Posted on 3/24/2017
• Grabs Eighth Career Win In K&N Pro Series West BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (March 23, 2017) – Todd Gilliland took the checkers in the NAPA AUTO PARTS 150 on Thursday night, winning the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Kern County Raceway Park for a second straight year. It marked the eighth career series win for the 16-year-old defending series champion from Sherrills Ford, North Carolina. Gilliland, driving the No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Camry, pulled away after multiple late-race restarts to edge his 15-year-old teammate at Bill McAnally Racing, Derek Kraus, who finished in the runner-up spot in just his second series start. “The first half we tried to save our tires as much as we could,” said Gilliland, who won his eighth career series pole in qualifying and went on to lead 72 laps. “We didn’t make any adjustments for the second half. From there, we started to pick up the pace a little bit. When we got to t ... read more
Posted on 3/19/2017
• Veteran Driver Edges BMR Teammate For The Victory TUCSON, Ariz. (March 18, 2017) – Chris Eggleston took command of the NAPA AUTO PARTS 150 just past the midway point and pulled away to capture the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season opener at Tucson Speedway on Saturday. Eggleston of Erie, Colorado charged past his Bill McAnally Racing teammate, Todd Gilliland, to score his sixth career series win in the No. 99 NAPA Filters / H20 Fire Protection Toyota Camry. “Everybody on this NAPA Filters Toyota did a heck of a job,” Eggleston said. “With the guys missing their flight Friday, due to weather, everybody rebounded so nicely. We had a well-balanced race car yesterday in testing. We fine tuned on it. And even though we were good in practice, we just kept trying to find speed. “I wouldn’t say we had the fastest car that first segment,” Eggleston said of the first half of the race. “Todd had us covered. Our crew made ... read more