A big win on the West Coast, a SpeedFest triumph at Watermelon Capital Speedway and an All-American 400 victory at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tenn., propelled Senoia’s Bubba Pollard to his second Driver of the Year Award from the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame. Pollard, who has more than 90 career Super Late Model victories
Long-time motorsports journalist Joe Cawley of Augusta is the 2016 recipient of the Jimmy Mosteller Award from the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame. The award is given annually to a journalist in recognition of lifetime achievements in Georgia motorsports. Cawley, who was born on Nov. 15, 1945, in Austin, Texas, where his father was stationed
Jeff Gordon’s upcoming first-ever authorized biography, Jeff Gordon: His Dream, Drive & Destiny – http://jeffgordon.com/book. The 8.5” x 12” fully-illustrated 192-page hardcover book retails for $39.95. The book is a sort of hybrid – it’s a cross between a traditional text only biography and a photo intense coffee table book. It’s over-sized for a biography,
On many a Friday or Saturday night back in the 1970s and ‘80s, Ricky Williams of Fayetteville and Stan Massey of Mableton went door-to-door racing for checkered flags on the dirt tracks in Atlanta suburbs like Douglasville, Senoia and Woodstock. Now the two again will be sharing center stage as members of the 2016 Class
A veteran dirt-track racer with more than 350 career victories and two major figures on the drag-racing scene head the list of names being added to the ballot as voting for the 2016 class of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame gets under way. Ricky Williams, now in his 41st year behind the wheel of
Gordon Pirkle’s famous siren, sounded for years every time Dawsonville residents like Bill and Chase Elliott scored victories in automobile races across America, wailed long and loud Wednesday afternoon for another Dawsonville native who had just received one of racing’s greatest honors. The late Raymond Parks was voted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in
Five Legends Unveiled as 2017 NASCAR Hall Of Fame Class Childress, Hendrick, Martin, Parks and Parsons Comprise Hall’s Eighth Class DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 25, 2016) – NASCAR announced today the inductees who will comprise the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2017. The five-person group – the eighth since the inception of the NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Todd Gilliland heads to Bakersfield, California, on the hottest winning streak in 50 years. Even if he doesn’t equal the all-time NASCAR K&N Pro Series mark for consecutive victories to start in the series, the 15-year-old from Sherrill’s Ford, North Carolina, is in pretty exclusive company. It’s a club that includes two drivers
Posted: 12:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 By Steve Hummer – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Original Article: http://www.myajc.com/news/sports/motor-sports/another-elliott-challenges-big-time-racing/np9t8/ CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As is recent custom, members of the lordly Hendrick Motorsports team were the walk-off act at last week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup media-palooza. With a month to go before the season-opening Daytona 500, some of the series’
In the days when racers were contested with cars powered by flat-head Ford engines and home-made skeeters running on alcohol dominated the racing scene, Harvey Jones was the man to see to get the most horsepower. Jones’ skills also were highly sought even when small-block Chevrolet engines became the short-track powerplants of choice. Jones, a