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Brady Bacon – Winging It!
(Bill W) March 6, 2013 – After three USAC events in Florida, Brady Bacon had the wing back on the car in a two-night event last weekend at Cocopah Speedway near Yuma, Arizona. The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native battled with none other than Tony Stewart in the finale to place third. This week, he has a trio of shows planned with the World of Outlaws in Las Vegas and Tucson, Arizona.
Things started a little tough in Friday's heat race. Brady drove Shawn Petersen's #4x for the weekend. "We just didn't get going very well in the heat," he say of his fifth place finish. "We missed it a little bit. We didn't get a good start, and it was hard to pass. We changed some things. We were able to get going pretty well in the B (which he won)."
Brady would post from inside row nine in the feature, but he would suffer a DNF. "We were moving up in the A," he says. "We had a top ten car at the least. The engine got hot, and I pulled it off."
In Saturday's finale, Brady would drive from fourth to second in his heat. "We missed the redraw (for the main event) by one spot (seventh)," he says. "That was too bad. We got a really good start though, and had things rolling."
Advancing from inside row four, he was soon challenging for the runner-up position. Then he was battling with a driver who had been competing at Daytona the Sunday prior. "We were battling there with Lucas Wolfe for second for a while," says Brady. "They kind of got away from me in traffic. Tony (Stewart) slid in front of us with five or ten to go. I kind of had lost track of the racetrack. It was moving around a lot, going from the top, to the middle, to the bottom."
A good battle ensued, with Brady winning the third position at the finish line. "There was stuff being thrown up from the bottom, and we ran the middle for a while," he says. "He got by me, and I went to the top of three and four and inched by him. We really raced hard for four or five laps. We were able to get to the checkered and hang onto third."
Brady was content with his finish on Saturday. "I was really happy with everything, considering I felt like I struggled there last year," he admits. "We tried some different things and they worked out…so I was definitely happy with that."
Tonight and tomorrow night, Brady will compete with the World of Outlaws in Las Vegas, before moving on to Tucson Saturday. "I'm really looking forward to running with the Outlaws in Vegas and at Tucson," he says. "I'll be running Petersen's car with my engine in it."
Follow Brady on his Website, Twitter and Facebook!
Follow Brady at his website located at www.BradyBaconRacing.com! Also keep up with him on Facebook and Twitter (which also can be accessed at the website) at the following links…
Twitter Link – http://twitter.com/BradyBacon
Facebook Link - www.facebook.com/pages/Brady-Bacon-Racing/278125555137
Partner of the Week – Smiley's Race Products
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Associate Marketing Partner of the Week – Simpson Performance Products
Simpson Performance Products is headquartered in New Braunfels, TX with more than 80,000 sq. feet of manufacturing and warehouse space. Many of our restraints, helmets and flagship parachutes are manufactured and tested right here. Simpson fire suits and crew uniforms are manufactured outside of Los Angeles, CA in our 52,000 sq. foot facility. Simpson also employs the largest customer service and sales team devoted solely to servicing NASCAR customers of any racing safety supplier, based in the heart of NASCAR country, Mooresville, NC. Visit us online at www.TeamSimpson.com!
Brady Bacon Racing would like the following sponsors for all their help: Fatheadz Eyewear, Oilfield Equipment and Manufacturing, Tel-Star Communications, PPM Titanium Products, Triple X Race Co., Competition Suspension, Smiley's Racing Products, Heath Clips Lawn Care, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Tru-Square, Eaton Industrial Coatings, Pattison Precision Products, Wesmar Racing Engines, Butlerbuilt Seats, Hoosier Tire Southwest, Diversified Machine Inc., Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Lightning Wings, Simpson, Pro Pan, CP Pistons, Schoenfeld Headers, Carrillo Rods, KSE Steering, All Star Performance, King Racing, Schroth Racing, FSR Radiators, Three-wide Clothing and Fuel Safe.
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