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Robby Gordon Announces Stadium Truck Racing Series for 2013
Robby Gordon’s Stadium Super Trucks series will begin in 2013 with 6 venues – LA Coliseum will kick off the season in April 2013 – $60,000 nightly purse – $500,000 dollar purse will be awarded to the series champion Read On!
PINEY FLATS, Tenn. (May 16, 2012) — Knowing there would be the obvious transition period in moving from racing a Legends car into the seat of a NASCAR Late Model Stock, logical thinking would be that Hayden Woods of Piney Flats might struggle in getting comfortable behind the wheel of a heavier, full-bodied stock car. If you’d ask the overwhelming majority of fans sitting in the grandstands at Kingsport Speedway each Friday night, they’d have no idea Woods is a rookie competitor based on his on-track success. Read On!
Dawsonville, Ga. – The Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in Dawsonville, Georgia has moved one step closer to being able to name the 2012 class of inductees this week, when they announced the “Fast 15” semi-finalists. The five new GRHOF inductees will be chosen by a panel of voters to make up this year’s class.
The 2012 semi-finalists include Charles Barrett of Cleveland, GA, Dick Brannon of Dawsonville, GA, Charlie Burkhalter of Athens, GA, Frank Christian of Dahlonega, GA, Tommie Clinard of Macon, GA, Pete Hamilton of Buford, GA, Bill Ingram of Woodstock, GA, Bobby Johns of Miami, FL, Warren Johnson of Sugar Hill, GA, Jabez Jones of Toccoa, GA, Doug Kennimer of Dahlonega, GA, Ethel Flock Mobley of Atlanta, GA, Huston Platt of Buford, GA, Louise Smith of Barnesville, GA, and Herman Wise of Toccoa, GA. Read On!
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YORK, PA – The annual pilgrimage to York, Pennsylvania for the 11th consecutive year is scheduled for July 13-14th at the
York Expo Center, York Fairgrounds where World Champions, National Champions, Class Champions and a host of legends
from the drag racing world will gather to pay their annual tribute to the famous York US 30 Dragway that hosted the
“Woodstock of Drag Racing” and many world renowned events.
Legends scheduled are “Ohio George” Montgomery, Phil Hill, Carol “Bunny” Burkett, Arlen Vanke, Arnie “The Farmer”
Beswick, “Miss Mighty Mopar” Judy Lilly, “Miss Hurst Golden Shifter” Linda Vaughn, Bud Faubel, Bob Harrop, George
Nye, Tom Sneden, Bruce Larson, Joe Jacono, Wally Bell and many more. Read On!
By Robert Walden
Kingsport Speedway Media/Public Relations
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (April 27) — There’s nothing that keeps race fans coming back for more than exciting racing action taking place all around the track. And once again, another good crowd surrounded Kingsport Speedway Friday night for the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing program.
Zeke Shell of Johnson City got around Nate Monteith between turns one and two on lap 48 during the “Dalton Direct Carpets” Late Model Stock 60-lap main event to take the lead. And even though Monteith kept applying pressure to the finish, the 24-year-old Shell clicked off flawless laps and never allowed Monteith to overtake him and captured his second feature win on the season. Read On!
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Defending Kingsport Speedway Late Model Stock and Tennessee State NASCAR Whelen All-American Series champion Nate Monteith of Blountville is excited about being invited to compete in the very prestigious Denny Hamlin Foundation Short Track Showdown at Richmond International Raceway on Thursday, April 26.
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and Denny Hamlin Foundation Short Track Showdown doubleheader will kick off three straight nights of racing under the lights in The River City, with the NASCAR Nationwide Series running Friday and then followed by the Sprint Cup Series in action Saturday night.
Seventy-five NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers from New York to Tennessee received invitations to try and qualify for the 36-car starting field. Along with defending race winner Denny Hamlin, other NASCAR drivers such as Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, Jeff Burton, Joey Logano, Aric Almirola, Michael Waltrip and Timothy Peters will be competing. Monteith is the only driver from the Volunteer State that received an invitation to run the event. Read On!
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DECATUR, Ind. – The experts at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering (LPE) have powered the 2012 ZL1 Camaro to its first run in the 10s, making an impressive 10.79 quarter-mile pass at 134.36 mph at Muncie Dragway in Albany, Ind.
Just two weeks after taking ownership of the manual ZL1 Camaro, Lingenfelter did what they do best, making slight engine modifications to squeeze additional power out of the car. The LPE-tuned ZL1 featured a Lingenfelter GT9 camshaft; CNC ported cylinder heads; an increased supercharger speed thanks to a 2.3 top pulley and a 5% overdriven bottom pulley; and a custom air intake with LPE’s race Driven by Johnny Ebert, the Lingenfelter ZL1 ran on VP 109 unleaded race fuel with Nitto NT05R drag radials and CCW drag pack wheels. Read On!
Four years ago the inaugural Columbia Speedway RacersReunion® created quite a stir when over 30,000 people showed up. Event coordinators were initially expecting 1500 and decided to prepare for a few more during the week leading up to the event. No one expected the result. They came from 17 states to participate in what has now become an annual event.
Each year the event team strives to find content that will appeal to all ages. This, the 4th annual event, will include a drive-in movie. Friday night April 6th begins with a cruise-in at the popular Cayce, SC (West Columbia) location (event sponsor) Maurice’s BBQ at 5 PM. Next stop—Historic Columbia Speedway for some Carolina beach music beginning at 6:30 and as soon as darkness arrives, the legendary racing movie, Thunder in Carolina will be shown on the speedway’s giant 40 foot movie screen. Another event sponsor, Lizard’s Thicket Restaurant, will be serving their (now) traditional fish dinner prior to and during the show. Read On!
By Robert Walden
Volunteer Speedway Media/Public Relations
BULLS GAP, Tenn. (March 29) — Getting the ball rolling for the “big” asphalt Late Model Stock event scheduled later in the fall, 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Kingsport Speedway and Tennessee State NASCAR champion Nate Monteith, from Blountville, tested his No. 4 Chevrolet Impala on the high banks at Volunteer Speedway Thursday afternoon.
Joe Loven, who owns both Volunteer Speedway and Kingsport Speedway, has tossed the idea around for a few years now of having a special event featuring asphalt Late Model Stock racing at “The Gap.” Plans are currently underway to decide on a fall race date, once asphalt tracks in the Volunteer State, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina have finished their racing seasons. Read On!
Photo by Ray Lamm 1961 Daytona 500 Champion, Marvin Panch (left) 1960 NASCAR Grand National Champion, Rex white (right)
NHRR will take place June 14-16 and the CHRR will take place Oct. 19-21
POMONA, CA— The HOT ROD REUNION staff is already preparing for the 2012 installment of the popular nostalgic weekend festivals. The dates have been announced, so mark your calendars for the following dates:
“The annual Hot Rod Reunions in June and October bring to life the sights, sounds and people who made history in the early days of drag racing and the golden age of American car culture,” said Reunion Director Tony Thacker, “It’s never too early to start planning to get your kicks at the happiest places in nostalgia drag racing – Bowling Green, Ky and Bakersfield, CA.” Read On!
Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Announces Class Of 2012
Georgia Racing Hall of Fame
415 Highway 53 East
Dawsonville, GA 30534
(706) 216-RACE (7223)
GARacingHOF@gmail.com
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Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Announces Class Of 2012
Dawsonville, GA – The Class of 2012 inductees to the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame boasts a Daytona 500 champion, one of Georgia’s great dirt track aces, the all-time NHRA Pro Stock win leader, a legendary short track ace, and one of the best sprint car racers to ever come out of the Peach State.
With sunny, blue skies overhead, the five new inductees into the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame were announced Saturday morning at the Hall of Fame in Dawsonville, GA. Read On!
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