GUNR4sR Xfinity Recap
by Ryan Senneker
10 Nov 2021
GUNR4sR | Championship Race
Xfinity Series | Phoenix Raceway
Nick Snyder of Nick Snyder Motorsports took home the checkered flag after a chaotic race around Phoenix Raceway with the GUNR4sR (Guys Using NASCAR Rules for Sim Racing) Racing League. Starting out in 6th, Snyder was caught up in several early incidents that sent him to the back of the field. The pack seemed to settle in for the second half of the race and that’s when Snyder was able to work his way back into the lead and hold it ahead of Sebastian Marin and Brad Lane through a GWC finish. With Snyder’s win in the Cup Series the night prior, league rules made him ineligible for the Xfinity championship which means Lane, who finished the race in 3rd place, is your 2021 GUNR4sR Xfinity Series Champion!
The playoff drivers were being cautious for the first half, trying to avoid issues while racing in a partially unfamiliar field. Unfortunately, Snyder was caught out early and had to restart from 16th after a hard hit into the outside wall. “Didn’t start the night off pretty well. Got caught up in a wreck a couple times and just at the beginning I was just way too tight. And once the sun went down my car just came to life and I had to come through the field twice.” Snyder’s run to the front was a showcase of his talent as a driver who overcame adversity to take the checkered flag.
The first half of the event had frequent incidents and restarts that kept the playoff drivers on the defensive as Lane described the night as a “survival race”. By lap 60, most drivers had found their groove and settled in for a long green flag run. Lane held a position toward the front as the race went on and was able to get a podium finish by taking advantage where he could. “I went into this thinking I could win the race, but I just wanted to race it clean and at least get a second of third place finish.”
GUNR4sR Cup Series Recap
by Ryan Senneker
09 Nov 2021
GUNR4sR | Championship Race
Cup Series | Phoenix Raceway
As the 2021 season comes to a close for the GUNR4sR (Guys Using NASCAR Rules for Sim Racing) Racing League at Phoenix Raceway, Nicholas Snyder of Nick Snyder Motorsports claims the checkered flag as well as the season championship after a dominating performance ahead of Brad Lane and Brandon Shirley. Rich Reimuller finished in 4th with Chris Gilbert rounding out the top 5. Adam Monts De Oca, who was also a playoff driver, finished in 9th after a risky pit strategy did not pay off for him in the end.
“I kind of thought I gave it away when I didn’t take tires the first stop and was just too far behind the traffic when we were all on equal tires.”, Snyder commented on dropping back to the middle of the field after not taking new tires during an early caution on lap 15 and finishing the 40 lap stage in 6th. Different pit strategies were emerging as the race went on with many drivers choosing to pit under green for fuel late in the race.
“That first run was trying to just make it to the end of stage one and then we had that short fifteen lap run.” Snyder’s winning pit strategy was based around quick planning and reacting to the rest of the field, “When I saw the top 2 didn’t come in I figured I’d just do the opposite of them and it really played out because that last caution didn’t come out and I was five to the good (laps left of fuel) so I wouldn’t have to pit and I think Brad (Lane) and I were the only ones that were gonna make it.”
BRL GN S8 R6 Recap
by Ryan Senneker
06 Nov 2021
Bootleg Racing League | Season 8 | Round 6
Grand National Series | Southern National Speedway
Justin Morton with Total Downforce Racing took the checkered flag for the first time this season beating out J R Shepherd and Mathew Thunhorst with the Bootleg Racing League Grand National Series 100 lap event around Southern National Speedway. As the race went on with an 82 lap green flag run to the end, the leaders spread out away from each other as Morton showed his pace to be the dominate one crossing the finish line with more than a second gap ahead of Shepherd.
With his first victory for the season, Morton takes 3rd place back from Kenny Kibbey by 1 point in the standings. Shepherd still holds onto the lead, finishing 2nd in the race, with Thunhorst, who finished 3rd in the race, only 4 points behind and 10 points ahead of Morton. Now half way through the season, the race for the championship is still within reach of any of these four drivers as they continue to put on strong performances.
Justin Morton made his way to the front early and stayed there for the remainder of the event. “Once I got up there I sort of just settled into a groove, felt pretty good. I was a little worried I was killing my stuff a little bit but it seemed I was getting that right balance.” As the Bootleg Racing League prepares to head to Myrtle Beach Speedway next weekend, Morton is confident going back. “I love Myrtle Beach. It’s probably my favorite short track on the service right now.”
BRL DSS S9 R6 Recap
by Ryan Senneker
06 Nov 2021
Bootleg Racing League | Season 9 | Round 6
Dirt Street Stock Series | Lernerville Speedway
Brandyn Proudfoot took his Jim Beaver eSports machine to victory lane after a chaotic race with the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series around Lernerville Speedway. Multiple incidents in the middle of the field kept forcing the drivers to stack back together and prevented Proudfoot from ever getting very far ahead of the rest of the field.
This was Proudfoot’s 5th win of the season giving him a 33 point gap between himself and Johnny Ratley in 2nd place in the point standings. Billy Northcutt holds onto 3rd trailing by 50 points behind the lead. As Proudfoot builds himself a more comfortable gap, Ratley and Northcutt will have to put in some strong performances going forward to still have a chance at the championship before it becomes a complete shut out.
Proudfoot’s strong restarts made the race for him as he held the lead through nine cautions on his way to the checkered flag. “If you’re going at the same spot, everybody’s gonna try to anticipate.”, Proudfoot explained as he shared with us his restart strategies. “Just kind of stagger your starts, that’ll usually help you to try and get off on those better starts and keep your enemies on their toes.”
Pro Late Model Dirt Series – Fall Nationals R2 Recap
by Ryan Senneker
03 Nov 2021
Pro Late Model Dirt Series | Round 2
Fall Nationals | USA International Speedway
Davin Cardwell absolutely dominated the field at the Pro Late Model Dirt Series Fall Nationals event around USA International Speedway. The top qualifier, winning his 10 lap heat race, Cardwell led all 30 laps of the feature. With an impressive gap between Cardwell and Underwood, in second place, Cardwell had his victory in the bag until two late race cautions stacked the field back together with only 5 laps to go and then again with 4 laps to go.
Able to hold off both points leaders, Ryan Underwood and Ethan Toedter finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively, Cardwell was feeling the pressure through both restarts. Cardwell got great starts both times and held the lead, defending the inside as he crossed the finish line side by side with Underwood taking the checkered flag by only .06 ahead of Underwood. Underwood holds onto first place in the points standings going forward in the Fall Nationals, followed by Toedter and Cardwell.
“I have tons of respect for everyone in the race and, you know, everything just played out in my favor tonight.” Cardwell knew the last few laps weren’t going to be easy with Underwood and Toedter on top of him coming out of the restarts. “Underwood was really fast there and he was actually faster than us, but we were able to keep him behind us.”
BRL GN S8 R5 Recap
by Ryan Senneker
30 Oct 2021
Bootleg Racing League | Season 8 | Round 5
Grand National Series | South Boston Speedway
Kenny Kibbey took his Nocturnal Gaming Chevrolet to victory lane for the first time this season at the Bootleg Racing League Grand National Series 100 lap event around South Boston Speedway ahead of J R Shepherd and Mathew Thunhorst. Kibbey starting the race in 5th position and showed a lot of patience staying on Shepherd’s rear bumper and letting Shepherd use up his car gaining positions for both drivers for the first 50 laps.
Jeffery Hardin started on the pole and held the lead for the first 55 laps, but left just enough space on the inside for Kibbey to take advantage and run to the lead with Shepherd, Justin Morton, and Thunhorst following suit forcing Hardin back to 5th ahead of Bryan Dehn. A late race caution created a one lap shootout situation as the green and white flags came out together, but Kibbey was able to hold onto the lead from the restart for a memorable win.
With this win, Kibbey moves up to 3rd in the point standings with only 9 points separating himself from Shepherd in the lead. Thunhorst holds second place behind by 3 points. Justin Morton dropped down to 4th in the points trailing 11 points behind the lead. With the top 4 drivers this season all so close, this championship is still within reach of any one of these drivers.
“I came here kind of dreading it and I don’t really care for racing on this track and didn’t think it was one of my better ones, but here we are in victory lane.”, Kibbey commented about fighting his way around the track. “Hopefully this one opens the flood gates again because we really just needed to get that win, you know. Last week was a huge momentum boost getting second and we’re on the up and up so hopefully we can keep carrying this momentum.”
BRL DSS S9 R5 Recap
by Ryan Senneker
29 Oct 2021
Bootleg Racing League | Season 9 | Round 5
Dirt Street Stock Series | Cedar Lake Speedway
Brandyn Proudfoot of Jim Beaver eSports held off Johnny Ratley and William Hargreaves around 40 intense laps with the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Cedar Lake Speedway and took home the checkered flag. Under constant attack, Proudfoot put on a flawless performance with his competition staying within a few tenths of a second waiting for an opportunity to take that victory away.
With his 4th win for the season, Proudfoot is starting to build a comfortable gap between himself and Ratley in the points standings, now 18 points separating these two champion caliber drivers. Billy Northcutt came home in 4th and holds onto the 3rd spot in the standings with only 33 points between himself and Proudfoot.
“He (Ratley) had that top working so, so well and he was just killing me off the exits. He got a bunch of sliders going into one and two using that momentum.” Proudfoot, who loves a hard battle as much as any driver, had his work cut out for him with Ratley keeping the pressure on him. “I’m definitely exhausted from this. That was one of the best battles I’ve had in a long time. Thank you, Johnny (Ratley).”
Pro Late Model Dirt Series on VGN
The PLMDS Carrier Fall Nationals will be broadcast LIVE on the Network beginning next week. VGN will cover the final 3 races of the 2021 season.
11/3 – USA International Speedway
11/17 – Lanier National Speedway
12/8 – Volusia Speedway
Coverage will begin at 8:20pm ET.
Find out more about this exciting series on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PLMDirtSeries/
BRL GN S8 R4 Recap
by Ryan Senneker
23 Oct 2021
Bootleg Racing League | Season 8 | Round 4
Grand National Series | Five Flags Speedway
Mathew Thunhorst took the checkered flag ahead of Kenny Kibbey and J R Shepherd at the Bootleg Racing League Grand National Series 100 lap event around Five Flags Speedway. Starting in 3rd place, behind Kibbey on the pole and Holloway in 2nd, Thunhorst made a strong charge for the lead early on. Taking the inside line away from Kibbey on lap 23, Thunhorst battled side by side with Kibbey for several laps before the caution came out giving the lead to Thunhorst for the rest of the race.
Justin Morton and Kibbey battled door to door for 2nd place several times throughout the race, neither driver willing to concede, while Shepherd and James Lowe watched from 4th and 5th place waiting for their opportunity to take advantage of the inside line. Lowe had some bad luck getting loose coming into turn 1 on lap 78 giving Kurt Smith his opportunity to claim 5th place.
This win closed the gap between Thunhorst and Shepherd in the point standings, Thunhorst now behind by only 2 points. Justin Morton finished in 4th place behind Shepherd and is now trailing by 9 points. Kibbey moves up to 4th in the points with a gap of 10 points and Mike Holloway, finishing 7th in the race, moves up to 5th only 23 points behind Shepherd.
“This is kind of like my home track away from home so it’s always special to win here and, you know, kind of to rebound after the dismal race I had last week. It’s definitely a positive feeling.” When asked about his experiences around Five Flags, Thunhorst admitted, “I was almost getting distracted sitting there watching Justin (Morton) and Kenny (Kibbey) putting on quite the show behind me.”
BRL DSS S9 R4 Recap
by Ryan Senneker
22 Oct 2021
Bootleg Racing League | Season 9 | Round 4
Dirt Street Stock Series | Kokomo Speedway
Brandyn Proudfoot took home the checkered flag for Jim Beaver eSports at the Bootleg Racing League’s Dirt Street Stock Series around Kokomo Speedway after a long battle against William Hargreaves. Starting in 2nd between Johnny Ratley in the pole position and Hargreaves in 3rd, the race was exciting through the entire 40 lap event as Proudfoot and Hargreaves crossed the finish line with only .450 between them. Ratley was separated from the lead battle by lap traffic and finished in 3rd.
With his 3rd win of the season, Proudfoot puts some distance between Ratley and Billy Northcutt in the points standings. Ratley trails by 13 points after finishing in 3rd. Northcutt had a rough start finishing 7th after being involved in an incident on lap 1 and is now 25 points behind the lead. With seven more races in the season, Proudfoot can’t let his guard down quite yet. Ratley has shown that he is here to compete and has his eyes on the championship.
Finishing the race in the midst of a heated battle, Proudfoot never felt safe on the track. “He was right on me and the pressure was definitely there.” Driving around lap traffic while trying to stay ahead of Hargreaves, Proudfoot said, “He was definitely close enough he could’ve made the move and I frankly think there definitely would’ve been a slide job there if it weren’t for those lap cars.”
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