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Step back to the past at Peach State
Speedway May 24th
by Allen Hastings: Peach State Speedway Media
Jefferson, GA (May 9, 2008) Remember the good old days? Are you
a racing purist? If so, Peach State Speedway in Jefferson, Georgia,
has something coming up for you. The National Vintage Racers Association
(NVRA) will bring its touring series comes to the 1/2 mile oval
on Saturday, May 24th.
The NVRA is an organization of owners and drivers
of 1929-1968 vintage circle track stock cars. Entering its twelfth
year, the NVRA "Vintage Thunder" Racing Series is the
largest touring vintage stockcar racing series in the United States
. Some of our race cars are restored originals that ran on tracks
in the southeast in the '40's, '50s, '60s and '70s while others
are replicas of stockcars from that era.
The NVRA average from 30 to 35 cars per race
with members coming from NC, SC, FL, AL, TN, KY, GA and one long-time
loyal member who tows from Delaware to race with the NVRA.
The "Vintage Thunder" racing series
is just that, "a racing series", not a group of old
race cars parading around the track. Race fans witness an authentic
presentation of stock car racing the way it use to be "back
in the day."
The NVRA races five classes of vintage stockcars:
Limited Sportsman (1930-1957 bodies on factory frames and powered
by flathead V-8 or inline six engines); Modified Sportsman (1930-54
bodies on factory frames and OHV V-8 engines); Late Model Sportsman
(1949 - 1968 bodies on OEM chassis with OHV V-8's) Late Model
Modified (1949 - 1968 bodies on modified frames with OHV V-8's);
and our fastest division, Modified Open (1929-1968 bodies on racing
chassis), many with over 600-HP engines.
In addition to the vintage racers, the Peach
State Super Truck, Outlaw Late Model (formally Iceman), Sportsman
and Mini-Stock classes will also compete. Racing begins at 7:00.
Peach State Speedway is located off I-85 at Exit 140. Follow the
signs to the speedway.
For more information about the speedway, log
onto www.peachstspeedway.com or call 706-387-7490. |
