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Tennessee Thunder
DirtCar Series
Big Doubleheader Memorial Day Weekend On Tap For
Tennessee Thunder
The Tennessee Thunder DirtCar Series presented by Pro Maintenance Powder
Coating is picking up a head of steam heading into a big doubleheader
Memorial Day Weekend beginning Friday night where the action packed 1/3
mile Wartburg Speedway will host a $5000 to win, $300 to start fifty lap
main event for the cars and stars of TTDCS. Superman Scott Sexton of
Pigeon Forge heads up the points contenders over Dirty White Boy Anthony
White who claimed the season opener at this same track for the new dirt
late model tour back in March. Randy Weaver is coming off his first win
on the tour Saturday night at Atomic Speedway which cast him into third
place in points. Many of the 30 official TTDCS drivers are expexcted to
be on hand at both events this weekend along with several other heavy
hitters from throughout the region. The tour will then travel west down
to middle Tennessee for what promises to be The Biggest Show to hit the
area in a long time as the beautiful 4/10 mile high banked Golden
Mountain Raceway Park will host the Golden Mountain Memorial 50 paying
$3000 to win $250 to start on Saturday night May 28th.... more...
For
Immediate Release May 24, 2005
Motorplex
Welcomes Local Fans and Drivers to the Track
Nashville,
TN – With the news that another local short track has closed, the Music
City Motorplex announced today that the historic facility is welcoming all
fans, drivers and crew members to the track.
Although
the rules from the surrounding tracks are different, the Motorplex will
embrace all the cars and drivers to the extent allowed by the MCM and
NASCAR rule book. The Motorplex has added one new division to the
Sunday Family Fun Day line-up combining area “Super Stocks” with
simplified rules. The new division will be known as the Road
Runners. Four cylinder cars will fall into either the all stock
Hornet division or the Front Runner racing divisions.... MORE...
Riverview Speedway closed
By Terrell Davis, MTRN Publisher and Angie Mayes, MTRN Editor Monday, 6:24
p.m. -- Effective immediately, Riverview Speedway (RVS) in Carthage, Tenn.
is closed. Track General Manager Roy Dies Jr. has decided to leave the
facility and therefore track owners have chosen to stop all racing at the
track effective Monday (May 23) afternoon. "I was happy with what was
going on -- Roy was doing a great job -- and with what I was seeing at the
track," one of the track's owners, Eddie Taylor, said. "The
crowds have been better and the car count is up but without management, we
cannot keep the facility open at this time. We hope to regroup and open
the track up later this year." This is the second local short track
to close within the past two weeks. Last week, Huntsville (Ala.) Speedway
closed due to lease problems. Limited Late Model points leader Bennie
Hamlett -- who has won four out of five races at RVS this season -- was
"shocked and sickened" to hear the news. "That place
treated everyone with respect and it was a fun place to go up and race,
" Hamlett said Monday night. "The car count was coming around
and we had a bunch of Open Wheel Modifieds the other night. I don't know
what to say. This is the last thing that I expected. It's a super great
facility and we had a lot of fun up there." "It was neat for my
nephew (Four Runner driver Dustin Hamlett) and I to race up there together
and we were looking forward for the chance to win the championships in our
respective divisions. It would be neat for us to do that. It's a shame to
hear (that the track is closed)." Hamlett said that with RVS closed,
he'll pick and choose a few "close" races on the UARA circuit to
compete in.
USA Sprints Slide into Hialeah Speedway
The USA Sprints Florida’s # 1 Dirt Sprintcar Organization will make
their 2nd visit to the famed Hialeah Speedway in Hialeah Florida Saturday
Night April 16th for a much anticipated return to the paved 1/3 rd
mile oval. This race is the 3 rd pavement race of the 2005
Southern Thunder Tour season for the dirt cars.
There are many Drivers who will.... MORE...
Golden
Mountain Announces 2nd TTDCS Date!
Knoxville,
TN
Wed.
April 6, 2005
Golden
Mountain Raceway Park in Sparta Tennessee has announced a second date
with the Tennessee Thunder DirtCar Series presented by Pro Maintenance
Powder Coating.
It
will be held on Thursday night June 30th and will kick off a big
Independence Day weekend full of racing at Golden Mountain Raceway Park.
Thursday Night Thunder will pay $3000 to win and $250 to start.
Golden
Mountain is also negotiating a date some time in October and are likely
to host the season Finally for the TTDCS. More details will be coming
soon.
Golden Mountain Raceway Park
More Racing Action for 2005
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 [Sparta Tennessee]
Golden Mountain Raceway Park announces more special events to the 2005
racing schedule along with the weekly racing action.
Sunday April 10 - 1st. race of the
"Upper Cumberland Spring TT Series.
Saturday April 16 - GMRP Late Model Event
paying $1500 to win and $100 to start, along with all other divisions.
Sunday May 1 - Practice for the "Upper
Cumberland Spring TT Series.
Sunday May 10 - 2nd. race of the "Upper
Cumberland Spring TT Series.
Saturday May 21 - 2nd. Annual
"Tri-State Chevette Shootout" paying $500 to win.
Saturday May 28 - The Tennessee Thunder
DirtCar Series will roll into GMRP for the "Golden Mountaim
Memorial 50" paying $300 to win and $250 to start. GMRP Late Models
will be off on this date.
Sunday May 29 - Practice for the "Upper
Cumberland Spring TT Series.
Sunday June 5 - 3rd. race of the "Upper
Cumberland Spring TT Series.
Saturday June 18 - 1st. Annual
"Southeastern Mini Stock Shootout" $1000.
Thursday June 30 - The Tennessee Thunder
DirtCar Series rolls back into GMRP for the "Thursday Night Thunder
50" paying $300 to win and $250 to Start. GMRP Late Models will be
off on this date.
Saturday July 2 - The independance Day
Racing Weekend begins with a GMRP Late Model Feature paying $1500 to win
and $100 to Start. We will also have a Demolition Derby.
Sunday July 3 - Final practice for the
"Upper Cumberland Spring TT Series.
Monday July 4 - "Upper Cumberland
Spring TT Series Finale.
Saturday July 30 - 1st. Annual "Pure
Stock Thunder 30" paying $1000 to win.
The finishing order from Charlotte County Speedway
for April 9, 2005 is as follows:... MORE...
DANGERS OF SCHOOL BUS FIGURE 8s BACK AT SPEEDWAY
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – School Bus Figure 8s combine racing and daredevil
thrills all wrapped into one. The phenomenon will unfold this
Saturday night, April 9, at Charlotte County Speedway. Drivers will
run through the X 50 times (25 laps) in search of the $1,000 winner’s
share. Buses come from near and far. There is a strong contingent
from Pinellas County. One of those usually walks...
MORE....
YOUR WHEELBARROW CAN EARN YOU $1,000 AT CHARLOTTE
COUNTY SPEEDWAY
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – Can you use an extra $1,000? Do you have a
wheelbarrow? Charlotte County Speedway promoter LeRoy Davidson has a
deal that is hard to walk away from. It’s a $1,000-to-win
wheelbarrow race this Saturday night at the Punta Gorda paved oval....
MORE...
The
racing results from Charlotte County Speedway for April 2, 2005 are as
follows....
Riverview
Speedway has decided to "CANCEL"
all racing for April 2nd 2005.
riverviewspeedway@riverviewspeedway.com
615-735-3237
Riverview Speedway
371 Dixon Springs Highway
Carthage, TN 37030
 3-26-05
RACE RECAP
HAMLETT
WINS DURING SEASON OPENER AT RIVERVIEW SPEEDWAY
by Jim West
A large and enthusiastic crowd came out this past Saturday night to
watch the season opening races at Riverview Speedway in Carthage.
Their Easter weekend was enhanced by outstanding races with
fantastic finishes.
The new Limited Late Model division made its debut...
MORE...
Golden Mountain Raceway Park
Postpones season opener
Due
to heavy rains that fell overnight and cold air moving in behind the
rain, Saturday race and Sunday's TT practice has been postponed.
Nearly rain fell at the track on Friday and overnight. With temperatures
in the mid 40's and strong wind gusts making the temperature fell like
the mid 30's, conditions are not favorable for racing. Details will be
announced on Monday.
Next
Saturday night will kick off our points racing season.
Speed Channel to Premiere its First Online Webisode to
RacingJunk.com's Community of Racers
North Adams, MA, March 28, 2005 --
SPEED
Channel joins with
RacingJunk.com,
the performance racing industry's leading classified ad portal, in
announcing the exclusive web cast of SPEED Channel's upcoming new series,
"
PINKS."
This marks
SPEED
Channel online debut of an episode of a television series, as well as
a first for the highly trafficked racing portal. SPEED Channel is
partnering with RacingJunk's community of users to showcase the new
reality based show online. The March 29 (8 p.m. ET) online release will be
a full four months in advance of its July 2005 debut on
SPEED
Channel .
Tuesday, March 29
RacingJunk.com
will unveil the "webisode" or shortened version of the show's
premiere episode of "
PINKS,"
which will be made available for viewing on-demand. No registration will
be required to view the episode.
PINKS
is a reality show that pits drag racers against each other with the stakes
put up by the contestants themselves, in the form of titles to their cars
(the pink slips). The show puts the REAL back in reality shows; losers
will actually lose their cars.
PINKS
will match cars with others in the same class and the contestants will
negotiate handicaps. After the first heat contestants renegotiate to
adjust for the cars' speed variable.
"We feel that
RacingJunk.com
is the perfect online venue for us to premier the show" said Rich
Christensen, creator of the show. "We see how powerful the
combination of debuting a show online and creating a following for your
television show can be. This is the wave of the future and with
SPEED
Channel and
RacingJunk.com
combining to do this; we feel that our show will be extremely successful
when launched in July."
"We are very excited to work with
SPEED
Channel and Rich Christensen the show's creator on this innovative
effort to debut "Pinks" to our legions of users," said
Osmin F. Alvarez, CEO of
RacingJunk.com
. "This debut shows the potential of a site like ours to work with
television shows and other media to not only create a buzz, but to get
fans to involved interactively discussing the show -- as millions of users
spread the word through our tightly connected community of racers and
fans." To view the first episode of "Pinks", no
registration is required. RacingJunk.com users and others simply need to
go to http://pinks.racingjunk.com
on Tuesday, March 29 at 8 p.m. (ET). The webisode will also be available
for viewing on-demand for approximately one month.
"The
PINKS
concept is daring, edgy and of-the-moment, so the marketing and recruiting
plan for the show has been carefully designed to reflect that," said
Robert Ecker,
SPEED
Channel VP of Programming. "With this in mind, the notion of
previewing the show on the web seemed pretty organic. Our goal here is to
reach out to prospective participants by letting them see exactly how
intense the drama can be, and the reason it is so intense is because the
stakes are so high. Certainly not everyone will want to risk losing their
prized vehicle; we believe that those who might can be found on dedicated
websites like RacingJunk.com."
In addition to viewing "
PINKS
" on
RacingJunk.com
, fans of the show will have an opportunity to interact in a unique online
environment about the show with forums, "Pinks" blogs, and a
unique ability to sign up to see if they can participate in the next
filming of the show in Orlando, FL on May 26-29 and with links to The
Speed Channel and Pinks.tv where the official show site is located.
About RacingJunk.com
RacingJunk.com is performance racing industry's leading portal &
classified website. RacingJunk.com has over 65,000 registered members,
over 800,000 visitors monthly and over 33 million page views monthly.
RacingJunk.com also owns and operates RVJunk.com and BoatingJunk.com.
About the Speed Channel
SPEED
Channel is the nation's first and foremost cable network dedicated to
motor sports and the passion for everything automotive. From racing to
restoration, motorcycles to movies, SPEED Channel delivers quality
programming from the track to the garage. Now available in more than 68
million homes in North America,
SPEED
Channel is among the fastest growing sports cable networks in the
country.
Contact Information:
Erik Arneson
Director of Public Relations
SPEED Channel
704/731-2189 |
Rob Adams
Director of Public Relations
Raceway Media, LLC.
413-663-3384 |
Sparta,
TENN (March 17, 2005) - With excitement brewing as the 2005
Racing Season at Golden
Mountain Raceway Park edges closer, track officials have
'tentatively' (WEATHER PERMITTING) scheduled an open practice
session for Saturday, March 19th and Saturday, March 26th.
Practice
is set to begin at 12:00 P.M. and Last until dusk on both days.
Pit Admission will be $10.00.
Golden
Mountain Raceway Park is set to kick off the 2005 Racing Season
Saturday, April 2nd..
More
information concerning the 2005 Season Opener will be available on the
track website:
GOLDEN MOUNTAIN RACEWAY PARK
Opening with new divisions, new program and fan
participation.
By James Hall
Sparta Tennessee, (Jan.15) - Golden Mountain Raceway
Park will be opening back up for the 2005 racing season with some new
racing divisions, a new program layout and a great venue for racing
and family fun. The new divisions being added are Pro Stock, Pure
Stock and Front Wheel Drive. We have dropped the Chevette division and
the Street Stock division has been divided into Pro Stock and Pure
Stocks. Our Late Model division will also be running under a new set
of rules. We also plan on adding a totally new division in 2006 that
you may get a preview of later in the 2005 season.
The new divisions may take some time to build but will be
somewhat different from other tracks. This will give all the tracks in
this area a little something different, unless a track decides to copy
after us.
Our new program layout will be something totally different for
the racers and fans in this area. We plan on making the fans, sponsors
and advertisers a large part of our racing program.
Our first race for 2005 is scheduled for April 2, 2005. This
will be a special event for our Late Model division, paying $1500 to
win and $100 to start. All other divisions will also be racing.
HOVIS, FRANLIN TO RENEW RIVALRY AT CHARLOTTE COUNTY
SPEEDWAY
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – Mike Hovis will try to extend his magic at Charlotte
County Speedway this Sunday afternoon when the Pacifier 100 for Limited
Late Models unfolds at the Punta Gorda paved oval.
Hovis, who hails from North Fort Myers, won the first big Limited Late
Model race at CCS since the track reopened after suffering big damage from
Hurricane Charley. That race was the Brian Davidson Memorial 150 held in
December.
Hovis survived a bump from Mike Franklin Jr. to win the Davidson Memorial.
Franklin, an east coast talent, will once again be back challenging Hovis
for the checkered in the Pacifier 100, which will pay $2,000 to win and
$1,300 for second.
Another Miami area hotshoe – Joe Winchell – is always strong at CCS
and will be a threat.
Other divisions running this Sunday include Action Glass Super Stocks,
Road Warriors, Thunder Trucks and 4-Cylinders.
The front gates will open at noon Sunday. Racing will begin at 2 p.m.
Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for children ages 11 and under.
Charlotte County Speedway is located in the Airport Industrial Park in
east Punta Gorda. Take Exit 161 of i-75 and head east to Piper Road. Then
head north. The track is on your right. For more information, call
941-575-7223.
Racing results from Charlotte County Speedway for
Sunday, January 9, 2005 are as follows:...
MORE...
OUTLAW FIGURE 8s BACK AT CHARLOTTE
COUNTY SPEEDWAY
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – The Outlaw Figure 8s will make their second
appearance ever at Charlotte County Speedway this Sunday afternoon.
The first race was at the track’s grand-reopening Dec. 11.Gordon Brown
was the winner in a wacky 25-lap affair. Sunshine Speedway points champ
Wayne Calkins will be looking to pick off an Outlaw Figure win at CCS
after capturing the School Bus Figure 8 race at the Punta Gorda paved oval
on New Year’Day.
Outlaw Figure 8 cars speed through the X with reckless abandon. It pays to
drive dangerously in Figure 8s.The cars are generally older model Chevys
with fabricated bodies and wings.
Also on the Sunday schedule at CCS are FASTRUCKS, FASTKIDS and regular
divisions Action Glass Super Stocks, Road Warriors, Thunder Trucks and
4-Cylinder Adults and Kids.
The grandstand gates open at noon and racing begins at 2 p.m.
Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for children ages 11 and under.
Charlotte County Speedway, a 3/8-mile paved oval, is located off Exit 161
of I-75 on Piper Road in Punta Gorda. For more information, call
941-575-7223.
50 LAPPERS FOR SPORTSMAN,
MODIFIEDS JAN. 23 at CCS
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – Winter racing will continue at Charlotte County
Speedway on Sunday, Jan. 23, with a pair of $1,000 to win
50-lap features highlighting the program beginning at 2 p.m.
One of the 50-lappers will be for Sportsman cars and the other for Open
Wheel Modifieds.
Also on the schedule are the Action Glass Super Stocks, Thunder Trucks,
Road Warriors and 4 Cylinder Adults and 4-Cylinder Kids.
The front gates will open at noon. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for
children ages 11 and under.
Charlotte County Speedway is located on Piper Road in the Airport
Industrial Park in Punta Gorda. For more info, call 941-575-7223.
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