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Berryhill Bags Top Five Finish in Music City By: Devon Holder
When the green flag dropped, the teenager from Tulsa did not disappoint as he led the first three laps of green flag competition in his www.nationalcashlenders.com Chevrolet Camaro. Berryhill time trialed in the sixth spot, but the invert moved him to the front of the field at the start of the race. Berryhill was overtaken by eventual race winner, Jeff Choquette on lap four, but continued to run the entire event solidly in the top five on the race track. “I thought we had a shot at the win in the second half of the race,” says Berryhill, who was running third before a part failure. “Our alternator belt came off and the battery was dying, which made us go down on power, but I am still grateful for our solid fifth place finish.” The top five finish allowed Berryhill to close the gap on Bryan Ortiz in the 2010 Sunoco National Tour Rookie of the Year battle, and also keeps him in a tight battle for the overall drivers championship. Berryhill feels that the momentum gained from the solid showing in Nashville will carry over into the next two weekends when the Sunoco National Tour will visit Springport Motor Speedway in Michigan and the Milwaukee Mile in Wisconsin. “I am so pumped going into these next two weeks,” says an ecstatic Berryhill. “We had a great car at Nashville and I cannot thank my team enough for the hard work and hours they have put into this three week stretch of races. We have found some stuff on these shorter tracks and I think that will make us a real threat coming into Springport and Milwaukee.” Berryhill is quite possibly the most beneficial of the Sunoco National Tour drivers that the event at Springport Motor Speedway was rained out on June 5th. Berryhill was unable to make the trip due to their shop being broken into and several essential tools and items being stolen. Had the rains not came, Berryhill would have not scored any points, and would be left to wonder what would have been as far as the championship and Rookie of the Year battle. “The rainout gave us enough time to regroup some tools and pit equipment in time for the next race,” explains Berryhill. “That allowed us to be in the thick of this Rookie of the Year battle and overall championship battle that we are in right now!” Berryhill is quick to thank those who make his racing adventures possible. “I have to thank www.nationalcashlenders.com, www.hinchmanracewear.com, www.americashadvance.com, www.visionracingteam.com, and AutoZone, along with all of my friends and family for making this possible for me.”
Theft Sidelines Vision Racings Championship Hopes TULSA, OK. - June 3rd, 2010 Vision Racing is disappointed to announce that they are not able to compete this weekend at Springport Michigan this coming weekend. "Our hopes of challenging for the "rookie of the year" and "championship" were wiped out over the Memorial Day weekend as thieves broke into the race shop and cleared out all of our tools and the majority of our pit support equipment along with carburetors, radios, four wheelers and motorcycles" " This came at a terrible time due to the long holiday weekend, the guys were off and the shop was closed and our response time to rebuild was limited" said team owner Adrian Berryhill. "We really feel we had a great shot at our goals with Tanner this year but after qualifying second at Rockingham and then falling out of the race with engine failure, it just doesn't look like we can recover this year with such a limited number of races on the Sunoco National Tour." "We love what the Varney's are doing with the Sunoco National Tour and fully support the direction of the series and its goals" said Berryhill. "We will try to rebuild our program but this is a huge set back financially for our team". "This is the first year our team has limited marketing partners and we are in a greater need now than ever" said Berryhill.
Vision Racing is currently competing with two full time drivers, Tanner Berryhill and Cameron Hagin. Berryhill is in his second year of Challenge Series competition and will be competing in his first ARCA start in July at Iowa Speedway in a car purchased from Kevin Harvick Racing. Hagin is a rookie to stock car style racing and will be competing in a number of events on a National level as well as a regional level as he gains experience to move up in the ranks toward his goals of racing in NASCAR. Both Vision Racing drivers are sixteen years old and have several championships behind them. "I'm really upset that we aren’t able to continue our goals this year but I’m grateful the team is working hard to regroup for Indianapolis, who knows crazier things have happened, maybe we will win the rest of the races and have shot anyway!" said the young driver, Tanner Berryhill.
Vision Racing ask to notify them if you see pit guns, scales, carburetors, digital pyrometers, racing radios, race jacks and other asphalt racing equipment for sale with Oklahoma area codes (405,918) There are only a few asphalt teams located in the Oklahoma area so any lead would be very helpful.
Adrian Berryhill 1-918-830-3988 Cell 1-877-369-0505 toll free office
Berryhill Brings Home Top 5 in First Sunoco National Tour Event of 2010
By: Devon Holder Tanner Berryhill closed out the 2009 season as one of the hottest drivers in the Sunoco National Tour Series. Berryhill finished second at Iowa Speedway and backed that up with a seventh place effort in the season ending King’s Ransom 300 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Throw in a fifth place finish at the World Crown 300 in Jefferson, Georgia in November, and it is evident that Berryhill is one of the top short track racers in the country. Berryhill demonstrated that effort once again last weekend in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, coming home fifth in the Southern Salute 200 in the first event of the Sunoco National Tour Series 2010 season. Berryhill, who is behind the wheel of a brand new 2010 Ford Mustang for the Sunoco National Tour Series campaign, was anxious to get back on track after having such a successful end to the 2009 season. “We are coming out here off a solid finish to last year,” stated Berryhill before the race Saturday night. “We are running our own team this year so we are looking to gain on what we had last year and compete for both the Rookie of the Year award and the championship.” Qualifying saw Berryhill time trial his way around the half mile New Smyrna Speedway in 9th position. Fast qualifier, Sean Bass, pulled an eight for the invert, which just missed Berryhill moving up on the starting grid. However, Berryhill would catch his first break of the race before the green flag, as third place starter, Brian Blum, gave up his spot to come to pit road for adjustments. This allowed Berryhill to advance from the inside of the fourth row, to the inside of the third row when the green flag waved. Once the field took the green flag, Berryhill settled in and began to feel out his car during the first one hundred laps of the race. When the first yellow flag flew on lap 48, Berryhill found himself running solidly in seventh position. Berryhill would maintain that spot on the racetrack until the competition caution came out at lap one hundred that allowed teams to come down pit road for adjustments to their machines. When the racing resumed, Berryhill was able to avoid an incident between two other drivers that occurred right in front of him on lap 101. With his www.nationalcashlenders.com Ford Mustang spared from any damage, Berryhill continued on in the race. Berryhill was able to maintain his track position and pickup a spot on the green-white-checkered finish to bring his Vision Racing Team’s entry home in the fifth spot, a solid start to the 2010 season. “I am real grateful for the finish we had,” stated Berryhill after the race. “The car wasn’t as great as we wanted but with track position and staying out of trouble we ended up with a decent finish.” Berryhill’s Vision Racing teammate, Cameron Hagin, finished in 12th after retiring from the race with mechanical failure on lap 88. Next up on the schedule for the Sunoco National Tour Series teams will be the second annual trip to Rockingham Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. Berryhill, Hagin, and the entire Vision Racing Team will depart from their Tulsa, Oklahoma headquarters and head to the Sand hills of North Carolina for the season’s second race on May 14th. “I have never been to Rockingham, but I have heard a lot about it,” said Berryhill. “A racetrack is a racetrack, and if you are a driver, you can handle it. I really like speedways and we finished second at Iowa last year and were real fast at Nashville before we blew up in practice, but going that fast gets your adrenaline going. It’s just awesome.” To find out more information on Tanner Berryhill, Cameron Hagin, and the entire Vision Racing Team, be sure to visit them at www.visionracingteam.com. To learn more about National Cash Lenders, check out their website at www.nationalcashlenders.com. To find out more about AmeriCash Advance, visit their website at www.americashadvance.com. To learn more about Awesome Racewear, check them out online at www.awesomeracewear.com. To find out more information about the Sunoco National Tour Series, be sure to visit www.sunoconationaltour.com. There you will find updated race results, schedule information, and press releases on drivers in the series. To find out more information about Sunoco Race Fuels, go to www.sunocoinc.com. To find out how to get tickets to the Sunoco National Tour race at Rockingham Speedway for the Carolina 200 weekend, check out www.rockinghamracewaypark.com. The Sunoco National Tour and ASA Late Model Series are their own entity
and not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated in any way with ASA Racing,
American Speed Association or the ASA Member Track Program. The Sunoco
National Tour and the ASA Late Model Series are operated by Ron Varney.
Cameron Hagin Gets New Vision In Sunoco National Tour Tulsa Ok. March 23, 2010 - Cameron Hagin of Tulsa, Ok. a former dirt micro sprint champion, gets the nod of approval from Vision Racing team owner Adrian Berryhill after a very successful two day test in one of its ASA late model cars. "Cameron is an exceptional young man at fifteen years old and will represent Vision Racing in a positive way", said Berryhill. "I like what I saw with him and his ability to take instruction well and improve each time he went on the track", " Its really cool to have two up and coming young drivers that are so talented", " Tanner is a veteran at such an early age, so its fun to watch as Cameron receives information from Tanner as they are working really well together", said Berryhill.
Vision Racing will begin its season with two new Sunoco National Tour cars at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach Florida. It has prepared a Ford Mustang for Tanner Berryhill and Hagin will be in its brand new Chevrolet Camaro. Vision Racing has obtained full sponsorship for the season with National Cash Lenders. Com, Awesome Racewear, Americash Advance.Com for the seventeen of Tanner Berryhill. "We are still looking for additional support for the five car of Hagin but feel confident that it will come in time. "Hagin’s grandfather is the pastor of the world known Rhema Bible College and that will surely open doors to introduce the ministries into auto racing"
Vision Racing is moving Tanner into his first ARCA series starts at Rockingham and Iowa this season with equipment and support from Kevin Harvick Racing this season. "We are really excited to have Tanner in such great equipment and the support of KHI in this car". "They really are a first class organization", said Berryhill.
For more information on development driver programs or marketing opportunities contact:
Adrian Berryhill 918-830-3988
Tulsa, Ok. February 22, 2010 - Vision Racing is excited to announce the further development of its young driver Tanner Berryhill for the upcoming 2010 ASA Late Model Challenge Series. "We are really excited to see what happens this coming season with a full time Rookie of the Year and Championship run" Said team owner Adrian Berryhill. "We were really gaining some great momentum toward the last part of the season with the lowest finishing position of seventh and two second place finishes in nine starts", "We really like what Ron Varney and all the ASA people are doing to stand out among late model racing with the new body rules and fully support this concept", "We began developing other young drivers last year and are real close to making an announcement within the week that will allow Vision Racing to run Two full time drivers this year in the Challenge Series". "Our team is looking at going back to NASCAR Nationwide and this series allows us to train our drivers for those types of tracks", "I have competed at all levels and the Challenge Series is undoubtedly the best series in terms of development, training and cost for any team or driver wanting to move up", said Berryhill.
As planned, the Number 17 will be entered for Tanner Berryhill this season and we will begin his advancement up with five planned ARCA racing events this year. We will also be testing Tanner at several NASCAR speedways this year. We are real close to closing a few sponsors this season and look forward to those announcements as well.
For marketing information: Mike Borrell 1-877-369-0505
Tanner Berryhill Wins Kemper Bullring Nationals December 14, 2009 – Kansas City, KS. With very little notice the Vision Racing Team decided to go seek the top honors of the Bullring Nationals Indoor $3000 to win Outlaw Micro Sprint Championship. They asked their young driver if he wanted to go and without hesitation he jumped on board and said “heck yes, lets do it”.
The Kemper Arena race is a huge race with teams coming from all over the Nation competing for the huge purse. “I want to say, Wow, what a great job Danny Lasoski and Scott did with the race track and the general organization of the race”. “We competed there last year and this year was an amazing improvement and I am certain this is a race that you have to win if you’re a driver” said car chief Darin Robison.
Berryhill made an amazing pass for the final time on lap eighteen to secure the top spot and the win. The battle between Berryhill and Felker was an exciting side by side, nose to tail race in lapped traffic with the two changing positions several times before Berryhill got some open track and stretched it to dominate the event.
“We are so proud of Tanners versatility being able to jump from a 300 lap stock car event going 160 mph to a short track dirt open wheel event and competing to win no matter where or what he is in”, “it’s a lot of fun and exciting for our team and sponsors” said team owner Adrian Berryhill. “Terry (McCarl) said it best when describing this weekend’s run – “That was a royal butt whooping”.
Vision Racing will begin Tanner’s ARCA career this following season and will also compete in the all new ASA Challenge Stock Car Series in hopes of the championship and the rookie of the year honors.
For marketing or driver information please contact Adrian Berryhill 918-830-3988
15 Year Old Berryhill onTop of World 300 Jefferson, GA. November 15,2009 - The first ever World 300 at the newly rebuilt Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson Georgia was held this last weekend and the team effort of Vision Racing and TD racing produced another strong finish for its young driving sensation Tanner Berryhill. Coming off of a second place finish at Iowa Speedway and a seventh place finish at Memphis Motorsports park in the ASA Late Model Challenge Series, the young Oklahoma driver was ready to see what he could do down South against some of the toughest teams and drivers in the country. The Enlyten backed number 17 Ford Fusion posted a strong qualifying lap of 16:502, which was over a full second under the previous track record, for a solid 15th starting position of the 54 cars entered.
The Field was set for the Sunday running of the World 300
and Tanner Berryhill
The Young up and coming driver moved his mount quickly through the field and found himself with a shot at the win with a late race re-start bunching the field up for an exciting race for the win on lap 271 with 29 to go the Enlyten Ford Fusion was in the seventh position and handling very well according to its driver. The final re-start of the World 300 was an exciting one as Berryhill got a great re-start and was in fifth position as the cars entered into the third turn and in position to take the fourth spot. "I could get in the corners a lot harder than the super late models but the crate engine just wouldn’t pull them off if they pinched me down at all, so I just tried to make my entry as wide as I could to keep momentum but you just had to work so hard to run against the supers, you couldn’t make a single momentum mistake or they would pull you really hard". Berryhill said.
As the checkers fell, Berryhill would finish with a top five in the fifth position and end a remarkable season for the young driver. Vision Racing and Tanner Berryhill have posted nine top 15's, six top 10's and four top 5's in only 13 starts. Even more impressive for Berryhill and Vision Racing is that they have only competed in the ASA Late Model Touring Series or Championship type events such as the World 300 in 2009. "We took a true rookie in late models and put him out there to compete with the best in the business and he did exactly what we wanted him to do by mid season, become a threat to win wherever he showed up and I think his record speaks to that", said Adrian Berryhill team owner. "If a major player in racing wants raw, humble talent that is young, but mature in his driving ability they need to take notice, this kid is the real deal", said team owner Berryhill.
For 2010 Marketing Opportunities Please Contact:
Adrian Berryhill 918-830-3988
No Blues For Berryhill In Memphis... Another Top Ten! November 8, 2009 - Tulsa, Ok. - Memphis Tennessee, home
of great BBQ, Rock and Roll, Blues and Memphis Motorsports Park. It was
a great weekend for high speed side by side ASA late model series racing
action at the fast 3/4 mile
Berryhill’s NASCAR Debut Finds Podium Oct 17, 2009 Houston, TX. - Tanner Berryhill has continued to impress all that are watching as he makes his first NASCAR start in the NASCAR sanctioned Fiesta Late Models at Houston Motorsports Park in Houston Texas. The number 17 Vision Racing Enlyten, Awesome Racewear, National Cash Lenders.com sponsored Ford Fusion was a serious threat all weekend during practice and qualifying never leaving the top three positions.
The young Oklahoma driver qualified in the third position with a time
of 14.202 and began the race inside second row. “This track is real
tricky when the sun goes down because it gets real tight in the center
and loose on the asphalt on entry into the corners so we tried to get
the pole in qualifying and just missed it, but we are real good for the
race”, said Berryhill. Vision racing will be racing Tanner in a team effort with TD racing at the upcoming ASA late model series Kings Ransom 300 at Memphis Motorsports Park November 7th. • A late discovery disqualified the car for an illegal spacer that is being reviewed and is pending. www.tannerberryhill.com Pictures from the Houston Event are located here
Pictures from Iowa and our 2nd place finish are posted here
Podium Finish For Fifteen Year Old Berryhill At Iowa Speedway Newton, IA. September 19, 2009 - It was a beautiful Indian Summer night
in the state of Iowa with a near capacity crowd of 20,000 at the Iowa
Speedway speedplant and the Vision-Td racing team had its young driver
on top of the
Tanner Berryhill On Top At Iowa Speedway September 18, 2009. Newton, Iowa - The young fifteen year
old driver from Bixby
GATEWAY A SUCCESS FOR ENLYTEN AND TANNER BERRYHILL TULSA, OK. - SEPT 15, 2009 This last weekend was a busy
time for the Enlyten, Awesome Racewear, Nationalcashlenders.com, Americashadvance.com
Ford Fusion sponsored Vision racing team and its driver Tanner Berryhill.
Gateway International Speedway hosted the Tulsa Oklahoma based Enlyten
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Enlyten Plans Big Event for Berryhill Gateway Race Tulsa, Ok. Sept. 7, 2009 - Tulsa Oklahoma based Enlyten
is preparing a huge weekend supporting the ASA late model series and its
young driver Tanner Berryhill at Gateway
Special discounted tickets are available on a limited basis
at the Thursday night Crown Plaza Hotel in downtown St. Louis for those
who are interested in hearing about the Enlyten program and how it can
truly change your life. Join the entire Enlyten racing team and its driver
Tanner Berryhill at 6 pm Thursday night, it’s sure to be a great
time! ASA RETURN A SUCCESS FOR TANNER BERRYHILL AND TEAM ENLYTEN Madison, WI -
July 27th, 2009 Tanner Berryhill has returned to the ASA racing series
after a short break this last weekend with a strong performance on his
behalf in light of team equipment problems. The Number 17 Enlyten, Americash
Advance.com, National Cash Lenders.com, Excel Sports Medicine, Awesome
Berryhill, again showed great skill and maturity the following day at Madison International Speedway in Madison Wisconsin on Sunday July 26th where he raced his engine repaired Number 17 Ford fusion from a tail back qualifying position all the way up to the seventh position. He was able to do this while missing all of the practice sessions for engine repairs on a track he had never seen before. While restarting from a late race spin. Berryhill found himself turning around coming out of turn four on the restart. " I dont know if someone was putting oil down or what but the car just stepped out while I was making a move on the zero car of Josh Nelms." "I really had a great day racing and I learned a lot racing in the front with the veterans, watching their lines really helped me get around here a lot better, Madison is kinda tricky". "I hope all the people with Enlyten know how happy I am to produce the results they are looking for and know they will only get better" Said Berryhill The Enlyten sponsored Ford Fusion ended the day in the 12th position. The Enlyten Racing Sponsored cars have one top five and three top tens in five starts.
Tanner Berryhill Wins Again And Vision Racing Rocked at the "Rock" Tulsa, Ok. July 11th,
2009 - The Enlyten sponsored team of Vision Racing was on its
game in more ways than one over the last week of racing. First, the cooperative
effort between Vision Racing and 5K racing this past 4th of July
Tanner’s absence from ASA Challenge racing has been hard on the dirt sprint competitors as he is now four wins in a row capturing his fourth win Friday night with a full ASCSII outlaw sprint field of cars and drivers. Berryhill drove his Excel Sports Medicine, Sawyer chassis to the front of the field in his qualifying heat, posting a point average that earned him the pole position for the 30 lap A main event. The field included some of the nation’s best National champions including Kevin Bayer and chassis builder/driver Scott Sawyer. Tanner took the early lead in the A main over Scott Sawyer lengthening his advantage to nearly half a lap early on and never looked back as he lapped up to tenth position and set his sight on capturing his fourth win in a row. "Man, the Sawyer car was great and I've got the best crew out there. I can’t wait to take this momentum to ASA real soon" said the pumped fifteen year old Tanner Berryhill.
Berryhill will be competing in the ASA North series event at Rockford speedway next week prior to his return on the Challenge series at Nashville Superspeedway. "We are real excited to have Tanner back and ready to run Rockford then Nashville Superspeedway, we have a lot of experience at Nashville Superspeedway with our ARCA and Nationwide cars posting a best finish of Seventh. Tanner will be a strong factor there and we are certain he will give Enlyten their best finish" said team manager Mike Borrell.
Tanner
Berryhill Dominates Will Rogers Speedway Two Day Show Tulsa, Ok. June 29, 2008 -
Tanner Berryhill may be temporarily sidelined from his regular job as
an ASA Stock Car competitor but his ability as a race winning driver continues
to impress wherever he goes. Friday night was the opening night of a two
day Outlaw micro sprint car series race at the impressive speed plant
known as Will Rogers Speedway in Claremore Oklahoma. This facility has
been host to numerous national events as well as many of the Chili Bowl
Indoor Midget National competitors. With a solid field of competitors
on hand the Vision Racing
Saturday nights event brought out a larger field of competitors to battle in the 100 degree heat of summer. Berryhill started his heat race in the sixth position and began to close in on the leaders as he diced the field and then back off the third place car settled in passing for third on the second to last lap of the ten lap event. When asked by the Vision team why he didn't go for the win, Berryhill responded " I wanted to secure an inside line for the feature event and not jeopardize his starting position by winning and getting put at the rear of the field by an inversion." The young thinking driver was correct as his mid pack run put him in the second row inside for the beginning of the final nights 30 lap main event.
Upon the drop of the main event Berryhill wasted no time as he put his number seventeen Sawyer Chassis three wide going into turn one. Upon the exit of turn two down the backstretch Berryhill had already opened up a commanding lead of eight car lengths over second place. It once again was a repeat of Friday nights main event except the caution flag would not fly and Berryhill was able to lap up to the Third position where he tucked in and followed the third place car with two to go and captured his third feature win in three starts at the fast high banked Will Rogers Speedway. " Man, this Sawyer chassis is an awesome handling car it was like I was on a rail just really easy to drive, what a great team and car." said Tanner after winning his third straight feature event at Will Rogers.
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Tanner
Berryhill did not think he would even get to make the trip from his home
in Oklahoma to the Nashville Superspeedway where the Sunoco National Tour
held the Tennessee 150 on Saturday until late last week. That is when
Berryhill’s grandfather came through to help the youngster get on
his way to the track in Lebanon, Tennessee. “I have to give a big
shout out to my grandpa,” stated Berryhill. “Without him helping
us out, we would not have even been able to make the trip, let alone the
race.”
Tanner
Berryhill scored a fifth place finish in the season opening race for the
Sunoco National Tour Series at New Smyrna Speedway.Tanner Berryhill scored
a fifth place finish in the season opening race for the Sunoco National
Tour Series at New Smyrna Speedway.
After
a very impressive season in the ASA challenge series stock cars, which
Berryhill posted a season high of second at Iowa Speedway he decided it
was time to return to dirt. He did so with an impressive heat race run
that had him starting in the sixth position and finishing second with
a close finish at the line for the win. “ I’m certain if I
had one more lap I would have been able to put the Excel Sports Medicine,
Americash Advance.com car on the pole of the A main event with a win”.
was
ready to do business as the green flag dropped. "I haven't run against
many of these guys so I didn’t know who I could run door to door
with so I decided to ride around and not get passed and take the cars
that I could without having to press any issues early in the race",
said Berryhill. The Vision-TD racing backed driver started making his
move to the front of the field on lap 69 of 300, running in the 12 position
and steadily began gaining ground. "We had a pretty good set up in
the first 100 laps and then the second set just really went south on us",
"The car was so loose I nearly lost it a few times and that really
hurt us while we were trying to advance in the second 100 laps".
Berryhill said. With a loose condition the young driver was able to continue
his charge and drive the number 17 into the ninth position at lap 191.
A late race caution on lap 241 produced contact with another car and relegated
Berryhill to the 28th position with only 59 laps remaining. "I couldn’t
believe that I had contact late in the race again after digging lap after
lap to get into the top ten", "I was hit late in the race at
Memphis while in the sixth position and now it has happened again and
I went really far back". "The guys were great telling me not
to worry and just go be aggressive and that’s what I did".
"Man, I went three wide and was able to pass cars on the top so I
stuck with that for a while and that track is awesome for side by side
racing", said Berryhill. 
Memphis
Motorsports Park. The weekend started with the Vision Racing Team making
solid long practice runs and balance the Enlyten, Awesome Racewear, Americash
Advance.com, National Cash Lenders.com, America's Incredible Pizza sponsored
Ford Fusion. "We brought in Howie Lettow and Travis Dassow to coordinate
the weekends efforts in hopes of a charge for the win and we did just
that, charge for the win", said team owner Adrian Berryhill. "We
finished the final practice of the weekend posting a lap time of 22.902,
which was fourth fast overall and that is what we wanted to accomplish
for the practice sessions", "Get the car balanced on long runs
and produce speed for a charge at the end with a matched set of tires".
"It worked out exactly how we intended", Berryhill said. 
The
fifteen year old driver was on his mark making laps in early practice
that were among the fastest the track has seen all season. A fast lap
in early practice of 13.978 was below the current track record in qualifying
on the difficult concrete and asphalt 3/8 mile speedplant. “The
guys made a lot of changes after we ran the ASA late model challenge series
race at Gateway International and it really helped our primary car a lot”
said the young driver. “The team has worked real hard and were able
to take off nearly forty pounds of rotating weight and I could really
feel the difference from Gateway”, said Berryhill. 
speed
charts during the early afternoon "Happy Hour" with a second
fast time of 23.615 and 134.321 average mph. "We were on 90 lap old
tires and ran one of our fastest laps of the weekend", "That’s
a real good sign for the race ahead as we felt good about the balance
of the car and how it got better with long runs" said Tanner Berryhill.
The Number 17 Enlyten, Awesome Racewear, Nationalcashlenders.com, Americashadvance.com
Ford Fusion started the race in the fifth position. When the green flag
dropped it was a thirty two car field charging to the line with outside
polesitter Chris Eggleston taking the top spot. The number 17 of Tanner
Berryhill waited for things to settle in as his Ford Fusion paced the
field running in the 7th position. As things sorted out Tanner began to
make his charge to the front racing side by side in a heated battle for
the third position with the number 9 of Mark Krauss. "Man, he ran
me real hard for several laps while I was trying to make the pass".
"My tires got hot and I had to back off for a few laps and make another
charge later", " My spotter told me we were backing up to the
cars behind us when we were racing side by side so I let him go and we
started to pull off pretty good again then I made another attempt and
still couldn’t get by", " He is a good racer and really
made the race a lot of fun, I was sure glad to get by him though!"
Berryhill said. Berryhill stretched his margin over Krauss to a near straightaway
as he set his mark on the leader Brian Campbell in the 20 car and second
place runner Dillon Oliver in the 33. A mid race caution involving four
cars allowed the field to be reset and Berryhill to be on the bumper of
the number 33 of Oliver and Campbell. "I knew we had something for
them because I was faster than Campbell all weekend and was second to
Oliver by only thousandths in happy hour", "during the caution
I was just thinking how to make a pass on both of them while they were
battling for the win", "My spotter said to run them high because
he didn’t want me to get caught up in a spin from all the banging
they were doing and sure enough coming out of two I saw that one of them
or both were going to crash", "when Campbell was spun I thought
for sure I was going to inherit the lead but it didn’t work out
that way, but I wanted to race for the win anyway" said Berryhill.
"I made a look inside Campbell with two to go but didn’t feel
I could make the pass without getting into the door of Oliver so I decided
that second was a good finish for the team and my sponsors." "Our
team worked great with Travis and Howie this weekend and I really had
a blast driving such a stable race car". "I really hope we can
team up again for Memphis, I still want to be the youngest to win in the
Challenge division and Memphis is my last shot since my sixteenth birthday
is after the race in November", "What a birthday present that
would be" said the hopeful driver. Vision Racing is looking to expand
Tanners driving opportunities by competing in the ARCA stock car series
on short tracks and possibly the Pro Cup Series in 2010. "Our main
goal will be to assemble the right personnel in addition to our current
team that can help us obtain an ASA championship as well as "Rookie
of the Year" honors in 2010 for Tanner" said team owner Adrian
Berryhill. 
Oklahoma,
Tanner Berryhill, is on top of his game at Iowa Speedway in Newton Iowa
this weekend. Thirty two cars have entered the Iowa Speedway's ASA Late
Model Series "Iowa 100" scheduled for Saturday afternoon at
5 p.m.. A strong contingency of cars have filled the beautiful speedway
garage area in hopes of taking home the top honors for today’s race.
The Vision Racing, Enlyten, Awesome Racewear, National Cash Lenders.com,
Americash Advance.com Ford Fusion number 17 started yesterdays first round
of practice with solid runs never looking outside the top ten in times.
Besting the majority of the field with a final practice time of 24.127
and an average speed around the fast 7/8th mile speedway of 132.513. "This
has been what I have been looking to do since running last November at
Memphis in my first challenge race where we were able to qualify and run
all day in the top ten" said the young driver. "Our team is
new to late model racing and so we decided to hire the best in the business
for support this weekend with TD racing development and Howie Lettow".
"This has turned our program around instantly and given me the car
I needed to do what I've always known I could do" says Berryhill.
"What an eye opener this has been, we are not completely out to lunch
but a bunch of little stuff has been learned and when we return to our
Oklahoma based shop, the guys are ready to re fit and design our cars
and make it identical to what we have this weekend" said team owner
Adrian Berryhill. "We've got a legitimate shot at the win today and
were real consistent on long runs with times dropping only by thousandths
on eighty lap tires" said Adrian Berryhill. After yesterdays qualifying
the number 17 Enlyten Ford Fusion Found itself on top of the scoring tower
in the fifth position of 32 timed cars with a blistering lap of 23.516
and 134.368 mph average. Tanner will start today’s event inside
third row, chasing pole sitter Jerrick Johnson. 
company.
Enlyten rolled out the weekend with a great social at the downtown St.
Louis Crown Plaza Hotel with the Vision racing team hauler parked along
the front of the hotel entrance and the its driver Tanner Berryhill on
hand as well as the crew. "It was great to see all the people from
around the country that made the trip to St. Louis to learn more about
how they can get involved in Enlyten and also go to the races", "We
had distributors coming out of the social and into the hauler where they
had an opportunity to sit in the car and learn about what we do"
said team owner Adrian Berryhill. It was a busy race day for everyone
involved as Tanner was busy signing autographs at an 8:45 am autograph
session coupled with a live interview on ESPN sports radio. Enlyten Company
CFO Bob Haefner gave the "start your engines" command and CEO
and Founder and CEO Lynn Mitchell and his daughter were high above the
race track in the flag stand to drop the starting green flag. "It
was really cool watching the cars, you could feel it when they went by"
said Founder and CEO Lynn Mitchell. Bob Haefner is so excited about the
racing program that he wants to organize a "Vs" competition
between Tanner and company spokesman Shaquille O'neil. "I think this
was a great weekend for the ASA Late Model Series, Enlyten and The entire
Vision racing team", "we had a solid building effort in light
of early race problems Tanner kept his head and waited for our team to
make the proper repairs and get him back on the track". "Tanner
really took advantage of the repairs and the Enlyten machine charged hard
in the second half of the race advancing twelve positions and finishing
on the lead lap in the fifteenth position" said team manager Mike
Borrell. Vision racing has hired Howie Lettow and the TD racing team to
join efforts for its run at Iowa Speedway. "I feel this is a good
opportunity to put the Enlyten team in the front of the field and give
Tanner the chance to showcase his driving ability". "This year
is truly about becoming familiar with ASA late model cars, tracks and
procedures so that we can give Tanner an opportunity to capture the "Rookie
of the Year" title and possibly the Championship next year".
"That is why we are hiring skilled teams and personnel for past and
upcoming races to gain knowledge". "Tanner is still only 15
years old and is excited about Iowa and the teamship between TD racing
and Vision to possibly be the youngest winner in the Challenge Series
division" said Adrian Berryhill.
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Raceway this upcoming weekend. The Tulsa based supplements company will
be hosting a meet and greet Thursday night at the Crown Plaza hotel in
downtown St. Louis Thursday night beginning at 6 p.m. Company Executives
Bob Haefner and Tom Staab will be on hand as well as Founder and CEO Lynn
Mitchell to talk about the companies exciting products and promotion opportunities.
Racewear
sponsored Ford Fusion of Berryhill hit the high banks of Rockford Speedway
in Rockford Illinois Saturday night in good fashion. The young Nascar
development driver had never seen the track before and was solidly lapping
the track in practice with times close to the top ten. The number 17 was
experiencing troubles with the Phil Harper built Ford engine all day long.
In light of those troubles, Berryhill was able to take his mount to the
finish of the crash inclusive event and post his best finish in the ASA
division to date, finishing in the tenth position. " If we didnt
have engine troubles, I think we could have truly been a contender here"
"This place is a lot of fun, a real drivers track" said Berryhill.
"I'm extremely dissapointed that we did not provide Tanner with a
better package this weekend, he really keeps showing us why he is here
and we are gonna have to get better prepared for him" said team manager
Mike Borrell. The youngster out of Bixby Oklahoma did his best to take
the car from the last starting position after an ignition change in impound
to finish tenth and stay out of trouble all while running on six cylinders.
The Ford engine apparently had a couple of rocker arms work loose and
fall off. "These kind of things should not happen, we are using the
best resources we know of to supply our new engines but then again we've
seen stranger things in racing". Said team owner Adrian Berryhill.
"We are extremely proud of the patience and maturity Tanner showed
not to get rattled and just go perform his job well"!
weekend
proved to be a strong union with stand out driver Chris Eggleston at the
wheel subbing for Tanner Berryhill. The number 17 was a strong contender
at the ASA Challenge race "Cherry Bomb 200" at the Famed Rockingham
Speedway. A solid qualifying effort put the team in the 12 starting position.
Eggleston piloted the Enlyten sponsored Ford Fusion to the front of the
field running as high as third during the race and finishing with a solid
seventh place finish. "We were real happy to post Enlyten’s
first top ten in this highly competitive racing series of ASA", "The
Challenge events are the toughest out there and we feel the run was a
success for Vision Racing, Enlyten and 5k" said Ken Wills of 5K.
"We know the 17 car is a solid car and we are definitely moving in
the right direction and are excited to bring Tanner back to pilot the
Enlyten, Awesome Racewear, National Cash Lenders.com ASA Challenge cars
in the near future", Who knows, with the pairing of the 5k team with
Vision we just might have two Enlyten cars at the balance of the Challenge
races", Chris did an excellent job and we would love to have an opportunity
to do more with him and 5k, well see", said team owner Adrian Berryhill.
Excel
Sports Medicine Americash Advance.Com Enlyten Sawyer Chassis number seventeen
Finished the heat race in the fourth position putting Berryhill on the
front row of the main event for Friday Night. Upon the drop of the green
flag Berryhill immediately captured the first position and never looked
back. Prior to an early caution Berryhill's advantage over second stretched
to an impressive 3/4 lap advantage. Upon the restart the same results
continued while Berryhill was never challenged for the lead capturing
the night one victory by over half a lap. " I really want to thank
my grandparents Bob and Jane for allowing me to have such a great race
car, with out it I don't think we could have the results we are having,
this is just awesome!" said tanner after Friday nights victory.