Union Grove, WI – June 20, 2012.Bill Balog and the B2 Motorsports team headed
to the Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, WI this past weekend for their second
visit of the year at the facility.With
the hot and breezy conditions, teams were fighting to find traction as the
track would dry out right off the bat.Bill would qualify about a third way through the 29 competitors on hand
and lay down a lap of 13.823 seconds which would be good enough for 5th
quick lining him up in the 5th starting position of the 2nd
heat race.Bill would run in the 5th
and final transfer position throughout the whole heat race.On the final lap, Bill would continue to run
in the 5th position, but had a run on the 4th place
competitor so attempted a slide job in turns 3 and 4, but would run out of
track and tag the wall and also collect another car sending the crew to thrash
to get the car back together to race the B-main.Bill was scheduled to start in the 2nd
position, but would be late to staging due to the crew finishing getting the
car back together and would have to tag the field in the 13th
starting position.After a few laps of
feeling the car out, Bill would take the 17B sprinter to the front and finish
in the 2nd position behind Robbie Pribnow.At the drop of the green, Bill would hang
around his 11th place starting position for a while once again
feeling the car out to make sure everything was good to go before he would
start his charge forward.By the second
caution of the night on lap 18 Bill had made his way up to the 5th
position.Bill would pick up 2 – more
positions before the checkered flag flew ending the long and hot night at the
Beaver Dam Raceway in the 3rd position behind race winner Mike
Kertscher and 2nd place Mike Reinke.
Bill lost some ground in the points standings, but still
maintains the point lead over Mike Reinke by 4 points heading into this
weekend’s Friday night event.Bill and
B2 Motorsports team will head north up Highway 41 this weekend on Friday, June
22nd for the 1st of 2 visits to the 1/3 mile track of the
Oshkosh Speedzone in Oshkosh, WI.Bill
picked up a victory and a 2nd place finish at the facility last
season with the Interstate Racing Association.The following weekend, on Saturday, Jun 30th, the IRA will
join the MSA sprint cars at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, WI.
Bill
and the B2 Motorsports Team would also like to thank our continued
supporters/sponsors including:Buesser Concrete, Hoeft Builders, Rhine Auto, Maxim
Chassis, Hepfner Racing Products, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, K&N Filters,
Gleason Equipment, FK Rod Ends, Auto Meter, Saldana Racing Products, Astro
Titanium, DMI, Fibrestar Industries, Super Shox, Stumble Inn Bar and Grill,
Xtreme Stainless, Allstar Performance, Competition Driveline Service, BLZ, XYZ
Machining, Outerwears, Rhey Graphics, and Racer Gear X.
For
more information on Bill Balog and the B2 Motorsports Team visit www.billbalog.com.