The racing season has ended and winter testing is already underway for many Grand AM and NASCAR teams. It was a great season for Schroth Racing drivers. In Nascar when the smoke cleared at Homestead-Miami Speedway it was Tony Stewart capturing his 3rd Sprint Cup championship. HMS and Schroth Racing would like to congratulate Tony on a great season winning 5 out of the 10 chase races.
Schroth Racing drivers had an outstanding 2011 season:
- Trevor Bayne-Daytona 500 Champion
- Ty Dillon- ARCA Series Champion
- Austin Dillon-Camping World Truck Series Champion
- Kevin Harvick Inc- Camping World Truck Series Owners Championship
- Dario Frachitti-IZOD INDY Car Series Champion
- Tony Stewart-Sprint Cup Series Champion
HMS would like to wish all racers a happy and safe holiday season!
Kyle Busch has been busy the last two weeks winning races and leaving his mark on the NASCAR record books – and he’s been doing it wearing a Stilo ST4W Carbon helmet!
On July 9th, Kyle registered his 99th win in NASCAR’s top three series dominating the inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway. After the race we caught up with Kyle who said, “This is cool man. This is right up there with the best of them. I haven’t won the big ones, so this is as good as it gets right now. I can’t put it into words.”
The win capped off an impressive weekend in which saw Kyle win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Thursday and finish third in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Friday.
What did he do for an encore? The following weekend, Kyle won the NASCAR Nationwide Series New England 200 at New Hampshire Speedway. With the win, Kyle became the third driver in the history of NASCAR to collect 100 national series victories and tied Mark Martin atop the all-time NASCAR Nationwide Series wins list, at 49.
“It’s fun to look back and see that my name is atop the list of names that have made the Nationwide Series what it is today — Mark Martin, Sam Ard and Tommy Houston to name a few,” said Busch. “There’s many more wins to go, hopefully. We can certainly make it a large number one day and we’ll see how that all tallies up in the end.”
Stilo is proud to be a part of keeping Kyle safe while he races hard. This year, while Kyle has been using the Stilo ST4W Carbon helmet in all of his races, he told us “The integrated ear muffs cut the overall noise by about 30% compared to my old helmet. I can hear more of what’s going on with my race vehicle which allows me to focus on racing with less distraction.”
Kyle also uses SCHROTH belts in all his race cars.
HMS/Stilo was at Indianapolis this week working with Paul Tracy to fit a Stilo St4F FIA 8860 helmet. After some fine tuning by Derek we were able to get Paul into a helmet that he will use in the 100th running of this years Indianapolis 500. Keep an eye out for the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Wix Filter no 23 car. Paul also has been a longtime user of Schroth Racing harnessbelts.
HMS would like to wish Paul and his team good luck in the upcoming race. You should also check out Paul Tracy’s Indy 500 Diary that he is writing on racer.com.
For the second week in a row the #29 Budweiser Chevrolet of Kevin Harvick has snuck its way to the checked flag in the final laps of the race. At the start of the race things were not going all that well, then he crashed and everything got much better!
His win at Martinsville on Sunday was probably not popular with many fans because the man he beat was Dale Earnhardt Jr. – who looked like he was finally going to end his long winless streak to the wild cheers of the fans.
Kyle Busch, who was strong throughout the race, came in 3rd which moved him up three positions to the top spot in the points standings.
Great driving by all of these drivers … all wearing SCHROTH harnessbelts of course!
Schroth Racing dominates Speedweeks 2011 at Daytona winning everything there is to win!
Dale Earnhardt Jr started on pole for both the Budweiser shootout and the Daytona 500 but it was Kurt Bush the only Dodge in the field that drove to victory lane in the kick off non points race at Daytona. Kurt was able to backup his victory in the shootout with a win in the first of the Gatorade duel 150 races to set the field for the big race. Jeff Burton was drove to victory in the second of the duel 150 races on Thursday.
The Camping world Truck race was Friday night with and was an emotional win for Michael Waltrip driving to victory lane for the first time in a truck in his number 15.It was 10 years to the day from Michaels first NASCAR victory in the Daytona 500. It was also the 10th anniversary of the death of Dale Earnhardt.
The Nationwide race was Saturday and for the fourth consecutive time Tony Stewart drove to victory. On a last lap pass Tony Stewart got a push for Landon Casill to beat Clint Bowyer by .007 seconds.
All of these races setup for the big event on Sunday the Daytona 500 and it was once again a great race with story book finish. 20 year Trevor Bayne in only his second Sprint Cup start drove the 21 Wood Brothers car to a win in the Great American Race. Way to go to all of our Schroth Racing drivers what a way to kick off 2011.
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Preseason testing at Daytona has finished up which means racing is just around the corner. Drivers got to check out the new surface at Daytona which should result in some very good racing.
HMS was down at Daytona to check in on all the Sprint Cup teams using Schroth belts and to show off the new Stilo SA2010 helmets. Kyle Busch and Joey Logano tested the helmet out and were very happy with the results. Kyle even had a little time to tweet about it:
Kyle Busch (@KyleBusch) For those askin, yes, new helmet Manu this yr. Trying to work the bugs out. So far so good. Painted 1 on the way! http://twitpic.com/3s4bmf
Also, Travis Pastrana makes his NASCAR debut Friday night in the Toyota All-star showdown from Toyota Speedway at Irwindale using an SFI 16.5 Profi II.
Up next is the Rolex 24 hours of Daytona. Stop by and see Matt at the Wine Country Motorsports trailer and he can show you the helmet or sort you out with a Schroth Racing Enduro belt for the race.
HMS needs a Front seat from a Non-M E92 3-series BMW for a special project. If you can part with one, please do not hesitate to email us.
In the email, please tell us the year and model the seat came from, and send a picture. If you are upgrading to a set of aftermarket seats we are interested in coming to an agreement to offer you credit for your seat against the purchase of new seats.
Wild Weekend in Texas
Wild is an understatement. Kyle Busch started off the weekend by picking up the win in his Kyle Busch Motorsports truck extending his Owners Championship Points lead with only two races to go. If you look carefully at the side of Kyle’s truck, you can see a small SCHROTH logo!
On Saturday Brad Keselowski finished third in his Direct Tire Nationwide Car but that was all he needed to clinch the title, giving Roger Penske his first championship in Nascar. Way to go Brad nice work!
Then came Sunday – Denny Hamlin picked up the win and took over the Sprint Cup Points lead from Jimmie Johnson who in mid race switched pit crews with team mate Jeff Gordon after Jeff crashed out under caution coming together with Jeff Burton. It’s a real fight to the finish and no one is holding anything back! Good luck to all our Schroth Racing drivers with the strong season finish. SCHROTH belts were in 11 of the 12 Chase cars.
In the IRL world Dario Franchitti defended his IZOD Indy Car title a few weeks ago. Dario uses the Schroth Hybrid III with the double shoulder belt. We would like to say congratulations to Dario on another great season.
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Please come check us out at the PRI Show December 9th-11th in Orlando. We’ll be at booth numbers 991, 995, 1194, 1196 with helmets and would love to answer your questions.
Kyle Busch made history on Saturday night by winning the Irwin Tools Sprint Cup Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Why… because he also won the Camping World Truck Race on Wednesday night and the Nationwide Race on Friday night – a perfect “trifecta” – and a first in NASCAR! No other driver has ever won the three top series races in the same weekend – and Bristol is not the easiest place to do it.
It was a great weekend for Joe Gibbs racing and for Kyle Busch Motorsport. All of the team members pulled together to help Kyle pull off what is certainly to be remembered as a great moment in NASCAR history.
We at SCHROTH and HMS wish to congratulate Kyle and his teams on this outstanding accomplishment. We are proud to help keep Kyle safe with his SCHROTH harnessbelts!
JOEY SALDANA SITS AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SERIES
This past weekend, Joey Saldana beat out Steve Kinser by 0.018 Sec in a photo finish win the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Race at Nodak Speedway in Minot, ND. This was Joey’s 70th win in the series – no small accomplishment! Joey drives the Budweiser Sprint Car for Kasey Kahne Racing and is sitting at the top of the standings.
SCHROTH is proud to be the official harnessbelt of Kasey Kahne Racing.
We will be supporting the BMW CCA Driver’s School at NHMS with our Red Truck full of stuff you’ll need. It has A/C! come check it out.
The racing season has ended and winter testing is already underway for many Grand AM and NASCAR teams. It was a great season for Schroth Racing drivers. In Nascar when the smoke cleared at Homestead-Miami Speedway it was Tony Stewart capturing his 3rd Sprint Cup championship. HMS and Schroth Racing would like to congratulate Tony on a great season winning 5 out of the 10 chase races.
