7/21/11 – The 2 day “Dirt Nationals” at the Premier Elko
Speedway in Elko, MN were up next on the B Squared Motorsports schedule.
However, Mother Nature had a different idea, as Friday’s program was washed
out.
Saturday the weather
was much drier & the racing action went on as planned. The night didn’t
start off as Bill & the team had hoped as their power plant under the hood
went up in smoke during hot laps. The team quickly got to work installing a
fresh motor in between the Maxim frame rails, as the team was doing this they
would end up missing qualifying for the night & would have to start last in
heat race #1.
The 17B sprinter
would start 9th in the 10 lap heat & worked very hard at moving
forward. With the track still very narrow, passing came at a premium & by
the end of the race Bill had worked his way to a 7th place finish.
With only 25 cars on
hand for the event, & 1 scratching after the heats, the IRA officials made
the decision to scratch the b-main. With that being done, Bill piloted the
Gleason Racing Equipment / Fibrestar Industries 17B from the 24th
spot for the 25 lap main event. There was only one direction for Bill to go
& he was set to put on a show when the green flag waved. Once the race was
under way, he began making moves as the march towards the front was under way.
The car seemed to come in better during longer green flag runs, but those just
didn’t seem to be on the agenda this night for the rest of the IRA, as the longest
run with out a caution was 7 laps. He still had managed to work his way into
the top 10 by the end of the event & brought home a solid 8th
place finish.
We would like to
Thank, Howie Gleason for all his help in getting the motor swapped.
This week the team will be in action at the Wilmot (WI)
Raceway on Saturday, July 23rd for the Roger Iiles Tribute.
To keep up on all
the latest news regarding the team be sure to visit the team website at www.b2motorsports.com. You can also follow
the team on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bsquaredmotorsports
or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bsqdmotorsports.
Sponsorship for the
2011 season comes from the following companies: Buesser Concrete, Hoeft
Builders, Hepfner Racing Products & HRP Wings, Diversified Machine Inc.,
XYZ Machining Inc., Allstar Performance, K&N Engineering, Astro Titanium,
Super Shox, BLZ, FK Rod Ends, B Squared Visual Solutions, Weld Racing,
Outerwears Inc., Race Gear X, Gleason Racing Equipment, Maxim Chassis, Competition
Driveline, Saldana Racing Products, Fibrestar Industries, A&E Collision and
Service, and Xtreme Stainless, LLC.
