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Walker Rebounds From Spin To Finish 4^th At Bradway

By Gary Costa

Chico, Ca. – (May 8-9, 2009) – Golden State Challenge Sprint Car star and points leader Tyler Walker has been on fire the last few weeks in the SC Motorsports, NMI Industrial Contractors No. 24 JEI. The Scott Chastain owned mount would park in Chico for two days to compete in the regular Friday night 410 show and prepare themselves for the prestigious Golden State Challenge sanctioned 40-lap Dave Bradway, Jr. Memorial.

Friday night, Walker was the 31^st car out and qualified second out of the 33 car field, pounding the ¼-mile speedway with an 11.449. In Heat No. 2, Walker finished fourth and took the last transfer spot after starting from his sixth position.

Walker would then start the 25-lap main event in the fifth position. As the action out on the racetrack would start to heat up, unfortunately so did the motor. Walker wisely pulled the No. 24 off of the racing surface.

Taking no chances, the team chose to change out the bullet and replace it for the next evening of competition. Like the professionals that they are, the team went to work, put Friday behind them and focused themselves for the next evening's races.

Walker again would go out late in the qualifying field as he was the 33^rd car out. He was able to turn a nice lap which qualified him in the fourth position out of the 35 cars that took time.

Walker would immediately go to work in Heat No. 1. From his fifth starting spot, he was able to chase Andy Forsberg to the checkered flag for second place. With Walker transferring into the feature, it also put him in the dash where the Los Angeles driver finished third.

From his third starting Walker didn't waste anytime when the green light came on. Walker quickly moved into the third spot; however he was pacing himself in the 40-lap affair. As the laps clicked off, the car started pulling wheelies due to the nose cone coming loose. Around the halfway point in the race the red flag flew and an "open red" was called. The crew noticed a broken water fitting on the motor. The team fixed the nose cone, but was unable to fix the broken line. Walker was pushed back off and went to war with Jonathan Allard. During the battle, Walker's right rear slipped over the edge of the turn and he proceeded to spin out and was forced to start at the back-of-the-pack.

Never one to give up, Walker pushed off and fought for every position that he could. While moving forward, the broken waterline reared its ugly head, and started releasing water, the motor would begin to "lie down", but he still managed to finish fourth in the wild night.

"I am really proud of the team," proud crew chief Lee Lindgren said. "With everything that went on this weekend they never gave up. This is a team effort. Tyler drove as hard as he could after spinning Saturday and I'm real proud of him too. We will move on and we are all looking forward to Tulare."

UP Next For SC Motorsports!: Tyler Walker will seek his fourth win and will also look to put some points distance between himself and Dave Bradway, Jr., Memorial winner, Jonathan Allard this Saturday, May 16^th for Round No. 8 of the Golden State Challenge Series at the Tulare Thunderbowl.

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