Madera Speedway

Race update (#2)

March, 14 2004

   Driver Rip Michels and his Stock Building Supply race team headed to Madera Speedway for stop #2 on the NASCAR Autozone Elite Division, Southwest Series event. This was Rip’s first trip to Madera Speedway.
   PrimeSource Building Products was the primary hood sponsor for this event at Madera Speedway.
   After practicing in the top 10 most on the day, the team felt confident about a strong qualifying run. Very intense qualifying by the entire field resulted in a pole time of 14.719. It would take an 14.976 to qualify for the race on time. Rip’s first lap was a 15.193 and his second lap was a little faster at 14.980 good

enough for 18^th fastest out of 31 cars.
   Starting on the front row of the B-main, Rip took the lead on lap 2. He lead until the final lap and finish second taking the final starting position for the feature event. Starting 22^nd in the feature event Rip kept pace with the leaders until lap 13 when the car had a drive line failure ending his night.
   Rip was the only rookie to make the race and now leads the rookie points with 17 points. He also moved up from 31^st in points to 21^st after 2 events.
   Next race will be at Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, California where Rip won his first championship in 1997 driving a Grand American Modified. The race will be on March 28 and will start at 3:00pm.