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With
the short off-season in the rearview mirror the Sport Compact
Dirt Racing Series (SCDRA) turns its attention to the March
24 and 25 running of The Little Tarheel at Ray Cook’s
Tri-County Race Track in Brasstown, North Carolina. Event #2
of 12 of the Jason Waters Championship presented by NewFast
Motorsports comes at the ¼ mile facility nestled in the
Blue Ridge Mountains near Cherokee. The historic facility, built
by the late Jack Wimpey, will provide a picturesque backdrop
for the $5000 to win event. (Avery Morris
Photo)
With
a track-record $22,022 on the line as Tri-County Race Track
hosted the Castrol® FloRacing Night in America tour for
the 17th FK Rod Ends Tar Heel 53 presented by Jacky Jones Automotive
Group, both track promoter Ray Cook and series director Ben
Shelton expected a bevy of heavy hitters to descend upon the
1/4-mile bullring nestled in the state’s scenic western
hills. (Candice McCue Photo)
Tri-County
Race Track opened its gates for a special event on Thursday,
Sept. 22. The main event for the evening was the inaugural Russell
Thomas Memorial Super Late Model Race. Thomas was a local racing
legend who passed away in Dec. of 2021. Four other divisions
were also in action. (Candice McCue Photo)
Following
a four day postponement, the Labor Day Championship event finally
took place Friday, Sept.9 at Tri County Racetrack in Brasstown.
The main event for the evening was the C.T. Barnett Memorial
Super Late Model race. Another special event on the schedule
was the Southeastern Limited Late Model Sportsman Series. Those
two races generated a lot of buzz, but racing was great in all
divisions. (Candice McCue Photo)
Tri-County
Race Track was in action Friday, August 26 with reduced ticket
prices or Fan Appreciation Night. After a meet and greet was
held on the track, fans returned to the stands and the cars
returned to the pit area to prepare to battle it out.
(Candice McCue Photo)
Track
officials and long-time Tri-County Race Track fans could not
remember anytime when the track ran a double feature event.
That changed on Friday, Aug.12 when the Brasstown Bullring opened
its gates to finish a program that was halted due to rain on
July 29. Double the racing meant double the points, winnings
and tempers on the clay oval.
David
Payne, of Murphy, North Carolina, emerged victorious on Thursday
evening in a rain-shortened Schaeffer’s Oil Southern National
Series show at Ray Cook’s Tri-County Race Track! David,
who has won many special events and track titles in his career
at the nearby Brasstown, North Carolina bullring, laid down
the second quickest lap in Memory Lane Classic Car Museum qualifying
to earn the outside of the front row for the 53-lap feature
event. With inclement weather rolling into the area, David jumped
out front of the 22-car field on the first circuit and was at
the point when heavy rain poured down on the facility during
a caution period after only 27 laps. (Rick
Neff Photo)
Tri
County Racetrack had a full list of events scheduled for their
Friday, July 1 show. The Blue Ridge Outlaw Late Model Series
made it's annual visit to the track along with the debut of
the American Racer Open Wheel Modified Series. All other divisions
were also on the schedule and one of the largest firework shows
in the area. Two rain showers pushed the start time back roughly
an hour.
Just
as drivers were preparing for their pre-race meeting with promoter
Ray Cook, the skies over Tri County Racetrack darkened and an
early-summer shower fell on the quarter mile clay surface. A
small pocket of precipitation parked over Brasstown, sending
fans running for cover and their cars. Once the rain finally
stopped, track prep was needed and Cook made the rare request
for drivers to help dry the track. Many answered the call, a
move that was appreciated by fans and staff.
The
Topless Outlaw Series made its annual visit to Tri County Racetrack
in Brasstown on Friday, June 10. Along with the $2,500 to win
main event, five other divisions were in action on the quarter-mile
clay oval. (Candice McCue Photo)
Memorial
Day is the unofficial start of summer, but the evening sun in
Brasstown made it feel like a mid-summer's evening at Tri County
Racetrack on Monday. Seven divisions filled the pit area to
wrap up the holiday weekend with each division chasing $1,000
and victory lane.
The
calendar said May, but the temperature felt more like a mid-summer
day in Brasstown on Friday, May 20. Even the hot weather couldn't
keep fans from passing through the ticket gate at Tri County
Racetrack. A total of seven divisions were in action with the
main event belonging to the Super Late Models who competed for
$2,000.
Local
favorite Jason Deal came out on top of the King Ford Limited/Crate
Late Model clash tonight at Tri-County Race Track in Brasstown,
North Carolina! Jason beat Kip Cochran, Danny Ledford, Preston
Crisp, and Daniel Wilson to the checkers to claim the $1,500
top prize. Other winners on the evening included Dante Curtis
(602 Late Model A-Feature), Logan Johnson (602 Late Model B-Feature),
Charles Devine, Jr. (Street Stocks), Michael Barnett (Open Wheel
Modified), Marty King (Pony), and John Fulford (Front Wheel
Drive). The racing action continues at Tri-County next Thursday
night, May 5 with a visit by the ground-pounding Super Late
Models, who will be vying for a $2,000 paycheck!
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Young
upstart driver Garrett Smith, of Eatonton, Georgia, captured
his first career Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series
victory on Thursday evening in an attrition-filled battle at
Tri-County Race Track! Garrett stopped the clock second quickest
overall during the FK Rod Ends qualifying session at the Brasstown,
North Carolina oval, which locked him into the outside of the
front row for the 40-lap headliner. Garrett got the jump at
the outset of the race over polesitter Payton Freeman and survived
nine caution flags - five coming in the final seven circuits
- to bag the $4,053 winner’s check. (Candice
McCue Photo)
The
2022 season at Tri-County Race Track officially kicked off earlier
tonight with an April Fools Day special dubbed as the 602 Modified
Street Spring Championship! A total of twenty-three 602 Late
Model competitors piled into the pit area at the Brasstown,
North Carolina bullring and local favorite Bobby Elkins emerged
victorious to pocket the $1,500 top prize. Finishing behind
his #44 machine at the checkers was a top five that consisted
of runner-up Booger Brooks, Jason Deal, Seth Wimpey, and Dylan
Beaver. The Non-Qualifiers Race for the 602 Modified Street
class was won by the #3L car of Mark Ledford. |
