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June 07, 2009
Ryan Truex Wins at Watkins Glen!
Another winner for Michael Waltrip Racing! Ryan Truex followed up his pole and 3rd place finish last week in last week's East Series race at South Boston in a very big way yesterday at Watkins Glen by winning the race with a last-lap pass of Patrick Long. Ryan becomes the third member of his family to win in the East Series following his father Martin, Sr. and his brother, Martin, Jr. Ryan won in just his 6th East Series race of his career and one has to think it may not be the last time he ends up in Victory Lane this season. Given that Ryan has previous road course experience I had a feeling he was going to do well, I just didn't expect that he was going to do that well! I think it's pretty cool that he can say that he beat Steve Park, a former winner in Cup at Watkins Glen.
In the short time he's been racing for MWR, I've come to be a big fan of Ryan's so I'm thrilled that he won this race! I admit that I didn't know much about him prior to when he joined MWR, but I was impressed by what I found out, particularly that he's already a Champion having won the Legends Championship at Wall Stadium when he was just 15. I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to interview him for a fan newsletter and speak with him again at MWR's Fan Appreciation Day and even though he's very quiet, he's not only very nice but intelligent too. So I'm really hoping he races for MWR for years to come and continues to win races as he moves to higher levels - sure would love to see him race in the Nationwide Series for MWR if not next season then in 2011!
Posted by silverdsl at June 7, 2009 09:59 AM