HELBERG SCORES ANOTHER ANDERSON WIN IN AUGUST
Anderson, IN – August 17, 2013 – California driver, Jo Jo Helberg captured Saturday night’s TRUFUEL Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series (MSRXSS) 50-lap feature event at Anderson Speedway. The win marked the third consecutive year Helberg has won the August MSRXSS event at Anderson.
Helberg wasted no time getting to the front to challenge for the lead from his outside row two starting position. Helberg took command of the event on lap fifteen and never looked back the rest of the race.
“Lapped traffic was a little tough right at the beginning” explained Helberg in victory lane. ”If second place caught me sleeping I would have been very disappointed in myself. With those restarts I tried to take full advantage of the clean track just to try and get as much of a cushion as possible that way I could get through lapped traffic”.
Helberg was well aware of the success he has annually benefited from at Anderson Speedway with his third consecutive August MSRXSS victory. ”I finally got my setup right here this year. I think when it comes to this fall race I give it all I got and make sure I’m plenty of aggressive because come the end of the season I wanna get more wins”.
Early race leader Chris Neunschwander lead the first eight laps of the feature event and appeared to build a sizeable lead until dropping out of the event with mechanical woes, handing the lead to Brian Olson. Olson inherited the lead but was being chased by an aggressive Helberg who got under Olson and took the lead on lap fifteen. Helberg would lead the rest of the event unmolested. Tyler Roahrig was able to close in on Helberg late in the race due to lapped cars, but couldn’t get close enough to challenge for the lead. Brian Gerster was third followed by Brian Olson and Aaron Pierce rounding out the top five.
Brian Gerster was the night’s fast qualifier with a lap of 10.379 seconds. Heat races went to Ryan Gillenwater, Jimmy Kite, and DJ Hamilton.
The MSRXSS will head to Winchester Speedway for an afternoon of racing tomorrow afternoon with a 30-lap feature on tap. The event will be part of the annual Old Timers Weekend event.
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50-LAP MSRXSS FEATURE RESULTS
1. 7 Jo Jo Helberg
2. 64 Tyler Roahrig
3. 50m Brain Gerster
4. 71 Brian Olson
5. 26p Aaron Pierce
6. 17 Cody Gallogly
7. 51 Mike Larrison
8. 2t Tom Tolbert
9. 60 DJ Hamilton
10. 5r Darren Roberts
11. 45 Ryan Gillenwater
12. 81 Jimmy Kite
13. 56r Ryan Meyers
14. 6 Sondi Eden
15. 6 Kevin Blue
16. 41 Troy DeCaire
17. 07 Jacob Wilson
18. 0 Joe Speekman
19. 8 Chris Neunaschwander
20. 75c Jerry Caryer
