IndyCars @ Gateway (Car Pack v1.3) & COT @ Pocono!!

Kory Williams brought the #18 M&Ms car to victory lane while the rest of the field was busy trying to collect various car parts off of the track following a wild finish at Iowa on Thursday night.. The #1 Gould Charge of Rick Ravon had the lead late in the race, but Williams was able to get under Ravon, and opened the door for several other drivers to move underneath.. As the field came to the white flag, contact was made between Ravon's car and that of Jason Fuchs' #19 Mopar car.. The triggered a massive multi-car incident that involved all but 3 drivers.. Marco Brughelli's #11 7-Eleven car and Mike Born's #14 Old Spice car were able to make it through unscathed, but that wouldn't last long as those two made contact in turn 3 putting both into the wall.. Even with the damage from the first incident, Hal Moore was able to pilot his #9 Budweiser car home in 2nd, followed by Mike Morris' #05 Marlboro Menthol car and Jason Fuchs..

The race started out very well for all drivers, as a long green flag run produced a lot of side-by-side and three-wide action.. Damian Katz, the youngest driver in FBR's history, led a total of 18 laps in his #47 West car before fuel issues forced his retirement on lap 61.. Butch Davis, one of the early season points leaders, led laps again and had a shot at victory until the final lap incident ruined those chances.. Mark Page's night ended early when the engine in his #33 Skoal Bandit expired with 17 laps remaining.. Jaime Huppert again showed he could hang with the big boys in his #96 MOMO car, but like many others, fell victim to the last lap incidents.. 

 The FBR IndyCar Series hit the 1.5 mile cookie cutter of Kansas on Thursday night with tensions running high.. With several drivers continuing to show improvement in these cars, the race was up for grabs.. Polesitter Marco Brughelli led the field to the green, with Chad Simpson on outside pole.. Butch Davis started third, followed by Jason Fuchs, Hal Moore, Mike Morris, Kory Williams, Kyle Millikin, Mike Norris, Jaime Huppert, and Patrick Norris.. The drivers learned very quickly that the race would be a huge chess match, as a total of 75 lead changes took place during the event.. Patrick Norris' day ended on lap 21 when contact with the wall tore the right front suspension from the #17 Ethanol car.. Kyle Millikin's race started out very promising, as he was able to fight his way to the lead for a total of 6 laps, but a blown motor on lap 37 put the #42 Patron Tequila car out of the race.. Mike Norris' day would end only 19 laps from the finish as a mechanical failure sidelined the #20 Invicta Watches car, leaving Norris to finish 9th.. Overall, the race was slowed by 3 yellows for a total of 9 laps, but the race pace still averaged well over 190mph for the entire event.. A final lap incident between Jason Fuchs and Mike Morris relegated the two drivers to 7th and 8th place finishes respectively, which is a far cry from where they could have finished during a mad dash on the last lap as both were positioned with a chance to win coming out of turn 2.. The incident between the #19 Mopar car of Fuchs and #05 Marlboro car of Morris opened the door for the #11 Army car of Marco Brughelli to get a tow from both the #18 M&Ms car of Kory Williams and the #43 STP car of Butch Davis as they exited turn 4.. As the drivers exited turn 4, Davis was underneath Williams, and Brughelli was able to pull under both drivers coming to the line.. Brughelli dove to the apron of the track and all three drivers crossed the line side by side.. In the end, Brughelli earned his first victory of the season, beating Davis to the line by 18 thousandths of a second, with Williams only 4 thousandths behind Davis.. Hal Moore continued his consistent ways finishing a strong 4th in the #9 Budweiser car, followed by Chad Simpson in his #15 Target ride.. Jaime Huppert had a great showing, bringing his #96 MOMO car home a respectable 6th..

Next up for the IndyCar series is the fast short track in Iowa, where 17 second laps are the norm.. It's sure to be quite a different race than Kansas as handling and tire management will play a much larger role at Iowa.. Regardless, it should be one hell of an event..

 The FBR Motorsports COT Series hit the high banks of Talladega after a rain-out at New Hampshire forced a location change.. The drivers took to the track for 80 laps of intense action, with Matty Watkins pulling out the victory by 7 hundredths of a second over Jason Fuchs.. Kory Williams finished 3rd, extending his massive points lead to 402 over 5th place finisher Hal Moore.. Mike Morris had a shot for the win, but was shuffled out of line out of turn 4 and finished 4th.. After a promising start, the race was marred by a series of cautions that took out over half of the field in a matter of 20 laps..Post race interviews were cunducted with the top 5 finishers click below to listen in on what they had to say about there race.

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The COT series hits the high banks of Daytona on July 10th, and several drivers are hoping it's a better event than Talladega proved to be..




The FBR Motorsports IndyCar Series zipped around the Milwaukee Mile last Thursday night for 150 laps of fast-paced, white-knuckle action.. 53 lead changes between 6 drivers kept the action at an insanely intense level, even though the race was slowed 7 times for 21 laps of yellow.. In the end, Butch Davis squeaked out the victory, but a post-race penalty took away 30 points from the series leader, leaving the gap to 2nd place at only 11 points.. Chad Simpson, who narrowly escaped the incident for which Davis was penalized, finished 2nd, only one tenth of a second behind Davis.. Hal Moore nearly nipped Simpson at the line, only one hundredth behind Simpson..

The IndyCar Series heads to Kansas this Thursday for another round of white-knuckle action, and the intensity level should only rise from here on out as drivers become more comfortable behind the wheel of these cars..

                                                                                         Butch Davis #43 Insignia Ford

This weeks report will be brief from this reporter since no interviews were conducted due to my abcense but will continue this weekend when the Sprint cup series hits New Hamshire for some flat track racing but I will go through the results from the three series that were run this week.

FBR Motorsports Sprint cup series went to Infinion Road course last Saturday night where driver Butch Davis 43 Insignia Ford capped it off with a clean sweep for the week and took the checkers for his third win this season, Kroy Williams 18 Z-Line Toyota scored another second place finish and maintains the point lead, Mike Morris 05 Marlboro Chevrolet scores a top five with a third place finish, Jerry Huffman piloting the 25 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Chevrolet snags fourth place this week and Jason Fuchs 19 Mopar Dodge rounds out the top five. Our hard charger of the race goes to Steve Fawley 21 Five Guys Ford after starting tenth on the grid came home a respectable sixth place.

                                                                                                    Butch Davis 43 STP Indy car

FBR Motorsports Indy car series was at Watkins Glen this past Thursday where once again Butch Davis 43 STP Indy car grabbed the top spot, Rick Ravon in the 1 Gould pumps came in a strong second, Marco Brughelli 11 U.S. Army finished third, Kory Williams 18 M&M was third, Chad Simpson 15 Target rounded out the top five. The Indy cars go to Milwaukee this Thursday evening for race number four on the schedule and is becoming a very competitive series, Butch Davis currently holds the points lead with Marco Brughelli only eighteen points behind.

FBR Super series was at Talladega this past Wednesday in the IROC cars and this is where Butch Davis started the sweep by winning the race with a field of 24 drivers, once again Kory Williams was second, Big Pappa third, Michael Born fourth and Jamie Huppert rounded out the top five. The schedule was changed a little for this series as we only have four more races left our next race will ba at Daytona night in the Aero88 cars on Wednesday June 30th. please see the series forum for a complete schedule.

FBR also announced this past week that the FBR Motorsports apperal is now available for our members and drivers. The ordering process is located in the general forum and hope that our drivers will be ordering there hats or shirts soon. Show your pride for FBR and order yours today.Until next week sim racing fans this is your FBR Motorsports reporter Mark Page reminding you to Drive fast and keep it off the wall.

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