Broomfield, CO—The Blood Sweat and Tears (B.S.T.) Series development driver “Flyin” Ryan Gaylord picked up his first ever IMCA Modified feature event win Sunday afternoon at Phillips county Raceway. The win came a night after breaking while dominating the Jim Shelton Memorial Race at I-76 Speedway the night before.

Gaylord finished fourth in his heat race and lined up on the second row for the 20-lap feature. Gaylord jumped up to second in the early stages of the race and chased down leader James Krehmeyer. Gaylord passed Krehmeyer on the outside on lap 15 and held off John Hansen the final few laps for the big win.

“The last lap, felt like it was never going to end”, Gaylord explained. Gaylord continued “This one is for Jeff (Berard), and I need to thank everyone including my parents, Joe Bellm, my brother Tripp, Tony Berard, Brandon Glenn, Rod Glenn, and everyone else who has helped me get here”.

“A main event win is checked off Ryan’s goal list, the next goal is to win a BST Series race, and I see that being in the near future,” Ryan’s mentor Joe Bellm of the BST Driver Development program mentioned.

Ryans next race will be on Sunday July 3 on the incredible Belleville High Banks track in Belleville, KS.

For more information on the B.S.T. Driver Development program call Joe Bellm at 720-422-5244.

Ryan Gaylord

Ryan, Chase and Tripp Gaylord working on modified

Ryan # 27 Dirt Modified 4th in points (BST series), Chase # X Honda Civic first race and Tripp # X Street stock/Econo Chevy Monte Carlo 7th in point at I-76 Speedway, Fort Morgan, CO

Chase

Tripp on grid ready to race

Scott Gaylord from Lakewood, Colo., blew a tire and finished 36th driving
the #52 Hooters Casino Chevy in the NASCAR Nationwide Sam’s Town 300 race at
Las Vegas Speedway.

“On lap 67, I was going through corner one full throttle when the right
front tire blew.  I slammed into the wall hard enough to see stars.  I told
the team that the car was out of the race. I feel so bad for the Means team
that the car is pretty much totalled,” said Gaylord after the wreck.

Scott wasn’t the only Gaylord racing last weekend.  On Sunday, Scott and his
wife, Donna, went from the airport upon thier return from Las Vegas directly
to I-76 Speedway in Fort Morgan, Colo., to watch Tripp Gaylord, 14, win his
heat race in the Stock Car Econo class while 19-year-old brother Ryan
finished seventh in the Modified Main Event to finish off the winter series
events.

Gaylord at Vegas

Scott Gaylord of Lakewood, CO. Finished 32nd in the NASCAR Nationwide series
race
at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana CA. He was driving the #52 Means Chevy.
The race was televised on ESPN 2.

Ryan Gaylord 19, Scott’s son, worked over the wall durring the pit stops as
front tire carrier.

“At about lab 20 of the 150 lap race we lost at least one cylinder and about
1000 rpm on the long straights. That killed our changes for a good finish in
the # 52 Means Chevy”, said Gaylord

Gaylord will be racing again next weekend Feb. 28th in the Sam’s Town “300″
NASCAR Nationwide race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway also on ESPN 2

ECONOS

1.         57         Loren Walker, Fort Morgan                     35

2.         39         Chad Mann, LaSalle                               22

3.         11x       Mike Kennedy, Cheyenne Wells              17

4.         35         Greg Dreiling, Denver                              13

5.         84         Tripp Gaylord, Denver                             13

6.         21         Brad Mahnke, Gering NE                        10

7.         09         Jeff Richey, Brighton                                9

8.         48c       Corey Cox, Littleton                                 9

9.         71         Kent Stubbe, Sterling                               8

10.        06         Chris Cox, Littleton                                  8

11.        17         Ken Robbins, Brighton                             7

12.        48         Dave Urwin, Mitchell NE                           5

13.        52         Don Patterson Jr, Arvada                          4       

14.        56         Brad Wheaton, Colorado Springs              3

15.        7          Todd Brotemarkle, LaSalle    

Ryan Gaylor at Highway 92 Speedway

Ryan Gaylord from Golden, Colorado finished second in his first ever heat race at Highway 92 Speedway near Gearing, Nebraska on Saturday night as he drove the Mr. Badwrench Super Stock Chevrolet. After steady advancement toward the front Ryan made a last lap pass to finish second in the fifteen lap heat race for qualifying position in the main event.

Starting Mid pack in the 50 lap shootout race Gaylord learned fast as he was introduced to three wide racing right off the bat. “I was impressed with his abilities to look ahead and avoid so many accidents,” said proud father Scott Gaylord, “I’ve seen many experienced racers that don’t do that.” Ryan ran in the top ten most of the race when on lap 40 his night ended early as he drove the car into the infield to avoid yet another accident in his path but another car lost control and drove right into the back of Gaylords’ car breaking his axle. “I was clear of the wreck then BAM!” said a disappointed Gaylord, it was obvious he hated to see his night end early with a damaged car.

Darrel Smith, a veteran Super Stock driver and the owner of the Mr. Badwrench Chevrolet said he was impressed with how well Ryan drove in his first Super Stock race.