FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series Drivers Approach The 15-Race Mark

CARNESVILLE, GA – The 2017 FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series season has reached the completion of the 12th week of competition, and several drivers at the top of the FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series National point standings are approaching the 15th week of the their 2017 season. With drivers being able to count their best 15 finishes during the season, they will start netting points.

To net their top 15 finishes, a driver will try to replace their lowest weekly total with a higher one. The FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series point system pays 45 points for a win, and then it drops off one point per position. Until a driver reaches the 15 week point in their season, we will use a system called a Weekly Point Average, or WPA, to get a gauge where a drivers stands in the points.

The WPA points work the same as the weekly points, with 45 being a perfect score, a WPA of 41 means the driver is averaging a fifth-place finish, and a WPA of 36 means a driver is averaging a tenth-place finish. At the end of the season, the driver with the highest point total among their best 15 weekly finishes will win $10,000.

Frankie Beard of Harwell, GA leads the FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series National standings with 487 points. In 12 weeks of competition, Beard has one 45-point win, eight top five finishes and ten top ten finishes in the Jessica Cornett Racing/CMP Automotive Mastersbilt. Beard has a WPA of 40.58, which is the third highest among the top ten in the FASTRAK WRS standings.

Henry Hornsby III of Beckley, WV is second with 465 points in 11 weeks of FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series competition. H3 has driven the Henry’s Radiator Longhorn to three wins, nine top five finishes and 11 top ten finishes. Hornsby has a WPA of 42.27, which is the highest among the top ten in the FASTRAK WRS National point standings.

Tyler Stutler of Lost Creek, WV is third in the FASTRAK WRS National standings with 460 points in 12 weeks of competition. After two wins, five top five finishes and ten top ten finishes driving the Stutler Motorsports Kryptonite, Stutler has a WPA of 38.33 which is the sixth highest among the top ten.

Adam Smith of Carnesville, GA holds the fourth spot in the standings with 449 points in 12 weeks of racing. Smith has three wins, seven top five finishes and nine top ten finishes driving the Jacky Jones Rocket for a WPA of 37.42 and ranks seventh among the top ten drivers in the FASTRAK WRS point standings.

Troy Frazier of Montclair, WV is fifth in the FASTRAK WRS National standings with 399 points in 11 weeks of competition. The Mad Mexican has driven the National Resources Rocket to five top five finishes and seven top ten finishes for a WPA of 36.27 that ranks eighth among the top ten.

Michael Bland is sixth in the National WRS standings with 385 points in ten weeks of racing. Bland has three top five finishes and nine top ten finishes for a WPA of 38.50 and a top ten ranking of fifth. Sparky Davisson is seventh in the FASTRAK WRS National standings with 375 points in 11 weeks. Davisson has two top five finishes and six top ten finishes for a WPA of 34.09 which ranks ninth among the top ten.

Parker Herring is eighth with 368 points in nine weeks of racing with two wins and seven top five finishes. Herring has a WPA of 40.89 which is the second highest among the top ten in the FASTRAK WRS national point standings.

Drew Benfield is ninth in the FASTRAK WRS National standings with 361 points in ten weeks of racing, but since he didn’t become a FASTRAK member until the fifth week of the season, his first four finishes of the season will not count. Technically, Benfield has 191 points with two top five finishes and three top ten finishes driving the David Benfield CPA Longhorn and the tenth highest WPA at 31.83.

Derek Harvey of Toccoa, GA rounds out the top ten in the FASTRAK WPA National standings with 348 points in nine weeks of competition after four top five finishes and seven top ten finishes driving the Toccoa Gas Service Walter Newman. Harvey has a WPA of 38.67 that ranks fourth highest among the top ten in the WRS National standings.

A driver to watch in the coming weeks currently sits 11th in the FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series National point standings. Tyler Bare of Rockridge Baths, VA has 345 points after eight weeks of racing with a WPA of 43.12. Bare has three wins, seven top five finishes and eight top ten finishes driving the Loco Motives Rocket.

Drivers are also competing at their respective weekly tracks for FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series Divisional points. Each FASTRAK WRS Division pays out a separate point fund at the end of the season.

FASTRAK WRS Division 1 is made up of Lavonia Speedway in Lavonia, GA, Toccoa Raceway in Toccoa, GA and Hartwell Speedway in Hartwell, GA. Beard also leads the Division 1 standings with 454 points followed by Smith in second with 449 points, Herring in third with 368 points, Benfield in fourth with 361 points, and Harvey in fifth with 348 points.

With Benfield losing his points for the first four weeks of the season when he was a non-member of FASTRAK, that would technically move Larry Waters of Cumming, GA up into the fifth spot of the Division 1 standings with 286 points. Waters has competed in seven weeks of racing driving the Heards Dirt Work and Dumpster Rocket.

In Week 12 FASTRAK Division 1 competition, the defending FASTRAK Pro Late Model Series South East Region Tour and Mid-Ohio Valley Region Tour Champion Cla Knight of North Augusta, SC took the win on Friday night at Lavonia Speedway. Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, TN was the winner at Toccoa Raceway on Saturday night driving the Tim Byrd Motorsports TNT in what was also a FASTRAK SE points race.

Lavonia Speedway and Toccoa Raceway will both be in action with FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series Division 1 Week 13 competition.

T.J. Salango of Beckley, WV leads the FASTRAK WRS Division 2 point standings. Division 2 is made up of Beckley Motorsports Park in Beckley, WV, Princeton Speedway in Princeton, WV, Wythe Raceway in Wytheville, VA, and Lizard Creek Speedway in Hanover, WV. Salango has 295 points driving the Rightway Auto Rocket and a three-point advantage over Tyler Arrington with 292 points.

Hornsby is third in the Division 2 standings with 254 points, and Terry Cregger of Crockett, VA in the Grayson Restaurant/Cregger Farms Barry Wright is tied with Bland for the fourth spot with 243 points. Week 12 FASTRAK WRS Division 2 competition saw Terry Cox was the winner on Saturday night at Lizard Creek Speedway.

Week 13 FASTRAK WRS Week 13 action will begin on Friday night at Beckley Motorsports Park. Lizard Creek Speedway, Princeton Speedway and Wythe Raceway will be in action on Saturday night.

Bare leads the FASTRAK WRS Division 3 standings with a one point lead over Justin Williams of Concord, VA. Division 3 is made up of Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, VA. Bare has 258 points and Williams has 257 points driving the Mark Parks Racing Rocket.

FASTRAK Futures Cup point leader for drivers under the age of 20, Corey Almond of Appomattox, VA is third with 225 points in the Ditch Witch Longhorn, and Matt Quade of Mechanicsville, MD is fourth with 221 points in the Northern Neck Chevrolet Rocket. Davis Lipscombe of Mechanicsville, VA is fifth with 200 points in the After Hours Rod and Custom Mastersbilt. Virginia Motor Speedway returns to action this Saturday night.

Stutler leads the FASTRAK WRS Division 4 standings after the first 12 weeks of the 2017 season with 439 points. Division 4 is made up of Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, WV and Elkins Raceway in Kerens, WV. Davisson is second with 375 points, and Frazier is fourth with 319 points.

Kaitlyn Frazier is fifth with 316 points, but is a non-member of FASTRAK. Technically, that would put Trey Watson in the fifth spot with 305 points. Bare took the Friday night Week 12 win at Elkins Raceway, and Hornsby was the Saturday night winner at Tyler County Speedway. Elkins Raceway and Tyler County Speedway will both take Week 13 off.

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