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Kathryne Minter Racing
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Driver -- Kathryne Minter
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Minter Records ASCS-Best Finish at South
Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (September 22) –
Kathryne Minter, who has already clinched the 2007 American Sprint Car
Series Rookie of the Year award, has her sights on her first sprint car
victory. She came closer than ever to achieving that goal Saturday at South
Texas Speedway.
Minter won a battle with defending
ASCS Gulf South champion Gary Watson while driving her #13m Concrete
Crushing Company J&J to a career-best fourth-place finish.
“The ‘A’ main was amazing,” Kathryne
said. “I passed a few cars on the first lap, and I got to racing with Gary
Watson. I ran with him for most of the race. We just kept going back and
forth. Gary
got in front of me at one point, but I used a lapped car to pass him back.
We had a really good race going on, and I ended up finishing ahead of him.
It was really exciting.
“I was really focused; I wasn’t
really concerned about what place I was running. I didn’t know I finished
fourth until they told me to stop on the front straightaway. It was great
to go to the scales again.”
Minter’s second top-10 finish in
her last three ASCS pushed her past Johnny Miller into ninth place in the
Gulf South point standings.
“I’m glad I’m moving up in the points,”
Kathryne said. “Even though I’ve clinched the Rookie of the Year award, I
want to go to all the races and move up in the standings.”
Although her pill-picking woes
continued, Minter qualified for the “A” Feature by passing three cars in
the First Heat Race.
“We drew a bad pill again,”
Kathryne said. “There were 25 pills and I drew a 17, so I had to start
fourth row outside in the heat race. I passed a few cars early. I was in
fourth place and I went to pass Kent Lewis Sr. and I couldn’t get around
him. That let (“A” Feature winner) Brandon Berryman get underneath me.
“(Crew Chief) Scotty McDonald and I
are working really well together. He does a great job of setting up the
car, and he gives me a lot of confidence when I go out to race. I’m looking
forward to working with him again next week at Beaumont (Motorama Speedway) and Baytown
( Houston
Raceway Park
). It will be good to run those tracks again; we’ve been rained so many
times down there this year. I’m hoping to get to victory lane soon.
I really think we can do it.”
Minter was a hit off the racetrack
as well, appearing on Corpus Christi NBC affiliate KRIS-TV’s 10 p.m. sports
report and signing autographs for hundreds of her fans.
“The TV crew came out and interviewed
me and got some video and showed it on the news,” Kathryne said. “I went
through three Sharpies signing autographs during the intermissions and
after the race. They had the best driver introduction ever, with a little
interview for every driver.”
Mike Minter, owner of Kathryne
Minter Racing, couldn’t be happier with his daughter’s progress. He also
appreciates all the help the team receives from its product sponsors.
“It was the first time we ran
Vortex Wings,” Mike said. “The car also had a great new look, thanks to
Gayle and Vickie Bullock at BullMack Powder
Coating. We really appreciate the time they took for us to take the car to
their shop and paint it with their multi-color process. It really looks
great. We also appreciate Mike McCroy of McCroy Oil helping us out with our lubricant needs.”
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