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RIP DRC

The staff and ownership of Triple X Race Components wishes to send our thoughts and condolences to the Crawford family following the passing of Donnie Ray Crawford on Saturday, January 14th. Donnie piloted one of the very first XXX Midgets for Tel Star Racing, and over the years drove XXX Sprint Cars and Micro Sprints as well. The racing world has lost a great talent and even better person.

Doug Esh and Brent Marks Debut Their XXX Chassis In PA

Doug Esh has found a permanent home with Team XXX in 2011 season. Back together with Dick & Leslie Leach this season, “The Hammer” has already found his way to Victory Lane early in the year, taking home the feature win at Lincoln Speedway on March 12th. Doug will be contesting the Williams Grove and Port Royal Speedway championships this season.

Brent Marks is one of the top young drivers on the PA Posse scene and we’re stoked to have him be a part of Team XXX in 2011. Brent’s new XXX chassis has already made an impact on his program, as Brent found victory lane on March 26th at Lincoln Speedway, racing from fourth to first in 10 laps on his way to a $3,200 pay day.

Curt Michael Kicks Off Year Two with Team XXX

The all time leader in championships with the 63 year old URC Sprint Series, Curt Michael is ready to roll in year two as a member of Team XXX. Curt will be taking Bill Gallagher’s potent 5G XXX machine to multiple tracks on the East Coast, looking for race wins in 360 and 410 action.

Team Haudenschild Revved Up for 2011

Team XXX is proud to welcome both Jac and Sheldon Haudenschild to our driver roster in 2011. After picking up five World of Outlaws feature wins in 2010, The Wild Child returns to regional racing wars of Ohio and its surrounding states, piloting the Jamie Miller owned, Ham Signs sponsored #6 XXX in 2011. The team will run FAST series events in Ohio, the All Star Circuit of Champions Ohio and Pennsylvania swings and World of Outlaws events in the same regional footprint. Look for Jac to also run select non wing events as his schedule permits.

One of the top up and coming drivers in Sprint Car Racing, Sheldon Haudenschild has an impressive pedigree and his results are beginning to match that of his famous father. In 2010, Sheldon picked up his first career victories in 360 and 410 ranks. In 2011, Sheldon will be piloting XXX chassis as he looks to build upon last year’s successes. Welcome to Team XXX Sheldon!

Bacon Sits 6th in Early ASCS National Points

After a breakout season which saw Brady Bacon claim 4 feature wins on the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour, the early part of 2011 has found the “Broken Arrow Bandit” sitting sixth in the national points standings after the early portion of the race season.

After battling through the early portion of this year’s ASCS schedule, Bacon is ready to roll into the busy part of the ASCS schedule as the tour makes it turns toward the tracks where Brady took control of last year’s points chase. With Mike & Megan Eubanks turning over team control to Brady, the Wesmar powered #99 XXX will look for a change of luck after a series of bad pill draws and getting caught up in other peoples wrecks. Despite his early season mishaps, Brady sits sixth in both drivers and car owners points, with first place easily in striking distance if he can put together some solid runs. “The car is fast, we just need some things to go our way,” he said after the shows at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock AR in April.

You can follow Brady’s schedule online on his all new website, www.bradybaconracing.com. At Team XXX, we wish Brady the best of luck over the coming stretch of races.

Robert Ballou – TNT Champion, 9 Race Wins

The Rocklin’ Rocket, Robert Ballou, is standing alone atop the Team XXX wins list this year with nine feature wins, including ASCS TNT Sprint Bandit wins and a USAC feature triumph at the famed Eldora Speedway. Along the way, Ballou secured the ASCS TNT Sprint Bandit season championship.

Robert and the MPHG #81 XXX team were groundbreakers this year for Team XXX. He secured to milestones for XXX on May 12th at Eldora Speedway, not only securing the first Team XXX win under USAC sanction, but also picking up the first XXX win at Tony Stewart’s ultra fast ½ mile. Ballou beat the best of the best in non-wing racing, as he outpaced Bryan Clauson and Levi Jones while leading the race wire to wire for the win. After sending his motors back to noted powerplant builder Don Ott for a freshen up, Ballou attacked the ASCS Sprint Bandit TNT series as they resumed racing during the third week of June. After absolutely decimating the field for the win Friday night at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa OK, Ballou grabbed another win the next night at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland MO after an epic battle with fellow Team XXX racer Brady Bacon.

Fast forwarding to late June, Ballou started a streak of taking down the tough local Indiana competition, with wins June 26th at Lincoln Park Speedway and July 2nd at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Robert again reigned supreme at Eldora Speedway in late July, this time winning a non-sanctioned 25 lap main event. Robert led from lap six all the way to the checkered flag, followed to the stripe by Matt Westfall in his XXX chassis. Robert picked up win #9 on Sprint Bandit Speedweek, taking the August 17th feature at Missouri State Fair Speedway. The win propelled Robert to the top of the standings for the ASCS TNT Sprint Bandits, which he would hold through the remainder of Speedweek.

Follow Robert on his personal website at www.balloumotorsports.com and look for more race wins to pile up as Robert and the MPHG #81 XXX finish out the North American season.

Montieth and XXX Rock the PA Posse in 2010

Brian Montieth and the Premier Auto Works #21 XXX had a banner year for Team XXX in 2010, headlined by nine feature wins including the Tuscarora 50 and the track championship at Lincoln Speedway.

Night in and night out, Montieth was the driver to watch at Lincoln. Picking up four feature wins at the track, “The Edge” brought home the first XXX Feature win vs. the PA Posse on April 3rd. Montieth picked up the first XXX All Star Circuit of Champions feature win, taking home $5,000 from the All Stars on June 12th.  He also picked up the win on August 21st at Lincoln and picked up the W on season championship night, September 4th.

Furthering his banner season, Montieth picked up his first and Team XXX’s first Williams Grove 410 win on July 17th. The success at the famous ½ mile continued from there, as he won three more times over a calendar month at The Grove, with triumphs coming July 30th, August 13th and August 20th. Brian and the Premier Auto Works #21 XXX crew will finish out the year second in driver and owner points, marking their best season ever at The Grove.

“The Edge” capped his year off with another major milestone, landing his first win at Port Royal Speedway, taking home the Tuscarora 50 after leading most of the race. Night in and night out, Montieth was as fast if not faster than the top dogs of the PA Posse, totaling more wins on the season than other major names including Rahmer, Hodnett and Smith.

Now that the door to Central PA has been opened, look for Montieth and his crew to build toward bigger and better things in the years to come. Team XXX wants to congratulate Brian, car owner Jerry Parrish, crew chief Scott Zellers along with the rest of the crew on their great year in 2010.

Featured Racer

Jimmy Brookens Overcomes Handicap to Dominate 2010 in XXX 600 and Looks Forward To An Equally Strong 2011

The words “not possible” have been scratched from Jimmy Brookens personal dictionary. The Shippensburg, PA native has overcome many adverse situations in his 40+ years, and today, has multiple track championships and main event wins to show for it. In 2010 alone, Brookens had 8 feature wins and a track championship at Trail Way Speedway, as well as winning the coveted Kevin Gobrecht memorial in his XXX 600 mini sprint.

The Jimmy Brookens success story is made all the more remarkable due to his physical limitations. After spending his younger days successfully racing motocross, Brookens was involved in a terrible crash that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Any driver knows how important it is to be 100% physically fit every time you step into any race car …making Brookens success in his next from of racing all that much more remarkable. Jim and his brother Randy sought out a new class of cars to compete in, where the lower half of the drivers body was less necessary to compete. What they found were 600 mini sprints, and Jimmy took to the them like a fish to water. Both brothers being mechanically minded, set about modifying their first 600 to include throttle and brake controls within the steering column. After some trial and error, Brookens was back racing again, and doing it successfully.

Coming into 2010, Brookens counted six track championships and more feature wins that he could possibly keep track of on his resume. But according to Jim, it only gets harder each and every year. “With the way things are here in Pennsylvania, more and more quality teams keep showing up, with more and more money behind them. It isn’t like 6 years ago when you could go to the track and count on less than one hand the guys who could run with you. Now, everybody has such good equipment and there’s so much talent in the area that it’s getting really tough to get the win. Add in the fact that a lot of the PA 600 tracks have added in a handicap system that lines you up by points, and were having to come from 10th, 11th, 12th every night to try and get to the front” said Jimmy. Brookens, who is quick with his quips and does not shy away from dishing out a hard time, noted with a gleam in his eye “My team is already handicapped enough, we don’t need the tracks helping us out!”.

After switching to XXX 600 chassis over the offseason, Jim began his year on fire, winning three of his first four races. Brookens won the main event at Path Valley Speedway on March 19th and the feature March 21st right near home at Shippensburg Speedway. Brookens was again in victory lane at Path Valley on April 2nd, following that up with a win April 17th at Trail Way Speedway. With the handicap system setting him further and further back n each starting field, Brookens found it harder to get to victory lane, ripping off a string of top five runs before winning again at Path Valley on May 28th. Success came quickly again thereafter, with a Shippensburg win on June 5th. From there, it was a long stretch of battling from deep in the field, as Brookens maintained points leads at both Path Valley and Trail Way. The next win would be Path Valley on September 10th , followed by securing the season points title with a second place finish at Trail Way the next night. Brookens finished out his Trail Way season by winning the coveted Kevin Gobrecht memorial at Trail Way Speedway on September 25th. With his eight feature wins at three tracks, Brookens will look to cap his season off with the Path Valley championship, as he leads the point standings there with only one race remaining.

Jimmy Brookens is a winner, both on the track and in life. At Triple X Race Co, we’re proud to support Jimmy and his efforts to show that no matter what happens in life, you can overcome the odds and accomplish your dreams.

Quality And Integrity

At Triple X Race Components, these are not empty promises and fancy corporate slogans. This is what our company was founded on, and continues to grow on today. We've all heard the fact less rumors and baseless accusations of our competitors ... apparently that is how they define "Integrity". We let the quality of our product stand on its own. After debuting in 2006, this is how XXX defines the Quality of our chassis:

Over 50 Championship sand 500 Chassis Wins Since 2006

XXX 600 Success Continues in 2010

Year 3 of the XXX 600 has been about conquering new horizons and experiencing new success stories. 17 different drivers have taken main event wins this year in their XXX chassis for a total of 38 race wins and 4 point championships along the way, with one more title yet to be decided.

The year started out with Team XXX driver Jimmy Brookens announcing his presence in the PA 600 wars, winning three of his first four race starting in late march. As of this writing, Brookens accumulated 8 race wins, including the coveted Kevin Gobrecht Memorial, and a track championship at Trail Way Speedway. He is also the points leader at Path Valley Speedway with one race remaining on their schedule.

On the same weekend that Brookens started his run through PA, “Lethal” Leigh Van Ginneken finished off his year with a race win Down Under. Running at Murray Bridge Speedway in South Australia, Van Ginneken capped off a multiple win season by decimating the field on the big track in his #98 XXX chassis on March 20th. Other race winners in their 600’s during the months of March and April were DJ Estes, Blake Jenkins, Landon Hurst and Brock Zearfoss.

As May got rolling, more team XXX drivers put their XXX 600 into victory lane, with Hurst kicking off the winning month after another score at Lemoore Raceway in California. Hurst, the eventual Stock Division champion at Lemoore and former national ATV competitor, won 4 times over the course of 2010, with the highlight being a preliminary night victory at Deming Speedway during their $5,000 to win Clay Cup Nationals. Blake Jenkins added into the big month of may as well, topping the ASCS 2 restrictor division at Creek County Speedway in Oklahoma on May 21st for his third W of the year. Other may winners included Brookens and Bobby Lynn in Illinois.

June saw Team XXX driver Dereck King top the toughest 600 tour in the land, the Powri Micro Sprint Series, twice in the span of 5 days. On June 11th, King visited victory lane in Illinois as he won the Kevin Doty Classic. Fast forward to June 16th where Dereck again reached victory lane, taking the mid week triumph at Fayette County Speedway in Illinois. Other 600 drivers hit victory lane for the first time during the month, with JR Thomas, Dan Henning, Jamie Steward and Rick Bell picking up wins, as well as Jimmy Brookens picking up another W.

More winners surfaced in July, with Quinton Benson starting things off on July 10th at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in Missouri. Landon Hurst scored his prelim night win at Deming Speedway on the 16th. Dereck King’s father Rick proved that old age and treachery still count for something, taking a race win in the King XXX 600 at the Southern Illinois Raceway. Jeff Wignall capped the month off by scoring his first career win with the Black Hills Mini Sprint Tour in Sturgis, SD.

August brought a mix of repeat winners and newcomers, with Quinton Benson, Dan Henning and Landon Hurst all hitting paydirt once again. New winners found some speed as well, with Phillip Davis grabbing his first career victory on August 21st in Kansas and Jacob Patton going topless to take a feature win at Wayne County Speedway in Illinois. Patton competed the entire year with the Powri 600 tour, securing a 9th place finish in the final point standings after battling motor woes early in the year. Dereck King and his sister Kara gave Team XXX a successful debut in the series, finishing 3rd and 4th in the point standings respectively.

September was championship month, with Jimmy Brookens leading the charge again, winning two features and securing his first of two possible track championships at Trail Way Speedway in PA. Landon Hurst wrapped up his points title at Lemoore Raceway in CA, and JR Thomas took things down to the wire, using a championship night race win to secure his second straight Deming Speedway 600 championship. Down south, Blake Jenkins grabbed two more Horizon Mini Sprint wins on his way to the track championship at I-30 Speedway in Arkansas.

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2012 XXX Chassis
Champions

--- Austen Wheatley ---
2012 NZ Sprint Car Grand Prix Champion

--- Blake Hahn ---
2012 Eco Tech Midget Golden Driller Champion

--- Matt Smith ---
2012 NSW Speedcar Championship

2012 XXX Chassis
Wins

2011 XXX Chassis
Champions

--- Brian Montieth ---
2011 Lincoln Speedway Champion
2011 Kenny Weld Memorial Champion

--- Brady Bacon ---
2011 USAC Knoxville Non-wing Nationals Champion

--- Curt Michael ---
2011 URC Champion

--- Sean McClelland ---
2011 OCRS Champion

--- Jerry Richert Jr ---
2011 UMSS Champion

--- Matt Covington ---
2011 ASCS Lone Star Region Champion

--- John Virgilio ---
2011 CRSA Champion

--- Brett Youngman ---
2011 Marysville Raceway Park Wingless Sprints Champion

--- Josh Shipley ---
2011 ASCS 2 Cactus Region Champion

--- Cody Gardner ---
2011 Riverside International Speedway 360 Sprint Champion

--- Chris Donnelly ---
2011 Bear Ridge Speedway Sprint Car Champion

--- Derek Roberts ---
2011 Skagit Speedway Sportsman Champion

--- Kyle Miller ---
2011 Cottage Grove Non Wing Nationals Champion (3 Straight)

--- Ron Krysl ---
2011 Stuart Community Track Limited Sprint Champion

--- Brandon Harkness – Steve Parker Racing ---
Skagit Speedway Sportsman Sprint Owner’s Champion

--- Dean Brindle ---
2011 NZ Sprint Car Grand Prix Champion
2011 NZ Waikato Sprint Car Champion

--- Jason Scott ---
2011 NZ South Island Title
2011 Cromwell Speedway Champion

--- Ryan Jones ---
2011 Australian 360ci Sprint Car Championship

--- Tyler Anderson / Havlik Motorsports ---
2010-2011 Salem Indoor Series Midget Champion

--- Mike Ward ---
2011 Ecotec Midget Golden Driller Champion

--- Derek Holmwood ---
2011 1200cc Golden Driller Champion

2011 XXX Chassis
Wins

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