September 5, 2009

An important race if there ever was one.  Brad had the chance to clinch the 2009 LMST Championship at this race.  The #55 BradQueenRacing.com Chevrolet qualified on the pole for the event.  The drop of the green flag saw Brad hold the number one spot while pushing, shoving and jostling for position went on in his rear view mirror.  When things finally settled down, his team mate Josh was right behind him in the #41 Chevrolet.  The race as slowed a few times for spins and once for a wreck.  It was after a caution, with cooled down tires that Josh made his move.  A gentle nudge and he slipped by Brad for the lead.  Once in the lead, he was able to get a little breathing room for a while.  Brad closed up on him, but was going to have to move him out of the way to pass him.  Josh won the race and Brad settled for a second place finish, winning the LMST Championship in the process.

August 22, 2009

Back to the home track, Red River Speedway for another LMST Race.  Typical Texas night, hot with a light breeze out of the south.  The BradQueenRacing.com Chevrolet Silverado qualified 3rd for the 40 lap event.  Drop of the green flag saw Brad move into the 2nd spot for a few laps.  Got a little loose one time and slipped back to 3rd.  Yellow flag and quick restart with the #55 holding the third position.  Some slipping and sliding from the leaders saw Brad move to the outside and grab the lead away.  Once in the lead he was able to put a few trucks distance between himself and the rest of the field.  Another couple of yellows to slow things down.  He never relinquished the lead for the remainder of the race making this his seventh win of the season.

August 8, 2009

Saturday night racing at Myrtle Beach Speedway.  A hot and humid night with a light breeze.  First time racing at this half mile track.  Brad qualified his Brad Queen Racing Chevrolet 13th out of the 16 trucks running the 50 lap feature.  Green, Green, Green.  By the 3rd lap Brad had moved up one spot, then sat and held his position.  The field broke into two packs, the three leaders and everybody else.  As the laps clicked away, the truck got loose.   Brad searched for grip, found it and ran that line, still holding his position.  First yellow at lap 24 tightened the field back up.  Green, Green, Green. Typical truck racing's bumping and rubbing till things sort out again.  Brad's truck is getting looser.  This track surface eats tires.  He manages to keep the truck out of the wall lap after lap, all while sliding through the corners.  Two more quick cautions, one at lap 43 and another on lap 49.  This makes it a Green, White, Checker situation. Green, Green, Green. The rubbin' and bumpin' is worse this time, but everybody keeps it going.  The official results still have not been posted on the Tracks web site.  Results will be posted here when they become available.

August 7, 2009
Tri-County Speedway in North Carolina for the UARA Late Model Stock Car race was the location.  Nice night, 81 degrees with a light breeze at race time.  Brad qualified the #52 Chevrolet 15th in a 17 car field. On the eighth lap a car up ahead of Brad got loose and slowed.  Just as Brad was coming by, he moved up the track and damaged Brads front quarter panel which began flapping in the wind.  He pulled into the pits for repair and lost three laps in the process.  His car had the speed and performance to compete, but was at the disadvantage of laps down.   At lap 25 there was a multi car wreck with a red flag for a major oil cleanup.  When the race restarted there were only 13 cars left on the track.  Another yellow for a wreck dropped the car count to eleven.  That's where Brad finished the race, in eleventh spot.

August 2, 2009
Red River Speedway on a typical Texas night, hot wit a light breeze.  Brad  qualified on the pole an flat out ran away from the field from the drop of the green flag.  Through numerous cautions, Brad maintained his lead and went on to win the race.

July 18, 2009
Houston turned out to be a rain out.  Wasn't lack of trying on our part.  The truck was set up with the right gears and was fastest on track during practice.  Then the sky opened up.  Racing.... Gotta' love it!

July 11, 2009

Sorry about the delay getting this posted.... Totally my fault - Thom
 Another blazing hot day in Texas.  Temperature hovering around 103 degrees.  Nine trucks were there to race.  Brad qualified on the pole with his best time at this track, a 15.004 lap.  The start of the race saw Brad drive away from the rest of the field.  He had about a half a lap lead on the field when the nights only caution came out for a blown motor.  After the clean up the green flag flew with the #55 Richardson Auto Glass Silverado maintaining the lead.  He would finish the race in first with his team mate Josh in the #41 Silverado following him finishing in second.

July 4, 2009

Brad qualified the Richardson Auto Glass Chevrolet on the pole for the Altus Invitational.  After the invert, the #55 started from the second position.  At the drop of the green flag, Brad took the lead and never looked back.  He led every single lap leading up the the win.

June 20, 2009
Finally the weather decided to cooperate.  After being rained out two weeks in a row, the race was on.  The USST Trucks were invited and they came down from Oklahoma to run.  There were a total of twelve trucks for the race.  Only eleven started because one of them broke a valve during practice.  Brad was able to qualify his#55 Chevrolet in the second spot.  His team mate Josh qualified his #41 in the third spot.  Drop of the green flag started some great side by side racing.  There were yellow flags for the usual rubbing related single truck spins, and various broken parts.  During one of the yellow flags, the sky decided the spit some rain on turns one and two.  Being unaware of that fact the flagman dropped the green flag.  On the restart, the leader got loose in the middle of the turn, and turned in front of the field who were already skating around on a slippery track.  The field just wadded up in the corner.  Many trucks left the track for repairs, including Brad's #55.  After that melee, the race restarted with the remaining eight trucks.  Brad was out there with a bent rear axle.  Totally non competitive, but still running.  Brad finished the race in the eight spot.

May 22, 2009

This string of bad luck in this car has got to run out sooner or later.  Once again Brad was taken out of the race by some one else's mess.   There was a crash in front of him, and he got run over from behind avoiding the wreck.

Started 28st.
Finished 22st.

May 16, 2009

Brad qualified the #55on the pole at a 15.1.  His team mate Josh qualified the #41 outside front row with a 15.4 .  As usual, the  race was a contest between team trucks.  They ran 25 laps with less than a truck length separating them.  The #41 couldn't gain any ground on the #55.  He was in striking distance, but couldn't make it happen.  Lap 26 was the first and only caution, setting up a shoot out for the finish. Josh tried to set up the #55 a couple times and finally had a good run on the last lap, but couldn't get by the#55.  Brad finished in first with Josh a close second.

Started 1st.
Finished 1st.

 

May 2, 2009
One would think that the weather would cooperate and be nice and warm for a fun evening of racing.  This was not the case.  It has rained all night before, the temperature was in the mid 50's, and the air was heavy with humidity around race time.  Heavy air means horsepower.  It can also mean a slick race track.  Brad qualified the #55 Richardson Auto Glass Silverado on the pole. His Team Mate Josh qualified his #41 Silverado second on the grid.  Green Flag and the slipping and sliding began.  The heavy air did make more horsepower, and a very slick race track.  The team trucks ran side by side for the first four laps, getting loose and drifting through the corners.  Brad was able to pull ahead and held that spot all the way to the end.  The feature ran green for the entire 30 laps.  Brad's second win on this track this year.

April 25, 2009

Weekends come along pretty quickly when you are a race car driver.  Most people work all week, and are off on weekends.  Not so for race teams.  The Richardson Auto Glass team worked all week getting the #52 prepared for this weekends battle.  Then it was the driver's turn to work.  Brad started 25th in a field of 27 cars.  That starting position was only .35 seconds off the pole position.  This was a very tight field, with all the cars running similar lap times.  When the green flag dropped, the pole sitter had some sort of a problem which stacked up the field, and a yellow flew when one car hit the wall in the resulting melee.  This set the tone for the entire race.  The race was slowed many times by yellow flags for wrecks.  As luck would have it, Brad ran over some debris from one of the wrecks and had to make a green flag pit stop for a flat right rear tire.  It's pretty hard to recover from a green flag stop on a short track.  Brad soldiered on and was able to muster an 18th place finish.

April 18, 2009
Another gorgeous day for racing.  Low 70's with bright sunshine.  History was made here  at Rockingham today since it was the first time the Late Models had raced here.  This was a 70 Lap feature event at one of the larger tracks the UARA races at.  Brad had qualified in the 26th position , but actually started 22nd since cars qualified in front of him had to go to the rear of the field(motor chance, backup car, etc).  At the drop of the green flag Brad started his march towards the front.  On lap 16, he brought the #52 in for a green flag pit stop.  Brad felt like the left rear wheel was loose.  It was a good call on the wheel, but it was worse than that.  The wheel itself had broken which necessitated a tire change.  He went down three laps in the time it took to change and send him back out.  When the race restarted, Brad was running times just a fast as the leaders. The yellow came out five times for spins and wrecks.  The laps just clicked away under the yellow, making it harder for Brad to gain on the leaders.  The race was stopped by a red flag for an extended cleanup at lap 62 of 70.  Green flag followed by another yellow, set up a green / white / checker scenario.  The track went green for just one lap and the yellow came out again and the race finished under the yellow.  Brad finished in 28th position.

April 15, 2009

The day was perfect for the Special Olympics - Greenville at Furman University to take place.  Brad was there with the #52 Richardson Auto Glass Chevrolet to meet and sign autographs for the participants and their families.  Brad must have signed over a thousand autographs through out the day.  The crowd was very excited to get to see a race car and its driver close up and personal. Besides the autograph there were the many photographs that were taken with the new fans.  Hopefully, many of the youngsters and adults met at this great event will come to the races in the coming years as fans.

April 10, 2009

The weather just wouldn't cooperate with the race schedule.  The teams a Tri-County Motor Speedway were able to run the practice sessions in dry conditions.  Brad was able to get the car up to eighth fastest in the first practice session.  The second practice session he was thirteenth fastest car there.  Then the sky opened up.  The race has been rescheduled for May 22, 2009.  Now it is on to Rockingham for next weeks race.

April 4, 2009

Short Track Racing is the backbone of the sport.  Brad had the weekend off from the UARA Series, so he went to Red River Raceway to race his Number 55  'Lewisville Motorsports Super Truck'.  The Richardson Auto Glass Chevrolet started from the pole position, with his team mate,  Josh Cournoyer in the #41 Chevrolet  on the outside in the second starting position.  When the green flag dropped, the team mates thundered into to turn one side by side.  By the third lap they were running first and second with Brad in the lead. The 30 lap feature race was slowed by only one caution.  Brad went on to win the event with his team mate Josh finishing second.

March 21, 2009

Bristol Motor Speedway - the high banked half mile bull-pen.  The Richardson Auto Glass sponsored Chevrolet started 29th in a field of 36 cars that started the race.  Brad knew he had a car better than it's qualifying position.  From the drop of the green flag He started picking up positions lap after lap.  By lap 30 he had  move up to the 17th position when it  all came apart in front of him.  The crash fest started in front of him and he became part of it since the track was blocked when he got there.  The cars behind him were in the same situation, and became part of the mêlée.   The car was in and out of the pits numerous times trying to get the car driving  better.  The team worked on the car from that point to the end of the race.  Brad was able to finish in the 18th position.

March 14, 2009

The first race of the 2009 Season turned out to be a very uneventful one due to the fact that the race was
'Canceled Due To Weather'.  It had started raining 'off and on' in Hickory on Thursday and was not expected to stop until Tuesday.  Brad's next race is a UARA event at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 21st following the NASCAR Nationwide Series race.

October 26, 2008

Altus Speedway, The "Spooker Nationals" was the last USST event Brad will run this year.  This was a three day event with practice on Friday, Two qualifying heats on Saturday and the Feature Race on Sunday.  After testing different set-ups on Friday, the team left the truck alone when Brad said he was comfortable with the handling.  First Heat race on Saturday went off without a hitch, with the BradSams Winshield Repair sponsored Truck finishing in the third spot.  The same could not be said about the second heat race when Brad was involved in a wreck, damaging the front of the truck.  The team thrashed on the truck into the early morning hours to get it ready for the next days event.  After a couple of hours sleep, they were back at work finishing up.  The truck was ready for the Sunday Feature Race.

Brad had qualified the truck through the heat races in the seventh position.  The green flag dropped and there was a wreck on the back stretch in the first lap involving many trucks including Brad's #55, leaving it disabled.  The team got to work removing body parts, replacing broken parts, and was able to get the truck back on the track many laps down.  Brad went on to drive what looked more like a Modified than a Super Truck, and was able to pull off a ninth place finish.

October 19, 2008

The  BradSams Windshield Repair sponsored #55 Chevrolet Silverado qualified in the eighth  position in a very tough field. The green field dropped and Brad methodically started his move up toward the front of the field.  The race was slowed by a few caution flags, which closed up the field for each restart.  When the last caution flew with 10 laps remaining, Brad had already moved into third place.  That was as far up as he was able to move in the limited number of laps that remained, and finished third.  Brad would like to thank his crew for all their hard work getting his truck set up for the event.  Next race is "The Spooker Nationals' at Altus Speedway, October 24 ~ 26.

September 27, 2008

Changing the setup from the half mile high banks of I70 to the one-third mile low banks of Altus speedway, turned out to be a harder task than anticipated.  The team missed the setup by a little bit, which made all the difference in the world.  Brad qualified the BradSams.com Chevrolet fifth for the 50 lap event.  At the drop of the green flag, the field quickly got into single file in the front of the pack, with Brad maintaining his fifth place position.  Before the half way point of the race Brad was able to move up one spot to the fourth position.  There were only two yellow flags that closed up the field the entire race.  Brad maintained the fourth position to the checkered flag.

September 20, 2008

We had to do some traveling for this race.  Odessa Missouri, the home of I70 Speedway was the location.  The USST Trucks ran in conjunction with the ASA Late Models this time around.  It took quite a bit of adjusting on Brad's truck to get it set up for  this half mile high banked track.  With the adjustments and practices done Brad qualified the BradSams.com Chevrolet in second position for the 100 Lap event.  When the green flag dropped, Brad was able to hold on to his second position throughout the entire first 50 laps, which was slowed by only two caution periods.  At 50 laps was a mandatory five minute pit stop.  His pit crew turned a perfect pit stop with a change of four tires and a full tank of fuel.  The second half of the race saw Brad maintain second position only to be passed, moving him back to third.  He was able to maintain that position clear to the finish of the race.

August 30-31, 2008

Two days of racing.  We had an open track for practice followed by qualifying on Saturday.  Brad practiced the #55 Chevrolet for many laps making adjustments until he was satisfied with the handling.  He then went on to qualify the truck third for Sunday night's race.
The drop of the green flag saw thirteen trucks start the event.  There was a quick yellow flag for a spin, then the track remained green for more than half the laps to be run.   Brad moved to second position for almost  the entire race.  Near the end of the race, one of the trucks had a problem and oiled down the track, bringing out the red flag for an extended cleanup.  As the laps were winding down, Brad tried to pass a lapped truck on the outside.  Unfortunately, the speedy dry has accumulated on the upper groove causing Brad to slip and the second and third place trucks got by.  Brad finished the race in the fourth position.

August 23, 2008

It was an easy win Saturday night.  There were 10 trucks at the track for the event.  There was a two lap qualifying run for each truck.   No heat races to run tonight.  After qualifying there was only the 50 lap feature to run.   Brad qualified in the third position, inside second row.  After the drop of the green flag. it didn't take long to pass the second place truck.  Then 10-15 laps in Brad was clearly faster than the leader and accidentally got into the back of him and turned him around.  There was no damage to either truck.  As per USST rules, they sent  both trucks to the rear of the field for the restart.  When the field restarted there was some contact between them again resulting in a little damage to the the rear of Brad's truck, but Brad quickly pulled away.  He then began to pick them off one by one and regained the lead right at halfway point of the race.  By the end of the race, he had lapped everyone but the second place truck, and was a half lap or more ahead of him.  Brad captured his eight win of the season.

August 16, 2008

Rained Out.  Rescheduled for August 30, 31.

August 2, 2008

Qualified third for tonight's event.  After the invert of the starting positions Brad was to start in the eighth position.  This is not were he wanted to start the race.  He chose instead to drop to the last position for the start of the race, to avoid "The Big One".  As it turned out this was a wise decision on his part.  After the cleanup, he restarted in the middle of the pack.  By lap 15 Brad had taken the lead and never looked back.  He went on to his seventh win of the season.

July 26, 2008

We returned to Tulsa Oklahoma this weekend to race at JRP Speedway for the second time this season.   The race was slowed by yellow flags for a blown engine, broken rear end  link and a crash.  When all was said and done it was Brad's Race.  This marks Brad's sixth win for the 2008 Season, with nine races remaining.

July 19, 2008

After the debacle of two weeks ago at Red River Speedway, this was a breath of fresh air.  The time between races was well used.  The 55 Truck needed to be rebuilt.  The frame need to be straightened and all the body panels had to be replaced.  A callout of thanks to Don Satterfield for all his help with the repairs and Crew Chief duties for the weekend.  Brad qualified the Chevrolet Silverado at Red River Speedway second for the race.  He actually started the race from the pole as the top qualifier never made it to the grid as he had an engine failure right before the start of the race.  At the drop of the green flag Brad was able to hold the first position.  He never relinquished that spot for the entire race, going on to a dominating victory.

July 6, 2008

The last race of the weekend is behind us now.  Twelve trucks started this race and only two trucks finished.  There were cautions through out the race due to wrecks.  Brad got involved in a wreck about lap 25 and was unable to continue.  This was his first DNF of the season.

July 5, 2008

Fifty lap feature race tonight.  Brad started from P4, inside second row.  By the second lap of the race he had already moved into the second spot.  He sat there and paced the leader for a few laps and then made the pass for the lead.  The field was slowed around lap six for a single car spin.  When the field went back green, Brad started to pull away from the field.  He never looked back.  The race remained green until lap 46, when there was a multi car pile-up.  There were now just 4 laps remaining in the race.  The race was called at this point, for safety concerns form all the liquids dropped on the track. 

July 4, 2008

Altus Speedway held it first July 4th Invitational race.  The starting lineup was set by the 'luck of the draw'.  Brad pulled the number '1' so he started the race from the pole.  The race was slowed by a crash right after the drop of the green flag.  After the cleanup from the crash, the race was again slowed by debris on the track.  That was the last time the race stopped until the Checkered flag waved.  Brad wont the race after leading the entire time.