2011 Season is around the corner

The 2011 race season is around the corner, and the new #67 South Coast Construction/Gooneys Sports bar/ Oregon Tool & Supply Dirt Latemodel is under construction, with new chassis being supplied by X-Factor Racecars and some final assembly by BCMS in Coosbay the new car should

provide a winning edge as Mike " The Hammer" George begins another season as the driver in the ultra competitive Dirt Latemodel class around the NW. at such tracks as Coosbay Speedway, Willamette and Cottage Grove Speedway, and Southern Oregon Speedway in Medford, Or.

Stay tuned as the new season approaches for updates on progress of the new car.

Mike George accepts Trophy

Sat Oct 30,2010

On Sat night Oct 30, at the Autumn House Resturant The Coosbay Speedway held its annual
Awards ceremony and banquet to celebrate the 2010 Track Champions, The evening started of with a video presentation of the season highlights and a few words from the Track manager and
owner of the speedway, The first class awards were the 4 cylinder class with tom Siewell taking home the honors in a close battle over "The Hurricane" Mark Hannah. Next up was the Street Stock class that was seperated by mere points with Toby McIntyre taking the Title over "The Preacher" Andy Smelzer. The Street Stock class was looking like a runaway the first half of the season as " The Preacher was running away with the points lead, as the season wore on , "The Preacher" had prior commitments that and that allowed Toby McIntyre to close the points gap and on the last race of the season secure the Championship.

The LateModel/Sportsman Class was defined by good competition all season long as Mike "The Hammer" George Won his second consecutive Championship in the #67 SouthCoast Construction
Gooneys Sports bar/Oregon Tool and Supply Rocket.Coming in 2nd Place was Dave Foote who
just squeezed by the ageless wonder "Father Time" Kelly McIntyre. With Mike George and Kelly McIntyre both bringing out new cars at the halfway point of the season, and McIntyre holding the edge in points and Mike "The Hammer" missing a race to run on the asphalt, the points race was close to insurmountable as McIntyre was on top of his game," The rocket explodes", with Boone Creek Racing Team debuting a new Rocket Chassis the team made a commitment to try and win the Championship, on the strength of 6 wins in the last 8 races the
South Coast Construction/Gooneys Sports Bar Rocket captured the Title in exciting fashion in the last race of the season just narrowly eclipsing Foote and McIntyre in one of the closest points battles in Speedway history.

Last Race of 2010

On Sat Nite the #67 South Coast Construction/Gooney's Sports Bar/Oregon Tool& Supply
Rocket Dirt latemodel competed at the fast Coosbay Speedway in the season ending 100 lap
Open Competition Race that brought some of the fastest dirt latemodels in the northwest
to one of the fastest tracks on the West Coast. The #67 Gooney's Sports bar/ AT Collier Contracting/Oregon Tool Rocket piloted by Mike "The Hammer" George was ready for action,
after racing on the pavement in Eureka, Ca the week before the SouthCoast/ Gooney's Sports Bar crew went to work and got the #67 Rocket serviced and repaired to compete in this prestigious event. With a near sellout crowd on hand the #67 Southcoast Construction/ MHK Plumbing Rocket was in the top 10 on the speed charts in practice, after a few minor changes the #67 Rocket was ready for qualifying. The "Hammer" would qualify the #67 Oregon Tool/Collier Contracting Rocket in the 9th position. In the heat race the #67 Rocket would start
in the last position and move up to the 3rd spot at the halfway point and finish there. The #67 Gooney's Crew made some minor changes to the Rocket chassis before the 100 Lap main event
as this was the longest race of the season for some of the competitors, as attrition will be a factor the equipment has to be ready for the task at hand. The Main Event got started and on the 2nd lap the #67 Southcoast/Gooney's rocket was involved in a on track altercation with another car and had to go to the back and Mike "The Hammer" George would have to work his to the front, but it was along race and the #67 Rocket had sustained no damage in the altercation. As the race went along their were several cautionsin the 1st 40 laps of the race, that allowed the #67 Oregon Tool/MHK Plumbing Rocket to move forward and in to the top 10.
At lap 38 a Red Flag flew for and accident out of turn 2 and the officials decided to have the halfway break at this time, the #67 Gooney's Sports Bar/AT Collier Contracting Rocket was in the 7th position ansd ready to get going for the last 60laps. The race restarted went almost caution free as the #67 Rocket and Driver Mike "The Hammer" George would come to the finish line in the 5th position and put a exclamation point on a very successful 2010 racing season. Mike and The Crew would like to once again thank all the sponsors who help make
this all happen. First of all Mike's family dad Cliffand wife Misty , the sponsors Southcoast Construction, Gooneys Sports Bar, Oregon Tool & Supply,AT Collier Contracters,MHK Plumbling Basset Hyland Energy Co. A thank you to Bruce Latta and Jon Wishon of BayCities Motorsports and just as important the crew that help keep it all together Sam, Al, Ricky " The Beaver", Andy, Diane, Daryl, Jon, and Bruce.

Sponsor Appreciation

The #67 Rocket Dirt latemodel would like to take this opportunity to thank all the fans and sponsors for their support for 2010 racing season. The season has been a success beyond imagination as Driver Mike "The Hammer" George was on top of his game all season long.
The season started out slowly as the old #67 was getting beat around a bit being the defending champion, But with a new chassis in the mix the #67 Rocket dominated the second half of the season by winning 6 main events and until the last race of the season never finishing outside the top 3. First of all Mike would like thank his family for their support in making this happen most importantly his dad Cliff and Wife Misty who have been there through it all. The sponsors who help make this all happen, SouthCoast Construction, Gooneys Sports Bar, Oregon Tool &Supply,
AT Collier Contractors, MHK Plumbing Bassett Hyland Energy Co., A Special thank you to Bruce Latta and Jon Wishon Of Baycities Motorsports and just as important the crew that help keep things Rolling, Sam, Andy, Daryl, Diane,Al, Jon And Bruce.

67 Wins Championship

Mike "The Hammer" George piloting the #67 Southcoast Construction/Gooneys Sports Bar/Oregon Tool & Supply Rocket Dirt Latemodel won his second consecutive Latemodel
Championship at Coosbay Speedway on Sat. Nite. Going into the nights racing with a slim 13 point lead the margin for error was as slim the point lead. The track was rough and slick at first but the
Gooneys/Oregon tool crew got to work and made the changes needed to get the Rocket chassis in race trim, with 4 new tires and some minor adjustments the #67 Southcoast/Gooneys Rocket was ready for action. The points battle has been tight for the last half dozen races with The Hammer
taking the point lead from Father Time Kelly Mcintyre over the labor day weekend setting up this race for the Championship. Mike George qualified with 2nd fast time with fast time going to the #02 of Mcintyre. In the heat race the #67 Oregon Tool & Supply Rocket came home with a 2nd place finish setting the stage for first of two main events for the championship. In the first main
the #67 Gooneys Sports bar Rocket started in the last row with the #02 of Mcintyre and was moving to front getting at one point up to the 3rd position, then disaster struck, as the #67 was comong off of turn 4 it suddenly turned to the right and was headed for the outside wall , but
Mike "the Hammer" Made a quick manuever and kept the #67 off the wall bringing out a caution,
as the green flag flew to restart the race the #67 rocket had to restart in rear of the field. with the #02 of Mcintyre being involved in some on track altercations the points chase was getting very close. After another caution the #02 of Mcintyre retired to the pits with engine problems, as the race resumed once again the white flew and just one more lap to earn the champioship coming out of turn two the LR wheel came off parking the #67 on the apron not able to finish the race.

The second main event lineup was a reverse of the finish of 1st main, with the #02 of Mcintyre
retired for the evening the #67 SouthCoast Construction/Gooneys Sports Bar/MHK Plumbing Rocket would be starting on the pole after some quick repairs in the pits to get the car ready for the second main event. At the srart of the main the #67 GooneysSportsBar/Mhk Plumbing/AT Collier Contractors Rocket quickly went to the point and opened up a big lead an was cruising
when on lap 15 when lapping another car a lapped car spun in front of the leader leaving the #67 with nowhere to go making contact causing a yellow flag, sending the #67 to the back of the pack,when the green flag flew to restart the arce the #67 Rocket was able to race back to the 4th position securing a second latemodel Champioship. Congratulation to the evenings Main Event winners, In the 1st main Rocky Trupp and in the 2nd main was Chuck Bracelin.

Championship Weekend

The #67 SouthCoast Construction/Gooneys Sports bar/Oregon Tool and Supply Rocket Dirt Latemodel will be in action this Sat Nite at Coosbay Speedway in the final points race of the
season, Driver Mike George and #67 Gooneys Sports Bar Rocket hold a slim 13 point lead over
the ageless wonder The #02 of Father Time Kelly McIntyre.The season will end with one of the two
competitive racers earning the season points championship.

Nw Crate Cars at CB Speedway 9/5

Day 2 of the Labor day weekend action at Coosbay Speedway seen a whole different track as the
dirt had gone to a dry slick condition and the car setups would be completely different as compared to Sat. nite. The #67 Southcoast Construction/Gooneys Sport Bar/Oregon Tool& Supply Rocket
hit track in morning hotlaps and would require some major changes to get hold of the extremely slick surface as changes were made the car was getting better, but the track was getting worse as the day wore on. In the Local Latemodel Class the #67 Rocket would qualify 4th. Driver Mike George would take the #67 Gooneys Sports Bar Rocket to the win in the Trophy dash, and in a
back and forth battle with the #02 of Kelly McIntyre would take the win in the Heat Race.
The Main Event would begin with the #02 of mcintyre on the outside of the front row and the #67
Southcoast Construction/Oregon Tool&Supply Rocket in the 2nd row on the outside behind Mcintyre, as the race started the #02 of Mcintyre jumped into lead with the #67 of Mike George
in hot pursuit in the 2nd pos., the main would run that way as the two point leaders would finish
that way.

The NW Crate Series would get there part of the program started with #67 Gooneys Sports Bar/ Oregon Tool& Supply Rocket Qualifying in the 10th pos, that would driver Mike George in the A-Main, with a 5th place finish in the Heat race a few changes were made to the #67 Rocket by
the SouthCoast/Gooneys crew to ready the Rocket Chassis for the main event.

The main Event would start with the #67 Oregon Tool DLM in the 4th position, and would run in the 4th position until lap 14 when The #67 was moved up out of the groove and was passed by several cars until falling into the 10th pos. Driver Mike George would run in the 10th pos. until lap 35 when he decided to get out of the way of the cars running for the points Championship in the NW Crate series finishing in the 13th pos on the lead lap. Mike George the driver of the #67 Rocket would like to take this opportunity to thank for all the support from his Sponsors Including SouthCoast Construction, Gooneys Sports Bar , Oregon Tool & Supply, Bay Cities Motorsports, MK Plumbing, Bassett Hyland Energy Co, and Most Importantly Mikes Wife Misty
who provides all the support behind the scenes.