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No. 26 Ford for Gene Price Motorsports driven by Greg Pursley
Greg Pursley won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race with a flat rear tire as he crossed the finish line at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah on Sunday.
Greg Pursley won NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah
The flat tire was only one of the obstacles Pursley had to overcome en route to his first win of the season. He had to serve a drive-through penalty when his crew did not remove his catch can from his gas tank during the first round of pit stops.
"We went all the way to the back and motored all the way to the front. We didn't give up," said Pursley, driver of the No. 26 Ford for Gene Price Motorsports. "It's such a fun race course. We love coming out to Miller Motorsports Park. It's a great race track. I'm just very happy to be where I am."
Greg Pursley took the lead in the race at Miller Motorsports Park on the first lap
Pursley won the second race of his NASCAR K&N Pro Series West career. He won the season opener at Thunder Hill Raceway in Texas in 2009.
Pursley took the lead in the race at Miller Motorsports Park on the first lap and held it for 10 laps. Patrick Long, who won the pole and the race at Miller Motorsports Park last year, took the lead for two laps before Pursley regained it on lap 13. David Mayhew, Moses Smith and Daryl Harr swapped spaces for the lead until lap 19 when Long moved into first for seven laps.
"We got the lead early, on the first lap, and tried to stay in front of Patrick as long as I could," Pursley said. "We came in and pitted. Unfortunately, the catch can got stuck in. So, we had to come back in the next lap and serve our penalty for that."
Pursley passed Long for the lead on lap 34 of the 36-lap race and held on for the final two laps.
"The car was unbelievably awesome," Pursley said. "We got a penalty and we didn't get down. We fought back and we were going."
Pursley has won two poles and has posted three top-five finishes in West Series races this year. He won the pole and led the first 18 laps of the race at Montana Raceway Park before falling back. He won the pole and led the first 41 laps of the race at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. A flat tire sent him into the back stretch wall, ending his night at Irwindale.
"We've been so close so many times this year," Pursley said. "We've had terrible luck this year and finally it turned around for us. I've really wanted to win a road course since I've been in this series and it finally happened. I just can't tell you how happy I am."
Eric Curran, making his second career NASCAR K&N Pro Series West start, finished second.
"It's fun to be here," Curran said. "It was a pretty wild race, coming from the back. I love these races. I just love the competition. I love the bumping and banging here and there. It's much different than the normal road racing that I do in the Grand Am Series."
Paulie Harraka finished third and posted his sixth top-five finish in 10 races this season.
"Frustrating. We've been top three the last four road course races," Harraka said. "Haven't won one, so a little frustrated, but all in all and good points day."
Harraka is in third place in the West Series standings after 10 races. He is 37 points behind Mayhew for second place and 178 points behind Eric Holmes, the leader in the West Series standings.
Holmes finished sixth in the race at Miller Motorsports Park. Pursley is seventh in the West Series standings with two races remaining.
The next race is at All American Speedway at Roseville on Oct. 16.
Brian Brown the Grain Valley, Missouri driver and the FVP number 21 race team were awarded with the 410 Knoxville Championship Cup at the Knoxville Raceway in Iowa this past Labor Day. Brown capped off the triumphant evening by also winning the feature race as well. This is Brown's second championship, and the first with his new team.
This was Brian Brown's second 410 Knoxville Championship Cup, but the first with his new team.
"I feel like we have a better team than we did the first time, because we have great partners like FVP and K&N backing us. It is pretty special to win one with our own team though," remarked Brown.
Brown entered the race at Knoxville with an 81 point lead. However, the weekend before he was taken out on the first lap of the feature, and it drove home the point that in racing anything can happen.
"It was a long week after rebuilding the car," said Brown. "Chad (Morgan), Kelby (Hopkins) and all the guys did a great job, as always. I really don't like points racing until November when you get your check. Eighty points seems like a lot, but it really isn't. You don't try to think about it, but you can't help it either."
Just taking the checkered on Saturday at Knoxville, knowing that we were champions, was very special," said Brown. "A lot of work goes into the race team from my crew and it takes a lot of commitment to win races and championships."
Brown and his team won't be celebrating, or resting idle on their laurels for too long, there are still 20 races left on their 2010 schedule. "No rest for the weary," added Brown.
The "Cajun" Jason Johnson currently sits atop the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) national points championship. Jason Johnson Racing (JJR) has accomplished that by being competitive week in and week out, they have in fact notched 17 victories already on the season to this point.
After a huge Labor Day weekend that saw the JJR team earn two wins and a third, Jason Johnson now sits comfortably atop the ASCS National points ranking.
"Our goal for the 2010 season was to win between 20 to 25 events, and we feel here at JJR that we are well on our way to accomplishing our obtainable goal," remarked Johnson.
Over this past Labor Day Weekend the JJR team took several steps closer to obtaining their "big-picture" goal, which is winning the championship, and they did it in statement-making-style, by winning twice and taking one third place finish.
Each year Jason Johnson Racing looks forward to the three-race events with the ASCS Gulf South Series, so they're prepared and psyched from the get-go entering into the weekend. This time around, to add even more incentive, Griffith Trucking put up a bonus of $500 for two of three wins, or a cool $1000 bonus to anyone able to pull off the trifecta.
Team JJR always looks for a challenge, and this was one we wanted to accomplish," said Johnson.
"After a Friday night win at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas, the team's second victory came the very next night at Gator Motorplex in Willis, Texas.
Going into the third night (Speedarama Raceway in Lufkin, Texas) JJR was pumped to stay out front in clean air for the weekend sweep. Unfortunately, after a mid-race contact with another competitor, the K&N number 41 had to restart the race at the rear of the field," added Johnson.
With only 16 of the scheduled 25 laps remaining, Johnson still managed to power his way back into a third place podium finish, capping off a highly successful weekend.
"Even though we missed out on the Labor Day weekend sweep, it was still awesome to win two of three events," said Johnson.
In order to keep his edge on the track Johnson says he trains all week at his local 24 Hour Fitness Center.
"One thing I've learned about being successful is how to manage my days when I need to produce results. To give the team the best possible results, I let them perform the job they do, the preparation and maintenance of the cars. That way, once race time starts, I feel fresh, and I'm able to provide the best results for the JJR team. We definitely thrive off of the pervious night's results, so that way we remain pumped for the next event."
There were a lot of uncertainties going into the 2010 season for the newly assembled Jason Johnson Racing team. "With that in mind, we are very pleased with how the year has developed," says Johnson. "From here to the end of the season, we look to obtain more victories and consistent finishes, we're looking for that all important big picture of obtaining the 2010 National Points Title."
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Two is better than one. At least that's the case for Tanner and Kody Swanson. The brothers and USAC open wheel stars are having the best seasons of their respective careers, and both drivers are peaking in the final months of 2010.
USAC Racers Tanner and Kody Swanson
Kody, 22, and Tanner, 19, have both captured the biggest wins of their careers, and both drivers have opportunities to capture USAC National Championships this season.
Tanner took home the checkered flag at an event he was not even supposed to race in. The prestigious 65th NOS Energy Drink Night Before the 500 race was set to run without the younger Swanson.
Tanner Swanson in Victory Lane
But Tanner found a ride with DMS/F&F Mechanical Racing in a fourth car that was originally set to be a backup car. He proceeded to win the second biggest midget race of the year from the pole at Indianapolis's O'Reilly Raceway Park.
"It was a dream come true. Without ever testing there or ever running a lap on that track, it was remarkable as a rookie to come in and be able to knock off a win that big," the Kingsburg, Ca. native said.
Tanner Swanson with first place finish
Tanner's full time rides come behind the wheel of a Team 6R Racing USAC Silver Crown car, and a family owned TK (Tanner Kody) Motorsports entry in the USAC National Sprint Car division. Tanner picked up his first Silver Crown win at the tricky Berlin Speedway earlier this season, putting the teenager on an elite list of drivers to win in all three of USAC's national divisions, a list that also includes the likes of Tony Stewart and J.J. Yeley.
Tanner's biggest win before his triumph at Indy came two years ago, when he won the Glen Niebel Classic in his first National Sprint Car start. "That was so unreal, to win in my first time on the national stage like that at just 17. It was awesome," Swanson said.
Kody's season has been equally impressive. The elder Swanson has raced as a teammate to Tanner in both the Silver Crown and Sprint Car division's this year. Kody is the defending Rookie-of-the-Year in USAC's Silver Crown division. He currently sits second in points with three races remaining.
Last week he scored the biggest win of his career, when he took the checker's for the first time in a Silver Crown car, winning the Ted Horn 100 at DuQuoin. It was Kody's fourth top five in six events.
"Winning the Ted Horn 100 was really special for me. Team 6R Racing gave me a chance to prove myself in the USAC Silver Crown series, and to get my first career win, and to do it for them, it was just nice to give them something back after all they've done for me," Kody said.
"I feel like the Ted Horn 100 will be a huge win for my career, but only time will tell. It's really hard to know what kind of impact this race will have had on my career being that it was so recent," The elder Swanson continued.
The two drivers do share interesting perspectives when talking about their on-track rivalry.
"It can be challenging and rewarding to race with my brother," Kody said. "On one hand, I feel like when we race together, we can be the best teammates around, because we can provide each other and our team information that only makes everyone better. On the other hand, (Tanner) can be my biggest competition. We shared a room for over 15 years, there's no one who knows me like he does. But I like racing with him. He does a great job, and he makes me a better competitor."
Tanner thinks racing his brother is harder than most would think. "It is actually tougher than it probably seems. It's hard because you always have to give him a little extra space, but for the most part we race each other as if we are just another competitor," Tanner noted.
"We just have to make sure we don't hinder each other's chances at getting a win, because whether it's a win for me or Kody, ultimately that's the best possible result for our family and team," continued Tanner.
Both drivers credit K&N Filters products in helping the two open wheel stars maintain their competitive edge.
"K&N provides high quality filters that can get us through 100 miles on any dirt track, and all the way to victory lane last week!" Kody exclaimed.
"K&N products keep us going week in and week out. We have never had a problem with a K&N product, which is remarkable for the amount of races that we run each season," Tanner said. "From air filters to oil filters, K&N has a product that is tough to compete with for any company on the market."
