Archive for June 2011

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Mason Has Strong Week at Charlotte and Atlanta

Mason continued his hot streak with two strong runs last week at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway during the always competitive Summer Shootout and Thursday Thunder Series. Tuesday in Charlotte, Mason qualified 4th out of the 36 entries, after the inversion he started the feature in the 2nd spot. After leading the first 8 laps, Mason was passed for the lead and finished a strong 2nd after a very intense race. In Atlanta on Thursday, Mason started 5th in his heat race and finished 2nd in the race that was shortened to 5 laps. Since Mason was the feature winner last week, he was required to start the feature from the 7th position. He raced to the front and took the lead on lap 9 with a very strong race car. On lap 15, Mason was hammered from the rear and lost 2 positions to fall to 3rd place. Mason raced back to the lead on lap 19 only to be slammed again from the rear, by the same driver, coming to the checkered flag and crossed the finish line in 3rd position. Due to the rough driving charge against the other driver, he was penalized and Mason was awarded the 2nd spot. Mason should have had the win, but sometimes it just don't work out.

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Mason Ends Busy Week With Victory

After traveling over 2,000 miles in the last ten days racing, Mason won his 2nd Thursday Thunder feature in a row at Atlanta Motor Speedway Thursday night to cap off a successful stretch in his Summer racing schedule. After winning at Atlanta Motor Speedway last Thursday, Mason traveled to South Alabama Speedway in Opp, Alabama to run his second race in the Gresham Motorsports/Summit Tires Late Model on Saturday. He started 10th in the feature, and worked his way up to 4th with 20 laps to go in the 100 lap feature. Unfortunately, with 3 laps to go Mason was crashed from behind and was unable to finish the race due to damage to the car. On Monday, Mason unloaded at Charlotte Motor Speedway ready to race his legend car. He qualified 2nd out of the 38 cars in his division. After a rough, crazy race he was able to bring it home in 2nd place for a great finish in the opening night of the 2011 Summer Shootout. On Tuesday, at Charlotte Motor Speedway again, Mason timed in 5th fastest and was able to salvage a 3rd place finish with an ill handling car. Two great finishes with a lot of competition. Finally, at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Thursday, Mason won his heat race and had to start the feature in 7th, because he won last week. He worked to the lead on lap 5, and run a strong race to win his 11th career Thursday Thunder race.

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Mason Massey Makes Strong Rebound in Week Two of Thursday Thunder Series

After experiencing engine trouble in week one, Mason rebounded with a strong run to win week two of Thursday Thunder series at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Mason won his heat race and took over the lead of the feature on lap five. He lead the final 15 laps to take the win. Mason would like to thank Doug Stevens and Advanced Technology Motorsports for all their hard work and help. Mason returns to action on Saturday, June 11 at South Alabama Speedway for his second late model race. Thanks to all the fans for coming out to Thursday Thunder. Come out next week for affordable family fun, and be a part of some great racing.

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Mason Readies For Busy Week

As racing season continues, Mason's schedule really begins to heat up starting next week.

Starting Tuesday night, Mason will practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway in preparation for the 2011 Summer Shootout which begins June 13. After practicing at Atlanta Motor Speedway Wednesday night, Mason will run Week 2 of the Thursday Thunder Series the next night. On Friday, Mason will test his Gresham Motorsports/Summit Tires Late Model at South Alabama Speedway in preparing for his 2nd Late Model race the next day, June 11.

Follow Mason's results and updates here on masonmassey.com or his Facebook page, Mason Massey Racing.

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Motor Woes Slow Mason Down

After starting last (8th) in his heat race Thursday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Mason drove to an impressive 2nd place finish in his Doug Stevens prepared Legend car in only 8 laps.

In the feature, Mason started 2nd and was running a strong 3rd a few laps into the race when he started having engine trouble. The car was smoking real bad, skipping and began to lose power. After 3 visits to pit road during caution flags, Mason managed to pull off an 8th place finish in the strong 17 car field that had drivers representing 7 different states. Hopefully better luck for Mason next week.