CHAD BRACHMANN THE RANSOMVILLE SPEEDWAY CHAMPION FOR 2011

 It was just a mere 369 days ago when Chad Brachmann pulled into the pits at the Humberstone Speedway with a point lead that many had figured was already locked up. On that fateful night, Chad would break on an initial green flag incident and barely make his way back on to the speedway surface to evidently finish 15th and lose a points championship by 1 point.

 Tonight, CB3 has officially written the word Karma into his vocabulary and pulled off the unthinkable when he went into the Ransomville Speedway's final night of points. Trailing Mr Smallblock Pete Bicknell by 14 points and Todd Burley by 6, Chad was in a must win situation and needed help for just a glimmer of hope to become the 2011 track champion. He got just that.

 Tonight's feature was an extra distance event of 50 laps and had the top 3 contenders starting in the 11th, 12th and 14th positions. When the green flag dropped, it seemed as if the three veterans were marching forward like a pack of hungry wolves. On just the 5th lap, Burley had obtained the 9th position, Bicknell the 10th and Brachmann the 11th, however, just before the caution flew on lap 11, Brachmann would slip by Bicknell for 10th and you could tell something was off with Mr Smallblock. The race's only restart would see Burley and Brachmann move through the field, taking their time to pick off cars when they saw the right opportunity to do so. Soon after, CB3 would begin to lock his car on the bottom of turns 3 and 4 and it seemed that he could do no wrong on the north end of the speedway. He soon began to reel in the top 5, and Chad would continue his tear to the front by simply taking spots as opportunities came to him. When he began to cut down the leader Ryan Susice's lead by 3 or 4 car lengths every lap, you began to think more and more that Brachmann may have that setup that everyone wanted. Meanwhile, Burley continued to battle for the 5th position, then the 4th, while Bicknell just could not get his car to stay on the bottom of turns 1 and 2. This is something that Pete has mastered in his many years of experience, and all the while, you couldn't help but wonder, is this really happening. Brachmann caught up to Susice, and made his move to the outside on lap 33 taking the lead, and immediately beginning to put car lengths between them. Burley, remained locked in the 5th position, and Pete the same. In the final laps, it was obvious that someone had decided to write a story on this night, that may just be told for years to come. In the trailers of all 3 points contenders, this story will in fact be told in 3 ways, one of destiny, one of misfortune and one of heartbreak.

 Chad Brachmann would go on to win the 50 lap feature this evening, and control his own destiny, unfortunately for Todd Burley, he missed his by 3 positions and finished in 5th, while Pete Bicknell could only watch the heartbreak unfold in front of him from his 10th place finish.

 The Brachmann Racing Team would like to thank all their sponsors, families, friends, fans and the Ransomville Speedway for a fantastic 2011 season. Without any of you, this would never be possible.

 369 days later, Chad Brachmann pulled into the pits at the Ransomville Speedway with the intentions of winning a feature and hoping it may help his points race, turns out, that feature won it for him. Now that's, Karma.