![]() ![]() “I was trying to look in the infield at the board to see how many laps to go and I couldn’t see. “To be honest, I had no idea how many laps to go,” Avedisian said. Avedisian (71) driving underneath Whitley (58) (Tyler Carr Photo) Nearly out of breath in Victory Lane, still stunned from the magnitude of the exciting finish, Avedisian recalled the intensity of the final laps as she clawed her way through a pack of lapped cars, scrambling to keep pace with leader Whitley to afford herself a shot at the lead before the checkered. “I didn’t even know I won the race, either,” Avedisian said. One week after suffering heartbreak on a last-laps pass that denied her of a Feature win, Jade Avedisian reversed the roles Saturday night with a last-lap, last-corner pass of her own to score the win in the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota’s debut at Atomic Speedway.Īvedisian, 16, of Clovis, CA, followed race-long leader Daniel Whitley into Turn 3 coming to the checkered and capitalized on his failed pass attempt in traffic, pointing the car to the inside of Whitley off Turn 4 and using a full head of steam to win the drag race to the start/finish line.Ī sequence of events so fast, even she was unsure of what exactly happened. Photo Credit: Rick Rarer/SprintCarNews.Avedisian Executes Last-Lap, Last-Corner Pass on Whitley to Win Atomic Debut Tony Stewart Racing: Facebook at or on Twitter and Instagram at Tony Stewart/Tony Stewart Racing Statistics: (thru September 16, 2019) More information can be found at as well as at Tony Stewart: Facebook at or on Twitter at. ![]() 14/Rush Truck Centers/Toco Warranty/Ford Performance/Curb Records/Sage Fruit/Absolute Automation & Security/J&J Auto Racing motorsports team on the Web and on social media. Fans should stay alert on social media for continuing updates.įans are encouraged to follow the progress of Tony Stewart, Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing and the No. Upcoming plans for Tony Stewart remain uncertain. Hats off to the Knittel family for building such a great event at Atomic Speedway.” All-in-all, a great weekend for the team. If anything, I should probably allow him to drive more often so I can learn from him. “I can’t thank Tim Shaffer enough for stepping forward and helping us get through the weekend,” Tony Stewart explained, who owns nine sprint car victories in 2019. Shaffer earned his way into the 30-lap, five-figure blockbuster by finishing third during his respective heat race. Only participating in Thursday’s ‘Speedweek: Reloaded’ program due to NASCAR commitments in Las Vegas, Smoke opened the weekend with an eighth place finish on September 12, advancing two positions after starting tenth on the $5,000-to-win starting grid.Īlthough his podium run on Friday highlighted the entire weekend for Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Tim Shaffer concluded the three-day, All Star Circuit of Champions campaign by finishing tenth during the $12,554-to-win Dean Knittel Memorial finale on Saturday, September 14. 14 sprint car team, and although Columbus, Indiana’s Tony Stewart was only present for one of the three top-ten outcomes, the ‘Steel City Outlaw’ Tim Shaffer filled-in for the boss well and helped achieve the team’s best performance of the weekend a charge sixth to third during ‘The Night Before The Knittel’ on Friday, September 13. (September 16, 2019) – Three nights at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio, eventually resulted in three consecutive top-ten performances for the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing/Rush Truck Centers/Toco Warranty/Ford Performance/Curb Records/Sage Fruit/Absolute Automation & Security/No. ![]() Track: Atomic Speedway (Chillicothe, Ohio)īROWNSBURG, Ind. Series: Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 Dates: Thursday-Saturday, September 12th-14thĮvents: ‘Speedweek: Reloaded’ & Dean Knittel Memorial ![]()
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