Mike Curb - Other Racing

Curb Agajanian was proud to join with Tucker/BCI in winning the 2011 Mopar Midget Championship with Bryan Clauson

Curb Agajanian was proud to join with Tucker/BCI in winning the 2011 Mopar Midget

Turkey Night Grand Prix Battle or the War?

An old adage in racing as in life "Sometimes you have to lose the battle to win the war" proved itself true on Thursday night as Bryan Clauson was going for his 3rd consecutive Turkey Night Grand Prix victory and his 2nd USAC National Midget Championship.

Needing a 7th place finish to secure the Championship but also wanting to take a shot to join Billy Boat and Ron Shuman as the events only 3-peaters made for an interesting 98 laps for the 2 time USAC National Drivers Champion. Qualifying 13th made it necessary to be aggressive early to get into the top 7 and BC was up to the task by making his way into the top 5 within the first 10 laps. As the race wound down BC worked his way to 2nd and with 10 laps to go and put himself in position to pick up the win. A caution negated a move and set up a late race battle that found Bryan 3 wide on the restart for the lead between Caleb Armstrong and Darrin Hagan. BC made one last shot for the win but came up short and settled for 3rd at the Checkers securing the teams 2nd National Championship.

BC~ We really had a great race car for the race and felt like we managed the perfect race if not for the last caution we put ourselves exactly where we needed to be. We ran Caleb down and I was just running down the hill to make the move for the lead when the final caution flew. Caleb was really good on the short run and when Hagan made it 3 wide I knew it was better to let those two have at it and secure the Championship. I can not say enough about my guys and all of our great supporters who made this year possible we did it all on our own this year and I take great satisfaction in this Championship.

We are so proud to bring our partners,Corey Tucker Racing Curb Performance Group, NOS Energy Drink, Curb Records, K&N Filters, Schoenfeld Headers, All Star Performance, Esslinger Racing Engines, Keizer Wheels, Mobil One, R&B Truckers, CMC Global, BMRS, LWT Transport, DMC Indy, Honeybaked, Wholesale Connection, and DMI, The 2011 Nation Championship!

Bryan and the team finished a strong 2011 USAC season by winning the USAC National Midget Driver and Owners Championship, The USAC National Drivers Championship, and The National Midget Driver of the Year Championship. Becoming the first 3 time winner of this prestigious award.

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