“GEORGIA HAS SOME “BRIGHT” NIGHTS AND SOME “SCOTT” FILLED ACTION ON A FULL MOON NIGHT AT SENOIA RACEWAY”
Photo by Tino Patti of Hobby Champion Scott Sherrer
What a night at New Senoia Raceway, first off Saturday night was “HOT” second there was almost a Full Moon, third the racing in every class was more than crazy. From the Modified Mini race to the end of the Enduro races, action was everywhere on the track.
The Modified Mini race was a feature I had long been waiting for all because of a driver I had not seen race since West Georgia Speedway was open. He was #16 of Huie Stewart, who drives like Tony Stewart, with the same crazy ability. I know one thing, when he was leading almost every lap of the race, I never in my mind realized it was old Huie Stewart, not in a million years, but when he took the checkered flag and climbed out of his #16 Modified mini car for his interview, I was overjoyed in seeing my old friend. You have to realize that I have seen Huie win some
big races and when he is racing, it is on, not even #07 of Frank Long could catch Huie, and that is something Frank does best is win. But the Modified Mini feature was won by #16 Huie Stewart, and he never looked back.
So the order of finish was #16 of Huie Stewart, and in 2nd place was #07 Frank Long with a strong 3rd place finish by #8 John Caldwell.
Then the night was ready for the “Show” the Hobby car feature with a giant of a gentleman back, a pure out winning driver at Senoia, Mr. Scott Sherrer who was back in his #41 hobby car and ready to run. Scott had a bounty on him and no one had beaten him, but it was lifted when he failed to make the show at Senoia raceway, seems he wanted to race at another tr
ack, he did and in that race he rolled his car, tearing all the hard work he had put in it up. That only meant Scott was out of racing for a while, but the fire for winning had not left his heart.
As a writer, I see so many drivers, and I speak to so many drivers, it is incredible, I know them from other tracks where maybe I filmed their races way back when, and sometimes I know some of these drivers right off the bat, but at Senoia on Saturday night, I was standing like I always do at the ticket booth where drivers pay to enter the track, and this giant of a man was standing there next to me. I had no idea who it was until he spoke and I looked at him twice and said “Your Scott Sherrer”, what a joy, he said he spoke to me a week before while I was walking and talking to folks in the grandstands, and he said I just blew him off. You have to remember when I walk around prior to a race or in between races I meet so many people and people are always saying hello to me, and some I remember and some I don’t remember I guess that is what happens when you reach the age of 60 like I have turned.
To give you a real moment it was like the week before when I was standing where drivers pay, and all of a sudden I seen this tall young man, with a wife and 2 children, I looked at him 3 times before I realized he was the young super star that would drive wide open at 7 Flags Speedway in Douglasville, he was Little Joe Armstead, it’s like this there are some drivers that just stand out, Little Joe is that special driver.
Other drivers that stand out are Pure Mini Driver #16 Steven Hill. He is tall and stands high above everyone else. Another driver that seems to have no trouble standing out is #3 Jeff Carter, and his Carter family, always a kind word and always funny, except when he is on the track then he is all business. Some driver you just know like the hobby car driver #M4 of Winford Minix, who drives a purple car that you can’t miss. Winford is a great driver and he is so funny. People need to get to know drivers more. They are some of the best folks around no matter what class.
Top drivers like Rucker Orr, Scott Duffy, Jason Williams, are just a few drivers that are in the class that once you meet them you can never forget them.
Getting back to the Hobby feature, it was another race with so
many wrecks it was hard to keep up with. Drivers like #57 Lee Ownbey and #1J Mike Jenkins would have their own battle royal. While their battle was raging, #B3 of last weekends winner Clifton Moran was showing he had the car to beat even with #41 Scott Sherrer and #M4 of Winford Minix charging after him. The finish was dramatic finish would again be #41 Scott Sherrer, with #M4 of Winford Minix in 2nd and finishing in 3rd place was #A1 of Andy Spradlin.
So with the Hobby feature over it was time for the B-Cadet cars to roll on the track, and these are some big boy drivers, “GONE WILD”.
Drivers like #3 Jeff Carter, #B7 of Billy Bright Jr. plus his brother #777 Tim Bright Jr. also racing was #28 of Robert Chandler, #31 of Lee Fuller, and #01 of Blant Duke. Also racing was #26 of Justin Williams, #11 of T.J.Joiner, with #20 Lee Capps plus outstanding drivers like #31 Blake Griffin. Missing from the racing action was #25 of young gun Bobby Slauson, who had some issues with getting his car ready for racing action, but don’t worry he will be back Saturday night in the B-Cadet feature race.
Some of the drivers get along and some don’t see eye to eye in any way.
One class act was shown by #25 Bobby Slauson and his entire crew for helping a driver that did not have a tire, who also did not have power tools to change the tire with, that driver was #11 T.J.Joiner who was helped in more ways than one by Slauson and his crew, who gave him a tire and guess what T.J. finished in 2nd place behind winning driver #B7 of Billy Bright Jr. So if you want to give a award I would give the good driving award to the entire Slauson crew for helping T.J.Joiner get his car back on the track and help him finish in 2nd place.
When the B-Cadet smoke had cleared it was time for the fast Late Model Crate Race featuring some super fast cars, like #13 Roger Cassell, #55 Parrish Duncan, #27 Doug Ludwig, #88 Russ Ogeltree, plus drivers like #K7 of Kenny Gaither and #21 of Johnny Stinchcomb.
When the race started Roger Cassell was on the pole, but as soon as the green dropped, he was hit by #K7 of Kenny Gaither who rammed him and sent Roger and his yellow car into the inside wall, where sparks went flying. Roger
was helped from his car, and he looked dazed but I am sure he will be back sooner or later.
Winning the race was #88 Russ Ogeltree who blew everyone away. He had the right set up and his car knew every rut in the track at Senoia. He made sure no one even gained on him. So Winning easy was #88 Russ Ogeltree and coming in 2nd was #55 Parrish Duncan and in 3rd place would finish #27 Doug Ludwig.
After the fast Crate race was over, bring on the Pure Mini class cars, and drivers like #16 Steven Hill, plus #D7 of Durrough Bright, with #39 Bobby Arnold, also in the mix were drivers like, #54 of Norman Chambers plus the driver to beat #19 Vernon Nix who held the lead for a while. But he was put into the wall, and that ended his night, also racing were top drivers like #17 Tim Collier, and #18 Joe Russell.
The race was filled with passing and action, driver #16 Steven Hill looked like he had the car to beat, but #D7 of Durrough Bright would take the lead and never look back.
Would you believe it was a BRIGHT night again, as #D7 Durrough would take home the Pure Mini race win, and in 2nd place was #16 of Young Steven Hill one of the top guns in this class, and finishing in 3rd place was #39 of Bobby Arnold.
Now everyone was on their feet as the Late Models were ready to race and on the pole was young and talented #25 Scott Duffy who was racing against #9 Shane Fulcher, one of the elite racers in this class. Also racing was Scott’s good friend #73 of Jason Williams, and if that was not enough you had #99 of Rucker Orr still looking for his first win at Senoia Raceway. #89 young Carey Smith was racing as well as #90 Michael Keener, both these drivers finished in last place.
When the race was over after a wild 25 laps it was car #25 of Scott Duffy winning his first race in a long time, and he won it blowing everyone away, com
ing in 2nd place was #9 Shane Fulcher, and in 3rd place was #73 of Jason Williams with #99 Rucker Orr coming in 4th place. Orr still does not have the car he had when he would win night after night at West Georgia Speedway.
Will he have the right car next Saturday night? That could be the 64 thousand dollar question.
The last race of the night was the Enduro feature, and it featured some top drivers like #4 Michael Nelms, #21 Steve Davis, #23 of Greg Butler, plus #55 of Randy Johnson also racing was #43 of Renee Nelms, this would be the last race of the night at Senoia but it was always hard charging.
The winner would be #4 Michael Nelms with #23 Greg Butler coming in 2nd and believe it or not coming in 3rd place was #43 of Renee Nelms.
This weekend this class will be running for $500 cash in a 25 lap race, so the best of the best will be showing back at Senoia including #99 Mike Ray who is getting his car ready.
Hope you will be at Senoia Raceway this Weekend for some of the best racing action in the South.
Leave the cooking to Mark Mills and his incredible staff, who can turn out the best food at any race track.
Thank also to Jack and Mark Mills, not to mention Tim and Tony Moses.
Many thanks to all the officials, who make the calls at the track.
Remember all action of the races are caught on DVD by myself and for $25.00 you can have a copy of all the feature races of the night at Senoia Raceway.
Call anytime at 770-361-3019 and ask for Tino.
Many Thanks,
Tino Patti
A Freelance Photographer/ Video Journalist
Photo by Tino Patti of Hobby Champion Scott SherrerWhat a night at New Senoia Raceway, first off Saturday night was “HOT” second there was almost a Full Moon, third the racing in every class was more than crazy. From the Modified Mini race to the end of the Enduro races, action was everywhere on the track.
The Modified Mini race was a feature I had long been waiting for all because of a driver I had not seen race since West Georgia Speedway was open. He was #16 of Huie Stewart, who drives like Tony Stewart, with the same crazy ability. I know one thing, when he was leading almost every lap of the race, I never in my mind realized it was old Huie Stewart, not in a million years, but when he took the checkered flag and climbed out of his #16 Modified mini car for his interview, I was overjoyed in seeing my old friend. You have to realize that I have seen Huie win some
big races and when he is racing, it is on, not even #07 of Frank Long could catch Huie, and that is something Frank does best is win. But the Modified Mini feature was won by #16 Huie Stewart, and he never looked back.So the order of finish was #16 of Huie Stewart, and in 2nd place was #07 Frank Long with a strong 3rd place finish by #8 John Caldwell.
Then the night was ready for the “Show” the Hobby car feature with a giant of a gentleman back, a pure out winning driver at Senoia, Mr. Scott Sherrer who was back in his #41 hobby car and ready to run. Scott had a bounty on him and no one had beaten him, but it was lifted when he failed to make the show at Senoia raceway, seems he wanted to race at another tr
ack, he did and in that race he rolled his car, tearing all the hard work he had put in it up. That only meant Scott was out of racing for a while, but the fire for winning had not left his heart.As a writer, I see so many drivers, and I speak to so many drivers, it is incredible, I know them from other tracks where maybe I filmed their races way back when, and sometimes I know some of these drivers right off the bat, but at Senoia on Saturday night, I was standing like I always do at the ticket booth where drivers pay to enter the track, and this giant of a man was standing there next to me. I had no idea who it was until he spoke and I looked at him twice and said “Your Scott Sherrer”, what a joy, he said he spoke to me a week before while I was walking and talking to folks in the grandstands, and he said I just blew him off. You have to remember when I walk around prior to a race or in between races I meet so many people and people are always saying hello to me, and some I remember and some I don’t remember I guess that is what happens when you reach the age of 60 like I have turned.
To give you a real moment it was like the week before when I was standing where drivers pay, and all of a sudden I seen this tall young man, with a wife and 2 children, I looked at him 3 times before I realized he was the young super star that would drive wide open at 7 Flags Speedway in Douglasville, he was Little Joe Armstead, it’s like this there are some drivers that just stand out, Little Joe is that special driver.
Other drivers that stand out are Pure Mini Driver #16 Steven Hill. He is tall and stands high above everyone else. Another driver that seems to have no trouble standing out is #3 Jeff Carter, and his Carter family, always a kind word and always funny, except when he is on the track then he is all business. Some driver you just know like the hobby car driver #M4 of Winford Minix, who drives a purple car that you can’t miss. Winford is a great driver and he is so funny. People need to get to know drivers more. They are some of the best folks around no matter what class.
Top drivers like Rucker Orr, Scott Duffy, Jason Williams, are just a few drivers that are in the class that once you meet them you can never forget them.
Getting back to the Hobby feature, it was another race with so
many wrecks it was hard to keep up with. Drivers like #57 Lee Ownbey and #1J Mike Jenkins would have their own battle royal. While their battle was raging, #B3 of last weekends winner Clifton Moran was showing he had the car to beat even with #41 Scott Sherrer and #M4 of Winford Minix charging after him. The finish was dramatic finish would again be #41 Scott Sherrer, with #M4 of Winford Minix in 2nd and finishing in 3rd place was #A1 of Andy Spradlin.So with the Hobby feature over it was time for the B-Cadet cars to roll on the track, and these are some big boy drivers, “GONE WILD”.
Drivers like #3 Jeff Carter, #B7 of Billy Bright Jr. plus his brother #777 Tim Bright Jr. also racing was #28 of Robert Chandler, #31 of Lee Fuller, and #01 of Blant Duke. Also racing was #26 of Justin Williams, #11 of T.J.Joiner, with #20 Lee Capps plus outstanding drivers like #31 Blake Griffin. Missing from the racing action was #25 of young gun Bobby Slauson, who had some issues with getting his car ready for racing action, but don’t worry he will be back Saturday night in the B-Cadet feature race.
Some of the drivers get along and some don’t see eye to eye in any way.
One class act was shown by #25 Bobby Slauson and his entire crew for helping a driver that did not have a tire, who also did not have power tools to change the tire with, that driver was #11 T.J.Joiner who was helped in more ways than one by Slauson and his crew, who gave him a tire and guess what T.J. finished in 2nd place behind winning driver #B7 of Billy Bright Jr. So if you want to give a award I would give the good driving award to the entire Slauson crew for helping T.J.Joiner get his car back on the track and help him finish in 2nd place.
When the B-Cadet smoke had cleared it was time for the fast Late Model Crate Race featuring some super fast cars, like #13 Roger Cassell, #55 Parrish Duncan, #27 Doug Ludwig, #88 Russ Ogeltree, plus drivers like #K7 of Kenny Gaither and #21 of Johnny Stinchcomb.
When the race started Roger Cassell was on the pole, but as soon as the green dropped, he was hit by #K7 of Kenny Gaither who rammed him and sent Roger and his yellow car into the inside wall, where sparks went flying. Roger
was helped from his car, and he looked dazed but I am sure he will be back sooner or later.Winning the race was #88 Russ Ogeltree who blew everyone away. He had the right set up and his car knew every rut in the track at Senoia. He made sure no one even gained on him. So Winning easy was #88 Russ Ogeltree and coming in 2nd was #55 Parrish Duncan and in 3rd place would finish #27 Doug Ludwig.
After the fast Crate race was over, bring on the Pure Mini class cars, and drivers like #16 Steven Hill, plus #D7 of Durrough Bright, with #39 Bobby Arnold, also in the mix were drivers like, #54 of Norman Chambers plus the driver to beat #19 Vernon Nix who held the lead for a while. But he was put into the wall, and that ended his night, also racing were top drivers like #17 Tim Collier, and #18 Joe Russell.
The race was filled with passing and action, driver #16 Steven Hill looked like he had the car to beat, but #D7 of Durrough Bright would take the lead and never look back.
Would you believe it was a BRIGHT night again, as #D7 Durrough would take home the Pure Mini race win, and in 2nd place was #16 of Young Steven Hill one of the top guns in this class, and finishing in 3rd place was #39 of Bobby Arnold.
Now everyone was on their feet as the Late Models were ready to race and on the pole was young and talented #25 Scott Duffy who was racing against #9 Shane Fulcher, one of the elite racers in this class. Also racing was Scott’s good friend #73 of Jason Williams, and if that was not enough you had #99 of Rucker Orr still looking for his first win at Senoia Raceway. #89 young Carey Smith was racing as well as #90 Michael Keener, both these drivers finished in last place.
When the race was over after a wild 25 laps it was car #25 of Scott Duffy winning his first race in a long time, and he won it blowing everyone away, com
ing in 2nd place was #9 Shane Fulcher, and in 3rd place was #73 of Jason Williams with #99 Rucker Orr coming in 4th place. Orr still does not have the car he had when he would win night after night at West Georgia Speedway.Will he have the right car next Saturday night? That could be the 64 thousand dollar question.
The last race of the night was the Enduro feature, and it featured some top drivers like #4 Michael Nelms, #21 Steve Davis, #23 of Greg Butler, plus #55 of Randy Johnson also racing was #43 of Renee Nelms, this would be the last race of the night at Senoia but it was always hard charging.
The winner would be #4 Michael Nelms with #23 Greg Butler coming in 2nd and believe it or not coming in 3rd place was #43 of Renee Nelms.
This weekend this class will be running for $500 cash in a 25 lap race, so the best of the best will be showing back at Senoia including #99 Mike Ray who is getting his car ready.
Hope you will be at Senoia Raceway this Weekend for some of the best racing action in the South.
Leave the cooking to Mark Mills and his incredible staff, who can turn out the best food at any race track.
Thank also to Jack and Mark Mills, not to mention Tim and Tony Moses.
Many thanks to all the officials, who make the calls at the track.
Remember all action of the races are caught on DVD by myself and for $25.00 you can have a copy of all the feature races of the night at Senoia Raceway.
Call anytime at 770-361-3019 and ask for Tino.
Many Thanks,
Tino Patti
A Freelance Photographer/ Video Journalist
With a World Wide racing BLOG following!
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