Millville, NJ (19 September 2008) –Andrew Caddell clinched the inaugural Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup Championship on Friday with his second place finish at Miller Motorsports Park as his StableOne Racing teammate Terry Borcheller led the 45-minute race from flag to flag for his third career Mustang Challenge victory. Pratt Cole took the final position on the Miller Motorsports podium after emerging from a tight race-long battle with Mike McGovern for third place. McGovern finished the race in fourth, as Dan Aweida netted his career-best Mustang Challenge result, bringing the Flying Horse Motorsports Mustang home in fifth.
The race ran the full 45-minute race distance without a yellow flag period as Borcheller converted his pole position into the lead at turn one, with the field getting cleanly through. A lead pack of four emerged up front, as spots through the order were disputed. As Borcheller grew his lead over Caddell, the best battle proved to be between Cole and McGovern, who was hungry for his first Mustang Challenge podium as the duo battled nose to tail around the 4.486-mile circuit. The parity of Mustang machinery was also on display as the two were in lock step down the long front straight at Miller.
The return to victory lane was a happy one for Borcheller, who will also look for success in Saturday’s Rolex Sports Car Series race.
“The hardest work was getting the car right before the race,” said Borcheller. “Andrew was being a little bit conservative I think in the race, with the championship in play, but I think that was smart. It’s what I would have done! He played it smart and he’s got a good future ahead of him. I’m also really happy for StableOne to get another 1-2 here today and hopefully we can do that again on Sunday.”
While Borcheller was pleased with another win, the biggest smile on the podium was unquestionably that of young new champion Caddell, who is not yet old enough to fully enjoy the champagne as he celebrated his historic inaugural Mustang Challenge championship.
“ It’s a lot of relief ” said Caddell. “To come out as champion is just great. I was hoping to take a win today, but I just had nothing for Terry today and we still have Sunday to try to do that. I want to thank Andrew Hendricks and StableOne Racing for letting me race with them in the second half of the season because without them, I wouldn’t be standing here as champion. I was with two great teams this season with TC Motorsports and StableOne. It feels great to have the championship taken care of today on Friday, and now I can have some fun on Sunday and hopefully we can have another one-two with StableOne again on Sunday with me on top.”
“I had a long pedal the second half of the race and with three laps to go, I didn’t think I had a prayer with Mike (McGovern) coming at me so hard,” said Cole. “It’s great to race with someone like Mike because you know he’s going to race you fair and clean but also tough. He got alongside of me four or five times, he’s tough and tenacious, but clean, so I was happy to hold onto the spot!”
Joe Lee Middlebrooks picked up the BFGoodrich Tires “Take Control” Award for picking up the most positions during the race with his run to 8th after starting from 13th on the grid.
Mike Harvison’s .126 second edge over Andrew Hendricks scored him the Barbasol “Closest Shave” award in the USTest/ Molecule/ GoPro Mustang.
Terry Borcheller added to his race winnings with a $250 check for scoring the “Zantrex-3 Insta-Shot” award for leading the most laps on Friday.
In addition to his third place hardware, Pratt Cole collected the Sunoco “Setting the Standard Award” after showing teamwork, sportsmanship, and a strong measure of both camaraderie and competitiveness.
Mustang Challenge will race again on Sunday at Miller Motorsports Park to close out the 2008 championship.
Pos No. Name Laps Total Tm Diff In Lap Avg. Speed Sponsor Start Pos Gap
1 4 Terry Borcheller 14 45:20.3 - 10 83.114 StableOne Racing 1 -
2 43 Andrew Caddell 14 45:28.8 8.557 7 82.853 StableOne Racing 2 8.557
3 88 Pratt Cole 14 45:44.6 24.302 2 82.378 WesternMetalsTrans/LaPointeFord/USACaresForLife 3 15.745
4 55 Mike McGovern 14 45:45.2 24.886 2 82.361 Jim Click Racing/ Valvoline 4 0.584
5 17 Dan Aweida 14 45:53.8 33.51 10 82.103 Flying Horse Motorsports 8 8.624
6 9 Ted Anthony Jr 14 45:54.5 34.224 11 82.081 TC Motorsports 5 0.714
7 6 Jamie Slone 14 45:55.1 34.798 9 82.064 Slone Racing/ GoPro Motorsports Video/ Molecule 7 0.574
8 25 Joe Lee Middlebrooks 14 45:59.9 39.568 9 81.922 Metro Motor Sport 13 4.77
9 7 D Rick Edwards 14 46:06.3 45.993 10 81.732 TC Motorsports/ Edwardsdds.com 9 6.425
10 34 Tony Buffomante 14 46:22.4 +1:02.093 2 81.259 Peirspeed/ TGB Scooters 6 16.1
11 54 Jim Click 14 46:41.3 +1:21.015 4 80.71 Jim Click Racing/ Valvoline 15 18.922
12 11 Mike Harvison 14 46:41.9 +1:21.560 11 80.695 USTest/ Molecule/ GoPro 10 0.545
13 5 Andrew Hendricks 14 46:42.0 +1:21.686 6 80.691 StableOne Racing 12 0.126
14 92 Kent Jordan 14 46:53.7 +1:33.427 13 80.354 BlakeBrett Industries 16 11.741
15 22 Steve Phillips 14 46:54.4 +1:34.065 10 80.336 Old South Land Services/ Holcomb Motor Sports 17 0.638
16 60 Rob Kinnan 14 47:32.0 +2:11.710 9 79.276 Kaufmann Racing 20 37.645
17 24 John McKenna Jr 14 47:37.2 +2:16.915 13 79.131 McKenna Racing 18 5.205
18 75 Brad Adams 14 47:44.5 +2:24.202 8 78.93 WesternMetalsTrans/LaPointeFord/USACaresForLife 19 7.287
19 18 George Winkler 14 47:45.7 +2:25.456 10 78.895 Winkler Automotive Service Center 14 1.254
20 15 Jay Moyes 14 48:19.6 +2:59.351 10 77.973 Red Dog Racing 21 33.895
21 64 Pete Crosby 13 48:51.5 1 Lap 10 71.618 Cro-Pro Racing 22 1 Lap
22 0 Vaughn Gittin Jr 11 37:03.4 3 Laps 9 79.898 0-60/K&N Filters/Ford Racing/Bosch/Genius Tools 24 2 Laps
23 8 Steve Miller 5 19:51.2 9 Laps 4 67.785 TC Motorsports/ ImagecraftWraps.com/ eprodius.com 11 6 Laps
24 44 Michael Auriemma 4 14:35.7 10 Laps 3 73.766 SpeedWorks 23 1 Lap
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