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RAY COOK Wins FASTRAK Late Model Touring Event Saturday at GREEN VALLEY By Mike Leone (Glencoe, AL)…April 7, 2007 - The Road to the $350,000 FASTRAK National
Championship made its way to the Green Valley Motor Speedway on Saturday for a
Southern & Mid-East Region combination Touring event. Considering the
unseasonably cold weather, the event may have well been renamed the “Alabama
Chiller” as fans and 33 teams from six different states braved the weather,
which saw temps drop into the 30s. Track owner Dennis Harker completely remolded
the entire facility with new press boxes, clay, lights and many other
improvements that were completed at the beautiful 3/8-mile facility. Meanwhile, Tim Busha caught everyone’s attention as he worked his way from the 19th starting spot into contention taking third on lap 17. Busha then ran down second place man John Liewellyn and the two went at it in a spirited battle for 20 laps. Busha tried everything possible to get by Llewellyn including giving him a nudge from time to time, but Llewellyn was able to hold his ground for the runner-up finish. Chris Ferguson passed Travis Pennington on lap 41 to finish fourth despite
erasing a straightaway deficit to Busha in two laps. Travis Pennington dropped
to fifth at the finish over his father Jack, who started 18th. Opening Southern
Touring Region winner at East Alabama Motor Speedway, William Thomas, finished
13th, while Clay Grogan’s three-race win streak at the track ended with a
disappointing 22nd place finish. 16-Jeff Fields
Heat 2 Results: (Transfer 4 to main) Heat 3 Results: (Transfer 4 to main) Consi Results: (Transfer 6 to main) Complete Feature Finishing results: Check out www.mylaps.com for every lap listed from the AMB timing system.
This site displays the lap for each driver during the entire night. Includes
qualifying, heats, consis and the main event. Check racetracktv.net for complete
race coverage via high speed internet. DVD’s also for sale on the site of each
FASTRAK Late Model Touring event. For more information, check out the FASTRAK website at www.fastrakracing.com or call 678-935-7304. To join our mailing list, simply send an e-mail to fastrakpr-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
GREEN VALLEY SPEEDWAY to host $3,000 to-win FASTRAK MID-EAST & SOUTHERN Region Late Model Touring Event SATURDAY; REGION PLAYOFF to be held here in OCTOBER By Mike Leone (Carnesville, GA)…April 5, 2007 - This Road to the Final Four may be a mere memory for college basketball fanatics, but the Road to the $350,000 National Championship for the FASTRAK Mid-East & Southern Late Model Racing Series resumes this Saturday, April 7 at Dennis Harker’s Green Valley Motor Speedway. Located in Glencoe, Alabama, Green Valley is a 3/8-mile dirt track and will play host to a combination regional event with $3,000 on the line. William Thomas is fresh off his $2,000 victory last Saturday night at East Alabama Speedway, where he won the opening night of the Southern Region Touring Series. Thomas will look to fend off local hot shoe Clay Grogan, who has three wins in a row at the track. Grogan will be sure to have his hands full against all the touring FASTRAK racers in this big early season event. Included in the night will be the famous tennis ball throw, fan in the stands, fireworks, and the traditional autograph session leading up to the four-wide salute and the 50-lap event is the also the kickoff of the Mid-East Region Touring Series. “Green Valley Motor Speedway has now re-opened under new management with a whole new staff,” explained track promoter Dennis Harker. “We’ve invested lots of money to bring our track to the forefront of family entertainment. Our new track is now a family-oriented facility that you can bring your mother for a night of family fun. If you’ve never raced at Green Valley before, come back and try out our newly renovated track. If you’ve never raced here before, what are you waiting for!?” Gates open at 4 p.m. with the drivers meeting slated for 6:15, hot laps at 7 p.m., and heat racing taking to the track at 8 p.m. Adult admission is just $10, while pit admission is $25. Race highlights will be shown on local Channel 24 on Monday at 9 p.m. with pre-race highlights at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Don’t forget that RaceTrackTv.net will also be filming this event. It was also recently announced that the new Green Valley Speedway will be the site of the regional playoff for Night 1 of the National Championship in October. “We’re looking forward to racing at Green Valley and all the improvements Dennis has done,” stated FASTRAK Founder Stan Lester. “Last weekend was a great kickoff to the Southern Region and this should be a great event with the Southern Region joining the Mid-East Region for their season opener. It’s also going to be a good tune-up for the regional playoff event held here in October. We’ve gotten lots of calls from people inquiring to see if we’re still racing as much of the country is getting a blast of cold air, but everything is a go. It’s going to be cool, but sunny.” Dennis Harker can be reached at 256-312-2748. Check out www.greenvalleyspeedway.com for the latest. For hotel information, contact the Hampton Inn at 256-546-2327 and ask for the reduced Green Valley rate. Partners of the FASTRAK Racing Series Include: Goodyear Racing, GM Performance Parts, Maypole Chevrolet, Duralite Wheels, PPM Racing Products, Heintz Performance, MK-Direct, Braswell Carburetion, Mastersbilt Racing Chassis, TNT Racing Chassis, Rocket Racing Chassis and Modern Chevrolet. For more information, check out the FASTRAK website at www.fastrakracing.com or call 678-935-7304. To join our mailing list, simply send an e-mail to fastrakpr-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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