Greg Belyea’s Early Season Struggles Continue at Brighton Speedway; Will Return This Saturday Night Looking for Better Results

It is almost like déjà vu for Greg Belyea and his Excel Tower Racing team. Looking back at the 2012 results, Belyea struggled in the early part of the season before coming on strong in the second half. Here we are again just three events into the 2013 season at Brighton Speedway and Belyea has struggled. The team is certainly not complacent with the car and have made wholesale changes each week, trying to get things turned around.

After issues with the car for the third week in a row, Belyea has sent the car to Pennsylvania to have legendary Late Model driver Chub Frank and his team have a look at the car to determine what the issues are. The other car remains in Belyea’s shop while the team continues to tweak on it in hopes to get it much better before they head back to Brighton Speedway this Saturday night.

“It has really been a struggle so far this season, but we are working hard to get the car back to where we need it to be”, says Belyea. “We have great cars, and great equipment, and we will do whatever we need to do get these early season issues worked out and get back on top of the game”.

Belyea had hoped to attend the Go Nuclear Late Model Series events held this past week at Humberstone Speedway and Can Am Motorsports Park, but work commitments kept him on the sidelines. He will return to the drivers seat this Saturday at Brighton Speedway.

For more information on Greg Belyea and the Excel Tower Racing Team, please visit our website, www.exceltowerracing.com. You will find updated news, results, schedule and information on Greg Belyea and his Late Model, and Charlie Sandercock and the Excel Tower Service Sprint Car.

Greg Belyea Has a Tough Night at Brighton Speedway; Busy Week Ahead With Start of Go Nuclear Late Model Series

After a sixth place finish on opening night at Brighton Speedway, Greg Belyea and his Excel Tower Service team were looking forward to returning to the track, hoping to better the opening night performance and contend for their first win of the 2013 season.

The night didn’t start off well for Belyea, after starting from fifth in his qualifying heat race, he spun to avoid several other cars that tangled on the track in front of him. He restarted the race from the rear of the field and made it back up to fifth before the checkered flag. After the heat race, Belyea and the team made major changes to the car to try and get the car dialed in better for the feature. He lined up from fifth place, but after three laps, he was still unhappy with how the car was working, and took advantage of an early caution to come into the pits for another quick adjustment. The adjustment didn’t work, and while being marred deep in the field, the car was taking a beating from some aggressive driving by others, and he made a decision to park the car for the night.

“It was a frustrating night to say the least”, says Belyea. “We made wholesale changes after the heat race and more changes under an early caution in the feature, and the car would not respond. We will be back here next week with a different car, and hopefully we will have a better night”.

It will be a busy week for Belyea and the Excel Tower Team. They will be back at Brighton Speedway on Saturday night, then off to Humberstone Speedway on Sunday for the first race in the South Division Go Nuclear Late Model Challenge Series. On Wednesday night, Greg will be at Can Am Motorsports Park for the first race in the Excel Tower Service Northern Division Go Nuclear Series.

For more information on Greg Belyea and the Excel Tower Racing Team, please visit our website, www.exceltowerracing.com. You will find updated news, results, schedule and information on Greg Belyea and his Late Model, and Charlie Sandercock and the Excel Tower Service Sprint Car.

Greg Belyea Starts 2013 Season at Brighton Speedway With a 6th Place Finish

Saturday was a perfect day for racing as Brighton Speedway opened their doors for the 2013 season. Greg Belyea and his Excel Tower Racing team were on hand, looking to get the year started off strong. Before the races got underway, Brighton Speedway competitors participated in the annual parade of champions in downtown Brighton, before making their way to the track.

The evening started well for Belyea, after his wife Shari picked the number one spot in the pre-race draw for heat race starting positions. Belyea took advantage of that, and led the entire distance to take home the heat race win. Belyea started the feature from the front row as well, leading the initial seven laps of the race. When the dust settled, Belyea crossed the finish line with a sixth place result.

“The new clay that was laid down here at Brighton Speedway over the off-season is tighter than what was there before, and the track was really fast”, commented Belyea after the race. “We over adjusted the car after the heat race, but overall it was a decent run to start the season. We will work on it over the week, and will be better when we get back here next Saturday”.

Belyea will be back at Brighton Speedway this coming Saturday night for round two of the 2013 season. If time allows, Belyea also hopes to get to Can Am Motorsports Park on Friday night.

For more information on Greg Belyea and the Excel Tower Racing Team, please visit our website, www.exceltowerracing.com. You will find updated news, results, schedule and information on Greg Belyea and his Late Model, and Charlie Sandercock and the Excel Tower Service Sprint Car.