From Ben Deatherage ALBANY, Or. (December 6, 2017) – While most drivers will have to wait for the spring to come about before resuming their racing careers that will not be the case for Bricen James. The Albany, Oregon native will be back in action in January for the 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals piloting the Johnny Herrera Racing #45X entry prepared by legendary car owner/crew chief Kenny Woodruff. James will be one of over three hundred drivers expected to make the trip to the Tulsa, Oklahoma event. 2017 was quite the successful season for James. That was until he would be sidelined for the rest of the Oregon campaign after sustaining a broken kneecap on September 9th during a 360 Sprint Car race at Cottage Grove Speedway. Since then his body has amazingly healed quicker than anticipated to where he is one-hundred-percent fit and is completely cleared by physicians. In fact, he did manage to race in November’s Duel In The Desert event in a IMCA Modified at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “I’m one-hundred-percent healed and the bone is back to where it should be,” commented Bricen, “I had my final appointment the other day and [...]
