BRL Street Stock Summary

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.