Partridge wins K&N Pro Series West Finale at Roseville, Second in Series

25 Oct 2016

Ryan Partridge wins NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at All American Speedway

Ryan Partridge wins the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season finale at All American Speedway

Ryan Partridge won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season finale at All American Speedway in Roseville, California, but it wasn’t enough to track down series champion Todd Gilliland.

Partridge won the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150, his third win of the season, and was second to Gilliland in the K&N Pro Series West standings. Partridge finished 13 points behind Gilliland, who was eighth in the K&N Pro Series race at Roseville. Partridge had 10 top-five and 13 top 10 finishes in 14 races in the K&N Pro Series West.

“I’m absolutely ecstatic,” Partridge said. “I know we didn’t win the championship, but we ended up on top in the last race.”

Ryan Partridge in Winners Circle at All American Speedway

Ryan Partridge celebrates after winning the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at All American Speedway

Partridge had to battle rain before the race and a surging Chris Eggleston at the end of the race. Rain washed out qualifying, put Gilliland on the pole and Partridge on the front row with him.

“It was tough with the rain, sliding around,” Partridge said. “I was the one out front, so I was the one finding all the water first. It was a lot of run though. Me and Todd had a couple of real good battles, got into each other a couple of times.”

Partridge led the first 151 laps of the race. A caution on lap 147, the seventh of the race, set up a green-white-checkered finish. Eggleston, who took the lead briefly on lap 152 after the final restart, battled Partridge to the checkered flag.

Ryan Partridge takes the checkered flag in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race in Roseville, Ca

Ryan Partridge won the race ahead of Chris Eggleston in a green-white-checkered flag finish

“We had a green-white-checkered finish, of course, doesn’t matter how many laps it is,” Partridge said. "It always boils down to a green-white-checkered finish.”

Eggleston held on for second place. Bill McAnally Racing teammate Julia Landauer was third. Noah Gragson was fourth and Nicole Behar was fifth.

Even though Partridge fell short of winning the K&N Pro Series West championship, he wanted to end the season on a high note. He hinted that this might be the last season for his Sunrise Ford Racing team in the K&N Pro Series West.

Ryan Partridge shows the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race

Ryan Partridge led 153 of the 154 laps in the race

“I knew we had a dominant car and trust me, I was hungry for this one,” Partridge said. “We’re not going down without a fight. I want to go out on top. This is probably our last year in this series. I just wanted to go out with a bang.”

Gilliland not only won the K&N Pro Series West championship, he is also the Sunoco Rookie of the Year.

We had an amazing season. To have six wins out of 14 races in my rookie season is amazing, better than anything we ever expected. Definitely couldn’t be happier with the night.