21-year old Justin Lamb will be enjoying his 'summer vacation' in 2009. The UNLV student will be
spending his months off campus along the NHRA and big dollar bracket tour, as he takes his "show on
the road" for the next month. Lamb, who is arguably the most accomplished competitor in sportsman
racing history at his age, is already enjoying a stellar season behind the wheel of his teams
multiple sportsman entries. He now embarks on a month long tour that will include stops at the
O'Reilly Summer Nationals this weekend in Topeka, KS, the NHRA Route 66 Nationals in Chicago, IL, a
Lucas Oil Divisional event in Chicago, and the U.S. Open Bracket Championships at O'Reilly Raceway
Park in Indianapolis, before returning to Bandimere Dragway on July 4th weekend in support of his
friends and partners at Madcap Racing Engines.
Lamb kicked off his 2009 campaign with vigor, earning the Super Gas title at the season opening
Winternationals in Pomona, CA. Weeks later, he nearly duplicated the feat, advancing to another
final round in the Super Gas category at his home event, the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, before falling to sportsman racing legend Ted Siepel in the final round.
The following weekend, Lamb earned his first career victory in the Competition Eliminator category
at the Las Vegas Lucas Oil Division Series event. That Comp victory marked the sixth different NHRA
category in which Lamb has scored a major title, putting him in extremely elite company at a very
young age. To date, Lamb has scored national event triumphs in Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Stock,
and Top Dragster, and scored on the divisional level in Competition Eliminator and Top Comp.
"It's been an incredible start to the season," said Lamb. "I feel like I've driven well, and we've
certainly gotten a few timely breaks. But the biggest factor to our continued success is my
equipment. We've got great cars, and I attribute that to a lot of hard work from myself, my father
Chris, and our entire team; as well as the continued support of our marketing partners. Without
them none of this would be possible."
Lamb's marketing partners include Madcap racing engines, Mikes Transmissions, Redback Boots, Palmer
Electric, Sunstate Companies, Unlimited Trailers, Goodyear, Race Tech Race Cars, Joe Gibbs Oil, and
Biondo Racing Products.
Coming into this weekend's event in Topeka, Lamb resides within NHRA's top ten national points
standings in both Competition Eliminator (where he is currently in 8th position) and Super Gas
(where he is 5th). This weekend's event will mark Lamb's fifth national event claim in Super Gas,
but he has elected not to compete in Competition Eliminator this weekend. Instead, he will run the
same familiar Cobalt in Super Stock Eliminator.
"It's still a little early to worry about the points chase," stressed Lamb. "We're off to a good
start in both categories, so we're certainly going to pursue it; but it's real easy to let the
points affect the way you race, and I'm going to do my best not to let that happen. If we keep
working hard, and I do my job each round, hopefully we can win races. And, if we win races the
points will take care of themselves."
