The 21-year old driver who made the leap from the INEX Legend Car Series and Late Models made his inaugural ARCA Racing Series debut at Berlin (Mich.) Raceway on July 9 where he qualified a respectable 15th before finishing a modest 16th. From Michigan, the team trenched to the series’ return to Madison (Wisc.) International Speedway, where the Friendswood, Texas native started once again in the 15th position before taking the checkered flag in the 17th spot.
In their final run of 2011, the team invaded the Northern Ohio racetrack of Toledo Speedway, the site of the season finale. After a positive test session at the half-mile oval a week prior to the contest, the team was optimistic about their chances. Despite qualifying 16th, Evans Jr. easily made his presence known in No. 99 Elevator Transportation Services / Casite / RoushYatesParts.com Ford Fusion throughout the 206-lap slugfest to claim his first career top-10 finish after crossing the line ninth.
On the heels of their superior run at Toledo Speedway, officials from both sides have agreed to return together for 2012 and pair-up for all the anticipated races aired on SPEED with the exception of the season-opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in February.
Also, Evans Jr. himself is vigorously working with potential marketing partners to further increase his on-track presence next year.
“We’re excited to have CJ back on-board next year,” said crew chief Howard Bixman. “We decide to run Berlin just for some seat time. Arriving at Madison we took the next step with this program. Tested Toledo with a new car we had built for CJ, and found out it was time to go forward and be a contender. I was thoroughly impressed with his focus and desire to improve at every single race. His run at Toledo Speedway was nearly flawless. We still kept our guard up, but CJ stayed out of trouble, and finished ninth. We were real happy with that.”
Bixman added, “We’re looking for a strong solid season though. Team BCR has been steadily preparing his Ford Fusions for him for next year. His desire to hit the pavement harder in order to run more races by sponsor hunting. With that mindset, I think you’ll see added events to our already anticipated races.”
“Our run at Toledo was definitely a boost,” the rising star initiated. Howard and the team built two new cars for me this year and completely rebuilt one. With RoushYates Engines and a strong leadership from Howard and having a solid team like Team BCR behind me 2012 will be awesome.” “While, I enjoyed the short tracks in ARCA, I’m eager to race at some of the bigger tracks and really show our competition how strong and dedicated our organization is. I’ve learned so much this past year, it’s really still so hard to elaborate it all. I’ll be spending the off-season with the team as much as possible in order to show them my commitment and faith in them. Not to mention, I’m eager to learn more about these racecars, as I feel it will only enhance me behind the wheel.”
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- Team BCR Racing Press Release
