“The Hobby race, "oh" what a race”
When you have some 13 cars in a race, you know you are going to have some mix-ups and spins and wrecks.
These are the so called weekend Warriors, and they come out on Saturday night at the New Senoia Raceway to, “Play in the Clay”.
Some Hobby drivers can bide their time, like old friend and champion driver #M4 of Winford Minix.
He can hang in there with the best of the drivers, then you have some really aggressive drivers that are young, talented, raw and just need some of the edges taken off, like #4 Cory Potts, who can drive like the wind, the trouble is some times he looks like he wins, only to be disqualified after a motor inspection.
Potts has been the real man that everyone seems to want to out run, mainly I believe they should stay out of his way, because he is not afraid of pushing, shoving are bending a fender or two to get to the front of the pack. Cory is a hard nosed go get’um driver.
He has a outstanding car, when it is legal, and if he would have finished every race and legally won he would have really made and set some records at Senoia. But when they tear his car down, and he is not legal, he loses and that is not good.
Saturday night, Potts was in the middle of another all out war, and he was beating and banging his way to the front, like I said he has the car that can win the races it is just a matter of getting him to the end of the race without a torn up race car.
Potts Saturday night, smashed into car #91 and went almost on his side, he was dazed and confused and was frustrated as some of the Senoia Raceway infield fans were making their voices known how they felt about his wreck.
As he was pulling himself from a bent up race car, that had just been in a major wreck, he had to hear the jeers from the fans.
Potts #4 was through for the night and had to be towed to the infield, where he was not feeling so good himself. Never mind the car, because it can be replaced, but you have to look at the personal side of Cory, he was throwing up, had a headache and these are not good signs after being involved in a wreck. He would later go to the hospital to be checked out. When I spoke to him he said he really blacked out when the wreck happened for a few seconds. Then he was out of his car and ready to fight some of the fans who were heckling him.
For all those concerned Potts is ok, and will be returning to the track once he has his car back in shape and will be ready to run again with some of the best drivers in racing.
He has trouble when it comes to waiting and hanging in there, he wants to lead all the laps, he wants to prove he can drive with the best.
All in all Cory Potts is a good driver that needs to have some patience on the track, once he gathers that in he will run with the best of the drivers.
He has the car, now to just make sure it is legal and win some of the big races. I remember when I was speaking with Tony Stewart, you know “Smoke”, I asked him one time what he did to get better and he told me point blank, I had a temper problem, and I decided to make a change in the way I drove and sure enough, Stewart has been is some big wins in NASCAR since then.
So if you can harness all of Cory Potts anger and get him focused on winning, and not in the first lap, you will see one of dirt track racings top drivers emerge and win some big races.
So good luck Cory and we hope that you get your car back and we see you race another Saturday night at the New Senoia Raceway.
Hope Potts gets well after that hard lick and as fans everyone should be happy he walked away, there is nothing worse than to see a driver carried away from a wreck, when they are walking and talking, that makes the real race fans happy.
See you at Senoia Saturday night.
Thanks,
Tino Patti
A Freelance Photographer/Video Journalist
With a world wide Blog following!
When you have some 13 cars in a race, you know you are going to have some mix-ups and spins and wrecks.
These are the so called weekend Warriors, and they come out on Saturday night at the New Senoia Raceway to, “Play in the Clay”.
Some Hobby drivers can bide their time, like old friend and champion driver #M4 of Winford Minix.
He can hang in there with the best of the drivers, then you have some really aggressive drivers that are young, talented, raw and just need some of the edges taken off, like #4 Cory Potts, who can drive like the wind, the trouble is some times he looks like he wins, only to be disqualified after a motor inspection.
Potts has been the real man that everyone seems to want to out run, mainly I believe they should stay out of his way, because he is not afraid of pushing, shoving are bending a fender or two to get to the front of the pack. Cory is a hard nosed go get’um driver.
He has a outstanding car, when it is legal, and if he would have finished every race and legally won he would have really made and set some records at Senoia. But when they tear his car down, and he is not legal, he loses and that is not good.
Saturday night, Potts was in the middle of another all out war, and he was beating and banging his way to the front, like I said he has the car that can win the races it is just a matter of getting him to the end of the race without a torn up race car.
Potts Saturday night, smashed into car #91 and went almost on his side, he was dazed and confused and was frustrated as some of the Senoia Raceway infield fans were making their voices known how they felt about his wreck.
As he was pulling himself from a bent up race car, that had just been in a major wreck, he had to hear the jeers from the fans.
Potts #4 was through for the night and had to be towed to the infield, where he was not feeling so good himself. Never mind the car, because it can be replaced, but you have to look at the personal side of Cory, he was throwing up, had a headache and these are not good signs after being involved in a wreck. He would later go to the hospital to be checked out. When I spoke to him he said he really blacked out when the wreck happened for a few seconds. Then he was out of his car and ready to fight some of the fans who were heckling him.
For all those concerned Potts is ok, and will be returning to the track once he has his car back in shape and will be ready to run again with some of the best drivers in racing.
He has trouble when it comes to waiting and hanging in there, he wants to lead all the laps, he wants to prove he can drive with the best.
All in all Cory Potts is a good driver that needs to have some patience on the track, once he gathers that in he will run with the best of the drivers.
He has the car, now to just make sure it is legal and win some of the big races. I remember when I was speaking with Tony Stewart, you know “Smoke”, I asked him one time what he did to get better and he told me point blank, I had a temper problem, and I decided to make a change in the way I drove and sure enough, Stewart has been is some big wins in NASCAR since then.
So if you can harness all of Cory Potts anger and get him focused on winning, and not in the first lap, you will see one of dirt track racings top drivers emerge and win some big races.
So good luck Cory and we hope that you get your car back and we see you race another Saturday night at the New Senoia Raceway.
Hope Potts gets well after that hard lick and as fans everyone should be happy he walked away, there is nothing worse than to see a driver carried away from a wreck, when they are walking and talking, that makes the real race fans happy.
See you at Senoia Saturday night.
Thanks,
Tino Patti
A Freelance Photographer/Video Journalist
With a world wide Blog following!
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