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Last night was the season opener for the Uneedapart.com SS Truck Series. We seen the best of the best show up for 66 laps at the Fastest Track around. After the drivers meeting and some small rain clouds showing up we got the race started about 1/2 hour later then normal. Mike Scott in the #46 Toyota truck started on the pole with Johnsonville SC own boy Lee Helmer on the outside. At the drop of the green the boys went all out like it was the last lap. As they went into turn 2, Pete Sindone in the Dirty South Silverado shot the middle and made it 3 wide all the way down the back shoot coming out to lead the 1st lap. We asked Sindone why he made that power move “to see what this new truck had for the field”. The race only seen 2 cautions for a total of 4 laps and that was for 2 blown motors. There was alot of lead changing during the race with 15 amoung 6 drivers. At the end we seen the # 1 Dirty South truck of Pete Sindone in Victory Lane. Sindone was Season 1 Truck Champion and we asked him whast new for this season. ” Well we built this new dirty south silverado in the off season and as you can see it didnt skip a beat ” I want to Thank Bud Boykin and John Forgione for there help pushing me to the win !! This Season i feel will be another Great one the drivers are top notch and anyone can win.. Well we will see everyone next week at Daytona for the 2nd race for the SS Trucks. !!!!
Last night the Bad Boys of ECT’s Truck Series went to the 2.66 miles Superspeedway at Talladega. The pole was taken in style by ECT-Quack with a blistering lap of 189.268mph. Quack seem to control most of the race leading 35 of the 65 lap race.The race seen a total of 3 cautions for only 8 laps.. With only a few caution laps that gave the drivers and crews to figure out what they were going to do to win the race. ECT-Leedogg played it smart waiting around a testing his truck out by going to the front and running there and then drifting to the back but still staying in striking distance. With a Caution flag thrown with a few to go ECT-Blaster along with ECT-Outlaw came from the back to the front and thinking they got the race figured out,BUTTTTTT they took to the outside and instead of going ahead they went back. This put Leedogg in the front with a few to go and with some pushing from ECT-Bobby Ambroceo kept the lead to the win.. Congrats to Leedogg !!! See you all Next week at Manasas Speedway ~~
The Sunoco Sk Modifieds tackled the Riverside Park Speedway on a cool Wednesday Night. The newly revamped racetrack proved again to be one of the most competitive speedway in the U.S. The venue was two 50 lap feature events. With the point battle a tight one, Bobby Ambroceo, Jim Windrow and Matt Corliss looked to try to take control of it. Instead by the time the sparks were done flying and the tempers were up, you now can throw a blanket on the top 3. The 1st race of the night saw Corliss grab the pole in his Founders Brewery #28 Chevrolet. When the green flew, Windrow, who started outside pole in the #12 Monk machine, would over take Corliss on the high side after a side by side battle lasted for the first part of the race. Ambroceo in the #78 Bills Auto Chevy caught a fading Corliss and started to work the low side, but was not successful as Corliss used the 2nd and 3rd grooves to hold Ambroceo off. The two ran side by side on the fast high banked 1/4 mile, for over 20+ laps. In the end Windrow held on to win the 1st of two races. Corliss was 2nd, Ambroceo 3rd, Todd Taylor had a great race in 4th and Chad Barcomb 5th. Race #2 saw Ambroceo grab the pole. As blood pressures raised, it showed as the 50 lapper saw 5 yellow flags as the drivers patience were running out. A few late race accidents saw Corliss drive in a little deep and clobber Danny Savary. The both of them were escorted off the property after a tangle up in the pits. Neither one could be caught up with to get any comments, as Savary was very furious with Corliss afterwords. Meanwhile Chris Forster in his #05 made a rare appearance to stay out of mishaps to grab the checkers for the 2nd feature. Windrow had a nice run to finish off a great night in 2nd, Taylor was 3rd, Barcomb 4th and Corliss 5th. That tighten up the point battle as Ambroceo and Windrow are in a dead heat with Corliss only behind by 1 point. Savary is 26 out, with Barcomb 28 out.
The Bad Boys in the Trucks took on the High Banks @ Michigan Internatonal Speedway. Wayne Quackenbush grabbed the pole with a lap of 196.266 mph. As the green flag flew and the battle was on, as everyone scrambled for track position. After an early caution on lap 5, the field would settle in and we would see green flag pit stops. Pole sitter Quackenbush would have his night end early as he was involved with Chuck McClure towards the end. Pete Sindone also had troubles late but would bounce back for a respectable run of 6th. A late race yellow flag would seal the deal for Mike Scott(#46), as he would lead 42 of the 75 laps. Jerry Hayman in the #5 would end up with a strong run in 2nd, 3rd went to Bud Boykin in the #55, Lee Helmer had a great run in 4th in the #011 and Sam Spigelmeyer would end up 5th in his #007 machine.
