Saturday, November 29, 2008

Spencer wins the race, Husby wins the championship.


Atlanta, GA -- Chris Darling lead the field to the green flag Tuesday night at the Atlanta Motor Speedway and the race would be nothing short of exciting. Darling and Spencer led the majority of the beginning of the race. Darling would drop out of the race getting into a wreck coming out of turn 2 with championship contender Pete Engelmanas, championship leader going in, Mike Husby narrowly missed the accident. The race would restart and with a long green flag run leaders Cory Spencer and Mike Husby decided to stretch their fuel as far as it could go. The caution came out again but would put the majority of the field a lap down. On the restart Spencer and Husby would battle it out with the rest of the field trying to get back on the lead lap, Pete Engelmanas would manage to get by the leaders and get back on the lead lap. The caution came out for Dave Collard spinning out off of turn 2. Leaders would pit for 4 tires and fuel. Restart with 30 laps to go would make the finish of the race very interesting. The majority of the leaders were really close on fuel and went into fuel conservation mode while battling it out for the lead. A few tense moments with championship leaders Mike Husby and Pete Engelmanas saw Husby get by Engelmanas with about 7 laps to go. Spencer was holding a steady lead when Monaco came out of no where with about 5 laps to go, and would make a late race charge to try and win the race but came up just short. Cory Spencer would hold off Monaco and win his first career NASRA Cup Series race. Husby would finish just a ahead of Pete Engelmanas and won the championship by 10 points. Next year should be interesting with a lot of new guys coming in and a longer schedule. See you all next year at Daytona!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Stickley Wins but Collard wins the championship!


Rockingham, NC -- Tuesday nights race was a good one as it marked the return of Frankie Stickley and the birth of a new champion Dave Collard. The race got underway with Mike Husby taking his 4th pole of the season. Husby led the first 3 laps and handed the lead over to Frankie Stickley on lap 4. Cory Spencer brough out the first caution on lap 35 when he blew a right front tire going into turn 3, this would end his championship hopes. This race had several long runs due to it being a 1 groove race but the next caution came out when Brent Sweet made contact with eventual champion Dave Collard. Collard would stay out on this caution to lead a lap making the championship battle even tighter. Frankie Stickley led most of the race, enroute to the win. Dave Collard finished in 4th tieing Mike Husby in the Championship run. It took a while before NASRA officials announced the tie breaker going to who had more top 5's. Dave Collard won the tie breaker and won the Season 5 NASRA Super Truck Series title in his rookie season. Next year should be a good one with new and returning drivers coming to NASRA. The NASRA Super Truck series has a lot to live up to with this epic battle for the championship this season. Will it be close again next year? We will just have to wait and see. See you next year at Daytona!

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Brooks Rocks at Richmond!


Richmond, VA -- Brent Sweet started on the pole for the second time in two weeks and led the field to the green in the Chevy Rock & Roll 150. Jordan Robson led the majority of the first part of the race, but the lead would swap several times under caution between, Mike Husby, Pete Engelmanas and Bertus De Jong. With about 12 laps to go after a late race restart Pete Engelmanas made a daring move to pass Mike Husby for the lead and drifted up the track. Pushing Husby into the wall causing him to fall from first to seventh. While this was taking place Justin Brooks was in perfect position to take over the lead. He passed Pete Engelmanas down the back straightaway and took over the lead in turn 3. He held off the rest of the field and took his first win in his second start in the NASRA Cup Series. Pete Engelmanas gained 5 points on Mike Husby at Richmond and is looking for more at North Carolina. What will happen next week? Will the points be shaken up again? We'll see what happens at the Rock!

Ward Wins Big in Richmond!



Richmond, VA -- Dave Harvey and Brandon Ward led the field to the green flag for the start of the GM Goodwrench 125 at the Richmond International Raceway. Early in the race a caution brought out by Pete Engelmanas spinning down the track off of turn 2 would involve championship contenders, Dave Collard, Cory Spencer and Mike Husby. They would manage to battle back to top 5 finishes by the time checkered flag fell. Jordan Robson led the most laps on the night, but was caught by Brandon Ward and would end up finishing 2nd. But when it was all said and done, Brandon Ward pulled off the victory for his first this season. Jordan Robson finishing 2nd, Mike Husby 3rd, Cory Spencer 4th and Dave Collard rounded out the top 5. The Truck Series championship is going down to the wire with 3 drivers seperated by 5 points. Who will win the title? Who will be walking away in defeat? We'll find out next week at the Rock!

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Sweet Home Chicago

Joliet, IL -- Kip Barker pulled off his 3rd win at the Chicagoland Speedway thursday night. The race scheduled to be run during the day, was rain delayed 4 hours causing the race to be run under the lights for the first time. Jordan Robson led the most laps, but with 17 laps to go Barker took the lead after fake pitting Robson and 2nd place Husby. From there he went on to win. Coming in 2nd was rookie Justin Brooks, and last years champion Pete Engelmanas. Next week the NASRA Cup boys head to Richmond, VA!

Chicagoland: Rain Delay!

Joliet, IL -- Rain has set back the start time for tonight's events. The green flag will fly as soon as the jet dryers dry up the track!