A sellout crowd watched as New Senoia Raceway located four miles West of Senoia, Georgia held it’s 2007 season-opener on Saturday night. The popular cars and stars of the Georgia Asphalt Series (GAS) headlined the event with a 100-lap Pro Late Model feature race.

Additionally there was a full program of heat races and 100-laps of main events in five other racing divisions. The racing action began on time at 7 p.m. and the “Senoia Spring 100” Late Model feature went off as planned just after 9 p.m. The evening included a pre-main event autograph session for the fans to meet and greet the GAS series drivers before the entire crowd participated in a huge “Gentleman start your engines!” send off.

In the Georgia Asphalt Series main event, seventeen year-old Taylor Satterfield from Jefferson, Ga. grabbed the lead near the races mid point from early race leader, David Elliott from Suwannee. Satterfield then led the rest of the race to capture his second win of the season in round six of the eighteen-race GAS schedule. Bubba Pollard from Senoia was the event’s fastest qualifier with a lap of 14.114 around the 3/8 mile paved oval. The 20 year-old former track champion raced his way from a sixth place start (after the inversion draw) into the runner-up spot in the 1st Annual Senoia Spring 100 GAS feature. Another young gun, Michael Pope from Dublin, Ga. came home in the third position. Elliott held on to finish a respectable fourth place. The defending series champion Frederick Moore from Gainesville, Georgia rounded out the top five.

Results for the other five classes on the racing card show that Russel Shore from Gainesville, Ga. won the Iceman Division 30-lap feature race for Limited Late Model type cars. Roger Delp from Newnan finished in the runner-up spot in the Iceman class and Terry Martin from Jefferson grabbed the final podium spot in the Iceman class. Jarod Lovett from Forsyth won the 25 lap Sportsman division race. Chuck Cooper from Ooltewah, Tenn. followed in second place and Jody Cash from Dallas, Ga. rounded out the top three. Ty Stewart landed in victory lane in the the 20-lap Mini Stock feature race followed by Darrell Carlson from Fayetteville and Josh Mathison.

Darrel Banks from Fayetteville swept the Bandolero class with a win in his heat race and in the 15-lap feature race. Kayla Medley followed Banks home in second place with another Fayetteville driver, Matt Dooley, in the show position. The Street Stock class capped the evening racing action with a thrilling side-by-side battle for the first ten laps before Jim DeGraff from Barnesville pulled away to the win in the 15-lap feature. Mike Ray finished in the runner-up spot followed Larry Pierce from nearby Griffin in the third position.

The “Senoia Spring 100” was the first of nine special events scheduled for the track this season. The exotic O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series “Asphalt Thunder” winged outlaw sprint cars are the next event scheduled at New Senoia Raceway. The world’s fastest short track race cars visit the track for the 7th annual “Senoia Outlaw Shootout” on Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19. Also on the racing card for Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19 will be the New Senoia Raceway Iceman, Sportsman, Street Stock and Mini Stock divisions. A full racing program including qualifying and last chance races plus over 100 laps of features races in those New Senoia Raceway stock car divisions is on tap for that weekend.

Pit gates will open on Friday, May 18 (Pole Qualifying Night) for the competitors in the New Senoia Raceway divisions and for trackside parking at 4 p.m. Grandstand seating ticket gates will open at 6 p.m. Friday night’s “Pole Qualifying” racing action will begin at 8 p.m. On Saturday (May 19th) the gates will open to the pit area for the competitors and for trackside parking at 3 p.m. The grandstand seating gates will open at 4 p.m and racing action in the 7th Annual Senoia Outlaw Shootout will begin on Saturday night at 7 p.m.

For more info call the track at 770-599-6161 or visit www.newsenoiaraceway.com or call the United Speed Contest Sanction, LLC in Fayetteville at 404-886-5913 or visit www.uscsracing.com

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