Near Perfect Night for Bellm Cut Short at Lake Ozark – Looks to Rebound this Saturday

Lonnie Wheatley, NIXA, Mo. (July 19, 2018) – It was very nearly a perfect Saturday night at the Lake for Kyle Bellm and the No. 14k Sprint Car team.

After winning last Saturday night’s heat race and the Dash at Eldon, Missouri’s Lake Ozark Speedway aboard the Greenworks Nursery/Landscapes Awarded Sprint Car, Bellm was off and running in the feature.

But, contact from another car on a restart resulted in race-ending damage to the Christian County Collision Repair/Bybee Lawn Care entry that denied a sweep of the night’s racing action.

“We were leading and a yellow came out,” Bellm explains.  “He came up on the restart in turn four and I ended up on my lid.”

It was a disappointing end to what looked to be another impressive night after capturing the recent “Red, White & Blue” weekend title.

“We definitely would have been in contention for the win,” the driver of the PPG Automotive Finishes/Colorvision machine says.  “We had a fast car again, it was just some unfortunate circumstances.”

Bellm and the VP Racing Fuels/Schure Built Suspensions/Schaeffers Racing Oil team look to get back on the winning track with a return to Lake Ozark Speedway this Saturday night.

Prior to last Saturday night’s mishap, Bellm had a run of six top-five finishes in his last seven starts along with seven consecutive top-tens.  He’ll look to get the top-five streak started anew this Saturday night.

2018 Quick Stats:  21 races, 2 win, 9 top-fives, 12 top-tens.

Up Next: Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, MO) on Saturday night.

Keep Track:  Keep track of Kyle Bellm’s on-track action including schedule and results at http://www.kylebellm.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KyleBellmRacing?fref=ts or on Twitter at @kylebellmracing.

If you would like Kyle Bellm Racing press releases e-mailed directly to you, send your e-mail address to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events.  For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

Bacon Notches Three Top Fives during Mid-America Midget Week

Lonnie Wheatley, WINCHESTER, Ind. (July 19, 2018) – Brady Bacon was in the mix throughout last week’s USAC Mid-America Midget Week aboard the FMR No. 76m entry, posting three top-five finishes during the four race set with a fifth round falling to rain.

With the week of Midget action in the books, action turns back to the USAC National Sprint Cars with Indiana Sprintweek firing off Friday night at Plymouth Speedway.

Along with last week’s Midget action, Bacon also jumped into a Micro Sprint during Sunday’s finale at Missouri’s Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex and came away with the $2,500 winner’s share as he upped his 2018 win total to six.

Last week’s action started at Meeker, Oklahoma’s Red Dirt Raceway on Tuesday night, July 10, with Bacon timing in sixth and then posting a fifth-place feature finish to round out the night in front of his home state crowd.

“We had a good start up front,” Bacon said of the Meeker outing.  “It was fast around the top for a while, I just moved down a little too late.”

Moving on to Beloit, Kansas’ Solomon Valley Raceway on Wednesday night, Bacon mustered a 12th-place feature finish after timing in 11th to start the night.

“We had a bad qualifying lap,” Bacon comments.  “It was pretty rough though.  We’d pass a couple cars and then bike it and they’d get us back and we’d have to do it again.”

Following an off night, Fairbury, Nebraska’s Midwest Midget Championship at Jefferson County Speedway was reduced to a single night affair on Saturday after the Friday portion fell victim to rain.  After clocking in tenth, Bacon won his heat and then climbed from tenth to a fifth-place finish in the feature to earn Hard Charger efforts.

“I was a little too tight in qualifying, so we had to start tenth,” Bacon recalls.  “It was up top most of the race, so everyone was fast.  The bottom came in the last ten laps or so, that made for a little more passing towards the end.”

The week wrapped up in Missouri on a sweltering Sunday night at the Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex where Bacon earned his best Midget finish of the week with a fourth-place run after timing in fifth quickest.

“We were good, we almost got to the lead and then the tire got hot and blistered,” Bacon relates.  “If we could have got to the lead, I think we could have held them off.”

Bacon then finished off the week by pocketing an extra $2,500 with a Micro Sprint score.

Brady Bacon Racing is bolstered by the support of partners including Fatheadz Eyewear, Tel-Star Technology/Port City Raceway, Gene Frankowiak, Cimarron Cycle Works, Priority Aviation, Triple-X Race Co., FMR Racing, FK Indy, Heath Clips Lawn Care, Elliot’s Custom Trailers and Carts, B&S Cattle, Lucas Oil Products, Kiser’s Truck and Auto, Smiley’s Racing Products, Keizer Wheels, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, FK Rod Ends, DMI, Walker Filters, ProGlide Coatings, Octane Ink, CP Carrillo, PAC Racing Allstar Performance, Simpson Racing Products, Driver Websites, Engler Machine and Tool, Wilwood Engineering, Schroth Racing, Smith Precision Products, KSE Racing Products, King Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, FSR Radiators, LRB Mfg. Indy Race Parts and Imperial Wagyu Beef.

2018 Quick Stats:  55 races, 6 wins, 26 top-fives, 34 top-tens.

Quick Results: USAC National Midgets “Mid-America Midget Week”

Tuesday, July 10 – 5th at Red Dirt Raceway (Meeker, OK)

Wednesday, July 11 – 12th Solomon Valley Raceway (Beloit, KS)

Friday, July 13 – Rained Out at Jefferson County Speedway (Fairbury, NE)

Saturday, July 14 – 5th at Jefferson County Speedway (Fairbury, NE)

Sunday, July 15 – 4th at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex (Sweet Springs, MO)

Up Next: USAC Amsoil Sprint Cars Indiana Sprintweek

Friday, July 20 – Plymouth Speedway

Saturday, July 21 – Kokomo Speedway

Sunday, July 22 – Lawrenceburg Speedway

Keep Track:  Keep track of Brady Bacon’s on-track action including schedule and results at http://www.bradybaconracing.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Brady-Bacon-278125555137/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BradyBaconRacin.

If you would like Brady Bacon Racing press releases e-mailed directly to you, send your e-mail address to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events.  For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

McIntosh Posts Solid Midget Triple

Lonnie Wheatley, BIXBY, Okla. (July 19, 2018) – Last week was a busy one for Cannon McIntosh and the RL Hudson/Toyota-TRD No. 08 Midget team as they took in their first USAC National Midget event before moving on to Missouri for two nights of POWRi National Midget competition.

And the 15-year-old responded by putting it in the show in his USAC debut at Meeker, Oklahoma’s Red Dirt Raceway on Tuesday night and then putting together two solid nights at Grain Valley, Missouri’s Valley Speedway on Friday and Saturday.

Last week’s action began on Tuesday night, July 10, with McIntosh taking on the USAC National Midget series for the first time.  The young gun was not rattled at all, racing to a strong second place finish in his heat race to secure his first USAC Midget feature start and then drove a steady race to finish 18th on the night.

“Every car in that feature was fast, those guys are the best around,” McIntosh said of the USAC experience.

McIntosh then took off for two nights of POWRi Midgets “Thunder in the Valley” and very nearly came away with the win in the Friday night opener after charging from eighth to win his heat and earn the pole position.

“We were close to winning that one,” McIntosh says.  “I led the first 16 laps and then I hit the cushion and (Ryan) Robinson got by me.  Then I hit the cushion again another time or two and fell back.”

McIntosh ultimately settled for an 11th-place finish in the Valley Speedway weekend opener.

In Saturday’s Valley Speedway POWRi card, McIntosh climbed from sixth to third in heat race action to earn the ninth starting position in the feature.  From there, he climbed forward a pair of positions to post a seventh-place finish. 

“After we started ninth, I fell back a few spots early,” McIntosh recalls.  “I got slid and it nearly killed the car.  I finally got up to the top and gained a few positions.”

McIntosh and crew will take this weekend off before resuming POWRi West Midget League competition at Oklahoma City’s I-44 Riverside Speedway next Saturday night, July 28.

Along with RL Hudson and Toyota-TRD, other marketing partners making the ambitious 2018 slate of events possible includes American Discount, Complete Auto Care, Best Graphics, Fieldhouse Gear, Precision Inspection, Sanders and Associates, Panels by Smoke, Walker Performance, Sanders Wheels, American Discount Brake and Muffler, D&N Fabrication and Car and Fleet.

2018 Quick Stats:  21 races, 4 top-fives, 9 top-tens.

Up Next: POWRi West Midget League at Oklahoma City’s I-44 Riverside Speedway on July 28, 2018.

Keep Track:  Keep track of Cannon McIntosh’s on-track action including schedule and results at https://www.facebook.com/cmacracing/.

If you would like Cannon McIntosh Racing press releases e-mailed directly to you, send your e-mail address to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events.  For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.