 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Steady-As-She-Goes | ||||||
| During ‘March Through Dixie’ | ||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
| March 28,2007 | ||||||
|
Bear Lake,
Fortunately, however, Chub’s bad luck during last weekend’s 360 OTC
World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘March Through Dixie’ was restricted
to the two flat tires that struck his trailer en route.
The Bear Lake, Pa., veteran superstar known as ‘Chubzilla’ was one of
the steadiest drivers in the ‘March Through Dixie,’ which visited Baton
Rouge Raceway in Baker, La., on Friday (March 23); Columbus (Miss.)
Speedway on Saturday (March 24); and North Alabama Speedway in
Tuscumbia, Ala., on Sunday (March 25). He racked up two top-five and
three top-10 finishes during the busy stretch of competition.
“It was an O.K. weekend for us,” said Chub, who has finished among
the top 10 in all four 360 OTC WoO LMS events run this season (only
Clint Smith can also make that claim). “I would’ve liked to have seen it
be a little better, but we can’t complain. When you’re not too familiar
with the racetracks and end the weekend without finishing outside the
top 10, that’s not too bad.”
The 45-year-old driver was the last dirt Late Model driver to pull
his rig into Baton Rouge Raceway’s pit area on Friday night thanks to
the pair of trailer flats that slowed his 1,250-mile haul, but he
promptly unloaded and turned the ninth-fastest lap of the 40-car
time-trial session in his Lester Buildings/Corry Rubber/All Star
Performance/Corry Laser/Slavic Corporation/Farr MotorSports/Lake Shore
Paving/Custom Race Engines Chevrolet Impala SS Rocket Chassis No. 1*.
A fourth-place heat-race finish positioned Chub 13th on
the starting grid for the ‘
“I thought I was ahead of him,” Chub said of the photo-finish with
Babb. “I knew it was close, though.”
After making a 350-mile overnight haul to Columbus Speedway for
Saturday night’s ‘
By lap nine, Chub had cracked the top five. He advanced to fourth a
couple circuits later and soon began pressuring
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Photo By Rick Schwallie |
||||||
|
The incident occurred after Chub slid in front of Mars’s No. 28M off
turn two moments after a restart green flag. Mars’s front end made
contact with the back of Chub’s car in turn two – even lifting Chub’s
rear wheels off the ground for a split-second – but Chub maintained
control as Mars spun out of contention.
The remainder of the distance was a battle for Chub, who was
overtaken for third by Chris Madden on lap 17 but held off a late
challenge from
In his first-ever start at North Alabama Speedway on Sunday night,
Chub was third-fastest (among 44 cars) in time trials and won his first
360 OTC WoO LMS heat race of the 2007 season. He picked the worse
position possible (eighth) in the pre-race draw for position, however,
and ran a quiet race, slipping backward several spots before rallying to
finish ninth.
“I didn’t know what the track was gonna do,” Chub said of the
three-eighths-mile
Chub ended the weekend ranked second in the 360 OTC WoO LMS point
standings, a mere 12 points behind leader Clint Smith.
‘Chubzilla’ has no racing planned until the 360 OTC WoO LMS returns
to action with a three-race swing through his native Northeast. The tour
will visit New Egypt (N.J.)
“We’re gonna get back in the shop and get a little more geared up for
the rest of the season,” Chub said of his plans. “We have a brand-new
car, another car with one race on it, and we’ll rebuild this car we ran
this weekend.”
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Home | News | Results | Schedule | Bio | Crew | Merchandise | |
||||||
Pixs | Sponsors | Links | Guest Book | Sponsorship | Contacts | |
||||||
|
||||||
|
Copyright © 2002 &
2007
Chub Frank Racing
Rt.1 Box 146
Lottsville Niobe Rd.
Bear Lake, PA 16402
|
||||||
