Phillip Michael Knight
03-21-2011, 12:42 PM
The Carolina Clash gets ready for Lancaster Motor Speedway
By: Alex Cummings
The stars of the Carolina Clash are making their last minute adjustments preparing their cars for Lancaster Motor Speedway. The Carolina Clash is set to hit the high banks on Saturday, March 26 for a 40 lap, $4,000 to win feature event with $1,600 in Contingency Awards to be presented throughout the night.
Last season the Clash headed to Lancaster where Ross Bailes set fast time and lead the first 17 laps of the race until the eventual race winner, Jeff Smith surpassed Bailes on a lap 18 restart. Smith made a power move coming out of turn 2 and down the backstretch passing Bailes on the inside and sailing off for the win.
In 2009, the Carolina Clash went to Lancaster twice during the year in which Ricky Weeks set fast time during the spring and Johnny Pursley was quickest in the fall event. In the spring event, Dennis Franklin was able to motor his way to a win then in the fall Tim Allen was able to outlast and outrun the field for the victory.
So far this season, Ricky Weeks was able to win the first race of the season which was held at Carolina Speedway for the Skyler Trull Memorial. Weeks was able to make the high side work when he passed both Ross Bailes and Chris Ferguson who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively that evening. During qualifying, Bailes was able to set fast time with a time nearly 2-tenths of a second faster than Luke Roffers who sat on the outside pole.
One of the drivers to watch on Saturday, will be the hometown favorite Chad Paxton who was the Klotz Lubricants Rookie of the Race at Carolina Speedway. Paxton has won dozens of races at Lancaster in various late model divisions and knows his way around the track like the back of his hand. Paxton hopes that all of his past experience at Lancaster will pay off and he can use his hometown momentum to capture his first ever Carolina Clash victory.
The Carolina Clash would like to announce the following Contingency Sponsors for the Lancaster Race:
- Comp Cams will be awarding the “Official Engine Builder of the Race Award” to the feature winner.
- Keizer Aluminum Wheels will be presenting an award for the 2nd place finisher in the feature.
- Shell Racing Solutions will be awarding the 3rd place finisher in the feature with one case of Q Racing Oil 15w-50.
- Aero Tec Laboratories (ATL) will be presenting an award to the 4th place finisher in the feature.
- Shafer Enterprises’ Cool Shirts will be presenting an award to the Top-5 finishers in the feature.
- RF Composites will be presenting an award to the 6th place finisher in the feature.
- NASCAR Technical Institute will be presenting an award to the 10th place finisher in the feature.
- Safety Kleen will be presenting a case of hand cleaner to the hard charger of the feature.
- Klotz Lubricants will be presenting 3 separate awards, 1 to the Rookie of the Race, 1 to the Hard Luck Award winner, and 1 to the 15th place finisher in the feature.
- Ohlins Shocks will be presenting an award to the last place finisher in the feature.
- R2C Performance will be awarding all heat race winners.
- XS Power Racing Batteries will be awarding the fastest qualifier.
- Collins Signs will be presenting an award to the 11th place qualifier known as the “First Man out Award”.
The Carolina Clash would like to thank the following partners for their contributions to the series in 2011: American Racer Tire, Heintz Brothers Performance, VP Racing Fuels, Comp Cams, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Shell Racing Solutions, Aero Tec Laboratories, Shafer Enterprises’ Cool Shirts, NASCAR Technical Institute, Safety Kleen, R2C Performance, XS Power Racing Batteries Ohlins Shocks, RF Composites, Keizer Wheelhouse South, Next Level Racing Graphics , Performance Tee’s, Racing Electronics, Mike’s Custom Tanks, Lincoln Electric, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, Raceiver, Firethorn Marketing, Luvracin.com, Collins Signs, Dirt Trax Motorsports, www.lockoutforums.com.
By: Alex Cummings
The stars of the Carolina Clash are making their last minute adjustments preparing their cars for Lancaster Motor Speedway. The Carolina Clash is set to hit the high banks on Saturday, March 26 for a 40 lap, $4,000 to win feature event with $1,600 in Contingency Awards to be presented throughout the night.
Last season the Clash headed to Lancaster where Ross Bailes set fast time and lead the first 17 laps of the race until the eventual race winner, Jeff Smith surpassed Bailes on a lap 18 restart. Smith made a power move coming out of turn 2 and down the backstretch passing Bailes on the inside and sailing off for the win.
In 2009, the Carolina Clash went to Lancaster twice during the year in which Ricky Weeks set fast time during the spring and Johnny Pursley was quickest in the fall event. In the spring event, Dennis Franklin was able to motor his way to a win then in the fall Tim Allen was able to outlast and outrun the field for the victory.
So far this season, Ricky Weeks was able to win the first race of the season which was held at Carolina Speedway for the Skyler Trull Memorial. Weeks was able to make the high side work when he passed both Ross Bailes and Chris Ferguson who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively that evening. During qualifying, Bailes was able to set fast time with a time nearly 2-tenths of a second faster than Luke Roffers who sat on the outside pole.
One of the drivers to watch on Saturday, will be the hometown favorite Chad Paxton who was the Klotz Lubricants Rookie of the Race at Carolina Speedway. Paxton has won dozens of races at Lancaster in various late model divisions and knows his way around the track like the back of his hand. Paxton hopes that all of his past experience at Lancaster will pay off and he can use his hometown momentum to capture his first ever Carolina Clash victory.
The Carolina Clash would like to announce the following Contingency Sponsors for the Lancaster Race:
- Comp Cams will be awarding the “Official Engine Builder of the Race Award” to the feature winner.
- Keizer Aluminum Wheels will be presenting an award for the 2nd place finisher in the feature.
- Shell Racing Solutions will be awarding the 3rd place finisher in the feature with one case of Q Racing Oil 15w-50.
- Aero Tec Laboratories (ATL) will be presenting an award to the 4th place finisher in the feature.
- Shafer Enterprises’ Cool Shirts will be presenting an award to the Top-5 finishers in the feature.
- RF Composites will be presenting an award to the 6th place finisher in the feature.
- NASCAR Technical Institute will be presenting an award to the 10th place finisher in the feature.
- Safety Kleen will be presenting a case of hand cleaner to the hard charger of the feature.
- Klotz Lubricants will be presenting 3 separate awards, 1 to the Rookie of the Race, 1 to the Hard Luck Award winner, and 1 to the 15th place finisher in the feature.
- Ohlins Shocks will be presenting an award to the last place finisher in the feature.
- R2C Performance will be awarding all heat race winners.
- XS Power Racing Batteries will be awarding the fastest qualifier.
- Collins Signs will be presenting an award to the 11th place qualifier known as the “First Man out Award”.
The Carolina Clash would like to thank the following partners for their contributions to the series in 2011: American Racer Tire, Heintz Brothers Performance, VP Racing Fuels, Comp Cams, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Shell Racing Solutions, Aero Tec Laboratories, Shafer Enterprises’ Cool Shirts, NASCAR Technical Institute, Safety Kleen, R2C Performance, XS Power Racing Batteries Ohlins Shocks, RF Composites, Keizer Wheelhouse South, Next Level Racing Graphics , Performance Tee’s, Racing Electronics, Mike’s Custom Tanks, Lincoln Electric, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, Raceiver, Firethorn Marketing, Luvracin.com, Collins Signs, Dirt Trax Motorsports, www.lockoutforums.com.