Paint the Yellow

Thomas Holder took the win on Monday 05/20 at Talladega in the Gen6 Cup cars. Gary Horsley took the pole and led the most laps, but it was Thomas Holder who crossed the line first, taking his first win in a long time! Horsley was second, followed by Doug Moore, Ed Peoples, and Tyler Stelluti. After three weeks, Godfather Racing holds the top three points positions, as Kyle Devitt and Doug Moore are tied for the points lead. They hold a 12-point buffer over third place Brian Corin. Next week, we will be back in Daytona racing the Silverado.

The second round of the PTY Premiere Series was at Daytona on Monday 05/13. Jack Honeycutt barely made it into the race server, but took the pole with a last-second qualifying lap. The 88-lap race went caution free, and came down to two tandems. At the line, Tyler Stelluti made a run on the outside with Doug Moore, as they tried to pass Kyle Devitt and Jack Honeycutt. Moore pulled out to make it three-wide for the win, and Honeycutt’s final push on Devitt’s bumper was enough to get Devitt to the line first for the victory. Stelluti crossed the stripe just 0.002 seconds back, and Moore was third, 0.040 seconds back. Honeycutt came home fourth and Jarrett Bolyard posted a top five finish. After two weeks, Kyle Devitt holds the points lead by four points over Doug Moore and by nine points over Tom Moustakas. Next week, the series will be back in Talladega for a showdown in the Gen-6 Cup cars.

While Tom Moustakas is the PTY Premiere Series all-time wins leader, his last feature victory came in December 12 during the 13th season. That changed Monday 05/06 in the PTY Premiere Series season opener at Talladega. Gary Horsley drove his truck to the pole position to begin the 17th season. The 88-lap race only had one caution for three laps, and featured 50 lead changed among 11 different drivers. Chris Crosby led the most laps (23) but made a costly speeding penalty which took him out of the battle for the win. In the closing laps, the tandem of Doug Moore and Kyle Devitt battled with Matt Smith and Tom Moustakas for the win. At the line, Moustakas edged Moore for the win by 0.022 seconds. Smith was third, followed by Devitt and Brian Corin. Next week, the series heads to Daytona for a race in the Impala B.

Hunter Kuhn brings a Chevy to dance with the Manufacturer’s Challenge of our “Ford vs. Chevy” Gen6 SS Series, now with 1 win for each car Manufacturer. The night began with a blazing lap put down by Tyler Stelluti to capture the Pole for the 56 lap race. The evening had a few bumps with 5 caution flags flown, but we had an exciting 8 different lead changes of hard racing from our veteran field @ Daytona. Hunter led the most laps with 17 & Kyle Devitt followed him with 14 laps led. The last lap was a scramble that led to a wreck of positions 2-4, but Kuhn never lifted the throttle to bring his Chevy across the finish line first. The top five finishers were – 1. Hunter Kuhn  2. Andrew Pinkerton  3. Chuck Poole  4. Kyle Devitt   5. Aaron Bennett

The 6th season of the ”Got Mulch?” Series began on 04/30 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Mickey Tuttle sat on the pole, but three-time and reigning series champion Gary Horsley dominated most of the race, leading 70 of 100 laps. Tom Moustakas found his way around Horsley after many laps of trying, and went on to take the victory. Horsley was second, followed by Ray Schmidt, Tom Cerrato, and Nic Ramsay. The series will return to NHMS on Sunday night 05/05

Kyle Devitt & “Ford” Earn Bragging Rights in the Gen6 Series Opener Race @ Dega…

Ford Earns Manufacturers Bragging Rights with Devitt @ the Wheel!!!

  Tonight was PTY’s first ever start of a “FIXED Series Season” and we couldn’t have been more pleased with the  combination of  2 manufacturers race cars & our seasoned vets with new found friends battling it out on the track in identical setups.

We began the evening with Gary Horsley setting the fastest lap in qualifying to earn the Pole position & Doug Moore completing the front outside row.

We had great 3 wide racing all through the race with a green flag pit stop to challenge a few spots that would trade positions on & off pit road.

Devitt led most laps with 10 laps out front & Moore & Horsley holding 9 laps out front for a “Caution Free” race in our Wednesday Night  ”Ford vs. Chevy”  SS Season Opener.

The top 5 finishers were:

1- Kyle Devitt

2- Doug Moore

3- Richard Boehmler

4- Gary Horsley

5- Jarrett Bolyard

Jonathan Goke continued his dominance in the PTY Premiere Series in the final race of the season. After teaming up with Richie Brose, the tandem nailed their two green-flag pitstops and pulled away from the field in the caution-free event. Goke claimed the championship in dominating fashion, leading 30 of 88 laps en route to his third victory of the season. Brose finished second in the race, followed by Wallace Stevens, Gary Horsley, and Jack Honeycutt. Stevens wound up 2nd in overall points, just ahead of Tom Moustakas. Kyle Devitt and Jack Honeycutt tied in points for the next two spots; Devitt’s one victory broke the tie, giving him fourth and Honeycutt fifth.

Although this week will be an off week for PTY, next week will bring the 5th PTY All-Star Race. The format is yet to be announced, but it should be an exciting race. Congratulations to Jonathan Goke and the rest of the participants in this season’s races!

We finished up the “Fertile Grounds” Traveling Truck Series Season #5 last evening at Michigan International Speedway.

Gary had a commanding 25 point lead going into the night, but he worked hard to see if he could finish the season with a 3rd victory to sweeten the Championship run.

Nic Ramsay put down the fastest lap in Qualifying to put Gary on the outside front row for the last race of the season.

Nic Ramsay led the most laps with 31, and the trio of Thomas Holder, Mickey Tuttle & Gary Horsley all tied the runner up position with 19 laps led each.

Horsely & Tuttle traded the lead for about the last dozen laps, but on lap 86 Tuttle would slingshot around Horsely and not relinquish the lead again to give Mickey Tuttle the Victory.

Congratulations to Mickey Tuttle on his Michigan International Speedway Win!

The 7th race of the season in the PTY Premiere Series was in Talladega with the Silverado on 04/15. Jonathan Goke won the pole, and led the most laps while running with Chris Crosby for most of the event; the tandem led a combined 62 of 88 laps. The race went caution free, and after two great pitstops, the tandem of Goke and Crosby held a 13-second lead over the next group. Goke went on to pass Crosby on the last lap and take his second win of the season. Nic Ramsay finished third, followed by Wallace Stevens and Jack Honeycutt. With drivers being able to use two drop weeks this season, the standings shook up a bit with one week left to go. Goke’s win propelled him to the points lead over Tom Moustakas by 7 points. Wallace Stevens (-8) is still in the hunt, as well as Kyle Devitt (-11), Tyler Stelluti (-12), and Jack Honeycutt (-12). Will Jonathan Goke be able to win his first championship brick trophy, or will Tom Moustakas win his sixth? Or will a new champion emerge when the dust settles in Daytona? We will find out next week!

The “Got Mulch Truck Series” visited one of Nascar’s oldest tracks “The Rock” for a second time this week for 100 laps of stomach churning fun in our Sunday Night Series sponsored by Thomas Holder.

Paul Covington put up the evening’s fastest lap in qualifying to put himself on the pole. He would eventually have some trouble scraping the wall & mistakes on pit road to bring the trio of Horsley, Holder & Schmidt to dominate most of the evening in a caution-less race. In the closing laps, it would be Gary Horsely who would have the best pit stop for fuel & tires when Holder overshot his pits after racing Horsley for much of the evening.

The top five results were:

-1. Gary Horsely

-2. Thomas Holder

-3. Ray Schmidt

-4. Ed Peoples

-5. Paul Covington.

We wrap up the Truck series this week @ Michigan with Gary Horsely in a commanding 22 point lead over Thomas Holder.