By Elgin Traylor, Speed51.com

Lucas Ransone Gets First Win in a Thriller over Frank

Every driver remembers their first win. When you win a race in a green-white-checkered finish, it makes it all the more special. Lucas Ransone learned a lesson from the Langley Pro Cup race in which he was a factor at the finish, but was just a little short. At Lanier, he made sure that didn’t happen as he muscled his way by AJ Frank for the lead in the final set of corners to score the win.

“Man I can’t believe it,” said Ransone. “That restart right there comes from Hickory – Andy Mercer and I were racing like that for three solid weeks like that and I knew that he was going to jack me up or do something, but I jacked him up and I came away with the victory. I drove it in three as hard as I could on the last lap and I got on the brakes and came out with the victory. I just got to thank everybody.”

Frank was upset after the race, mostly with the restart in which Ransone was pushing him to the line getting him all out of shape. READ MORE

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Concord, N.C. (July 1, 2009) – USARacing’s, AJ Frank and Caleb Holman, will be guests on www.racetalkradio.com's Speed 51 Radio tonight, Wednesday, July 1, at 6:30pm. Frank and Holman will be on hand to discuss last weekend's Aaron's 250 from Lanier National Speedway in Braselton, GA.

It was an exciting event for the two as Holman was involved in an incident with current series point leader, Clay Rogers while leading last weekend. The incident resulted in a wrecked race car for Holman and a penalty for Rogers. Holman went on to a 12th place finish and Rogers a 6th place finish.

Broken Rear End Cost North Carolina Driver a Shot at Victory

If it were not for bad luck, Drew Herring would have no luck at all. The Benson, North Carolina driver headed to Lanier National Speedway (GA) for the first time in search for some redemption to his recent string of bad luck. At first, it looked like he would be successful. Herring led over 100 laps on Saturday night and was going to be a serious contender for his second-career USARacing Pro Cup win. A broken rear end resulted in a smoky mess that left Herring 15th in the final standings.

By, Lindsey Holman

Braselton, GA. (June 28, 2009) - Saturday June 27, 2009 the USARacing Series made their first stop in Braselton, Georgia at Lanier National Speedway for the Aaron’s 250. For Caleb Holman and Henderson Motorsports this was their chance to redeem themselves with a break through win for the season and again they came close, within 9 laps this time.

The weekend started off great after being the fastest in practice and qualifying 2nd to Jeff Agnew. Agnew wanted to take the outside on the start of the race, so Holman had no complaints of starting on the inside. When the green flag fell for the Aaron’s 250 Holman and Agnew battled for 1st for the first lap then Caleb cleared him on lap 2 just before the first caution came out. Holman had clearly taken the lead when the caution came out, but the officials said other wise and he restarted 2nd to Jeff Agnew on lap 9.

On lap 29 Drew Herring had taken 2nd away from Caleb and then went for the lead with Holman following. By lap 72 Clay Rogers had passed Holman for 2nd, but Holman remained in the top 3. Lap 135 was when the next caution came out when Caleb brought the Food Country Chevrolet down pit road for 4 fresh tires.

By Erica Kron, USARacing

Braselton, Ga. (June 27, 2009) – The only thing hotter than the temperature and the tempers on Saturday night at Lanier National Speedway was rookie Lucas Ransone, who grabbed his first career USARacing Pro Cup victory after a torrid last lap battle with A.J. Frank in the Aaron's 250.

“This win is huge!” an ecstatic Ransone said. “It's (crew chief) Darren Shaw’s first win and to win like that is just incredible. He has been in the Pro Cup series for quite a long time and I can’t believe we came out of here like this. I can’t believe this. It feels so great to be at this level.”

Ransone may have a rookie stripe on his rear bumper, but he drove like a veteran when it counted. A late-race accident involving leader Caleb Holman and the second place Clay Rogers set up a green-white-checker finish. When the field lined up for the final restart, Ransone was second, directly behind leader Frank. When the green flag waved, Bobby Gill, who was third, jumped to the outside in an attempt to pass Frank. Ransone dove to the inside and pulled even with Frank. Ransone and Frank then dueled door-to-door for the final lap, before Ransone edged ahead by a mere 0.150 second for the victory. The final lap was the only one Ransone led in his Ransone Racing/K-N Filters/KRG Utilities Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

9:40 PM Update - Lucas Ransone gets his first Pro Cup win after passing AJ Frank on a green-white-checker flag finish. Frank got the lead for the final restart after Clay Rogers spun Caleb Holman who was leading at the time. Rogers was penalized. Bobby Gill finished third. Scoring had some problems so check with the http://www.usarprocup.com website a little bit later for official rundown.

10:00 am - Happy raceday! We didn't make the long trip down to Lanier for today's race so there won't be any live trackside updates from us!

We'll be watching the official USARacing website - http://www.usarprocup.com - for news as well as following along with practice, qualifying, and the race with the Live timing and scoring from Motorstats.

Concord, N.C. (June 25, 2009) – (FSN) has developed a ten (10) week series of 30-minute television program highlighting the greatest racing in America. The USARacing Pro Cup Series (formally the Hooters Pro Cup Series) is scheduled to begin on Sunday morning, July 5, 2009 at 11:00AM, and run for ten (10) consecutive weeks. This schedule will allow fans the knowledge that the series will be aired on consecutive weeks for the regular season and again for the four-race championship run.

The final four (4) events of the season will be covered in an expanded one (1) hour format that promises to bring some of the most exciting racing available into the homes of the automotive racing enthusiasts. The first of the one hour programs will be seen on four consecutive weeks, Sunday mornings at 11:30AM, beginning November 8, 2009.

While the hot temperatures did cause a slight meltdown of our cranial functions, a couple of days at home have revived a few memories of things we meant to share with you from the weekend.

TV - We heard around the campground and they announced it to the crowd during the pre-race that the first USARacing TV broadcast (the Concord race) would begin at 11 a.m. on July 5th on Fox Sports Net and would run for 10 consecutive weeks at the same time covering the first 10 races. It's 11 a.m. no matter what time zone you are in. We also heard the show is only 30 minutes. If you have DirecTV, you can find the first one on the channel guide now and can set your DVR or TIVO to record it.

Crane Cams - Every racer and most fans recognize the name Crane Cams. When it was reported that is had closed it's doors back in February, it was the end of a racing mainstay. Well, at MB, Terry Johnson, the electronics product manager for the NEW Crane Cams talked to us and asked us to relay to everyone that Crane Cams is back! The assets have been purchased by S&S Cycle of Daytona and they are working towards restoring their product line and service to racers. According to their website (http://www.cranecams.com) they had this to say: