Montieth Determined to Stay Focused As the Knoxville Nationals Approach

With the weeks winding down until the 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals in Iowa, Brian Montieth is determined to stay focus and show off his hard charging skills for the Granddaddy of them all.

Although the team recently hit a rough patch at their local tracks in Central PA, they are looking to bounce back as they prepare for the biggest race of Montieth’s career.  This will be the first trip the Premier Auto Works Race Team makes to Knoxville as they prepare to take on the best in the country.

The man that the fans refer to as “The Edge”, definitely showed there is hope and more to come as he finished 3^rd Sunday evening at Lincoln Speedway. This breaking into of a top 5 was Montieth’s best finish in the last four weeks.

For the qualifying events, Brian charged his way through the field to win his heat coming off the back row. With handicapping, this heat win qualified him for a feature starting spot of 11^th. By mid race of the feature, Montieth was half way through the front of the field and sitting in 6^th when a caution came out on lap 14. For the reminder 11 laps, Brian wheeled his Triple X Chassis around the top and was able to pass three more cars to finish with a strong 3rd.

The World of Outlaws also returned this weekend at Williams Grove Speedway for their 2^nd of three appearances this season at the track.

On Friday night, Brian started 8^th in his heat and finished 5^th qualifying him for the feature. He started 24^th and was up to 9^th when a red flag came out on the restart on lap 16. Multiple cars, including Montieth’s, were involved. He was able to rejoin the field at the rear and settled for finishing 16^th.

Saturday evening, Brian struggled in time trials after going out 44th out of the 45 cars. He started 9^th in his heat and finished 6^th not qualifying him and having to run the consolation event starting 11^th and finishing 9th. The team decided to take a provisional and start at the rear of the field for the feature and finished 27th. 

Brian and the team will be back in action Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway and Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway. To see Brian's full list of upcoming race events, visit his website at www.brianmontieth.com.

For highlights and updates during race events, be sure to follow Brian on Twitter @BrianMontieth and the Premier Race Team @PremierRacing21.

Montieth Looking to Bounce Back

After a couple disappointing weeks, Montieth and crew are looking to bounce back from this unfortunate streak of bad luck. With no better time to do so then for this weekend for when the World of Outlaws roll through Mechanicsburg, PA for the Summer Nationals that take place at Williams Grove Speedway. Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm each night.

Be sure to stay tuned after Friday night’s 25 lap feature, for the running of a bonus race, as the Pennsylvania Posse take on the World of Outlaws for the Morgan Cup. Brian will be among the five PA Posse Members representing Williams Grove Speedway in this race.

Then on Sunday, Brian will head to Lincoln Speedway for Premier Auto Works/Auto Locator Night. Gates are set to open at 5:30pm with racing beginning at 7:30pm.