(Bill W) April 8, 2013 – It had been a bit of a drought, but Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team picked up a much needed win in the state of California last Saturday night. The victory came at the Gary Jacob Memorial for Rebel Cup Series sprints at the King’s Speedway in Hanford. The Grain Valley, Missouri driver will return to Hanford Friday with the World of Outlaws before hitting the Perris Auto Speedway on Saturday.
You ran Friday night with the WoO and got behind the 8-ball in qualifying (27th).
Qualifying had been our strong suit on this whole west coast trip, and racing had been the downfall. We’d been working so hard on our race setup that I think we got away from our qualifying setup. That bit us in the butt on Friday. I didn’t cut the best laps either. That puts you in a bad bad spot.
Unfortunately, that did set the tone for the night. You didn’t make it through the heat and that put you in the B.
The track got better as the night went on. It got wetter and wetter, and there was less and less passing. I thought about not even going out for the B. There wasn’t any passing and some good cars in front of us. We decided to go out and a car got sideways in front of us. We had nowhere to go and we got tore up.
How bad was it?
Luckily, we didn’t tear anything up too bad…just a couple of bolt on pieces. You don’t want to tear anything up though, big or small. It was just unfortunate. It was the first feature we missed. We wanted to get through it making all the shows.
You decided to put the 360 in and run the Gary Jacob Memorial at King’s Speedway on Saturday.
It was a pretty good 360 show that paid $2,500 to win. It was with the Rebel Cup Series. It concerned me a little, because a lot of those drivers have open 360 motors. They don’t have the ASCS one like we do. In some cases, some of them were probably up 20 or 30 horsepower.
You were able to get yourself on the front row of the feature.
We qualified seventh. I think we were the fastest ASCS motor. We were able to win the heat from fourth. The track was similar to what we’ve dealt with out here. It was narrow and tough to pass. It makes for tough conditions.
You lined up in the front row with Kyle Hirst. What was your thought process?
We knew whoever got the lead was probably going to win. Kyle has really been coming on strong. He is becoming a really good racer, and has a good team (Beefpackers) behind him.
There had to be a lot of lapped traffic.
Traffic was tough at times, but we were able to pull through and get a win. It was big for the team. We haven’t had the most success the last couple weeks. Chad Morgan and Travis Marsch have kept their head up and kept my morale up to. We needed this, and I hope our laps at Hanford help us this Friday.
There is usually good racing at Perris. You’ll be there on Saturday.
We were pretty good there last year. I think we ran twelfth. It can be good. All these places they say can be good, but I’ve yet to see multiple racing grooves on this trip.
Are you ready to run in the Midwest?
We’re ready to get home. We’ll do these next two nights and head back to the Midwest. I’ll give Brian Stickel a big hug and a kiss. I can’t wait to get to Knoxville, I can guarantee you that! We want to get someplace where it is two or three lanes wide and you can race. It has been one-lane out here. We’re using 35 tear-offs in a feature. It makes for not fun racing really. The awesome fans out here deserve better racing than they’ve been seeing.
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Brown’s Bits
In 55 sprint features in 2009, Brian accumulated six wins (11%), 29 top fives (53%) and 36 top tens (65%). His wins came in the postponed Turkey Classic at the Springfield (MO) Raceway in March, three in 410 competition at the Knoxville Raceway, in ASCS-Midwest racing at Nebraska Raceway Park in July, and at Sedalia’s (MO) State Fair Speedway in August.
About Casey’s General Stores
Casey’s General Stores is a Fortune-500 company (NASDAQ CASY) operating nearly 1700 convenience stores in 11 states through the Midwest. Known for its “Homemade-To-Go” pizza, sandwiches, donuts and bakery items, Casey’s strives to consistently deliver quality gas, fresh kitchen-prepared food, clean environments and friendly service at every retail location. Casey’s is currently the 12th largest c-store chain and sixth largest pizza chain in the United States.
About FVP
We are very excited to introduce our new line of automotive chemicals, oils and fluids to our product offering. These new products will be available at many retailers across the country. We continue to offer a full line of high quality oil, air, cabin air and fuel filters, plus a complete line of high quality batteries for multiple applications including cars, trucks, SUV’s, commercial and other specialty vehicles. All products are made to OE manufacturer fitment specifications. FVP products are engineered to provide our customers with quality products that are equal or superior in performance to the major national brands at a competitive price. To learn more about our FVP products or to find out where you can have FVP products installed in your vehicle, visit us at www.FVPparts.com! FVP…The Confident Solution
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Brian Brown Racing would like to thank Casey’s General Stores, FVP, Searsboro Telephone Company, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps / impact4800.com, Champion Brands, SPLASH, Ditzfeld Transfer, Maxim Racing, Smiley’s Racing Products, Weld Wheels, Housby Trucks, www.RateWin.com, Arctic Cat, K&N Filters, Hostiowa.net, FSR Race Products, TI64, Fuel-Safe Tanks, Awesome Racewear, Wolfe Eye Clinic, Bell Helmets, CP Pistons, Carrillo Rods, Vortex Wings, Penray, All Pro Cylinder Heads, Butler Built Seats, AkzoNobel Sikkens, AllDayParts.com, Tru Square, Jack Links, Deli Express, Snap-On Tools, Rod End Supply, KSE Racing Products, Winters Performance Products, Santomauro Racing Products, Cometic Gaskets, Kaeding Performance, Donovan, Magtech, ISC Racers Tape, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Racing Optics, Mothers Wax, Don's Truck Wash, Gardner Farms, Hoosier Tires, GoPro, XYZ Machining, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Peterson Fluid System, Red Devil Brakes, Schoenfeld Headers, ADD, 6B Apparel, Zips Energy Seeds, Bosch, NGK, Garrett Racing Engines, MSD and WSIB Insurance for all their support!
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- Article Date: 4/8/2013 by Bill Wright