RACING RESULTS FROM SENOIA 6-12-10

NEW GATE TIME TAKE NOTE !

GATES OPEN AT 5 P.M. WITH RACING STARTING AT 7 P.M. SO MAKE SURE YOU ALL
COME LATER BECAUSE THE SUN IS TOO HOT FOR A LOT OF FOLKS TO STAND/SIT IN THE HOT GEORGIA SUN PRIOR TO A RACE.

GATES AGAIN OPEN AT 5 PM. BE THERE!



Senoia Raceway June 12th, 2010 news



Have you ever been to a “HOT” track, well that is what Senoia Raceway was a Georgia Hot track, with a hot baking sun shining, the people in the stands were hiding a looking for shade or some kind of cover.

The weather was incredible, but the racing turned out to be top-notch.

Every feature race was one that was wild, drivers you thought would win did not and those that did showed some real skill.

From the drop of the Green Flag to start the Hobby race we knew it was going to be a wild night.

Missing the race was Scott Sherrer in his #41 car, who we later found out, rolled his car at East Alabama Speedway Saturday night.

The car was pretty well messed up, but thank GOD Scott came through the wreck with as little as a sore arm, and pretty hurt feelings.

Maybe he should have raced at Senoia raceway instead it may have come out better for him and his car. This is a crazy world in racing, drivers test other tracks and some come away as real losers in more ways than one.

So the Hobby race started out with #4 Mike Parker showing the way around the track, he looked like he would be the winner, but was disqualified after the race. The car that was running in 2nd place #1J Mike Jenkins would also be disqualified so that meant that #12 Gary Brand would go on the win. Coming in 2nd place would be #M4 of Winford Minix with #1 Wayne Chapman finishing in 3rd place. It was a crazy hobby race, and I wish Scott Sherrer could have been racing.

When the Hobby race was over it was time for the Modified Mini cars to run, and there were some fast drivers including #07 Frank Long, #9 Erik Hogsed, #27 Talmadge Simpson and maybe one more car.

I thought the real battle would be between #9 Erik Hogsed and #07 Frank Long, well I was half way right, because Long and Hogsed would try and battle but no one counted on Simpson in his #27 car.

Long as been a winner at lots of tracks that I have been filming but I had never seen him win at the new Senoia raceway, and this would become Frank’s 1st win of the 2010 season at Senoia raceway.

Coming in 2nd place was Hogsed in the #9 car that is owned by Evan Lancaster.

All in all it was a great win for Frank Long, who got the interview and gave out a toy to the happy kids.


Then the B-Cadet cars rolled onto the track and the first two cars looked like the cars to beat, because on the pole was #3 Jeff Carter and next to him was young and talented #01 of Blant Duke, in row two was #47 of Jason Causey and next to him was #25 of Bobby Slauson. Also racing were more cars just to add to the mix.


To get to the point when the green flag fell, it was Duke who blasted away from the field, only to have to have a restart, mostly because he was trying to out jump Jeff Carter. On that 2nd restart, it was all Duke and his #01 car, for some reason Carter had his tires spinning in the dry track, and could not catch Duke.
That left Bobby Slauson and Jason Causey doing some heavy battling. Slauson’s car was not as fast as it was the week before, but that is why they call it racing.

Winning the race was young Blant Duke, who would get the interview and some of the fans cheers. Remember Duke is unknown to fans at Senoia Raceway.

As for as Jeff Carter, he will be back with vengeance, so will Bobby Slauson who is making is making his car a little better every week.

After Qualifying of the Crate and Limited Late models, we would go back to racing with the Crate car feature. Thinking Craig Scott would be the car to beat was just a little wrong on my part, as for some reason he was not hooked up at all and was never really a factor in this race. The Crate race was dominated by #91 Tod Darda.

Battling for racing action was #55 Parish Duncan who was racing hard against #16 Tony “The Tiger” Kemp. Also racing was young #27l Doug Ludwig, and #19 Jeremy Hall.

You know it was a battle royal, but Tod Darda was not to be denied another Senoia Raceway win, so again Darda took the win and thanked the huge Senoia Raceway crowd.

After the Crate cars were off the track it was time for the Pure Mini class feature, which was one spin after another, the driver with the most action was #19 Vernon Nix who was getting tangled up 2 or three times. Nix we could really say was in the “MIX”, and on the back straight the red flag halted all the cars. It was because of a three car wreck on the front straight. You know one of Nix’s cars was taken out in a wreck, and what a wreck. Vernon Nix had been in what I call “In the Nix, Mix, with every turn of the laps”.

The wrecks were cleared up, and we began racing again in the Pure Mini class and #4 Dusty Jones would lead the pack around the long track at Senoia and take another win. He would be chased down by #00 of Mathew Turner, but Jones would not give up, he had his car right and that was all it took to win this race. It was later known that Dusty Jones and his car were disqualified and that would give the Pure Mini win to #D7 of Lonnie Patterson, coming in second was #00 of Matthew Black and in 3rd place was Vernon Nix in his red #19 car that had proved to be in some exciting phases of the race, he was a highlight reel in his self.


After the Pure Mini race, the Limited Late Models took to the track, and the roar was incredible, but everyone knows that these are the cars that everyone comes to see. Drivers like “Racing Jason Williams was there with his #73 car, and when he is racing you know he will be in the front. Drivers that would really make it interesting were good drivers like #27 Glenn Morris, and #28 Jimmy Felton and of course #18c of Shane Criswell, who seemed to have Senoia raceway dialed in with his car. Missing from the racing action was #99 of Rucker Orr and also #25 of young Scott Duffy, both drivers were missed and absence was felt in this 25 lap race.
Also racing was #9 of Shane Fulcher a winning driver at Senoia many a night, and also #24 of Ricky Payton who has always been a threat.

But showing the way around Senoia raceway was #8 of David Burton, who was blowing around the track, he was the man in charge.

Burton would go on and win on this Hot June night at Senoia Raceway in the Limited Late Model race, with Glenn Morris finishing in 2nd place and coming in 3rd was Racing Jason Williams.

What will happen this weekend when $2000 CASH IS ON THE LINE IN A “40 LAP LIMITED LATE MODEL RACE”.

The last time $2000 was on the line #9 Shane Fulcher took home the cash, can he do it again?

One thing for sure the crowds at Senoia raceway should be big, because this is going to be a top notch race, and you will see some of the best Limited Late Model drivers on DIRT at the New Senoia Raceway.

Also make sure you bring your appetite because the food at Senoia is the BEST there is NO OTHER Track that compares.

You can thank Mark Mill, Tony and Tim Moses and Jack Mills for having not only the greatest racing events but also for the best food at any race track in the South.

When you get a chance and see Tim, or Tony or “Big Jack” thank them for all they do. Also if you see Mark Mills who is in charge of the concession stand make sure you compliment him on the great food and drinks, he is the man that makes people happy. Keep the fans happy and fed and you will always have a great track. Racing is great but eating is better.


The Enduro race was won not by #85 Pappy Powell, nor by #99 Mike Ray but by #16 Austin Horton in his famous BLACK BEAUTY RIDE.


Hope I see you at New Senoia Raceway this weekend, and remember it will be HOT so please come prepared. Have plenty of water or drinks available.

To all the winners, we thank you for all the time you spent all week preparing your cars and for all those that finished in 2nd or 3rd or 4th all I can say is come on back, test the track again and who knows you may take that checkered flag at the New Senoia Raceway.

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