Mon, 14 Dec 2009, 11:56 AM Folk Family Wraps Up Another Excellent Season

Courtesy of Luke Bogacki

DURAND, Ill. -- Following a three week marathon tour in South Georgia and Florida, the Folk Race Cars stable has put the jacks down on another excellent race season as they retire to Durand, IL for the winter. The team, consisting of Ron Folk along his sons Brian and Nick have accounted for a pair of division championships, 4 national event wins, and numerous big dollar bracket titles in 2009 alone.

Family patriarch Ron "The General" Folk enjoyed success in limited action behind the wheel. Ron drove his dragster to a Quick Rod victory at the IHRA national event in Grand Bend, Ontario and earned a berth in IHRA's Tournament of Champions runoff to be held next May. Both Brian and Nick Folk join "The General" in IHRA's premier event next spring by virtue of strong points finishes in IHRA's Division 5 Thunder region. There, Nick Folk, the defending Stock World Champion, dominated the Stock category again in 2009, posting a whopping 497 point score on the strength of four Pro-Am tour victories to runaway with the division crown. Brian Folk joined his brother as a division champion, taking the Super Rod crown in the families Camaro Roadster. Both Brian and Nick also qualified for the tournament of champions in a second class; Brian finished second in Division 5 Top Dragster points, while Nick also earned a second place finish in Division 5 Super Stock.

Brian Folk also enjoyed a solid season ending run at last weekend's 5-Day Bracket Championships at Palm Beach International Raceway. Folk, a two-time champion of the event (formerly known as the Moroso 5-Day Championships), won the opening $10,000 event, and appeared in a $5,000-to-win 1/8th mile final round before finishing the week in third position in the points championship.

Nick Folk enjoyed arguably the best season of his fantastic career. Folk earned IHRA national event triumphs in Immokalee (Stock) and Pittsburgh (Super Stock), to go along with an NHRA national event win in St. Louis (Super Comp) and an IHRA runner-up in Baton Rouge (Top Dragster). He compiled five IHRA Pro-Am victories to go along with an NHRA Lucas Oil Series win in Earlville, IA. As if that weren't enough, Folk was a constant fixture in the late rounds of the biggest bracket events in the country. He scored final round appearances at the Bradenton Winter Series, The New World 5-Day Championships in South Georgia, the 5-Day Bracket Championships at Palm Beach, the 7-come-11 Hi-Rollers Shootout in Wisconsin, and the World Super Pro Challenge in Michigan.

Folk Race Cars would like to take this opportunity to thank it's marketing partners for their role in the teams continued success. Those partners include Auto Meter, K&N Filters, ATD Transmissions, Hoosier Racing Tires, Lunati, Dart Machinery, Spin Werkes Wheels, American Race Cars, Glasstek, JE Pistons, Hillcraft.com, Shafiroff Racing Engines, VP Race Fuels, Nitroplate, Goza Racing Products, Moroso, Mr. Gasket Performance Group, J.W. Performance, B&M Performance, JEGS, Moser Engineering, Shogun, Manley, J&J Engine Diapers, Wegner Performance Engines, Digital Delay, ISC Racers Tape, ThisIsBracketRacing.com, Autolite, Quickfuel, Aeromotive, ARP Fasteners, and Folk Race Cars. For more information on the team and the services available from Folk Race Cars, visit online at www.FolkRaceCars.com.

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