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Mason Moore drives F & F Racing x1 to top five finish in Petaluma
By Gary Thomas
Petaluma, CA – September 15, 2008…Competing aboard the Friends & Family Racing No. x1 sprinter for the very first time on Saturday night at the Petaluma Speedway, Princeton’s Mason Moore proceeded to put together a solid night of competition as he qualified well and tallied a fifth place finish in the feature to score his second consecutive top five in Civil War 360 Series action.
Moore went into this past Saturday’s event following a season best fourth place finish with the Civil War Series during the prestigious Pacific Sprint Invitational on September 3, and looked to continue the momentum while driving the Alan Bradway/Steve Tuccelli owned machine at the always tacky Petaluma Speedway.
A total of 33 cars were on hand for the third to last Civil War event of the season and Moore kicked off the night by timing in solidly with the fifth quickest lap of the evening aboard the Roseville Precision, Merit Logistics No. x1. After qualifying however, the track seemed to get heavier and it made passing opportunities tough to come by in the heat races. Moore lined-up in the third row of the night’s opening heat and when the green flag flew he fell into line sixth, where he would eventually finish to put him into the B-main.
The drivers who qualified second and third also failed to transfer through the heat races so it put Moore on the inside of the second row for the 12 lap semi. The 17 year-old settled into third during the early laps and had a couple peeks at second place Andy Gregg, but wasn’t able to get by and drove smartly over the final handful of circuits to hang on to third and transfer the Levin’s Auto Supply, Sierra Single Ply No. x1 into the main event.
After doing a little track maintenance the main event rolled onto the speedway and it saw Moore line-up from the inside of the fourth row in the seventh starting position. The typical hooked-up Petaluma Speedway track surface was seen and it made for some very exciting racing throughout the 30 lap contest. Moore spent much of the race dicing it up right around the fifth position and as the laps wound down he found himself in a dogfight for a top five spot with veteran Colby Wiesz.
The youngster was able to do a great job though and kept Wiesz at bay as he drove the F & F Racing, Wiley X Eyewear sprinter under the checkered flag in the fifth position to score his second top five finish in a row with the Civil War Series. “It was a lot of fun to drive for the F & F Racing team tonight and it felt great to be able to get them a top five in the feature,” Moore said. “The track was racy in the main event, we had a good time and I’d love to be able to race this car more often as the season goes on.”
Moore is scheduled to take this coming weekend off before resuming action during the California Civil War Series season finale at the Placerville Speedway on September 27, in an attempt to get geared up for the 17th annual Pacific Sprint Fall Nationals, which will be held on October 2-4 at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico.
For more information on the Friends & Family Racing team log onto http://www.fnfracing.com
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Mason Moore drove the F & F Racing, Sierra Plumbing Supply No. x1 sprint car to a fifth place finish with the Civil War Series at the Petaluma Speedway 3/8 mile clay oval on Saturday. Photo by http://www.StevesRacingPhotos.com
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By the time I left Saturday night it didn't sound like anything was certain, but hopes were that Mason could run the car at Placerville and Fall Nationals and then go from there. It's a good opportunity for Mason to run for an established team like the F&F guys and hopefully he can get back behind the wheel at the Civil War finale and get another good run.
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