Submitted by Ted Austad
(Senoia, GA – January 13, 2019) The highly anticipated schedule of events at Senoia Raceway for the 2019 racing season has been announced and is highlighted by several special events that include the track’s first race of the year on Saturday, March 2nd. The 3/8ths mile track will celebrate it’s 50th Anniversary year in 2019 with various birthday parties, reunions and annual races along with a strong weekly schedule for area racers to showcase their talents.
“We are excited about the new season,” said Mayes Massey, official spokesperson for the trio of promoters which include his father Bill Massey and long time friend Doug Stevens. “We want to showcase the great history of the track since Hence Pollard and his family built the track and opened it back in 1969.”
The Winter Thaw on Saturday, March 2nd will be the first opportunity for area competitors to take on the unique, slick gumbo clay surface this year. A full line-up of racing is planned for that evening with the official Season Opener taking place the following weekend. The second weekend of racing will feature the first race of the year for the popular Super Late Models and a special Legends Cars North/South Shoot-Out with drivers from all over the eastern region expected to battle for the new title.
Professional Flat Track Motorcycles will invade the raceway on Saturday, March 16th for the Inaugural Motorcycle Battle at the Bull Ring. Nationally ranked riders just coming off their season opening weekend in Daytona Beach, FL, are expected to compete on the close confines of this new track on their circuit.
“The flat trackers have never raced on something this slick before,” said Massey. “The pro guys are excited to race on it because they think it will be wide open, but one little mistake will cost several spots that will have to be made up. They are telling us it should be a wild shoot-out on two wheels.”
The most popular spring weekend will return for it’s fourth straight season the final weekend of March. The Super Late Models will be back on the schedule for the 4th Annual Spring Nationals. The will compete once again for the top prize of $10,000. Former winners of this weekend include Tennessee’s Scott Bloomquist, South Carolina’s Chris Madden and Georgians Donald McIntosh, Michael Page, Jonathan Davenport and Dale McDowell.
Spring will also see an added smash up night with the Monster Truck Spring Smash on Easter weekend Saturday, April 20th. Families can plan on enjoying a night filled with car crushing fun along with an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids and an old-fashioned demolition derby. The most recent Monster Truck night at Senoia Raceway featured War Wizard snagging an overhead power line and cutting off the lights to the facility in the final event of the night.
“It was the night that the lights went on in Georgia,” Massey said chuckling. “The crowd went wild and the show was over!”
The Southern All-Stars Super Late Models will return twice this season in May and again in June. The Billy Clanton Classic is slated for July. The Senoia Summer Nationals X featuring the USCS Winged Outlaw Sprint Cars is in August and the year-end special Showdown at Senoia has found a new weekend at the end of September.
For the full schedule of events along with special attractions, promotions and additional information, visit the track website at www.senoiaraceway.com or call the speedway at 770.599.6161.
2019 Senoia Raceway Schedule of Events
23-Feb Open Practice (All Divisions)
2-Mar Winter Thaw
9-Mar 50th Anniversary Season Opener and the Legends Cars North/South Shoot-out
16-Mar Outlaw Flat Track Motorcycle Race Battle at the Bullring
23-Mar NO RACING
29-Mar Open Practice (All Divisions)
30-Mar 4th Annual Spring Nationals Super Late Model $10,000 to win
6-Apr Kids Night at Races - Kids 12 & Under FREE
13-Apr 2019 Season Points Opener & Food Drive - $2 off admission w/donation of non-perishable food items
20-Apr Monster Truck Spring Smash (Gunslinger, War Wizard and More), Plus the Easter Egg Hunt & Demo Derby
27-Apr NO RACING
4-May Grey Gumbo Limited Late Nat'ls ‘Fight Autism Night - ’$2500 to win feature
11-May Mother's Day Mayhem and the wild ‘Chain Race’
18-May Southern All-Stars 'Anniversary 50' – Super Late Models Anniversary Special
25-May NO RACING
1-Jun Late Model Sportsman Spectacular & Candy Scramble
8-Jun 50th Birthday Party (FREE Birthday Cake) with NVRA Vintage Cars & Former Drivers
15-Jun Summer Sizzler and Kids Bike Races
22-Jun Michael Head, Jr. Memorial featuring the Southern All-Star Super Late Models
29-Jun Mid-Season Massacre and the always crazy ‘Waterless Boat Race’
6-Jul NO RACING
13-Jul Double Points Night and On Track Autograph Session
20-Jul 4th Annual Billy Clanton Classic with Super Late Models
27-Jul Double Trouble Night with twin 25's for the Crate LM – ALL SETS OF TWINS FREE GRANDSTAND TIX
3-Aug Back to School Bash & Night of Destruction with Monster Trucks, Demo Derby & More
10-Aug Hot August Night LM Sportsman Special and Kids Power Wheels
17-Aug Senoia Summer Nat'ls X (USCS Sprint Cars & Mini Sprints)
24-Aug Salute to Georgia Special Olympics Night with the Super Late Models ($3000 to win)
31-Aug Bible Bash (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John – FREE Grandstand Tix) - Pastors Race
7-Sep NO RACING
14-Sep Season Championships & Military Night (retired & active military - $2 off admission)
21-Sep NO RACING
26-Sep 4th Annual Showdown at Senoia Open Practice (ALL DIVISIONS)
27-Sep 4th Annual Showdown at Senoia Shoot-Out Night
28-Sep 4th Annual Showdown at Senoia Showdown Night
5-Oct Six Hours of Senoia (Enduro Race) - $10k to win
12-Oct NO RACING
19-Oct Late Model Sportsman Southeastern Nationals
