Classic Videos from Atlanta Div II 1992 SS STK COMP enjoy!

[Don Sofranko]

With the passing of another racing legend, Woodro Josey, I thought I would throw up a video of him on track.
Then I decided to just do all my films, from 1 event from 1992, the Atlanta Divisional race. That race brought back a ton of good memories, and may be one reason why I started racing Super Stock L

Its like the great announcer Freddie Cain from Atlanta said, "if I ever get to be a zillionaire, I am gonna get two Chevy II 's, nine Bridges motors, and a hot line to Jerico!" Freddie is a member here, and I hope he is doing well. I would recommend him for any private non sanctioned special class race. I am unsure why he never got a shot at National event calling, but he is as good as any of the good guys. I love his Super Stock calling captured here.

I think this race was very special and maybe one of the best events I ever attended. In hindsight, its a look at pre internet, pre junior gunslingers, pre LS cars, pre blown cars, pre radial, pre automatic HP, etc... Remember when stockers were actually slow? Then came Keener and Arnold Greene!
Back before the motor home arms races, they ran this event before Gainesville. Many snowbirds were on the way to FLA, and dropped in before what was the east coast US Nationals. Now look at the event... the Gators has never been the same since who knows when? Well back in 1992, you had to be at both, to enjoy the party. The Commerce Ga. event was what I expected to find down south, awesome gearheads, country boys, and an announcer that sounded southern! I think Freddie is possibly the best ever to handle a mic!

So many of these guys have passed, so lets celebrate and remember all the guys we looked up to. I think the film I took here is priceless, and might give everyone a clue as to why racing has gone off to something very different. Better now? You decide. Lots of lockdown entertainment here!

The idea I had back then was simple, get a great camcorder (a 1100$ S-VHS Panasonic) and pay for it by selling tapes, and in the process, meet people, and have fun. It was a valuable experience to break into racing a class car, by watching and getting help from some good people. These tapes were a bunch of work, and they still have quality. You have no idea how hard it is to hold a camera on your shoulder for 45 minutes to an hour straight, and catch everything. These films are unedited, and have no post editing, they were made to go right into copy mode, and 2 hours is the tape limit on VHS. So these films were copied to my DVD recorder, then split in half, and uploaded in 15 minute sections. Sorry they aren't all continuous, and you can either just start at my channel top page, and click on the film section you want, or pick them up in sequence this way.

Also, if you reply to this post, do it with no quotes, as it repeats the links I posted and clogs up the board bad. Just reply or comment in the simple form. Its the "post reply" button, not the quote button. Thanks!

My channel top page name is donsof
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7I...rukDY5g/videos

stock order 1-8 15 minute videos split to make 2 hours total
section 1


section 2


section 3


section 4


section 5 start round 1


section 6 rounds 1-2


section 7 stock late rounds


section 8 stock late rounds



Comp sections 1-4
section 1


section 2


section 3


section 4


Super stock is all loaded below

section 1 Super Stock


section 2 Super Stock


section 3 Super Stock


section 4 Super Stock


section 5 Super Stock Round 1 continued


section 6 Super Stock


section 7 Super Stock


section 8 Super Stock Late rounds with Stock and Comp final


Thats all

[Don Sofranko]

Again,

IF.... you reply to this post, do it with NO quotes, as it repeats the links I posted and clogs up the board bad. I see people do this on some of the photo threads, and its not needed. This thread is slow to load as it is.

Just reply or comment in the simple form. Its the "post reply" button, not the quote button.
Happy Turkey Day, I am watching racing and maybe some football later.

Thanks and enjoy!

[Joe Schaechter]

Thanks for the videos Don - Happy Thanksgiving!

[jimmyparker]

Enjoyed the videos. Sadly, Freddie Cain passed away a few months ago after a long bout with cancer. He was a great announcer and related well with the stock/super stock classes. Freddie and his partner Ronnie Redd ran some very good running 283 cars back in the day.

[Terry Cain]

Originally Posted by jimmyparker

Enjoyed the videos. Sadly, Freddie Cain passed away a few months ago after a long bout with cancer. He was a great announcer and related well with the stock/super stock classes. Freddie and his partner Ronnie Redd ran some very good running 283 cars back in the day.

Sorry to hear Freddie is gone. RIP

[Larry Hill]

Thanks for hard work on the videos.