Greg Belyea Gets Second Place Finish on Saturday Night at Brighton Speedway; Looking for First Win of the 2014 Season

Things are picking up for Greg Belyea and the Excel Tower Racing team. After a third place finish during their last start at Can Am, and a couple top five finishes over the past few weeks at Brighton Speedway, Belyea appears to be on the right track now after a slow start to the season.

This past Saturday night at Brighton, Belyea started the 30 lap main event on the front row, and jumped out to an early race lead. A lap 16 caution bunched up the field, and he lost the lead briefly after several laps battling side by side for the top spot. Belyea got the lead back on lap 25 and looked poised for his first win of the 2014 campaign, but an untimely caution on lap 28 set up a green-white-checkered finish, and Belyea was unable to maintain the lead and settled for second.

“It was not the end result that we wanted, but I am happy to be back challenging for the win”, says Belyea. “The year has been a little frustrating at times, but we are working hard and hopefully we can get a win soon”.

The previous week, Belyea traveled to Can Am Motorsports Park for their Go Nuclear Late Model Series event. Disaster struck in the opening hot lap session as Belyea was involved in a crash that caused heavy damage to the car. Through determination and hard work, Belyea, with the help of several others got the car back on track for the qualifier and finished third, after starting from seventh. In the main event, Belyea started ninth and faded early in the race to 14th. He avoided a major wreck at one point, and rallied to a third place finish.

“We missed that wreck by nothing more than luck”, admits Belyea. “I really have to thank everyone that helped get the car back together after the crash in hot laps. “It turned out to be a good night for us after that. It was also a good night for BSP regulars, sweeping the top three positions”.

Belyea will be back at Brighton Speedway this coming Saturday night looking for another shot at victory lane.

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Greg Belyea Has Strong Night at Brighton Speedway With Fourth Place Finish

After a rough start to the 2014 season for Greg Belyea and his Excel Racing team, they hope to have turned the page and look forward to a strong second half of the season. This past weekend, Belyea was at Brighton Speedway for the annual Canada Day Championships.

For the first time ever, Belyea set fast time in the Canada Day Championship time trial session and backed that up with a win in his qualifying heat race. Belyea earned a front row starting spot for the 50 lap main event, With three laps remaining, Belyea was running in third place, and lost one position in the closing laps to finish with a solid fourth place finish.

“It feels good to be competitive again”, says Belyea referring to the disappointing start to the season. “Hopefully we can build on this and have a strong second half of the season”.

Greg Belyea will return to action at Brighton Speedway on Saturday, and will race on the pavement at Kawartha Speedway on Sunday as defending race winner.

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Greg Belyea Fights to a Fifth Place Finish on Saturday Night at Brighton

The 2014 season has clearly not gone the way Greg Belyea and the Excel Tower Racing Team had anticipated before the drop of the first green flag of the season a couple months ago. They have had their struggles, but they continue to work hard to get the car figured out. After taking last weekend off, Belyea returned to Brighton Speedway this week, looking for a strong finish.

The night started off well, as Belyea set the pace early, as the fastest car on the track in opening practice. In the qualifying heat race, Belyea started from seventh and moved through the field to finish with a solid third place run. After starting 9th in the 30 lap main event, Belyea had worked his way to seventh before being involved in an incident in turn one on lap nine. He would have to start from the rear of the field, but it only take a few laps and Greg was back up to the position he was in before the incident. By lap 17, Belyea as was inside the top five and remained in fifth over the final 13 laps of the race.

“The last few weeks have been pretty disappointing, so it feels good to come back with a good finish tonight”, says Belyea. “It wasn’t pretty, having to come from the back after the earlier incident, but we will take it and move on to next week, and hopefully we can build on this going forward the rest of the season”.

This coming weekend will be the Canada Day Championship at Brighton Speedway on Saturday night, with time trials scheduled for 5pm.

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.