6/12/2015
Cottage Grove Speedway
Bubba Foster To Make Midweek Wild West Modified Shootout Events
Bubba Foster To Make Midweek Wild West Modified Shootout Events
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of McDonald Photography)
2015 hasn't seen too much action for Dayton's Bubba Foster. But in just five starts this season he did manage to pull off an impressive victory at Sunset Speedway Park in the month of May. In total he has only been to two tracks this year. The Busy Bee Cleaning/Pam Pam'sAutowrecking/J.R. Printing & Graphics/TNT Motorsports #68 Allen has three visits to SSP and two events at Madras Speedway.
“It's been an up and down year,” said Foster, “I had a good car at Madras but fought a bad push and had to come out of the B Main both nights. We finally got it dialed in but when we went to Banks we struggled with the setup until we came back the next time and ended up winning.”
The plan for Bubba is to hop on board the Wild West Modified Shootout at Coos Bay Speedway and then run Cottage Grove and Sunset. They plan on having a bit of a family vacation on the Oregon coast before the Coos Bay race. In fact the Foster racing program is entirely a family operation and the blood runs deep. Foster is a third generation driver and even his sister, Christina, used to race Street Stocks at Willamette Speedway. Back in 2013 he was the IMCA Modified champion at Willamette beating out second place by a single point. His thoughts about the upcoming races?
“I haven't been to Coos Bay to race, every time they had a Mod race we weren't able to make it,” he said, “but the races we do run we're hoping to make the show every night and be fast and competitive which to me is just as good as a win.”
The 2015 Wild West Modified Shootout kicks off at Southern Oregon Speedway on Saturday June 13th. The tour will wrap things up at Willamette Speedway on the 19th and 20th to close the speedweek out for the second straight year. Teams from Oregon, Washington, California, North Dakota, Montana, and British Columbia Canada are expected to make the journey.
All races will be broadcasted through Speed Shift TV and you can either purchase each race for $19.95 or buy the whole week for $99.95. Orders can be made onhttp://www.speedshifttv.com. Be sure and don't miss out on these great races featuring the best Modified drivers in the Pacific Northwest region.
2015 Wild West Modified Shootout Schedule:
Saturday June 13th Southern Oregon Speedway White City, OR
Sunday June 14th Siskiyou Motor Speedway Yreka, CA
Monday June 15th Coos Bay Speedway Coos Bay, OR
Tuesday June 16th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR
Wednesday June 17th Sunset Speedway Park Banks, OR
Thursday June 18th Travel Day
Friday June 19th Willamette Speedway Lebanon, OR
Saturday June 20th Willamette Speedway Lebanon, OR
Former Wild West Modified Shootout Champions:
2014- Alex Stanford
2013- Jesse Williamson
2012- Jesse Williamson
2011- Brian Poppa
Wild West Modified Shootout All-Time Win List (2011-14):
Jesse Williamson- 6
Alex Stanford- 5
Brian Poppa- 4
Ken Schrader- 2
Mark Carrell- 1
Braedon Hand
Scott Lenz
Travis Peery
Nick Trenchard
Mark Wauge
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage