The Gamecock State is #15 & #121
#121 Cherokee Super Speedway, Gaffney, SC (1/2-mile dirt), 11/25/06...
I was in the area on Saturday and was able to check out the racing at Cherokee. On tap was day one of the two-day World Crown 4 Cylinder Nationals. Saturday included time trials and heat races for the four divisions. Car counts were 43 4-Cylinder Street Stock, 42 4-Cylinder Super Stocks, 18 4-Cylinder Young Guns, and 9 Crate Late Models. There were about 100 people in the grandstands. The weather couldn't have been better with sunny skies, not a cloud nor breeze to be found, and temps in the low 70s.
At 2 p.m. hot laps started followed by two timed laps for all 112 cars in the four divisions and then eventually heat races. The first heat race didn't hit the track until 6:40 PM.
Dennis "Rambo" Franklin is one of the top late model drivers in the south. I was in the pits when he crawled out of his late model with jeans and tennis shoes on then climbed into a 4-cylinder. He went on to win Sunday's $5,000 4-Cylinder Super Stock event and finished 2nd in the Late Model feature to Johnny Pursley, who I saw win at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's earlier in the month.
I saw a kid in a driver's suit that looked about 10 and there was girl walking around that barely looked 12. I was told that the age minimum started at 10! Their feature on Sunday paid $500 to-win and was won by Ben Wiley, while Benji Griffin win the 4-Cylinder Street Stocks that paid $1,500.
With the huge payoffs, I was really surprised the car counts weren't higher. There were nearly 80 4-Cylinder at Lowe's for $500 to-win earlier this month. Maybe it had something to do with the fact of the $100 entry fee and two days.
Cherokee has the typical southern red clay and some of the longest straightaways I have ever seen for a half-mile track. They did announce they are bringing in turns one and two next year. There isn't too much modern at Cherokee as the facility is pretty rundown. The nicest thing at the track is their victory lane. The bleachers are concrete. They have a Confederate Flag flying with their American Flag. Their food prices were very reasonable. They actually had a playground in the pits, which I have never seen before.
Cherokee made for my first ever track in South Carolina giving me 15 states now plus Ontario to see a race in. It accounted for my 16th new track of 2006
#121 Cherokee Super Speedway (SC), 11/25/06
#120 Concord (NC) Motorsports Park, 11/4/06
#119 The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway (NC), 11/3/06
#118 Wyalusing (PA) Valley Motorsports Park, 10/15/06
#117 Shippensburg (PA) Speedway, 10/7/06
#116 Linda's Speedway (PA), 10/6/06
#115 Freedom Raceway (NY), 9/22/06
#114 Spring Valley Raceway (OH), 9/17/06
#113 Hilltop Speedway (OH), 9/8/06
#112 Kokomo (IN) Speedway, 9/3/06
#111 Lincoln Park Speedway (IN), 9/2/06
#110 Lawrence County Fairgrounds (PA), 8/16/06
#109 Midvale (OH) Speedway, 7/22/06
#108 McKean County Speedway (PA), 6/29/06
#107 Hesston (PA) Speedway, 6/17/06
#106 Grandview Speedway (PA), 5/16/06
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I was in the area on Saturday and was able to check out the racing at Cherokee. On tap was day one of the two-day World Crown 4 Cylinder Nationals. Saturday included time trials and heat races for the four divisions. Car counts were 43 4-Cylinder Street Stock, 42 4-Cylinder Super Stocks, 18 4-Cylinder Young Guns, and 9 Crate Late Models. There were about 100 people in the grandstands. The weather couldn't have been better with sunny skies, not a cloud nor breeze to be found, and temps in the low 70s.
At 2 p.m. hot laps started followed by two timed laps for all 112 cars in the four divisions and then eventually heat races. The first heat race didn't hit the track until 6:40 PM.
Dennis "Rambo" Franklin is one of the top late model drivers in the south. I was in the pits when he crawled out of his late model with jeans and tennis shoes on then climbed into a 4-cylinder. He went on to win Sunday's $5,000 4-Cylinder Super Stock event and finished 2nd in the Late Model feature to Johnny Pursley, who I saw win at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's earlier in the month.
I saw a kid in a driver's suit that looked about 10 and there was girl walking around that barely looked 12. I was told that the age minimum started at 10! Their feature on Sunday paid $500 to-win and was won by Ben Wiley, while Benji Griffin win the 4-Cylinder Street Stocks that paid $1,500.
With the huge payoffs, I was really surprised the car counts weren't higher. There were nearly 80 4-Cylinder at Lowe's for $500 to-win earlier this month. Maybe it had something to do with the fact of the $100 entry fee and two days.
Cherokee has the typical southern red clay and some of the longest straightaways I have ever seen for a half-mile track. They did announce they are bringing in turns one and two next year. There isn't too much modern at Cherokee as the facility is pretty rundown. The nicest thing at the track is their victory lane. The bleachers are concrete. They have a Confederate Flag flying with their American Flag. Their food prices were very reasonable. They actually had a playground in the pits, which I have never seen before.
Cherokee made for my first ever track in South Carolina giving me 15 states now plus Ontario to see a race in. It accounted for my 16th new track of 2006
#121 Cherokee Super Speedway (SC), 11/25/06
#120 Concord (NC) Motorsports Park, 11/4/06
#119 The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway (NC), 11/3/06
#118 Wyalusing (PA) Valley Motorsports Park, 10/15/06
#117 Shippensburg (PA) Speedway, 10/7/06
#116 Linda's Speedway (PA), 10/6/06
#115 Freedom Raceway (NY), 9/22/06
#114 Spring Valley Raceway (OH), 9/17/06
#113 Hilltop Speedway (OH), 9/8/06
#112 Kokomo (IN) Speedway, 9/3/06
#111 Lincoln Park Speedway (IN), 9/2/06
#110 Lawrence County Fairgrounds (PA), 8/16/06
#109 Midvale (OH) Speedway, 7/22/06
#108 McKean County Speedway (PA), 6/29/06
#107 Hesston (PA) Speedway, 6/17/06
#106 Grandview Speedway (PA), 5/16/06
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