Castleberry and Bartlett Crowned Champions at Marysville
Marysville, CA (September 26, 2015)…Misty Castleberry of Browns Valley and Jerry Bartlett of Yuba City each won track championships Saturday night at Marysville Raceway. Castleberry won her third consecutive Pro 4 Sprint championship while Bartlett picked up the popular Super Stock championship.
Castleberry now has nine career racing championships in all forms of racing. Yet, tonight was special as she also won the nights Pro 4 Sprint main event. “It’s been a great year I have to thank all my crew and Dennis for giving us an awesome track to race on all the time,” said Castleberry in victory lane. With the win tonight, Castleberry finished the year by winning five of the nine main events this year at Marysville in the Pro 4 Sprints. Matt Beardslee finished in the second spot on the track and in the point standings.
While Bartlett did not win the Super Stock main event, he did win the award for longest post-race victory lane speech of all-time. The race winner was Courtney Dozier who summed up his night by saying, “I knew I had to win and hope for the other guys to have bad luck.” When the microphone was placed in Bartlett’s hands, it was not given back for over 10 minutes. Bartlett thanked everyone who had been loyal to him over the years. He elaborated about his competitors, what he thought of the racing and talked about his lack of a Hoosier Racing Tire champion’s jacket. With this title, Bartlett will finally get the purple jacket that has eluded him for years. “We all knew whoever could win the heat race would have the best shot to win the title,” said Bartlett. “Once we got the win in the heat we knew what we had to do and that always helps.” James Castleberry went into the night with a one point lead over Bartlett. Unfortunately for Castleberry it was a night he will soon want to forget. Castleberry ended up falling to third in points. It was still a solid year for the #04. Phillip Shelby moved around Bartlett late in the 20 lap race to finish second.
Final Super Stock points at Marysville:
Jerry Bartlett 368
Courtney Dozier 366
James Castleberry 364
Mike Walko 351
Rod Oliver 284
