Cars stack up in a lap 8 crash during the 2010 running of the World Crown 300 at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Georgia. Photo by Justin Poole
The clock is ticking down to the 28th annual Rheem World Crown 300 at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Georgia Nov. 10-13.
The annual fall event has become one of the most coveted wins in short track racing, dating back to 1983 when legendary driver Dick Trickle first wore the crown in victory lane.
Since the, drivers such as Gary Balough, Darrell Waltrip, Ronnie Sanders and Paul Kelley have all picked up World Crown trophies.
The race has always been a challenge for racers and machines. But this year, things will be a little different.
Sunday’s Super Late Model feature will be run in three segments. If a single driver can sweep all three, they stand to pocket a cool $20,000.
The first segment will consist of 100 green flag laps, with $4,000 going to the driver leading at the end of the segment. Then all lead lap cars, along with the first car one lap down, will be inverted based on a fan vote on www.greshammotorsportspark.com.
Justin Wakefield was the man wearing the crown at the end of the 2010 World Crown feature. Photo by Justin Poole
The second segment will run 75 laps, with $6,000 going to the leader at the end of that run. Following the flag, only cars on the lead lap plus the first car one lap down will advance to the third segment.
The final segment, a 25 lap shoot-out for a $10,000 prize, promises to be one of the wildest in short track history.
Among the drivers already entered in the event are Senoia, Georgia’s Bubba Pollard, 2009 World Crown champion Russell Fleeman of Dacula, Georgia, Pinellas Park, Florida’s Stephen Nasse, Mooresville, North Carolina’s Kenzie Ruston, McDonough, Georgia’s Mike Garvey, Mobile Alabama’s Cale Gale and Acworth, Georgia’s T.J. Reaid.
The pot has been sweetened by offering guaranteed starting spots to several Late Model series champions, including the ASA Midwest Tour, the Blizzard Series, the Carbon X Rocky Mountain Challenge, CRA North and South, Pass North and South, SUNOCO Gulf Coast Championship, the Miller Lite Series and the Southern Super Stars, among others.
Several of those drivers will be pulling double duty by running in Saturday night’s Beau Slocumb Memorial 100 Pro Late Model event, including Pollard, Fleeman and Garvey. They’ll be joined by former World Crown champ Fredrick Moore, as well as Jerick Johnson and Michael Lance, both of whom won PLM events earlier this season at Gresham. Also racing on Saturday night will be Dawsonville, Georgia youngster Spencer Davis, Mobile, Alabama’s D.J. Vanderlay, Buda, Texas native Colt James and Strongsville, Ohio’s Jimmy Carter.
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Augie Grill scored the win in last year's Pro Late Model feature on Saturday night. Photo by Justin Poole
Oakwood, Georgia’s R.S. Senter will also be competing that night, with a special edge – his crew chief will be non-other than four time World Crown champion Paul Kelley.
Saturday’s PLM event will be run in two segments, with the format being laid out in a similar fashion to Sunday’s SLM feature.
While a lot of emphasis is being placed on the two Late Model features, not to be forgotten are the Hometown Heroes racing in the local divisions, which makes up much of the unforgettable excitement of the World Crown Weekend.
Joining the bill with the Pro Late Models on Saturday will be the Renegades, the Mini-Stocks and the Outlaw Late Models. The Renegades will see Tony Newman of Lilburn, Georgia and Jody Trivette of Sugar Hill, Georgia, among others, slug it out on the Jefferson high banks. GMP veteran and hometown racer Steve Hill of Jefferson will lead the charge for the Mini-Stocks, while local drivers David Murphy and Hoyt Stephens will do battle with what’s expected to be a large field of Outlaw Late Models.
The local divisions bring just as much action and excitment as the Late Model features, as evidenced by Bill Hoose's wild ride in the Truck division earlier this season. Photo by Justin Poole
Saturday will also feature Pro Late Model qualifying, as well as last chance qualifying races for both the Pro Late Models and the Super Late Models.
On Friday, the Trucks, Mini-Cup and Sportsman divisions will take center stage. The trucks will run the Rheem 75, with Dawsonville, Georgia’s Spencer Davis, Marietta, Georgia’s Cody Haskins and Atlanta’s Brandon Jones expected to lead the charge.
Friday will also feature qualifying for the top 25 starters for Sunday’s Super Late Model feature.
The World Crown weekend will roll off Thursday afternoon with practice for the Super Late Models and Pro Late Models, which will be free to the public to attend.
So the only question that remains is this – at the end of the day Sunday, who will have put their names in the World Crown history book? Four big days of racing lie ahead to find that out.
For more information and to order tickets, visit www.greshammotorsportspark.com.
