#TailGateNews- Honest S GA Clay Greets NeSmith DLMs 7X in 2015

National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Member and NeSmith Reigning Champion, Ronnie Johnson

Leading the charge into the 2015 Season for the NeSmith DLMs will be Reigning Champion, Ronnie Johnson 'The Chattanooga Flash'!! Among the Great Cast of drivers following this series will be some fresh faces including Oxford, Ala's 13yr old sensation Cruz Skinner and Loudon, Tenn's own Marvelous Matt Henderson piloting that Eye Catching Duayne Hommel ThrowBack schemed Mighty Muffler/BruceBilt Rocket.

NeSmith is set to Bless the S GA with 7 series events-

Feb 14 $2500 To Win/50 Lap/Golden Isles
Feb 15 $2500 To Win/50 Lap/Golden Isles
Apr 10 $2000 To Win/40 Lap/Waycross
Apr 11 $2500 To Win/50 Lap/Waycross
Aug 21-22 $10K To Win/Golden Isles
Oct 16 $2500 To Win/50 Lap/Golden Isles
Oct 17 $2500 To Win/50 Lap/Golden Isles

#TailGateNews- NLMS, 23yrs Along and Rolling Strong!!

Since 1992 the National Late Model Series has been a staple in the South Georgia Racing Community. They've consistently brought BIG Shows to Dirt Tracks all across the SE inspiring Fans Far and Wide into bringing their families to watch these Modern Day Gladiators running 3 and 4Wide!! On January 10th the series begins its 23rd year in continual operation and is slated to KICK-IT-OFF in Grande Fashion with a "Ray Miller Appreciation Race" at Waycross Motor Speedway!!

#SpotLight- Cat Daddy Stands Tall with Feet Firmly Planted on Honest Georgia Clay!!

Cat Daddy gets ready for Winter Freeze at SMS

Through better than 3 decades Clint Smith has been a competitive constant in the World of DLMs. To the multitude of faithful legions that admire this Georgia Racer, he's still known as the "Iron-Man of Hav-A-Tampa". From its inception in 1990 til 1998 the Senoia Native never missed a single event in the Star Studded series. Cat Daddy captured the series championship in 1993, besting the likes of Scott Bloomquist, Ronnie Johnson, Jack Pennington, Lavon Sloan and Dale McDowell. "When you raced and won in the Hav-A-Tampa series, you accomplished something special right there." Clint said "Top Notch Drivers from all across the country came to test their mettle and find out if they were MORE than a Big Fish in a little pond. I'll always savour my 1st Win in that series. Sweat Streaming down my face, Whisking past the Flag Stand to edge out a Tough as Nails Field and Clutching the Checkers in Triumph high above my head at South Hampton Speedway. Right Then in my very own hands, I held Undeniable PROOF No One in the WORLD was better than us on that Hot August Night. Man, were we Rolling!!" 

#TailGateNews- GRT Rolls Juggernaut Style into the New Year!!

JFitz Readying for FireCracker100 at Swainsboro Raceway 

HUGE Honour of being named driver of a GRT House Car comes on the heels of a Successful 2014!! The just concluded season found Jason Fitzgerald hammering down an OutStanding 14 Wins and gathering his first series title since returning to pilot a LM himself. During the brief off-season this Dirt Track Visionary sits down to take pen in hand and script a New Chapter into the Legend that is The JAX Juggernaut!

Growing up helping his uncles with their Open Wheel Modifieds and being constantly surrounded by racing, it seemed Jason Fitzgerald was predestined to thrill fans Far & Wide behind the wheel of a High Powered Race Car! He got his start toward the end of 1993 in an Open Wheel Modified. It wasn't until the beginning of 2000 that Jason officially climbed into a DLM cockpit. The Rest, as they say, Reads as a Novella... '01 Putnam County LM Championship, '08 SAS SLM ROY and 2nd in overall series standings, '09 claimed an incredible 8 out of 15 events in the Ferociously Competitive National Late Model Series to carry that title on back to Middleburg. Intermix these Racing Monuments with the fact that The JAX Juggernaut hung up his helmet briefly to Crew Chief the Dunn/Benson & later Bobby LaBonte SLM programs. Fellow Jacksonville racer Earl Pearson Jr piloted as Jason led them onto a very satisfying World100 WIN and Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Dominance that included 2 Championship Titles!! 

#KelleysCorner- Keep Some Sunshine on Your Face

Keep Some Sunshine on Your Face 

A few nights back I was kicked back watching television when I stumbled across a documentary on HBO about the late comedian Richard Pryor. I have always enjoyed stand-up comedy and Richard Pryor is high up on my list of favorite comedians. The documentary wound through Pryor’s at-times troubled life. Throughout the show there were short clips from many of Pryor’s various stand-up specials. I was drifting in and out of watching (maybe even dozing a bit) when the clip came on where Pryor was doing his infamous character Mudbone. And this particular clip ended with Mudbone’s simple analogy for living a happy life and keeping positive – “Keep some sunshine on your face”.

#SpotLight- Nipping at 2015, Jordy Eyes BIGGER Prize!!

Jordy Nipper at Swainsboro Raceway's Turkey 100 

From Go-Karts to SLMs Jordy Nipper has ridden them All to Perfection and onto Prized Piece of Real Estate... 

Victory Lane!! 

The 27yr old Gutsy HotShoe from Gray, GA strikes a very nice balance between the Family Business (Scotty's Muffler, Brake and Lube in Macon) raising his own family and the business of Dirt Track Action! Working a Mon-Fri schedule that includes 1/2 day on Saturday puts it's own set of limitations on what events that the team can travel to. They've managed it nicely though and mostly find a race every week during the season. Good Folks know, anytime that #1N backs out of a trailer, you're in for a Great Show!