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Just added:
Late Models:
Steve Shaver - # 6
Sean Meeks - # 4
J.R. Hotovy - # 13
Jeff Fortner - # 27
Just wondering, with Billy Moyer Jr listed, why his dad is not listed? Is there something i'm missing?
Billy Moyer, Jr. has announced that he will campaign as WoO Rookie of the Year. I am sure Billy will have his car there as well but it is not known where he will race. We can only hope so.
Its looking like we are going to get that non-qualifiers race after all. Drivers list is looking great, Redd. I cant wait for Feb.
Under Griffin, who 16 years ago began carving the complex out of a cotton field one hour northwest of Savannah. Griffin has constructed one of the most diverse racing facilities in the country, boasting not only a competitive red-clay oval but also the quarter-mile Savannah River Dragway, a mud bog, a nearly quarter-mile dirt go-kart track and a paved rental kart track.
Griffin, 43, has made additions to Screven’s infrastructure and beefed up the track schedules virtually every year since he came on the scene. It’s this dedication to providing fans and racers an ever-improving experience – not to mention Griffin’s down-home, regular-guy personality – that earned him recognition as one of six regional Promoter of the Year honorees by RPM, an idea newsletter and professional resource for racetrack operators.
“I’m really shocked to win it,” said Griffin, one of the nominees for the 36th National Auto Racing Promoter of the Year Award that will be announced on Feb. 20 during the 39th annual RPM Workshops in Daytona Beach, Fla. “It sure is an honor to be recognized like that by the other promoters. I guess you can say it puts the pressure on to live up to an award that’s that important.”
In that vein, Griffin is laser-focused on the Winter Freeze. A mild winter has given him and his staff plenty of opportunity to prep the property for the expected influx of spectators and teams. Most notably, he’s erected more bleachers on the front and back straightaways and has completely turned over Screven’s racing surface in hopes of continuing the side-by-side action that many observers rate as some of the best fans will see in the Southeast.
Griffin has planned a full weekend of activities for Winter Freeze attendees, starting with an open practice session running from 6-10 p.m. on Thurs., Feb. 9.
The schedule of events on Fri., Feb. 10, includes WoO LMS time trials and heat races plus full programs for the All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series and the Screven Late Model division ($1,500 to win),
while the card on Sat., Feb. 11, features B-Mains and the lucrative Winter Freeze finale for the WoO LMS as well as another All-Star Sprint Car show and a $2,500-to-win crate Late Model headliner.
In addition, Griffin will keep things busy on Saturday afternoon with Gee Chee Creek Mudd Drags competition, racing at his Game(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Speedway go-kart oval and challenge races between World of Outlaws drivers and fans on the rental kart track.
The mud-bog and go-kart action is included in the $35 adult ticket price, which also provides an all-access pass to the pit area of each racing venue.
“We’re gonna give everybody plenty to see and do during the day,” said Griffin. “It’s a great deal for the fans. For $35 you get to see all kinds of different racing in one place, and you can go in the pits and rub elbows with (WoO LMS stars) like Rick Eckert and Josh Richards and all the 410 Sprint Car guys.”
Griffin will also have his famed concession stand cranking out a wide variety of foods all weekend. The large building, situated between the speedway and dragstrip, is well known for producing much more than the normal racetrack fare.
“When the folks come down here from all over, we’re gonna make sure we treat ‘em right,” said Griffin, who plans to situate heaters under the grandstands to provide fans extra warmth if the temperatures dip at night. “We’re going to show them good southern hospitality and give ‘em some good southern cooking.”
The Winter Freeze will begin the chase for the $100,000 WoO LMS points title, assuring a banner turnout of World of Outlaws hopefuls. Topping the field will be former series champions Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. – all of whom plan to pursue another crown in 2012 – as well as two-time titlist Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who has not yet announced his schedule for ’12 as he looks to land a fulltime NASCAR Camping World Truck Series ride.
Eckert, Lanigan and McCreadie are just three of the last year’s WoO LMS fulltimers who are expected to return in ’12, joining Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis., Ron Davies of Warren, Pa., and John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y.
Several additional drivers have revealed their intention to enter the Winter Freeze in hopes of jump-starting a season-long assault on the WoO LMS.
The list includes Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss., Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier, Ark., Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark., Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., Kent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., and Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The Winter Freeze roster will be accented by an array of other national, regional and local standouts.
Griffin said that he will add a Non-Qualifiers’ Race to the WoO LMS itinerary if more than 48 dirt Late Models are signed in for the event.
Screven’s gates are scheduled to open at 10 a.m. each day of the Winter Freeze. Hot laps are set to start at 5 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 10, and Sat., Feb. 11, with qualifying to immediately follow.
Admission to the practice night (including entry to the pits) on Thurs., Feb. 9, is $20 and free for children 12-and-under. On both Fri., Feb. 10, and Sat., Feb. 11, admission (including pits) is $35 for adults, $15 for children 7-12 and free for kids 6-and-under.
Screven Motor Speedway will provide free camping (no hookups) on the paved dragstrip on a first-come, first-served basis.
More information on the Winter Freeze is available by logging on to www.screvenmotorspeedway.com or calling 912-228-5886.
Screven Motor Speedway is located between Mile Markers 6 and 7 on GA Route 21 in Screven County, Ga.
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Just Added
Crate Late Models
Tommy Burrows # 5 – Bluffton, SC
Chris Ferguson # 22 – Mount Holley, NC
Anthony Hansford # 222 – Virgil, IL
David Smith # 11 – Inman, SC
Just Added:
Late Model:
John Henderson # 2x
Please add:
Crate Late Model
Kenny Collins #10c
Colbert, GA
Thanks!
As it gets closer, can we get a Monday-Wednesday practice line-up/schedule of sorts? Need some sort of stress buster after work and 800+ horsepower would do it!
I will be there Monday knocking the rust off my car, and myself (I am a local Screven car running Friday night only). But you would need to combine my car with another to get 800+ hp haha. I can probably post some updates from my phone while I am there.
Just added:
Late Models:
"The Real Deal" Don O'neal will be in the house driving car # 71.
The Ray Cook Southern Nationals winner from 2011 at Screven Motor Speedway Brent Dixon # 1.
Bob Robertson # 2 will be driving both Super Late Models and Crates.
Crate Late Models:
Brian Conner # 77
Kenny Collins # 10c
Gib Gibbons # 07
Pierce McCarter # 71
Bob Robertson # 21
I know it's splitting hairs but that dragway is only 1/8th of a mile. Very glad to see Red being recognized on a national level for his hardwork and dedication though. Very nice man and looking forward to going to the races there in just a little over two weeks.
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Originally Posted by HighMaintenance2007
They do 75-200...
NHRA 1/4 miles are NO LONGER 1/4 miles...
What IS your point ?
My point IS that it's a 1/8th mile drag strip, half of a quarter mile so just calling a spade a spade. NHRA dragstrips are still 1/4 mile long and every class at an NHRA National event runs the full 1/4 mile with the exception of Top Fuel Dragster & Top Fuel Funny Car which are running 1000 ft.Quote:
Originally Posted by HighMaintenance2007
and YOUR POINT IS ?
add DENNIS ' RAMBO' FRANKLIN, a previous Winner @SCREVEN,
to the list of drivers there doing Double Duty in the WoO SLM & the
NESMITH vs FASTRAK Showdown
Since the Crate Lates are legal for the Screven Late race on Friday. How many of those cars will be doing double duty?
The info is coning quicker on the Screven Motor Speedway FB page.
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