Page THE TOWNS COUNTY HERALD June 15, 2016 June 15, 2016 THE TOWNS COUNTY HERALD Page 7A Towns County Sports Towns County’s Leader In Sports www.townscountyherald.net • E-mail: [email protected] Towns County hits the court during summer camps Photos by Lowell Nicholson

Towns County Youth Football gearing up for another exciting season NASCAR 2016 By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter Towns County Youth after the camp on July 9, Football League signups be- and signups will continue for Logano Powers to Michigan Win gin June 4, from 2 p.m. until two weeks after the football Brooklyn, MI - Joey Lo- was all it took to set off a chain MORE RULES CHANGES 4 p.m. at the Towns County camp. gano got a jump on the rest of the reaction, as Earnhardt’s car im- There is an old saying Recreation and Conference Required at time of field during the race’s last restart mediately got loose and into the among NASCAR teams, that if Center. signup will be $90 to play on lap 192 and went on to score No. 47 of Allmendinger -- send- you don’t like the rules, just wait, Signups will continue for the season, which covers his first Sprint Cup win of the ing both cars hard into the out- and there will be some new ones at the Rec Center on June the game jersey, insurance season, leading 138 laps of the side wall. next week. 11, from 2 p.m until 4 p.m., and a trophy at the end of 200-lap race. Earnhardt then spun and That was exactly the case and on June 25, from 2 p.m. the season. Logano, the polesitter, slid down the track before tak- after the Charlotte race on May until 4 p.m. Also, kids new to youth along with all the other drivers ing his heavily-damaged car to 29. had to fight a new aerodynamics the garage. He blamed Buescher One week later, after the July 9 will be the An- football will need to bring a package, NASCAR had institut- for the incident and was not too June 5th Pocono race weekend, nual Youth Football Camp copy – not the original – of ed just for this race. The restarts happy about it. NASCAR issued a second aero- at the High School Practice their birth certificates. If were especially difficult, with “We’ve got a responsi- dynamic package to further re- Field, starting at 8 a.m. until youth athletes played last cars bunched up and sliding as bility to take care of each other duce downforce and sideforce noon that Saturday. year, they will not need to they entered the turns. when we’re three-wide, so I’m for this past weekend’s Michigan Football camp will be bring a copy of their birth Logano was among the disappointed in that,” Earnhardt race. free of charge, and will fea- certificates. first to learn the handling of the said. “We had a pretty good car The bad part about an ture drills put on by all the “I’m looking forward NASCAR-mandated smaller and we were just kind of taking were good in points, but not very abrupt rule change isn’t the rule youth football coaches, the to an exciting year,” said Di- spoilers and splitters, along our time. The car was great, so good in wins. I was just very hun- itself, but how quickly teams with other items that had been it’s a shame.” gry and I know this team was at must make adjustments. In the new Towns County Indians rector Smith, now in his 20th changed. All drivers had more lost an engine the same spot, we were very hun- case of NASCAR’s two latest Head Football Coach John year directing youth football. slipping and sliding, which made in his car and was the first driver gry to win races and finally we changes, teams had only three Cornett, as well as the Towns “We had a great year last for harder to handle driving con- out of the race (40th). got the first one.” days to prepare. As a result, sev- County Indians players them- year, but this year is going ditions. ’s sixth-place When asked how it felt to eral teams had problems getting selves. to be even better. “I’ll remember that one finish was his best of the season. pass Kyle Busch, his teammate, their cars to pass qualifying prior TCYFL Director Jim- “I’ve been waiting for for sure,” Logano said in victory Top-10 leaders after 15 Suarez replied, “Well, definitely to practice at Michigan. my Smith will be signing this since last season came lane. “What a crazy race with the of 36: 1. Harvick-526, 2. Kurt Kyle has been super helpful to “It’s different from what it up youth football players to an end. We’re looking for low downforce, more cautions Busch-496, 3. Keselowski-480, me, not just in the XFINITY Se- was, no doubt,” said , and more chances to screw up. 4. Edwards-472, 5. Logano-455, ries but as well in the NASCAR who has three Cup teams. “No- There were times I wasn’t sure 6. Elliott-453, 7. Johnson-441, 8. Camping World Truck Series. body had been on the race track what the car was going to do. The Truex-433, 9. Kyle Busch-417, Since last year, he started to sup- with this package before. Ev- team kept telling me how good 10. Kenseth-409. port me a lot, to give me infor- erybody is struggling to find out we were doing, but I wasn’t sure SUAREZ GETS FIRST mation, advice, so many different where the sensitive adjustments about whether the car would do XFINITY CAREER WIN kinds of information just to try to are. The car has not been as loose what I needed it to.” Daniel Suárez won Satur- be a little bit more prepared. as we expected. We thought that continues to day’s Xfinity race at Michigan “Last year I went to more the problem would be flying out push for his first Sprint Cup win. International Speedway in Brook- than 80 per cent of the racetracks from underneath of you, loose He led 38 laps on the way to a lyn, Michigan, to become the first for first time. He was super help- on exit and entry. The entry has runner-up finish. Mexican-born driver to capture a ful. This year hasn’t been the ex- been a little bit of a problem, but was third, NASCAR national series victory. ception. He been super helpful as the exit and center has not been a with , Kevin With the victory, Suárez becomes well. We share a lot of informa- bigger problem than normal. Harvick, , Tony only the fifth Latino driver to win tion. He’s just been a good friend. “The cars have gone from Stewart, , Jamie a NASCAR national series race, I can call him a good friend. 3,000 pounds of downforce in McMurray, and fin- joining Frank Mundy, Juan Pablo Busch finished second, 2014 to 2,700 last season, then ishing out the top-10. Montoya, and Nel- followed by , Erik 2,000 for the 2016 season before , who fin- son Piquet Jr. Jones, , Joey Lo- yet another reduction to 1,500 for ished 16th slapped the outside Suarez was determined gano, , Justin All- MIS. wall and blamed it on Trevor that his teammate Kyle Busch gaier, Darrell Wallace Jr., and “It’s a big turn and it’s also Bayne. was not going to win his fifth Brandon Jones. disappointing to me that they Towns County Touchdown Club Jr. got tan- series race of the year. He pulled Top-10 leaders after 13 of decided to pick one of the races Bass Tournament gled up in a wreck that involved around Busch with two laps re- 33: 1. Suarez-452, 2. Sadler-434, that I consider to be pivotal to my Lake Chatuge June 18, 2016 AJ Allmendinger and Chris Bue- maining in the 125-lap race to 3. T. Dillon-416, 4. E. Jones-397, year and not make such a jump scher during lap 61, and could not win by .028-seconds. 5. Allgaier-388, 6. B. Jones-388, ball out of it. I wish they had left 6:30 PM - Midnight continue. He was credited with a “Honestly, I was trying as 7. Gaughan-386, 8. Poole-373, 9. the rules the same and give us a Georgia Mountain Fairground Boat Ramp 39th place finish. hard as possible,” Suarez said. Wallace-340, 10. Reed-301. practice session somewhere to re- 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Big Fish! Earnhardt was attempting “I was driving a little more on BYRON GETS TEXAS ally evaluate them, or a test ses- Entry fee $60 per boat to shoot the gap between the cars the edge. Honestly, I was maybe TRUCK RACE sion, but they decided to use the 50/50 payout! of Allmendinger on his outside risking a little more than I should William Byron won Fri- race to do it, so we’ll have to see Rules: Posted at sign up T(Jun8,F1)SH and on the inside have. Everything was about the day night’s Texas truck race after what we can get.” when Buescher appeared to slide win so I was trying as hard as taking the lead from Roush’s three teams fin- up into Earnhardt’s No. 88. That possible and it seemed like we with five laps to go. ished 15th, 19th, and 29th at Rec Department Summer Day Camp “It’s huge,” said Byron, Michigan. They did not lead any This summer The Rec- Based on the day’s activi- who drives for Kyle Busch Mo- laps. reation Department will offer ties, campers need to bring Memorial Day 5K a huge success torsports. “For our race team to Weekend Racing: The day camp for 3 sessions, each a swimsuit, towel, sprayable get another win this year really Trucks and Xfinity teams are at session being two weeks, sunscreen, sack lunch, and solidifies us. We didn’t leave any the seven-eighths mile Newton, doubt out there that we deserved Iowa facility. The Sprint Cup running Monday thru Friday flotation device (if needed). to win.” teams have an off week. from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sessions The Recreation Department Matt Crafton, who held on Sat., June 18; Truck Series will be as follows: Session I will furnish ice water for the for second, led 133 laps of the race 8 of 23; Starting time: 8:30 June 6th thru June 17th; Ses- campers. 167-lap race, but was unable to p.m. ET; TV: Foxsports1. sion II June 20th thru July 1st; Registration will be the withstand the late charge by By- Sun., June 19; Xfinity Se- Session III July 11th thru July first Monday of each session ron. ries race 14 of 33; Starting time: 22nd. at the middle/high school was third, 1:30 p.m. ET; TV: Foxsports1. Day Camp offers chil- entrance of Towns County and then Ben Kennedy, Tyler Racing Trivia Question: dren sports game activities, Schools. The fee for the two Reddick, , John What year did the Iowa Speed- social game activities, field week session is $120 or $60 Nemechek, German Quiroga, way open? , and Last Week’s Question? trips, nature hikes and much per week (additional dis- were the remaining top-10 driv- The Wood Brothers team won more. You may send your counts for more than one child The 1st annual Lake Chatuge Memorial Day 5k to benefit the Towns ers. the first NASCAR race held at child to any or all of the ses- in immediate family). The fee County Senior Center was a huge success! Special thanks for the Top-10 leaders after 7 of Michigan in 1969. Who was the sions. Campers will be pro- is payable to Towns County Towns County Volunteer Fire Department and the City of Hiawassee 23: 1. Crafton-194, 2. Peters-176, driver? Answer. It was Cale Yar- vided free breakfast at drop Recreation Department. For Police Department and all of the various volunteers that helped make 3. Byron-171, 4. Hemric-168, borough. off (Monday-Thursday, Fri- more information please call the day great! Overall Winner – Noah Emerich, age 19 of Snellville, 5. Nemechek-153, 6. Red- You may contact the Rac- day drop off at Towns County the Recreation Department at GA. We had 93 participants and the weather was a perfect morning dick-153, 7. Sauter-151, 8. Gal- ing Reporter by e-mail at: hodg- for a Fun Run & Walk. Hope to see you all next Memorial Day for our [email protected]. NT(JUN15,Z7)CA Beach-no breakfast served). 706-896-2600. T(Jun8,F1)SH lagher-145, 9. Kennedy-142, 10. 2nd annual Lake Chatuge Memorial Day 5k. T(Jun15,F2)SH R. Truex-129.