Paul Maestri Secures FASCAR Championship At Homestead

 The FASCAR series made its way into Homestead for the 50 lap finale on the high speed oval. Nicholas Hargrove qualified on Pole with blisteringly fast 30.339 lap time, fully a tenth faster than the rest of the field of 5 cars. However, he would fall off point at the start of the race and would spend the first 20 laps methodically working forward to lap leader Ethan Maestri. After completing the pass on the leader, he would open a fairly large gap on everyone else. 

 Nicholas would elect to try and pit early but trouble getting into his pit box would force a double stop, dropping him all the way to the back of the field again. Ethan Maestri would take over the lead again, until lap 43, when he pitted. This gave the lead to Travis Billingsley. He would push his #18 Chevy on a bold fuel saving strategy, clutch-coasting to gain the most out of every lap. It worked, though he had to coast much of the final lap, it was enough to get to the checkered flag to score his first win of the series. 

 Paul Maestri crosses the line in third place, securing the points championship for the Fall 2017 season. This is his first FRL Championship win. Congratulations to Paul for the championship and congratulations to Travis on the race win. We look forward now to the 7th FRL season coming up this November with the MX Club Cup!

Points at Homestead:

1. Travis Billingsley - 21

2. Ethan Maestri - 20

3. Paul Maestri - 16

4. Tony Tyree - 14

5. Nicholas Hargrove - 13

Series Points:

1. Paul Maestri - 95

2. Ethan Maestri - 91

3. Travis Billingsley - 81

4. Nicholas Hargrove - 57

5. Tony Tyree - 53

6. Drew Dilbeck - 35

7. Gabe Stauffer - 28

8. Brandon Adkins - 22

9. Chris Dilbeck - 8

10. Nate Turner - 6