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May 24th |
PICTURE
PERFECT WEEKEND FOR BURNS- May
24th |
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Irwindale, Ca.-
Newlywed Todd Burns couldn't have asked for any better. Burns
wed longtime girlfriend Renee Valk on Friday evening in
Newport Beach and the pair spent their first day as husband
and wife at Irwindale Speedway on Saturday.
Burns and his team arrived late to the track and missed the first
practice, leaving just the final practice. The team was pretty
happy with the car in the last practice and made just a couple
of minor adjustments before qualifying. Burns clicked his #4
Villa Roma Chevy up to third on the board, placing him in the |
second row for the 50-lap
Automobile Club Late Model main.
As the 28-car field took the green, Burns began working on the
front row cars. Burns quickly got around the #53 of Flores as
a caution flew on lap two for a multi-car pileup in turn two
forcing a lengthy yellow. At the restart, Burns challenged the
#50 of Huddleston diving low and high to finally pass him on
lap 27, took the lead, and checked out with the #48 of McComb
following a distant second. That victory was Burns' fourth
consecutive win. The week prior, Burns took both twin 40 main
event wins.
As Burns celebrated on track, he commented, "I can't say enough
about this Gary Collins chassis. He has helped us out a bunch
and the car is just working real well. My guys here are the
best. We put this car in the trailer on Wednesday because of
the wedding and I guess she was well rested and was just flat
ready to run tonight. Villa Roma Sausage, Maropulos Racing
Engines, Ron's Rear Ends, a big thanks to all of them and all
our sponsors." Afterwards, Burns stated, "I have to thank Ted
Davidson. He brought our truck and trailer out here this
morning since we were all still at the beach, and that was a
huge help to us." Burns and his new bride, Renee, drove off
into the night, back to Newport, in a custom convertible
Chevrolet Corvette courtesy of good friend Alan Budnik of
Budnik Wheels. Thank you, Alan.
Burns Motorsports will return to Irwindale Speedway on June 7th,
along with the Featherlite Southwest Tour. |
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