Brian competes at Tulare (Chucko’s Photos – www.ChuckO.com/Photo)
(Bill W) March 21, 2017 – Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team are looking forward to this weekend’s FVP Western Spring Shootout with the World of Outlaws at the Stockton Dirt Track in California. The Grain Valley, Missouri driver is coming off a bit of a tough weekend at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California with the WoO.
Things started Friday in Tulare and you timed in 11th quick.
We were able to get qualified decent. Like we’ve said all year, qualifying sets up your night with the World of Outlaws. Being in the top eight is where you want to be. That puts you up front in the heat and in position for a Dash spot. We ran a 12.899 and Donny (Schatz) had eighth quick at 12.879. So that’s the difference between running from the front row in the heat and where we did in third. There’s a lot of parody right now, and it’s a tight field.
You finished third in the heat, which meant you’d start eleventh in the feature.
The heat didn’t see a lot of passing. It was pretty narrow and rough…a typical Tulare deal early on. The team does a good job every time we come here in making me comfortable, and last weekend was no exception.
How did the feature go?
It started to slick off a little bit. We ventured up towards the fence and got into it. That packed the right rear full of mud, and it started vibrating. We pulled off at that point. I think we were in position to run in that eighth to twelfth range. That would have made for a solid night, but things like that happen sometimes.
You didn’t time in as well on Saturday.
We were ninth quick in hot laps. We made some adjustments that just weren’t right and we ended up timing 20th quick. We didn’t go through the holes in one and two as well as we had in the past either. That hurt us.
What can you do about running through those holes?
I’m not a big fan of bouncing around. That’s a place where Chad (Morgan) has worked really hard so we’re not bouncing around as much as most. We didn’t get off the corner very well and we didn’t get down the backstretch as well. It was unique. It was heavy from entry to the corner to the center, but slick coming off all the way down the backstretch.
That meant starting the heat inside row three.
We were actually up to fourth at one point challenging for third. Then we got to racing with Tim Kaeding, and got shuffled back to sixth. We had to run the B and finished fourth.
Tulare is a tough place to start in the back at.
We made a few swings at trying some things. About midway through, it started laying rubber and where we were, there was no sense in continuing. That was enough of Tulare for the weekend.
You have to be looking forward to Stockton this weekend.
We had some success there last year, and were in position to win. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate. This is one of our bigger FVP events of the year. There is always a big turnout of customers and employees, and we want to give them something to cheer about.
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Other Web site info
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FVP: www.fvpparts.com
Brian’s Bits
Brian opened up the 2009 season with a win at the Springfield Speedway in Springfield, Missouri. It was Brian’s first triumph ever in the month of March. Josh Fisher was second in the event, ahead of Derek Hagar, Toby Brown and Sean McClelland.
About Casey’s General Stores
Casey’s General Stores is a Fortune-500 company (NASDAQ CASY) operating over 1,900 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 4th 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 – Champion Racing Lubricants (Champion Racing 20W50 Motor Oil)
Visit Champion’s new web page at www.ChampionsUseChampion.com! Champion Racing 20W50 Motor Oil is the one that started it all by beating the competition in providing more horsepower, torque, and anti-wear additives than many of the more well known brands of racing oil. Champion Racing 20W50's premium ZDDP anti-wear protection is among the highest in the industry. Champion's exclusive shear stabilizer delivers better film strength and piston ring seal at peak temperatures. Champion Racing 20W50 also delivers more foot-pounds of torque with higher compression than any competitor's brands.
Benefits include:
• Provides exceptional low coefficient of friction
• Offers film strength and viscosity stability of thicker mono-grades at higher temperatures
• Provides upper cylinder anti-wear protection
• Increases high-temp oil pressure and compression
• Formulated for flat tappet, roll over cams and bearings in turbo and super-charged racing engines
• Lowers engine temperature
• Compatible with petroleum and other synthetics
Associate Marketing Partner of the Week – K&N Filters
Brian says – “We’re proud to run with K&N. They have a carbon-fiber air box. The key to horsepower is air. When you’re choosing the filter to save the bearing and keep the dirt out, it’s K&N.”
Brian is a proud partner with K&N Filters. K&N Engineering, of Riverside, California, is the inventor and leading innovator of reusable cotton gauze filter technology for automotive applications. From humble beginnings as a family run business over 35 years ago, K&N Engineering, now a truly global company with offices in the U.K. and the Netherlands, continues to exist as a family owned business with an enthusiast mindset and a direct connection with motor sports that carries over throughout all levels of management and manufacturing. Today, K&N exists as both the sales and brand leader for performance filters, and maintains a stocking catalogue of over 3,500 part numbers, including an extensive line of both factory replacement drop-in filters, FIPK (Fuel Injection Performance Kit) applications, and its line of innovative Performance Gold oil filters. Visit them at www.KNFilters.com!
Brian Brown Racing would like to thank Casey’s General Stores, FVP, Wormall Civil, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps/ impact4800.com, Champion Brands, Weld Wheels, Ditzfeld Transfer, Maxim Racing, Smiley’s Racing Products, MSD ignition, MC Power, Housby, Searsboro Telephone Company, Next LED Sports, Hope for the Warriors, Factory Kahne Shocks, Arctic Cat, Lincoln Electric, K&N, www.hostiowa.net, FSR Race Products, TI64, ATL 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, Snap-On Tools, Rod End Supply, KSE Racing Products, Winters Performance, Cometic Gaskets, Shell Shock, Donovan, ISC Racers Tape, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Racing Optics, 5-hour ENERGY, Hoosier Tires, NGK Spark Plugs, XYZ Machining, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Red Devil Brakes, Schoenfeld Headers, 6B Apparel, Garrett Racing Engines, and Fortress Wealth Management for all their support!
Photo: Brian competes at Tulare (Chucko’s Photos – www.ChuckO.com/Photo)
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