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ROCKINGHAM, NC - Quain Stott and his LeeBoy Equipment Corvette, powered by Torco Racing Fuels, captured the 2006 Torco Competitionplus.com Pro Modified championship in the tightest points chase in Pro Modified history. The UTI World Finals also proved to be record setting for the Pro Modifieds, producing the first 5.99 elapsed time set by Josh Hernandez and a record setting bump spot at 6.016 anchored by Danny Rowe.
Going into the event, Stott had a slim lead over the other top 5 teams. Getting his LeeBoy Corvette qualified would prove to be a tough task. "I knew qualifying didn't win me the championship," said Stott. "But I didn't want to lose it that way [without qualifying]."
Thirty-five cars attempted to make the sixteen car field and with each round the bump spot dropped, making it tougher for each team to qualify, including Stott, who would end up qualified thirteenth, just three spots ahead of his closest competition for the championship, the Jimmy Rector tuned Danny Rowe team. Glen Kerunsky, who led in points most of the season would fail to qualify, giving a little breathing room for Stott and open the door for Rowe, Janis and teammate Tommy D'Aprile in the Evan Knoll sponsored "Support Our Troops" Corvette.
"Just that morning I said to myself an eleven (6.11ET) was OK, there's no way I could get bumped out," said Stott. "I mean the quickest field ever was a sixteen and now all of a sudden a ten? I'm standing there in the staging lanes watching these numbers fall and I couldn't believe it. I had no clue. I said what's going on? I had to pinch myself. Am I dreaming, a 6.10 bump in Pro Mod? But it happened."
"I've been doing this racing deal since 1975, so, it ain't like I just started last week," said Stott. "I usually handle the pressure pretty good. But, for some reason that really got to me, I was sitting there in the staging lanes and I was really bothered that I wasn't qualified. If I had lost the first round and Danny won the championship that was fine. But I could not stand the thought of losing it that way [without qualifying]."
Stott would step up to the challenge, making sure he would get his chance at the championship in his last qualifying attempt. "When I get it in second gear I usually know it's gone. It did rattle the tires a little, so I wasn't sure what the numbers were going to be. When the guys came over the radio and said I went an .09, I said yeah, and I quit. I said I never want to put myself through that again."
The championship was captured for Stott when Danny Rowe was knocked from eliminations in round two. "You know who helped me win it? Scotty Cannon," said Stott. I was really proud of Scotty, Jr, winning his first event. Saturday he [Scotty, Sr.] told me, you know what, I peeled a six off of my window and put a one on it. That's what we did by winning this championship."
Stott added, "I don't think I could have planned it any better. It's LeeBoy's hometown, Mom is here, Daddy is here, he's just not in body. I just don't if he was ever here when he was here, Daddy was a wild man. We had that rain at Maryland and we had that rain delay here and some reason we feel like Daddy had something to do with that. Maybe I wouldn't have won this thing if it hadn't been for the rain."
"My guys are unbelievable; Dee Bragg, Greg Waldrop, Brandon Howard heads up the whole crew, Dane Robinson is here, all of Tommy's guys. You can't believe all that Tommy's guys do. The two car team maybe the reason that this worked out so well. Tommy is just an incredible driver. I mean he's cute and all the girls like him."
Quain also made good on a promise to his twenty-one year companion and team manager, Cynthia when he asked her to marry him just minutes after clinching the title. "For twenty-one years Cynthia has been sticking with me," Stott said. "I promised her if I ever won a championship I was going to buy her a ring. I guess I had a little bit of a vision [winning the championship]. I finally got it paid for a day or two ago."
"For eleven years we've been trying," a smiling Stott told SPEED TV just seconds after his championship was assured. "We've been close a lot of times, we've finally made it. I ain't even going to try and start thanking people, everybody knows who you are, the sponsors know who you are and I appreciate everything, I don't even know what to say."
Quain Stott Drag Racing partners with high performance companies like, LeeBoy Equipment, Torco Race Fuels, Mercer Transportation, Richmond Gear, Mickey Thompson Tires, NGK Spark Plugs, Auto Meter, Stroud Safety, Santhuff Shocks, Fulton Race Engines and Spartan Crank Shafts.
To learn more about Quain Stott and the Quain Stott Drag Racing team, visit http://www.quainstott.com/
Quain Stott Wins Pro Mod Championship at Record Setting Event
ROCKINGHAM, NC - Quain Stott and his LeeBoy Equipment Corvette, powered by Torco Racing Fuels, captured the 2006 Torco Competitionplus.com Pro Modified championship in the tightest points chase in Pro Modified history. The UTI World Finals also proved to be record setting for the Pro Modifieds, producing the first 5.99 elapsed time set by Josh Hernandez and a record setting bump spot at 6.016 anchored by Danny Rowe.
Going into the event, Stott had a slim lead over the other top 5 teams. Getting his LeeBoy Corvette qualified would prove to be a tough task. "I knew qualifying didn't win me the championship," said Stott. "But I didn't want to lose it that way [without qualifying]."
Thirty-five cars attempted to make the sixteen car field and with each round the bump spot dropped, making it tougher for each team to qualify, including Stott, who would end up qualified thirteenth, just three spots ahead of his closest competition for the championship, the Jimmy Rector tuned Danny Rowe team. Glen Kerunsky, who led in points most of the season would fail to qualify, giving a little breathing room for Stott and open the door for Rowe, Janis and teammate Tommy D'Aprile in the Evan Knoll sponsored "Support Our Troops" Corvette.
"Just that morning I said to myself an eleven (6.11ET) was OK, there's no way I could get bumped out," said Stott. "I mean the quickest field ever was a sixteen and now all of a sudden a ten? I'm standing there in the staging lanes watching these numbers fall and I couldn't believe it. I had no clue. I said what's going on? I had to pinch myself. Am I dreaming, a 6.10 bump in Pro Mod? But it happened."
"I've been doing this racing deal since 1975, so, it ain't like I just started last week," said Stott. "I usually handle the pressure pretty good. But, for some reason that really got to me, I was sitting there in the staging lanes and I was really bothered that I wasn't qualified. If I had lost the first round and Danny won the championship that was fine. But I could not stand the thought of losing it that way [without qualifying]."
Stott would step up to the challenge, making sure he would get his chance at the championship in his last qualifying attempt. "When I get it in second gear I usually know it's gone. It did rattle the tires a little, so I wasn't sure what the numbers were going to be. When the guys came over the radio and said I went an .09, I said yeah, and I quit. I said I never want to put myself through that again."
The championship was captured for Stott when Danny Rowe was knocked from eliminations in round two. "You know who helped me win it? Scotty Cannon," said Stott. I was really proud of Scotty, Jr, winning his first event. Saturday he [Scotty, Sr.] told me, you know what, I peeled a six off of my window and put a one on it. That's what we did by winning this championship."
Stott added, "I don't think I could have planned it any better. It's LeeBoy's hometown, Mom is here, Daddy is here, he's just not in body. I just don't if he was ever here when he was here, Daddy was a wild man. We had that rain at Maryland and we had that rain delay here and some reason we feel like Daddy had something to do with that. Maybe I wouldn't have won this thing if it hadn't been for the rain."
"My guys are unbelievable; Dee Bragg, Greg Waldrop, Brandon Howard heads up the whole crew, Dane Robinson is here, all of Tommy's guys. You can't believe all that Tommy's guys do. The two car team maybe the reason that this worked out so well. Tommy is just an incredible driver. I mean he's cute and all the girls like him."
Quain also made good on a promise to his twenty-one year companion and team manager, Cynthia when he asked her to marry him just minutes after clinching the title. "For twenty-one years Cynthia has been sticking with me," Stott said. "I promised her if I ever won a championship I was going to buy her a ring. I guess I had a little bit of a vision [winning the championship]. I finally got it paid for a day or two ago."
"For eleven years we've been trying," a smiling Stott told SPEED TV just seconds after his championship was assured. "We've been close a lot of times, we've finally made it. I ain't even going to try and start thanking people, everybody knows who you are, the sponsors know who you are and I appreciate everything, I don't even know what to say."
Quain Stott Drag Racing partners with high performance companies like, LeeBoy Equipment, Torco Race Fuels, Mercer Transportation, Richmond Gear, Mickey Thompson Tires, NGK Spark Plugs, Auto Meter, Stroud Safety, Santhuff Shocks, Fulton Race Engines and Spartan Crank Shafts.
To learn more about Quain Stott and the Quain Stott Drag Racing team, visit http://www.quainstott.com/
