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Dan Elliott named track General Manager

Peach State Speedway is now history, at least in name.

The track, which was recently purchased by a partnership comprised of Jim and Tony Gresham of Gresham Motorsports and Gene Roberts a former NASCAR Cup Series crew chief and current Gresham Motorsports’ late model crew chief for driver Max Gresham, will be re-christened Gresham Motorsports Park. [Full Story »] 

For several local racers, there’s only one thing to focus on going into this weekend’s racing events at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Fla.

That’s winning the 41st annual Snowball Derby, one of the most coveted events in short track racing.

It’s a race that every short track ace has wanted to win, with winners such as Darrell Waltrip, Donnie Allison, Pete Hamilton, Jody Ridley, Ronnie Sanders, Butch Lindley and Ted Musgrave having visited victory lane.

Former Jefferson native Ryan Crane won the Snowflake 100, a Pro Late Model event that leads up to Sunday’s Derby, last year, and this year, wants to add his name to the winner’s list in the big show.
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Sunday’s World Crown at Peach State Speedway in Jefferson will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the greatest come from behind victories in the event’s storied 25-year history.

After losing a lap a quarter of the way through the 200 lap event, Russell Fleeman charged back, using the cunning and skill of a veteran driver, and won the crown, the trophy and the check that had eluded him in several tries over the years.
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To call the Saturday’s run up to the World Crown at Peach State Speedway wild would be a bit of an understatement.

No less than 20 drivers throughout the race card found their cars disqualified before the end of the night.

But one that had no problems at all was former Jefferson resident Ryan Crane, who dominated the US Auto Sales 100 for Super Late Model racers, taking his second Peach State victory of the year.
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Dacula's Russell Fleeman showed that in racing, nothing is certain.

Just 50 laps into Sunday's World Crown at Peach State Speedway, a flat tire sent the 2008 Georgia Asphalt Series champ to the pits, and relegated him a lap down.

But the hard charging Fleeman fought back, got back on the lead lap, then worked his way back to the front to hold off Commerce's Taylor Satterfield and three time World Crown champ Paul Kelley for the win.

It is Fleeman's first victory in the World Crown, a race that has eluded him for several years.

For more on this story, see Wednesday's edition of The Jackson Herald.

Fill in driver Grant Entfinger, piloting the car normally driven by Watkinsville racer John Wes Townley, put his fill-in position to good use Saturday, as he put the #09 Ford on the pole with a time of 17.817 around Peach State Speedway in Jefferson. [Full Story »] 

With 25 years of history, drivers from all around the country are preparing to travel to Peach State Speedway in Jefferson this weekend to take part in the World Crown weekend, with the highlight being an opportunity to add your name to the list of winners, including Darrell Waltrip, Dick Trickle, Rick Crawford and three-time winner Paul Kelley.

Drivers from New York, Colorado, Maine and around the southeast are entered to compete for the right to wear the coveted crown in victory lane, and to take home the Rob Joyce Memorial trophy.

For some, there’s no such thing as too much practice as they get ready for the World Crown. [Full Story »]