High Schools Rule at Crossville Raceway

From the Crossville Chronicle- Crossville, Tn. Wednesday May 28, 2008

By Joe Dunn / joe@onpitroad.com

School is out for the summer, but the folks at Crossville Raceway are holding a special class this Friday, May 30th. In their own salute to the Graduates and their classmates, the track has invited ALL students from both CCHS and SMHS to attend the races for FREE. They have asked only that the students present a school ID, report card, 2008 diploma or a class schedule in their name as proof.
To start the summer with school spirit still intact, the track is encouraging the students to ‘show their colors’ and support their driver in a special Exhibition Race just for the schools. Two drivers will compete in a special 5 lap all out race at intermission, as veteran Late Model Sportsman driver, and CCHS Teacher, Brandon Williams will go up against the Hottest young driver in the Pro Street class and SMHS Freshman Jesse Lowe. This is the chance for the students to cheer for their school and get an up close look at local Dirt Track Racing. After the race, the students will be invited to join these drivers on the front stretch and the students of the winning school will pose for a Victory Photo with the winning Driver/Car. For more information, call the track at 456-5000 or check the website at www.crossvilleraceway.net

The Big news in NASCAR is Kasey Kahne, who emerges from Charlotte and Lowes Motor Speedway with a whole new respect. Following a year of disappointment and poor performances, Last week Kahne snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in winning the All Star Race. Sunday night, Kahne took the checkers again, winning Nascar’s longest race, the Coca Cola 600. The win moves Kahne up two spots to number 12 in the points. Kyle Busch finished second and retains the point lead in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.

LOCAL RACING:
Friday night saw action at Crossville Raceway, with 6 classes the track dodged the rain again as the downpour came on the last lap of the last race of the night. Winners for May 23, LMS- Sam Williams of Crossville, OWM- Steve Mullinax of Crossville, Pro Street- Duke Lowe of Crossville, Mod Mini- Greg Henderson, Pure Mini- JD Rector of Crossville and Cruisers- Hanna & Sam Proffitt
Wartburg Speedway winners- LMS-Dale Nance, Mod Street- Marty Goodman, Pure Street- Steve Welch, Mini Stock- Rocky McNabb, Pure Mini- Spunky Brown.
Saturday night at 411 Motor Speedway winners- Late Model- Charles Hurst, Mod Street- Robbie Comer, Street- Bryan McDaniel, Mod Mini- Chris Kelly, Pure Mini- Josh Driskill
The Mountain Raceway Park winners- SLM- Dusty Carver, Crates- Josh Collins, LMS- Jake Teague, Mod Mini- Kendall White, Mini- Mike Courtney, Street- Reagan Williams, Pure Mini- Scott Webb
Tazwell Speedway winners- LM- Travis Fultz, Crates- Brad Hall, Mod Street- Allen Holt, Street- Jordon Horton, 4 cylinder- Chuck McMahan
Cleveland Speedway winners SLM- Jake Knowles, Limited/Crate- Chris Beavers, Pony- Billy Callahan, Hobby- Tanner Works, B Hobby- Patrick Harvey, Front Runner- Bill Bailey
Spring City Raceway winners- LLM- Jeff Adkisson, Mod Street- Marty Goodman, Super Street- Sam Johnson, Street- Jerry Spence, Pony- Mikey Roberts, Super Mini- Ronnie Shelton, FWD- Spunky Brown

All of the above tracks will be in action again this week, Friday May 30 and Saturday May 31.

High Schools compete on the High Banks of Crossville Raceway

CCHS vs. SMHS on the High Banks

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May 24, 2008
Crossville Raceway PR

Last week Crossville Raceway announced their Salute to the Class of 2008 with a special FREE admission racing program for students of both Cumberland County High School and Stone Memorial High School on Friday May 30th.
Today we are stepping that program up to the next level to allow the students to show their school spirit on Race Night, as we take the program closer to home for the students. A special, Exhibition Race will take place during the intermission in which SMHS Freshman Jessie Lowe will bring his #5 Pro Street Monte Carlo to challenge CCHS Teacher Brandon Williams and his #0 Late Model Sportsman to a 5 lap, no holds barred race. Williams is a seasoned veteran of the high banked Clay Oval with a proven record, Lowe is a relative newcomer to the track who has taken the Pro street class by storm.
Show your school spirit as we encourage all SMHS & CCHS students to show your school colors and spirit in a fun exhibition show. When the winner is determined, the students from the school of the winner will be invited to join their driver for a group photo on the front stretch.
Remember, admission is FREE for all students of these two schools, simply display your school ID, 2008 Diploma, Report Card or a Class Schedule at the Grandstand Gate.
Gates open at 5 pm (CT) with hot laps at 6:30 and racing to begin at 7:30 pm. General Admission $10 - Seniors $8 - 6-10 yrs $5 - 5 & under Free - Tier $15 - Pits $25
Crossville Raceway is located at 5434 Hwy 70N, Crossville, Tn. 38571. For further information call the track at (931) 456-5000 or visit our website at www.crossvilleraceway.net

Kasey Kahne is NASCAR’s All Star

From the Crossville Chronicle- Crossville, TN. Wednesday May 21, 2008

By Joe Dunn / joe@onpitroad.com

He’s been in a slump since winning 6 races in 2006, had only 1 top five and 8 top ten’s in 2007, and has managed only 5 top ten’s so far in 2008. But on Saturday night, Kasey Kahne claimed Victory and the $1 Million first place prize.
Kahne did not qualify for the All Star race, and finished 5th in the Sprint Showdown, also eliminating him from the Sprint All Star Race. But the Fans voted overwhelmingly to put him in the last starting place. Working his way through the field he continued to improve and finished 13th in the first segment. The second segment would move him up again to 8th place, while the third segment would move him to 7th. The Budweiser #9 team gambled and chose not to change tires on the last pit stop, which put Kahne starting second for the final 25 lap segment behind Jimmie Johnson. After the restart, Denny Hamlin jumped out front, but Kahne, after passing Johnson took the lead on lap 84 when Hamlin suffered engine failure.
The Sprint All Star race was a non points race and although the winner collected a cool $1Million, the rest of the field received far less. But even for those who did not fare well, this was a great testing session for teams preparing for Memorial Day weekend and the Coca Cola 600, also at Lowes Motor Speedway. The 600 will be Sunday May 25th and will be televised on Fox at 5PM (ET).
Local Racing:
FRIDAY: Mother Nature won all the races Friday and both Crossville Raceway and Wartburg Speedway were forced to cancel.
SATURDAY: Spring City Raceway winners: LLM-Jeff Adkisson, Mod Street-Marty Goodman, Super Street-Sam Johnson, Street Stock-Jerry Spence, Super Mini-Darren Goins, FWD-Spunky Brown
The Mountain Raceway Park winners: SLM-Bobby Giffin, Sportsman- Jake Teague, Fastrak Crates-Steve Jones, Mini-Rocky McNabb, Pure Mini-Scott Webb, Street Stock-James Price, Mod Mini-Kendall White.
411 Motor Speedway winners: LM-Jason Cardwell, Mod Street-Robbie Comer, Street Stock-Bryan McDaniel, Mod Mini-Terry Poore, Pure Mini- JD Rector of Crossville
Tazwell Speedway winners: LM-Travis Fultz, Fastrak Crates winner-Brad Hall, Mod Street- Allen Holt, Pure Street-Jordon Horton, 4cylinder- Chuck McMahan
Cleveland Speedway winners: Southern All Stars SLM- Jimmie Owens, LLM-Craig Burrows, Hobby-Tanner Works, B Hobby- Patrick Harvey, Pony-Jim Elliott, Front Runner- Kenny Kizzar.
Volunteer Speedway announced that they will be closed until May 31 when they will run a $3K SLM race and then close again until June 21.

Kyle Picks Up Win 3, Continues Point Lead

From the Crossville Chronicle - Crossville, TN Wednesday May 14, 2008

By Joe Dunn / joe@onpitroad.com

Kyle Busch was introduced with his Mother to a booing sea of Junior Nation before the start of the Dodge Challenger 500 Sunday at Darlington Raceway. The boos intensified as he rode the track in the back of a Pick up truck.
If the discontented fans thought that would get your Busch down, they were sadly mistaken and he immediately charged to the front. After a lap 11 caution, Busch took the lead from Dale Earnhardt Jr. until he got his own Darlington Stripe and backed out of the gas. But Kyle stayed up front most of the day and actually lead 7 times for 169 laps. But during pit stops following a lap 147 caution, Busch was sent to the back of the field, the result of a pit lane violation when a crew member missed a lug nut.
Restarting the race in 29th place, on a track that Dale Jr. said after the race, “Was impossible to pass on”, the 18 car fought through the field back to 10th place by lap 170. With 64 laps to go, Kyle took the lead for the last time and hung in there for the win. Busch climbed from his Toyota after a huge burnout on the front stretch, to another chorus of boos. His response was to climb on the car and do an exaggerated bow to the fans. The win keeps the younger Busch brother atop the points standing in the Nextel Cup Series as the teams head for the All Star weekend at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte.
On the local racing scene:
Friday, Crossville Raceway dodged the rain once again, getting in the full weekly racing program. Fridays winners included, Crossville’s Brandon Williams in the Late Model Sportsman, Last years Open Wheel champion Billy Palmer claimed his first win of the season, Sparta’s Mike Selby won the Pro Street feature for the second week in a row. In the Mod Mini class, Kingston’s Brad Hamilton was a repeat winner, while Crossville’s Cody Rector took the win in the pure Mini feature with newcomer, (Carl) Jackson Griffith taking second. In the Cruiser Cars it was Tim Roach and Jason Sharp getting the win.
Next week Crossville will highlight three of the weekly classes with increased payouts for the winners, $700 for Sportsman, $350 for Pro Street and $150 for Cruisers.
Wartburg Speedway fought back after the rains hit the track Friday night and managed to get their program in which included the SRRS Super late model show. The big winner was Brandon King of Decatur, AL who led flag-to-flag in route to the $3,000 win. Wartburg will run the weekly racing program Friday.
Saturday night, the Mountain Raceway hosted an AAPTS Super Late Model event where Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Georgia picked up the $3,000 win. McDowell was the big winner at Crossville’s SRRS race last month. Saturday, the mountain will run the weekly racing program with a $1,000/800 mini stock feature.
Spring City Raceway as well as 411 motor Speedway will be back in action again Saturday night.
Get off the couch and catch a local race this weekend, there are too many tracks with a great entertainment value to pass it up.

$1,000 UMP Open Wheel Modified at Crossville Raceway

Crossville Raceway presents the Mountain Farm International $1,000.00 to win UMP Open Wheel Modified race on Friday June 6, 2008, brought to you by Budweiser of Cookeville and The Tennessee Governor’s Safety Office. Crossville Raceway has been home to the Open Wheels for many years and always proves to be very popular among the UMP racers. In addition to the open wheels from our UMP weekly series, drivers are expected from throughout Tennessee as well as Kentucky and other states. The High banked 1/3 mile clay oval has been home to some of the south’s top names in dirt racing.
In addition to the Open Wheel Modifieds, fans can enjoy the tracks regulars in the Late Model Sportsman, Pro Street, Mod Mini, Pure Mini and Cruiser Car classes. Crossville Raceway is a full service family oriented race track with a playground area for the kids adjacent to the Pits and the Grandstand area. Spacious seating areas, hot food from 2 concession stands, Souvenir Shop with goodies for the kids as well as photos from track photographer Joe Dunn with same night photos available.
Our tier parking area is one of the largest and cleanest in the region and our new trackside radio station (91.5 FM) makes all the racing action available on your car or portable radio. Tune in as our highly acclaimed announcer, ‘BiggdaddyT’ Tom Montgomery calls all the action live.
Gates open at 5 pm (CT) with hot laps at 6:30 and racing to begin at 7:30 pm. General Admission $12 - Seniors $10 - 6-10 yrs $5 - 5 & under Free - Tier $20 - Pits $30
Crossville Raceway is located at 5434 Hwy 70N, Crossville, Tn. 38571. With easy access from any of I-40’s 3 Crossville exits, the track is conveniently located between Knoxville and Nashville and less than 30 minutes from Cookeville, Tn. For further information call the track at (931) 456-5000 or visit our website at www.crossvilleraceway.net

Weather Plays Games with Local Racing Efforts

From the Crossville Chronicle - Crossville, TN. Wednesday May 7, 2008

By Joe Dunn / joe@onpitroad.com

The Dirt tracks of East Tennessee are facing a formidable opponent so far in 2008. We all recognize that the economy is slowing to a crawl and prices, especially fuel are running out of control. But the one thing track owners can’t prepare for is Mother Nature.
Crossville Raceway got in their third racing event of the season Friday, but the threatening skies and the threat of rain kept some fans and drivers away. No Crossville never did get rain, in fact it was a perfect night for racing. But fans and drivers are more leery of spending that precious fuel if they think there is a chance of a rain out. The Crossville track has been much more fortunate than many of the other area tracks.
This week Crossville Raceway will again make the fans, especially the KIDS, part of the show with Nickel Night. All the kids in the grandstand will be invited at intermission to go down on the track in search of nickels that the track workers will be spreading on the front straight. This is the third fan event so far, last week fans were invited to bring their street vehicles onto the track for a best of three, one on one single lap competition. It was all pick up trucks Friday with the winner taking home a big trophy. Two weeks earlier it was the KIDS foot races on the front straight. With 2 age groups competing four winners took the big prizes while all participants got track souvenirs.
The Mountain Raceway in Maryville has managed to get in only one of seven scheduled racing programs, all due to rain. They will try again this week with an Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series $3,000 Super Late Model Race, along with their regular weekly program.
Wartburg Speedway has been able to get in three of the five scheduled events so far. They will be hosting the Southern Regional Racing Series in a $3,000 Super Late Model race that was postponed from April 11.
Spring City Raceway has managed to fair better than most of the Saturday tracks getting in four races so far this year. They will run their regular weekly racing program Saturday.
411 Motor Speedway in Seymour has been able to get in five races so far. They will run a regular weekly racing program Saturday.
Tazwell Speedway has managed to get in three of seven scheduled events so far. They will run a regular weekly program this Saturday.
Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap has managed to get in just three of nine scheduled events. They will run a regular weekly racing program Saturday.
With the cost of fuel and the general economy down even Nascar has seen a drop in their attendance figures this year. So if you’re a race fan, or you have never tried it and are looking for an inexpensive night out for the family, why not head on down to your local dirt track this weekend. You just might find that you really have been missing some great entertainment right in your own back yard.

Crossville Raceway‘s $1000 to win UMP Open Wheel Modified

The 2008 racing season at Crossville Raceway is underway and so far the weather has been the tracks friend. May kicked off with a special events for the fans as a warm up for big racing action in June.
Kicking off June’s events is a $1,000.00 to win UMP Dirtcar Open Wheel Modified on Friday June 6, 2008. A long standing popular track for the Open Wheels the race is expected to draw a good car count. With several tracks running the UMP Open Wheel Modifieds on Saturdays in Kentucky and also the regulars from Clarksville Speedway, the night promises to produce a great entertainment value for the fans.
Over 3,000 drivers nationwide are registered to compete in the UMP Open Wheel Modified class, which continues to grow each season. The division’s unique style, affordability, standardized rules and competitiveness make it a popular choice for veteran ’weekend warriors’ and young racers on the rise.
In addition to the Open Wheel Modifieds, Crossville’s weekly racing classes will also compete. Classes included are the Late Model Sportsman, Pro Street, Modified Mini, Pure mini and the Cruiser cars. Gates open at 5 pm (CT) with hot laps at 6:30 and racing action beginning at 7:30 pm.
Crossville Raceway is located at 5434 Hwy 70N, Crossville, Tn. 38571. With easy access from any of I-40’s 3 Crossville exits, the track is conveniently located between Knoxville and Nashville and less than 30 minutes from Cookeville, Tn. For further information call the track at (931) 456-5000 or visit us on the internet at http://geocities.com/crossvilleraceway

Crossville Raceway….. Tennessee’s Playground for POWER!

Nickel Night for the KIDS at Crossville Raceway

For the third in four weeks Crossville Raceway plans to get folks out of the Grandstand an onto the track, Friday May 9 with ‘Nickel Night for Kids’. All the Kids in the grandstand will be invited to come on down, onto the track for a hunt for nickels.
William and his crew at the track will be spreading nickels on the front straightaway, and the kids will have a free for all retrieving the loot. This is yet another effort to let the fans become involved more at the races.
On April 18th the kids got to compete for prizes with a foot race along the front straight. Two age groups competed with the winning boy and girl in each group receiving the Grand prizes. Every kid that participated went home with a track souvenir.
On May 2nd, The adult fans got their chance as we held our first “Fans - Side by Side Race”. Fans were invited to leave the grandstand and bring their Street car down onto the track in 1 on 1 elimination rounds. Only one fan showed up to start the competition, so William got his Clarksville - Stormpay.com - Speedway truck to run a best of 3. While William was loosing, two more fans arrived with their pick up trucks. The winner was presented with a huge Crossville Raceway trophy and had his ‘Feature Winner’ photo taken by track photographer Joe Dunn. During the photos, William and Chris competed in their trucks on the track. The winner of that competition was the Fans who enjoyed the antics of the track operators.
Crossville Raceway runs every Friday night for exciting dirt track racing action. With six exciting classes of racers, as well as special events and promotions to make the fans part of the action, Crossville raceway is an excellent family entertainment value.
Crossville Raceway can also assist your business or social group with our special Group prices and our hospitality packages, custom tailored to meet just your needs. Whether it’s a group of 15 or 200, we can make a night of racing, a special event for your customers, employees or your special group. For group sales and hospitality packages please contact Joe Dunn at (931) 200-2276 or email him at crossvilleraceway@onpitroad.com .
Crossville Raceway is located at 5434 Hwy 70N, Crossville, Tn. 38571. With easy access from any of I-40’s 3 Crossville exits, the track is conveniently located between Knoxville and Nashville and less than 30 minutes from Cookeville, Tn. For further information call the track at (931) 456-5000

Crossville Raceway….. Tennessee’s Playground for POWER!