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May News April News March News January News National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 2012 Rankings 2013 Tentative Race Schedule Posted Monday May 20, 2013 8:59am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday May 17th the plan was for Andy to drive the P.T. Shocks 7c in Watsonville, CA but a last minute decision was made for the team to head in the other direction to Fernley Nevada for the Friday night portion of a King of the West race. Even though the 7c is a 360 the team was hoping to qualify well enough to make the dash and start in the 1st 4 rows of the A main event, but that did not work out. Andy timed in 18th quick with the 360 against the 410's, finished 4th in his heat race and would line up in the 18th starting spot for the A main event. At that point the track had become hard on tires and instead of burning up $700 worth of tires in the main event the team made a decision to just take the green flag and save the car for another night. On Saturday May 18th Andy was in Placerville CA driving the F&F X1 for a points race. Andy set quick time, was 2nd in his heat race and would start on the front row of the A main event. Unfortunately Andy and the X1 are still struggling in the main events this year and we were a bit off, Andy would fall back to 3rd and that is where he would end up at the wave of the checkered flag. This upcoming weekend there are no races on Friday, but Saturday May 25th Andy and the F&F X1 will be in Marysville CA for a CA Civil War Series show and on Sunday May 26th Andy and the F&F X1 head to Chico CA for another CA Civil War show for the Memorial day fair race. [Top] Monday May 13, 2013 7:14am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday May 10th Andy and the A&A Motorsports team headed to Chico, CA for a 410 points race. Andy was 7th quick, 4th in his heat race and would start 5th in the A main event. The track was super-fast and the top 5 were all competitors. Andy would finish the race in the 4th spot behind Jon Allard, Willie Croft and Sean Becker behind Andy was Rico Abreu for the final top fifth position. All top five cars were running under the 12 second bracket during the A main. On Saturday May 11th Andy was driving the F&F X1 in Placerville, CA. Andy was 2nd quick, would not transfer out of his heat race and would win the B main event, with an 8 pill drawn Andy would start 9th in the A main event. By lap 10 Andy had worked his way to the 2nd spot behind Andy Gregg they raced hard but Andy would stay in the 2nd spot at the drop of the checkered flag. Next weekend Friday May 17th Andy will be in Watsonville CA driving the P.T. Shocks 7c competing in a 360 Taco Bravo Race. On Saturday May 18th Andy will be back in Placerville CA for a 360 points race. Thank you to all our sponsors. Autism Awareness, A&A Stepping Stone, Pit Stop USA (pitstopusa.com) Basalite Concrete Products, Advanced Performance Coatings, P.T. Shocks, Roseville Precision Inc, Red Line Oil, K&N Filters, FK Rod Ends, ISC Racers Tape, Soltis Bros. Keizer Wheels, Triple X Race Components, Mountain Mikes Pizza, Fresh Mex Express. Dirt Solutions, HRP Wings.
[Top] Monday May 6, 2013 11:04am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday May 3rd the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico, CA for a 410 points show. Andy was 13th quick out of 27 cars, 4th in his heat race and would line up 12th in the A main event. On the very dry and dusty track Andy would struggle and immediately fall back to the 18th spot as he and the car were struggling to find the right groove, he would eventually, kinda, sorta do that and would survive the night with a 10th place finish. On Saturday May 4th Andy was once again in Chico, CA for a King of the West show for the 23rd annual Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial Race. On this night Andy would be running the F&F X1 and for the first time running a 410 engine in the X1. Driving the Bradway-Tuchelli X1 at the Bradway race is a pretty big deal considering this race is in honor of their fallen family member Dave Jr., hopes were high and the team was excited to run a 410 with Andy in the car but the beginning of the night was going to damper everyone's spirits. During qualifying the motor struggled and it was apparent to all something was not right and Andy would be 22nd quick out of 42 cars. The team quickly went to work to try and find the problem, adjustments were made and they pushed the car out for Andy's heat race, as Andy entered the track from the push off lane it again was apparent the problem had not been fixed and Andy would not even start his heat race. Again the team pulled together and started to check every possible scenario as the what the problem was, they all worked hard and by the time the B main came around the team had found the problem and with a 6th place starting spot the team was in goods spirits of transferring into the A main event, again everyone's spirits were high but as the hole night had gone the B main would be no different at the start of the race there was a tangle on the front stretch and with Andy not having anywhere to go he would end the night on his lid. A very disappointing end to the evening. Next weekend Friday May 10th in Chico, CA Andy will be in the A&A Motorsports #92 for a 410 points show. On Saturday May 11th Andy will be racing the F&F X1 in Placerville CA for a 360 points show. Thanks to all our sponsors and fans for the support this weekend it was greatly appreciated. [Top] Monday April 29, 2013 6:14am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday April 26th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed back to Chico, CA for a 410 points race. Andy was 2nd quick, 4th in his heat race and was supposed to start 3rd in the A main event but when pole sitter Jonathan Allards car had problems on the parade lap and he had to go off the track for repairs that moved Andy up to the pole position next to his Chico rival Sean Becker. Andy took the lead at the green and never looked back, leading all 25 laps of the main event. On Saturday April 27th Andy and the F&F X1 headed to Petaluma, CA FOR A 360 Civil War show. Andy was 7th quick, 3rd in his heat race and for the 2nd night in a row would start on the pole. The track was scary fast and very narrow, Andy took the lead at the green but by lap 4 was already into lap traffic on the 3/8th mile track, passing was very difficult. As Andy raced with a lap car the second place car made a very bold move on the backstretch, pushing Andy into the wall and running over his left front tire, because of the contact Andy's left front tire went flat forcing him to cause the yellow flag, change the tire and rejoin the field at the back. Andy would finish in the 18th position. Big weekend coming up. On Friday May 3rd the A&A Motorsports #92 will be back in Chico, CA for a 410 points race. And on Saturday May 4th Andy will be in the F&F X1 at the Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial Race, sanctioned by King of the West. Alan Bradway, Steve Tuchelli have found a 410 to use at this race and they are very excited to have a chance to compete at the family members memorial race. The link below is of highlights from Friday's race in Chico CA. The clip has tid-bits of all the divisions Andy's 410 race is about halfway through. Click the link below to view Mike Doyle's highlight video from tonight's race. [Top]
From Hospital Bed to Victory Lane; Forsberg
Wins Click here to read Troy's entire article on our news page or here to read it on Silver Dollar Speedways facebook page.
[Top] Monday April 15, 2013 6:15pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday April 19th Andy headed to Chico, CA for the 2nd 410 points race of 2013. Andy was 10th quick, and that's where the fun ended. On lap one of his heat race Andy was tagged in the rear going into turn one, he spun and tipped over, It was not a bad crash, but the final hit Andy took while coming down from the tip over landed him directly flat on the rear end, Andy knew immediately that he was in trouble, he later admitted that he thought he had broken his back, Silver Dollar Speedway crew took Andy out of the car on a back board through the top of the roll cage, with his spine compressed and things not firing quite right with his body and him jumping in and out of consciousness for a few minutes, he was transported to Enloe Hospital in Chico where he was checked out with a cat scan. He was cracking jokes at this time and feeling better. The Cat scan showed negative for any broken bones or fractures. He has spine compression from his neck to his tailbone and will see the chiropractor a few times this week to help him with recovery of his sore neck and back. We are so thankful he is OK but his chances of battling for the 410 points championship at the Silver Dollar Speedway are over, but stubborn Andy was not going to let his chance at the Placerville track championship off the hook. On Saturday April 20th Andy woke up sore and stiff but ready to race the F&F X1 in Placerville CA. Andy was 5th quick, 4th in his heat race and would start on the pole of the A main event. Andy got a bad start and fell to 3rd, but by mid race was back up front battling Andy Gregg for the lead, the two put on a good show for the fans, unfortunately as Andy was going all in for the pass he jumped the cushion in turns 1 & 2, he regrouped quickly to comeback on the track in the 5th spot and with only 4 laps left to go would finish the race in the 4th spot for the 3rd week in a row. This upcoming Friday April 26th Andy will be in Chico, CA driving the A&A Motorsports #92 for a 410 points race and on Saturday April 27th Andy and the F&F X1 will be in Petaluma CA for a 360 Civil War show. Andy wants to thank everyone for the well wishes, it was a little scary at first but everything is going to be just fine. [Top] Monday April 15, 2013 6:15pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday April 12th Andy headed to Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA driving the P.T. Shocks 7c. He was 8th quick, won his heat race and would line up 8th in the main event. Andy was battling for 3rd when a lapped car tipped over directly in front of Andy, contact was made with the flipping car causing damage to the 7c, a DNF was the end result. On Saturday April 13th Andy was in Placerville, CA driving the F&F X1. for the 2nd week in a row Andy was fast time, 4th in his heat race and would start 6th in the A main event. Andy was only able to get up to a 4th place finish but took over the Placerville points lead. This upcoming weekend on Friday April 19th Andy will be driving the A&A Motorsports #92 in Chico CA for a 410 points race, and on Saturday April 20th he will be back in Placerville CA in the F&F X1 for a 360 points show. Be sure to check out the April issue of Flat Out Magazine for a feature article on Andy written by Troy Hennig. [Top] Monday April 8, 2013 9:40am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday April 5th Andy was supposed to race the P.T. Shocks 7c in Chico CA for a 360 open show, but when rain caused the cancellation of the race the team hustled to make the 4 hour tow to Watsonville CA for a 360 Taco Bravo Show. Andy and the team arrived just in time, qualified 2nd quick, won his heat race and would start 5th in the A main event. The track was fast rough and choppy just like Andy likes it, and by lap 22 he had the lead, picking up his 2nd victory in 3 starts with the P.T. Shocks 7c, Andy also picked up a $1500 bonus that Ocean Speedway promoter Jon Prentice had put up for any top 5 Civil War competitor that would come down and win a main event. On Saturday April 6th Andy was in the F&F X1 for opening night in Placerville, CA. Andy Set quick time, finished 3rd in his heat race and would start on the pole of the A main next to NASCAR Nationwide driver Kyle Larson. Larson would lead the hole race with Andy closing on him a couple times in traffic, but when a late caution came out with only 2 laps to go and Andy running 2nd the restart proved to be not ideal for him as he unfortunately dropped a few spots and took home a 4th place finish. This upcoming weekend Friday April 12th Andy will once again be in the P.T Shocks 7c for a planned trip to Watsonville Speedway. And on Saturday April 13th Andy will be back in Placerville, CA driving the F&F X1. Thanks again to all our sponsors for helping us each and every week. Autism Awareness, A&A Stepping Stone, Pit Stop USA (pitstopusa.com) Basalite Concrete Products, Advanced Performance Coatings, P.T. Shocks, Roseville Precision Inc, Red Line Oil, K&N Filters, FK Rod Ends, ISC Racers Tape, Soltis Bros. Keizer Wheels, Triple X Race Components, Mountain Mikes Pizza, Fresh Mex Express, Dirt Solutions, HRP Wings.
[Top] WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (April 6, 2013) - 2011 Placerville Speedway and Civil War Sprints champion Andy Forsberg of Auburn stormed to a $3000 victory on Friday night at Ocean Speedway Watsonville, in round two for the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo. Driving Cody Geaney's PT Shocks #7c, Forsberg picked up $1500 for the win along with a $1500 bonus from promoter John Prentice for being a Civil War regular. Forsberg's victory came in unlikely circumstances when Watsonville's Justin Sanders suffered an apparent engine failure on Clayton Snow's #7 while leading with six to go. Ironically Sanders' team provided Forsberg with ignition parts after mechanical problems for the 7c team during hot laps. Forsberg was a last minute addition to the field after a 360 event at Silver Dollar Speedway was rained out as well. "I think it's cool they're giving us $1500 extra to come down and do this. The cockiness in me wants to say 'yeah I had Justin Sanders no problem' but he was fast," Forsberg said. "I felt like I was getting better in the end. I think it was going to get good but it really only matters that we won." Salinas' Carter Train led the 21 car field to green for the 30 lap feature, but flipped from the lead in turn three before completing the first lap. The restart slid Sanders into the pole position for the complete restart. Outside polesitter "Cowboy" Craig Smith tagged the wall and spun into turn one at the start, but was able to keep going despite falling to the rear of the field. San Jose's Nick Green spun the Konnected Clothing Co. #14 in turn two from third place to bring out a caution on lap two. The next stoppage was a red flag for Ridgeline, Washington's Zach Zimmerly getting upside down on lap 10. Zimmerly tangled with both Altoona's IA's Carson McCarl and Smith leading up the melee, but they were able to continue on. Seventh starting DJ Netto of Hanford worked his way up into third by the restart but jumped the cushion in turn one and went into a wild nose dancing flip on top of the wall. The 2012 Rebel Cup champion was uninjured. The race went green for the next 12 laps with Forsberg and Sanders trading blows for the top spot throughout heavy lapped traffic. The entertaining duel was slowed by cautions on lap 22 and 23 for solo spins. On the lap 23 restart, the action really intensified for the lead until lap 24 when Sanders' entry went up in smoke on the front stretch. Forsberg paced the field over the final six laps for a comfortable victory with Stockton's Brad Furr holding off Green for the second position. Gilroy's Kurt Nelson was the only other lead lap car, grabbing a fourth place finish. "It was redemption after lap two doing what I did down there in turn one," Green said. "It was a good night and dad gave me a good car. I had to get up on the wheel because of the position I put myself in. We're off to a hot start. It's a big momentum sport and we'll just keep rolling onto the next one!" Brad Furr drove the Price Rite Restaurant Equipment #2 to the Ray Scheidt's Electric fast time for the second consecutive race and also has the points lead in the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo. He did not accept the Nobel Construction Back Row Challenge. The DDNi Hard Charger went to Salinas' Jeremy Chisum, who finished eighth after starting 21st. Heat race wins went to Netto, Forsberg, and McCarl. The Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo return to action on Friday April 12. For more information on the Ocean Sprints log onto http://www.oceansprints.com and for more on the Ocean Speedway visit http://www.oceanspeedway.com Ocean Speedway would like to thank Taco Bravo, Digital Delivery Networks, Nobel Construction, Get Som Sports, Ray Scheidt's Electric, Hoosier Tires West, and Kaeding Performance for their support. April 5, 2013 Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo - Watsonville, California RAY SCHEIDT'S ELECTRIC QUALIFYING: 2 Brad Furr 12.285 HEAT 1: 88n DJ Netto HEAT 2: 7c Andy Forsberg HEAT 3: 39c Carson McCarl 30 LAP FEATURE: 1) 7c Andy Forsberg, 2) 2 Brad Furr, 3) 14 Nick Green, 4) 72w Kurt Nelson, 5) 98 Ryan Rusconi, 6) 58 Jerry Bonnema, 7) 11 Nick Rescino, 8) 8 Jeremy Chisum, 9) 199 Nick Foster, Jr., 10) 25z Jason Chisum, 11) 4x Tim Decarlo, Jr., 12) 4f Burt Foland, Jr., 13) 4 Nathan Washam, 14) 7 Justin Sanders, 15) 83 Zach Zimmerly, 16) 39c Carson McCarl, 17) 39 Craig Smith, 18) 96 Nick Ringo, Jr., 19) 88n DJ Netto, 20) 3t Nicholas Ringo, 21) 2x Carter Train NT
LAP LEADERS: 7 Justin Sanders 1-24, 7c Andy Forsberg 25-30 [Top] Monday April 1, 2013 8:48am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday March 29th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico, CA for a 410 points race #1 of the 2013 season. Andy set Quick time, was 5th in his heat race and with the #6 pill drawn would start 6th in the A main event. The track was very fast, tacky and narrow. The last 23 laps of the race went non-stop it was an exciting race and Andy would finish with a 4th place. On Saturday March 30th Andy and the F&F X1 headed to Antioch CA for the 2nd round of the CA Civil War series. Andy was 3rd quick, crashed out of his heat race, ran 2nd in the B main event and would start 10th in the A main event. As the main pushed off a light rain started to fall and would not let up. The entire race was run in the rain. The track was fast, tacky, rough, smooth and wet slick all at the same time. Andy managed to get up to a 7th place finish on a very unusual night of racing in the rain. On a sad note, Saturday March 16th in Marysville CA which was supposed to be round #1 of the CA Civil War Series two people were killed during an accident in hot laps. Chase Johnson crashed out of the turn one opening flying into the pit area and striking 68 year old car owner Dale Wondergem, and in a freak chain of events the car that crashed also hit his 14 year old cousin Markus Johnson. Dale had been involved in all kinds of racing throughout his life, Flat track motorcycles, 3 wheelers, quads and starting in the early 90's sprint cars. Dale drove at first, then his son Ricky took over the driving duties, most recently Herman Klein was the pilot of the blue #91 and always a top contender in the Civil War Series. Markus Johnson was a 4th generation racer, competing in the Nor-Cal outlaw kart scene. On this night he was in Marysville pitting for his older cousin Chase. After the accident the races were cancelled. Our thoughts and prayers stay with these families now and forever along with all those whom have been lost around us this last year. This upcoming weekend Friday April 5th Andy will be in the P.T. Shocks 7c for an open 360 show in Chico, CA and on Saturday April 6th he will be in the F&F X1 for opening night of points racing in Placerville CA. Go to stevenblakesley.com and check out his latest podcast interview with Andy about this upcoming season.
[Top] Monday March 1, 2013 9:24am From the Office of Forsberg Racing After a disappointing start to the 2013 season last
Saturday March 2nd at Marysville Raceway Andy stepped out of the Forsberg Family #92 this
weekend and drove for the #7C, Cody Gaeney of PT Shocks for the first time. On
Friday March 8th in Chico, CA for the first night of the Silver Cup Andy started
the night by capturing quick time out of the 29 car field of drivers, Andy would
move from 6th to 3rd in his heat race and would start on the pole of the feature
event on a very rough, tacky and fast track. Andy immediately fell back to the
3rd behind out of townie's Mitch Olsen and Christopher Bell. Andy chased the
two drivers for the next 20 laps, and when lapped traffic became an issue Andy
made his move, passing both drivers to lead the remaining 5 laps and getting
Cody Gaeney his first career feature win as a car owner. On Saturday March 9th night #2 in Chico, CA Andy was 15th quick out of 31 cars, 2nd in his heat race and would start 13th in the A main event. on a very dry slick racing surface. Andy was able to get up to the 7th spot at one time, but would fade back to a 13th place finish at the checkered, a little disappointing but still super excited for the win on Friday for Cody and Mandi. This upcoming weekend on Saturday March 15th Andy makes his 2013 debut in the F&F X1 at Marysville Raceway Park for round #1 of the CA Civil War Series. For more information on the weekends events and what is coming up go to forsbergracing92.com
[Top] Tu esday January 98, 2012 9:38amFrom the Office of Forsberg Racing When the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame released the rankings for the 2012 360 sprint car driver of the year, Auburn CA driver Andy Forsberg was ranked number 6th in the nation. The voting panel for the Hall of Fame consists of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers across the nation. Andy is no stranger to the top 20 list over the past seasons, but for a local or regional driver to compete with national traveling drivers in the top 10 is quite an accomplishment. The top 5 drivers were all national drivers. American Sprint Car Series Champion Jason Johnson of Eunice, Louisiana, Wayne Johnson of Oklahoma, two time "Driver of the Year" Shane Stewart of Oklahoma, Brady Bacon of Oklahoma and United Sprint Car Series Champion and 2002 "Driver of the Year" Tim Crawley of Arkansas. "I always hope to crack the top 10 each year, but to be 6th behind those caliber of drivers is very exciting and an honor, especially for a Californian. I think we kind of get forgotten out here sometimes on the national scene" quoted Forsberg. Not only was Andy ranked 6th as a driver, but Sacramento CA based F&F X1 team which he drives for was also nominated for National 360 team of the year. Forsberg and the F&F X1 claimed their 2nd consecutive Placerville Track Championship and 2nd Consecutive California Civil War title as well. Currently the F&F Racing team and Forsberg Racing are preparing cars for the up-coming northern CA sprint car season beginning in March. For more information on the 2013 race schedule visit www.forsbergracing92.com [Top] Thursday January 3, 2013 6:00pm By Boo Brown As the 2013 race season approaches some of the Race tracks and different series are starting to release their schedules. As they have come out I have reviewed them and put together a tentative schedule for Andy and the F&F team to review and confirm or deny each event scheduled. At this time the schedule has 77 races on it. There are 12 different tracks with the possibility of a 13th track being added and we are going to 3 different State's. Andy will also shoot for the Placerville Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway and CA Civil War Series Championships this year. He will again be driving the F&F Racing x1 for the Placerville Speedway and Civil War Series titles, the A&A Motorsports 92 Winged 410 for the Silver Dollar Speedway title and will fill in on open nights with his Family Winged and Non-Wing 92 360's in a variety of races across California and Arizona. The World of Outlaws will be running for the first time on the new Stockton Speedway in Stockton, CA on March 22nd and currently we are only planning on being spectators however, one never knows, we just might bring the car. Last year Andy made his debut in a Midget and even though there are currently no Midget races on his schedule for this year there are a few nights that could work out with him doing double duty. As of now these races are not on the schedule but if things work out they will be added. Races will be added when as more track schedules come out and deleted when circumstances come up that are beyond our control. We are looking forward to another year of great racing and good times with family and friends. See you at the track in the months to come. [Top] 2012 Head Lines
December News
November News
October News Last Race in 2012 Ends in Sadness!
September News
August News Tie in Chico-? & Win #9 for the Season Lady Luck rides at Forsberg's side as he gets 100th win Historic Night for Andy Forsberg at Chico
July News
June News Win #5 came on a Special Night Another great weekend - Win #4 Auburn's Forsberg rolls to third Placerville points race victory
May News Forsberg is the fairest of them all in Civil War at Chico with 95th career win
April News Silver Dollar & Placerville Speedway's Opening Point Night's Recap A Good Night at Ocean Speedway
March News Civil War Rained Out, Taco Bravo Still On Mini Gold Cup Appearance Cancelled
February News F&F Racing and Soltis Bros. Join Forces Pit Stop USA teams up with Andy Forsberg for 2012
January News - Tuesday December 25, 2012 10:45am By Boo Brown
Andy and the entire Forsberg Racing Team would like to wish all of our family's, friends and Andy's fans a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
To the entire Allard family, our Heart's break for you for your loss of Stephen. Words can not describe the pain that the entire racing community is feeling at this time. My/our thoughts and prayers are with you. God Speed Stephen Allard.
[Top] Wednesday November 28, 2012 9:05am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
In 2012 The Forsberg Family #92 360 raced at 19 events, these were all open
shows, USAC non wing shows or point races at Ocean The A&A Motorsports #92 410 raced 16 events between Friday 410 Chico shows, World of Outlaw shows and the King of the West. Andy had one 410 main event win, 11 top 5's, 13 top 10's, 2 heat wins and 2 fast times. Andy tied Sean Becker for the 410 Championship in Chico CA, but Sean won the tie breaker as Sean had 3 main event wins and Andy only had 1, so Andy finished 2nd in the points hunt. The A&A Motorsports car did win the owners title though because Sean drove for 2 different teams during the season. Andy is a 2X 410 Champion in Chico CA. The F&F X1 raced 32 events, Placerville Points shows, CA Civil War shows, National ASCS, Trophy Cup and Fall Nationals. Andy won 9 main events, had 19 top 5's, 25 top 10's, no heat wins and 9 fast times. Andy and the F&F X1 won the Placerville 360 Championship and the CA Civil War Championship. Andy finished the season racking up his 4th Placerville 360 Track Championship and his 7th CA Civil War Championship. In 2012 Andy competed in 68 events he had his first start in the Mike Sala Midget. There were only 4 rain outs for the year and his overall stats counted for 11 wins, 32 top 3 finishes, 40 top 5 finishes, 52 top 10 finishes, 12 fast times and 8 heat race wins. A big thank you to all of our crew members, sponsors, friends, family and the fans for a great 2012 season. We are looking forward to another great season in 2013. [Top] Last race of 2012 ends with sadness! Monday October 29, 2012 11:05am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Saturday October 27th the Forsberg Family #92 headed to the
famed Calistoga 1/2 mile for the 75th Anniversary $15,000.00 to win tribute to
the historic race track. Andy was 15th quick out of 39 cars, 3rd in his heat
race and would start 12th in the A main event. On lap 2 Andy would cut a right
rear tire down, would change tires and restart the race in 24th. Andy worked
his way up to a 10th place finish and put a Unfortunately the 75th anniversary race ended in tragedy. Early in the main event, Tyler Wolf made heavy contact with the turn 2 wall, the impact caused severe head injuries that Tyler could not overcome, he was pronounced dead at the St. Helena Hospital later that night. Tyler was very successful in the outlaw dirt carts as a youngster, he had been racing sprint cars for the past 4 seasons and in 2011 became the youngest sprint car champion in the history of Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico CA at the young age of 19. Most recently Tyler won the prestigious Pepsi Night race held at the Silver Dollar Speedway. Tyler drove the family #19 sprint car. Tyler and his father Chuck went racing the right way, with hard work, dedication, sincerity and love for the sport. Tyler was a great person on and off the track and he will be missed. This death is the first fatality on the track at Calistoga Speedway since Gary Patterson was killed there in 1983. Tyler was 20 years old and taken from this world way to soon our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
[Top] Monday October 22, 2012 9:02am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Thursday October 18th the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Tulare CA for night #1 of the19th annual Trophy Cup. This would be the first ever non-wing show to start things off. Andy was 11th quick out of 37 cars, 2nd in his heat race and would start 3rd in the first A-main event. Andy moved into 2nd and by mid race was applying heavy pressure to leader Bud Kaeding, unfortunately with 12 laps to go a chunk of mud ripped the #2 spark plug wire out of the spark plug boot, with the motor down a cylinder Andy pulled the Forsberg Family car in for a DNF in the first A-main. The 2nd A-main was completely inverted by finishing order, with the plug wire fixed Andy would start 9th in the final 50 lapper. This main was also short lived as not too far into the race Andy was caught up in a crash and was done for the night. On Friday October 19th Andy and the F&F X1 was on track for night #2 with the traditional winged portion of the Trophy Cup. Andy was 13th quick out of 86 cars, 3rd in his heat race and would start the A-main in the 5th position. It was apparent that Andy and the car were in sync as Andy had raced himself as far up as the 3rd spot, but with 1 lap to go he would bounce off the back stretch wall and drop back to a 6th place finish. The Trophy cup format is all base on points you earn throughout the night to place you for the final events on Saturday and Andy and the F&F crew were sitting in the 6th ranked spot overall after the nights events. On Saturday October 20th the entire night has the high point earners starting in the back of every event. Andy would start 8th in his heat race and finish 6th, and after heat points were tallied up, Andy was to start the A main event in the 18th starting spot. The whole weekend is geared towards putting the top point earners at the back of a 50 lap main event. The back 4 rows had Andy, Kyle Hirst, Shane Stewart, Jac Haudenchild, Roger Crockett, Craig Stidham, Jason Myers and Rico Abreu, throw in other drivers like Tim Keading, Kyle Larson, Jon Allard, Kraig Kinser, Paul McMahon, Terry McCarl and Daryn Pittman, this was going to be one exciting event. Unfortunately for Andy the race did not go like the team hoped. Early in the race battling choppy race conditions Andy got sideways in front of Craig Stidham, contact was made between the two cars causing damage to both cars and a quick end to the 2012 Trophy Cup, on the bright side Andy and the F&F X1 are guaranteed a spot in the 20th Anniversary Trophy Cup in 2013 which is going to pay $50,000.00 to win. This upcoming weekend on Saturday October 27th the Forsberg Family #92 will be in Calistoga CA for the 75th anniversary commemorative winged 360 race. This will be the last race of the year for Andy for the 2012 season. [Top] Monday October 15, 2012 10:00am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday October 12th the Forsberg Family #92 winged 360 headed to Watsonville, CA for the final race of 2012. Andy was a disappointing 17th quick, won his heat race and would start 13th in the feature event. Andy was lucky at the start of the race missing a few crashes and by race end he was battling Brent Keading for 3rd place, coming down for the checkered flag Andy and Brent raced side by side to the line with Brent edging Andy by 24 thousandths of a second. Andy and the team had the car dialed in for the A main and at the end of the race he actually had the 2nd quickest lap of the race behind race winner Kyle Larson. On Saturday October 13th the Forsberg Family #92 Non-Wing car was in Hanford CA for the Cotton Classic King of the West/USAC combo show. Andy was 3rd quick, 4th in his heat race and would line up 4th in the A main event. The race went 30 laps non-stop with winner Ryan Bernal setting a blistering pace. Andy could not keep up and would end up taking home a 3rd place finish which in another decent finish with USAC for the 2012 season considering this team is really a winged sprint car operation. This up and coming weekend its Trophy Cup Time in Tulare CA. On Thursday October 18th the Forsberg Family #92 non-winged car will be in action for the non-wing portion of Trophy Cup, and on Friday October 19th and Saturday October 20th Andy and the F&F X1 will be in action for the traditional 2 day, fully inverted, winged portion of Trophy Cup. [Top] Wednesday October 10, 2012 7:08am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Saturday October 6th Andy and the F&F X1 headed to Marysville CA for the Gold
Fever open 360 show. Andy set quick time was 2nd in his heat race and would
start 6th in the A main event. The race track conditions were polar opposite
from the night before, it was heavy and fast and passing was going to be
difficult. For whatever reason Andy seems to excel with this type of race track
and on this night was no different. Andy had quickly moved to the lead by mid
race, was turning laps quicker then the track record and had posted a lap that
was 3 tenths quicker then the 2nd fastest lap of the race to get his 11th win of
2012. [Top] Sunday September 30, 2012 8:28pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday September 28th Andy and the F&F X1 were in Chico CA for the 360 Fall Nationals. Andy was 14th quick out of 46 cars, 3rd in his heat race and would start 15th in the A main event. The first half of the race Andy struggled to find his groove as the track was rough and choppy. At one time Andy had actually fallen all the way back to the 19th. With 10 laps to go he finally found his line, passed 8 cars in 10 laps and came home with a 9th place finish. On Saturday September 29th was night #2 of the Fall Nationals Andy was 20th quick out of 48 cars, 5th in his heat race and would start 19th in the A. On lap 2 Andy was tagged from behind and was spun out, he did a 360 and kept going but was now back in the 24th position and only one corner away from the leaders putting him a lap down, luckily a caution came out on lap 5 bunching up the field giving Andy the chance to move forward. Andy started pecking his way through the field and at the checkered flag he had made his way from 24th to a 7th place finish. This upcoming weekend Friday October 5th the Forsberg Family #92 will be in Watsonville CA for a 360 Taco Bravo race. On Saturday October 6th Andy and the F&F X1 are heading to Marysville Raceway Park for a 360 open show. [Top] Monday September 24, 2012 3:49pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday September 21st the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Ocean Speedway in Watsonville CA for a 360 Taco Bravo race. Andy was 7th quick out of 23 cars, won his heat race and started 7th in the A main event. At the start of the race Andy felt the car was a bit loose, he pulled the wing all the way back and managed to drive up to a 3rd place finish behind winner Brad Furr and 2nd place Tommy Tarlton. The team was very happy with the finish as they make very few trips to Ocean Speedway in Watsonville CA due to other racing commitments, but have been putting themselves on the podium and with plans to race the final two shows there in October hopefully they can pick off a win. On Saturday September 22nd Andy and the F&F X1 was in Placerville CA for the CA Civil War Series finale. Andy had a 50 point lead going into the night, so the Championship was just about locked up. Andy was quick time out of 33 cars, finished 3rd in his heat race and with a 10 pill drawn would start 10th in the A main event. At the start of the race Andy had no worries about the Championship as it was a lock, he moved up to the 8th spot in the first few laps, but after that never really got going, about halfway through the main Andy came to a stop with an ill running engine, the crew changed ignition boxes, that didn't help and on the next caution changed a couple more things that did not work either. Andy finished the race in the 18th spot, clinched his 7th CA Civil War Series title, 3rd in a row and 13th of his career. 7 Civil War, 4 Placerville Track Championships and 2 Silver Dollar Speedway 410 Track Championships. This upcoming weekend Andy and the F&F X1 will be in Chico CA for the 360 Fall Nationals both Friday September 28th and Saturday September 29th. Look for championship picture in next article. [Top] Monday September 17, 2012 7:22am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Saturday September 15th the day started off with both the F&F Racing Team and the Forsberg Family Racing Team attending the West Capital Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the All American Speedway in Roseville CA, both Richard Forsberg and the late Dave Bradway Jr. were being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Over 20 historic cars and many race fans attended the ceremony, but by 1pm it was time for both families to head for Petaluma, CA where Andy would be driving the F&F X1 in the 2nd to last CA Civil War Series race. Andy was 2nd car out to qualify on a greasy track, but surprisingly hung on for an 11th quick qualifying time out of 38 cars, Andy was 2nd in his heat race and with the 6 pill being drawn and some of the top qualifiers not making it out of their heat races Andy would start the A main event on the outside front row. Andy took the lead at the wave of the green flag and despite heavy lapped traffic was able to hold off 2nd place finisher Rico Abreu at the checkered. This upcoming weekend on Friday September 21st the Forsberg Family #92 heads to Watsonville CA for a 360 Taco Bravo race, and on Saturday September 22nd the F&F X1 is in Placerville CA for the final CA Civil War Series race of the year. Andy currently holds a 50 point lead going into the last race.
[Top] Monday September 3, 2012 6:01pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Wednesday September 5th Andy did double duty in the F&F X1 for the CA Civil War Series and also in the Forsberg Family #92 for USAC Non-wing action during night #1 of the Gold Cup Race of Champions in Chico, CA. In the USAC division Andy was 4th quick, 4th in his heat race and would start in the 3rd spot for the A main event. At the start of the race Andy would pass Chad Boesplug to get the 2nd position and set his sights on leader Kyle Larson, Andy was able to chase him down a few times, but was not able to get past him for the lead. Larson would get the win followed by Andy. In Civil War action Andy would qualify 7th quick, 3rd in his heat race and would start the main event from the outside pole next to his Chico rival Sean Becker. Andy got the lead at the green and would get immediate pressure from the driver Andy was chasing in the USAC race, Kyle Larson. Andy would lead the first 11 laps, but with one small mistake Larson took the lead and would never give it back, Andy was able to get to him in lap traffic with a few laps to go but could not get it done, and again would finish 2nd behind Kyle Larson in the same night. On Thursday September 6th the A&A Motorsports #92 was in action with the World of Outlaws, Andy pulled a late qualifying pill on a quickly deteriorating race track and timed in 29th quick, he finished 6th in his heat race and would start 9th in the B main event. Andy was up to the 6th spot and a transfer looked promising, when another car got sideways in front of him and he was forced into the infield, lost a couple of spots that he was not able to get back, this ended night number one with the Outlaws. On Friday September 7th again we pulled a late pill for qualifying going out 40th out of 47 cars, qualified 22nd quick, Andy was 6th in his heat race, and would finish 2nd in the B main event, this would give him a 21st starting position in the A main event. Andy would run around 17th the entire night until contact with Steve Kinser with just 2 laps to go would force Andy to the pits and a DNF for the night. If you would have told Andy before the race that he would battle Steve Kinser the entire main event he probably would have thought it would have been for the win, but unfortunately this night it was for 16th place! On Saturday September 8th it was just main events; Andy would start 12th in the B main event. The team had some bad luck right from the get go, as Andy was in his hot lap session a huge chunk of clay came through the front of the car causing major damage to the front air box and hood. The crew worked hard to make the repairs, but this was just a hint of what was to come, about halfway into the B main another clump of mud came through the right side of the hood, breaking off a fuel nozzle line forcing Andy to the pits and the end to his 2012 Gold Cup. A big thank you to everyone involved with the F&F X1, the Forsberg Family #92, the A&A Motorsports #92 and Richards restored Lloyd Chassis, this group had 4 cars in Chico this weekend at Gold Cup and this small group of dedicated friends and family made it all possible. This upcoming week on Friday September 14th, Richard will have his restored Lloyd #92 Chassis on display in the Auburn Cruise Night and on Saturday September 15th it will be on display in Roseville CA at the All American Speedway for the West Capital Raceway Alumni banquet, where Andy's dad will be inducted into the West Capital Hall of Fame. The ceremony starts at 11:30am. Later that night on Saturday September 15th Andy will be in the F&F X1 in Petaluma CA for a 360 CA Civil War show. [Top]
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[Top] Monday September 3, 2012 6:01pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Saturday September 1st Andy and the F&F X1 headed to Placerville CA for the final 360 points race of 2012. Andy set quick time in qualifying giving him a 13 point cushion over Stephen Allard who qualified 10th quick, adding no points to his total heading into the heat races, Oddly enough Andy and Stephen were in the same heat and with the track still pretty quick Andy managed a 5th place finish to transfer into the A main event with Stephen finishing 2nd in the heat to gain 4 points on Andy, this would give Andy a 10 point cushion for the final race. A 6 pill was drawn and as luck would have it Andy would start 6th and Stephen Allard on the pole, adding to the suspense of the final night. At the start of the race it was obvious something was not right with F&F X1! Andy began to miss his lines, make mistakes and eventually contact with another car would push him over the cushion losing valuable spots to Allard as he was in the lead and Andy now back in the 13th spot and definitely struggling with the car. It looked as if the Championship was slipping away, but as luck would have it Stephen Allard and Steven Tiner would begin a battle for the lead and contact between the two drivers would cause Tiner to tip over and Allard to come to a stop with a mangled right rear tire. During the red flag Andy was able to relay to the crew that something was wrong with the throttle linkage, it was sticking forcing Andy to pull up on the throttle with his foot while making laps, explaining why Andy was struggling to put laps together. Now that Allard was behind him all Andy needed to do was maintain his position in the 10th spot and finish the race with Allard behind him, which he did to claim his 4th Placerville Track Championship, 3rd in a row and 12th overall for his career. On Sunday September 2nd the Forsberg Family #92 headed to the famed 1/2 mile in Calistoga, CA for the non-wing USAC-CRA Louie Vermeil Classic. Andy was 13th quick out of 30 with his 360, DNF'd in his heat race because a birdcage bolt broke, 2nd in the B main event and would start 13th in the A main event. Andy methodically moved his way up to the 6th spot but with 4 laps to go contact between the 4th and 5th place cars left Andy with no where to go and a Tommy Tip over was the end result for him. The car was not badly damaged but that was it for the night. This upcoming week is a big one as Andy and the crew head to Chico, CA on Wednesday September 5th for the Gold Cup Race of Champions. Andy will be doing double duty on Wednesday the 5th he will be driving the F&F X1 with the CA Civil War Series of which he is the current point leader with 3 races left to go, and the Forsberg Family #92 racing with the USAC-CRA Non-Wing portion of the nights events. On Thursday September 6th, Friday September 7th and Saturday September 8th Andy will be in the A&A Motorsports #92 racing with the World of Outlaws. Thanks to the F&F X1, all the sponsors and the crew members that helped me put another Championship under my belt.
[Top]
Like father, like son Richard and Andy Forsberg love to race By Matthew Kimel, Journal sports editor
At just 12 years old, Andy Forsberg knew he wanted to race. “I grew up around racing,” he said. “As a little kid, I used to say, ‘I’m gonna race, I’m gonna race.’” But his father, Richard, told him he had to wait until he was 16. “Two months later he was 16,” said Richard — a 1967 Placer High School alumnus who began racing that same year — of how fast the time went by before his son was following in his footsteps of being a sprint car driver. Andy Forsberg, 36, has come a long way in that time. The 1995 Placer High grad can recall his 16th birthday being on a Saturday, the day he ran his first race. He would compete in just 15 races his first two years behind the wheel. Asked whether he won any of those races, he said, “Oh, hell no. I wasn’t even a factor.” Nowadays, Forsberg is a factor alright: He just recently won his 100th race competing at Chico’s Silver Dollar Speedway. As luck would have it, Forsberg’s century-mark victory came on the same night as his 99th win, completing a rare double-duty accomplishment. “It’s a pretty big deal in general,” Andy Forsberg said of his win total. “It’s a milestone for any racer to get there. We knew we were creeping up there the last few years. We figured it would happen this year.” Richard Forsberg, who’s retired and works on son’s cars full time at the family shop, was starting to get skeptical that his son would reach the achievement. “I was beginning to think it wasn’t going to happen,” the elder Forsberg said. “He ran second for weeks in a row. Then we had the two races in one night. It was pretty cool.” Andy Forsberg, who rarely races twice in one night, had never won a doubleheader before. In fact, it’s rare that anybody ever does. “I can’t remember it happening too recently,” said Andy Forsberg, who might do double duty once or twice a year. “Brian Crockett in Placerville did it back in the day. “For the past 10 years, I can’t think of anybody who’s done it. You have to have a lot of things go your way. One car in one night is a handful of work.” It’s fairly expensive to have two sprint cars run on same night, Andy Forsberg said, and there really aren’t many drivers out there that have two cars that can both go. Forsberg has his entourage to thank for having two cars in tip-top shape that were ready for racing. “We have a good surrounding group,” he said. “Nobody gets paid, but my dad does a lot of work. A crew of friends work on Tuesday nights. They’re called ‘The Gang,’ and they bounce between three cars.” Forsberg doesn’t have any plans to retire from racing anytime soon. He figures as long as his body and sponsorships are in place, he won’t be stopping for at least five years. That begs the question: Can Forsberg, who won his first race in 1997, get up to 200 wins? “I doubt it,” he said. “I could see me winning 150. But 200 is a lot of races. It took me a good 10 years. We’ve won seven or eight a year.” Richard, who won some 30 races in his driving days, said it would be cool if his son got another 100 wins, but he isn’t sure if he has enough years left in him to help his son get there. “I’m retired,” Richard Forsberg said. “That’s all I do is work on the race cars. My goal is to get him out there with the best car. It makes me feel really good when he’s out there. I actually enjoy watching him race more than when I used to drive.” Richard is by far Andy’s biggest fan. “He’s my No. 1 supporter,” Andy Forsberg said. “He’s retired. He’s in the shop Mondays and Tuesdays getting things ready. Dad does 90 percent of the job. His job is to get me to the track. At the track, everything’s up to me.” Reach Matthew Kimel at matthewk@goldcountrymedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @matthewkimel To read the Full Article on the Auburn Journals website click here [Top] Tie in Chico-? & Win #9 for the season Monday August 20, 2012 11:32am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday August 24th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico CA for the final points race of the 2012 season. Andy entered the night with a 4 point lead, but after Sean Becker qualified quick time and Andy qualifying 8th quick Sean took a 1 point lead heading into the heat races. Both Andy and Sean finished 3rd in there heat races, this meant that Andy would head into the main event 1 point behind Sean Becker this meant Andy would need to finish 2 spots in front of Sean at the end of the race to claim the championship and this was going to be tough as Andy was starting 8th in the main and Becker 4th. Andy new what he had to do and at the wave of the Green flag Andy was off and by lap 6 he had moved into the 3rd spot and had the 2 spot cushion he needed on Becker, with much of the race still left Sean moved into the 4th spot taking the championship lead away from Andy, with 3 laps to go Andy moved himself into the 2nd spot again taking the 2 spot lead over Sean but with 2 laps to go Sean took the 3rd spot and Andy's only chance was to win the race this was not going to be the case as Wolf crossed the line first, Andy followed and Sean right behind. Unfortunately for Andy in a tie breaker the driver with the most wins takes the championship and Sean had 3 main event wins to Andy's 1. On Saturday August 25th Andy and the F&F X1 was in Placerville CA for a 360 points. Andy timed in an unusual 10th quick, would finish 2nd in his heat race and would start on the pole of the A main event. It was a long crazy race but Andy held onto the lead through the entire race and got win #9 of the 2012 season. Going into the final race next Saturday Andy holds a 8 point lead over second place Stephen Allard. This upcoming holiday weekend there are no races on Friday, on Saturday September 1st Andy and the F&F X1 is in Placerville CA for the final 360 race of the year. On Sunday September 2nd the Forsberg Family #92 heads to the famed Calistoga 1/2 mile for the Louie Vermeil Classic non wing USAC show, this will also be the debut of Richard Forsberg's restored 1984 Lloyd chassis during the wine tasting and autograph session starting at 11:00 am Sunday morning. [Top] Monday August 20, 2012 11:32am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday August 17th the A&A Motorsports headed to Chico CA for a 410 points race. Andy was 6th quick, 3rd in his heat race and would start from the pole of the A main event. At the start Jon Allard would get the jump on Andy and the race would go 22 laps before a caution would come out, with only a few laps to go in open traffic Allard would hold onto the lead, Andy would get 2nd followed by Kyle Larson. Andy still has the points lead by 4 ahead of 2nd place Sean Becker with just one race left. On Saturday August 18th Andy and the F&F X1 were in Placerville CA for a 360 points race. Things were a bit off almost the entire night, for the first time all year in the X1 Andy would not transfer out of his heat race and would have to run the B main event, still struggling Andy would only manage a 4th place finish and would not get his time back behind the inversion, this would put Andy starting 19th in the A main event. With Andy and Stephen in such a tight points race the team would go to work to get the car ready for the event. At the waving of the green flag Andy was fast and it was apparent that the car was to Andy's liking as Andy passed 15 cars in 25 laps, he would take a 4th place finish and with 2 races left he now has a 9 point lead over Stephen Allard. This upcoming weekend on Friday August 24th the A&A Motorsports #92 heads to Chico CA for the final points show of 2012. Andy will be going for his 3rd 410 track championship at Silver Dollar Speedway as well as defending his title for Pepsi Night and the 4' tall perpetual trophy that dates back to 1975. On Saturday August 25th the F&F X1 will be in Placerville CA for the 2nd to last 360 points show. [Top] Local motor notes: Lady Luck rides at Forsberg's side as he gets 100th win
By Mark
Billingsley Published: Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 3C Lady Luck always plays a part in any racing victory. But perhaps she knows Andy Forsberg by name because the two have been close for some time. Last weekend at Chico's Silver Dollar Speedway, the 36-year-old Auburn resident won the 360-cubic-inch open show, driving his Forsberg Family No. 92 and leading all 25 laps to take his 99th career feature win. Victory No. 100 came a short time later when Forsberg was fortunate to win the 410-cubic-inch sprint car main event while driving the A&A Motorsports No. 92 sprinter. Forsberg took a bad line on lap 18 of 25 that allowed Redding's Tyler Wolf and rival Sean Becker of Sacramento to sneak beneath him. But a red flag dropped almost immediately when Kevin Sharrah flipped his winged sprint car behind the leaders. Because a lap hadn't been completed, the restart allowed Forsberg to move back to the front and regain his lead. He held on over the final seven laps for victory No. 100. It was the first time in Silver Dollar Speedway history that a driver won the 360 and 410 sprint-car main events on the same night. Among Northern California sprint car drivers, only Brent and Tim Keading, Jimmy Sills and Brian Crockett have reached the 100-win mark. "I've always said I'd rather be lucky than good any day," said Forsberg, a cabinet restorer and refinisher by trade. "I think of guys like Brian Crockett with 170 career victories, the guys I used to look up to. Man, maybe I'm that guy that little kids look up to now." Forsberg started racing sprint cars at 16. He and his father, Richard, would alternate in the driver's seat of the family's 360. Forsberg's father didn't mind Andy getting in hot water with his mom, who would punish him by keeping him out of races. The only time neither wanted to drive, Forsberg said, was when they both got food poisoning at a fast-food burger joint. Forsberg has won six California Sprint Car Civil War Series championships, three track titles at the Placerville Speedway and two at Silver Dollar Speedway. He's won main events at 11 different tracks in the Western United States and was named the 2007 Motorsports Press Association Open Wheel Driver of the Year. He's an accomplished and talented driver, to be sure. But Lady Luck has also been kind. Becker, Forsberg's rival, could use an introduction. In 2010, all Becker had to do to win the Civil War Series was start the main event. The points for taking the green flag would have been enough to secure his first championship. But Becker's sprinter came up lame, and he failed to start. That gave Forsberg enough points to take the title. Forsberg also leads in points at Placerville Speedway and in the Civil War Series, with three races remaining for each. A championship sweep of Chico and Placerville has not been done. Throw in a Civil War title in the same season and Forsberg has to be considered a top candidate for Open Wheel Driver of the Year again.
[Top] Monday July 23, 2012 10:32am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday August
10th it was a double header in Chico, CA, so the Forsberg family #92 360 and the
A&A Motorsports #92 410 where in action. After a season of OK performances in
Chico with the 410 the In 410 action Andy was 4th quick, 3rd in his heat race and again would get a lucky pill draw and would start on the pole of the A main event. Andy once again took the early lead and would lead all 25 laps, claiming his first 410 victory this year and win #8 on the year and most importantly WIN # 100 of all time!, also with Sean Becker’s DNF Andy would take over the 410 points lead in Chico with only two races to go. On Saturday August 11th Andy and the F&F X1 was in Placerville CA for a 360 points race. Andy was 2nd quick 5th in his heat race and would start 5th in the A main event. Andy looked fast at the start of the race and by lap 9 Andy had the lead and looked to be on his way to win #101, but on lap 18 a broken rocker arm forced the X1 to the pits for a disappointing DNF. Stephen Allard got the win and closed within 5 points of Andy for the Championship with only 3 races to go. This upcoming weekend the A&A Motorsports #92 will be in Chico, CA for a 410 points race on Friday August 17th and on Saturday August 18th the F&F X1 will be in Placerville CA for a 360 points race. A huge thank you to all of the crew members and sponsors for all the years of support and dedication, because of you Andy got his 100th Win and reached a new milestone.
[Top] Historic Night for Andy Forsberg at Chico By Troy Hennig
Photo by Steven Cox [sprintcarphotos.com] CHICO, CA (8-10-12) - It was a night that Auburn's Andy Forsberg will never forget. The 36-year-old has enjoyed a Hall of Fame sprint car career. There have been the championships; 6 Civil Wars, 3 Placerville Speedway and 2 at Chico. Forsberg has won main events at 11 different tracks. Coming into this race he had 98 career main event wins. He was the 2007 Motorsports Press Association Open Wheel Driver of the Year. However, tonight, he accomplished something he had never done in his 20 year sprint car career by winning two winged sprint car main events in the same night. With the wins he was able to reach an exclusive goal of 100 career sprint car main event wins. "We had talked about the possibility of winning both races tonight to get me to the 100th win," said Forsberg in victory lane. "Let me tell you that this was a lot of work to get two cars on the track in one night. I have to thank my guys for working their butts off in this 100 degree heat!" Forsberg led every lap of both main events tonight. In total, he led all 50 feature event laps at Silver Dollar Speedway. The Silver Dollar Speedway hosted two winged sprint car division tonight. The 410 winged sprints ran a point show while the winged 360 cars competed in an open show format. Forsberg dominated the 25-lap 360 winged main event. Mason Moore finished in the second spot. To put some perspective on the win, Forsberg beat Moore by 10.697 seconds. Mike Henry finished in the third spot. The 410 feature had Forsberg starting on the front row of the 25-lap main event. He quickly jumped out to the lead and ultimately went on to lead all the main event laps. Yet, it wasn't as easy as the winged 360 main event. On a lap 18 restart, Forsberg went into turn one and missed the racing line. He drifted up and over the cushion. Driving underneath him for the lead was Redding's Tyler Wolf. Also passing Forsberg was Sean Becker. Forsberg drifted back into the third. But when it is your night, it's your night. Behind them an accident occurred when Kevin Sharrah flipped wildly into the air. This would bring out the red flag and the race was halted. In sprint car racing, when a red flag is displayed, the field is scored on the last completed lap. This put Forsberg back into the lead. "I know, I know, I am lucky tonight," said Forsberg when asked about the win. "Tyler Wolf passed me legitimately and so did Sean Becker. I completely messed up on that restart but the red flag saved me." On the ensuing restart the championship battle took a turn for the worse for Sean Becker. Becker spun in turn two and was collected by Bud Walberg and BJ Martin. Becker suffered front end damage that ended his night. Becker was officially scored in the twelfth spot. With Forsberg winning and Becker in 12th, Forsberg now will become the championship point leader. The race ended with Forsberg winning by 2.120 seconds over Tyler Wolf. Mason Moore was third followed by Brad Bumgarner and Kenny Allen. With the special format tonight, a winged 360 driver could race in both the 360 race and also register for the 410 division. One of the drivers who excelled tonight was Mike Henry. The Joe Mafara Racing/Borello Racing Engines #m21 turned the fastest lap in 360 qualifying. He then qualified the 360 with the 410's and was second quick in that result. Henry went on to finish third in the 360 main event but what was really impressive was his 410 main event race. Henry ran with Forsberg for the first 18 laps. He stayed in the second spot for over half of the race. However, on the 18th lap, a part that connects the steering wheel and the front axel broke. Henry had to pull of the track and put an end to a solid night of racing. Mason Moore continued his hot streak. Moore finished second in the 360 main event and second in the 410 portion of the event. Moore continues to shine with crew chief Brian Cannon. Brad Bumgarner had a night of ups and downs. In his heat race the #88 bumped wheels with a fellow competitor and flipped upside down. Bumgarner and team made the necessary changes to get his car back for the main event. He went on to finish fourth. Kenny Allen should be commended for his night. He earned his first fast time award of the year by turning a 12.038. He went on to finish in the fifth spot of the main event. Full results with starting positions are available at http://www.silverdollarspeedway.com/2012/results/
[Top] Monday July 23, 2012 10:32am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday August 3rd the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Chico CA for a non-wing USAC show. After the crash that destroyed the car in qualifying 3 weeks ago in Watsonville, Andy and the team worked hard and put another car together this would be the 1st night Andy has ran the non-wing car since the crash and the team was looking for a better night. Andy was 8th quick, 4th in his heat race and would start on the pole of the A main event. Andy would lead the first 9 laps, but getting into heavy lap traffic Kyle Hirst would take the lead, it was looking like it was going to be a battle but unfortunately for Andy the caution would come out giving the Hirst the open track, the leaders never got back into lapped traffic and Andy would need it to overtake Hirst who got the win, and Andy a 2nd place finish. Good night for the Forsberg Family #92 running without a wing with USAC. On Saturday August 4th the F&F X1 was in Calistoga CA at the famed 1/2 mile for a 360 CA Civil War Series, as the cars rolled out for mud packing it became obvious it was going to be an interesting night as the dust was flying! Only 2 cars broke into the 19 second bracket in qualifying, Sean Becker with a 19.8 and Andy with a 19.9, the track record is a 17.8, many of the cars were 3 seconds off the track record. Andy would finish an important 3rd in his heat race as it was obvious from the previous heat races that passing was going to be hard as the cars just followed each other around the bottom. Andy would start 4th in the A main event, the track was dusty, dirty, and eventually would rubber down, Andy would peck his was to a 2nd place finish and added to his points lead as 2nd in points Stephen Allard did not race after a heat race incident that destroyed his car. This upcoming week on Friday August 10th the A&A Motorsports #92 410 & the Forsberg Family #92 360 head to Chico, CA for double duty night (point show for 410's and open show for 360's) and on Saturday August 11th the F&F X1 is in Placerville CA for a 360 points race. [Top] Monday July 23, 2012 10:32am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday July 20th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico CA for a 410 points show, Andy was 6th quick, won his heat race and would start outside the front row for the A main event. At the start of the race it was obvious the car was not set up right for the track conditions and Andy would fight the car the entire race. Andy would end up falling back to the 6th spot when the checkered flag waved. Friday nights with the A&A Motorsports car have been a struggle all year for the team as we continue to fight both car and motor issues, struggling to find the winning combination that has been alluding us. On Saturday July 21st Andy and the F&F X1 were in Placerville CA for a 360 points race. Andy was quick time, 3rd in his heat race and would line up 6th for the start of the main event. At the start of the race the pole sitter would spin and tip over, with nowhere to go Andy would be involved in the may lay and have to go to the rear of the field. The race turned out to be a real gong show, nothing really went Andy's way after 3 tries to get the race off the officials would single file the field putting Andy deep in the lineup. This night was just frustrating for Andy and the team, as nothing would go their way, Andy would pass 3 cars and another yellow would come out, reverting him back to the back, The main took about an hour to get in and when it was done and over with Andy had fought his way up to the 7th spot. This upcoming week is busy, On Wednesday July 25th the F&F X1 is in Placerville CA for a National ASCS race, the Friday ASCS race in Chico CA has been cancelled, so the Forsberg Family #92 is heading to Watsonville CA for a 360 Taco Bravo race, and on Saturday July 28th the F&F X1 is back in Placerville for a 360 points race. [Top] Monday July 16, 2012 12:25pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday July 13th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico, CA for a 410 points race. Andy was 6th quick, 4th in his heat race and would start 4th in the A main event. The main was pretty un-eventful for Andy as he fell into 3rd and ran there the entire race, the team had the car handling pretty good, but unfortunately the motor wasn't quite up to par. After Sunday morning motor maintenance the motor was not leaking down correctly and is going to the engine builder first thing Monday morning. On Saturday July 14th the F&F X1 was in Placerville CA for the Mark Forni Memorial $5000.00 to win 360 points race. Andy was 5th quick out of 33 cars, 3rd in his heat race and would start 4th in the A main event. At the start of the A it was obvious Andy was quick and on a mission he would take the lead at lap 6, but on a lap 13 restart Andy jumped the cushion a bit, Allowing King of the West driver Jonathan Allard to overtake the lead. Andy dogged JA for the next 10 laps to no avail, but with 2 laps to go the caution came out, setting up a 2 lap dash to the end. Going into turn 1 & 2 JA went high and Andy went low, Allard hooked the cushion much like Andy did 10 laps earlier, Andy made his move and the two raced side by side for the last lap and 1/2, Andy cleared Allard in turns 3&4 and took the checkered for the victory, winning his 2nd Forni Memorial in a row. A big thank you to the Forni Family and all the family and friends who help put this great race that is dedicated to a great man who loved racing at Placerville each year. This upcoming weekend on Friday July 20th the A&A Motorsports #92 is in Chico CA for a 410 points race, and on July 21st the F&F X1 is in Placerville CA for a 360 points race.
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Monday July 9, 2012 12:25pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Wednesday July 4th the F&F X1 headed to Placerville CA for the $4000 to win Tiner Classic CA Civil War show. Andy was 7th quick out of 45 cars, 2nd in his heat race and would start 5th in the A main event, the track was going to be tough this night, very dry slick and dusty as most of the racing was done under the sun, Andy looked good and by lap 13 he was making a move for the 2nd position as he moved under the 2nd place car the two touched and Andy lost many positions trying to stay on the track he would eventually finish in the 8th position. On Friday July 6th the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Watsonville CA for a Non-Wing USAC race, the night was short lived though as Andy tipped over while qualifying, destroying the car as you can all see in the photos attached, and putting an early end to the night. On Saturday July 7th the F&F X1 was in Petaluma CA for another CA Civil War show. Andy was 7th quick, 4th in his heat race and would line up 5th for the A main event. Andy steadily moved his way forward through the field and when the checkered flag flew he was in 2nd behind race winner Stephen Allard. After a 13 race hot streak having Andy win 4 races and finishing no worse than 4th a bit of a bad luck streak has started to follow Andy as of June 23rd he was leading a race with 5 to go and was taken out by a lapped car leading to a 15th place finish, then a DNF, a 8th place finish and a 7th place finish and this Friday's DNQ it seemed as if a good finish would never come again, so the 2nd place in Petaluma is just what the doctor ordered to get the team rolling again. This upcoming weekend has Andy in the A&A Motorsports #92 on Friday the 13th for a 410 points race, and on Saturday July 14th in the F&F X1 for the $5000 to win Forni Memorial 360 point’s race, Andy won this race last year so we are looking for a repeat! Thank you to Cleveland Digital Imaging
[Top] Monday July 2, 2012 9:22am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday June 29th the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Chico CA for a 360 open show. Andy was 3rd quick, did not transfer out of his heat race and would line up 11th in the A main event. Andy made his way up to 5th by lap 10 but would get into a minor tangle up with another car and end his night with a DNF. On Saturday June 30th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Placerville CA for a 410 King of California race. The night started off on a bad note, the gear choice for qualifying was supposed to be a 668, but the gears in the 668 gear box were actually 798's, knowing immediately something was wrong, Andy only made one lap to get a qualifying time and would end up 15th quick, lesson of the night was if you lend out gear sets, make sure you check what you get back! The lowest gear set the team owns is a 728, so where the 798's came from nobody knows. Andy would start 5th in his heat race going for the win and a dash birth, but he came up one position short finishing 2nd in his heat race, but moving him into the A main event for a starting spot of 14th. At the start of the race Andy looked fast and was moving forward till a lap 8 crash that Andy spun to avoid bringing him to a stop and sending him to the back of the field to restart the race in 18th. Andy would again start moving through the field and when the checkered flag flew he would finish 7th. On Saturday June 30th Andy would also drive Mike Sala's BCRA Midget. In Andy's first start in a midget he would win his heat race and start 6th in the A main event. The A main did not go as well as the heat as Andy got involved in 2 minor crashes during the race, the car was not tore up, but with the 2 stop rule Andy's first midget start was over. Andy had a great time, it was different and he said he would do it again. This upcoming week is busy for Andy and the teams as Wednesday is the 4th of July and Andy will be driving the F&F X1 in Placerville for a CA Civil War Series race. On Friday July 6th the Forsberg Family #92 will be in Watsonville CA for a non-wing USAC show, and on Saturday July 7th Andy and the F&F X1 will be in Petaluma CA for another CA Civil War race. [Top] Andy Forsberg will be making his Midget Debut at Placerville Speedway Monday June 25, 2012 9:55am By Boo Brown
Along with driving the A&A Motorsports 410 in the King of the West Series, it has just been confirmed that Andy will make his Midget debut this coming Saturday at Placerville Speedway in a BCRA Midget owned by Mike Sala. This was supposed to have happened last month but an unfortunate blown engine the week before pushed it out to this weekend. Sala is a long time car owner and fields top notch cars. In his last appearance at Placerville Speedway, Sala fielded the winning car with Sean Becker in the seat. This Saturday, Sala will enter two cars with Sean and Andy as team mates. This has been in the works since the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, OK back in January of this year. Florie Filipich, one of Andy’s former car owners, went to the Chili Bowl for his first time and being friends with Sala, who had a couple cars there, struck up conversations about car rentals for next year’s Chili Bowl. Nothing was confirmed then but talks continued into the race season. Mike contacted Andy about driving one of his cars and here we are. Andy is excited and thankful for this opportunity. Running a Midget has always been something that he has wanted to do but with his race schedule it never seemed possible. There aren’t too many car owners out there that are willing to put a driver in their car for a night or two and not run an entire season. All of us here at Forsberg Racing wish the Sala Race Team good luck this weekend and Thank You for giving Andy the opportunity to drive a Midget. We also would like to thank Florie for opening the door. [Top] Monday June 25, 2012 9:55am By Boo Brown
Last Friday, June 22nd, Andy was back in the A&A #92 410 for a Silver Dollar Speedway points race. There was 18-cars signed in for the night’s action and Andy was the 7th car out to qualify and set a time good enough to hold for 3rd quick. In his heat race, Andy was able to move forward to a 2nd place finish from his 5th starting spot. In the main event Andy started on the outside of the front row. The race didn't go Andy's way as he fell back to 5th by midway. Andy was holding his own in an ill handling car and was able to pull off a 3rd place finish due to mistakes and misfortune from a few of the cars in front of him. The misfortune also helped Andy close in on and tie Sean Becker for the points lead. He is now not only leading the point battles at both Silver Dollar Speedway and Placerville Speedway but also the CA Civil War Series. On Saturday the 23rd Andy headed back to Placerville Speedway with the F&F x1 team. The night started with Andy qualifying 7th on the field of 27 cars. In the heat race Andy was able to move up to finish 3rd and the transfer to the main event. In main event action, for the last thirteen races, Andy has finish in the top five every night with his worst finish being 4th. It looked as though Andy was going to add to his total as he moved into the lead on the second lap from his third starting spot. Andy stretched his lead with every lap and on the restarts that he had to endure he quickly pulled away again. On the twentieth lap as Andy went into turn two a lap car spun right in front of him and they hit head on and got locked together. A win on this night was not to be. Andy would have to tag the rear of the field and with only a hand full of laps left, was able to make his way up to fifteenth, for the finish ending his streak of top 5 finishes. Next weekend, the 29th and 30th of June, Andy will be back at Silver Dollar Speedway on Friday only this time he will be in his Red Forsberg Family #92 360 for an open 360 race and on Saturday he will be back at Placerville Speedway this time in the A&A #92 410 for a King of the West race. [Top] Win #5 came on a Special Night Monday June 18, 2012 10:02am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday June 15th the F&F X1 headed to Chico, CA for a California Civil War show. This night was all about remembering the life of fallen Chico race car driver David Tarter, who was killed in a pit accident last week before a King of the West race in Chico, Throughout the entire evening there were many special dedications for the Tarter family including David's younger brother Michael leading the field in the 4 wide parade lap before the A-main event. Andy started the evening with a 7th quick qualifying time out of a 36 car field, he finished 3rd in his heat race and would start on the outside front row of the A main event. At the start of the race Andy took the early lead, he raced Kyle Hirst for the first position switching spots a few times as they settled into the race Andy took command and would lead till the checker flag flew. As stated before this was a very important race, it meant a lot to Andy to have won and he decided that instead of the normal routine of parking in front of the main grandstand by the flag stand, he pulled his car directly in front of the turn 4 bleachers where a 100 Tarter family and friends sat to give them all one last tribute to David. It was very emotional for Andy and he was happy that he was able to say good bye in this way.. On Saturday June 16th the F&F X1 headed to Quincy CA for the 2nd night of the CA Civil War Series double header. Andy was 3rd quick, 2nd in his heat race and again would start the A main event from the outside row. At the start of the race Andy jumped into the lead but Stephen would get him back on lap 2, the two would change places several times, but at the wave of the checkered flag Allard would cross first overtaking Andy and Kyle Hirst. This was a great weekend for Andy and the F&F X1 as they overtook the CA Civil War points lead; they now have both the Civil War Series points lead and the Placerville Track points lead, and Andy sits 2nd in points for the 410 Sprint car division in Chico CA at the Silver Dollar Speedway. This upcoming weekend the A&A Motorsports #92 is in Chico CA for a 410 points show on Friday June 22nd and on Saturday June 23rd Andy and the F&F X1 head back to Placerville CA for a 360 points show.
[Top] Monday June 11, 2012 12:31pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday June 8th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico CA for a 410 King of the West Golden State Challenge Show. Right before the drivers meeting tragedy struck, 30 year Chico CA native David Tarter was killed while attempting to mount a right rear tire. We are not sure exactly what happened, but the wheel and tire assembly exploded causing major head injuries, and two hours later David was pronounced dead at Enloe Medical Center in Chico CA. David was the typical Chico Kid growing up watching sprint cars race at Silver Dollar Speedway, dreaming that someday he would compete on the "Big Track" David moved up through the ranks in the Outlaw Kart Series, and eventually put his own sprint car team together, making his dreams of actually competing in a sprint car against many of the drivers he grew up watching as a kid come true. David was the 2011 Silver Dollar Speedway Rookie of the Year and was competing in his 2nd full season in a sprint car at Chico in both 360 and 410 divisions. On this night he was once again doing whatever he needed to do to be able to compete. Normally David ran Hoosier tires, but to race with the King of the West you must run Goodyear’s, the team got some "take off" tires from some of the top King of the West teams and were mounting them up before the races, when this terrible accident happened.
God Speed David Tarter!
Once the racing got started the vibe in the pits was very sad, but the show went on and Andy was 4th quick out of 31 cars, 3rd in his heat race and after a 5th place finish in the dash would line up 5th in the A main event. Andy made his way up to 2nd at one point but would end up finishing 3rd behind Tim Keading and winner Jonathan Allard. The team was very satisfied with a podium finish with the King of the West Series, as this was the first start of the 2012 season on the required use of Good Year Tires. On Saturday June 9th the F&F X1 was in Placerville CA for a 360 points race, once again Andy was quick time, 5th in his heat race and would line up 6th in the A main event. The start did not go exactly like Andy needed as the outside row got hung up in turns 1 and 2 and Andy ended up back in the 9th spot by lap 1, and the charge was on, by lap 15 Andy had made his way to the 2nd spot and he began to chase leader Stephen Allard down, Andy got to him with a few laps to go but could not get by and settled for a 2nd on this night. This upcoming weekend Friday June 15th Andy and the F&F X1 will be in Chico CA for a 360 CA Civil War show and on Saturday June 16th Andy and the F&F X1 will be in Quincy CA for a CA Civil War show. [Top] Monday June 4, 2012 10:43am
From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Friday June 1st the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Watsonville CA for a 360 Taco Bravo race. Andy was 11th quick, won his heat race and would start 10th in the A main event. Andy was fast right away and advanced all the way up to 3rd by the final laps racing head to head with Ronnie Day, Shane Golibic, and Bud Keading the group of leaders were slicing and dicing back and forth as the checkered flag flew it would show Andy crossing the finish line in the 4th spot. On Saturday June 2nd Andy and the F&F X1 was in Placerville CA for a 360 points race, Andy was Quick time, 3rd in his heat race and when the teams MVPP ( Most Valuable Pill Puller) Jimmy Wall picked the 0 pill again Andy would start on the pole for the feature event. He took the initial lead and never looked back, Kyle Hirst did put some pressure on Andy mid race but Andy held him off for Win #4 of 2012. Next weekend on Friday June 8th the A&A Motorsports #92 heads to Chico, CA for a King of the West 410 Show, and on Saturday June 9th the F&F X1 is in Placerville CA for a 360 points race. [Top] Auburn's Forsberg rolls to third Placerville points race victory Tilford continues win streak in Pure Stocks; Becker takes BCRA Midget victory Media Release from Handy Racing Promotions
Photo by Donna Peter
PLACERVILLE, CA (6-2-12) - Defending three time Placerville Speedway track champion Andy Forsberg of Auburn continued his winning ways at Placerville Speedway Saturday night for the sixth Red Hawk Casino-Hoosier Racing Tires-Coors Light championship event of the season. For the third time this season, Forsberg drive the FnF Racing #X1 sprint car to victory lane at the foothill quarter mile in a long night of racing. Forsberg shared in celebrating with Matt Tilford of Orangevale who won his sixth Pure Stock feature event. Sean Becker of Antelope drove to an exciting victory in the Bay Cities Association Midget division and Shawn Jones won the Nor Cal Dwarf Car feature race.
While Forsberg raced out in front, Placerville's James Sweeney overtook Hirst for second place and maintained the position for the remainder of the run. The driver that was on the move the entire night was Cameron Park's Stephen Allard. After a damaging heat race crash and racing his way through the B feature, Allard started 18th in Saturday's feature race and charged his way all the way up to third place for the checkered flag. Hirst finished in fourth place over Colby Wiesz of Colfax.
In the Pure Stock feature, Tilford started eighth in the field and was setting his sights on breaking his brother Tom's personal record of five consecutive feature wins. On this night, 22 cars started the feature event and Tilford had his work cut out for him to get to the front.
In the Nor Cal Dwarf Cars on Saturday night, Shawn Jones started fourth and muscled his way into a lead he would never relinquish. Running the high side of the track, Jones held off the challenges of Ryan Winter who finished second at the line ahead of Doug Martin, Jeremy Blackshere and Kevin Bender. Racing returns to Placerville Speedway next Saturday night in the final race before fair break. Sprint Car, Limited Late Models, Pure Stocks and Midget Lites will all form the race card. The front gates will open at 5 p.m. with qualifying starting at 6:30. For further information check www.placervillespeedway.com. [Top]
Tuesday May 29, 2012 12:28pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Saturday May 26th Andy and the F&F X1 headed to Marysville CA for a CA
Civil War race. Andy was 8th quick out of 39 cars, On Sunday May 27th Andy and the F&F X1 was in action again in Chico CA for another CA Civil War race. Andy would qualify 5th quick out of 43 cars and would finish 3rd in his heat race. With a 6 pill drawn Andy would start on the outside position of the front row for the start of the A main event. The track was starting to rubber up so tire conservation was the key to this race. Andy was able to get the lead on lap 5, save his tires and win the Memorial Day fair race for the 2nd year in a row. Andy entered the weekend 17 points behind the leader and now sits only 6 points behind Kyle Hirst. This upcoming weekend June 1st, Andy and the Forsberg Family #92 heads to Watsonville CA for a 360 Taco Bravo race, and on Saturday June 2nd, Andy and the F&F X1 will be back in action in Placerville CA for a 360 points race. [Top] Forsberg is the fairest of them all in Civil War at Chico with 95th career win By Bill Sullivan/ Civil War Sprint Car Series Photos by Donna Peter CHICO, CA (5-27-12) - Defending Series Champion Andy Forsberg of Auburn drove his way to his first victory of the season in the traveling Hoosier Racing Tires Civil War Sprint Car Series Sunday night. The event was round three of the competitive traveling campaign for 360 cubic inch powered winged sprint cars and was one of most popular venues on the annual tour as it brought the tour to the famed Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico for the annual Silver Dollar Fair. "It's always great to come back to Chico and race here during the Silver Dollar Fair", said Forsberg. "This race brings our regular fans to the track for a great price but it brings a lot of new faces to the race track that will come back and become future fans." Driving the Pit Stop USA #X1 sprint car fielded by FnF Racing, Forsberg dominated field on Sunday night at Silver Dollar Speedway. A total of 43 cars entered the event and Forsberg was the fifth fastest driver in the field with a lap time of 12:869. Mason Moore of Princeton was the fast qualifier of the night with a 12:697 while Fremont's Shane Golobic timed in with the second position at 12:765. Steven Tiner of Visalia was third with a 12L822 and Stephen Allard of Cameron Park was fourth turning a 12:869. Finishing third in his preliminary heat race, Forsberg secured a starting position in Sunday's 30-lap feature event. The six time Civil War Series Champion started on the outside of the front row for the money race, outside of pole sitter Colby Wiesz of Colfax. At the drop of the green flag Wiesz powered into the lead on a dry slick track until Forsberg reeled in the Colfax Comet shortly thereafter and passed for the lead on the low side of the third turn. Once in front the driver known as Mr. Excitement never relinquished the lead. When the checkered flag dropped, Forsberg impressively captured his 95th career victory. Wiesz finished second at the line followed by Golobic and Tiner. Moore rounded out the top five over Saturday night winner Kyle Hirst of Elk Grove. Allard was 7th at the line followed by Jake Haulot, Geoff Ensign and Herman Klein to complete the top ten. In preliminary action on Sunday night, the B feature was claimed by Golobic who held off Klein for the win. Allard was third over Hirst followed by Chase Johnson and Richard Bailey. Jeremy Burt of Grass Valley won the C feature Sunday. Bert was followed across the line by Phillip De Larosa, Taylor Simas and Jeremy Phillips. Heat races were claimed by Billy Wallace, Matt Shelton, Mike Monahan and David Tarter. Following Sunday's event the Civil War point standings have Hirst in the point lead with a five point advantage over Wiesz. Forsberg is third, six points from the leader. Fourth place is owned by Allard who is back 20-points from the lead while former champion Greg DeCaires rounds out the top five, tied with Allard. The next Civil War event will bring the tour back to Chico on Friday, June 15th for the fourth event of the year. For complete results of Sunday's race and championship point standings visit the office series website at www.civilwarsprints.com.
[Top] Monday May 21, 2012 9:40am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday May 18th the A&A Motorsports #92 head to Chico, CA for a 410 points race, but things started off rough for the team, halfway to Chico the A&A Motorsports tow rig broke down, luckily for the crew, Clint from Western Featherlite in Sheridan CA stopped what he was doing to tow the rig to the track. A&A Motorsports bought our current Featherlite trailer in 2002 and 10 years later Western Featherlite is still taking car of us, So a big thank you to Clint!
The team arrived right before packing, and the team just seemed behind the 8 ball from the start, Andy qualified 7th quick, was 5th in his heat race and would start 3rd in the A main event. The track was narrow, dry slick, and one groove around the bottom, but by lap 5 Andy had maneuvered himself into the lead. The last 21 laps went non-stop so lapped traffic became an issue, as Andy took the white flag the lapped car in front of him got out of shape, forcing Andy out of the groove, once he was out of there in no mans land he just could not get back into the line of choice and this let two other cars get under him dropping him to 3rd on the final set of turns. A disappointing way to loose a race, as well as dropping to 2nd in the points behind Sean Becker.
On Saturday May 19th the F&F X1 was in Placerville, CA for a 360 points race, Andy was 2nd quick, 3rd in his heat race and with the quick qualifier pulling a 0 pill Andy would start the A main event on the front row. At the wave of the green flag Andy quickly jumped into the lead and had no plroblems pulling away from the field, as the race continued and the leaders came upon lapped traffic Andy seemed to easily maneuver around them until lap 19 when a lapped car who made contact with another lapped car lost control and drove over the right rear of the F&F X1 and just like 2 weeks ago when Andy was leading the race at Placerville and had contact with a lapped car the right rear shock broke off the car, but luckily this time it did not cut the tire down and Andy was able to finish the last 6 laps of the race with ease and his second win of the season, retaking the points lead at Placerville.
This upcoming weekend the are NO RACES on Friday May 25th, but on Saturday May 26th the F&F X1 will be in Marysville, CA for a CA Civil War race and on Sunday May 27th the F&F X1 will be in Chico CA for the Memorial Day Fair CA Civil War Race.
Thank you to everyone whom helped us this weekend!
[Top] Monday May 14, 2012 9:45am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday May 11th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico CA for a 410 points race. Andy was 6th quick, 3rd in his heat race and would start 5th in the A main event. It was a pretty un-eventful race for Andy and he would finish in the A in the 4th place.
On Saturday May 12th Andy and the F&F X1 was in Placerville CA for a 360 points race. Andy was 2nd quick, 3rd in his heat race and would start 8th in the A main event. Andy made some good moves and even though traffic did not always work in his favor he still managed a 3rd place finish.
this upcoming weekend the A&A Motorsports #92 will be in Chico CA on Friday May 18th for a 410 points race and on Saturday May 19th the F&F X1 is in Placerville CA for a 360 points show.
[Top] Monday May 7, 2012 8:58am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday May 4th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico, CA for a 410 points race, Andy qualified 13th quick, won his heat race and would start 13th in the A main event. Andy was quick in the main event and was able to drive up too a 5th place finish and continue to lead the points championship.
On Saturday May 5th Andy was in Placerville CA racing the F&F X1. Andy was quick time, 5th in his heat race and when full time pill puller Jimmy Wall picked a 0 pill Andy was set to start the A main from the pole position. At the start of the A Andy pulled out to a large lead but on lap 13 contact between Andy and a lapped car broke the right rear shock off the X1. Andy still looked good as the race continued, he continued to hold his large lead but during a lap 16 caution Andy's right rear tire went flat so Andy pulled into the pits to change it, unfortunately since Andy did not cause the original caution the officials did not wait for the X1 to make repairs and they went green with out him, he would be scored in 16th place. The officials explanation was if Andy wanted courtesy laps he would need to start the race, drive around the track with a flat right rear tire and cause another caution on his own so that he could earn his own courtesy laps. Next time if this happens, even though this is a horrible way of running a good show and for the fans to be able to watch a good race with the least amount of down time and hopefully not causing any more carnage to other cars, for the good of the team we will restart the race and cause another yellow, so the team can have their earned courtesy laps.
[Top] Monday April 23, 2012 8:39am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday, April 27th, the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Chico, CA for a non-points 360 race. For the 3rd race in a row at Chico, Andy was quick time, 3rd in his heat race and with a 6 pill drawn he would start in the 6th position for the A main event. After a caution on lap 1 the race restarted and went 24 non stop laps. Andy was pretty good but never really got going, he would finish in the 6th spot.
On Saturday, April 28th, Andy and the F&F X1 headed to Petaluma, CA for the season opener of the CA Civil War Series. Andy was 12th quick, 3rd in his heat race and would start 10th in the A main event. The track was fast and tacky just like Andy likes it, he raced hard and had moved himself up to the 4th spot and with 1 lap to go the steering broke sending Andy straight into the wall causing significant damage to the F&F X1, a vary unusual DNF for the team and a rough start for the 2012 Civil War Series campaign. Andy currently sits 14th in the points standings, 15 points out of the lead.
This upcoming weekend has Andy racing on Friday, May 4th, in Chico, CA in the A&A Stepping Stone #92 for a 410 points race and Saturday, May 5th, in Placerville, CA in the F&F X1 for a 360 points race.
[Top] Monday April 23, 2012 9:39am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday, April 20th, the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico, CA for the 2nd
410 points race of the year. For the second race in a row Andy was quick time,
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On Saturday, April 21st, the F&F X1 was in Placerville, CA for a 360 points race, for the second night in a row Andy set quick time, he was 3rd in his heat race and with a 4 pill drawn Andy would start 4th in the A main event. The track looked good for the start of the A main, it was racy and by lap 10 Andy had moved himself into the lead and never looked back getting his first win of the 2012 season and took over the series points lead at Placerville.
This upcoming weekend the Forsberg Family #92 will be in Chico, CA for a Friday night open 360 show. And on Saturday, April 28th, Andy and the F&F X1 will be heading to Petaluma, CA for what should be the 3rd round of the CA Civil War Series but with the 1st and 2nd races rained out this will be the season opener.
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Opening Point Night's Recap Monday April 8, 2012 8:31am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday, April 6th, the A&A Motorsports #92 made its 2012 debut in Chico, CA for a 410 points race. Andy was Fast qualifier, 3rd in his heat race and would start 4th in the A main event. The track was wet and heavy and the top 5 changed positions throughout the entire race. Andy was as far up as 2nd and as far back as 6th. He would eventually finish 3rd behind Sean Becker and Kyle Larson.
On Saturday, April 7th, the F&F X1 made its 2012 debut in Placerville, CA for a 360 points race. Andy was 5th quick, 3rd in his heat race and would start 5th in the A main event. The track was a bit narrow and very fast. Andy would only manage a 4th place finish.
This upcoming weekend on Friday the 13th the Forsberg Family #92 heads to Watsonville, CA for a 360 Taco Bravo race. And Saturday, April 14th the F&F X1 is back in Placerville, CA. The weather is questionable later in the week for Nor-Cal so check back to www.forsbergracing92.com for any changes.
[Top] Monday April 2, 2012 9:01am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday, March 30th, the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Watsonville, CA for a 360 Taco Bravo race. Andy was 6th quick, won his heat race and would start on the pole of the A main event. At the start of the main event Andy would lead the first 6 laps, but as the track got slicker, Andy began to fall back as far as 5th in the field at one time, but the last few laps Andy was able to make the top start to work and move himself back up to 3rd place behind Bud Kaeding and Ronnie Day.
Saturday, March 31st, the 2nd California Civil War race in Placerville, CA was cancelled due to rain.
This Friday, April 6th, the A&A Motorsports #92 will make its 2012 debut in Chico, CA. And on Saturday, April 7th, the F&F X1 will make its debut in Placerville, CA Weather permitting.
[Top] Civil War Rained Out, Taco Bravo Still On FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday March 29, 2012 10:15pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing
Handy Race Promotions have cancelled this Saturdays California Civil War Race at Placerville Speedway, due to the recent and forecasted rains. Andy and the Forsberg Racing 92 Team will be heading to Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA tomorrow for the opening night of the Taco Bravo Series. The team is talking about heading to Kings Speedway in Hanford, CA on Saturday for a Rebel Cup race. The forecast for Hanford on Saturday is 30% chance of rain so the decision has not been made yet. We will post as soon as we make a decision. [Top] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thurs day March 22, 2012 10:45amFrom the Office of Forsberg Racing
Andy Forsberg and the A&A Motorsports Team will not be in attendance at this weekends Mini Gold Cup World of Outlaws race at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA. Unfortunately some times life gets in the way of racing. This is one of those weekends. The last couple of weeks business has picked up for some of the team members. Our daily jobs got in the way of being able to complete the A&A Stepping Stone, Autism Awareness, Pit Stop USA, Red Line Oil, K&N Filters #92 410 car for competition. As a team we are disappointed that we will be missing this race but we are happy to have our daily jobs to pay our bills and put food on our tables. The plan now is to have the car ready to race in the first points race of the 2012 season at Silver Dollar Speedway on April 6th.
Andy will be back in action next weekend. On Friday March 30th he will be in his Forsberg Family 92 360 winged car for the Taco Bravo opener at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA and then on Saturday the 31st he will be in the F&F Racing x1 for the opening night of the 2012 Civil War Series at Placerville Speedway in Placerville, CA.
[Top] Monday March 14, 2012 9:39am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday, March 9th, the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Chico, CA for the two day 360 Silver Cup. Andy was 2nd quick in qualifying and finished 2nd in his heat race, with an 8-pill drawn and was scheduled to start 7th in the A main event, but on the warm up lap for the A main the wing mount broke forcing Andy to pull into the pits and make repairs. Andy would then start at the rear of the field. Andy would make his way quickly through the field and finished in the 8th place with only 17 laps down of the 20 lap race. The race was shortened do to curfew.
On Saturday, March 10th, Andy was once again 2nd quick in qualifying, 4th in his heat race and with another 8-pill drawn Andy would line up in the 7th starting spot for the A main event. The track was very slick, right around the bottom and passing was very difficult, but Andy was able to make his way to a 4th place finish for his first top 5 of 2012.
This upcoming weekend Saturday, March 17th, Andy will make his 2012 debut in the F&F X1 in Marysville, CA for the season opener of the CA Civil War Series. Weather in Nor-Cal is very questionable this week so stay tuned to forsbergracing92.com to make sure the race is still on for Saturday Night.
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Ho-Hum Night in Marysville Monday March 3, 2012 8:31am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
Saturday March 3, The Forsberg Family #92 headed to Marysville, CA for the Sherm Toller Memorial open 360 race. There was no qualifying instead a two heat race format was used. Andy started on the pole in his first heat race and moved back to the 3rd spot as the tight car setup had Andy doing wheelies through out the race. The team made some adjustments for heat #2 and Andy would start in the 6th position and finish in 5th. Andy would make the A main event and start towards the rear of the field in the 24th spot. As the A main started it was apparent that the car setup was right on, Andy was fast, he moved up to 7th at one point but he finished the race in the 9th spot. The car and he were better then that but the track was racy and fast all night long making passing very difficult. He tried using the whole race track to get around some cars. It was just one of those nights.
This upcoming weekend, March 9th and 10th, the Forsberg Family #92 will once again be in action, this time at the 360 Silver Cup for a two day show at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA.
[Top] 1st Race of 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday Feb. 27, 2012 9:10am From the Office of Forsberg Racing On Saturday February 25th the Forsberg Family Non-wing #92 headed to Perris, CA for a non-wing USAC-CRA race. Andy timed in 20th quick out of 37 cars, won his heat race and would line up 18th in the A main event. Andy was fast and the first few laps saw Andy move up to the 15th spot, but slight contact with another car on lap 3 cut the right rear tire down. Andy brought out the yellow to change the tire, but USAC does not give courtesy laps. The race restarted without him and the teams 1020 mile round trip 25 hour day was over. A special thanks to Steve and Scott Van Den Broeke with Autism Awareness for getting the car to the LA, Jeff DelRio for getting the pit quad to the track and to Kris Brock-Jones for the wonderful food for 8 people for the entire day! This upcoming weekend March 3rd the Forsberg Family #92 winged 360 will be in action closer to home at Marysville Raceway Park for the open 360, $2500 to win Sherm Toller Memorial race.
[Top] Its That Time Again!! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday Feb. 20, 2012 9:03am From the Office of Forsberg Racing The 2012 racing season for Andy Forsberg starts this Saturday night, February 25th in Perris, CA for a CRA-USAC non-wing 410ci race. Andy will be in action aboard the Forsberg Family 92, 360ci Sprint. The team had some success last year running without the wing with the 360ci and since there isn't anywhere else to race they said "What the heck, lets do it". The 2011 season saw Andy win 13 races, 2 Championships and eventually would finish the season ranked 11th in the nation for 360ci drivers by the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Iowa. We would also like to welcome some new sponsors, PitStopUSA.com, the online Motorsports superstore, Keizer Aluminum Wheels distributed by Soltis Bros. and Butlerbuilt seats along with long time supports A&A Stepping Stone, Autism Awareness, FK Rod Ends, K&N Filters, Redline Oil, ISC Racers Tape, Mountain Mikes Pizza, PTShocks.com, Freshmex Express Mexican Grill, Triple X Race Components, Levin's Auto Supply, Inventory Sales Company, Sierra Single Ply Roofing and Solar, Roseville Precision and CRV Carbon Solutions. The 2012 season will look a lot like 2011 with Andy splitting his driving duties between three teams. The F&F x1 will run 360 point shows at Placerville Speedway and the CA 360 Civil War Series. The A&A Motorsports #92 will run the Friday night 410 shows in Chico, CA at the Silver Dollar Speedway, a few King of the West races that don't conflict with the F&F x1 schedule and some of the World of Outlaws shows here on the West Coast. The Forsberg Family #92 will once again run the rest of the miscellaneous races that the other teams don't want to run. These events will include various non-wing USAC shoes, a few Taco Bravo races at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA, a couple of ASCS races and some open 360 events throughout the season. [Top] F&F Racing and Soltis Bros. Join Forces DATE: February 14, 2012 FREMONT, CALIFORNIA: Soltis Brothers is pleased to announce that F&F Racing Team and their driver of the x1 sprinter, Andy Forsberg, have joined forces in the opening debut of their new On-line Store. Soltis Bros. are one of the west coast Keizer Wheels and Components dealers and soon to be the Leader. Each wheel part is made with cold spun U.S. aerospace quality aluminum. All wheel components weather made from 6061 T6 cold forged billet or magnesium are cast by experienced U.S. aircraft casting suppliers and then in house CNC machined to maintain precise tolerance and unsurpassed quality. Soltis Bros. engraves a unique tracking number into each wheel to provide historical information when Soltis Bros. implements their "Buy Back" program. Check back periodically to their website for details and new products. Along with Keizer Wheels and Components Soltis Bros. are a supplier of top and nose wings by Wings Unlimited. Always remember "If we don't run it, we don't sell it" isn't just a motto at Soltis Bros. it's a Fact.
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Pit Stop USA teams up with Andy Forsberg for 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 7, 2012 PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA: Pit Stop USA “The Online Motorsports Superstore” is pleased to welcome Andy Forsberg and F&F Racing to the Pit Stop USA family for the 2012 season. Throughout his career Andy Forsberg
has won 92 feature events at ten different tracks in California and Oregon and
he is the only 6 time Civil Andy will drive the Pit Stop USA sponsored F&F Racing x1 in the Civil War Series, Placerville Speedway and other select events. He will also be fielding his own # 92 360ci sprinter at various races when time allows. He will also be driving the A&A Motorsports #92 in approximately 18 410 races throughout the year.
F&F Racing has a combined racing experience of over 80 years in open wheel racing spanning 3 generations. Alan Bradway and Steve Tuccelli are the owners and team leaders of F & F Racing while retaining Dave Bradway Senior as a consultant. Alan, a Track Champion himself, had raced Sprint Cars for 25 years and now chiefs the crew in the dynamics of open wheel racing engines, chassis set-ups and maintenance. Steve has 18 years behind the wheel of Sprint Cars starting in the early 80's and is the data acquisition analyst, engine tuner, and shock dyno technician. The crew is made up of individuals that are dedicated to the win. Each team member brings with them the selfless devotion to every aspect of making the team successful.
Since their inception, F&F Racing has been honored by winning the 2003, 2004, 2011 Placerville Speedway Pacific Sprints Championship, the premier 2004, 2011 California Hoosier Tire Civil War Sprint Series Championship, 2008 Al Hinds Memorial, the 2010 and 2011 Mark Forni Classic and the 2011 Calistoga Cup. F & F Racing was also honored by being nominated "2004 Top 360 Sprint Car Team in The Nation" by the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.
Pit Stop USA is a premier online retailer of circle track parts and supplies. PitStopUSA.com corporate offices and retail showroom are located in the beautiful Sonoma County Wine Country in Petaluma, California.
[Top] 2011 Head Lines
November News Andy Forsberg 2011 Season Recap
October News Another Tough Weekend for The Forsberg Family #92
September News With 13 Wins Already and Two Championships TK Express rolls to $3000 win in 8th Tribute to Al Hinds; Forsberg claims 10k title 10th Championship comes in the F&F Racing x1
August News
July News Win #9 in the Forsberg Family #92 Forsberg looks to go undefeated at Petaluma Speedway as Civil War returns Forsberg takes home his richest victory ever at 6th annual Forni Classic
June News Point leader Forsberg charges to elusive feature event win at Placerville Forsberg becomes three time Civil War winner in American Valley event Sprint cars and Civil War invade Quincy Good Weekend with Win #5 A 1.3.3 Night at Placerville Speedway Wild Winged Wednesday, Yes it Was
May News Defending champion Forsberg becomes first repeat winner of 2011 War Forsberg Wins Civil Round Four Andy Forsberg to make KWS Debut at Calistoga Speedway Auburn Pair Wins Main Events at Chico PIEROVICH DOMINATES LARRY BURTON CLASSIC AT ROSEVILLE Rain Forces Forsberg Racing to Head to the Pavement Silver Dollar Speedway Civil War Race PLACERVILLE SPEEDWAY PRESS RELEASE Mother Nature Finally Shows Handy Race Promotions Some Love Silver Dollar Speedway Point Race #5
April News Silver Dollar Speedway Point Race #4 Forsberg Rebounds for 3rd Place Finish Forsberg Moves into the Points Lead 410ci Winless Streak Broken, Win #2 for 2011 2011 Civil War Opener at Petaluma Speedway Placerville Speedway Opening Night Dry Weekend in Northern California & Good Racing Marysville Raceway Park, Can you say hum? Silver Dollar Speedway Opening Night
March News USAC Western Classic Tribute to NARC
February News
January News
Andy raced a total of 71 events during the 2011 racing season and this is how his season broke down.
32 races driving the F&F X1 360 winged sprint 8 - Fast times 9 - Feature event victories 15 - Top 5 Finishes
Andy won the 2011 Placerville Track Championship & 2011 CA Civil War Championship, in his first season driving the Steve Tuccelli and Alan Bradway owned F&F X1
18 races driving the A&A Motorsports #92 410 winged sprint No fast time awards 3 - Feature event victories 11 - Top 5 Finishes
Andy lost the 410 Track Championship at Chico's Silver Dollar Speedway by just 2 points, even after missing one night of points racing mid season to compete at a Civil War race scheduled for the same night. Disappointing way to lose a Championship but Andy could only be at one track that night.
21 races driving the Forsberg Family owned #92 360 2 - Fast time awards 1 - Feature Win 5 - Top 5 Finishes
The stats for the Family car are not that impressive, this car primarily raced against the National ASCS, National USAC, and 410 USAC CRA shows on the West Coast. The team was pretty competitive without a wing against the 410 engines using a 360 and Andy even made one start with the car at a pavement race, The Family owned #92 car does not make the most practical starts but racing it against the different divisions that we don't see around this area much is more about getting laps in and going racing.
At the end of the 2011 season Andy is now a 3 time Placerville Track Champion, 2 time 410 Track Champion at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico CA. 6 time CA Civil War Champion and has won 92 main events in his career.
Andy would like to again thank all his crew members & sponsors for making this all possible and we hope to keep up these relationships and results going into the 2012 season.
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On Wednesday November 2nd the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Perris CA for the National USAC Oval Nationals. Wednesday was just a practice night there were about 20 cars that showed up to practice, Andy would turn the 5th quickest time of the evening in his 360 powered non wing sprint giving the team a little hope they may be able to compete with the field of 410 powered sprints.
On Thursday November 3rd Andy was 25th quick out of 50 cars, 3rd in his heat race and would line up 17th in the A main event Andy was running 18th most of the night holding off drivers like Cory Kruseman and Jon Stanbourgh, but with 8 laps to go Andy's rear break caliper failed forcing Andy to pull in with no breaks, but the team was satisfied with their performance.
On Friday November 4th the rain came in and the races were postponed and a two day race format would be used for Saturday to make up for the lost night.
On Saturday November 5th Friday nights race was scheduled to start at noon, Andy was a disappointing 41st quick only the top 40 cars went to the heat races for a spot in the A main event, so Andy went directly into the C main event, confused with the poor qualifying time the crew looked the car over and found a left rear shock had been hit by a rock causing it to fail, Andy had complained the car felt unstable and this explained why. With the problem fixed Andy would start the C main event and dominate for most of the race until the ignition box gave out, shutting the engine off and ending Andy's chance to move on into the B main event for Friday's make up show.
On Saturday evening the second part of the show had Andy qualifying 21st quick, he would start 6th in this heat race and finish in the 5th spot, missing the direct transfer into the A by one spot. Andy started 8th in the B main, with all the gremlins that haunted the team over the weekend fixed Andy would put his best laps of the weekend together and with just a 12 lap B main he was only able to make it up to the 5th spot, one position out of the transfer spot to transfer into the Oval Nationals A main event.
The last two months have been pretty rough for the Forsberg Family #92, Flat tires, part failures and overall weird racing luck, The team made the decision to not run the National USAC race in Hanford, CA and the National ASCS race in Tucson, AZ later this month and put a period on a very successful 2011 racing season.
Thank you to all my family, friends and sponsors for making this 2011 season so memorable as we at Forsberg Racing could not have accomplished such a wonderful season with out each and every one of you!
Sincerely Andy Forsberg
[Top] Monday Oct 24, 2011 1:35pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday October 21st the F&F X1 headed to Tulare CA for the 18th annual Trophy Cup, the highest paying 360 race in the country. A late qualifying draw sent Andy out 58th out of 75 cars, with the entire weekend being based off of points timing in 34th quick somewhat set the pace for the weekend as the point total for 34th quick isn't real good. Andy won his heat race and would line up 18th in the A main event. On the first lap Andy was involved in a 5 car wreck, he would continue from the back of the field and only make it back up to the 17th spot.
On Saturday October 22nd Night number two of the Trophy Cup the goal was to be in the top 20 in points to be locked into the A main event, after a 5th place finish in his heat race Andy was in a 3 way tie for the 20th spot with Kyle Larson and Roger Crockett. Larson got the tie breaker and went directly into the A main event, Andy a Crockett would have to start in row 3 of the B main event because they have a 6 car inversion. Andy made his way into 4th, but before the race was over the engine broke a valve, he pulled off the track and Andy's season in the F&F X1 was over. 9 wins and 2 Championships with a 1st year team was not a bad combo, but ending on this note was disappointing.
This upcoming weekend there are no races, but Andy and the Forsberg team will be heading to Perris, CA to compete in the National USAC Oval Nationals starting Wednesday November 2nd.
Thanks to the F&F X1 team for the great season and to all our sponsors for helping us accomplish such a season!
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Another Tough Weekend for The Forsberg Family #92 Monday Oct 17, 2011 2:32pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday October 14th the
Forsberg Family #92 headed to Watsonville CA for the final Taco Bravo 360
points race of the year, Andy was fast time, finished 3rd in his heat race
and with an 8 pill drawn would line up in the 8th spot for the A main event.
Andy immediately moved up to the 5th spot, but that's where the fun ended,
Andy passed the 4th place car 3 times, as the caution flag kept coming out and
reverting the field back 1 lap. On the 4th try the car Andy had gone around
three times prior was not going to let Andy school him again, and on this
restart Andy again started the pass on the high side and the driver in the 4th
spot drifted from the bottom of the track all the way to the top, running over
Andy's front end, and being as he was already hugging the outside wall the
damage would put an end to Andy's night, and two consecutive weekends where
Andy was fast but ended up with no results to show for it.
On Saturday October 15th the
Andy and the team headed to Hanford CA with the Forsberg Family #92 for the
Final King of the West race and West Coast 360 race. Since the team does not
have a 410 motor, the plan was to run the non-wing car with USAC. Andy was 9th
quick, won his heat race and would line up 9th in the A-main event. Andy was
fast for the 1st 10 laps moving up to 5th, but as the track became more slick,
Andy began to fade and would eventually pull off the track with a few laps to
go as the temperature in the Motor had reached 260 degrees. This car is the
sister car to the car Andy crashed at Gold cup and the team is really
struggling to get it hooked up on a slick track, they will take it home and do
some homework as this is the car they plan on racing at the National USAC
races in Perris CA in three weeks.
This upcoming weekend 10/21 &
10/22 Andy will be in Tulare CA for the Trophy Cup, he will be driving the F&F
X1 as Andy hopes to beat his top finish of 4th in the Trophy Cup points, which
he achieved in 2009.
[Top] Monday Oct 10, 2011 9:11am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday October 7th the Forsberg Family owned #92 headed to Watsonville CA for a 360 Taco Bravo race. Andy has somewhat struggled at this track so the team thought it would be a good idea to head down and get some laps in and trouble shoot the track. Andy was 10th quick, won his heat race and would start 8th in the A main event on a very heavy & rough track. At the start of the race it looked like Andy was a man on a mission as he had started picking cars off quickly and by lap 10 he was in the lead and looking to run away from the field, but on a lap 11 caution things would change, Andy's right rear started to go flat, Andy pulled into the work area to change it, but the teams pit cart would not start, by the time the crew got everything to the work area, it was too late the race had been re-started and Andy was done for the night.
On Saturday October 8th the team headed to Tulare CA for a ASCS race and a non-wing USAC 360 race. Andy was 10th quick in the non-wing car, 4th in his heat race and would start 10th in the A main event. Andy started the A main event but just didn't go anywhere he eventually would finish in 10th. In the winged division Andy was scheduled to start 5th in his heat race, but a spark plug wasn't index properly, the gap got closed killing a cylinder and Andy pulled off at the green flag aware that something was not right with the motor, Andy would finish 4th in the B main event and start 18th in the A main, but that was very short lived going into turn one on the first lap a car spun out in front of him, Andy had maneuvered around him, but the car behind Andy did not do the same and he drove into Andy causing major damage and a frustrating end to a long weekend, needless to say this may be the last time you see Andy doing double duty driving for the same team, as Andy and the crew were behind the 8 ball all night they never really had a chance to make decisions or changes to the car, and both cars were one step behind the entire night.
This upcoming weekend on Friday October 14th the Forsberg Family #92 heads back to Watsonville for a 360 Taco Bravo race and on Saturday October 15th the Forsberg Family #92 will be in Hanford CA for a 360 Non-Wing USAC Show.
[Top] Monday Oct 3, 2011 1:38pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday September 3rd the F&F X1 was in Chico, CA for the 2 day 360 Fall Nationals. Andy was quick time on night one with 54 cars qualifying. He did not transfer out of his heat race and would win the B-main event. Andy started 13th in the A-main event and would finish 10th.
On Saturday October 1st Andy timed in 6th quick out of 57 cars and once again did not transfer out of his heat race. He would again win the B-main event and again start 13th in the A. Andy would drive up to the 6th spot at one point of the 40 lap feature but faded back to a 9th place finish for the night as the race went 38 laps non-stop. Not exactly the finish Andy or the team was looking for but still a decent weekend considering the talented field of competition.
This up coming weekend the Forsberg Family #92 will be in Watsonville, CA on Friday October 7th for a Taco Bravo race and on Saturday October 8th they will be racing in Tulare, CA for a So-Cal ASCS race.
[Top] From K&N Filters Website (click the Headline to go to K&N's website article) With 13 Wins Already and Two Championships 2011 Season Marks Record Season for Andy Forsberg Sept 30, 2011 [Top] Monday Sept 26, 2011 12:08pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday September 23rd the F&F X1 was in Watsonville, CA for the second to last Civil War race of 2011. Andy and thee F&F X1 headed into the final weekend of the Civil War Series with a 22 point lead over Kyle Hirst. Andy was feeling better after having a week off of racing to re-coop from the wild ride he took on Thursday night, of Gold Cup, during the USAC race. Andy went to see the doctor on Monday after Gold Cup and we were told he had a dislocated shoulder. The doc popped it back into place after two tries and Andy was ready to go and feeling better every day. Going into the weekend Andy new he just needed to be smart and not over due it.
Andy was 7th quick in qualifying, 2nd in his heat race and would start 5th in the A main event. Andy ran most of the event in 5th spot but on a mid race restart Andy was shuffled back to 8th, which is where he would eventually finish the race and leave Watsonville with a 21 point lead going into the next night in Placerville, CA.
On Saturday September 24th the F&F X1 was in Placerville, CA for the Civil War Finale. Andy was 19th quick, won his heat race and would start 18th in the A main event. At this point all Andy needed to do to clinch the Civil War Championship and the $10000.00 was take the green flag. Once the green flag flew Andy and the F&F X1 team were officially the Champs. Halfway through the race Andy had moved his way up to the 8th spot, but something was wrong, a broken throttle linkage would bring him to a stop. The crew was able to fix the problem but would rejoin the race 2 laps down and end up with a 15th place finish.
This upcoming weekend Friday September 30th and Saturday October 1st, Andy and the F&F X1 will be in Chico, CA for the 360 Fall Nationals.
[Top] TK Express rolls to $3000 win in 8th Tribute to Al Hinds; Forsberg claims 10k title 
PLACERVILLE – The 2011 Hoosier Racing Tires Civil War Sprint Car Series came to a conclusion Saturday night in high dollar fashion with the 8th Annual Tribute to Al Hinds at Placerville Speedway. When checkered flag flew on the 30-lap feature event on popular California driver added a new special victory to his resume while another scored the richest championship title in the history of this popular Northern
California series for 360 cubic inch powered sprint cars.
[Top] Monday Sept 12, 2011 8:51pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Wednesday September 8th
the F&F X1 opened up the Gold Cup week with the 360 Civil War Invitational
race. Andy was 3rd quick in qualifying, and would start his heat race in the
3rd row out side, there was an early spin by another driver and it collected a
few other drivers and Andy causing him to get up side down, this would be the
first time since early March that Andy would get on his lid. The team made
repairs and Andy ran the B main taking the win. With a 10 pill draw Andy
would start the A in the 11th starting spot, it would end up being very
uneventful as Andy would finish the main in 9th, but would actually gain 2
points on the 2nd place car with only two Civil War shows left.
On Thursday September 9th
the Forsberg Family #92 was in action with the Non-Wing USAC-CRA, running his
360 for the 2nd week in a row against a 410 field of USAC regulars and local
Nor-Cal teams, Andy timed in 7th quick out of 50 cars. This is where the fun
stops however, going for the 4th and final transfer spot on the last lap to
take the checkered flag in his heat race, Andy flipped violently off turn 3
and ended up flipping all the way to the turn 4 K-rail wall that separates the
campgrounds from the race track. Andy was a bit dazed and was complaining
of a sore right shoulder and the car was destroyed. The next day Andy visited
a doctor and was told he had a sprained shoulder and would need to see a
doctor in Auburn the following week for the full extent of his injuries.
On Friday & Saturday the A&A
Motorsports #92 raced with the World of Outlaws. Andy was able to drive with
the sore shoulder but the team could not overcome the barrage of weird events
that were about to come their way, 10 cent part failures, miss information by
the officials, poor pill draws and the fact that the World of Outlaws are just
that good made for a very difficult 2 nights of racing, as Andy did not get
out of the C main event either night.
This upcoming weekend there are
no races ! But the team is going to Cycleland Speedway in Chico, CA on
Saturday September 17th to watch, Alan Bradway the F&F X1 owner's son, Justin
race his outlaw dirt kart.
Andy's next race will be on
Friday September 23rd in Watsonville, CA and on Saturday September 24th in
Placerville, CA driving the F&F X1 in the final two Civil War points races of
the year.
[Top] Sunday Sept 6, 2011 9:31am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Saturday September 3rd the F&F X1 headed to Placerville, CA for the final 360 point race of 2011. The team had earned enough points to clinch the Championship the prior week so the final race was all for fun for the F&F team. Andy was 4th quick, 4th in his heat and would line up 5th in the A main event. Andy steadily moved forward on a the tricky race track and with one lap to go was making a pass attempt on the leader Stephen Allard coming off turn 4. Contact was made between the two front runners, they both were able to continue and Andy almost still got the job done on the final turn but settled for 2nd on the final night and put an end to a very successful 2011 P-ville points campaign.
On Sunday September 4th the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Calistoga, CA for the second night of the Louie Vermeil Classic on the big 1/2 mile. Andy timed in 7th quick with his cast iron 360 against a field of CRA-USAC aluminum 410's. Andy made a last lap pass coming off turn 4 in his heat race to finish 4th and transfer into the A main event, and he would start in the 3rd spot for the start of the main. At the start of the race Andy got stuck on the bottom of the race track and quickly got shuffled back to the 9th spot, but when he was able to get to the top of the race track he quickly started moving his way towards the front and back to the 5th spot, he was running great staying with the front of the pack, but with 7 laps to go Andy ran over some debris on the race track and cut his right rear tire down, with no points on the line the team just called it a night to save it for the upcoming week, it was a little disappointing but still a productive night for the team running very competitive the entire night.
Outlaw style weekend coming up! On Wednesday September 7th the F&F X1 will be in Chico, CA for the opening night of the Gold Cup Race of Champions, competing in the Pacific Sprint Cup Invitational 360 Civil War show. On Thursday September 8th Andy will be in the Forsberg Family #92 racing with the Non-Wing CRA-USAC division. And on Friday September 9th and Saturday September 10th Andy will be in the A&A Motorsports #92 racing with the World of Outlaws.
Special thanks to Florie Filipich for all his help Sunday in Calistoga, made for a great night of racing.
[Top] Sunday Aug 28, 2011 6:37pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday August 26th the A&A #92 headed to Chico, CA for the final 410 points race of the Silver Dollar Speedway season. Andy was 5th quick, won his heat race and would start 5th in the A main event. After qualifying and the heat races Andy would need to make up 5 points on point leader Tyler Wolf to win the Championship. At the start of the race Andy would get into the 2nd spot and begin chasing down Jon Allard the leader and with 3 laps to go a lapped car hit the wall in front of Allard and Andy. Allard ran over some debris from the crash and during the yellow his right rear began to go flat. Allard attempted to restart the race but couldn't hold off Andy as he would go into the lead for the last 2 laps of the race to win his 13th race of the 2011 season but unfortunately he did not gain enough points to win the championship at Chico. It was a little disappointing to lose the championship by only 2 points, but considering the A&A #92 missed a night of racing so Andy could compete in a Civil War race, that was scheduled against a Friday night points show, a series that Andy currently holds the points lead in. The team was just happy to be in the hunt at all as they worked hard to make up a whole night of points to fall just shy.
On Saturday August 27th Andy and the F&F X1 headed to Placerville, CA for a 360 points show. Andy was 3rd quick, 3rd in his heat race and would start 6th in the A main event. Andy would finish in the 3rd spot and earn enough points to clinch his 3rd Placerville Track Championship with 1 race still remaining. This is Andy's 10th career driving championship.
This upcoming weekend there are no races on Friday but on Saturday September 3rd the F&F X1 head to Placerville, CA for the final 360 points race of 2011 and on Sunday September 4th the Forsberg Family #92 heads to the Calistoga 1/2 mile for the Louie Vermeil Classic with the USAC - CRA series.
[Top] Mon day Aug 22, 2011 8:36amFrom the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday August 19th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico for a 410 points
race. With only 2 races left for the 410 points Championship and Andy only a few
points out of the lead the team was going
On Saturday August 20th the F&F X1 headed to Placerville, CA for a 360 points race. Andy was 2nd quick, 5th in his heat and with a 0 pill drawn Andy would start on the front row. Andy would take the lead coming off turn 4 and never look back to claim his 9th win in the F&F X1 and his 12th win for the year.
This up coming weekend on Friday August 25th the A&A Motorsports #92 will be in Chico, CA for the final points race of the season and Saturday August 26th Andy and the F&F X1 head to Placerville, CA for a 360 points race.
Andy would like to thank Jeff Delrio for helping the team get a new tire for the final 410 race of the season. And to Cody Geany for helping with motor this week a Mike Proschold was out of town do to a family loss. It's nice to have good friends to help when in a pinch.
Candace Forsberg
[Top] Mon day Aug 14, 2011 9:14pmFrom the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday August 12th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico, CA for a 410 points race. With a low car count officials scratched qualifying and used a duel heat race ASCS passing point format to line up the A main event. After the two heat races Andy was 2nd overall in points and when the top 6 re-drew for the front three rows of the A main event, team member Scott VanDenBroeke drew the #1 pill to put Andy on the pole. At the waiving of the green flag it was clear Andy was way to loose and quickly dropped to 3rd place, he would be able to hold his position and finish in the 3rd spot and in 1 point on Tyler Wolf. With two races left Andy is only 2 points behind Tyler Wolf, it is looking to be an exciting last couple of races for the 410 Silver Dollar Speedway Championship.
On Saturday August 13th the F&F X1 was in Placerville, CA for a 360 points race. Andy was fast time, 4th in his heat race and would with an 8 pill drawn he would start 8th in the A main event. Andy used every groove the track had and made his way to the lead by lap 14. He would keep the lead for the rest of the race for his 3rd point race victory at Placerville, the 8th win in the F&F X1 and his 11th win for the 2011 season. This win keeps Andy and the F&F X1 in the point lead.
This upcoming weekend, Friday August 19th the A&A Motorsports #92 heads to Chico, CA for a 410 points race and on Saturday August 20th Andy and the F&F X1 is back in Placerville, CA for a 360 points race.
Quick Reminder: Friday night in Chico is kids bike night, so don't forget the bicycles![Top] Disappointing Weekend Mon day Aug 1, 2011 10:05pmFrom the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday August 5th the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Chico CA for a Non-Wing USAC show, Andy was fast time, 3rd in his heat race and would start 6th in the A main event. Andy worked his way up to the 2nd spot and then moved to the top of the track to over take the leader, the top wasn't really the preferred line but Andy had to make something happen if he was going to get the lead, a four car battle for the lead broke out between Geoff Ensign, Kyle Hirst, Cody Swanson and Andy during the last few laps of the race and battle hard they all did, Andy stayed on the top side trying to make the pass on the leader but he wasn't moving off the bottom and that was definitely the place to be, at the checkered flag Andy's effort to win the race dropped him back to a 4th place finish.
On Saturday August 6th the F&F X1 headed to the Famed Calistoga 1/2 mile for round #11 of the CA Civil War Series. Andy was 3rd quick, 5th in his heat race and would line up 4th in the A main event. Sean Becker worked his way to the lead, but Andy noticed he had a left rear tire going down, Andy was patient and alert and sure enough the tire blew and on lap 14 Andy took the lead, Andy battled with Ronnie Day but kept the lead till the checkered flag dropped to score his 2nd career win at the historic 1/2 mile, the first win ever for the F&F X1 and the famed dirt track and Andy's 10th win of 2011. Now both Andy and his father Richard are both 2 time winners at the Calistoga Speedway.
This upcoming weekend on Friday August 12th the A&A Motorsports #92 is back in action in Chico CA for a 410 points race, and on Saturday August 13th the F&F X1 heads to Placerville CA for a 360 points race.
I will be sending a picture of the win at Calistoga as soon as Steve post them on his site.
Thank you Forsberg Racing
[Top] Mon day Aug 1, 2011 10:05pmFrom the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday July 29th the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico, CA for a 410 points show. Andy was 4th quick, 2nd in his heat race and would line up 5th in the A main event. Immediately from the start of the race it was obvious something was wrong with the set up of the car and Andy struggled his way to a disappointing 6th place finish.
On Saturday July 30th the F&F X1 headed to Placerville, CA for a National ASCS 360 points race. This format does not qualify and uses a pill draw for the heat race line ups. The A main is lined up by finishing and passing points from the heat races. Andy would start 3rd in his heat race and finish 3rd, this earned him enough points to start from the pole position in the first B main. Andy would win the first B and line up 17th in the A main event. At the start of the A main Andy would not get a good start he jumped the cushion a little but with the caliber of cars he was quickly shuffled to the back and could not really get his momentum going, by lap 12 he was put a lpa down and on lap 15 a yellow came out, with no points on the line, Andy pulled the car to the pits and called it a night to save the car for another night.
This upcoming weekend the Forsberg #92 is back in action on Friday August 5th in Chico, CA for a USAC Non Wing show and on Saturday August 6th the F&F X1 heads to the Famed Calistoga 1/2 mile for a 360 Civil War Race.
Thank you
Forsberg Racing [Top] Win #9 in the Forsberg Family #92 Mon day July 25, 2011 7:49pmFrom the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday July 22nd the Forsberg Family #92 headed to Chico, CA for an Open 360 Non-point race. It was also the last chance for the team to shake down the VanDenBroke ASCS Motor before next weeks National ASCS race in Placerville, CA. Andy was 5th quick, 4th in his heat race and would start outside of the front row for the A main event. After 2 failed attempts at a start for some early yellows Andy was ready for the 3rd one as he took the early lead and would never look back as the race went 25 laps non-stop. Andy lead all of the 25 laps and he lapped up to 8th place for his 9th win of the 2011 season and now is in a three way tie with Tim Crowley and Danny Smith for the most wins in the Nation in a sprint car. On Saturday July 23rd the F&F X1 headed to Petaluma, CA for round #10 of the 360 Civil War Series, Andy was 2nd quick, 4th in his heat race and would line up 9th in the A main event. Andy was able to move up to a 6th place finish spot, on a very rough track that caused damage to numerous cars. It was a good night for the team as they loaded the car into the trailer in one piece. The team still holds onto the Civil War point lead. This coming Friday, July 29th, the A&A Motorsports #92 heads to Chico, CA for a 410 points race and on Saturday, July 30th, the F&F X1 heads to Placerville, CA for a National ASCS race. Unfortunately due to Andy leading points in Chico, he will be missing the Friday night portion in Placerville of the National ASCS Show. Hopefully next year the promoters can work together and not schedule against each other with shows like this !!!! [Top]
By Troy Hennig, SDS Media Relations
CHICO, CA (7-22-11) - Charlie Sheen might of coined the phrase "winning" but Auburn sprint car star Andy Forsberg is taking that phrase to a whole new level. Forsberg and victory lane are becoming quite the reoccurring theme around Northern California this year. Click Here to read the full article on the Civil War website. [Top]
By Bill Sullivan /Civil War Series Media Relations
PETALUMA, CA (7-9-11) - The Hoosier Racing Tires California Sprint Car Civil War Race Series is bound for the North Bay one final time this Saturday night. The famed Petaluma Speedway will host round 10 of the competitive traveling series for winged 360 sprint cars as the championship remains tight with only four events left in the 2011 season. Click Here to read the full article on the Civil War website. [Top] Tuesday July 19, 2011 6:52pm From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday July 15th the A&A
Motorsports #92 headed to Chico, CA for a 410 points race. Andy was 3rd
quick, 4th in his heat race and would start 4th in the A main event. Andy
would move into the 2nd spot by lap two of the race and stay in the position
until coming off of turn 4 for the checkered when Tim Keading snuck by at the
line beating him by 29 thousandths of a second, moving Andy to a 3rd place
finish, but with Sean Becker's engine problems, Andy is now leading the points
race at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA.
On
Saturday July 16th the F&F X1 headed to Placerville, CA for the $5000 to win
Mark Forni Memorial 360 points race. Andy was fast time, 4th in his heat race
and when it was time to pull the pill Jimmy Wall a long time friend of Andy's
and supporter reached into the bag and grabbed the "0" pill, Andy would line
up for the A main event in the pole position next to Sean Becker. Andy would
grab the early lead at the wave of the green and he would never look back.
The win was Andy's first Forni Win in 6 attempts, after leading the race twice
in the past only to tip over on both occasions this was a nice change of pace.
Andy is now the only driver to
Ever be leading points at Chico in the 410 Sprint Car Division, Placerville in
the 360 Sprint Division and the California Civil War Series all at the same
time.
This upcoming weekend on Friday
July 22nd the Forsberg #92 will be in Chico, CA for an open 360 race and on
Saturday July 23rd Andy and the F&F X1 are back in Petaluma, CA for a
California Civil War Race.
[Top]
Chris Curtiss brings home $1000 pure stock victory; Brown scores Late
Model payday
By Bill Sullivan, Handy Racing Promotions, Inc. Media Relations
PLACERVILLE, CA (7-16-11) - Saturday was a special night at Placerville Speedway as the evening paid tribute to the late friend of the speedway, Mark Forni. At the end of this much anticipated night of competition, three different drivers took home the largest winnings of the year and the bragging rights to winning a race that is now one of the elite events annually at the 46 year old dirt track in the Sierra Foothills. Click Here to read the full article on the Placerville Speedway website [Top] Thursday July 11, 2011 8:44am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On
Friday July 8th the
F&FX1 headed to Watsonville, CA for a 360 CA Civil War Race. Andy was 5th quick,
4th in
his heat race and with a 10 pill drawn he would start the A main event in the 7th position.
Andy
On Saturday July 9th the F&F X1 was again in action in Petaluma, CA for night #2 of the Civil War double header, Andy was 8th quick 2nd in his heat race and with a 6 pill inversion would start from the pole position. Andy took the early lead and survived lapped traffic and heavy pressure from Sean Becker through most of the A main event, Andy lead all 30 laps for his 4th Civil War Victory of the year, 5th Victory with the F&F X1 and 7th win overall for the 2011 season.
This up coming weekend Friday July 15th the A&A #92 will be in Chico, CA for a 410 points race and on Saturday July 16th the F&F X1 will be in Placerville, CA for the $5000.00 to win Mark Forni Memorial 360 points race. [Top] Thursday July 7, 2011 5:56am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday July 1st the A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico, CA for a 410 points race, Andy was 2nd quick in qualifying, 5th in his heat and would start outside front row of the A main event. Andy would lead the whole race but with 2 laps to go encountered heavy lapped traffic, Andy dove to the bottom of the two lapped cars but pushed up the track allowing Sean Becker to get by and steal the win, Andy would finish 2nd.
On Saturday July 2nd the F&F X1 headed to Placerville, CA for a 360 CA Civil War race. Andy would time in 9th quick, and would not transfer out of his heat race do to a water leak. Andy lined up for the B main event and would transfer out to put him in the 13 starting position for the A main event, Andy worked his way to a 8th place finish and would still hold onto the Civil War Points lead.
On Monday July 4th the A&A #92 headed back to Chico, CA for a 410 points race. Andy was 9th quick, he won his heat race and he would start 8th in the A main event. Andy looked good and came home with a 3rd place finish, and put an end to the very hot and successful 4th of July Weekend.
This upcoming weekend the F&F X1 will run a 360 CA Civil War Double Header starting Friday July 8th in Watsonville, CA and then going to Petaluma, CA on July 9th.
For the most recent race news on Andy please visit www.forsbergracing92.com , as I was on vacation for a week and my duties were kindly taken over by Jeff Brown, crew member.
Thank you Forsberg Racing
[Top]
By Bill Sullivan, Handy Racing Promotions
Click Here to read the full article on the Placerville Speedway website [Top]
Media Release from Handy Racing Promotions
Click Here to read the Article on the Civil War website [Top] Sprint cars and Civil War invade Quincy By Dan Magee Daily Sparks Tribune Chick Here to read the article, written by Dan Magee, on the Daily Sparks Tribune website [Top] Monday June 20, 2011 4:05am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday June 17th the Forsberg Racing #92 headed to Watsonville CA for a 410 USAC Non-Wing Race. Andy was 6th quick out of 31 cars, he did not transfer out of his heat race and would have to run the B-main event, he finished in a transfer spot and would start 11th in the A main event, as luck would have it Mike Spencer would not be able to make the call for the original start and Andy would move up to the 9th starting position for the wave of the green, at one point Andy was battling for 5th, he would drop as far back as 11th but eventually finished the race in the 7th position. A successful run for the Forsberg #92 running his 360 engine against the 410s and his limited non-wing starts.
On Saturday June 18th Andy and the F&F X1 headed to Quincy CA for a 360 Civil War Race. Andy was 9th quick, 3rd in his heat race and with a 4 pill drawn he would line up on the pole position. Andy would dominate the 30 lap race pulling out to over a straight away lead on the big 3/8th mile track; the Win was the 3rd Civil War Victory for 2011 in the F&F X1. Andy and the team have now taken over the points lead in the Civil War Series, the Win at Quincy was the first, at this track, for both Andy and the F&F X1 and this was the 12th different track Andy has won a feature win at.
This upcoming weekend Friday June 24th the A&A Motorsports #92 is in Chico CA for a 410 points race and on Saturday June 25th Andy and the F&F X1 are in Placerville CA for a 360 points race.
[Top] Monday June 13, 2011 6:30am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Wednesday June 8th the F&F X1 headed to a California Civil War 360 race in Placerville CA, Andy was 5th quick, 4th in his heat race and would line up 6th in the A main event. Going down the backstretch at the start of the race the 5th place starting car pulled a very questionable move driving directly into the side of Andy pushing him off the race track, Andy gained control of the 360 sprint but when he returned to the track was in the 22nd position. Andy would charge back through the field and came home with a 9th place finish, and with Sean Becker not making the A main event Andy and the F&F X1 are now tied for 1st place in Civil War points with Herman Klein.
On Friday June 10th the A&A #92 headed to Chico CA for a King of the West 410 race. The team seemed jinxed from the get go, as the generator in the trailer would not stay running, and as Andy went out to qualify he was disqualified for not meeting the sound requirements, hoping the heat race would go better the team pushed forward and at the start of Andy’s heat race he got together with another car knocking his front end out of the car, the team went to work on the #92 they fixed it and Andy pushed off for the B-main event, at the start something just wasn’t right with the balance of the car and Andy struggled he would not transfer out of the race, it was a disappointing night in Chico considering how competitive the A&A #92 has been this year.
On Saturday June 11th the F&F X1 was back in Placerville CA for a 360 points race, Andy was quick time, 3rd in his heat race and would line up 6th for the A main event. The track was very slick and would start to take rubber, Andy would finish in the 3rd spot and strengthen his points lead for the Placerville Track Championship.
This up coming weekend the Forsberg #92 will be back in Watsonville CA for a USAC CRA 410 non-wing race, racing his 360 sprint Friday June 17thagainst the 410's. On Saturday June 18th Andy and the F&F X1 will be in Quincy CA for a 360 Civil War Race.
Thank you Forsberg Racing [Top] A 1.3.3 Night at Placerville Speedway Saturday June 11, 2011 10:45pm By Boo Brown
Round number seven for Placerville Speedway point racing had 34-sprint cars sign in. Andy was the ninth car out to qualify and set fast time with a 10.917, the only driver to get into the ten second bracket on this night. His heat race was stacked with the likes of Greg DeCaires, Shane Golobic, Scott Russell and Brett Miller. Andy started sixth and was able to make his way up to third before settling in and trying to run the bottom of the track in. His third place finish put him into the feature and let crewman Jimmy Wall pull the inversion pill. Jimmy pulled a six on this night and put, Wild Winged Wednesday winner, Kyle Hirst on the outside of the front row.
The track was a dry slick with a very thin cushion, definitely not Andy's favorite type of track. Andy had some heavy hitters in front of him to contend with. At the start Hirst jumped into the lead ahead of Billy Butler who started on the pole. The second and third row starters would fall into line where they started with Sean Becker in third followed but C.J. Humphreys, Steven Tiner and Andy. They stayed in these positions for a while as Hirst pulled away. Andy was able to get by both Tiner then Humphreys for fourth place. A few laps latter Tiner pulled a slid job, in turns three and four, to take the spot from Andy but Andy returned the favor on the next lap with his own slid job. As the race went on Andy closed in on Butler and made the pass for third. He would run the last few laps trying to run down Becker but would end up with a third place finish.
This was a much better night then the last two nights for Andy. The F&F Racing x1 is set and looking forward to a solid run next Saturday in Civil War action up in Quincy.
Next Friday Andy will be racing his non-wing car at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA. [Top] Friday June 10, 2011 11:35pm By Boo Brown
The 2011 Dave Bradway Jr./Gary Paterson Memorial Race was one for us to forget. The night started with generator problems in the trailer. From that point on the night continued in a downward spiral. Thirty-eight cars showed up for this special race. Andy was the thirty-sixth car out to qualify and had problems going into the first turn on his first lap. The car dropped hard on the left rear and then bounced around as if was going to flip. The car acted as if the left rear shock was not on so Andy pulled off the track as he headed down the back stretch and into the pits. The crew went to work and changed the left rear shock as it looked as if it had died. Andy was sent back out for his second lap. On that lap the track sound guy called Andy for being to loud. This not only confused but flustered the A&A Motorsports Team as new mufflers and collectors were put on the car this last week in the attempt to work with the track on sound issues. Andy was sent back out with no changes to the car and or the exhaust system and on this lap Andy drove as hard as before made sound on the third attempt. When it was all said and done Andy end up 19th quick on the field with a time of 12.587.
In between qualifying and the heat race the crew went in search of the handling problems. Shocks were dynode and replaced along with other adjustments to the car. Andy started his heat race in the 5th position and had a good start on the original start but the red flag came out for Dan Simpson's flip in turn three. On the restart Andy went into turn two up top, the car started to come around on him. Danielle Simpson had nowhere to go and clipped Andy's front end folding it up and sending him to the infield. A dnf in the heat race sent Andy to the B main.
The A&A crew went to work replacing the front axel and nose wing before going to work on the rest of the car to figure out the problems with it. Once the front was repaired the crew went to work on the rear of the car to try and give Andy something to work with in the B main. Andy lined up fourth in the B and on the start would move into third. He slipped back to fourth before the first caution. The KWS mimic's the WoO series with the double file restarts. Andy was on the outside of the second row for the restart. The car was still on the ill handling side and Andy fought it as he fell back to sixth until the next yellow flag. The next restart Andy fought the car going into turn one and slid off turn two but kept it going. The yellow came out for another car but they sent Andy to the rear of the field for the next restart. Andy tried to make a go of it from the rear of the field but it wasn't his night. He would soon pull the 92 car into the pits and save it for another night.
After a frustrating night the A&A Stepping Stone, Autism Awareness #92 team will regroup and go over the car with a fine tooth comb before the next race in two weeks.
The A main was an exciting race with some heart break involved. At one point early in the race you could put a blanket over the top three cars as they raced through lapped traffic. The 0 of Jon Allard was leading with Tim Kaeding in 2nd and Kyle Hirst in third. As they were in a three car battle for the lead Kaeding made contact with Allard. Kaeding flipped, Allard came to a stop with front end damage and Hirst squeaked by. The restart had Hirst and Willie Croft on the front row. Hirst jumped out to a commanding lead but when he got to the lap car of Rico Abreu, he tried to go under him but Abreu got loose and came down and made contact. Hirst flipped and Abreu retired with front end damage. Croft would lead the next nine laps before his breaks failed going into turn three. He was done for the night. After the heart breaks were all said and done, Peter Murphy pulled off the win followed by Roger Crockett. Both Crockett and Murphy came out of the B main with Crockett winning over Murphy. They got their times back for the main event but would started towards the back of the field as Murphy was 18th and Crockett 24th in qualifying. The main event was a good race with passing throughout the field.
Andy will be looking for a better night tomorrow night at Placerville Speedway as he gets back in the F&F Racing x1. [Top] Wild Winged Wednesday, Yes it Was Wednesday June 8, 2011 11:25pm By Boo Brown
35 cars showed up for Wild Winged Wednesday. Andy was the 15th car out to qualify and was 5th quick with a time of 10.709. The heat race looked like the starting line up of a main event on any given night. The line up started with Colby Wiesz 23r and James Sweeny 20j on the front row, Kyle Hirst 14s and Sean Becker 2sb in row 2, Andy x1 and Herman Klein 91 in row three with Chris Masters 98 and Jimmy Steward 16 in row for to complete the line up. It was figured out that in this race alone there was eleven main event wins for this year. Wiesz has 1, Hirst 2 and Becker and Andy each have 4. The start of the race saw Sweeny and Becker get together going into turn three with both cars flipping. Andy took evasive action and went up the back stretch wall to avoid the wreck. Once the wreck was cleaned up the race went off without a hitch and Andy finished fourth behind Hirst, Wiesz and Klein for the transfer to the main event. The eight pill was pulled again for the starting inversion. This put Andy in the sixth starting spot. This was short lived as on the start as Andy came off of turn two the fifth place starter of John Bunch was inside of him and decided to drive up the track forcing Andy to take his second trip up the back stretch bank. Andy was able to bring the car back down to the racing surface but had fallen back to 21st place. As the race went on the Bunch would take himself and Jimmy Trulli out in a turn four crash with both cars flipping. Andy would make his way up to 9th at the checkers and take over the point lead in a tie with Klein. Andy will be running the Gary Patterson/Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial Race at Silver Dollar Speedway on Friday with the KoW Series then back to Placerville on Saturday for some more points racing. [Top] Monday June 6, 2011 5:57am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday June 3rd the Forsberg #92 made the 4 hour tow to Watsonville, CA to race a 360 Taco Bravo show, under threatening sky’s the track did everything possible to get the show in, group qualifying was held during hot lap sessions where Andy would time in 5th quick, he finished 4th in his heat race and when the A main event pushed off at 6:30! Andy would start outside the front row. Pole sitter Tommy Tarlton would get the jump and Andy ran 2nd for a while until around lap 13, on a restart Andy got his right front over the cushion allowing Ronnie Day and Kyle Larson to get by, the race went quickly from there giving the Win to Ronnie Day followed by Tarlton, Kyle Larson, Andy in 4th and Brent Kaeding in the 5th spot. The team was loaded up and on the road by 7:45pm!
On Saturday June 4th every track in Northern California was forced to cancel as the weird weather continues in California.
On Wednesday June 8th the F&F X1 heads to a rare Wednesday Night Civil War race in Placerville, CA.
On Friday June 10th the A&A Motorsports #92 will be in Chico, CA for a 410 Points race.
On Saturday June 11th the F&F X1 is back in Placerville, CA for a 360 Points show.
Thank you Forsberg Racing [Top] Friday June 3, 2011 7:55pm By Boo Brown With clouds in the sky and rain in the forecast the Ocean Speedway crew made the decision to change up their program for the night. They qualified everybody in their hot lap sessions and had the other classes draw for their main event starting spots. In qualify Andy went out in the third group and was able to turn a lap of 12.035 good enough for 5th quick. The heat race saw Andy start in 3rd and finish 4th. The main event had a six pill pull for the starting inversion and that put Andy on the outside of the front row next to Tommy Tarlton. The beginning of the race had some problems as there would be a caution after each lap for the first seven laps. Once they went green on lap seven the field actually was able to put some laps together. Andy was running 2nd behind Tarlton until a lap 18 restart. On that restart Ronny Day was able to slide Andy in turn two for the second position. As the race went on Andy was able to pull away from fourth place until the next caution on lap 23. On this restart Andy would drop another position this time to Kyle Larson and another slide job, Andy was able to finish out the 30 lap event in fourth. Day went on to post the win followed by Tarlton, Larson, Andy and Brent Kaeding rounded out the top five, All in all it was a good night for the Forsberg Racing, Autism Awareness, PT Shocks #92. With Placerville rained out for tomorrow and other plans coming into play for Sunday the decision has been made to take the rest of the weekend off. We were looking into going to Santa Maria tomorrow and Merced on Sunday. Andy will be back in action this coming Wednesday for the Wild Winged Wednesday Civil War Race at Placerville Speedway. [Top] T uesday May 31, 2011 7:46amFrom the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Saturday May 28th the A&A #92 headed to Calistoga California for a 410 King of the West race but unfortunately the weird 2011 weather blew in a rain storm and it never let up, causing the 7th rain out of the season.
On Sunday May 29th the F&F X1 headed to Chico, CA for round #4 of the California Civil War Series. Andy was 4th quick out of 50 cars, 3rd in his heat race and was set to start outside of row 2 for the main event. The track was just like Andy likes rough, heavy and fast, Andy would eventually start the race on the outside front row due to some unfortunate cautions at the start of the race and when the race finally got underway Andy would take the early lead and never look back to make this his 4th win for the 2011 season, his 2nd in Civil War competition and gave his grandma Rose and early birthday present whom turns 88 on Wednesday June 1st.
This Friday June 3rd the Forsberg #92 is heading to Watsonville, CA for a 360 Taco Bravo Race and on Saturday June 4th Andy will be in Placerville, CA racing the F&F X1 for a regular 360 point race. [Top]
Defending champion Forsberg becomes first repeat winner of 2011 War
Auburn driver shares Silver Dollar Speedway victory lane with Wingless
winner Jimmy Sills
By Bill Sullivan /Civil War Series Media Relations
CHICO, CA (5-29-11) - Before the background of the colorful Silver Dollar Fair and the capacity filled grandstand of enthusiastic fans it provided, the Hoosier Racing Tires Silver War Race Series and the Silver Dollar Wingless Sprint Cars that was second to none Sunday night at the famed Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. In the end one of the regions future legends celebrated in victory lane with another driver has already earned that legendary status quo. Known as "Mr. Excitement" to his peers and colleagues in the sport, Auburn hot shoe Andy Forsberg drove his way to his second victory of the season in the 2011 Civil War Sprint Car Series here. (Click here to Read Complete Article on the Civil War News Page) [Top] Forsberg Wins Civil Round Four Sunday May 29, 2011 11:55pm By Boo Brown
The California Civil War Series was back in action at Silver Dollar Speedway. Round four of the series had 49 cars show up for the nights event. Andy was the 27th car out to qualify. The car was just a little snug for the hooked up old school Chico track. His quick lap was a 12.081, only .005 off of his fast time the last time Civil War was here. On this night, Andy's fast lap was only good enough for 4th quick on the night. In his heat race, Andy would start 6th and quickly move up to 4th, then 3rd were he would finish and transfer to the nights main event.
With the fast qualifier, on the night, not making it out of his heat race Andy would be third going into the main event. The six pill was pulled for the starting inversion putting Andy on the outside of the second row. The field would have a had time getting the first lap in the books. On the initial start Andy would get a great start and was in second coming off of turn two. Going into turn three the fast qualifier on the night would get together with another car and flip bringing out the first red flag of the night. There would be two more attempts at a start before the field actually got a lap in. Each time Andy would get a good start and on the start that stayed green Andy had the lead coming off of turn two. The race was plagued by cautions and on lap twelve under a red flag the official made the decision the call the race on the next caution flag as it was already past curfew. The restart would be the longest run of the race as they clicked off twelve consecutive laps. Going into this run Andy's brakes were fading. Andy was able to pull away from the second place car of Herman Klein at the beginning of this run but as the laps clicked off Klein was reeling him in. On lap twenty-four the caution flag came out and Andy received the checkered flag for his fourth win of the year. He was followed across the line by Klein, Shane Golobic, Sean Becker and Robby Whitchurch rounded out the top five.
Next Friday Andy will be at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA with his Red #92 for a Taco Bravo race then back to Placerville in the x1 on Saturday.
[Top] Saturday May 28, 2011 4:55pm By Boo Brown
Tonight's KWS opener for Memorial Day Weekend was called for rain at 4:45pm. The forecast in the morning looked good but by the time the A&A Motorsports Team arrived at the track around 2pm and the rain was coming down lightly. The rain would let up then start coming down for the next couple of hours. Once the call came down the A&A Stepping Stone Mfg Inc, Autism Awareness #92 Team was the first team loaded and on the road for home. Granted we are the only team that wasn't planning on running there tomorrow. If Chico happens to loose to mother nature tomorrow, if time permits, we will come back down tomorrow.
Andy will be in the F&F Racing x1 at Silver Dollar Speedway tomorrow for the Civil War Race and next Friday Andy will be back in his Red #92 for a Taco Bravo Race at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA.
[Top] Monday May 23, 2011 6:21am From the Office of Forsberg Racing
On Friday May 20th The A&A Motorsports #92 headed to Chico, CA for a 410 points race. Andy was 5th quick, 2nd in his heat race and with a 4 pill drawn Andy would start on the pole next to Sean Becker. At the waving of the green Andy quickly jumped out to the lead, a couple times throughout the race Andy dealt with lapped traffic, but never had any mistakes and drove to his 2nd Victory of the year at the Silver Dollar Speedway and his 3rd win for the season.
On Saturday May 21st The F&F X1 headed to Placerville, CA for a 360 points race. Once again Andy was quick time, but on this night his was 3 tenths faster then 2nd quick! Andy finished 3rd in his heat race and Jimmy Wall, the X1 full time pill drawer pulled the 4 pill, Andy would start outside 2nd row for the A main event. At the green Andy immediately jumped the cushion and fell back to the 6th spot, but then got in his groove and with some cautions and good moves, he quickly worked his way back to the front and by lap 10 had taken the lead. Andy lead the next few laps pulling away from the field until lap 15 when he hit the cushion in turn 4 a little hard, knocking in the right rear rim cover and packing the tire with a 15 lb chunk of mud. This caused a severe vibration in the rear end; Andy fought the car for the next 3 laps until finally he came to a spinning stop in the middle of turn 3 & 4 giving up the lead. During the caution the crew cleaned out the mud and Andy came back on the track tagging the rear of the field, in the last 7 laps of the race Andy would make his way back to the 10th spot and salvage an OK night.
This upcoming Memorial Day weekend Andy will be racing on Saturday May 27th in the A&A Motorsports #92 as they head to the acclaimed Calistoga ½ mile for a 410 Golden State King of the West race, and on Sunday May 28th Andy and the F&F X1 will be in Chico, CA for a 360 CA Civil War show, remember Sunday’s race is the fair race so get there early.
[Top] Saturday May 21, 2011 12:35pm By Boo Brown
This just In.... The decision has been made. The A&A Motorsports Team will make their King of the West Debut this Saturday, May 28th, at the famed Calistoga Speedway.
In a phone conversation this morning with his 410ci car owner, Keith Arellano, in giving him a run down of both Friday nights win and Saturday nights action, Keith asked what the plan was for the Memorial Day Weekend. Andy explained the situation and that the only race close enough to go to on Saturday is the King of the West race at Calistoga Speedway. The conversation went onto other things for a bit before Keith brought Calistoga up again. They discussed what all would be needed for the night and with a tire sponsor in place, Keith gave the ok.
The A&A Stepping Stone Mfg, Autism Awareness, Family Auto Service, Red Line Oil, K&N Filters, ISC Racers Tape, Dirt Solution, PT Shocks #92 will make the tow to Calistoga for the Saturday night King of the West race. On Sunday, Andy will be back in the F&F Racing x1 for the Civil War event at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA.
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received a break when pole sitter Jonathan Allard had mechanic problems and
pulled off the track. This moved Forsberg up from the inside second row to the
front row. When the green came out he beat fellow front row starter Sean Becker
into turn one for the lead. The track was hooked-up and super-fast. Lap times
were in the low 12-second bracket. This provided plenty of speed and
entertainment for the crowd.
Park where Andy made contact with the wall in hot laps, causing major damage to
his car and a DNF for the start of the race year Andy regrouped strong this
weekend getting his first victory of 2013.
Speedway in Watsonville CA.
These were all non-point events for Andy as the Forsberg Family #92 only races
when there are no other obligations to Chico point shows in the A&A Motorsports
#92 410 or the F&F X1 360 in Placerville or for Civil War. Andy had 1 main
event win, 10 top 5's 14 top 10's, 6 heat race wins and 1 fast time.
War Series Champion. Andy is a 3 time Placerville
Speedway Champion, 3 time Silver Dollar Speedway Champion and was runner up in
the 2004 Golden State Challenge Series. Forsberg has won races with the Golden
State Challenge Series (King of The West Series), Civil War Series, Northern
Sprint Tour Series, Sprint Car Racing Association, Hanford Bandit Series, the
Calistoga Cup and the Trophy Cup. 
into the night with hopes of a good finish. Andy was 4th quick, 5th in his heat
race and would line up for the A main in the 5th spot. The team was sitting in a
great spot for a good finish and to pick up some points on point leader Tyler
Wolf. By lap 12 Andy was in the 3rd spot as Wolf was near the back, but during a
caution they had the right rear tire go down. Andy pulled the car in and the
crew changed it and Andy tagged the rear of the field.
Two laps later the cars in the rear bunched up, Andy ran into the rear of the
car in front of him knocking his front wing off and the left front shock tower
off the frame. With no time for the repair of the frame Andy was forced to
finish the race with no left front shock, he would limp the car home to an 11th
place finish and with one race remaining is now 6 points out of the lead behind
Tyler Wolf.
