(CARNESVILLE GA) - - What a awesome racing weekend! Both the Southern and Mid-East Regional Championships are at stake. Green Valley Speedway in Gadsden, Alabama will host night one of the $50,000 to win FASTRAK Grand Nationals and local track championship being challenged at the same time. Three different Championships very much depending on this weekends results. The FASTRAK Crate Late Models head into the 4/10ths mile, sweeping clay banked facility this Saturday night, August 11th for a $3,000 to win, Touring Event. New owner/promoter Dennis Harker has done an incredible job of improving the facility with the additions of an AMB timing system, new VIP suites in turn one and two, and has completely redone the track surface and layout itself
Hosting some of the largest events in the Southeast, the second FASTRAK series event of the season is certain to be a huge one, as GVS is also hosting night one of the $50,000 to win FASTRAK “Grand Nationals” coming in October. Teams from all over the Southeast are coming to get a little “paid practice” and track time before the Grand Nationals weekend. The FASTRAK teams have been fighting all year long to gain the ever so valuable points to start night one of the Grand National Championship with. In 2006 FASTRAK National Champion, Steve ‘Hot Rod’ LaMance won the $50,000 prize by only 2 points, so every point that a team can get is vital to the outcome of the season championship.
The event at Green Valley this weekend is also a big part of both Southern and Mid East Regional Championships as both Regions will be competing and the Regional Championships are still very much in question as to who the winners might be. Each Region pays a Top Prize of $5,000. to win, paying through ten (10) positions. As of early August the current Mid East Region points leader is Knoxville, Tennessee racer John Llewellyn with a slim twenty-three (23) point lead over Greer, South Carolina's Lee Cooper. After this weekends event in Virginia, Llewellyn had some terrible luck and Cooper is right on his back bumper within nine (9) points coming into the race this Saturday night at Green Valley Speedway. Phenix City, AL's, young William Thomas and the SC's David McCoy are also very much in contention for the Mid East Regional Championship in positions 3rd and 4th respectively and it is anyones Championship as of right now, heading to Gadsden.
The Southern Region Championship, also a big part of this weekends action, has a points ‘battle’ going on internally, as current point leader Thomas has a three (3) point leader over McCoy, with Llewellyn, and Gray, Georgia's Jordy Nipper all still in contention for the $5,000. to win. Championship prize in the Southern Region. Cooper was the 2006 Southern Region Champion and although having some mechanical difficulties early in the 2007 season, Cooper has really come on strong since the middle of the year. “We just kept having little things go wrong early in the year” said Cooper. “Finally we are back on track and hope to win the Southern Region Championship again this year. Which is exactly how LaMance won the $50,000. Championship last year”.
The stakes for winning either Region are going up as those points are so important when the three (3) day Grand Nationals begin this October. The 2006 FASTRAK National Champion Steve HOT ROD LaMance can attest to that. He came into the Championship last year with two (2) extra points and won by that exact point amount. “It’s the largest prize in dirt racing in the United States” said LaMance. “Or at least in a ‘non professional’ series. This year it will be three times as hard to win it. I will be there making a bid for it though. Trying to win it again”.
Look for current track point leaders from all over the Southeast to be in attendance as everyone wants to get a little ‘seat time’ at Green Valley in preparation for night one of the $50,000 to win FASTRAK GRAND NATIONALS. Former Super late model star, David Smith is expected to be on hand. Smith is the current point leader at Harris Speedway in North Carolina and will be making his way towards Green Valley Speedway as will many of the FASTRAK teams from different tracks in the Southeast United States.
The format for the FASTRAK SERIES has been a ‘fan favorite’ across the country as only the top 12 qualifiers will be locked in to the main event. The balance of the field will be determined by heat races with transfer spots relegating their starting positions. ‘Six lucky children’ will then be chosen from the grandstands and get their choice of the top 6 cars as they go down to the front straight during driver introductions and actually draw numbers for the “inversion” of the QUIK 6 drivers. Before the drivers get back into their cars each driver will be given a tennis ball worth anywhere from $1 to $20 as they throw them into the grandstands. As the teams take off for the main event, the traditional “FOUR-WIDE SALUTE" to the fans will be performed with fireworks lighting up the night sky.
August 11th, 2007 $3000 to win. Green Valley Speedway
Glenco/Gadsden AL
Pre-Race tech Opens at 4PM CST.
You DO NOT have to be a member of FASTRAK to compete at FASTRAK events
(other than the year end Grand Nationals)
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Partners of the FASTRAK Racing Series Include:
- Goodyear Racing
- GM Performance Parts
- Sunoco Race Fuels
- Maypole Chevrolet
- Duralite Wheels
- PPM Racing Products
- Heintz Performance
- MK-Direct
- Braswell Carburetion
- Mastersbilt Racing Chassis
- TNT Racing Chassis
- Rocket Racing Chassis
- Modern Chevrolet
- Schoenfeld Headers
*THE FASTRAK DIRT LATE MODEL SEIRES is based on the GM crate engine program using both the 602 and 604 engine types. All teams utilize Goodyear Racing Tires as the “spec tire” allowing teams tremendous savings in both engine and tire expense. The National Championship of the FASTRAK RACING SEIRES is one of the largest in the United States totaling over $350,000.00 for the 2007 season.
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