Conrad Jorgenson drove the #83 Interstate Truck Driving School Super Truck to a second place finish in Madison on May 2nd (that’s Conrad on the right in the pic above). Conrad started 6th and worked his way to the lead after 6 laps and continued to lead until a late race caution on lap 32 of 40. When the green flag flew Jerry Woods got by and Conrad did not have enough time to catch him. For more information about Conrad check out his website at www.brothersjorgensonracing.com
Bill Collins drove the #63 Interstate Truck Driving School Super Truck to 8th place at Madison. Bill had not planned to race the truck since it does not meet all of the ASA rules. Bill brought it along to put on display but when the organizers did not get the number of entries they hoped for, they asked Bill to run the truck. Bill had never drvien at Madison International Speedway. He had never driven this race truck. When he arrived on Saturday afternoon paractice was over. So with no practice, Bill jumped in the truck and qualified 8th, just 2 tenths of a second slower than his team-mate Conrad Jorgenson.
The organizors told Bill not to finish up front so he simply drove the race during the race as a practice session and experimented with different lines on the track. When the checkered flag flew Bill was 8th, same position as he started.
“I had a really good seat watching Conrad lead the race” Bill commented later. “I must admit I was disappointed he lost the race due to a very poor restart by the officials”.
You can see all the action for yourself on Fox Sports on Saturday May 15th. Check local listings but most cable providers will be airing the race at 11:30 am just before the Twins game.
Bill will be running the #63 truck at Elko Speedway (www.elkospeedway.com) this Saturday night (May 8th) in the NASCAR Big 8 Sportsman Division. The ASA Midwest Tour (www.asamidwesttour.com) will be racing at Elko on June 5th when Bill will run the #63 and Andy Jirik will drive the #83 truck.
