Going into the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour's event at Watermelon Capital Speedway on Sunday, April 6 th , Kyle Fowler hoped that the support of the BDI Racing team and the trademark BDI #51 on the side of his Chevrolet Late Model would be a turnaround in luck.  In the first ASA SAT event of the season last month in Mobile, Alabama, Fowler ran up front for much of the race before altercations around him kept what could have been a solid finish from materializing at the checkers.

This time around, however, with the support of SPEED broadcaster Bob Dillner and BDI Racing at Watermelon Capital, Fowler overcame two instances of bad luck to rally back for a strong 10th -place finish.

“ It's a morale boost knowing we passed all those cars, we finished in the top-10 and the car rolls easily onto the trailer.  That really pumps you up a little bit because we didn't give up all night long.

“I've got to give a big thanks to Mr. Dillner and the whole BDI Racing team for their support here this weekend.  Hopefully we gave them a good show, and I really appreciate all their help this weekend.”

In practice, Fowler's #51F machine was solid, but the team knew there was still more speed in the Chevrolet machine.  Come time trials, Fowler had a lap that firmly put him in the field on his first qualifying lap, but when bad luck bit the team on the second lap, morale was still high for the 100-lap race.

“We had way too much stagger in the car in qualifying.  We just overdid it a little bit, and we spun on the second lap.  We got it worked out in the 10 minutes we could work on the car before the race and we were going to the front.  I was just focused on putting qualifying behind me and ran it like any other race.”

Starting 22nd , Fowler immediately started a charge towards the front of the field.  By mid-race, he was up in the top-10 before disaster nearly cost the #51F team a good finish.

“We made it on up through there, and we were running eighth when we got into a tough jam.  Basically, we got spun out.  That sort of bummed us out when we got flicked like that, but we didn't give up and brought her home.”

Rather than hang their heads, the entire Fowler team stayed pumped up, and the 15-year-old driver stayed on task to rally back towards the front before crossing beneath the checkered flag 10th.

“My car was real good, especially on short runs.  The cautions during the race really helped me out because of that.  I knew I had a good car because I was just picking them off as much as I could.  I started 22nd, so to come all the way up into the top-10, not once, but twice during the race, was a pretty cool deal.”

Stay tuned to Kyle Fowler's website, www.kylefowler.net, for more information on the young racer's next event.  Catch the BDI Racing #51F piloted by Kyle Fowler on SportSouth and other national networks beginning May 7th at 8pm.

BDI Racing's house Super Late Model driver Zach Stroupe's next scheduled race will take place when the PASS South Series visits Watermelon Capital Speedway (GA) on April 26th.