SHOOTOUT UPDATE:
The day one shootout was cancelled due to rain and has been rescheduled for November 22nd.

Out of over 700 applicants from across the nation Connor has been chosen as 1 of 28 drivers to compete in the Ron Sutton Winner's Circle Talent Search where their goal is to find the next young guns with the talent and fire to go all the way to professional racing careers in NASCAR. If they are selected to be a part of the RSWC Driver Career Development Program, they will be raced, groomed, coached, tested, trained and molded into what NASCAR Cup teams want in their drivers. Testing starts October 31st and runs for two weeks. Connor's results over the past two seasons in the King Taco Super Trucks at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale where out of 28 races he posted 22 top 10's, 16 top 5's, 6 wins, 7 poles, a Rookie of the Year award and 2nd in this years point standings no doubt paved the way for this opportunity. Connor wishes to thank his team headed up by crew chief Jeff Latimer and Colby Crooks along with major sponsors Hollywood Rentals and Stockton Telecom for making this all possible. Stay tuned for news and results.

Connor concludes 2008 with a second place points finish to back up a Rookie of the Year award in 2007 and now wraps up his two year stint in the King Taco Super Truck Series at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale.

In only his second year in full sized cars at one of America's premier short tracks Connor showed without a doubt that he can compete at any level. For the two-year KTST run which included 28 races he posted 19 Top-5's with 6 of those being Wins. If not for a race three incident where he ran over debris while leading the race, and then a race twelve incident where he was hit from behind accounting for his only races out of the top 10 he would have ran away with this years points title. Connor and Crew Chief Jeff Latimer along with shock specialist Colby Crooks, and tire specialists Steve Cheek and Keith Johns had arguably the fastest truck in the field week in and week out and also posted seven fast time awards in qualifying, a feat no other truck was able to match.

When asked for his recollection of the season Connor said "To have a truck that was capable of winning each and every week was amazing and something I have never experienced in my career...I have to thank my crew for making that possible. They worked so hard in between races and even harder on race day. I know I can never re-pay them but I do thank them VERY much for the best year of my life so far. Thank you Jeff Latimer, Colby Crooks, Steve Cheek, Keith Johns, Larry Vannix and Chris Summerell for all of your hard work...and also to Russ Boom who provided a website second to none. I know this years accomplishments would not have been possible without each and every one of you."

Also without question the season would not have been possible without sponsors. Hollywood Rentals and Kelly Koskella, Stockton Telecom with Billy Stockton, and Cantrell Aire were the biggest contributors and made all the Friday night practices and fresh equipment possible. My Tire Store in Valencia was a huge help on tires, and then US Air Conditioning Distributors, EarthlinkTravel.net and SportsFantasyLeagues.com were also a huge help as well!

The team would also like to thank Super Truck Incorporated for putting on such a great Series and to Toyota Speedway at Irwindale for providing such a great facility.

For 2009 the goal so far is the Auto Club Late Model Division but again sponsorship will play a huge role in that process. The team has six spots available on the car and anyone wishing to help out can contact us at connorcantrellracing@hotmail.com or by phone at (661) 702-1840.

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