2012-09-11

Brad Keselowsi Racing: ASA Midwest Tour Austin Theriault Iowa Speedway Race Preview

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 9.11.12
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THE STORY

Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, returns to the seat of the Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Dodge for the ASA Midwest Tour 3M 150 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, on Friday, September 14. Theriault finished fourth in the World Crown 300 at Gresham Motorsports Park on July 4 in his last outing with the Super Late Model team, and he now has two Top-5 finishes in his last four starts with BKR. Theriault, 18, will be making his Iowa Speedway debut on Friday.

 

 

THE FACTS

WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Dodge Charger
CREW CHIEF: Gary Crooks, Mooresville, N.C.
BEST CAREER IOWA SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
MOST RECENT IOWA SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
WHAT: ASA Midwest Tour 3M 150
WHERE: Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa (.875-mile D-shaped oval)
WHEN: Friday, September 14 – Practice, 10:30 a.m.; Qualifying, 4:30 p.m.; Race, 8 p.m.

 

DID YOU KNOW?

·         Austin Theriault has two Top-5 finishes and four Top-10 finishes in six Super Late Model starts for Brad Keselowski Racing in 2012.

·         Austin Theriault will make his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East debut in the G-Oil 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 22, in a car fielded by Go Green Racing.

·         Austin Theriault won the Last Chance Motorsports 150 at Spud Speedway – where he began his racing career as a 13-year-old in 2007 – last Sunday.

·         Austin Theriault is third in the current ACT Late Model Tour standings with one race remaining. He is the only driver in the series to have finished in the Top-10 in all nine points events this season.

 

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING

AUSTIN THERIAULT, Driver of the Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Dodge Charger, On getting back in a BKR car after a two-month hiatus: “I'm looking forward to it. We were off to a very good middle part of the season, and we went out and had a good run at Gresham (in the World Crown 300) with a good, solid finish.

“Even though it's been a little bit of time since our last race, I've been in constant contact with (crew chief Gary Crooks) about things we want to work on and things I've got to work on. It hasn't been totally ignored by any means – we've still been working right along and trying to improve the program.”

On heading to Iowa Speedway for the first time this week: “This is another new thing for me, another different track, and it will be another learning experience for me. I don't know a whole lot about it, other than it's about a mile in length and it's banked a little higher than some of the other mile tracks I've been to, like Milwaukee or New Hampshire.

“The more I race, the easier it is making that transition from track to track. Certainly, it's gotten a bit easier to go from a place like a Thunder Road to a Loudon and be able to adjust fairly quickly. There's a bit of an improvement there.”

On his goals with BKR this weekend at Iowa: “Everybody still wants to win, and it's no different for us. Finishing things off with a good, solid finish is always a plus. Things change so quickly in racing, it's really hard to set firm goals – things change so quick, anything can happen, and you have to be able to adjust on the fly.

“That being said, I'm pretty confident we can have a good finish at Iowa and continue what we've got going here.”

 

UP NEXT

The Brad Keselowski No. 29 Checkered Flag Foundation Dodge Charger returns to the track with Austin Theriault for the ARCA/CRA Super Series Winchester 400 at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Ind., on Sunday, October 14... Theriault has never competed at the lightning-fast half-mile.

 

Posted by Marc Patrick Roy at 11.9.12

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