IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY: HUDDLESTON BENDS, BUT DOESN'T BREAK.Byline: TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) HADDOCK Staff Writer IRWINDALE -- It's been a while since Tim Huddleston won a race in the NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Late Model division at Irwindale Speedway Irwindale Speedway is a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California. It features banked, paved 1/2 and 1/3 mile oval tracks. It is mainly used for USAC sprint car and regional NASCAR races. . If not for finding a bent piece on his front suspension, he might still be seeking his second win of the season. Huddleston, who hails from Agoura Hills, won his second race of the year Saturday night, battling division points leader Travis Thirkettle of Newhall for most of the 40-lap feature race. It was Huddleston's first win since opening night. He won eight races and the track Late Model division championship in 2005. ``We're happy to be back and put on a show with Travis,'' Huddleston said. Huddleston said about 10 minutes before qualifying, his crew found bent part on his car's sway bar sway bar n. See anti-sway bar. . After running about 100 laps in practice Friday night, Huddleston said he was getting frustrated with its performance. But after repairing the sway bar, his car turned out to be the fastest in the division. Thirkettle, on the other hand, was battling an inverted inverted reverse in position, direction or order. inverted L block a pattern of local filtration anesthesia commonly used in laparotomy in the ox. start, tires, brakes and a new steering wheel. ``It wasn't like a perfect day,'' Thirkettle said. Thikettle set a fast time, but started eighth on the invert in·vert v. 1. To turn inside out or upside down. 2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of. 3. To subject to inversion. n. Something inverted. . He was using old tires, a common practice for his team. It normally uses the same set of tires for two races. They were good enough Saturday night to run in second, but not enough to pass Huddleston. Thirkettle, winner of seven races at Irwindale Speedway this year, made a late charge to pass Huddleston on the last lap, but had to back off when he got loose coming out of turn four. Huddleston passed Wright for the lead on lap six. Thirkettle was close behind in second when Huddleston took the lead. Thirkettle ran side by side with Huddleston three times during the race and challenged for the lead, but couldn't muster enough momentum to pass him. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if he got around me,'' Thirkettle said after the race. ``He started ahead of me.'' Joe Herold won the NASCAR Super Trucks race. Rookie Matthew Hicks of Santee was second and fellow rookie Brian Reed of Castaic was third. Simi Valley's Rick Crow won his seventh race of the year in the NASCAR Pure Stock race. Rick Wall of Newport Beach won the West Coast Pro Trucks Series race. tim.haddock@dailynews.com (818) 713-3715 |
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