Justice Chasing Victory

Sept. 17^th 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada. Ryan Justice in his second start in the ASA Speed Truck Challenge series brings the Rich’s Motorsport’s Dodge home in the second position. Qualifying 3^rd for the main event ahead of 25 other Speed Trucks, Justice in his first start on an oval track was extremely pleased with his performance. “The Rich’s Motorsport’s team gave me a great truck for qualifying and I think it will even be better for the race,” stated Justice. “I feel very confident with my truck, my team and the result we’ll end up with tonight, I’m just excited to go racing.”

“The Bullring” at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 3/8^th mile oval track, is home to one of the premier facilities in the western United States. Races are held nearly every weekend throughout the season at the Bullring. In 2005, the Bullring will be host to two ASA Speed Truck Challenge Series races along with many others including Super Late Models, Late Models, Chargers, Legends Cars, Bandolero Cars, Thunder Roadsters IMCA Modifieds and 7-Eleven Bullring Bombers.

The 75 lap main event was broken into several short stints as it was plagued with full course cautions. The race eventually was ended 2 laps early and that put an end to Ryan hopes of Victory. “Our Dodge truck was great after 3 laps but on the re-starts it just wasn’t there quick enough and with so many re-starts I just couldn’t take advantage of its speed and endurance,” said Ryan.

 This finish together with his 3^rd place finish from 2 weeks ago at the St. Johns GP will establish Ryan as a true contender for next year’s ASA Speed Truck Challenge Championship if this is where he decides to focus his 2006 racing efforts. “We are currently looking at a couple of directions for Ryan in 2006,” implied Ronnie Swyers, Team manager for Northwest Autosport Inc. “Ryan has shown great progress in a short amount of time in the ASA Speed Truck Challenge Series and we want to capitalize on this for the 2006 season. Ryan’s interests are still in the open wheel formula cars where he currently competes full time and next year with the Toyota Atlantic series emerging with a new car that may be the next logical step for him.”

Ryan will be testing this coming Friday September 23^rd at Irwindale Speedway in preparation for race there on October 1^st. The young Justice will campaign in the Star Mazda Championship Series in Atlanta GA. on Friday September 30^th and fly into California for the Saturday night race at the ½ mile Irwindale Speedway.

Based in Milwaukie, Oregon, Northwest Autosport is one of the top teams participating in the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, which will feature twelve races across the United States and Canada supporting the American Le Mans Series, ChampCar and the GrandAm series. For more information please visit www.northwestautosport.com.