For three seasons, Bryan Reedy has been a mainstay in Motor Mile Speedway’s Limited Sportsman division. Now, the 35-year-old is making the move up to the Late Model Stock Car division at one of Late Model Stock Car racing’s most competitive tracks.
Last season, Bryan Reedy scored his second career Limited Sportsman win at Motor Mile when he picked up a victory on September 6th. For now, the seven race schedule at Motor Mile is the only thing on Reedy’s radar as finances and sponsorship dictate his plans.
“Right now, it’s all a money game as with most racers,” Reedy said. “Right now, we’re going to start off running Late Model at Motor Mile. We ran Late Model when we were at South Boston and learned a lot there about the car in general. I’m pretty surprised how different it is going from Limited to Late Model between setups and how you have to drive the racecar. Surprising given how close the cars are, they’re very different.”
Reedy has made the field twice for the Valley Star Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway so he has raced against many of the drivers he will be competing against. However, his Late Model Stock Car experience is still limited and he is looking forward to racing against the elite competition he will be up against at Motor Mile.
“I look forward to it,” Reedy remarked. “If you’re running against guys like that and you’re on the track with them and can stick around you’re going to learn a lot. That’s one of the biggest things in racing. If you’re not learning anything, you need to get somewhere will you will and what better place than Late Model.”
Reedy is cautiously optimistic about the season he will have. While he thinks he has a car capable of winning, he knows he’s up against some tough competition and will be satisfied if he can break the top-five by the end of the season.
“I think can win,” Reedy stated. “To be honest, it’s a rookie season in the series so my expectations are a little more realistic than that. Do I think we can? Yes. Will it happen? The odds are against us. But I do feel like if we can run top-10 and progressively get better and get into the top-five, then pretty much anybody in the top-five has a chance to win on any given night.”
He also discussed the 2014 season at Motor Mile which saw multiple races end in photofinishes and what has produced some of the phenomenal racing Motor Mile Speedway has featured over the past two seasons.
“I think the track is aging and the racing is getting better,” Reedy explained. “When they repaved it in 2005, cars were extremely fast but it was a one lane track and, as it’s aged, you can now run the top-side of the track and be competitive up there and that’s what’s allowing for these great finishes.”
Following the Motor Mile season, Reedy hopes to once again head to Martinsville Speedway to compete in Late Model Stock Car racing’s most prestigious race. Outside of that, however, Reedy’s plans are limited.
“We’re really looking to concentrate on Motor Mile,” Reedy commented. “If the opportunity arises and allows us to go somewhere else and run, I’m open to it but right now sponsorship is pretty tight and we’re looking for sponsorship. The hood’s open and so are the quarter-panels.”
Reedy’s season will get underway on Saturday, May 2nd at the 2015 Motor Mile Speedway season opener.
