May 12th, 2012
Toccoa Speedway Speedway
Ultimate SLM
Toccoa Speedway Speedway
Ultimate SLM
Wins: 1
Top 5’s : 3
Top 10’s : 5
Runner Up Finish at Gordon Park In Jack Starrette Memorial
April 28th, 2012
Ross and his 87 team made the trip south to Gordon Park Speedway for the 2nd Annual running of the Jack Starrette Memorial Race. This years BEAST sanctioned event was set to go 40 laps and pay $4,000 to the winner. The night started off well for Ross as he was the fastest car in Group 1 of hotlaps. After qualifying was over, Ross would clock in 4th overall behind Johnny Pursley, Brandon Overton, and Chris Ferguson. During the caution plagued event, Ross would work his R.E.D powered Mastersbilt up to 2nd, and would go on to finish in the runner-up position behind Johnny Pursley. For complete results please go to www.racethebeast.com . Next up for Ross Bailes Racing is the BEAST sanctioned race at Carolina Speedway on May 11th. Ross and team would like to thank all of his wonderful sponsors who continue to support us!
Top 10 at 311 Motor Speedway
Ross and team made the trip to 311 Speedway in Madison, NC for the second Carolina Clash race of the season. Also tagging along was Kenny Ramsey who was making his Crate Late Model debut in the 87 machine with Ross turning the wrenches. Kenny's night started off well as he timed in 21st overall (out of 26 strong cars) which was very good for his very first time in a late model. As for Ross, he would go on to time in a disappointing 19th (out of 33) but would get some spots back by finishing 2nd in his heat race to earn the 13th starting spot in the main event. In the crate main event, Kenny rolled off 21st and avoided many cautions and worked his way up to a solid 15th place finish! Extremely good job for his first time out!! The Carolina Clash main event was dominated by Jeff Smith and Dennis Franklin, while 13th starting Ross was slowly picking off cars lap by lap. Ross had worked his way up to 5th when a caution came out, and on the final restart got shuffled back to 9th and would settle for a 9th place finish. Overall it was a decent weekend as we managed a top 10 after starting 13th. Ross and his team plan to travel back to Lancaster Motor Speedway this weekend for the inaugural Carolina Crown makeup. Again, congrats to Kenny Ramsey on a job well done in his first Crate Late Model show!
Carolina Crown Recap: Mother Nature Wins Out
Mar. 16th -17th, 2012
Ross and the 87 team made the hour trip to Lancaster Speedway this past Friday to compete in the inaugural Carolina Crown event. The weekend started off on Friday with qualifying and heat races. Ross timed in 10th overall out of 25 stout cars. This put him starting 4th in the first heat. Ross would go on to finish in the same spot he started. As Saturday came, Ross was scheduled to roll of 10th in his R.E.D powered MasterSbilt. Just as the drivers were in staging the rains came and forced officials to run the race on Sunday afternoon, but with the rain continuously falling all night and into the morning the race had to be called. It was announced that the makeup date would be April 7th. Ross and team plan to make another short trip this weekend to compete in both Fastrak and Ultimate Series events at Cleveland County Speedway in Lawndale, NC.
RBR Set To Invade Lancaster Speedway For The Inaugural Carolina Crown
Mar. 13th, 2012
Ross Bailes and the entire RBR team will venture to Lancaster Speedway this Friday & Saturday March 16th & 17th for the inaugural running of the Carolina Crown. Ross will be piloting the number 87 machine for this event. Everyone is urged to come out and support Ross in his efforts to pick up his first win of 2012.
March Madness 2012 - Cherokee Speedway
Mar. 4th, 2012
Ross Bailes and the B4 team started off their 2012 Season over the weekend at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC. As bad weather approached the Upstate of South Carolina, it looked as if mother nature might force officials to push the show back to a one-day show. However, the rain held off and we were able to Qualify and run Heat races on Saturday. Ross qualified 8th overall but 5th in his stacked group. This would put him starting 5th in the first heat behind superstars Steve Francis, Jonathan Davenport, Dale McDowell, and Donald Bradsher. After the green flag dropped, Ross quickly got by McDowell and up to 4th. With 3 to go Ross went to hit the switch to change from 3 wheel brakes to 4 wheel brakes and accidentally cut the car off, letting McDowell back by him. Ross would end up 5th behind Bradsher, Francis, Davenport, and McDowell. This would put him starting 13th in Sundays 75 lap feature. Starting 13th, Ross knew he had his work cut out for him, as everyone knew the track would lock down and only have one groove. As expected the track locked down and took rubber. Ross had worked his way up to 6th place by the halfway point, but wound up finishing 10th after getting shuffled back on a couple restarts. All in all it was decent first time out in the new MasterSbilt Race Car. Ross and crew will be heading to Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, NC for the Skyler Trull Memorial race and kick if their chase for the 2012 Carolina Clash Championship. There is also a possibility that we will take our crate car as well.
2012 Schedule Released
Feb. 24th, 2012
Please check our tour page to get the full schedule so you will know where to find us on race nights.
