# @rtrv23 on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BPDYZkeBbIR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14948721-rtrv23-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-01-09T17:58:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ryan Vargas (@rtrv23) — https://gondola.cc/rtrv23

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From our Racing page on Facebook, "Well, our first race in the new Late Model was a great success! One of the fastest cars all weekend! After a bad qualifying, Ryan had to start 7th in both 50 lap mains. 
In the first main, an early race scuffle caused Ryan to be unfortunately put to the rear. Ryan then worked his way from 10th to 4th and was making a last-lap pass for third when the caution came out ending the race. Could've been better but a very solid recovery!

In the 2nd main, Ryan, again, started 7th but made some quick moves to the top 3. There, with about 10-15 laps to go, a very exciting battle began for 2nd between Ryan and his longtime friend Zack as they switched positions numerous times! On a restart with 5 to go, Ryan clipped the curb coming to green, causing the car to come out of gear and go into neutral, causing a wild stack-up throughout the field, all cars stayed straight, and Ryan settled for 3rd. Two very solid finishes after a wild set of races! "We were fast, just too many driver mistakes, I'm confident that when we come back here we'll be a real challenger for a win, I just need to fix the little things," said Ryan after it was all said and done.

Thank you to our crew; Vince, Scott, Ron and Kayli Barker for helping us BIG time this weekend! Much appreciated!  And, Ryan's brother was here visiting from the Navy and got to see his first race!

Thank you to our Crew Chief Charles Price for getting our car set up and dialed in for this race! His hard work was definitely evident this weekend!

Thank you to our sponsors; HOSE-MAN, AMC Inc., and The Orleans Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas for the much needed support! 
Also, we were proud to have "The Upside of Down" on the car for the first time! Proud to support such an amazing organization! REMINDER: You can cast your vote for Ryan to be the next #searchforachampion, and you can vote DAILY! Here is the link to vote!: http://www.championautoparts.com/Promotions/search-for-a-champion.html?page=%2Fentry%2F14%2F "

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