Commentary by: Rob Staley
Danville, VA(March 30, 2011) — If you missed the March 28th edition of RACE22 Radio, you missed one of the most controversial racing shows ever.
Nate Monteith and Lee Tissot squared off on the “shocking” issues at Kingsport Speedway where shocks were claimed and one man ended up spending the night in jail. You can here both drivers side of the story on RACE22 Radio’s Show #4, which is now available on archives and you’ll want to as it was a segment to remember and should swell this Friday’s attendance significantly at the 3/8mile speedplant. The listening audience grew tremendously as the two drivers exchanged verbal blows, undoubtedly many listening called their friends to join in on the fun.
The show was a delight after a lackluster weekend in which most of the racing in the region was washed out due to the huge storm cells throughout the southeast. Your’s truly was on hand at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, NC on Friday night as 16 Late Model Stock Cars and 17 Limited Late Models raced in a 100 lap feature and a 50 lap show respectively. As usual, the racing was excellent at Brad Allen’s four-tenths mile bullring and a big crowd watched despite very cold temperatures.
Ace Late Model Stock Car winner, Rodney Cook and Caraway Super 5 Series race one runner-up, BJ Mackey had planned on joining the regulars at Caraway Speedway in the 100-lapper last Saturday night but the threatening forecast caused track officials to pull the plug on the scheduled racing program early Saturday morning.
Hopefully this weekend we will see better weather as several tracks open their season while many others continue their 2011 slate. Most are pointing toward Motor Mile Speedway as the place to be with more than 30 teams expected for the Late Model Stock Car division. Late Model Stocks will have the weekend off at Ace and Caraway, so many of those teams may opt for Motor Mile or South Boston Speedway, which will feature twin races for the first time this season.
Former NASCAR Weekly Racing National Champion Peyton Sellers had hoped to compete in this weekend’s NASCAR truck race at Martinsville Speedway , but sufficient sponsorship couldn’t be found for the Sellers Racing prepared machine.
“We hope to run later in the year,” said H.C. Sellers, Peyton’s brother and crew chief. “Right now, we’re looking at maybe ORP(O’Reilly Raceway Park), Loudon(New Hampshire) and the Fall race at Martinsville.”
