10/6/2015
WSS - Wingless Sprint Series
Tim Alberding Continues Trend Of Different Champions In Northwest Wingless Tour
Tim Alberding Continues Trend Of Different Champions In Northwest Wingless Tour
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Kenny's Photography)
Before the start of the 2015 campaign Tim Alberding had never won a race with the Northwest Wingless Tour let alone a championship title. By season's end both feats would be accomplished by the Salem, Oregon chauffeur.
“The year went really well,” commented Alberding, “we started off the season with a third (at Cottage Grove) then a win at Elma followed by a second at Elma and a win at Banks the next week. From then we had a great year going for us and tried to not screw it up.”
Alberding would win two features with the NWWT and finish in the top five on nine occasions in all nine events. Grays Harbor Raceway, in Elma, Washington, was the site of his first triumph on May 16th shortly followed by a win at Sunset Speedway Park on June 20th.
“Every year we try to make the car better and the last two races at CGS I qualified bad but by the end of the race, even though we weren't the car to beat, we still got some good results,” continued the champion, “the car definitely got better over the course of the year and I got better as a driver.”
The Alberding Racing #52 Maxim go into a decent point battle on the final night of competition with the series at Cottage Grove on September 12th. Tim would hold on to win his first career NWWT championship which add to two crowns with the Oregon Double Shot Series, one winged and one Non-Winged both in 2011, and a local Non-Wing Sprint title at Cottage Grove in 2010. Alberding also became the seventh different champion in seven seasons with the Northwest Wingless Tour.
“We plan to come back and do better next year. I'd like to finish in the top three in all the races,” said Tim, “I want to thank my wife and my family all the way down to my brother, parents, and cousins. They were out there to help me and I couldn't have done it without them.”
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Submitted By: Ben Deatherage
