Wilton, CA (November 2, 2008) – Saturday night in Las Vegas was a night of incredible racing and celebrations for a veteran who won The Flashco SRL 2008 championship, a new rookie of the year and an even younger Las Vegas native who wowed his hometown fans with a terrific display of driving.

Prunedale, Ca’s Jim Pettit II in his #03 Top of the Hill Performance Ford won his third touring series and first SRL Southwest Tour Series Championship Saturday at the Bullring with another display of amazing driving.  With his strong showing Pettit was able hold off Cottonwood, CA’s Craig Raudman who came into the final event of the season just 39 points behind.  “I am so proud of my awesome team.  We have been consistent all year and that’s what enabled us to get the championship”, said a very satisfied Pettit as he signed autographs for fans in the pits.

Josh Combs in his #7 Mudracing.net Ford wrapped up a very impressive rookie campaign and was able to finish ahead of rookie of the year contenders Justin Westmoreland and Joe Farre’ to capture the 2008 Victory Circle Chassis Rookie of the year award. “Winning the SRL rookie of the year is a great start.  We had a couple bad breaks this year but were still able to capture this award”, said Combs. “We hope to learn from our experiences this year and make a run at next year’s championship”, continued Combs.  As a prize for winning this award, Combs will receive a new chassis from Victory Circle Chassis.
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Sacramento, Ca. - 18-year-old Josh Combs of Sacramento, California will celebrate Labor Day on Altamont Raceway's half-mile oval this Saturday. The bay area race track will host round three of the Tri-Holiday classic featuring the Flashco SRL Southwest Tour Series in their sixth event of the 2008 racing season.

Making just his fifth start in a SRL Late Model car, Combs will look to score his first career Flascho SRL Southwest Tour win this Saturday as the series makes its third and final appearance of the season at the Altamont Raceway.

Combs came up just shy of his first win when the series last visited the Tracy, California race track on July 5th.  Starting in the sixth position, he charged to the lead early and looked to be in command of the race until a flat right-front tire forced him to the pits under green flag conditions. The lengthy pit stop regulated him to just a ninth place finish.
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Sacramento, Ca. - 18-year-old Flascho SRL Late Model Series rookie Josh Combs and team will make the 1,100 mile trip from his home in Sacramento, California to Erie, Colorado in search of his first SRL victory.

The "United Power/Touchstone Energy 150" on August 16th at the Colorado National Speedway marks the fifth race of the 2008 season for the Flascho SRL Late Model Series, and will play host to some of the top late model racers on the west coast.

The event will be Combs first time competing at Colorado's only 3/8's mile asphalt track. Combs, the current SRL Late Model Series Rookie Championship point leader will face not only the regular stars of the SRL series, but local Colorado racers looking to use their home track knowledge to their advantage.
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