Tri-County Motor Speedway/Hudson, NC ~ TCMS will have all their NASCAR Whelen All-American Series division on tap for another big night of racing. Lee Tissot will try to make it two in a row as Andy Loden tries to get himself back in victory lane again after a tough night at Hickory Motor Speedway last Saturday.

Saturday, July 12th:

Caraway Speedway/Asheboro, NC ~ 75-lap LMSC Feature

Concord Motorsport Park/Concord, NC ~ 75-lap LMSC Feature. Concord announced this week that they will have a "straight rail" Late Model division next year as the feature division. The new Pro Late Models will feature crate engines and the track hopes to revive the track with the new division.

Franklin County Speedway/Callaway, VA ~ Rodney Cook, who has won four of the last six races at FCS will try to get himself back in victory lane again this weekend as the LMSC go for twin 35-lap events again this weekend after a night off for the division last week. Jimmy Mullins and Rick Sigmon will continue their rivalry this weekend as they chase not only the track championship, but the ASA National championship. FCS also hopes to continue to keep one of the best car counts of any track running LMSC.

Greenville-Pickens Speedway/Greenville, SC ~ Regular show for Late Model Stock Cars, plus a meet & greet autograph session during pre-race.

Hickory Motor Speedway/Hickory, NC ~ The Hooters Pro-Cup Series takes to the 3/8 mile track with Late Models Stock Cars getting the weekend off after a hotly contested battle last Saturday night.

Langley Speedway/Langley, VA ~ No LMSC Racing this weekend.

Lonesome Pine Raceway/Coeburn, VA ~ Super Cup Stock Car Series will be in action this weekend, plus the Late Model Stock Cars will go for 50-laps on a big night of racing action.

Motor Mile Speedway/Radford, VA ~ Twin 75's for LMSC Cars again this week. Last week Davin Scites got his second win of the season in one of the 75-lap races and Philip Morris added to his total with a win in the other race. Chad Harris ran a strong race and led 27-laps in the first race before having rear-end troubles ... Mike Looney also led some laps before giving the lead to Morris after having electrical problems.

Music City Motorplex/Nashville, TN ~ 50-lap Late Models

Myrtle Beach Speedway/Myrtle Beach, SC ~ Late Models return after several weeks off and Sam Yarbrough, who has had a great season looks to add to his win totals in another big race at MBS.

Newport Speedway/Newport, TN ~ Late Model Stock Cars return this week after the Limiteds and Super Late Models took center stage last week.

Orange County Speedway/Rougemont, NC ~ ASA South Late Models Series.

South Boston Speedway/South Boston, VA ~ No racing this week.

Southern National Raceway Park/Lucama, NC ~ Racing returns this week under the new leadership of Del Richards. Richards is doing some big things at the 4/10 mile track that has had a little tough season so far this year including giving away tires to Super Street and Limited Late Model cars, who practice on Thursday or Friday before the race. There is several other big things expected to take place for the drivers, teams and fans with the new ownership coming in. Richards has big plans for the rest of this season and beyond.

Concord, NC ~ 2007 UARA-STARS Champion, Ross Furr has had a tough season in trying to defend the championship, but this weekend he's made the toughest decision of his racing career.

Furr will not be at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, NC when the UARA-STARS Late Model Stock Car series hits the track on Friday, August 1st. Furr has been forced to make this decision due to the state of the economy for Furr's family business ... Real Estate. The real estate industry has come to a screeching halt this year and Furr's racing is feeling the pains.

"Business is just lousy. This is one tough year for the real estate business and it's making life tough on Ross Furr Racing," said Furr, Thursday evening in a phone interview.

Furr is among several of the series top level drivers who are struggling to stay in the series, but Furr says the series has done nothing wrong.

"The UARA gives racers who want to do more than just run around their local track and be a local hero something they can do and with the same cars. The series is having a good season and they

deserve it and the competition is tougher than ever."

Furr says that he feels that the UARA is at the top of their game and he hates not to be there racing with them this weekend.

"I hate to miss it; the UARA is strong right now and we've got to get up on our game and get our cars fixed up from wrecks earlier this season and get our engines refreshed. We're going to do that and hopefully we'll make it back at Franklin County; we almost won that one last year and I think we can this year."

For Furr he'll be doing the worst thing a race car driver can do while the rest of the series is at Ace Speedway tomorrow he'll be out working ... you know a real job and no race car driver wants that.

"It's going to be tough to be out on the job site tomorrow and know that I'm supposed to be out on the track. We'll be back and they'll know we're there when we get back."

Racing Around the Region this Weekend ....