New Look for West Georgia Speedway

"The Speedway for Families, and Friends"

West Georgia Speedway, "Historic" West Georgia Speedway, has now been improved, and looks more like the track that all drivers will want to come and race on.

What has Sammy Duke the owner improved, here is a short sample, he has painted the guardrails, he has moved the backstretch back, giving more room for racing action, he has painted some of the buildings, and has improved the road entrance, with a mixture of asphalt and concrete, before it was all gravel, and sometimes made it rough getting in or out of the track. Sammy has a "Surprise for everyone this season", he has it in his shed at home and it will be standing somewhere around the curves so that everyone can see what position every car in the front is in, yes Sammy has purchased an old scoreboard from a race track that was going out of business, now we are talking uptown Saturday night racing for all the fans that attend. When will it be up and working, that is the question, because the first race is March 7th, and on that Saturday night the "Green Flag" will be flying for the first time of the 2009 season. Who will bring out the first "Yellow Flag" of the 2009 season?, and then who will take the first "Checkered Flag" and win the first of many features of the new season?.

With a new Flagman, and some new infield help, lining the cars up, we should see some new action at the track. Everyone seems to be working together, to make this a season to remember,
I hope you and your family will be a part of racing season at West Georgia Speedway located in Whitesburg, Georgia.


There will be all the usual racing features, the West Georgia Speedway has always had. They will start the features off with the Modified Mini class, move to the Enduro class, then to the always hot and testy Hobby car race. Watch out for the #01 car of Hobby car driver, Blant Duke, he knows the track better than anyone.
Then they move into the crate cars, and give them a chance to have everyone ready for the feature Sportsman car race, in between the Crate car race and the Sportsman car battle, everyone is treated to a intermission and all are invited to head to the connestion stand, where hot burgers, hot dogs, Nacho's with chilli and cheese and Jalapeno's are served ,plus BBQ sandwichs and fries and the best onion rings in the south. Wash it all down with some cold tea, or a coke and everyone can return to their seats for the fastest race of the night, the Sportsman cars.
Now the Sportsman are like I said the fastest cars, that come on to the track, and everyone is ready for them when that "green flag" flies, I mean, you have some of the most talented drivers on a track at one time, and each of them are racing for the checked flag, so it can be a war.

When the Sportsman class feature is over, most people leave, but wait, if you really want to see dirt car racing best and in it's roots, that is when the Pure Mini cars come onto the track, each driver aware that once that green is dropped, it is a battle royal, I mean if you want to see the yellow flag I am sure that you will see it thrown 2 or 3 or even 5 times because these are the boys that come to race on a limited amout of cash, and they all go for the lead. Good luck to any rookie driver, no one will put up with a slower car, it's passing at all cost. Who will be the feature winner of the Pure Mini class race this 2009 season?, there are so many good drivers that have so much skill, and then there are the newer drivers just getting their cars wet and maybe in their first real race. It is so much different watching than when you are driving, it's a complete new set of rules.

The last race of the night to me is the most boring then again, it does feature some cars that seem to win every Saturday night, and there are also some cars that are in the race but they always look like they are backing up, you will get to know them well.

When that last lap is finished, the races are over, and everyone that is still there can make there way to their cars, and head home and be ready for another Saturday Night Special at West Georgia Speedway, and Sammy Duke can turn out the lights and head home a happy man.

Thanks to every driver that makes watching the races at West Georgia Speedway so much fun and so exciting. thank you !!.

Tino Patti
Freelance Photographer/Journalist
and MSA reporter

West Georgia Speedway gets a NEW LOOK

Welcome all race fans to the 2009 season at Historic West Georgia Speedway

Racing season is about here and you can smell and hear the sounds of drivers from every class of racing testing their engines.
From Modified Mini cars, to the Hobby class, not to mention Sportsman car races will all be ready for the fans to witness, at West Georgia Speedway. Top drivers will be ready for action, like Blant Duke, a fierce Hobby car driver, that never lets out of the gas, he is a born winner.

Then there are those pure mini drivers, who work so hard on their cars, and who knows who will be the winning driver in that small class in the first race at West Georgia Speedway for 2009.

The track has seen some real improvement, Sammy Duke the owner has really made the track worth racing on.

The drivers are all ready and that goes for some of the best Hobby car drivers in the south, one in that comes to mind is that of the #01 car driven by Blant Duke, a driver that has no fear on the track, of course he will have competition from drivers like #3 of Big Jeff Carter.

Everything is changing for the better at West Georgia Speedway, the food is always good and the fans are the best but what makes this track special are the officials.

I look for some exciting action this year, and I look for Brian Duke to keep the track in great shape, as he has in the past. Racing, is great when you have top notch drivers of every class and also a special team of race officials.

We are told by Sammy Duke that he has brought in a new flagman for the year 2009 so this should make racing much better, all I know is that The Duke family has always been good to me, and I plan on being better to them in this new season.

I will be planing to keep track of the young driver Blant Duke, because he has that hungry look like I seen in Reed Sorensons face when he was racing.

So friends, I hope you and your entire family will be coming down to West Georgia Speedway this year for some outstanding racing events. I know I look forward to seeing and greeting everyone.

And when you get the chance and see Brian Duke, or Sammy Duke, stop them and tell them how great they are, after all they are part of this Historic racing venue.

Racing is the South, the real way, on the clay of West Georgia Speedway.

See you there I hope,
Tino Patti * a MSA reporter *