January 25, 2025
Langley Speedway

by Tim Corder

The fourth race of Season 32 of BRL’s Street Stock Series at Langley Speedway was a caution-filled event. The yellow waved five times resulting in 20 of the race’s 40 laps to be run with the pace car leading the field.  James Lowe climbed 4 spots from his 5^th place starting position to win by 0.415 seconds over Scott Negus.  Brennan Myers was the hard charger of the race, improving a field-leading 14 spots from his 17^th place start to join Myers and Menda on the podium in third.

What would turn out to be the pass for the win happened on a lap 7 restart following the first caution of the event. Lowe restarted in third, lined up on the inside behind first place Tom Hilbert. Hilbert and Lowe cleared second place Chris Haizlip in turns one and two. Lowe moved his #99 Camaro to the inside of Hilbert’s #25 Monte Carlo on the backstretch and completed the pass for the lead in turns three and four. Tom Hilbert went on to finish the event in tenth after leading the first six laps.

Jason Menda and Bruce Pearson deftly picked up positions throughout the event, both drivers improving eleven spots from the starting position to finish in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Despite the numerous cautions, 14 of the 18 drivers taking the green flag finished on the lead lap.  Only four drivers left the event without incident points: Lowe, Negus, Pearson, and Chris Davis.

Notable awards from the race included:

• Highest Finishing of Each Model: James Lowe (1^st, Camaro); Scott Negus (2^nd, Thunderbird); Jason Menda (4^th, Monte Carlo)

• Most Laps Led: James Lowe (34 laps)

• Fastest Lap of the Race: James Lowe (16.350 seconds)

Aiden Young and Donny Moore started the race tied for first in the championship standings. They finished this event in 17^th and 18^th, the rough night dropped them to 5^th and 6^th in the point standings, respectively. The night’s win moved James Lowe to the top of the standings with a 7-point lead over Edward Foster, who gained one position in the run for the championship. Scott Negus’s strong run moved him up 4 spots to 3^rd in the points, just one point behind Foster.

Race five of the season will be on February 1^st at historic Stafford Speedway. The series last visited Stafford in Season 29. J R Shepherd won that event in a dominating fashion, holding the point for 30 of the event’s 40 laps and winning by 4.288 seconds over Brian Johnson.

January 18, 2025
by Tim Corder

Five Flags Speedway

A field of 18 drivers took to Five Flags Speedway for Race 3 of Season 32 of BRL’s Street Stock Series on Saturday, January 18, 2025. Having taken over the point from pole sitter Chris Haizlip on lap 1, Scott Negus led the first 15 laps of the event. Edward Foster would assume the helm on lap 16 and would lead the rest of the event, winning by just under one second over Donny Moore. Aiden Young joined Foster and Moore on the podium in third.

Mirroring last week’s race at Lanier, the event was slowed by only one caution. Foster’s pass of Negus for the lead opened the door for Moore to pass Negus for second place as well. This set up a spirited battle between Negus and Todd Liston for third place. The two drivers battled for 5 laps before Negus settled into third on lap 25. James Lowe was challenging Liston for 4th on lap 26 when Liston’s car wiggled coming out of corner two. Attempting to gather his car up, Liston tapped the left rear of Lowe’s Monte Carlo. Both cars spun on the backstretch with Lowe nosing into the inside guardrail. Lowe would go on to finish 9th, and Liston would finish in 12th.

The drivers displayed fantastic car control, 14 of the 18 drivers left the event without a single incident point. Fourteen of the contestants also finished on the lead lap.

Notable awards from the race included:

• Highest Finishing of Each Model: Edward Foster (1st, Thunderbird); Donny Moore (2nd, Camaro); Aiden Young (3rd, Monte Carlo)

• Most Laps Led: Edward Foster (25 laps led)

• Fastest Lap of the Race: Scott Negus (18.471 seconds, besting Foster by just 1/1000th of a second)

• Hard Chargers: Todd Cousins (started 16th, finished 5th); Jeffery Hardin (started 17th, finished 6th)

Aiden Young and Donny Moore left Five Flags tied for the points lead, Young moving up one position and Moore moving up two spots in the standings. The win moved Edward foster up 4 spots, tying him with James Lowe for 3rd. John Wilson held on to 5th in the points, just one point ahead of Tre Blohm in sixth.

The fourth race of Season 32 will be held at Langley Speedway on January 25th. Todd Cousins led every lap of Season 31’s race at the 4/10ths of a mile oval in a dominating performance.

January 11, 2025
by Tim Corder

Lanier National Speedway

Bootleg Racing’s Street Stock Series held its second race of Season 32 at Lanier National Speedway on Saturday, January 11, 2025. The race saw fantastic, clean, short track racing, being slowed by the caution flag only once over the 40-lap event. John Wilson in the #14 Camaro put on a dominating performance, leading every lap of the race to take home the checkered flag. Tre Blohm and Ryan Senneker join Wilson on the podium.

The single caution flag came out early in the race on lap 4 when #16 Ed Sprenger got loose coming out of turn 2, collecting #4 Ed Foster, Foster losing the nose from the front of his car in the altercation. Number 62 Karl Graves was unsuccessful in avoiding Sprenger’s car as it slid down the back stretch banking, Graves crashing into the passenger side of the #16 hard.

The green came back out on lap 9 and the race would go uninterrupted to the scheduled 40 laps. The drivers put on a clinic of clean short track racing, nine of the 17 competitors leaving the event with no incident points. While the race was clean, it was evident that the drivers were on their toes as it was common to see them turning their machines to the right coming out of both turns to keep their rear wheels under them.

Notable awards from the race included:

• Highest Finishing of Each Model: John Wilson (1st, Monte Carlo); Tre Blohm (2nd, Thunderbird); James Lowe (5th, Camaro)

• Most Laps Led: John Wilson (40 laps)

• Fastest Lap of the Race: Tre Blohm (14.769 seconds)

• Hard Charger: Lowell Jewel, gained 9 positions (Started 16th, Finished 7th)

James Lowe continues to lead the early championship point standings with 76 points. Joining Lowe in the top 5 of the points are Aiden Young, Ryan Senneker, Donny Moore, and John Wilson. The top 4 in the standings are separated by just 2 points. John Wilson was the biggest mover in the points, gaining 7 positions with his win.

The series travels to Five Flags Speedway for its third race on January 18th. Todd Liston won last season’s race at the historic half mile oval.