Engelmanas Wins UAW-Dodge 175

Las Vegas, NV -- The NASRA Cup Series headed back out west to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Heading into this race Las Vegas had a history of producing first time winners, but would it happen again.

Jordan Robson continued his impressive qualifying run and nabbed the pole for the event. However it didnt not take long for trouble to strike. On the opening lap a multi car incident took out the defending winner of the race David Krikorian as well as Stephen Black.

It would not take long for the contenders of the race to show their faces, as Pete Engelmanas, Jordan Robson and Eric Monaco exchanged the lead several times. The middle of the race had a mostly green look to it, with only a few minor incidents causing problems for some cars running towards the back.

The race would restart with over 20 laps to go with Pete Engelmanas leading the 71 of Eric Monaco. Monaco would try to get to the back bumper of the 18 but as the tires wore off the 18 was able to stretch it out a little on Monaco. Justin Brooks would attempt to make a charge for the lead in the final laps but was unable to make a move, meaning the #18 M&M's Toyota of Pete Engelmanas would take the checkerd flag and come home in 1st place.

Rounding out the top 10 were, Brooks, Monaco, Darling, Robson, Husby, Garaguso, Stanley, Phillip & Johnny Williams.

Next week both the Cup and Truck Series head to the bull ring at Bristol. Bristol has always produced some interesting finishes and you wont want to miss out!

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Las Vegas NV-- Jordan Robson won last nights Supertruck series race from Las Vegas, however everyone is looking to have a much calmer race Thursday night when the Cup Series takes to the track.

Black Slides Across the Line to win Daytona 200

Daytona Beach, FL -- The NASRA RPM Cup Series kicked back in high gear Thursday night for the 6th annual running of the Daytona 200. Pre race favorite Jordan Robson would take the pole for the event and lead the opening 10 laps before being challenged by Pete Engelmanas for the lead of the race. The races first caution came when Bertus De Jong and Matt Riley made contact sending both cars around.

The race would then resume with a 13 lap green flag run as several drivers took turns swapping the lead, however a multi car crash took out contenders like Mike Garaguso and Connor Mackenzie. Garaguso however would get the worst of the incident, needing a tow back to pit road and losing 2 laps.

From that point on the race ran clean with Pete Engelmanas, Mike Husby and Brett Black rising to the top of the field. They paced the field untill 17 laps to go when De Jong got into Stephen Black coming down pit road resulting in a caution. This caution would set up a wild sprint to the finish.

A late Caution with less than 10 laps to go took out strong contenders Mike Husby, Jordan Robson, Kip Barker and a host of others. On the final lap Brett Black had the lead with the 18 of Engelmanas and the 01 of Harry O'Neill following him. Engelmanas made the move to the outside with no help and drew even with black, however Black's teammate Harry O'Neill got to the back bumper of the 10 car and shoved him sideways across the line for the victory.

The race was Blacks first career Daytona 200 win as well as his first ever NASRA victory. Rounding out the top 10 were Pete Engelmanas, Harry O'Neill, Chris Darling, Wesley Hoag, Dave Collard, Johnny Williams, Andrew Hayes, Nick Silver and David Damboise.

Next week both the NASRA Supertruck and Cup Series shift gears and head out to Las Vegas. Dont miss out on Las Vegas, it is sure to be an exciting race!

Gatorade Duels both have wild finishes!

Daytona Beach, FL -- The NASRA Cup Series headed back to Daytona for the Gatorade Duels. The top 5 drivers from each duel that were not locked into the race transferred into the Daytona 200.

Duel 1 ran clean untill the lap 15 mark, When a muti car wreck involving Mike Husby and Dave Collard brought out the first yellow flag of the race. After pitstops the race again ran clean untill the #99 of Clint Monahan and the #00 of Connor Mackenzie got involved in an incident. Monahan would transfer but the officials later decided that Connor Mackenzie would be the one to transfer. Matt Riley would go on to win the race and transfer. The unofficial drivers that transfered were: Matt Riley, Connor Mackenzie, Taylor Laskoski, Aaron Eaton and Andrew Hayes.

Duel 2 started out alot less calm than Duel 1. A big wreck triggerd by the #2 of Bertus De Jong when De Jong's wheel fell off took out several contenders. Another incident a few laps later would then end a few more drivers chances at getting into the Daytona 200. At the end the #18 of Pete Engelmanas and the #16 of Jordan Robson were 1-2. Robson made a move to the high side coming off turn 4 and would beat the #18 to the line by 0.002, the closest finish NASRA history. Transferring in Duel 2 were: Kip Barker, Stephen Black, Jeremy Stanley, Harry O' Neil and Justin Brooks.

The Gatorade Duels wrapped up another event in NASRA Speedweeks. Next week NASRA is off due to the Nascar races at Daytona, but will return February 17th with the NASRA Supertruck Series Camping World 150, and February 19th for the biggest race of em' all, the Daytona 200.