Excitement -- A Quarter Mile at a Time!

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    Congratulations to Matt Street who became our second winner in Open Comp by taking advantage of Joe Goddard's red light in the final round on Saturday, April 26.  Fifteen cars made the first round. 

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Results of the Jerry Barker Chevrolet ET Series of April 19.

Wesley Cox after third win in four events.

Madison DeFoor took the 8-12 Junior win and Hannah Crane was Runner-up.  Both are pictured here holding trophies.

Brittany Harper was the Junior Consolation winner.

    Wesley Cox went for a "three-peat" tonight with his third win of four races in Junior Dragster competition in the 13-17 age group.  Wesley beat Nick Crane in the final to take the win.  Other Junior Dragster winners were Madison DeFoor in the 8-12-year group, beating Hannah Crane in the final.  The Consolation winner was Brittany Harper as she outlasted Calvin Monroe.

    Charlie McCulloch of Kennesaw, Georgia, took the Super Pro final beating Steve Searock of Sharpsburg.  Allen Williams won again in Pro ET when Blake Carnell missed a perfect reaction time by one thousandth of a second and Larry Duncan took advantage of Mike Newby's red light to win Sportsman eliminator.

    Jason Wicks ran a "dead-on" pass to take the "Dial-in-for-Dollars" on the first pass of the evening.  The win was worth $857.50.

    Details of the finals are on the "Winners" page and points are updated.  

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    We are very pleased to announce that Rick Knight will be joining us, doing what he does best, describing the action here at Silver Dollar Raceway, starting some time in the near future. Rick's experience behind the microphone will bring a new and different perspective to our sport. Rick is well-known in the middle Georgia area for being a most popular radio personality and we are sure these skills will serve him well as a drag racing announcer.  Rick will soon also resume his "Rick Knight Road Show" on WMCG - FM 104.9.

    Rick's arrival is being delayed by some conditions beyond his control, but this should be over soon.

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    Summit Racing Equipment's McDonough store has come on board as the sponsor for Quarter-mile bracket racing and Open Comp  for the '08 season.  We have scheduled seven quarter-mile ET events and six Open Comp races to be run in conjunction with our "Quarter-mile Saturdays".  Check the "Schedule" page for these dates.  Check the "News" page for details of O/C and ET racing on "Quarter-mile Saturdays".

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    DeFoor Drywall and Acoustical Supply will be continuing the $1,000 bonus for a the first win with a dead-on run that starts with a perfect reaction time in eliminations in a Jerry Barker Chevrolet ET Series event. 

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Notes from the Tower 

    I would like to inform the Jr. Dragster drivers of a great opportunity that has come about.  I have been trying to find someone to sponsor our series for the young drivers and I finally found one.  Kroger grocery stores have stepped up as a major sponsor for our series.  We will now have a points fund for our young competitors.  The way this will work is that at the end of the year the winner of the points will receive a US Savings Bond of $800 and the runner up will receive $400.  Third place through tenth will each receive $100 in a savings bond. This is great news to share with our Jr. Drivers since we do have some of the best drivers around.

Timing Tim Bodrey

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    We're located directly across from RAY'S PAINT & BODY SHOP on Georgia Hwy. 96, less than a mile west of Reynolds.  Directions on Map Quest and others are incorrect as E-911 is being implemented and GA 96 has changed routing directly through Reynolds.  Our new address will be 42 Raceway Drive, but that address is not yet recognized by Map Quest.  It can be used as a shipping address.  MapQuest and other suppliers of such information are grossly wrong in giving directions to our facility. Simplified directions can be found on our "Directions" page.

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Notes From Ed

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Our mission at Silver Dollar Raceway is to provide a top-quality environment for racers and fans alike to enjoy.  Silver Dollar Raceway is a facility designed and built by racers, for racers and fans!

Silver Dollar Raceway is a regional-quality NHRA quarter-mile drag strip located in Reynolds, Georgia, about twenty-five miles west of Warner Robins, Georgia, and ninety miles south of Atlanta. The track is located on one hundred sixty-eight acres of land and is built to the latest standards of construction for professional quality drag racing. The racing surface is a full sixty-foot width, bounded by a concrete barrier wall to insure spectator and participant safety. The shutdown area is three thousand feet to insure adequate stopping room for the fastest quarter-mile passes. Times are measured by a Compulink StarTrak, the same system used by the National Hot Rod Association at all NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series events.