Kalamazoo Rained Out; Homecoming At Delaware Part of Doubleheader Weekend Next For Ryan Litt

Mother Nature struck once again this past Saturday night at the Kalamazoo Speedway in Western Michigan as the Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints event was rained out. The rain can’t put a damper on Ryan Litt’s spirits however as the 19 year old is excited about the next event on the AVSS schedule – his home race at the Delaware Speedway, just 30 miles from his home in Lyons, Ontario, Canada on Friday, June 9th. The event will be the only visit by the AVSS tour to Canada this season and Ryan and the #07 BS&B Radiator/OTC-SPX Tools team are excited to be performing in front of their home fans, family, and friends.

Delaware is a special place for Ryan for another reason besides being his home track. The ½ mile paved oval was the site of his very first event behind the wheel of a winged sprint car last May. Ryan was 16th fastest in time trials that night, finished 3rd in his heat after leading briefly, and finished 14th in the feature after a late race spin took him out of contention for a top 10 finish – Not too bad for a rookie. With more winged races under his belt since then and some test laps at Delaware this spring, Ryan is quite confident that he will be able to improve on last year’s results.

There will be no rest for the drivers and teams of the AVSS as the tour gets back into action the night after Delaware at the Auto City Speedway near Flint, Michigan on Saturday night, June 10th. Auto City is the only track that has staged an AVSS event this season so far without interference from Mother Nature. The AVSS season opener took place at Auto City on May 6th and Ryan brought the #07 home in the 10th position that evening after struggling to get a handle on the quirky 7/16’s mile oval for most of the night. Ryan and the team are looking forward to getting back to Auto City now that they have figured out the odd-shaped track.

For Canadian fans interested in “doing the double” with Ryan and the team this weekend, the Auto City Speedway is located slightly North of Flint, Michigan, just 80 miles West of the Blue Water Bridge border crossing at Sarnia/Port Huron. Other than Delaware, Auto City is the closest AVSS venue to the #07 team’s headquarters near London, Ontario. The AVSS will visit Auto City once more this season, on July 15th.

-- From Litt Racing P.R. // By Tommy Goudge