Saturday night, 16 year old Ryan Reed from Bakersfield, CA showed he was ready to race with the big boys. After topping the practice charts Ryan backed that up by qualifying 3rd just short of the pole speed set by Ryan Partridge.
This weekend’s top story was the return of Sergio Pena, the young stand out from this year’s Toyota Showdown at Irwinwdale. Ryan and Sergio stole the headlines by waging the best race of the night for 2nd. The first 25 laps saw Ryan and 2009 track champion Nick Joanides set sail. Ryan was steadily catching Nick and looked as if he may have the car to beat until the mid way point of the race when Ryan’s car started to get tight. The last 15 laps was all Ryan and Sergio fighting for the same piece of real estate. “Ryan was just flawless he knew he had to protect the high line and make Sergio go low. It was just amazing to watch him drive like a veteran and never make a mistake under pressure”. –Mark Reed
The night however was not without plenty of excitement. While running 4th in the quick 6 dash Ryan was collected in a crash coming off of turn 4. Luckily the suspension was not damaged but plenty of front end body damage. Crew Chief Robert “Toby” Tobias and the entire Ryan Reed Racing (RRR) team did an amazing job getting the car repaired for the main event.
RRR wants to send out a special thanks to Joiner Motorsports, Hamke Race Cars & Maropulos Race Engines for giving us such great equipment every weekend! We also can’t forget our great sponsors JONS Marketplace, Langers Juice, K&N Filters, H&S Body Works, Citrus Industries Inc. and the great team at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale for allowing us the chance to race.
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