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Topic: Ensign sees a spaceship go by him..runs 2nd in Run What Ya Brung
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HeavyMetalRacing
September 06, 2010 at 02:33:29 PM
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This message was edited on September 06, 2010 at 02:49:46 PM by HeavyMetalRacing

September 3, 2010

Petaluma Speedway

Geoff Ensign was back at home at the controls of his own Heavy Metal Racing, Able Maintenance, Nor Cal Transmission, VSR #5 this weekend as the wallet finally allowed the parts to be purchased which were damaged from the crash at Calistoga that took his run to the Rookie of the Year at Petaluma Speedway for the 2010 season out of the equation. To Ensign’s credit, he has always said it didn’t really matter, since he just wants to race. In the downtime, he won two main events while driving a wingless sprint car at two different tracks and nearly won a third when he ran second in a close photo finish.

This night was the annual “Run What Ya Brung 360 Wingless Shootout” at Petaluma Speedway. Ensign, feeling right at home without the wing, put his car into the show with a 6th place qualifying effort out of the 24 who qualified, his worst qualifying effort of the weekend as it would turn out. The effort put him inside of the third row in his heat race, in which Ensign then drove up to a 2nd place finish at the checkers. The all important inversion draw was a zero, which meant Ensign would start the main event inside of the second row.

At the green, the pole car broke a rear end and Ensign was forced to hit the brakes and by the time he sorted himself out, the third starting position had turned into a fifth place position by the exit of turn two:


“We got caught up behind the pole car when he didn’t take off. We had to hit the brakes and ended up fifth.” Ensign would say later.


Ensign then settled down and started passing cars and chasing after the leader.Ensign was up to third when eventual winner Andy Forsberg, who had taken the Run What Ya Brung tag literally and showed up with side panels both on the car and a side panel from a wing above the car making it look more UFO than sprint car flashed by him, relegating him to fourth. Ensign then followed Forsberg through the field and ended up second at the checkers after passing two more cars. Forsberg, with the aerodynamic advantage, won the race easily, and Ensign would be considered the top finishing “traditional” wingless car, or the one without the extra help of the side panels for handling. After the race, Ensign was disappointed to finish second, but admitted he was second fastest of the night.“That car was fast. I’d rather be getting the $2500 to win, but I’ll take it.” Ensign was the only other car to break the 14 second lap time mark in the main event besides Forsberg.

With that, the Heavy Metal Racing team packed up and headed for the Louie Vermeil Classic at the Calistoga Half Mile to face the best wingless 410 drivers in the state, the USAC Sprint Cars….in a 360.

Geoff Ensign can be reached on his Facebook page (search Geoff Ensign) or at [email protected]

Ron Lingron - Heavy Metal Racing





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