From Anderson To Indy, 19-Year-Old Brandon Oakley Looks To Make Up Ground In Rookie Title Chase

ARCA/CRA Super Series Heads to Lucas Oil Raceway for Night of the Stars (Special from Brandon Oakley Racing)

July 25, 2013

Beavercreek, Ohio (July 25, 2013) – All Brandon Oakley asks for is a little break in the

ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS season. He knows he's fast, he has the

legendary Gary St. Amant in his corner as his Crew Chief, the rest of his hard-working

team is stout from top to bottom, now all the 19-year-old wants is just a little luck to go

his way and he knows that'll prove that his Brandon Oakley Racing Team are solid

contenders in the series.

The fast 1/4 (0.250) mile high-banked paved oval of Anderson Speedway in Anderson,

Indiana was the last race for Oakley and crew on  July 20th for the second leg of the

$100,000 JEGS Triple Crown Series; the Stoops Freightliner Redbud 300. After Qualifying

18th, the Beavercreek, Ohio driver would start the race from the outside of the ninth row.

Adding to the already prestigious race was the 2013 ARCA/CRA Rookie of the Year title

chase which Oakley is right in the middle of. Unfortunately for ROTY points leader going

into the weekend, 15-year-old Anderson Bowen, he is out four to six weeks due to an off-

track injury leaving the door wide open for both Oakley and fellow Freshman, Ali Kern. So

Oakley was hoping to gain some ground on both during the 300-lap main.

Déjà vu struck the white #51 in Central Indiana though as contact with another car on lap 40 left his machine up against the turns one and two wall. The same place he hit in the May 4th race at Anderson. What made things worse was as he came off the wall, Bubba Pollard had nowhere to go and tagged Oakley's machine ending his night.

"Unfortunately, we got taken out at early at Anderson for no reason," Oakley matter of factly stated after the race. "But we're ready for Lucas Oil Raceway and hope to get a race in with a solid finish. Hopefully we can catch a little luck here too." He added.

The Night of the Stars 100 is next on the schedule on Friday, July 26th at the fast 0.686 mile progressively banked paved oval of Lucas Oil Raceway, located west of Indianapolis in Clermont, Indiana as the race is not only the second of three consecutive ARCA/CRA Super Series races in three weekends, it's also part of the city's prestigious Brickyard Speedweeks which ends with the famed Brickyard 400 on Sunday, July 28th at near-by Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

As the 2013 season continues, Oakley is second in the Rookie of the Year title chase, 36 points behind Kern. Overall in the ARCA/CRA Super Series in 2013 and despite the crash at Anderson, Oakley climbed up into the coveted top five overall in the season long points chase and is 32 markers behind fourth place Rick Turner. His season high finish remains an 11th in the non-points SpeedFest 2013 back on January 27th at Watermelon Capital Speedway in  Cordele, Georgia. 

For the remainder of the 2013 racing season, all of Oakley’s #51 Brandon Oakley Racing Chevrolet Impalas will carry sponsorship support and decals from DKBicycles.com as well as Oakley Black Top, Duncan Oil, Main Auto Parts, McAfee Heating & Air, AR Bodies and M.P.H. Promotions.

For more information about the Brandon Oakley Racing Team, and to inquire about sponsorship opportunities for the rest of the 2013 campaign, log onto the website at: www.brandonoakleyracing.com You can also go to the teams’ Facebook Fan Page at: www.facebook.com and search “Brandon Oakley Racing”. Finally on Twitter, go to: www.twitter.com and search “Brandon Oakley".