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Clay Rogers gets back on track at Kentucky Speedway, looking to carry strong run to Iowa Speedway, beyond
Press Release
After reeling off six top-20 finishes in the first seven races of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, Rogers was caught up in a wreck at Kansas leading to a 28th place finish. Then at Texas, a top-10 finish was derailed by a cut tire with five laps to go resulting in a 25th-place finish.
“We had one of the fastest trucks that we have had all year at Texas,” said Rogers. “We were looking at a sure top-10 finish until we had that tire issue.”
Undeterred by the bad luck, the RBR Enterprises team bounced back at Kentucky Speedway in the UNOH 225, claiming another top-20 finish – their seventh in 10 races in 2011 – bringing the truck home in 17th place.
“The truck had a few quirks that we weren’t expecting,” Rogers said. “We got behind the eight ball a little bit in practice and qualifying, but as the race progressed (crew chief) Barry (Elvis) and the guys made the truck decent and we were able to pass a bunch of trucks and bring the it home in one piece. We had just lost too much track position to get any higher in the final running order than we did.”
“I’m proud of Clay and the guys for the effort at Kentucky,” said RBR Enterprises owner Ricky Benton. “After the bad luck we had in the two previous races, it would have been easy for them to have another letdown, but they kept digging and making the truck better and we put together a good finish for BTS, fleetHQ and Bingham Tire, who joined us for the race.”
Benton and Rogers are hoping the strong run is something they can build on as the Truck Series moves into a four-race-in-four-weeks stretch beginning this week at the .875-mile Iowa Speedway, a track where Rogers had some success in the USAR Pro Cup Series, including a win in 2010.
“Iowa is great race track,” said Rogers. “It’s a short track but with how wide the track is, the great banking and the entrances and exits to the turns, it races like a speedway. We are bringing the same truck he had at Kentucky and I think we’ll be able to run up front.”
Rogers will be pulling double-duty this weekend at Iowa. In addition to running the Camping World Truck Series race, he is entered in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Prairie Meadows 200 in the No. 42 Beard Oil-Conoco Philips Lubricants Chevrolet.
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About BTS Tire and Wheel Distributors
BTS Tire & Wheel Distributors offers wholesale distribution services to tire and automotive dealers across the Southeast, operating out of locations in North and South Carolina.
About RBR Enterprises
RBR has been racing in numerous touring series throughout the Southeast for nearly 20 years. Competing extensively in the USAR Pro Cup Series – winning a champion in 2002 in that series – the team has made forays into the ARCA Series and several NASCAR Touring Series. In 2010, RBR joined the NCWTS with driver Dennis Setzer, competing in eight races.
RBR teamed up with Rogers for the 2011 season. Originally, the team was committed to the first five races and 15 races total for the year. The schedule could expand more if additional sponsorship can be secured.
- Red Flag Communications Press Release
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