DAVID GILLILAND, No. 38 Love’s Travel Shops Ford Fusion – QUALIFIED 1st (PIT ROAD INTERVIEW) “You know, the win last year at Talladega was big for David Ragan and I feel like this is our strong suit for our team. Out there qualifying we knew that anything could happen and Frank Kerr, my crew chief, has worked really hard on this car and it has a lot of speed."
As a team that opened their 2014 campaign with back-to-back mechanical DNFs, Corey Jones and his J Star Motorsports crew are reveling in their recent change of fortunes. The freshman competitor recently impressed in back-to-back outings at the 16th annual Don Biederman Memorial, registering a pair of top-15 finishes in the two-night event.
With this being the first ever visit to the Capital City Speedway, the modified drivers will be starting with an empty note book. This will be the perfect test to see what team can adapt the quickest to the new track. #14 Davey Terry will be looking to better his runner up spots from last weekend. Gary McLean will be looking to add yet another track to his resume that he has won at.
Joey McColm and Canada's Best Racing Team (CBRT) kick off will see them racing in three different provinces over the next three weeks. That hectic stretch begins this weekend with a first time visit for McColm to the 2.114 mile 14 turn Circuit ICAR in Mirabel, Quebec.
Cancer has touched nearly every person in some way. And while new treatments and technology have greatly reduced the number of deaths in recent years (20% decline since 2001), there is still much to be done to save those currently afflicted with this devastating disease.
Third-generation driver Branden Bullen continued his upward movement through the perennially competitive OSCAAR Modified Tour this weekend, earning a top-10 finish in Night 1 of the twin-bill at Sunset Speedway.
On Sunday we reached a milestone of 700 Consecutive nights racing. It was a great day for our team celebration wise. We gave away over 400 Frisbee’s and 4 kids bikes. The track promoters were gracious to us and the fans awesome and excited to get a Frisbee and see two girls and two boys win bikes. Two bikes were for children up to 5 and two for girls and boys us to 12.
"It’s pretty special. This is probably the best chance for us to win a race. Any of the restrictor plate races kind of evens the field. Everybody knows that. So, yeah, if one of us could get a win that would be great.