John_Bitting
September 18th, 2002, 20:15
THE PROTRUCK VICTORY BELONGS TO PFLUEGER
Primm, Nev…Flying his new Pflueger Racing banner, Alan Pflueger deftly
piloted his Chevy Protruck to his first overall Protruck victory at the 7th
Annual SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300, Saturday, September 14.
"Wow, what a day," said Pflueger will a huge smile. "This is just
incredible. This is really a special race for me. I made my four-wheel
debut here a year ago and now here I am taking my first overall Protruck win.
What a great anniversary!" It's awesome and a fantastic way to celebrate
the end of my first year."
Driving a perfect race, Pflueger completed the four 71 mile laps in 5 hours,
forty-three minutes and 24 seconds. In additional to his first place finish,
Pflueger also scored a 15th overall out of 114 starters. "Apart from some
really bad dust, we ran flawlessly the entire day," he continued. "My crew
chief John Hoffman and the entire team did a great job. Everything was right
on and our pit stops went like clockwork."
Pulling off the startline in first, Pflueger basically ran in front for
almost the entire race. "At one point, Steve Barlow got past me," he
explains. "But we got him back within a few minutes. After that, it was
pretty clear sailing. The biggest problem was the dust, but it didn't get us
and that's all that mattered."
Currently ranked second in the Protruck point's battle, Pflueger has now set
his sights on winning the SCORE Baja 1000, November 20-23. "We have the
truck and the team," he says. "We just proved that. Dan Ragland will be
joining me to share driving duties and with the two of us and the team's
expertise, I think we will be right there."
Primm, Nev…Flying his new Pflueger Racing banner, Alan Pflueger deftly
piloted his Chevy Protruck to his first overall Protruck victory at the 7th
Annual SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300, Saturday, September 14.
"Wow, what a day," said Pflueger will a huge smile. "This is just
incredible. This is really a special race for me. I made my four-wheel
debut here a year ago and now here I am taking my first overall Protruck win.
What a great anniversary!" It's awesome and a fantastic way to celebrate
the end of my first year."
Driving a perfect race, Pflueger completed the four 71 mile laps in 5 hours,
forty-three minutes and 24 seconds. In additional to his first place finish,
Pflueger also scored a 15th overall out of 114 starters. "Apart from some
really bad dust, we ran flawlessly the entire day," he continued. "My crew
chief John Hoffman and the entire team did a great job. Everything was right
on and our pit stops went like clockwork."
Pulling off the startline in first, Pflueger basically ran in front for
almost the entire race. "At one point, Steve Barlow got past me," he
explains. "But we got him back within a few minutes. After that, it was
pretty clear sailing. The biggest problem was the dust, but it didn't get us
and that's all that mattered."
Currently ranked second in the Protruck point's battle, Pflueger has now set
his sights on winning the SCORE Baja 1000, November 20-23. "We have the
truck and the team," he says. "We just proved that. Dan Ragland will be
joining me to share driving duties and with the two of us and the team's
expertise, I think we will be right there."