American Bryan Clauson will line up as favourite for tonight's World 50-lap Classic at Western Springs. Photo / James Selwyn
American speedway star Bryan Clauson drove from the rear of the field to win his third consecutive international midget series event at WxC Speedway - Western Springs on New Year's Day, with tonight's World 50-lap Classic looming as an incredible target.
The 25-year-old was forced to come through the last
chance B-main race after striking trouble in the heats. He won that before storming through the entire field in the feature race, taking the lead on a caution restart with three laps to go and winning, ahead of Californian Darren Hagen and Kiwi Michael Pickens.
"I definitely needed that yellow flag, we weren't going to get to the leaders without that, but this cars been unbelievable ever since we took it out of the box on Boxing Night; it was an absolute joy to drive," said Clauson.
"We had a little hiccup in the heats, a little altercation, but I knew we had the car to do it in the feature as long as things went our way.
"These guys here at Western Springs have given us a fantastic racetrack two nights in a row now. I probably ran 100 different [racing] lines out there trying to find my way through traffic."
