NASCAR Canadian Tire Series - “It was a Heartbreaker, to say the Least”

At 5:18 Saturday afternoon, the racing world was a rosy place for Sun Peaks’ driver Jason White. He was on his home course, the Sun Valley Speedway, and he was about to do battle for the A&W Cruisin’ The Dub 300 championship.

He was sitting in 10th position to start. Jason felt that this position was perfect for him to make a run for the title.

When the race started Jason was outside the 5th row , ready to roar. The stands were full of friends and a family and White was ready to put on a show.

The race was full of the intrigue that surrounds a racing series were virtually the same drivers do battle at every race. Jason was enjoying the thrill of this high speed, high octane, battle of driving skills. Then bad luck struck! On Lap 203, Jason spun out, but this was only a momentary setback. The pride of Sun Peaks was quickly back in the hunt for the checkered flag.

Thirty laps later on Lap 233, more bad luck, Jason was forced to the pits to find out what was wrong with his car. The A&W #21 car was smoking.

Four laps later Jason was out of the race with blown seal.

“It was a Heartbreaker, to say the least” White said in a post race interview.
The A&W Cruisin’ The Dub 300 was a race that British Columbia’s only fulltime NASCAR Canadian Tire Series driver wanted to win very badly.

First of all, it was a race sponsored by his title sponsor A&W.

Secondly, it was at his home race course, the Sun Valley Speedway, located just a short distance from his family home in the Kamloops area of central British Columbia.

Jason told a writer for NASCAR’s website about the importance of Sun Valley to his racing career, "I love that track. It is a very special place just like anyone's home track," He continued on to say, "I've got 25 to 30 wins there and it's such a great place to race."

To further his will to win the race was a significant honour had been bestowed upon his father that race day. Jason’s dad, Marty White, a legendary driver on the Western driving circuit for more than three decades was serving as the Grand Marshal of the race. Among Marty White’s many racing honours was the fact that he was the 1976 NASCAR Northwest Modified champion.
Jason said, "I got my love of racing from my father, so it's pretty cool that he gets to be involved in this great event."

Jason White will be back in hunt for a NASCAR Canadian Tire Series title next week when he races in the Canadian Tire 100 in Edmonton on Saturday July 25.

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