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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