Ray Cook Leases Tri-County Race Track for 2011 Season!

[DelphComm]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

February 23, 2011

Ray Cook Leases Tri-County Race Track for 2011 Season!

(BRASSTOWN, NORTH CAROLINA) As if being a national Dirt Late Model star on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the promoter of the successful Southern Nationals Series didn’t keep Ray Cook busy enough during the year, Ray announced today that he has leased the nearby Tri-County Race Track in Brasstown, North Carolina for the 2011 season. With the possibility that the historic 1/4-mile, dirt oval may not open this season and with the help of a lot of other people, Ray and crew will do their best to keep the track going.

“I grew up going to Tri-County every Friday night when I was about ten years old and ran my first race there when I was fifteen in a Pony car,” quoted Cook via telephone today. “There are a lot of racers in this area that need Tri-County to thrive in order to have somewhere to race and hone their skills. Obviously, with me racing full-time on the Lucas Oil trail and promoting the Southern Nationals as well, I am not going to be there every time we open the gate at Tri-County. I have been fortunate enough to assemble a great crew to work at the track; however, as Kip Cochran, Leon Latham, and Brian Kennersley all have a ton of experience.”

A big change to the racing program at Tri-County will be the move to Friday nights. There are currently six Saturday night tracks within a two-hour radius of the Brasstown/Murphy area and Tri-County will now be the only Friday night track that will run Super Late Models. In addition to the Super Late Models, Ray will also run the Limited/Crate Late Model, Modified Street, Road Runners/Street Stock, and Mini Stock/Pony divisions.

Initial plans for 2011 call for the five classes to be in action every other Friday night at Tri-County starting possibly as early as March 25. Barring rain-outs and other unforeseen circumstances, Ray is hoping to put together a 15-18 race schedule for the 2011 season. A few practice sessions are also in the works prior to the tentative opening date of March 25.

To include input from all of the racers and race fans in the area, Ray is holding an open forum at the Brasstown Community Center this Monday night, February 28 at 7:00 p.m. Be sure to show up on Monday to let your voice be heard on topics concerning the Tri-County Race Track. The Brasstown Community Center is located at the entrance to the race track off of Setiwig Road.

More information about the 2011 racing season at Tri-County will be released next week following the meeting at the Brasstown Community Center. A new website is also in the works and will be online and fully functional prior to the start of the season.

“I look forward to the challenge of bringing Tri-County Race Track back to life,” Cook went on to say. “Car counts and fan attendance have really dropped in recent years, but I have hope that we can change things around and put on a great program for the fans and racers. It is going to take a lot of work, but with the help of Jack Wimpey and many others who have volunteered their service, maybe we can pull it off!”

If anyone would like to volunteer, sponsor, or help in any way at the Tri-County Race Track this year, please do not hesitate to contact Ray Cook at 706-835-7503 or rpaocook@frontier.com.

Media Contact: Ryan Delph – Delph Communications
www.delphcommunications.com

[Dirtfather]

Finally!!!!!!!!!!

[PaperMen]

Finally!!!!!!!!!!

Finally.....Finally......Tri County Has Gone Back To Friday Night....

[17w]

Great news.......

[dirtballer10]

maybe a ray cook race do they still have a thursday open

[VICTORY-N-JESUS]

Great news , you want find a nicer guy in racing that ray cook.

Wish track was in my area, got to visit a couple time going to the tarheel 53's.

Very friendly fans, good food, not a bad seat in place with outside pits.

Know ya'll going to love to have the supers back.

May not be what he does but leon is best flagman i've seen in my 4o years.

Hope ya'll have a great season ; maybe if you do get a southern national event i can make the trip over the mountains a visit a few friends again there.

[half-fast06]

victory-n-jesus check your pm please

[thinker]

Any news from Monday's meeting concerning tires and weights?

[half-fast06]

nothing written in stone but proposed rules are 1300, 1350, 1600 rr, 44, 48, 56 rr late model, 1350, 1600 48, 56 all other classes, limited/crate crate motors get 100 lb. weight break and big spoiler. hope that helps anything else i'll try to answer for you just ask

[Cope57]

So in latemodel it is 1600 or 56 on rr only?

[TPR30]

Yeah Cope the 1600 and 56 is for the RR only.

[half-fast06]

one thing i forgot on tires late model can run any type of these compounds everyone else it's spec tire only

[rick james]

i guess this gets rid of any cleveland dixie or north ga cars for anything but super late model cleveland is on 21 or 55 tires north ga is on 1600 or 56 not specs and dixie is on 1350 or 1600 non spec tires this also gets rid of the possability of buying used tires from super late teams i like the rule but it needs to be open to non spec tires also and include 21 and 55 hoosier

[thinker]

Cleveland,s rule is spec tires. Any other is allowed at a 50 lb penalty'

Southeasterm series is spec tires also.

[rick james]

cleveland rules say hts21 or hts 55 spec tires meaning that a car coming from cleveland would have to buy tires to race at tri county because if u run at cleveland every week why would u buy spec 1350 or 1600 tires and carry the 50# weight to run at tri county every other friday like i said i like the basic rule but it needs to be opened to 21 and 55 tires and spec or non spec tires i doubt anyone there has any spec 1600 or 56 tires left from when they used to run that tire rule because it was not a spec tire rule i know that most will buy new tires but face it times are tough and if u had a good set of 56 or 1600 left over would u not run them rather than not racing at all