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This was Bertrand’s third Angelilo Memorial win but clearly his favorite because of the many obstacles the team overcame to get it done
"It was an awesome night!" declared Todd Bertrand after claiming the prestigious 25-lap Northeastern Midget Association, Angelilo Memorial race, at the Waterford Speedbowl in Connecticut. Undaunted by practice, heat race and motor woes, Bertrand defined resiliency as he won the event for the third year in a row, shattering the track record in the process. Bertrand's best lap around of the three-eighths mile oval timed in as the fastest lap recorded by the division over the past several years. Adding to the extreme awesomeness of the night was teammate, Randy Cabral, finishing second. It was the second NEMA feature victory of the season for Bertrand, who won in the division's season opener at Waterford.
"The track was phenomenal," Bertrand said. "This is the best night of racing I think out of the whole year, because you've got so many open wheel divisions that all put good rubber down on the track.
In winning the 2013 NEMA Angelilo Memorial, Todd Bertrand shattered the existing track record
Bertrand's ultimately masterful display of track savvy added credence to the adage that it's not how you start, but how you finish that matters. In the first practice of the day Bertrand's car had a leaky oil-line fitting, necessitating a trip back to the shop for repairs, meaning he missed the rest of practice. Then, for the heat race, Bertrand made a decision based on overall team economics that he immediately regretted making. He chose a right rear tire that ran in a previous heat race with two heat cycles on it.
"I was just being cheap and I was like, yeah, I'll just run it. So I almost hit the wall because I got so loose, Bertrand admitted. "But I knew that the car was going to be good once we got a new tire on it."
The new tire clearly did the trick, as Bertrand laid down a blistering, record breaking, 12.79 second lap on his way to victory.
"It says a lot about our team's ability to fight off adversity," said Bertrand. "No matter how bad the heat race and practices went, we knew the track would be much different in the feature. We put our thoughts and ideas together on what we could do to make the car better, and we concentrated on that. Putting things in the past is the best way to go about succeeding in the future at moments like that."
"This win is even more special because we came from the 8th starting position. We didn't start up front like the other two (Angelillo Memorial) wins. Also this win was additionally special because it is one of the biggest events of the year, with five modified divisions competing and everyone was there watching."
Opening the season with a win at Waterford Speedbowl, and having experienced other successful outings there, it's apparent that the venue suits the K&N sponsored driver's driving style. "This track is a progressively banked oval. The corners are sweeping and long, which is what I like," Bertrand confirms. "The groove is narrow, but you can pass on the apron, or you can take the chance at passing outside. The track is extremely smooth, which is why I love it so much. It changes a lot throughout the day, so it keeps me on my game when making changes to the car."
"This was a brand new car at the start of the season, so we have been trying to figure out the best combination for what the car needs. The last four races we have been running in the top-2 at times during practice, but we have caught some bad luck during the features with batteries failing, and tires going down. We finished 5th at Lee Speedway earlier this year, as well as 2nd in the Shane Hammond Memorial race at Waterford when my team mate won. We are currently in 3rd place for points, and we need to win a couple more races to have a shot at the championship."
Bertrand Motorsports next race is back at Waterford Speedbowl. "The last five races in my Honda midget I have finished 2nd, 1st, 1st, 2nd and 1st," adds Todd Bertrand. "If we win this weekend, our team will have swept 4 out of 4 races this year at Waterford."
Related K&N News Articles about Bertrand Motorsports:Bertrand Motorsports and Randy Cabral Win 2011 NEMA Title Their 3rd in Four Years; Todd Bertrand Earns 1st Career NEMA Win at the Angelillo Memorial Teammate Cabral Steals 2nd Place; Bertrand Motorsports' Randy Cabral Snaps 2011 Winless Streak with Seekonk Victory; Bertrand Motorsports' Cabral Ends NEMA Season with Win at Thompson World Series
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Eric Holmes (right) and Chase Briscoe (left) sign autographs at the Napa Speedway before NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race
Greg Pursley won his fourth race of the season at the Napa Speedway. He moved up to second place in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West standings, 20 points behind leader Derek Thorn. There are three races remaining in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule. Pursley won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship in 2011, and today, leads the West Series with four wins and nine top-five finishes in 12 races.
Derek Thorm took home the Coors Light Pole Award at the Napa Auto Parts 150 Race at the Napa Speedway
Pursley started the race at the NAPA Speedway on the front row with Thorn, who won the pole position. Pursley took the lead in the race briefly on lap 4, but faded back, allowing Thorn, Eric Holmes, Carl Harr and JD White to swap the lead for the first 90 laps of the NAPA Auto Parts 150. "This is a really abrasive track and it really takes a lot of patience and a lot of tire saving," Pursley said. "So we got up there and led a lap and fell back to about eighth or ninth. It was hard to have the patience to not go up there and want to race them, but we stuck to our game plan and stuck to our times."
Greg Pursley takes the checkered flag in NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Napa Speedway
Thorn passed Harr for the lead on lap 90 and held it for 37 laps. Pursley moved to the front on lap 128 and led the final 22 laps of the race. Harr led 51, the most laps in the race. There were seven lead changes between five drivers.
Thorn finished in second place, followed by Cameron Hayley in third. "We led a lap, kind of strategized," Thorn said. "Greg Pursley said he wanted to do the same thing, so let him go, let Holmes go. Then we all kind of dropped back. This place is so abrasive. You can't run 150 laps on the same set of tires. It's not Iowa."
Holmes, making his 100th career start in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at Napa Speedway, was fourth. Michael Self was fifth. Carl Harr dropped to ninth when the checkered flag flew. White was 11th.
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West racer Greg Pursley celebrates his win at Napa Speedway
Even though Derek Thorn lost a bit of his lead in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West standings, he posted his 11th top five of the season, the most of any driver.
Cameron Hayley turned in another impressive run. He has 12 top-10 finishes in 12 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West races this year. "It started off slow to say the least," Hayley said. "We knew from last year we needed to conserve a lot. I wish we could have done better, but to come out here third isn't too bad."
The next race on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule is the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 at All American Speedway in Roseville.
Related K&N News Articles about NAPA Speedway and NASCAR K&N Pro Series West:
Derek Thorn Wins Second NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Race at NAPA Speedway;
Dylan Lupton Wins His First NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Race at Evergreen Speedway;
Greg Pursley Wins NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Race at Spokane County Raceway;
Andrew Ranger Celebrates Another NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Win at Miller Motorsports Park
Autin Hill was left the winner in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Dover International Speedway.
Rookie Austin Hill won the first race of his career and veteran Brett Moffitt turned a runaway championship run in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East into a drag race at Dover International Speedway in Delaware.
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East at Dover International Speedway housed intense battle between Kyle Benjamin and Austin Hill.
A pair of newcomers to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East wound up on the podium. Austin Hill, making only his seventh career start in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, passed CJ Faison on lap 88 of the Drive Sober 150 and held off Justin Boston and Kyle Benjamin on the final restart of the race.
"That CJ Faison, the 39 car, he was really the class of the field for the first 75," Hill said. "I knew we had something for him at the last 75. Once I got out front, I knew there was nothing holding me back except for that last restart. I knew that it was going to be tough. When I got back to the front, got back to the lead, I knew there wasn't going to be no stopping me."
Faison started on the front row, next to pole winner Cale Conley, and led a race-high 77 laps. Faison was involved in an accident on lap 138 and fell to 24th place. Hill was out front for the final 63 laps.
Cale Conley walked away with the Coors Light Pole Award at the Drive Sober 150 at Dover International Speedway
The race had six cautions for 26 laps. Justin Boston, an ARCA series veteran, making his second K&N Pro Series East start, and Benjamin, a 15-year-old rookie making his debut, challenged Hill for the lead over the final four laps of the race. Hill won the race by 0.412 seconds.
"I can't thank everyone enough -- the LaJoies and all them and all they've done," said Hill. "This track is really hard. It's a fast track. I've never been on a track this fast. A track like this is crazy. It gets pretty intense. On lap 75, though, I knew we had a shot at winning. We just had to get back to the front."
Austin Hill enjoying his victory after winning the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Dover International Speedway
Boston was second, followed by Benjamin in third. Three rookies took the top three spots in the race. "It was definitely a good end to the day," Boston said. "It was a melee out there for the first half of the race. We were definitely avoiding as many cars as we could."
Kyle Benjamin started on the second row and led three laps early in the race. "We had some troubles on restarts, a lot of people missing shifts, which was unfortunate," Benjamin said. "We got some nose damage, but other than, we had a really good race, managed to make it back up to the front."
Dylan Kwasniewski, who had a 40-point lead in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East standings two races ago, had electrical problems and finished in 29th place at the Dover International Speedway.
Brett Moffitt was 11th, but more importantly, trimmed Kwasniewski's lead to five points with one race to go. The final race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East is at Road Atlanta in Georgia on October 18, 2013.
Related K&N News Articles about Dover International Speedway:
NASCAR K&N Pro Series Racer Cory LaJoie Takes Home a Victory at Dover International Speedway;
NASCAR K&N Pro Series at Dover International Speedway Delivers Racer Cole Whitt a 2nd Place Finish;
Brett Moffitt Wins NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Race at Dover International Speedway
Dominic "The Dominator" Scelzi won his first career King of the West event at Stockton-99 Speedway.
Some first race victories cut as deep as first love, and their effect lingers on with the same passion and intensity. For 16-year-old Dominic Scelzi, gifted racer and genetically blessed son of four-time NHRA Drag Racing Champion Gary Scelzi, that benchmark first came at California's Stockton-99 Speedway. This has been Scelzi's first season racing a 410 sprint car and he marked his arrival on the scene by notching his first career King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series victory.
"Getting the win with the King of the West series in Stockton made my team and me feel like we had finally succeeded in our year long goal of running and beating the best in California," Scelzi remarked. "We have been fast all year long with the 410 motor. The confidence boost was welcome too."
It is however, what went down after his victory, that has given Scelzi some, not entirely warranted, attention. With his peripheral vision partially blocked and being caught up in the moment of racing, Scelzi did not see the checkered flag and was unaware the race had ended. He continued to charge on after the finish line, inevitably making contact with slowed traffic and flipped his ride onto the roll bar. With the crowd dazed and slightly confused, Scelzi leaped from his car wearing a colossal smile and bolted towards his younger brother Giovanni, his dad, and a crowd of well-wishers, creating an emotional and memorable victory lane celebration.
Dominic Scelzi notches King of the West victory his first season racing a 410 sprint car.
"As you can see in the video, the flag stand is very hard to see," Scelzi explains. "When both the white flag and the checkered where thrown, I had cars on the inside of me, and did not see the flags, there isn't a score board that you can look at to see the lap count. Everyone races until the yellow flag comes out and unfortunately the lap cars in front of me had just completed the race, so the yellow flag had not come out, so nobody knew the race was over. I just didn't want to be passed - I wanted that win!"
Having drawn the number 3 pill in the dash draw, Scelzi started and finished in the third spot, placing him in the second row of the 30-lap feature event. After the pole-sitter, Willie Croft got upside down on the start of the feature. Scelzi moved up to the pole alongside a red-hot Jonathan Allard. The rookie matched Allard's every move. Scelzi attempted to poke his nose under Allard several times, but the veteran driver had an answer for each attempt. Then with ten laps to go, Allard suffered a blown motor and Scelzi was positioned to take the win.
Dominic Scelzi soon heads to Thunderbowl Speedway in Tulare for the Trophy Cup in the 360 sprint car.
The owner of a brand new California Driver's License, Scelzi's goal is to get as many races as possible to add to his seat time and experience. "The desire is definitely there," adds his mom, Julianne. "The only thing Dominic needs is more sponsorship funds to reach his goals. There are many possibilities and hopefully some great opportunities will come in the near future."
Gary Scelzi Motorsports and the 410 sprint car motor will return to action with King of the West series at Kings Speedway in Hanford, California. Then, they will head to Thunderbowl Speedway in Tulare for the Trophy Cup with the 360 sprint car motor. After the Trophy Cup, they will be back at Stockton Speedway for more King of the West series racing. "I'm also very excited for the Chili Bowl midget race in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the Matt Wood/Elk Grove Ford entry," Dominic Scelzi adds.
Related K&N News Articles about Dominic Scelzi:
Sprint Car Racer Dominic Scelzi Experiences Four Wide Excitement in World of Outlaws Race;
Sprint Car Driver Dominic Scelzi Races 360 Class with Future Plans in 410 Sprint Car Class;
Sprint Car Racer Dominic Scelzi Dominates Rebel Wing Main at Kings Speedway in Hanford, California
