Saturday, June 8, 2013

AUSTIN LANGENSTEIN SWEEPS WEEKEND!

Austin Langenstein and the #98 crew raced a double header weekend this past Friday and Saturday night's.
On Friday night Austin raced at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds Speedway in Lawndale, N.C.
Austin would have a fierce battle with the #87 car of Dustin Allmon in the  10 lap heat race, after trading the lead back and fourth Austin would finish 2nd to the #87 car.In the time between the heat race and main event Austin and the crew went to work to make some adjustment's to the #98 car.Austin would line up on the outside of the front row in the 2nd position for the main event.At the drop of the green flag Austin would get a great start and take the lead on the outside going through turns 1 and 2. Austin would drive off in to the moon lit night and lead the entire feature event and pick up his 2nd win out of 3 races in the 2013 Legends Modified season.Austin would work on the car at the Cray Motorsports headquarters in Harrisburg N.C. on Saturday morning to prepare it for the second event of the weekend at the famous East Lincoln Speedway. Later that evening Austin would draw the outside pole for the heat race and would take the lead coming out of turn 4 on the first lap over the #13 car of Ryan Shattuck and pick up the heat race victory and pole position for the main event later in the night.In the main event Austin would start on the pole.In the beginning of the race there was a few quick yellows that would keep bunching up the field.Austin would keep changing up the position of where he would start the restarts up to keep the fellow drivers guessing. On the final restart Austin would get a great jump and pull away for the final 6 laps and pick up his 2nd win in as many nights over Jerry Lambert and Dustin Allmon. In victory lane Austin said- ''Man what a great weekend to be able to sweep both races at two completely tracks is an awesome feeling. I was starting to run out of tricks in the early stages of the race tonight when we keep having all the quick yellows. I also have to thank all my sponsors, Cray Motorsports,Progenex, The SpiderTech Tape ,FK Rod Ends,Swift Springs, The Brake Man, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions,R&B Transport Refinishing, Motor Headz and Piranha Ultra Sonic Cleaning with out them none of this would be possible. Austin will be back in action on next Friday night June 7th at the Cleveland County Fairground in the #98 L Mod and then on the following Monday and Tuesday nights 6-10 & 11  Austin will be behind the wheel of the #7 Cray Motorsports Legend car in the 20th annual Jack in the box Summer Shootout series at Charlotte Motor Speedway that can be seen on tv on the Fox Sports network the following Monday and Saturday night's for the whole 8 week series. For daily updates on Austin please Follow Austin on Twitter and Instagram at @alangenstein7 and check his website at austinlangenstein.net

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