Michael Self and the winning No. 21 team in victory lane at Brainerd International Raceway. Photo by Adam Bettcher/NASCAR
Michael Self scored his first career win in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West with a victory in the Brainerd 125 at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, MN on Saturday.
The 21-year-old from Park City, Utah chased down Dylan Kwasniewski in the closing stages of the inaugural series race on the 2.5-mile road course and took the lead coming to the white flag. Kwasniewski, who had dominated the competition, was battling transmission issues as the race wound down.
Self had run in third behind teammates Kwasniewski and Greg Pursley for most of the race. He picked off Pursley with 10 laps to go and then overcame more than a three-second deficit to get to the lead. He made the move past Kwasniewski entering Turn 9 on the 48th lap and pulled away in the No. 21 Rockwell/Golden Gate Meat/RCR Chevrolet to win by a margin of 4.859 seconds.
Despite the mechanical problems, Kwasniewski held on to finish second. Pursley was third, with Derek Thorn fourth and David Mayhew fifth. Completing the top 10 were Eric Holmes, Jonathon Gomez, Austin Dyne, Dylan Hutchison and Carl Harr.
With his win, Self locked up a spot in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series race at the UNOH Battle At The Beach at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway next February during Speedweeks.
Kwasniewski, meanwhile, was able to extend his lead by two points in the championship standings. The 16-year-old from Las Vegas, who led a race high 32 laps on Saturday, has 263 points over Pursley with 246. Mayhew is third, followed by Thorn and three-time series champion Holmes. Self, who had a previous best finish of fourth in 33 series starts, moved from eighth to sixth in the standings. He is followed by Gomez, Daryl Harr, Dyne and Carl Harr.
The Brainerd race featured eight lead changes among five drivers. It was slowed by just one caution.
This was the sixth event on a 15-race schedule and the second of four road course races for the series this year.
The next event on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule will be the Star Nursery 200 at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 2.
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
Brainerd International Raceway – Brainerd, MN
Brainerd 125 – May 26, 2012
| Fin | Str | Car | Driver | Team | Laps | Points | B/Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 21 | Michael Self | Rockwell/Golden Gate Meat/Bay Bio Chevrolet | 50 | 47 | 4 | Running |
| 2 | 1 | 03 | Dylan Kwasniewski | Royal Purple/Rockstar Ford | 50 | 44 | 2 | Running |
| 3 | 2 | 26 | Greg Pursley | GPM/Star Nursery/ Real Water Ford | 50 | 42 | 1 | Running |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Derek Thorn | Sunrise Ford/Lucas Oil/Eibach Ford | 50 | 40 | Running | |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | David Mayhew | MMI Services/Ron’s Rear Ends Chevrolet | 50 | 40 | 1 | Running |
| 6 | 5 | 20 | Eric Holmes | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 50 | 39 | 1 | Running |
| 7 | 8 | 22 | Jonathon Gomez | Century Boatland Chevrolet | 50 | 37 | Running | |
| 8 | 6 | 9 | Austin Dyne | William Rast/Sunrise Ford/Lucas Ford | 50 | 36 | Running | |
| 9 | 14 | 5 | Dylan Hutchison | Bay Bio Diesel/Johnnie Walker Chevrolet | 49 | 35 | Running | |
| 10 | 10 | 2 | Carl Harr | West World Computers Chevrolet | 49 | 34 | Running | |
| 11 | 12 | 71 | Daryl Harr | i World Connect Chevrolet | 49 | 33 | Running | |
| 12 | 7 | 24 | Cameron Hayley | Cabinets by Hayley Toyota | 49 | 32 | Running | |
| 13 | 11 | 61 | Brett Thompson | RTTI/Jerome Truck Serv. Chevrolet | 48 | 31 | Running | |
| 14 | 13 | 52 | Ryan Philpott | Philpott Race Cars Ford | 48 | 30 | Running | |
| 15 | 16 | 36 | John Wood | Pegasus Trans & Tow/Holleran’s Perf. Dodge | 47 | 29 | Running | |
| 16 | 17 | 15 | Jack Sellers | Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet | 47 | 28 | Running | |
| 17 | 18 | 90 | Chris Evans | GASS Toyota | 44 | 27 | Running | |
| 18 | 15 | 14 | Ronnie Jay | Cooks/Holleran’s Perf./PTW Repair Ford | 31 | 26 | Transmission | |
| 19 | 19 | 54 | Anthony Giannone | K&N Air Fillters/MGP Chevrolet | 6 | 25 | Accident |
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