Needmore Speedway Possibly Reopening Soon, Plus More

It looks as if Needmore Speedway will be reopening soon. At least that is what their new website is saying. The following message is displayed there:

"This site is under construction! Please excuse our dust while we get everything ready to welcome everyone back to NeedMore! A new season will be opening soon!
Annual track side parking is renewable right now! Just call: 229-392-1492 for more information! You can also email us: racing@theneedmorespeedway.com"

I got the above information when I went to www.needmorespeedway.net after I found that www.needmorespeedway.com was up for sale. Someone was asking $4800 for the old domain name. What kind of person would do that? Wow. Talk about trying to make a buck. In case you are wondering, domain names usually go for a bout ten bucks or so.  By the way, has anyone ever heard of Eldorado Speedway Park?  That was displayed on the tab of www.theneedmorespeedway.com when I looked at it.  In fact, when you go to www.eldoradospeedwaypark.com, it displays the same message above.  It makes you want to go hmmm.....  Could this be a new name for Needmore Speedway? Inquiring minds want to know.

Rumors, rumors, rumors. What would we do without rumors in the world of racing? I keep hearing rumors of the possible demise of at least one track even as we see the possible reopening of another. I hate that and because I am a such a big fan of stock car racing,  I want to see all tracks being successful.  In this economy, things are really tough though.

Carolyn and Leo Johnson, along with myself, have been pretty busy so far this racing season. It takes a lot of time and effort to get a new venture such as Deep Dixie Racing up and running. Those two have been up to the task and I really appreciate their efforts. Our ultimate goal is to have a place that fans and drivers alike will be able to go to for information about racing in our part of the country. Notice that, like the name Deep Dixie implies, we have no certain geographic boundaries for our coverage. We just want to be able to go out and about to whichever track suits our fancy. All three of us love racing and we want to help support the tracks and promote racing as a family sport. Look for us as we are out and about. Let us know about any ideas that you may have to help improve this site.

So far, I have been able to be at all of the Albany Motor Speedway races this season. The staff over there are some nice folks and they have been very accommodating. The racing has been some of the absolute best. Each week, no one has been disappointed because there was a lack of excitement. Just go back and look at the videos I put up, if you weren't there. They explain it all. When they open the gates at Albany Motor Speedway, that is the place to be if you are looking for excitement.

Now, when things get to be exciting, not everyone always comes away happy. Take this last week in the Enduro race at AMS, for example. As the last lap was unfolding, a couple of cars getting together in front of the grandstand resulted in some major carnage in the middle of the frontstretch going into turn 3. (For those of you not familiar with Albany Motor Speedway, the start/finish line is on the backstretch.) The top two cars were pretty much untouched and made to the checkered flag as all hades was breaking out behind them. In fact, the checkered flag and the caution flag were thrown at the same time. Now some drivers were driving through the melee, while others were attempting not to be further involved in the wreckage themselves. Understandably, some feelings got hurt as feathers were ruffled. Every driver and fan has their own perspective and feelings on how the event unfolded. And, who is to say that any of them are right or wrong? I'm sure not gonna jump in there on that one. I will just say this, going back to my days of working in law enforcement and officiating high school football, I have learned that there is always at least two sides to every story and the truth always falls somewhere in the middle, often times closer to one side than the other. In this case, to me, there was no clear-cut right or wrong. Everybody involved, that includes drivers and even the flagman, had to make choices to get through the situation. In the end, as I said earlier, a few people definitely weren't happy and no one appeared to get injured. The drivers may at the very least want to get together and come to a gentleman's agreement on how they should respond to such an occurrence in the future. Of course, that would hinge upon all parties involved being gentlemen. We will see.