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Chase Elliott Looks to Cap Stellar Rookie Season with Snowball Derby Run
Elliott, who turned 14 over the holiday weekend, will make his first attempt to qualify for the 300-lap Super Late Model race, considered by many as the “Daytona 500” of short track racing.  The young driver will attempt to make it an exciting double header...
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Chase Elliott Records Top-Five in Strong North-South Shootout Field
After struggling slightly in qualifying, thirteen-year-old Elliott started 14th and drove his way toward the front to post a solid top-five finish in strong 26-car field. After the race, Elliott radioed to his crew, “I’m sorry guys, if I had had a better qualifying effort, we wouldn’t have had to use our equipment up to get to fifth.  The car was great tonight; I wish I could have done more”...
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Exotic Sports Car Brings Championship Heritage to Dawsonville
The No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance racing show car – an exact replica of the 185-mph Pontiac Riley Daytona Prototype that carried GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and drivers Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty to the 2007 and 2009 championships – will maintain a busy touring schedule for the rest of the year. Its next stop is this weekend’s 42nd annual Mountain Moonshine Festival in Dawsonville, Ga...
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Chase Elliott Overcomes Double Dose of Trouble to Finish Eighth in Winchester 400 Debut
After running near the top of the charts during Friday’s practice, a mechanical failure sent Elliott into the wall and forced the team to load up the primary car.  Elliott made his first practice laps in the back-up car Saturday morning and then qualified sixth out of 36 cars...
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Engine Trouble, Mother Nature Make for Disappointing Weekend for Elliott
Unfortunately, Elliott and the No. 9 Aaron’s Dream Machine didn’t come back to Dawsonville, with the results they had hoped for.  While running in the top-ten at Five Flags, the engine on the No. 9 Ford gave out on lap 66, resulting in a DNF and a 21st place finish.  Over at Mobile, rain washed out qualifying and the 100-lap race, which is rescheduled for October 24th...
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Lanier Set to Crown Super 6 Champion
One racer who has had a season that many dream of is Chase Elliott.  Elliott, driver of the #9 Aaron’s Dream Machine Ford, from Dawsonville, GA, started off the 2009 Georgia Asphalt Series season with a respectable 7th and 3rd place finish from the season opening race at Watermelon Capital Speedway...
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Chase Elliott Finishes Eighth in CRA Super Series Debut
After starting 14th in the 32-car field, Elliott ran as high as seventh and showed patience while racing with NASCAR’s Kyle Busch, who won the night before at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway...
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Holy Wars Proved Heavenly For Some
With the NASCAR Whelen All-American Weekly Series in action at Lanier National Speedway, fans enjoyed INEX Legends and Bandoleros, as well as the NVRA Vintage Association, and the most talked about race of the evening, Lanier’s second annual ‘Faster Pastor’ School Bus race...
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Lanier to Feature Faster Pastor School Bus Race, Vintage Cars
On Saturday, August 22, fans can come and cheer on their favorite church ministers, who will be driving specially prepared school buses at Lanier National Speedway...

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Roderick Dominates at Lanier; Trouble in Post-Race Tech Results in First DQ
The No. 19 Bill Elliott Racing Ford failed post-race inspection due to brake blowers that are legal in the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour, but not in the GAS series...
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Elliott Finishes Second at Lanier; Moves into GAS Points Lead

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Atlanta Motor Speedway Set to Host Pep Boys Auto 500 on Sept.6
Back in 1941, Dawson County's Lloyd Seay was enjoying an impressive winning streak in Atlanta by defeating stock car star Bob Flock in that year's Labor Day race. Unbeknownst to fans in attendance, the win would mark Seay’s last after he was shot and killed the next day in a dispute over his moonshine business.
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Elliott Caps off Double-Header Weekend with First ASA SAT Win at Anderson
After topping the leader board in practice, Elliott laid down a 15.69-second lap during qualifying, just 0.05 seconds off the lap of fast qualifier TJ Reaid.  As luck would have it, Elliott drew the highest number, an eight, in the random draw for starting position, dropping him to the outside of the fourth row for the start of the Anderson 100...
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Lanier National Speedway Hosts 'New Bikes for Clunkers' and More This Weekend
Bike races for kids under six years all the way to age 16 will take place, coinciding with a big racing weekend, with selected winners receiving free bikes...
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Georgia Asphalt Series Reschedules Event for SGMP
The GAS race will be part of the Southern Slam Race Series on October 23 and 24. Events for the Southern Slam Race weekend include having a practice session on Friday October 23, with a full day of racing and family entrainment on Saturday October 24...

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No One Can Rain on Team Elliott’s Parade
Although Mother Nature invaded part of the evening, halting the Georgia Asphalt Series (GAS) event at Lanier National Speedway on August 1, 2009, on lap 88 of 100, it was Lawrenceville, GA’s Casey Roderick who captured his first career GAS win...
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Chase Elliott Earns Sixth Place in Strong ASA Southeast Field
Chase Elliott continued his stellar Late Model rookie campaign last weekend with another solid sixth-place finish in the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour at his home track, Lanier National Speedway...
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GAS Series to Headline at Lanier, Proceeds Benefit Camp Sunshine
After taking Memorial Day Weekend off, the track is buzzing in preparation for some special guests from Camp Sunshine, a summer camp for children with cancer located in Decatur, Georgia...
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Elliott, Roderick Return to Lanier Looking to Repeat 1-2 Finish
Coming off best finishes of 2009, sitting 1-2 in GAS championship standings...
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Chase Elliott Launches Official Site
The interactive site will allow fans to stay up-to-speed with the latest racing news, read Elliott’s personal blogs, follow his schedule and stats, browse photos and meet the No. 9 Aaron’s team members...
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