Posted on 8/28/2016
K&N Pro Series West Returns To Oregon Track ROSEBURG, Ore. (Aug. 27, 2016) – Riley Herbst led the charge for Bill McAnally Racing at Douglas County Speedway on Saturday, finishing third in the Toyota / NAPA AUTO PARTS 150 – an event that marked the return of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West to Roseburg, Oregon. It was Herbst’s third straight third-place finish, a career-best mark for the 17-year-old rookie from Las Vegas who pilots the No. 19 NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry. “We had to battle to get to the bottom the whole race, it felt like,” Herbst said of the preferred lower groove around the 3/8-mile track. “It was like we could never catch a break, but when we got to the bottom we were moving forward – passing cars left and right. I felt like it might be our race to win. We needed one more caution to get by the 9 and the 27.” Herbst’s BMR teammate, Julia Landauer, also matched her career-best mark – with her fourth fifth-place finish of the season. Landauer, a 24-year-old New York na ... read more
Posted on 8/13/2016
•Gilliland Scores Win, Followed By Eggleston And Herbst MONROE, Wash. (Aug. 13, 2016) – Bill McAnally Racing swept the podium in NASCAR K&N Pro Series West action at Evergreen Speedway on Saturday as Todd Gilliland won the NAPA AUTO PARTS 150 presented by Toyota, with Chris Eggleston taking second and Riley Herbst finishing third. It’s the fifth victory this season for the rookie driver in the No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Camry and marked BMR’s seventh win in the first nine races in 2016. Gilliland, 16, of Sherrills Ford, North Carolina won by a margin of 1.012 seconds over Eggleston in the No. 50 NAPA Filters / H2O Fire Protection Toyota Camry – while Herbst collected a career-best finish in the No. 19 NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry. After winning his fifth pole award of the year in qualifying, Gilliland set sail in the race to lead wire-to-wire for the win. Eggleston, who started alongside Gilliland on the front row, challenged for the lead – but could not gain the spot. Herbst char ... read more