10th place for Ryan Litt at Auto City; Berlin Next

From Ryan Litt Racing P.R. / Tommy Goudge

May 11th, 2006 – The Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints series has a rule which says all drivers must start at the rear of each race they compete in during their first night of competition. While Ryan Litt is not really a rookie in sprint cars anymore, having competed part time with various series over the past 2 seasons, he is competing for the AVSS rookie of the year award this season and therefore had to follow the rookie rule. This meant the 19 year old from Lyons, Ontario, Canada and his #07 BS&B Radiator/OTC-SPX Tools Sprinter would have to start at the back of the 3rd Heat despite Time Trialing 11th out of 24 cars.

Starting at the back of Heat Race #3 with fellow Rookie of the Year candidate Chad Goff, Ryan fought an ill-handling race car and was only able to finish 7th, short of the 5th place transfer spot directly to the A-Main. In the B-Main, Ryan was able to squeak into the 5th and last transfer spot and earn a starting spot in the A-Main. Starting shotgun on the field in 21st, Ryan was able to charge all the way through the field during the non-stop 30 lap A-Main to finish in 10th position, becoming the race’s highest finishing rookie in the process.

Summing up his first visit to Auto City Speedway, Ryan had this to say:
"We had a pretty good day. We had to change the setup around quite a bit and we were off until feature time - we seemed to be pretty close then. It took me some time to learn the fast way around Auto City. It's a real tricky place - oddly shaped and pretty tight.

“Contending for rookie of the year meant I had to start near the back of the race so that made it really tough to get up front, but we'll take a top 10 and look to be up front at Berlin. I have to thank all my sponsors and my crew for working so hard to get the car good at the end."

The 10th place finish means Ryan also sits in 10th place in the AVSS drivers standings going into Round #2 of the AVSS season at Berlin Raceway near Grand Rapids, Michigan this coming weekend. Berlin is one of Ryan’s favourite tracks and it is the site of Ryan’s best finish in a full size sprint car – a 2nd place in June of last season during only his 2nd start in a winged sprint car.