MONTIETH SCORES 6TH WIN OF THE SEASON

Brian Montieth sure showed off Saturday night why he is a four-time defending track champion as he went and picked up his sixth win of the season in the 40-lap Kenny Weld/Hilly Rife Memorial at Lincoln Speedway. The driver known as “The Edge” timed third quick which gave him a sixth starting spot in his heat. He went on to finish forth in that heat and redraw to start third.

Montieth held down that third starting spot until lap seven when he slid under and passed Rahmer on the restart for second. A caution came out on lap eleven, which allowed Brian to take the lead from pole sitter Stevie Smith on the restart lap.

“I guess I learned my lesson from Fred (Rahmer) being used up all those years,” said Montieth of the restart passes to move into second and then first, “You’ve gotta grab cars on the initial starts, and luckily this thing was good enough to accelerate off the corners.”

Montieth was able to hang on through the heavy lap traffic to win by .56-seconds over Greg Hodnett.

“My hat’s off to Scott (Zellers) and the boys,” said Montieth after the Saturday nights race, “They gave me a car that I could pretty much drive anywhere. It sorta’ sucks running up front, because I knew Greg was back there, and…running in traffic here…it’s better to be second than first. Greg took his shot and I knew he was there, so it was just block for the win.”

Friday’s nights race was cancelled at Williams Grove Speedway due to rain. This weekend, the PA Posse will be joined by the World of Outlaws at Williams Grove Speedway, where they will host this weekend’s National Open for sprint cars on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Be sure to follow Brian and the team on Twitter for updates throughout the race night. @brianmontieth and @premierracing21

Montieth Holds on to a Top 10 Finish at Selinsgrove

Over the weekend, Brian Montieth and his Premier Auto Works Racing team were busy as Brian competed in races at Williams Grove Speedway and Selinsgrove Speedway.

The 25 - 410 sprinters were joined by the ARDC Midgets Friday at the Grove.  Montieth started the night by going out 7th in heat two and finished 5th giving him a 14th starting spot in the 25 –lap sprint car feature. On lap four, the red flag dropped and Brian was up to 11th. A caution flag later fell on lap twelve which had Brian sitting in 7th where he ended up finishing the night. Montieth currently sits 2nd in the point standings at Williams Grove with only five races remaining in the season.

Saturday night the scene shifted to Selinsgrove Speedway, for the Jim Nace Memorial and the 29th Annual National Open.

43 cars signed in for the event that did one lap time trials to determine qualifying positions in the heat races.  Montieth, who has never had good luck time trialing at the track, timed in at 16.30.8 putting him 20th quick. With this time and an inversion number of twenty being determined, landed him a pole starting position for heat five. He went on to win the heat and draw for the dash.  Montieth started and finished the dash in the third spot, claiming him the same starting spot in the first segment of the 22 lap National Open.

As the race got underway, Montieth was able to make a few moves and land in the second spot before the red flag dropped on lap seven. Over the next few laps, Brian continued to reel in race leader Daryn Pittman and showed his nose at several unsuccessful passing attempts. With only five laps to go, Montieth began to slow on the backstretch for a right, rear, broken wheel. The crew was able to replace the wheel and tire under the caution, but left Montieth to rejoin the rear of the field for the final five laps.  He was able to work his way back up to 15^th where he finished the first segment.

For the next 22 laps, Brian was able to hang on and bounce back through the night with a top 10 finish.

This week, the team will head back to Williams Grove Speedway Friday as they prep in the Outlaw Tuneup for the National Open on September 30^th, when the World of Outlaws make their final trip this season.

Saturday they will be at Lincoln Speedway for the 40-lap annual Kenny Weld/Hilly Rife Memorial with time trials beginning at 7pm.

For race team updates throughout the race night, be sure to follow @PremierRacing21 on Twitter.

Montieth Captures First Win of the Season at Williams Grove

Montieth has finished in the runner up spot 6 times this season at The Grove, and has finally made his way into victory lane on Friday night for the first of three features at Williams Grove during the Jack Gunn Memorial Triple 20s.

Brian timed 3^rd quick in time trials with a time of 16.95.5.  The top 12 drivers by time were part of an inversion pill draw of 6 that was drawn by fast timer Aaron Ott. Montieth started the first feature outside of row two. With only four laps down, Brian was up to 2^nd and was chasing down the leader. With several lead exchanges, Montieth was successful at taking the lead with two laps to go to win for the first time this season at Williams Grove. This marked Brian’s 5^th win this season and 9^th career win at Williams Grove!

In the 2^nd feature, Montieth started 8^th.  A caution came out on lap 10 and Brian was running 10th, and by lap 14 he was back up to 6^th. He ended up finishing the 2^nd feature 3^rd. He started 6^th for the 3^rd feature and finished 5^th.

The Premier Auto Works Race Team will be racing at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday night and return to the Grove on Sunday for the Billy Kimmel Memorial Race. Be sure to follow Brian and the Premier Auto Works Race Team on Twitter for updates on race night!