Greg Belyea Looking for Strong Performance as 3rd Annual Great Crate Race Hits Brighton Speedway This Saturday Night

With the Great Crate Race on tap for this weekend after getting postponed earlier this month, Greg Belyea and the Excel Tower Service racing team are looking forward to this third annual event. Optimism is high going into this year’s race, as Belyea hopes to become the first Brighton Speedway regular to win the $5000 event that has total purse in excess of $20000.

With mixed results in the two previous Great Crate Race events, Belyea is hoping third time is a charm. Greg posted a second place finish in the inaugural race in 2011, but last years Great Crate Race ended in disappointment with an early exit out of the event. Last year’s race winner Chuck Meyers was piloting an Excel Tower Service car, which leaves Belyea with some added confidence going into the weekend. He will also have Meyers back in an Excel Tower car once again this year looking to repeat as race winner, while Belyea himself will be piloting a car that has just returned from the race shop of Chub Frank.

“This is one of our biggest events of the season and I know a lot of us Late Model drivers here at Brighton are really looking forward to this”, says Belyea. “This will be the third season and we have yet to have a Brighton Speedway regular take the win. We know that we have a car capable of winning this race, we proved that last year, now we just need to have a strong performance, and a little luck”.

Following Saturday night’s event at Brighton Speedway, the team will have some time off before ending the 2013 season at Brockville Speedway on October 20th as part of the 1000 Islands RV DIRTcar Northeast Fall Nationals. Both the Brighton race this weekend and the Brockville race next month are part of the Go Nuclear Late Model Series Excel Tower North Division.

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.

Greg Belyea Gets Second Place Finish on Sunday at Mohawk International Raceway; Final Points Night and Great Crate Race Coming up at Brighton

A scheduled two-day weekend event at Mohawk International Raceway in Hogansburg, New York quickly turned into three days as Mother Nature made her presence known most of the afternoon on Friday with a steady drizzle, forcing track officials to postpone Friday night’s events to Sunday afternoon.

Saturday’s event featured a 40 lap main event as part of the Excel Tower Northern Division for the Go Nuclear Late Model Series. Belyea timed fastest in his time trial group, and started his heat race from third place. He finished the qualifier in fourth place, just missing the redraw. Greg started the feature race from 10th place, and fought handling issues throughout the race, finishing 13th.

“That was a disappointing run tonight”, commented Belyea after the race. “We just over-adjusted the car and battled all night. We will work on it and hopefully we will have better results tomorrow”.

Sunday was a new day, and Belyea was hopeful that the changes they made would be in the right direction. He started sixth in his qualifying heat race, and quickly moved forward and crossed the line with a solid second place result, making the redraw. Greg started the main event from third place, and was running in second for much of the 25 lap event. On lap 19, the leader tangled with a lapped car, causing significant damage to the handling of his car, and this opened the door for Belyea as he battled for the lead in the late stages of the event. A second place finish was the end result, ending the weekend on a positive note.

“All in all it was a good day for us”, says Belyea. “We were able to lead some laps, but in the end we just got beat by a faster car. We will take it and move on to the next couple weeks with some big events at Brighton”.

This coming Saturday night is the final points night at Brighton Speedway and will be part of the annual Applefest Weekend. The following Saturday, September 28th is the rescheduled Great Crate Race, paying $5000 to win with a total purse in excess of $20000.

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.

Greg Belyea Looking for Strong Performance as 3rd Annual Great Crate Race Hits Brighton Speedway This Saturday Night

The 2013 racing season has had plenty of highs and lows for Greg Belyea and his Excel Tower Racing team. The year started out slow, but the team did rebound and has posted six feature wins over the second half of the season, including two wins at Brighton Speedway. Entering the final few weeks of the season, Belyea is looking for a strong finish, with some major evens coming up.

This coming Saturday night, Belyea will be at Brighton Speedway for the 3rd annual Great Crate Race. With mixed results in the two previous Great Crate Race events, Belyea is hoping third time is a charm with $5000 to win and a total purse in excess of $20000 up for grabs. Greg posted a second place finish in the inaugural event in 2011, but last years race ended in disappointment with an early exit out of the event. Last year’s race winner Chuck Meyers was piloting an Excel Tower Service car, which leaves Belyea with some added confidence going into the weekend.  He will also have Meyers back in an Excel Tower car once again this year looking to repeat as race winner, while Belyea himself will be piloting a car that has just returned from the race shop of Chub Frank.

“This is one of our biggest events of the season and I know a lot of us Late Model drivers here at Brighton are really looking forward to this”, says Belyea. “This will be the third season and we have yet to have a Brighton Speedway regular take the win. We know that we have a car capable of winning this race, we proved that last year, now we just need to have a strong performance, and a little luck”.

Following Saturday night’s event at Brighton Speedway, the team will then hit the road to Mohawk International Raceway for a pair of Go Nuclear Late Model Series races on Friday, September 13th and Saturday, September 14th. The 2013 season will conclude at Brighton Speedway on Saturday, September 21st as part of the annual Applefest Weekend. Brockville Speedway hosts the Go Nuclear Season finale on Sunday, October 20th.

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.