September 29, 2002
After being delayed a day by Rain from tropical storm Isadora Chub and
The Renegade DirtCar Racing Series made their only 2002 appearance of
the season to Winchester Speedway in Winchester, VA. for the running of
the "Winchester 200", as owner/promoter Doug Timmons and
general manager Dave Wilt present the "Winchester 200" at
their semi-banked 3/8ths mile dirt oval. The annual event, sponsored by
Shag's Lumber and Cam 2 Racing Gasoline sanctioned by The Renegade
DirtCar Racing Series. You can visit Winchester Speedway's web site at
www.winchestervaspeedway.com.
The 2 time defending Renegade DirtCar Racing Series Champion headed to
Winchester Speedway with only one thing on his mind and that's winning
the "Winchester 200," with points races winding down and
having a 410 point lead Chub refuses to points race and races every race
to win. Chub drew a late qualifying spot and timed in 17th out of 56
drivers trying to make the main event. Chub started 5th in the 1st heat
and finished 2nd to Todd Andrews that starts Chub in the 11th position
in the "Winchester 200" On Sunday Chub lined up The Corry
Rubber, Corry Laser, Nystrom's Auto Sales, Draime Racing Engines, Rocket
Chassis, Pierotti Motorsports, Farr MotorSports, Chevrolet Monte Carlo
in 11th for the 100 lap event. Chub knew right from the start that it
was going to be very difficult as Winchester is always slick and very
hard to pass on. He began moving up to 8th by lap 26th and brought
the 1* home in 8th to record his 40th top ten finish in 55 races. The
top 10 in the "Winchester 200" were 1st Todd Andrews, 2nd
Steve Shaver, 3rd Rob Blair, 4th Jeremy Miller, 5th Bob Close, 6th
Booper Bare, 7th Rodney Franklin, 8th Chub Frank, 9th Andy Anderson and
10th Mike Balzano.
All Chub has to do in the 2 remaining Renegade DirtCar Racing Series
points races is show up and start the race to clinch his 3rd Renegade
DirtCar Racing Series Championship for the 2002. Chub has a provisional
starting spot by points to start every race. Out of the 19 previous
years only one other driver has ever won 3 Renegade (STARS) DirtCar
Series Championships in a row Steve Francis in 1996 - 1998. Chub is also
leading in Time Trial Point Standings, "Hard Charger of the
Race" Point Standings and feature Event Wins for 2002.
2002 Renegade DirtCar Racing Series Point Standings
after 9-29-02.
1. Chub Frank 7,160
2. Mike Balzano 6,730
3. Steve Shaver 5,760
4. Rob Blair 5,450
5. Rod Conley 5,010