The 24 Hours of LeMons: Nasty. Brutish. Not Short Enough.
The crowd. The spectacle. The pall of blue smoke and roasted clutch discs. In all motorsport, no event captures the universal human need to whale on old crapcans and hoover down greasy barbecue like the 24 Hours of LeMons! Each LeMons race is for cars purchased, fixed up, and track-prepped for a total of 500 dollars or less. But before reaching the grid, you'll have to survive trials like the Personal-Injury-Lawyer Anti-Slalom, the Marxist-Valet Parking Challenge, and the Wide Open Throttle Rodthrowapalooza. The series was in Kershaw, SC the weekend of September 12th. See the pix our MSA staff took.

Barber Motorsports Park
September 5 - 6, 2009
The Barber Historics in the Park was wet! A number of classic cars braved the rain from a 1929 Ford to a Lotus to a Porsche to a Lotus to a TVR. Something that was very impressive was the level of competition without the bumping pushing and shoving. Very close but clean racing.

- Photos and comments by Albert Hicks

More Bonus Photos from
the September 2009 issue:
Lanier National Speedway
When the great crowd that attended Lanier National Speedway on Saturday, August 22nd, wanted to see bent sheet metal, caution flags, and some of the best racing seen in the southeast, that is definitely what they received! With the NASCAR Whelen All-American Weekly Series in action, 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.

Bonus Photos from the Sept 2009 issue
HSR: Historic Sportscar Racing at Road Atlanta

Historic racing series such as HSR represent the fastest growing segment of motorsports in the United States and Europe.

In HSR, the cars are the stars, and spectators are treated to prior winners of great events such as the 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Daytona.

The weekend of August 21-23, spectators enjoyed the annual event at Road Atlanta. We featured just a few of the photos our MSA photographers took that day, here are the rest.

Atlanta Motor Speedway
Labor Day Weekend:
The fans, the fun and everything in between!

Without a doubt, the infield is where all the action is at any NASCAR race at AMS. With great turnout by fans for the weekend - the action was everywhere! Check out the photo essay by MSA staff as seen through the lens of a camera.

Lanier Set to Crown Super 6 Champion; Super Six Champion Eligible for $25,000 Bonus
by Timmy Hutson

BRASELTON, Ga. -- Many teams have had "dream" seasons this year at Lanier National Speedway and with the Georgia Asphalt Series. This Saturday night, September 5th, those racers, along with the competition look to make their names become the headliner as the 2009 points season is only weeks away from crowning champions all around. Heading into this Saturday's event, the Georgia Asphalt Series has three points events remaining, as the NASCAR Whelen All American local divisions are heading into the points crunch as well with two events remaining.

Five Flags Speedway: 42nd Annual Snowball Derby December 3-6, 2009
by Matt Kentfield

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Race teams from across the country are beginning to see their seasons wind to a close. With their respective track or series wrapping up the championship points battles in the coming weeks, drivers and fans alike are beginning to look further up the road. For most of those fans and teams, one early December event is circled and highlighted on the calendar for an event that any short track racing enthusiast shouldn't miss. That event is the Snowball Derby weekend, held at the Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida - December 3rd-6th.

Parts Plus USCS Outlaw Sprint Car Racing Headlines Racing Action at Lavonia Speedway September 5th
by Pete Walton

Wild and exciting winged outlaw sprint car racing will headline the racing program at Lavonia Speedway on Saturday night, September 5th. The Parts Plus sponsored United Sprint Car Series "Outlaw Thunder" Tour www.uscsracing.com will roar into the fast 4/10-mile Georgia red-clay oval for their twelfth Parts Plus USCS Southern Thunder Championship event of the 209 season. This race is number thirty-three on the 13th Anniversary schedule for the Nationally touring Parts Plus USCS sprint car drivers who also race on paved ovals. The Parts Plus USCS is the only winged outlaw sprint series in the World that races on both dirt and paved surfaces.

Logano Looking to Continue Moving Forward at Atlanta Motor Speedway
by Matthew Simmons, Home Depot Racing

HAMPTON, Ga. -- Throughout his rookie season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the second time around has yielded good things for Joey Logano. That could bode well Logano when the green flag drops at the Pep Boys Auto 500 on Sept. 6 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Logano has raced for the second time at six different tracks so far this season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. At five of those tracks, he posted a better finish than he did in his debut at that racetrack. Atlanta Motor Speedway will be Logano's seventh track that he will be competing in the Sprint Cup Series for a second time when he races there.