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The Twin State Speedway win was a first Stewart Racing Engines in a pavement midget series event.
"It felt great to win so early in the season with the Honda," remarked team owner Tim Bertrand. "It is the culmination of 24 months of R&D, and a lot of blood, sweat and tears from Jim Stewart of Stewart Racing Engines in Indianapolis, Indiana."
The victory at Twin States marks Randy Cabral 29th win, moving him to seventh place on NEMA's all time win list.
Bertrand Motorsports' gifted driver, Randy Cabral, ran his Twin State Speedway win streak to three recently, capturing the 25-lap Northeastern Midget Association (NEMA) feature in convincing fashion. Coming from the fourth starting spot, Cabral driving in the K&N Engineering/Stewart Racing Engines Honda number 47 car won a pair of restarts inside two laps, en route to victory on the Claremont, New Hampshire track.
It was the first-ever win for the Stewart Racing Engines Honda in a pavement midget series, and the 29th for Cabral. At only 30 years old, Cabral already sits in seventh place on NEMA's all time win list. And, there's every reason to believe Cabral will climb much higher on that list before all is said and done.
"I really do like this place," commented Cabral after the race. "It is so technical, yet so much fun.
The win with Honda, which comes in only the second race was "really significant," continued Cabral. He pointed out the team, notably his dad Glenn; put so much effort into it over the past year and a half.
"Hopefully some of the other series in the country realize how significant this is. A motor that is competitive at sixty percent of the cost, with many parts available from the local Honda dealership is really exciting," added Cabral.
Bertrand Motorsports use the HP 3002 oil filter from K&N, and a custom made midget air box for the Honda engine. Without K&N helping to produce a shorter air box the team would not be able to run the Honda engine, as no other filter could clear the ground.
"We are absolutely ecstatic about our relationship with K&N," offered Bertrand. "This is our second season, and without Bob Harris and his team, we would not be able to do it. K&N is our largest sponsor by far."
"We feel good about the rest of the season," continued Bertrand. "Our goal is always to win races and the rest will take care of itself."
And continue to win they do - the team won again last Thursday at Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut. However, due to an issue with the Honda engine, the team switched back temporarily to the Esslinger engine.
Kruseman was leading again the next night at Petaluma Speedway until a broken steering box took him out of the race.
The simplest way to get a fresh perspective is to get out of your own house. Cory Kruseman of Ventura, California made use of a of scenery change to change his luck, and dominated the night at Ocean Speedway for his first USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature victory of the 2010 campaign.
Cory Kruseman changed his scenery and changed his luck, with a dominating victory at the USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature at Watsonville Ocean Speedway.
"Our 410 sprint car team recently traveled to Northern California for a two day show at Watsonville's Ocean Speedway and Petaluma Speedway in Petaluma. We've always enjoyed traveling away from our home track to tracks we don't run often at," said Kruseman.
Kruseman not only won Friday at Watsonville, but he was leading the following evening at Petaluma when a broken part ended their shot for two in a row.
"The race track just fit my driving style and we were very good with our setup in the car. The next night in Petaluma our car was really fast too, until a broken steering box let us down. Our team feels like we have some momentum on our side now, and we look forward to returning to Perris Auto Speedway."
Kruseman started from the fifth position at Watsonville and wasted little time taking the Lucas Oil/Agromin Mopar to the top of the track to rocket around the early race leader on lap seven. Despite having multiple yellow flags erase his substantial lead, Kruseman was unchallenged for the win. Clearly overcome with emotion in victory lane, Kruseman dedicated the race win to Thomas McCune, a long time friend and crewman who passed away in May.
He was a great friend and a heck of a good crew member, and he will be greatly missed," observed Kruseman.
For the second race in row, a driver won the first NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race of his career. This time it was Auggie Vidovich who won the King Taco 200 at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night.
Auggie Vidovich wins the King Taco 200 at Toyota Speedway
Vidovich, a driver from Lakeside, was making his first West Series start at Irwindale. It was only his third start of the season.
Andrew Ranger won the first West Series race of his career two weeks ago at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma.
Vidovich took over the lead at Irwindale on lap 59 and led the remaining 141 laps of the race. He led a handful of West Series part-timers who finished in the top 10. Brett Thompson was third. Chris Johnson, Vidovich's teammate at Team Cass Racing, was fifth. Timmy Hill was seventh and Dusty Davis was eighth.
For Vidovich, it was his best finish in six previous West Series starts. Before Saturday night's win, his best finish was 14th.
"Any time you get a win it's good, no matter what it's in," said Vidovich, driver of the No. 59 Chevrolet for Team Cass Racing. "They're all hard to come by because there's so many good drivers out there, just appreciate the moment. I hope I get more."
Blake Koch finished second, his third top-five and fourth top-10 finish of the West Series season. He passed Brennan Newberry, whose car lost power and slowed to a stop in turn 2 with three laps to go in the race. Newberry was running in second at the time, but ended up in 16th place.
"Auggie had a real good car," Koch said. "Brennan came on strong there at the end. I really didn't have too much tire under me at the end. And the 61 (Thompson) was real close. I'm happy with a second-place finish the way the car was driving there with 10 laps to go."
Thompson, who was making his third West Series start of the season, posted his first top-five finish of 2010. He passed Newberry as the race winded down. With Newberry's stalled on the apron of the track, Thompson said he was hoping for a caution. But track officials decided to keep the race green and have it end without a caution.
"I think if they would have brought a caution out, we could have closed the gap," Thompson said. "I know I had a better car than some of these guys. It was really coming on there at the end. It seemed like the longer we went the better the car was. We came clear from 15th. It was probably one of the easiest cars I've ever driven. I was just pointing and shooting and running 'em down. I was really pleased with that."
Greg Pursley won the pole and led the first 42 laps of the race. He got a flat tire and hit the backstretch wall on lap 43. Vidovich took over the lead for the next five laps. Koch was able to pass Vidovich and lead the race for the next 11 laps.
Vidovich regained the lead on lap 59 and held it for the rest of the race.
"The car was all right," Vidovich said. "Blake, I thought he was the one who was going to get me. I was driving my heart out. Then Newberry got in position and I didn't see much out of him, so then I just rode. When he stalled, I had a big enough lead. It really didn't matter I don't think."
Eric Holmes, the leader in the West Series standings, finished 10th. He has a 64-point lead over David Mayhew after six West Series races. Mayhew, who started on the front row with Pursley, had engine problems and finished in 23rd place.
The next NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race is at Portland International Raceway in Oregon on July 18.
Andrew Ranger wins NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Race
It doesn't seem to matter which coast Andrew Ranger races on, he wins on road courses. Ranger won his second NASCAR K&N Pro Series race in a row, one in California and the most recent in Connecticut.
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Lime Rock Park
He won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut on Saturday two weeks after he won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma.
Ranger passed Cole Whitt on lap 52 and led the final 14 laps of the race around the 1.53-mile Lime Rock Park road course. It was the first East Series win of the season for Ranger and his second top-five finish in four East Series races this season.
"Overall it was a great weekend for us," Ranger said. "For the first time here at Lime Rock, the car was alright all weekend long. P1 in practice, P1 in qualifying - there you go, we won our second race this year."
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut
Whitt finished second, the second runner-up finish for the rookie driver in six East Series races. It was Whitt's first visit to Lime Rock Park and his first NASCAR race on a road course.
"We didn't do no schools and we didn't get to do any testing," Whitt said Saturday after the race. "Every lap you seen turned here today was my first on a road course other than in a shifter kart. I'm happy with how we ran, definitely. I know I probably don't show it. I'm kinda bummed out that we were so good and just once again come up short of a win."
Ranger made contact with Whitt on a restart on lap 52. Whitt was knocked off the course and had to rally through the field to come in second place.
"This is racing. I try hard," Ranger said. "With new tires, I came really fast in the corner. The car came really tight and I hit him in the side. It's my mistake. It happened to the 00 (Ryan Truex) car on the restart. This is racing and we won our second race."
It was Whitt's third top-five finish of the season.
"This championship's kind of slipped away from us," said Whitt, who's fifth in the East Series standings. "We're trying to go for wins and get what we can."
Max Gresham finished third. It was his third top-five finish in six races of the East Series season.
"We played some pit strategy and pitted really early so we could take our fuel and just be done with it for the day," Gresham said. "It worked out in the end. The Joe Gibbs Racing team put a great Toyota Camry underneath me and we just rode it out there until the end. It was a real fast car and it handled awesome."
Truex, the leader in the East Series standings, finished fifth. It was his fifth top-five finish of the East Series season. He has a 43-point lead over Darrell Wallace Jr. after six races.
Ranger led a race-high 29 laps. He won the pole and led the first nine laps of the race before getting passed by Whitt. Ranger led again for five laps, from laps 26-30, and took the lead for good on lap 52, when he passed Whitt and drove him off the course.
"It's been great. I little bit tough restart," Ranger said. "I hit the 84 (Whitt). I think I almost put him in the wall. It's my mistake. I think I came a little bit too hard into the corner."
The next East Series race is at Lee USA Speedway in New Hampshire on July 30.
Greg Anderson wins 2010 Summit Racing NHRA Nationals
From what many may have considered to be battling from behind, multi-time NHRA Pro Stock Champion and two-time K&N Horsepower Challenge winner, Greg Anderson showed the entire drag racing community that he and his team should be far from counted out by the time the dust settled during the NHRA's most recent stop in Norwalk, Ohio for the Summit Racing NHRA Nationals.
Two-time K&N Horsepower Challenge winner Greg Anderson
Second-seeded in the 2010 K&N Horsepower Challenge, Anderson hadn't, to this point, had the season one had come to expect from him and his Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GXP. All it took was one weekend, not to mention the biggest weekend of the year for the NHRA Pro Stock Class, for Anderson and his team to make a huge turn around.
With only two hits at the track for the eight drivers qualified for the K&N Horsepower Challenge, Anderson knew just how important those Friday sessions were going to be for racing on Saturday.
"It's a very important race to make sure Friday really counts," explained Anderson. "Race Day is Saturday and you only have Friday to get ready. I got out there for my first round and I don't even get into second gear and I have a transmission problem. I come back and I think 'Oh boy, is this how this weekend is going to go'. You get one run right behind the eight-ball and you can hardly ever make that up."
The second session on Friday was later in the evening for the Pro Stock class, due to a couple of accidents during a previous classes qualifying session. This made the air and track conditions quite different for Anderson and many of the other drivers.
"Then we came back in the next session and we just made [pauses] a decent run," he continued. "We just got into the middle of the pack in the number nine spot and nothing to scare anybody over, that's for sure."
"Maybe that was a good thing and maybe that fooled everybody into a false sense of security for Saturday's race," he added referring to his competitors in the 26th Annual K&N Horsepower Challenge.
After a full year of qualifying, the elite eight Pro Stock drivers took to the track to lay it all on the line for their shot at the single biggest race in all of NHRA and the $50,000 purse for the Champion.
Anderson reflects on the chain of events that led him to the final round during the big event on Saturday.
"We came out on Saturday and found a little performance in the car during our first round and got around Rodger Brogdon. I got lucky since they had a little advantage on the starting line," he said. "By second round, we got the car a little bet yet when we ran Allen Johnson. He had a small problem with some tire shake and that led us to the final to take on 'Superman'."
Mike Edwards, or "Superman" as Anderson referred to him, had made his way to the final round on his side of the ladder from the number one spot, by first taking out, the winningest driver in NHRA Pro Stock history, Warren Johnson and then easily slipping by Jeg Coughlin, when he had a tire rattle problem as well.
Although Edwards has sewn up numerous event championships, garnered tons of number one qualifiers and is the reigning NHRA Pro Stock Champion, the K&N Horsepower Challenge Championship had still eluded him and he was considered to the odds on favorite coming into the event in Ohio.
Only Greg Anderson stood in his way and Anderson was showing that his testing following the previous NHRA event in Bristol was paying off.
When the finalists lined up for all the marbles, it was Edwards' third final round and Anderson's sixth in K&N Horsepower Challenges with Edwards looking to grab his first win and Anderson his third.
In the history of the shootout, it was their first meeting in any round, let alone the final.
Anderson was out of the gate first and held his .015 starting line advantage through the stripe for the holeshot win, denying Edwards the shootout victory for yet another season.
In the 26 year history of the K&N Horsepower Challenge, Anderson's final round holeshot victory was only second of the event.
"As the day went on we just gained more and more confidence," said Anderson. "Timing is everything. I got the right guy at the right time and just put it all together."
The 2010 K&N Horsepower Challenge Championship was only the first race of the weekend for Anderson and his team and winning by the second, or the NHRA National Event now at hand, would mean another $25,000 bonus in his pocket for doubling up. A feat Anderson has managed to accomplish before.
"And then to get that check," said Anderson of the third K&N Horsepower Championship. "Then you are so confident going into Sunday. You are thinking gee, can it be another day like that, can we do no wrong?"
Anderson went on to have a carbon copy day during Sunday's festivities to win the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals and the double up bonus and all at his sponsor's event.
"We kept wondering what race, what event, was it going to be to snap us out of our funk," said Anderson. "Obviously it took K&N's race to get it going. I just thank the Lord for K&N and Steve Williams and all the great people K&N has working for them. It totally turned our season around, nothing but kudos to K&N."
"The K&N Challenge is the most fun race we have as Pro Stock drivers for the whole season," he added. "We just go out there and race for big cash. We don't have to worry about points or anything like that. It's just very exciting and I count my lucky stars that K&N decides to hold it Summit Motorsports Park, right at my sponsors race and track."
Anderson jokes about pulling off the whole weekend at his sponsor's race. "Some people probably think it was rigged, how in the hell could all that happen? It sure as heck turned out better than I expected."
