AllStar Series Championship

Robbie Blair

Heading into the final O'Reilly AllStar sanctioned event of the 2009 season, Rob Blair and company trailed Boom Briggs by a mere 6 points in the championship standings. In order to capture the title, Blair would need to finish 4 spots ahead of Briggs. "We're both guaranteed a starting spot in the A-main, so we'll see what happens", stated Blair heading into the weekend.

After qualifying 4th in the 49 car field, Rob Blair would start the 5th heat race from the pole position. Blair would lead Steve Shaver across the finish line at the end of the 15 lap qualifying event. The heat win would give Blair the outside front row starting spot in Saturday's 100 lap "Dirt Track World Cup" AllStar sanctioned event. "The car was really good in qualifying and in the heat race", stated Blair. "It definitely gave us a little bit of momentum going into the feature."

After starting in the in the 2nd position in the feature, Blair would find himself in the 10th position at the end of the 100 lap event. Although it may not have been the finish Blair was looking for, it was enough to secure the 2009 AllStar point championship, as Briggs could only mount a 19th place finish after starting in the 24th position.

When asked about the race, Blair responded, "The car was good after I ran for 5 or 6 laps, but the restarts killed me. I'm not sure why it took so long for the tires to fire. Once we got going, the car was pretty good", I wasn't sure where Boom was at. I was just hoping that we did enough to win this (point championship) thing."

 Robbie Blair finished tenth, nine spots ahead of Boom Briggs giving Blair a twelve point edge on Briggs to become the 2009 O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Champion.

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