CONGRATULATIONS to Josh Gerlach and Ryan Piland on their championship seasons at ARCA Sim Racing Club!!  As of 3/24, both Josh and Ryan clinched two championships for Quantum Thug Racing.

Josh was crowned champion of the Sunday Night Lockdown series after a furious run to the front.  By missing the first two races of the season, Gerlach had serious ground to make up on the point leaders.  After going on a tear mid way through the season, he came away with six wins and won the championship by only four points.

Piland on the other hand gained the point lead after the first event in Daytona and never looked back.  However, teammate Josh Gerlach did give him a run for his money by winning five of the eight races in the season, but his efforts came up just short when having mechanical failures in two races.

Durham, NC - After coming off a very successful weekend at ASRC the Quantum Thug Racing team had a difficult showing last week.  It looked like the teams were going to pick up where they left off after a good run Wednesday night by Ryan Piland who finished second and pushed QTR Driver Development driver Joey Masiewicz to the win.  However that would be the highlight for the week.

The race Saturday turned out to be a race full of problems for everyone.  Electrical problems forced Josh Gerlach's #1 Factory Kahne Toyota out of the race early and heavy contact with another car caused Ryan Piland's night to end early as well.  Sunday looked to be promising as Gerlach took his third consecutive pole of the season and lead the early portion of the race.  However, while in the lead his engine dropped a cylinder and forced him to retire from the race.  Piland also had his troubles in the race getting caught up in a crash in the middle portion of the race.

QTR looks forward to a new week by sending cars both to Kentucky Speedway for the Wednesday Night Madness series and also to Newton, IA for the weekend at the Iowa Speedway.  This is also Josh Gerlach's hometown so he'll definitely look to put on a good show.