Andy Forsberg Charges to Sixth in Stockton, CA
PETERSEN MEDIA: Back in the seat of the PHR Racing No. 92 on Saturday night, Andy Forsberg and company headed to Stockton, CA ,where they picked up a sixth-place finish during the Tribute to Gary Patterson.
“We definitely had a late-season track on Saturday night, and it was really wet and took some time to come in,” Andy Forsberg said. “We went out early in qualifying and didn’t get timed in well, but we did what we needed to do in our heat race and ended up with a sixth-place finish in the feature.”
A total of 25 cars made their way to Stockton, CA for the Sprint Car Challenge Tour’s final event of the season. After an extended hot lap session Forsberg timed the PHR/Wilkie Masonry/Western Traffic Supply backed No. 92 in 15th fastest in qualifying time trials.
Lining up in the third row of his heat race, Forsberg was able to avoid cars colliding into each other on the opening lap and worked his way up into fourth. On a very wet and fast surface, the Auburn, CA driver settled in and his fourth-place finish put him in the seventh row to start the scheduled 30-lap feature event.
As the night went on the track didn’t change much and remained fast as the feature event pushed off. The first two attempted starts were negated to do cars getting upside down, and when the race finally went green Forsberg was already up into 10th.
Using a lap two restart to pick up a couple of positions, Forsberg worked into the seventh position until the caution flew again. A two-lap green flag run saw Forsberg make a bid for fifth but the race’s final yellow flag flew and dropped him back into sixth for the ensuing restart.
With the number of early stoppages that plagued the race at this time the officials opted to cut five-laps off and it became a 25-lapper when the field resumed action.
Back underway, the race settled into an extended green flag run that saw much of the field get stretched out around the lightning-fast Stockton Dirt Track.
Clicking off laps, the final 20 went caution and stoppage free as Forsberg ended the night with a sixth-place finish.
“Typically, I fight being able to get the car rotated in qualifying, but tonight (Saturday) I felt really comfortable and thought we had a pretty good lap, but it didn’t turn out to be the case,” Forsberg added. “In the end ,with how the track was I was still pretty pleased with how the rest of the night went and to escape in one piece and with a sixth-place finish.”
PHR Racing would like to thank Pacific Highway Rentals, Wilkie Masonry, Western Traffic Supply, PitStopUSA, Red Line Oil, FK Rod Ends, Autism Awareness, Parking and Transportation Group, MCK, 1st Vanguard, Highway Specialty Co., and KBJ Catering for their continued support.
BY THE NUMBERS: Races- 47, Wins-10, Top 5’s-23, Top 10’s-30
ON TAP: The PHR team is back to work this Friday and Saturday night at Placerville Speedway as they are set to take part in the Hangtown 100.
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You can also keep up with Andy and his popular post race VLOG, ‘Shark Tales with Andy’ at www.facebook.com/sharktaleswithandy.
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