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SRRS Heading to Volunteer Speedway on May 4th

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

BULLS GAP, Tenn. — The Southern Regional Racing Series will make its first-ever visit to Volunteer Speedway on Saturday, May 4 for a $3,000-t…o-win Super Late Model main event.
Josh Putnam of Killen, Ala., 2011 SRRS champion is looking to win another title in 2013, while 2012 rookie of the year Josh Henry of Newport is [...]

March was a month of record setting speeds on East Tennessee dirt

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

By Richard Allen
Cool temperatures and moisture soaked clay made for some very tacky conditions on the dirt tracks around east Tennessee during the month of March. And qualifying results from our area tracks show just how fast dirt late models can go when conditions are right. Track records fell on at least three dirt ovals [...]

John Blankenship Springs Forward at the Volunteer Speedway on Night Two of the Spring Nationals

Sunday, March 17th, 2013

 
 

By Richard Allen
 Ray Cook’s Spring Nationals mini-series hit the track at the Volunteer Speedway for the second consecutive night on Saturday for a 60-lap main event that would pay $10,000 to the winner. John Blankenship emerged as the winner in a hard fought contest on the high-banked clay oval located in Bulls Gap, Tenn.
 
Blankenship set [...]

Live Updates from Night Two of the Spring Nationals at Volunteer Speedway

Saturday, March 16th, 2013

I hope to do live updates from the racing action from the second Spring Nationals race at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN(3-16-13) on this site.
Here is the link to my twitter account for pictures and other information:
https://twitter.com/TennesseeRacer
You do not need a twitter account to view.
Follow the updates by refreshing the page and looking in [...]

Photos from the Spring Nationals at the Volunteer Speedway(3-15-13)

Saturday, March 16th, 2013

By Richard Allen
 
Here are some photos from the pit area taken prior to the inaugural Ray Cook promoted Spring Nationals at the Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN.
Click on each image to enlarge.

#5 Jared Landers

#34 Ellery Leake

 

 

Live Updates from Friday’s Spring Nationals Race at Volunteer Speedway

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

I hope to do live updates from the racing action from the Spring Nationals race at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN(3-15-13) on this site.
Here is the link to my twitter account for pictures and other information:
https://twitter.com/TennesseeRacer
You do not need a twitter account to view.
Follow the updates by refreshing the page and looking in the ‘Comments’ boxes below [...]

Ray Cook’s Spring Nationals Opens on March 15/16 at Volunteer Speedway

Monday, March 11th, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
By Chris Tilley, Spring Nationals P.R./Announcer
 
BRASSTOWN, NC (March 6, 2013)—The Inaugural Ray Cook promoted Spring Nationals Series will open on Friday and Saturday March 15/16 at Joe and Phyllis Loven’s Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN during the track’s 12th annual Spring Thaw Weekend. An open practice session will be held on Thursday [...]

New “Pick the Winner” Contest to Award Prizes in 2013

Saturday, December 15th, 2012

By Richard Allen
Upon further consideration, I have made a significant adjustment to my original “Pick the Winner” contest announcement. Now, there will be BIGGER prizes added for select races. And, to reward both followers of my Twitter and/or Facebook accounts as well as visitors to both RacingWithRich.com and TennesseeRacer.com, the contest has been broadened.
Both NASCAR [...]

Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals Series releases 2013 schedule

Sunday, December 2nd, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 
(BRASSTOWN, NORTH CAROLINA)Officials from the Schaeffer Oil Southern Nationals Series are excited to release their schedule dates for the 2013 racing season.Series founder and promoter Ray Cook has booked the same ten tracks that were on the series slate last season, but the order in which they appear on the schedule has differed [...]

Ogle out duels Bloomquist in Bulls Gap thriller

Friday, August 24th, 2012

 

By Richard Allen
 
 

After winning last week’s Southern All Stars feature in Cleveland, Tennessee, driver Billy Ogle, Jr. said that he was approaching a “now or never” time in his career in terms of winning a national touring series race. Apparently now is the time for that to happen as the Knoxville, Tennessee driver notched the [...]

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