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July 23, 2013 (by Jeff White)

Last week saw the Ironwood Builders/Billy Alley #3 race at the I-80 Speedway on Thursday and Knoxville Raceway on Saturday.  The Nebraska 360 Sprint Series show on Thursday would see the #3 start last in the 1^st heat race.  The first few laps would see Billy move up 5 positions and settle in the 4^th place where he would eventually finish earning him enough points for the redraw.  “The car was pretty good for the heat and we moved up nicely, we were really looking forward to the “A” feature.”  The “A” feature would see Billy start in the 3^rd position.  “When we went around for the buzz lap, something was amiss with the motor, so I pulled in immediately.  Originally we thought the mag might have been bad, but upon further discovery we had a broken spark plug.  Buns, my dad and I have been racing for a long time together and we have never seen anything like it.  Needless to say we were disappointed we didn’t make it out for the feature.”

Saturday night would see the team return “Home” for Billy, the Knoxville Raceway.  “Knoxville is a place I have a ton of laps and it is definitely my home.  It was great to see some old friends and all the fans, there’s no place like it in the world.”  Time trials would see Billy finish in the 8^th position.  “We were really loose in time trials; we had a lot of work to do after that.”   The heat race would see Billy start in the 4^th position.  After a caution on the initial start, Billy would settle into 4^th place the first few laps and then advance 1 more position halfway through the race for a 3^rd place finish putting him solidly in the “A” feature.  “The car was better in the heat race but we were still pretty loose.”  The “A” feature would see Billy start in the 2^nd position.  Once the green flag flew Billy would find himself in the lead after the first lap.  The next 6 laps would be the same as the 1^st lap with Billy showing the point, but on lap 8 a slide job from Brian Brown would see Billy fall back to the 2^nd spot, one lap later the 3^rd spot when Clint Garner got around him.  Eventually when the checkered flag flew Billy would find himself in the 3^rd position and on the podium.  “It was great to run up front with Zach Woods' horsepower and Eagle Chassis.  With that being said, Brian Brown showed us that we have a long way to go and we are all ready for the challenge our future is getting brighter as we keep getting faster.”  “I’m looking forward to getting back over to Knoxville this weekend.”

Up Next:  Wednesday 7/24 Crawford County Speedway (Denison, IA) NE 360’s

                  Saturday 7/27 Knoxville Raceway

We would like to thank our sponsors: Ironwood Builders, Vogt Poured Walls, Carpetland, Klone Farms, Stepping Stone Genetics, K & N Filters, Colby Ridge Popcorn, Astro Buildings, M & K Fence, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Speedway Motors, BUDA, Depicted Image Photography by Jeff White, Troy & Tyler Walvoord Racing

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It was absolutely great to see you back, Billy.  It had been far too long.