Simply racing again after the death of his close friend and mentor Ted Christopher was hard enough for Woody Pitkat, but being asked to carry on in Christopher’s footsteps behind the wheel of Danny Watts’ No. 82 was something else entirely.
SLM: Burton Rebounds From Penalty To Win CARS Opener At Concord
Harrison Burton thought that when he came down a closed pit road early in Saturday’s super late model portion of the Circle Track Warehouse 200 at Concord Speedway, he had “thrown the race away.”
AUDIO/FEATURE: Truex Scores Top-10 In Tour Mod Debut; Eyes 2017 Season
Quietly, and almost unnoticed at the end of Saturday’s 14th annual John Blewett III Memorial North-South Shootout in memory of Charles Kepley, a rookie driver who had never sat behind the wheel of a tour-type modified before race weekend gutted out a top 10 finish at one of the toughest short tracks in the country.
AUDIO: Craig & Rowe Seal PASS Championships In Mason Dixon Meltdown
Neither Matt Craig nor Ben Rowe were in contention for the win at all in Saturday’s Pro All Stars Series season-ending Mason Dixon Meltdown at Concord Speedway, but they both ran just well enough to claim championship trophies on Saturday afternoon.
NSS: Truex Hopes To Make A Splash In North-South Shootout Debut
Tyler Truex made his first laps around Concord Speedway in a tour-type modified during practice for Saturday’s 14th annual John Blewett III Memorial North South Shootout in memory of Charles Kepley.