USST Red River Speedway Season Starts with a Bang
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The day began with a dozen trucks attending the Wichita Falls, Texas Advance Auto Parts USST show that was catered with a generous stack of pizzas from Papa John's Pizza and two radio remotes with 106.3 The Buzz and Lonestar 102.3. Advance Auto Parts put up a $250 bonus for the top finishing truck that attended the show. Red River Speedway put on a stellar show for the fans for this first USST race. A series of pyrotechnic fireworks blasts was synchronized with the lead trucks as the field paced the track for the start of the Pruitt Ford 100 lap feature. Heat race winners Brad Sams and Keeton Feller started on the front row and proceeded to run a tight 1-2 for the entire race with plenty of action throughout the 16 truck the field. James Blanton finished a strong 3rd in his first full season with the USST. The fifteen other trucks battled hard in traffic with much bumping, grinding, passing, and even a catastrophic engine failure that spread oil and engine parts all over the front straight. This made for a slick surface for the last 22 laps of the race which Sams and Feller handled in impressive fashion with Brad Sams in the Richardson Auto Glass/Jeff's Performance Chevrolet taking the win. The show for the fans was concluded with an impressive fireworks show to bring in the 2008 season. |