Montieth Settles for Second After Two Hard Charging Nights

On Friday night, the Premier Auto Works Race Team went racing at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA. There were 26 cars on hand and Brian started 6^th in the 3rd heat. He finished 3^rd in that heat which started him 10^th for the A-Main. On lap 17 of the feature, Montieth was sitting in 6th. In three laps, Brian was able to pass four cars and be in 2^ndwith 5 laps to go. He ended up not being able to pass the leader and settled for 2^nd place for the night.

Saturday evening, Brian traveled to Lincoln Speedway for the annual Gohn Memorial. He started 7^th in his heat and finished 5^th. He started the feature in 15^th and made his way through the field to finished 2^nd. He crossed the finished line two-thirds of a second behind the leader. Currently Brian holds the points lead at Lincoln Speedway.

This weekend, Brian will be racing at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, Lincoln Speedway on Saturday for the 12th Annual Kevin Gobrecht Memorial and opening night for the Pennsylvania Speedweek. He will also be on hand on Sunday at Bedford Speedway for the second night of the PA Speedweek.

Be sure to follow Brian on twitter for updates throughout the racing evenings.

Montieth Comes Up Strong after a Tough Break

Brian Montieth has certainly become so stranger to victory lane. In fact, he returned there again this past weekend at Lincoln Speedway for the 8^th Annual Weldon Sterner Memorial to top off his 4^th win of the season.

It was not an easy road for The Edge to get to, as he fought off aches, pain and bruises from a hard crash he took earlier in the week when USAC visited Lincoln Speedway. None of that suffering compared to his biggest challenge that he had to deal with that night, Mother Nature, as fans and teams sat through multiple rain delays on Saturday evening before the checkered flag finally dropped at 1:13am.

Brian timed 4^th quick in time trials with a time of 13.887. He went out 5^th in his heat and finished 2^nd starting him on the outside of row two for the feature. With seven laps down, rain decided to fall and cause a 90 minute delay as Brian was running in 5^th. Drivers were later called back out to help run in the track. Just as they were ready to take the green, rain came back once again and caused another delay. Lincoln was eager to get this program in as they called the drivers back out to the track. On the restart, Montieth wasted very little time making his way up through the field as he was sitting in the runner-up spot by lap 18.

He ended up catching and passing the leader with two laps to go before the caution flag came out. The previous leader who lead the beginning 28 laps, and who was now sitting in 2^nd, got caught up in the caution after the yellow flag came out. The pass counted, but the lap did not and Brian now was in the lead. With two laps two go, Brian lead the field and scored his 4^th win of the season for the Premier Auto Works Race Team.

Brain will return to racing action this Friday when the All Stars come back to Williams Grove on June 10^th and Lincoln Speedway on the 11th. Qualifying is set to begin Friday at 7:30pm. Be sure to follow Brian on twitter to get his latest racing action and results throughout the racing evenings.