Four Day Event at South Georgia Motorsports Park
by Marvin T. Smith
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South Georgia Motorsports Park hosted four days of professional bracket racing, the Winter Series Warmup, November 3-7, presented by CSR, Race Tech, Barker Trailer Sales, and DragRaceResults.com. Thursday was primarily a test and tune day for the big three days of racing, but was also Fan Appreciation Night. All fans received a free SGMP plastic seat cushion - just the thing for the track's concrete stands! Friday, Saturday, and Sunday the purse was $10,000 to win Super Pro and $2,000 to win Footbrake. The big money brought out all sorts of quality cars from around the Eastern United States. I don't have a list of all the entrants, but there were cars from Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and probably other states. DragRacingResults.com reports that there were 170 cars entered. I heard the track announce 153 cars in Super Pro on Saturday night.
On Friday, Edmond Richardson took home the Super Pro money winning over Jason Lynch. Alex Gilmane beat Jay Moore for Footbrake.
Saturday saw exactly the same results in Super Pro: Richardson over Lynch. What is the chance of that happening in a 150 plus car field!?! Although Richardson did have three cars entered thus improving his chances, the same car won both Friday and Saturday. Jimmy Santos beat Ray Williams for the$2000 Footbrake prize.
A special event was also held on Saturday: the Huntsville Engine and Performance special race for 32 cars. This was a big money event with the winner receiving a new racing engine and the runner-up taking home $1,000 and the semifinalists taking home $500. The entry fee for this special race was $500. Qualifying positions were based on reaction times in one round of qualifying. SGMP's reigning Super Pro track champion, Carey Locke (The Crow), beat Jeff Ledford in the final. Locke had broken his good engine, and the win was therefore a timely one!
Sunday's action saw Edmond Richardson claiming an amazing third straight win! This time he beat William Hamilton in the final. That's $30,000 going back to Tennessee. I wonder if Richardson's drag racing school will raise its tuition after such a dominating performance? Sunday's Footbrake winner was Roger Kelly over Bill Hamiltom.
This was a tremendous event. Congratulations to all the winners and the people who worked so hard to put on the race!
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South Georgia Motorsports Park hosted four days of professional bracket racing, the Winter Series Warmup, November 3-7, presented by CSR, Race Tech, Barker Trailer Sales, and DragRaceResults.com. Thursday was primarily a test and tune day for the big three days of racing, but was also Fan Appreciation Night. All fans received a free SGMP plastic seat cushion - just the thing for the track's concrete stands! Friday, Saturday, and Sunday the purse was $10,000 to win Super Pro and $2,000 to win Footbrake. The big money brought out all sorts of quality cars from around the Eastern United States. I don't have a list of all the entrants, but there were cars from Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and probably other states. DragRacingResults.com reports that there were 170 cars entered. I heard the track announce 153 cars in Super Pro on Saturday night.
On Friday, Edmond Richardson took home the Super Pro money winning over Jason Lynch. Alex Gilmane beat Jay Moore for Footbrake.
Saturday saw exactly the same results in Super Pro: Richardson over Lynch. What is the chance of that happening in a 150 plus car field!?! Although Richardson did have three cars entered thus improving his chances, the same car won both Friday and Saturday. Jimmy Santos beat Ray Williams for the$2000 Footbrake prize.
A special event was also held on Saturday: the Huntsville Engine and Performance special race for 32 cars. This was a big money event with the winner receiving a new racing engine and the runner-up taking home $1,000 and the semifinalists taking home $500. The entry fee for this special race was $500. Qualifying positions were based on reaction times in one round of qualifying. SGMP's reigning Super Pro track champion, Carey Locke (The Crow), beat Jeff Ledford in the final. Locke had broken his good engine, and the win was therefore a timely one!
Sunday's action saw Edmond Richardson claiming an amazing third straight win! This time he beat William Hamilton in the final. That's $30,000 going back to Tennessee. I wonder if Richardson's drag racing school will raise its tuition after such a dominating performance? Sunday's Footbrake winner was Roger Kelly over Bill Hamiltom.
This was a tremendous event. Congratulations to all the winners and the people who worked so hard to put on the race!
posted by David @ 8:57 PM
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