NEXT RACE
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
FULL RACING PROGRAM
Racing in Topless Late Model, NeSmith Late Model, B- Cadet, Hobby, Modified Mini Stock, Pure Mini Stock, and Enduro.
Pit Admission $25 Trackside Admission $25 Grandstand Admission $12
Gates Open at 5:00pm
Racing Starts at 7:00pm
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
FULL RACING PROGRAM
Racing in Topless Late Model, NeSmith Late Model, B- Cadet, Hobby, Modified Mini Stock, Pure Mini Stock, and Enduro.
Pit Admission $25 Trackside Admission $25 Grandstand Admission $12
Gates Open at 5:00pm
Racing Starts at 7:00pm
WILD NIGHT AT SENOIA RACEWAY ON JULY 17TH, 2010
What a night it was at New Senoia Raceway on a HOT Saturday night. The racing action was far from simple it was a close race in every class.
The night started out wild as usual with the Modified Mini cars, and a new total of 10 cars, this class has been one of the slowest classes, and poor car turnout has almost eliminated them.
Driving in what looked like the car to beat was South Georgia racing hero #66 Scott Burgess, who was looking like he owned Senoia raceway. Even with #07 Frank Long there he was still showing that he had the car to beat. Long would get caught up in a backstretch spin, that nearly took him out of the feature. He got hooked up with #B14 of Bubba Collins, not even #9 Evan Lancaster could catch Burgess, but late in the race #8 of John Caldwell spun and got stuck in the mud, thus for bringing out another caution. That is what helped Frank Long as his #07 car would pass #66 and Long was on his way to another easy win at Senoia Raceway.
So when Chad Harrington through the checkered flag, it was giving #07 Frank Long his 5th win at the New Senoia Raceway.
The orders of finish of the Modified Mini cars were:
Winner Frank Long in his #07 car
In 2nd place would finish #66 Scott Burgess and in 3rd place was #8 John Caldwell
Then it was time for the Hobby car feature and all eyes were on last week’s winner #M4 of Winford Minix who can and will drive the wheels off his car for a win.
But tonight would be a special night for the #B3 car driven by Clifton Moran, who has been around racing for a long time. Also in the race was #91 Lee Owensby, also wa
s the #1J of driver Mike Jenkins who again would put on his own show. The race was called due to time on lap 16, and taking his first Senoia Raceway flag was #B3 of Clifton Moran, coming in 2nd was #M4 of Winford Minix.
#91 Lee Owensby would come in 3rd in his hard charging car.
The race that all the fans were waiting for was the “Bounty Hunt” a race that had $100 added to the winnings if they could beat #3 Jeff Carter legally.
Drivers came from everywhere including #17M of Mark Knight and also #31 of Blake Griffin then there was #28 of Robert Chandler not to forget #31 of Lee Fuller whose car looks almost like #25 of Bobby Slauson. Rounding out the field of cars were #01 of Blant Duke and #B7 of Billy Bright Jr. plus #26 of Justin Williams and #7 Chris Justus.
The field was also packed with Bright’s, #T7 Tim Bright Jr. #777 Tim Bright Sr., plus #11 of T.J. Joiner and of course #GT47 of Phillip Thomas.
Then the man with the bounty on his head, #3 Jeff Carter.
Carter started in 11th place in the back and that is a hard place to run from but he drew the number that put him there.
When the B-Cadet race was on, and after several attempts to race with wrecks happening everywhere, someone had the clock ticking and the race was shortened to just 15 laps.
So when the checkered flag was flying in the air it was over #GT47 of
driver Phillip Thomas, who would dedicate this win to his son who had just turned 7 years old.
Coming in 2nd was #31 of Blake Griffin
And in 3rd place was #31 again this time of Lee Fuller.
Jeff Carter would go on and finish the race in 4th place somewhere he was not looking to finish at.
Then it was time for the Pure Mini Stock cars to run and there were 17 cars that entered the race so they would run a 6 lap heat race to see the starting order. In the heat race one, Vernon Nix in his #19 was proving he had the car that would have to be beaten.
In Heat 2, Matthew Black brought his #00 car to the front and that would mean he would start side by side with #19 of Vernon Nix in the feature.
Then in the feature, all the power that Nix had in the heat race seemed to disappear and he was battling with Dusty Jones in Car #4, while Matthew Black was letting his #00 car do the walking around Senoia raceway.
Nix had the car to beat in the Heat race, but in the feature he had lost something, but never fear Vernon Nix will return and give Matthew Black and Dusty Jones some more racing action highlights.
Winning the feature was #00 of Matthew Black coming in 2nd place was #19 of Vernon Nix and in 3rd place was #13 Gary Parker.
Now the crowd was on their feet, as a Toyota of Newnan pace truck led the Crate Late Model race around the track, this was for $2000 Cash and it was also a 40 lap race, not the easiest races to win.
This is when the big boys come in, because the money is good and they know they have the car.
The big name driver was #77 of Matthew “Iron Man” Turner, also in the race was #38 of Chip Brindle, if that was not enough power add #117 of Tom Maddox and you had some sure raw power drivers.
Who I would have never have dreamed was driving was #114 of Wren Goodman the promoter of Little River Speedway in Alabama. Then you had the old favorites like #91 of Tod Darda, #55 of Parish Duncan, #6 of Chad Marchman, #18 of 14 year old Matt Dooley, #16 of Trey White, and #25 of Dustin Hendrix add a few more and you had a wild crazy fast Crate race and $2k to win was BIG.
On the pole was #77 of Matthew Turner, and he would drive like the pro he is, he would lead almost every lap, and Chip Brindle was in his wake but did not seem to be able to catch Turner. Running in 3rd place was #117 of Tom Maddox, and everyone else was chasing these guys.
It was a rather clear cut race, not many wrecks and that was good because the time was getting closer to the Midnight hour that is the Tracks close down time.
Winning the $2000 and the 40 lap race was the “Iron Man” Matthew Turner, coming in a close second was #38 Chip Brindle, and making it to 3rd place was #117 of Tom Maddox.
After the 40 lap Crate race was over it was time for those Topless Late Models to run, and there was no shortage of drivers, in this 25 lap race which also would be cut down due to time.
Drivers like #18c of Shane Criswell, and #99 of Rucker Orr were there to put on a show, and who could leave out #73 of Jason Williams. Then there were the old faithful drivers, like #27 of Glenn Morris, #25 of Scott Duffy, #24 of Ricky Payton, #21 of Charlie Garret and #22M of Mark Sims.
When the race went green, Shane Criswell was showing his #18c car as the leader and everyone was chasing Criswell down, including #73 of Jason Williams and #99 of Rucker Orr, and running in 3rd place was #22M of Mark Sims who would after the race be
disqualified for having aluminum heads.
So the Late Model order of finish was again Shane Criswell in his #18c winning.
In 2nd place was #73 of Jason Williams
And in 3rd place would be #99 of Rucker Orr.
A Curfew shortened the Enduro race to 10 laps, and winning the race was #21 Kevin Horton coming in 2nd was #23 Greg Butler and in 3rd place #4 Michael Nelms.
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK, THE TIME HAD RUN OUT AND THE LIGHTS WERE GOING OFF AS THE TRACK MADE THE DEADLINE AT ALMOST 11:55 PM.
What a night it was at New Senoia Raceway on a HOT Saturday night. The racing action was far from simple it was a close race in every class.
The night started out wild as usual with the Modified Mini cars, and a new total of 10 cars, this class has been one of the slowest classes, and poor car turnout has almost eliminated them.
Driving in what looked like the car to beat was South Georgia racing hero #66 Scott Burgess, who was looking like he owned Senoia raceway. Even with #07 Frank Long there he was still showing that he had the car to beat. Long would get caught up in a backstretch spin, that nearly took him out of the feature. He got hooked up with #B14 of Bubba Collins, not even #9 Evan Lancaster could catch Burgess, but late in the race #8 of John Caldwell spun and got stuck in the mud, thus for bringing out another caution. That is what helped Frank Long as his #07 car would pass #66 and Long was on his way to another easy win at Senoia Raceway.
So when Chad Harrington through the checkered flag, it was giving #07 Frank Long his 5th win at the New Senoia Raceway.
The orders of finish of the Modified Mini cars were:
Winner Frank Long in his #07 car
In 2nd place would finish #66 Scott Burgess and in 3rd place was #8 John Caldwell
Then it was time for the Hobby car feature and all eyes were on last week’s winner #M4 of Winford Minix who can and will drive the wheels off his car for a win.
But tonight would be a special night for the #B3 car driven by Clifton Moran, who has been around racing for a long time. Also in the race was #91 Lee Owensby, also wa
s the #1J of driver Mike Jenkins who again would put on his own show. The race was called due to time on lap 16, and taking his first Senoia Raceway flag was #B3 of Clifton Moran, coming in 2nd was #M4 of Winford Minix.#91 Lee Owensby would come in 3rd in his hard charging car.
The race that all the fans were waiting for was the “Bounty Hunt” a race that had $100 added to the winnings if they could beat #3 Jeff Carter legally.
Drivers came from everywhere including #17M of Mark Knight and also #31 of Blake Griffin then there was #28 of Robert Chandler not to forget #31 of Lee Fuller whose car looks almost like #25 of Bobby Slauson. Rounding out the field of cars were #01 of Blant Duke and #B7 of Billy Bright Jr. plus #26 of Justin Williams and #7 Chris Justus.
The field was also packed with Bright’s, #T7 Tim Bright Jr. #777 Tim Bright Sr., plus #11 of T.J. Joiner and of course #GT47 of Phillip Thomas.
Then the man with the bounty on his head, #3 Jeff Carter.
Carter started in 11th place in the back and that is a hard place to run from but he drew the number that put him there.
When the B-Cadet race was on, and after several attempts to race with wrecks happening everywhere, someone had the clock ticking and the race was shortened to just 15 laps.
So when the checkered flag was flying in the air it was over #GT47 of
driver Phillip Thomas, who would dedicate this win to his son who had just turned 7 years old.Coming in 2nd was #31 of Blake Griffin
And in 3rd place was #31 again this time of Lee Fuller.
Jeff Carter would go on and finish the race in 4th place somewhere he was not looking to finish at.
Then it was time for the Pure Mini Stock cars to run and there were 17 cars that entered the race so they would run a 6 lap heat race to see the starting order. In the heat race one, Vernon Nix in his #19 was proving he had the car that would have to be beaten.
In Heat 2, Matthew Black brought his #00 car to the front and that would mean he would start side by side with #19 of Vernon Nix in the feature.
Then in the feature, all the power that Nix had in the heat race seemed to disappear and he was battling with Dusty Jones in Car #4, while Matthew Black was letting his #00 car do the walking around Senoia raceway.
Nix had the car to beat in the Heat race, but in the feature he had lost something, but never fear Vernon Nix will return and give Matthew Black and Dusty Jones some more racing action highlights.
Winning the feature was #00 of Matthew Black coming in 2nd place was #19 of Vernon Nix and in 3rd place was #13 Gary Parker.
Now the crowd was on their feet, as a Toyota of Newnan pace truck led the Crate Late Model race around the track, this was for $2000 Cash and it was also a 40 lap race, not the easiest races to win.
This is when the big boys come in, because the money is good and they know they have the car.
The big name driver was #77 of Matthew “Iron Man” Turner, also in the race was #38 of Chip Brindle, if that was not enough power add #117 of Tom Maddox and you had some sure raw power drivers.
Who I would have never have dreamed was driving was #114 of Wren Goodman the promoter of Little River Speedway in Alabama. Then you had the old favorites like #91 of Tod Darda, #55 of Parish Duncan, #6 of Chad Marchman, #18 of 14 year old Matt Dooley, #16 of Trey White, and #25 of Dustin Hendrix add a few more and you had a wild crazy fast Crate race and $2k to win was BIG.
On the pole was #77 of Matthew Turner, and he would drive like the pro he is, he would lead almost every lap, and Chip Brindle was in his wake but did not seem to be able to catch Turner. Running in 3rd place was #117 of Tom Maddox, and everyone else was chasing these guys.
It was a rather clear cut race, not many wrecks and that was good because the time was getting closer to the Midnight hour that is the Tracks close down time.
Winning the $2000 and the 40 lap race was the “Iron Man” Matthew Turner, coming in a close second was #38 Chip Brindle, and making it to 3rd place was #117 of Tom Maddox.
After the 40 lap Crate race was over it was time for those Topless Late Models to run, and there was no shortage of drivers, in this 25 lap race which also would be cut down due to time.
Drivers like #18c of Shane Criswell, and #99 of Rucker Orr were there to put on a show, and who could leave out #73 of Jason Williams. Then there were the old faithful drivers, like #27 of Glenn Morris, #25 of Scott Duffy, #24 of Ricky Payton, #21 of Charlie Garret and #22M of Mark Sims.
When the race went green, Shane Criswell was showing his #18c car as the leader and everyone was chasing Criswell down, including #73 of Jason Williams and #99 of Rucker Orr, and running in 3rd place was #22M of Mark Sims who would after the race be
disqualified for having aluminum heads.So the Late Model order of finish was again Shane Criswell in his #18c winning.
In 2nd place was #73 of Jason Williams
And in 3rd place would be #99 of Rucker Orr.
A Curfew shortened the Enduro race to 10 laps, and winning the race was #21 Kevin Horton coming in 2nd was #23 Greg Butler and in 3rd place #4 Michael Nelms.
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK, THE TIME HAD RUN OUT AND THE LIGHTS WERE GOING OFF AS THE TRACK MADE THE DEADLINE AT ALMOST 11:55 PM.
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With a World Wide Racing Following!.
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