The 16 year old keeps turning heads with a season of unbelievable consistency. After 21 starts this season Ryan has posted 6 poles, 2 wins, and 18 top 5 finishes. “Our goal this year was to win races and be competitive every weekend. The tough qualifying invert has made winning races a real challenge this year but we have been a contender almost every race this season”. – Ryan
Saturday night was no exception Ryan was competing in 2 divisions the INEX Legends Race Cars and the new Langers Juice S-2 Late Models. To challenge this young driver they were back to back all day with practice, qualifying and main events. Ryan rose to the occasion after posting the 4th quick time in the Legends car he ran to his Langers Juice Late model strapped in and set a new track record! This was only Ryan’s third start in a full size race car after turning 16 last month.
The racing was just as exciting with Ryan starting on the outside of the front row in the Legends class after the qualifying invert. Ryan got shuffled back to 6th in the first few laps, the outside is not the place to be on the small legends track, but once he got to the bottom the race was on. Ryan new he had a job to do and drove a great race to get into 2nd place, with just 5 laps remaining he then set his sights on the leader and best friend Dallas Montes. It’s been the same story the last 3 races as Ryan just runs out of laps and settles for his seventh straight podium finish. Ryan has extended his points lead to 74 over second place Brandon Toy with just two races remaining.
2009 Scoreboard
Races - 21
Poles - 6
Wins - 2
Top 5's - 18
After the post race Legends interviews Ryan jumped into the pace car which took him to the staging area to get immediately into his Langers Juice, Jon’s International Marketplace Chevrolet. There was no chance of a front row start as the track decided to have an 8 car invert to make the Late Model race exciting. Ryan got a great start and was passing cars high and low working his way to 2nd place. With five laps to go there was a late race caution setting up an exciting finish between Ryan and race winner Randel King… The two drivers put on a great show with Ryan trying everything he had to get the win.
Next weekend Ryan will make his first start at TS@I in the Auto Club Late Models. It will be an exciting weekend for Ryan as these cars have 100 horsepower more than the S-2 cars and this will be a double feature show.
Ryan Reed Racing wants to thank all of our sponsors and fans for your support (Langer Juice Co., Jon’s International Marketplace, K&N Filters, Kal Gard, JH Sims Trucking, H&S Body Works, RBP, Approved Memory, Citrus Industries, Finishline Signs, Vandam Ent., & Ringers Gloves). Please visit www.ryanreedracing.com for updated news and information.
