The Test
This weekend’s Peach State Classic at Senoia Raceway is a lot of things. For starters, it’s hefty purse - $10,000-to-win main event on Friday night backed up by a $52,000-to-win feature on Saturday night – will make it the richest short-track race run in Georgia this year. It ranks right up there with the biggest short track races of the past in the Peach State. Even though some of the bigger names are running a similar event out West, there still are plenty of headline-grabbers headed to Senoia for the weekend. But the Classic also is a big test – for the Pollard family that is promoting the event and is responsible for the logistics that come with an undertaking like that, as well as the all-important task of covering that purse. It’s another test for local drivers as they take on big-name counterparts from elsewhere. And it’s a test for the newcomer drivers and teams, who will have to figure out Senoia’s unique, gumbo-like racing ...