ROSEVILLE, California — Jason Bowles returns to All-American Speedway on Saturday (September 26) poised to capture the NASCAR Camping World West Series title in the season-finale. The California standout enters the Toyota/Copart 150 presented by Golden State Steel & Stair leading the championship fight by 78 points, and only needing a top-16 finish to secure the championship crown.
"We have spent the last two weeks going over everything in the shop to make sure we don’t beat ourselves."— Jason Bowles
Bowles concludes what he and his Sunrise Ford team hopes to be a championship-winning campaign with a second trip to the All-American Speedway in central California. The former karting and junior formula car star has enjoyed good success at the 1/3-mile oval in the previous two NASCAR West visits, having won in 2008 and started from the pole position and finished second during Round Two in April.
Thanks to three wins, seven podiums, nine top-fives and 11 top-10s this season, Bowles enters the 2009 season-finale not only leading the championship standings by an impressive 78 points, but in control of his own destiny. The No. 6 Sunrise Ford/Oakley/Joe Gibbs Racing Oil/GS 610/RPM 12/Justice Brothers/Bell/Ford race pilot needs only finish 16th or better in the 150-lap race to clinch his first NASCAR title.
“I am really looking forward to the race this weekend,” stated Bowles. “It’s nice to have the points lead, but we still have a long way to go to seal the deal. We have spent the last two weeks going over everything in the shop to make sure we don’t beat ourselves. I have to really hand it to my guys as they have done a great job all year and I expect nothing different this weekend. Bob has given me a great opportunity and I want to bring the Championship back to Sunrise Ford Racing. Bill has also been a huge help as he has been in this situation before and knows what it takes to win a championship. We are just going to go and run our own race, we know what we have to do and we know our strategy so that is what we will focus on and let the cards fall where they fall.”
The on-track action for Round 13 of the NASCAR Camping World West Series gets underway on Saturday (September 26) just after the lunch break, with the first of two practice sessions. Single-car qualifying at All-American speedway takes places at 3:15 p.m. local time, with the green flag scheduled to wave for the Toyota/Copart 150 presented by Golden State Steel & Stair at 8:30 p.m.
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About Jason Bowles:
A native of Ontario, Calif., Bowles began his motorsports career behind the wheel of a kart at the age of 11. Immediately showing talent, he promptly won several junior class races and championships, before moving up to the senior classes. Retaining his winning ways, the talented young race pilot became one of the drivers to beat in shifter kart competition. Following in the footsteps of established racing stars, Bowles began racing cars in 2004. Competing in the highly competitive Cooper Tires F2000 Championship he promptly won Rookie of the Year honors. While the Californian found continued success in the pro F2000 ranks and subsequently got the chance to test an Atlantic Championship car, funding prevented him from advancing up the open-wheel motorsports ladder. Thanks to some established relationships within motorsports his career aspirations were soon revived in the stock ranks. While Bowles was initially viewed as a road course specialist, he has since established himself as complete driver, winning on variety of courses. In 2009, Bowles will contest the entire 13-race NASCAR Camping World West Series schedule behind the wheel of a Sunrise Ford/Oakley/Joe Gibbs Racing Oil/GS 610/RPM 12/Justice Brothers Ford entry.
