New Egypt, NJ (July 4, 2009) - Jimmy Horton invaded the New Egypt Speedway on Saturday night and captured the Yankee Classic BPG/Hooters Tri-Track Series event, sponsored by RJS Heating and Air Conditioning & H&H Gas. Horton, a former 2 time Modified track champ at NES, passed race leader Rick Laubach with 12 laps remaining and went on to post his second Series victory. The win was Horton’s 16th of his career at New Egypt Speedway.

Horton fell back from his second row starting spot to 8th in thefirst few laps, but quickly righted the ship and began his march back to the front. With pole sitter Laubach in control early, defending champ Billy Pauch passed Tim Tanner for second and began to apply steady pressure to the leader. Meanwhile Horton had snuck back into the picture, and on a lap 9 restart he ducked under Pauch to take over second. With much of the field using the low groove on the slick racing surface, Horton went to the middle of the track and got his car to work with a combination of a great set-up and excellent throttle control. Lap after lap he gained a few more feet on Laubach, until he eventually just wore him down, taking command of the event in turn three as he went around Laubach. Once in front he opened up about a five car length advantage, until the final lap, when in true NES fashion Laubach made a desperate but well-timed charge on the final turn, only to fall short by 1 car length. Laubach settled for second, while Pauch watched the battle from his front row seat in third. Tom Carberry completed an impressive run coming home fourth while Willie Osmun completed the top five.