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Mason Moore sets quick time & scores best finish of season at 2nd Placerville Speedway point race
By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA – April 20, 2009…Competing in the second Red Hawk Casino point race of the Placerville Speedway season, Princeton's "Primetime" Mason Moore put together his best night of the young year by scoring a fast time effort and racing to a third place finish in the main event.
The result for the 18 year-old was the best finish he has had at the red-clay bullring since running second during a California Sprint Car Civil War Series event in August of 2007. "When I drew the eight pill for the inversion I wasn't sure what to expect, but the guys had the car good in the main event and to come out of here with a third place finish is really nice," Moore said.
So far in 2009 Moore has had immense success in qualifying while driving the Friends & Family Racing No. x1 sprint car and it continued this past Saturday night in Placerville with his fastest lap of 10.406 pacing the 27 car field to begin the evening. He then charged from sixth to second in the opening heat race to transfer the Levin's Auto Supply, Roseville Precision, Sierra Single Ply machine into the main event.
After drawing the number eight pill for the inversion Moore lined-up from the outside of the fourth row in the main event. The youngster moved his way forward quickly to get up into the fourth position and stalk second running Andy Gregg and third running Cameron Mendes.
The always racy quarter-mile clay oval was in great shape and a long green flag run was seen making for some hectic action in lapped traffic. As the laps ticked down Moore would make the pass of Mendes and drive off to tally a third place finish after 25 laps of competition. It marked his best result since joining the F&F Racing team last September and helped push him up in the weekly point standings at the track.
This coming Friday and Saturday will find Moore heading into a double-header weekend of racing beginning with the re-scheduled Bill Brownell Memorial at the Silver Dollar Speedway. "Primetime" is coming off a 10th place finish during the lone Feather Falls Casino point race held at the track earlier this month.
The 410 sprint cars have also had an extended period of time off at the Chico bullring following a rainout on April 10 and an off week last Friday. Moore goes into this Friday night as the defending champion of the Brownell Memorial and will look to put the Rolling Hills Casino, Moore Insurance Services, Platinum Powder Coating No. 22 into victory lane for the second year in a row.
Then on Saturday the 18 year-old will return to the seat of the F&F Racing No. x1 for the third 360 point race of the Red Hawk Casino season at the Placerville Speedway. Moore goes into the night sitting second in the point standings, just five digits behind former track champion Andy Forsberg of Auburn. The event this Saturday will also be the final tune-up at the track prior to the May 2running of the annual Tribute to Al Hinds, which has grown into one of the top 360 sprint car events on the west coast.
More information on the Friends & Family Racing team can be found at http://www.fnfracing.com and for more info on this weekend's events log onto http://www.silverdollarspeedway.com & http://www.placervillespeedway.com
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Mason Moore will go into this Friday's Bill Brownell Memorial as the defending winner of the event and will look for his first Silver Dollar Speedway victory of the season at the helm of the Rolling Hills Casino, Moore Insurance Services No. 22 winged 410 sprinter
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