ChubZilla Clinches his 3rd Renegade DirtCar Series Championship In A Row At The Rock

ChubZilla Clinches His 3^rd

Renegade DirtCar Series Championship In A Row At The Rock.

October 6, 2002 – Atlanta, Ga.

After getting rained out Friday during the 2^nd heat race in which Chub was leading by a straight a way

The Renegade Dirt Car Series picked up where it left off for the Renegade Dirt Car series sanctioned $10,000 to win "Big Kahuna II 50" at "The Rock" Allegany County Speedway in Cumberland, MD. Sunday. For further information visit The Rock-Allegany County Speedway's website located at www.dirtrock.com.

Chub qualified the Corry Rubber, Corry Laser, Nystrom’s Auto Sales, Draime Racing Engines, Rocket Chassis, Pierotti Motorsports, Farr MotorSports, Chevrolet Monte Carlo in 14^th out of 83 drivers entered for the "Big Kahuna 50" at Allegany County Speedway. Chub lined up in the 2^nd position in the 2^nd heat and went on to win the heat race that put him in 8th position for the "Big Kahuna 50" main event during the a-main Chub had to pit for a mechanical problems with the car on the 9^th lap and rejoined the field starting 24^th and worked his way back into the top 15 to clinch his 3^rd Renegade DirtCar Series Championship. The top 5 finishers for tonight were 1^st Rick Eckert, 2^nd Earl Pierson, 3^rd John Flinner, 4^th Steve Shaver and 5^th Davey Johnson.

In route to his 3^rd consecutive Renegade Dirt Car Series Championship Chub recorded 5 wins, 14 top 5’s, 23 top 10’s, 29 top 15’s, and 31 top 20’s and no D.N.F.’s, at 35 races in 11 different states. He also won 8 heat races, 1 dash, 4 b-mains, and was awarded the hard charger of the race 3 times. Chub took the point lead back from Mike Balzano back on July 20^th at Farley, Iowa and never looked back. Chub is only the second driver to win 3 consecutive Renegade Dirt Car Series Championship’s in the 19-year history of the series. Chub was quick to thank all the support he has received from Mary, his sponsors and family and friends throughout the year and a special thanks to Rick (Boom) Briggs “without his help I wouldn’t be in this position Boom always been there when I needed his help. This has been a very trying year for this team and I really appreciate everyone’s help and support Thank You”.