PRUNEDALE, California — Jim Pettit II has compiled quite a record in his three years in the SRL Spears Southwest Touring Series, and he hopes to better that record Saturday night at the Toyota/Irwindale Speedway. The event, The Spears Manufacturing 100, is the fifth for the SRL Series this summer, with five more to go.
So far in his four years with the SRL, of which he is the current champion, he has started sixteen races, won seven times, and only been out of the top four on three occasions. The last time he visited the Toyota/Irwindale half mile, April 26, 2008, he won it.
For the drivers that haven’t raced there before, “It’s a track like they’ve never been to before. It’s a really nice race track and fast. And I’m always available to show the new guys the ins and outs, the best line around the track, and anything else I can to help get them comfortable and put on a good show for the fans. I was talking to a first time competitor last night, and I told him, be prepared for three and four deep racing. Which he thought was pretty cool, to which I replied, yeah, as long as you’re not in the center cause you’re the meat in the sandwich.”
Driving the #03 Golden Gate Petroleum / Top of the Hill Performance / BizzwithBuzz.com Ford Fusion, Pettit is currently fourth in the SRL point standings
with 155, only 53 points behind leader M. K. Kanke. Pettit hopes to close that gap Saturday night.
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