Brian is in Victory Lane after winning with the NSL at Knoxville on June 4
(Bill W) November 9, 2016 – Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team broke out of the gates well in the 2016 season. After seeing an opening win with the World of Outlaws derailed by an infield tire, the team rebounded for a solid west coast trip. The Grain Valley, Missouri driver would not slow down when he returned to the Midwest, posting wins and a top five run at the King’s Royal along the way. This week’s focus is on the first half of the team’s season. We’ll cap it off next week.
You traveled to the Winter Heat series in Yuma to get your year started off early.
The Winter Heat series kind of felt like 2015 continued. We took a car that had been from that season. We had one good night and four average ones.
You picked up the World of Outlaws schedule in Las Vegas in March and stayed with them on the West Coast.
We started the year at Vegas with the Outlaws and in my opinion, we had the car to beat there. We were leading and hit an infield tire with eight or ten laps to go. That would have been a cool way to start the season, but it wasn’t meant to be. The rest of our trip went well. We finished fourth the next night, had quick time at Queen Creek (Arizona), led for a while at Stockton, and we felt like the swing went well…not only on the track, but off the track with FVP presenting the races at Las Vegas and Stockton. It was probably our best west coast trip ever.
I believe when you came back to the Midwest, you ripped off fourteen top fives in fifteen races.
I think at one point we finished in the top three eleven out of twelve nights when we came back to the Midwest. That shows how hard Chad (Morgan), Michael (Williams) and we had Wyatt (Burks) at the time…it showed how strong we worked all winter long to build our program.
You racked up an ASCS National win close to home at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, and won at Knoxville as well.
It was cool to win close to home here, and we had a win in Sedalia too. In the box score at the end of the year, we didn’t have the number of wins we’ve had in the past, but I felt we were better with our consistency all year long.
You had a very successful trip to Eldora and the King’s Royal in July.
Thursday we didn’t qualify well, but we fought back. We were able to go from sixth in the heat to the Dash, and went sixth to second in the Dash. We ended up running third or fourth that night, and we came back Friday and crashed. We were able to win the heat in the King’s Royal on Saturday. We started on the front row and led the first eight or ten laps. We had our hood blowing apart for a while and dropped back to seventh or eighth. We had a red, we were able to fix it, and then charged back up to finish with a top five. To lead laps at a big event like that that is not your home turf just proved that we can go anywhere and be competitive.
That propelled you to a big win at Knoxville before the 360 Nationals.
We were able to come back and win that NSL show at Knoxville. We were second on our prelim night at the 360 Nationals, and we were running second on the final night. We had an engine issue. We were going to finish second, and we may have had a shot at Sammy (Swindell) late.
You also racked up third place finishes at the Capitani Classic at Knoxville and the Front Row Challenge in Oskaloosa.
Those races are always so tough, but to come out with a pair of podium finishes really gave us some confidence heading into the Nationals.
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Follow Brian at his website located at www.BrianBrownRacing.com!
Also keep up with FVP, Casey’s and Brian on Facebook and Twitter at the following links…
Twitter Links – @BrianBrown21, @FVPRacing, @CaseysGenStores
Facebook Links
Brian Brown Racing – www.facebook.com/pages/Brian-Brown-Racing/200630163294222
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FVP Racing - http://www.facebook.com/FVPRacing?ref=ts&fref=ts
Other Web site info
Casey's: www.caseys.com
FVP: www.fvpparts.com
Brown’s Bits
In 67 events in 2016, Brian registered seven wins (10%), 21 podium finishes (31%), 28 top fives (42%) and 41 top tens (61%).
About Casey’s General Stores
Casey’s General Stores is a Fortune-500 company (NASDAQ CASY) operating over 1,850 convenience stores in 14 states through the Midwest. Known for its “Homemade To-Go” pizza, sandwiches, donuts and bakery items, Casey’s strives to consistently deliver quality gas, fresh kitchen-prepared food, clean environments and friendly service at every retail location. Casey’s is currently the 5th largest c-store chain and fifth largest pizza chain in the United States.
About FVP
Built on a commitment to quality and delivered with unmatched service, FVP is the confident solution for all of your OEM needs. FVP products are engineered to provide customers with OE quality products that are equal or superior in performance to the major national brands at a competitive price. FVP is proud to carry a full line of high quality oil, air, cabin air and fuel filters, powerful batteries for multiple applications including cars, trucks, SUV’s, commercial, boats and other specialty vehicles as well as automotive chemicals and oil, antifreeze, DEF, hub assemblies, radiators and condensers. To learn more about FVP or to find out where you can have FVP products installed in your vehicle, visit FVPparts.com! FVP…The Confident Solution.
Marketing Partner of the Week – Smiley’s Race Products
Smileys Racing Products and Hoosier Tire Southwest have been in the racing business for 30 years in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Visit Smiley’s the next couple of weeks, either in Kennedale, at the showroom store in Mesquite, or at the racetracks. All employees at Smiley's Racing Products and Hoosier Tire Southwest are directly involved with race teams either as owners, drivers, pit crew members etc. What this means to you our customers is racing advice that has been tested on the track first, and then we pass our findings on to you our customers. From parts and tires to complete race cars, Smiley’s Racing Products and Hoosier Tire Southwest is ready to help you get to the checkered flag first. All aspects of our business can be seen at www.SmileysRacing.com. Click on catalog and put your information in and we will send you a catalog free of charge.
Associate Marketing Partner of the Week – Schure Built Suspension
Schure Built Suspensions is a company designed by racers for racers. Mike worked on the World of Outlaws Tour for five years. In those five years, he gained valuable knowledge that can be passed down to their customers. They are always working on different valving combinations and technologies on all types of cars so they can give their customers the advantage needed to put their car in victory lane. Visit them online at www.SchureBuilt.com!
Brian Brown Racing would like to thank Casey’s General Stores, FVP, Wormall Civil, Searsboro Telephone Company, MC Power, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps / impact4800.com, Champion Brands, Ditzfeld Transfer, Maxim Racing, Smiley’s Racing Products, Weld Wheels, Housby Trucks, Next LED Sports, Schure Built Suspension, Arctic Cat, Lincoln Electric, K&N, www.hostiowa.net, FSR Race Products, TI64, Fuel-Safe Tanks, Wolfe Eye Clinic, Bell Helmets, Hinchman Uniforms, CP Pistons, Carrillo Rods, Vortex Wings, Penray, All Pro Cylinder Heads, Butler Built Seats, AkzoNobel, Kenny's Components, Tru Square, Snap-On Tools, Rod End Supply, KSE Racing Products, Winters Performance, Cometic Gaskets, Shell Shock, Donovan, ISC Racers Tape, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Racing Optics, Hoosier Tires, Klein RV, Duke’s Meats, BIGS Sunflower Seeds, NGK Spark Plugs, XYZ Machining, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Red Devil Brakes, Schoenfeld Headers, 6B Apparel, Garrett Racing Engines, MSD and Fortress Wealth Management for all their support!
Photo: Brian is in Victory Lane after winning with the NSL at Knoxville on June 4
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