Doug Winters and the Winters Racing Team made another final round appearance this past weekend at the Super Chevy Show.  This time it was at the Bristol Motor Speedway.  The streak started on June 28^th at the Super Chevy Show held at the zMax Dragway in Charlotte, NC.  At zMax, Winters took the win in the final round.  From there they went on to the finals and win at Maple Grove in July and Bowling Green in August.  Out of the four finals he has won two.  This time he lost in the final against Ken Walsh and his ’63 Corvette.

“Getting the runner up was a let down here at Bristol, but when we started thinking about it, four finals in a row is something really special, stated Doug.  “It just shows how consistent our ’57 Nitro Coupe has become over the season.  Working with Mickey Thompson Tires and some chassis changes, our car has really responded.  Now every time I drop the clutch I expect it to make a full pass.  At the beginning of the season that was not the case.”

Doug Winters and the Winters Racing Team made another final round appearance this past weekend at the Super Chevy Show.  This time it was at the Bristol Motor Speedway.  The streak started on June 28^th at the Super Chevy Show held at the zMax Dragway in Charlotte, NC.  At zMax, Winters took the win in the final round.  From there they went on to the finals and win at Maple Grove in July and Bowling Green in August.  Out of the four finals he has won two.  This time he lost in the final against Ken Walsh and his ’63 Corvette.

“Getting the runner up was a let down here at Bristol, but when we started thinking about it, four finals in a row is something really special, stated Doug.  “It just shows how consistent our ’57 Nitro Coupe has become over the season.  Working with Mickey Thompson Tires and some chassis changes, our car has really responded.  Now every time I drop the clutch I expect it to make a full pass.  At the beginning of the season that was not the case.”

Going into the final Super Chevy Show event for the year at Bristol, Ken Walsh had already locked up the Nitro Coupe point championship.  But second place was still undecided.  Winters came into the event in third, 15 points behind Jerry Hunt. 

Unfortunately for Hunt, he lost in the first round and with Winters advancing to the final put Doug into second place by only 5 points. 

“It’s great to end up second this year.  We ran a limited Super Chevy Show schedule and to take second place is special.  Jerry worked very hard to hold on to second, but we were just a little more lucky then him down the stretch.”

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