a way, he would find his way to the front of the pack of cars.

The “Burg” is unforgiving, as something went wrong with Stewarts car and he slowly pulled off the track and parked in the infield as his crew like a swarm of ants climbed all over his car, looking for some way to get him back into the race, but as hard as they looked there was nothing that could be done, and Stewarts night was over.

That left all the racing to be done, with 3 cars left on the track, the #T3 of Todd Brewster, the #3 of Allen Brewster and #11 of Charles Lancaster.

So more or less we can now say it was a “BREWSTER” of a night racing.

Next weekend I am hoping to see #6 of Richard Bagby return with a fresh and clean new engine, and we should also see #07 Frank Long back so the Brewster’s as well as Stewart should have some problems although, Stewart has beaten Long in the past 2 races. My question is how he will be racing against the legendary Richard Bagby who has raced in Sportsman, Late Model and now he is racing a modified mini car and is still at the top of his game.

This Modified Mini feature could really shake up to be a really class act race, and I for one am looking forward to seeing Stewart and Bagby on the same track on the same night.

Congratulations to the Brewster’s, for finishing 1 and 2
Also give a hand to #11 Charles Lancaster who came in 3rd in this race that was like of like watching a twilight zone episode.

As we all know the Enduro race has become another race that is one that every fan is ready for, when you have drivers like Winford Minnix, Lee Owensby, Steven Parker, and others you have a real race.

But on this HOT July 25th night, the Enduro car would be driven not by “Lee Lee” Owensby but behind the wheel would sit Kevin Horton who runs in the full size class and is a proven winner there.

When the Green flag fell, it was a massive traffic jam as cars tried to jockey for position and went spinning every where, just like I said, “who wins on the first lap”?

These once nice looking Enduro cars were looking more like they came out of the local junk yard, than race cars.
But as everyone knows, racing is rubbing and if you’re not rubbing you’re not racing, so get out of the way if you can’t drive.

Racing can be heartbreaking, just like this Enduro race with less than 2 laps remaining a car that had been turned and shoved had made his way up to the number 2 position on the track, when all of a sudden a tire went down, and he was out of the race, I mean it was sad to see Steven Parker work his way to the number two position right behind #91 of Kevin Horton and then have a tire go down, with less than 2 laps remaining in a race, that is what you call racing bad luck, then again like I said it was the “Burg”.

Going in to win the Enduro race was that of Kevin Horton i

n Lee Owensby’s green #91.
Coming in 2nd was #1 of Jeff Moran
And in 3rd was #86 George Purgason

That brought up the Hobby car feature and the stars were out again, with drivers like #01 Blant Duke, #3 Jeff Carter, #57 Lee McElwanyne, and #69 Roscoe Collins, plus #31 of Blake Griffin.

Not making the show was Mark Knight, plus Jason Causey, or someone who is really missed Joe Hillman, or Cory Hillman.

The race was going to be a real barn burner, with Carter starting on the pole with Griffin side by side. This was your race, and every one was ready including all the fans.

Carter and Griffin lead the field around, and when the green flag dropped racing was on, big time Blake Griffin and his #31 blew past everyone and there seemed like no one was catching him. Not even Roscoe Collins, or Blant Duke.

Roscoe Collins is more or less one of the super hobby drivers that have raced for many years, and he has a winning car, but tonight was not his night, even with a late caution he still was unable to catch Blake Griffin. There was a point of the race that Blant Duke tried to make a move around Collins coming out of turn 2 and Collins showed him some of his backside and that made Blant slow and crawl down the backstretch, something Blant is not used to doing. Because Blant Duke is a winner and when he is on and his car is right he can beat anyone.
Saturday night, there was no one catching Griffin and he would go on to win, with ease, well maybe not, as Roscoe had one last chance but the white flag was flying and Collins car did not have what it always has had. I believe his tires were gone away; then again I am not a driver or confess to be, so I will leave it up to you to make your decision as to what happened.

Congratulations Blake Griffin on winning the Hobby car feature
Coming in 2nd was #69 Roscoe Collins
3rd was #01 Blant Duke

When the Crate cars came out we had a total of only 4 cars, but they were fast cars, #14 Pete Cochran along with #16 Tony Kemp plus #19 Jeremy Hall and lastly #89 of Carey Smith.

NO SHOWS WERE TROY DIXON, as well as Lamar Haywood.

Anyway Pete Cochran and his super fast #14, BLEW everyone away, including fan favorite Tony Kemp.
To make it all worse for Tony he got caught up with Carey Smith in a wreck, and Smith came out with the most damage, so much that he had to pull off the track.

Congratulations, Pete Cochran, and hope to see you Saturday again.
Coming in 2nd was #19 Jeremy Hall
And in 3rd Tony Kemp

The Sportsman feature was going to be a good one, as #99 Rucker Orr starting on the poll and next to him was #G1 of Glenn McWaters.
In row 2 was none other than #24 Ricky Payton as well as #8 Michael Mills known as “High Flying Michael Mills”, also in the race was #28D of Young Darrell Frick who was driving a new car, well new to him. Once he gets the hang of it will be a real force to deal with. Frick is young and talented and can be a winner if he continues to learn his craft.
Not making the show was #25 of Scott Duffey who has been a real force and getting his car next to making his way up the racing ladder. Maybe he will make the show this weekend, also not showing up was Piedmont Alabama’s own #11 Ryan Law.

The flagman came down and spoke with Orr and McWaters and I wish I knew what that was all about, anyway when the race went green, Orr headed into turn one and coming out of turn two he was leading and waving goodbye to everyone else in the race.