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Savannah, GA
- Hundreds of students are
preparing this week for commencement exercises at the South
Effingham High School. Four of those students are trying to
figure out how they can participate with their classmates in
graduation and then get to Oglethorpe Speedway Park prior to
the feature race for their NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series
division.
‘Flat Footin’
Casey Barrow, Sean Meeks, Phillip Dickerson and Michael
Screen will graduate from South Effingham High School on
Friday night at 7:00pm. They are also scheduled to race in
the Coca-Cola Late Models, Four Star Security 440s and
Sunset Novelties Mini Stock feature races beginning around
9:30pm Friday night at Oglethorpe Speedway Park.
“I wanted to get
my diploma on Monday so I wouldn’t have to worry about being
late for the race,” said Casey Barrow. “My mom would not
let me do that.”
Barrow and Meeks
are planning to bring their race cars to the track early
this Friday so they can prepare for graduation, participate
in the ceremonies and then race back out to the track to get
ready for stock car racing. Dickerson and Screen may do the
same depending upon repairs to their race cars this week
after being involved in accidents this past Friday night at
OSP.
Meeks comes into
this Friday’s NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series event sixth in the
overall standings for the Coca-Cola Late Models. He also
moved to second place in the “rookie of the year” standings
this past Friday night posting his best finish of the year
in third.
Barrow dropped to
the number twelve spot this week after a disappointing
disqualification last Friday night after what appeared to be
his first career NASCAR victory.
“We have a lot of
family coming in for the graduation,” said Dennis Barrow,
Casey’s father. “They also wanted to see him race. We will
do both this Friday night.”
Oglethorpe
Speedway Park promoter Ted Austad will do all he can to
allow the graduates time to get from the high school to the
speedway after graduation. The late models, 440’s and mini
stocks will run towards the end of the show Friday night.
Additional information about OSP and the NASCAR Dodge Weekly
Series can be obtained by calling OSP at 912-964-8200 or by
visiting
www.ospracing.net. |
