Fowl Mood Racing and Phil Potts Visit Victory Lane on Saturday Night at Brighton Speedway; Finish Eighth in Go Nuclear Opener at Utica Rome

The 2014 racing season has been slow starting for the Fowl Mood Racing team and driver Phil Potts. The weather has been absolutely horrendous, forcing rainouts almost every weekend. When they do get on the track though, Potts has been strong. He finished fourth last week on opening night at Brighton, and was looking for some good weather as they had a very busy Victoria Day Weekend planned with racing on Friday at Can Am, Saturday at Brighton and Sunday at Utica Rome Speedway for the 1st annual Gnome Cup.

Once again, rain was the story of the day on Friday and Chapman’s Can Am Motorsports Park made their decision early to cancel the night’s program. Rain lasted all day long, and there was just no chance of racing. Saturday was a much better day, as the Fowl Mood Racing team made the short trek across the town to Brighton Speedway. Potts started third in his qualifying heat race and moved up to second just a few laps into the race and maintained that position. In the 30 lap main event, the Fowl Mood Racing car started from seventh place and was inside the top five as the race hit lap number 4. Just a couple laps later, Potts wheeled the car to third place, and quickly began to challenge for the runner-up position. By lap eight, Potts had worked his way around the second place car and began to chase down the race leader. A lap nine-restart was just what Potts needed, and when they circled around to complete lap 10 he was in the lead and never looked back.

“The car was great tonight. Everyone on the team has worked hard during the off-season, and we have come back here with hopes of winning the championship”, says Potts. “We had a good run last week and backed that up with a win tonight and we are real happy with where we are at”.

On Sunday, the team headed to Vernon, New York for the 1st annual Gnome Cup event at Utica Rome Speedway. A second place finish in the qualifier locked Potts into the redraw for the main event. He ran a solid race, and came out with an eighth place finish.

“We are real happy with our results tonight”, says Potts. “I really have to thank the crew for all their hard work that they put into this car. I have to thank Stu and April (Archer) for providing me with the chance to drive these cars, and to my family for putting up with me being gone a lot”.

Potts will once again try to get back to Can Am Motorsports Park this coming Friday night, weather permitting. On Saturday night they will be looking to make it two wins in a row at Brighton Speedway. The next race on the Go Nuclear schedule is Sunday, June 1st at Humberstone Speedway in Port Colborne, Ontario.

Fowl Mood Racing would not be possible without the support of our sponsors. We would like to thank Hutchinson Fuels, Indewey Excavating, Vanderlaan Building Supplies, Bill’s Johns, Gord’s Water Service and Brighton Recycling Inc. for all their support throughout the 2014 racing season.

For more information on Phil Potts and the Fowl Mood Racing team, and to stay up to date with all the latest news in the 2014 racing season, please visit our website, www.fowlmoodracing.com.