Greg Belyea Looking Ahead to Busy Week of Racing; Struggling to Find Early Season Success at Brighton Speedway

The 2013 racing season hasn’t started off as well as Greg Belyea and his Excel Tower Service team had hoped. They have struggled early in the season, and despite a lot of hard work in the shop, they continue to have a hard time. Perhaps it’s the new clay surface at Brighton that race teams are having a hard time with, or the crazy weather patterns or a combination of the two, but one thing is certain and that is Belyea and the Excel Tower Service Late Model team will continue to work hard.

This past weekend, Belyea returned to Brighton Speedway after a week off due to the first rainout of the season the previous week. He started second in his qualifying heat race, and led the race the entire distance until the final lap, and had to settle for a second place finish. In the 35 lap feature, he started from the outside of the front row, and things were looking up, as he held the lead for the first ten laps of the race. He fell back to third and was holing his own until he jumped a very high cushion on the outside of the track, and fell back through the field. With five laps to go, Belyea pulled into the pits, ending another disappointing night at Brighton Speedway.

“Our car was way too tight from the center of the corner off, and it got worse as the race progressed”, says Belyea. “The track was in rough shape because of all this rain that we have been having, and it has caused issues for everyone. There was a lot of torn up equipment tonight, and we are happy that we were able to escape with minimal damage”.

This coming weekend will be the start of a very busy week for Belyea and the Excel Tower Racing team. They will be at Can Am Motorsports Park on Friday night, and Brighton Speedway on Saturday. Next week will see five straight nights of racing with Can Am Motorsports Park on Wednesday, and the much anticipated World of Outlaw Late Model Race at Brighton Speedway on Thursday with Belyea driving a Chub Frank owned Late Model in the Excel Tower 50. Friday night will be a Go Nuclear Late Model Series race at Mohawk International Raceway and again on Saturday night at Brockville and Chub Frank will be in an Excel Tower Service Crate Late Model, and then Belyea will return to the WoO Late Model at Cornwall Speedway on Sunday 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.