NASCAR

WS: Fontana: Goodyear race notes

JASON BOWLES 'EM OVER IN WEST RACE AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY FONTANA, Calif. (Aug. 11, 2007) -- Jason Bowles won his second straight road racing event in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series when he captured the ...

Published: Aug 16, 2007, 5:32 PM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

JASON BOWLES 'EM OVER IN WEST RACE AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY

FONTANA, Calif. (Aug. 11, 2007) -- Jason Bowles won his second straight road racing event in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series when he captured the California 125 on the road course at California Speedway.

Bowles' Ford won its third straight road race in the series, cementing its reputation as the West's top road course horse. NASCAR Nextel Cup regular David Gilliland won a West Series road race in the same car earlier this season.

Goodyear is the exclusive tire supplier for the Grand National Division, which also includes the Busch East Series. The bias-ply tires built for the 3,400-pound stock cars are split into groupings determined by track application. Both the West and the Busch East series use tires from each grouping during the season.

Bowles, who lives in nearby Ontario, went the full race distance on one set of left side tires, saving time in the pits by changing only right side tires.

The 2.4-mile road course employed for the race included a large portion of the super speedway. The event was originally scheduled for a 2.8-mile circuit, but NASCAR changed the circuit after two practice sessions and the result was a 42-lap race with just three caution periods. There were nine lead changes.

Bowles averaged 80.194 mph and edged Brian Ickler at the finish by 2.1 seconds. David Mayhew was third, followed by veterans Jim Inglebright and Mike Duncan. Like the winner, Inglebright changed only right side tires. Duncan pitted for fuel only, going the distance without changing tires.

Bowles also won the Bud Pole Award with a lap averaging 119.420 mph.

Mike David finished 11th but still leads Duncan by 95 points with one race remaining on the schedule. David can win the championship by finishing 22nd or better when the West Series competes at Altamont Raceway Park Sept. 15.

More information on Goodyear Racing is available at www.racegoodyear.com. More information on the Grand National Division is available at www.nascarlocalracing.com.

-credit: goodyear racing

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article ES: Lime Rock: Round ten preview

Next article ES: Lime Rock: Michelle Theriault preview

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

FIA expects F1 races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi to continue as planned

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

2 h

FIA expects F1 races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi to continue as planned

TDS Racing doubles down on IMSA program with two-car LMP2 return

IMSA

IMSA IMSA 2 h

TDS Racing doubles down on IMSA program with two-car LMP2 return

Why Isack Hadjar doesn’t like F1 sprints anymore

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Singapore GP

2 h

Why Isack Hadjar doesn’t like F1 sprints anymore

Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen to race for JR Motorsports again in 2027

NASCAR O'Reilly

NOAP NASCAR O'Reilly

Phoenix II

3 h

Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen to race for JR Motorsports again in 2027

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts