BRL GN S7 R11 Recap
by Ryan Senneker
18 Sept 2021
Bootleg Racing League | Season 7 | Round 11
Grand National Series | New Smyrna Speedway
With a close points race through the season, J R Shepherd went into New Smyrna feeling the pressure from Justin Morton who was trailing by only 5 points. Shepherd and Morton, starting in 7th and 6th respectively, wasted no time getting to the front and breaking away from the rest of the field to battle it out over the 100 lap event. The two championship competitors stayed within .3 of each other almost the entire way to the checkered flag, but Morton couldn’t manage to get around Shepherd in the end.
Austin Boelke had a rough first half, getting caught up in two separate incidents early in the race, but was still able to fight his way back up to 5th place in the end and 3rd in overall season points. Kenny Kibbey made his return to the BRL Grand National Series with a dominant 3rd place finish, hungry for another championship this winter.
With his 5th win of the season and 50th career win overall, J R Shepherd became the season 7 champion while still staying humble giving a shout out to Morton’s skill on the track, “The biggest thing was just trying to have fun tonight and that one restart had me on the edge of my seat. Justin ran me extremely hard, but extremely clean. It’s hard to run someone that hard and, you know, not have contact and stuff going on so hats off to him.”
BRL DSS S8 R11 Recap
by Ryan Senneker
17 Sept 2021
Bootleg Racing League | Season 8 | Round 11
Dirt Street Stock Series | Volusia Speedway
Chris Davis came into Volusia strong with the quickest lap time in qualifying at 19.648 beating out Billy Northcutt by .03. Being able to hold off Bobby Rafferty through his heat, Davis locked in the pole position for the feature race giving him a strong advantage over his competitors.
Brandon Proudfoot, after a rough start qualifying 8th, finishing 3rd in his heat, and 2nd in the B Main consolation race, led the last 6 laps of the feature beating Billy Northcutt to the checkered flag for the final race of the season. That win secured his season championship over J R Shepherd and Billy Northcutt by a margin of 65 points as the 11-race season comes to an exciting close.
During the post race, Brandon said in regards to his future plans with the Bootleg Racing League, “As far as running here, whether I get a championship or not, this league is really… it doesn’t matter what I’m going to run, I’m always going to come back here. It’s just such a great group of guys. It’s not even really about the championship. Yeah three in a row is great, but I wouldn’t go to any other league.”
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