Milestones are something to relish.
Despite winning numerous championships and a plethora of feature events over the course of his career, Andy Forsberg was able to celebrate a massive milestone on Saturday night as he charged from eighth to win at Placerville Speedway, giving him a whopping 200 feature event wins over the course of his career.
“I have had some great people behind me over the years to make this all possible,” an emotional Forsberg said on the stage Saturday night. “I have driven for some great car owners and have had some really good people step up and keep the family car going at times and it is a testament to all of them. My family has been so supportive of this, as well as my crew. I call them my crew, but they’re all close friends and make this deal go.
“This is really something special that I will cherish.”
When the race came to life, Forsberg got off to a great start as he hopped into the fourth spot before the caution flew with one lap complete. When the action picked back up, Forsberg worked his way into second as he battled with Tony Gomes and Ashlyn Rodriguez.
Once in second, he then set his sights on race leader, Michael Faccinto who led the way. Chasing down Faccinto, the duo set up for an entertaining battle, but a lap 13 caution paused the action.
The ensuing restart saw Forsberg hang right with the Hanford, Calif. driver as he used a good run on lap 14 to stick the bottom in turns three and four and power his way to the race lead.
Out front, Forsberg quickly began to pull away from Faccinto until a yellow flag on lap 23 put the field back on his rear bumper. Again, another strong restart saw him pull away and as he took the white flag.
Coming out of turn four on the final lap, he was greeted with yellow lights which set up a green-white-checkered finish.
One final restart saw Faccinto hang with Forsberg, but ‘Mr. Excitement’ was not to be denied, as he held the spot, picked up the win and celebrated the career milestone.
“To do it at Placerville is great,” Forsberg added. “We plan to run some more 410ci stuff this year so we will miss a few races, so I am glad to do it at a place where I have had so much success over the years.”