Kutztown, PA - When the green
flag waves to begin the fifth season of activity at the
JeffreyHogueRealtor.com Action Track USA, a new name - one with a very
impressive resume` - will join the USAC All Pro SpeedSTR division,
bolstering an already strong Wednesday night field of competitors.
Matt Westfall, from Pleasant
Hill, Ohio, will make the weekly trip to Action Track USA on the
Kutztown Fairgrounds, to steer a brand new SpeedSTR owned by Milt
Aquilini. The car is complete and ready to go, and it will be on display
in the Speedway Entertainment/ Action Track USA booth at this weekend's
Motorsports Show in Oaks, Pa.
"The Flying Buckeye" jets to
the Berks County oval with a set of very solid credentials. Westfall has
been racing since the age of six (he turned 40 years-old in December),
and he's driven just about everything with four wheels...Karts,
Mini-Sprints, both winged and wingless Sprint Cars, Midgets, Modifieds,
and Late Models. He was also named the 2002 Rookie of the Year in USAC's
Silver Crown division.
Westfall, who lists Jack Hewitt
as his role model in racing, was the Rookie of the Year and Champion of
the NAMARS Midget Series in 1998. He won the 2010 and 2011 Sprint Car
point titles at Waynesfield Raceway, and captured the 2011 RoY award in
Eldora's Late Model class. He's also visited victory lane in a USAC
Sprint Car feature at Eldora - his favorite race track.
Modified victories have come at
the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway in Barberville, FL, and
in 2015 Westfall was named the DARF Driver of the Year. That was the
same season in which he captured the Eldora Late Model Championship and
the Buckeye Late Model Dirt Week title.
Westfall also made the Saturday
night A-Main at the prestigious Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in five
consecutive attempts, but last week's edition of the biggest indoor dirt
race in the world wasn't as kind to the Ohio native. He qualified for
the feature on his preliminary night (Tuesday), but was collected in
Kyle Larson's flip/crash just a few laps from the finish. On Saturday,
Westfall was not able to climb out of the D-Main.
Claiming that he "just wants to
race as much as possible...in any type of racecar", Westfall is ready
for his newest challenge...the USAC All Pro SpeedSTR division. Teaming
with Aquilini, who's been helping him with his Sprint Car effort for the
past few seasons, seems a natural fit.
Aquilini's involvement in
racing goes back decades, to the Reading Fairgrounds and traveling as a
member of the late Ronnie Tobias' crew. Milt also owned ARDC Midgets for
several years, and Ray Bull drove his cars to numerous race wins and
championships with the American Racing Drivers Club. Most recently,
Aquilini has served as an official at Action Track USA.
While the car won't make its
debut until the May 14 season opener (the Dick Tobias Classic, a
75-lapper for the SpeedSTRs), it will be unveiled to the public at this
weekend's PPB Motorsports Racecar & Trade Show at the Greater
Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa.
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