DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Texan Cary Stapp has won the 2008 Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil ASA Member Track National Championship.
“You are kidding me,” Stapp stated when American Speed Ass’n President Dennis Huth informed the 32-year-old competitor from Thunderhill Raceway located in Kyle, Texas. “I have been waiting for this call since Saturday night.”
Stapp edged California driver Linny White by a point average of 5.1794 to White’s 5.0947.
Stapp ended his championship run on a winning note and ended up with eight victories and 15 top fives in the super stock division at Thunderhill.
White, who competes at Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, Calif., did everything he could to overtake Stapp in the championship race, winning a pair of features on the final night of the season. But still he came up just short.

Carey Stapp

Stapp, a 32-year-old electrician, considers racing a hobby and never thought he would get an opportunity like the ASA Member Track Championship will give him — a test session with Joe Gibbs Racing.
“This is a once in a lifetime chance,” Stapp stated. “I never thought that I would get to do something like this. Just being a local Texas guy, I never thought I would get a chance to show my talents to Joe Gibbs and his team.”
“On behalf of Joe Gibbs Racing, we would like to congratulate Cary Stapp on being the first Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil ASA Member Track champion,” J.D. Gibbs, Team President of Joe Gibbs Racing stated. “We are very proud to sponsor this season long event and look forward to giving Cary a chance to get behind the wheel of a Joe Gibbs Toyota and make the most of the opportunity.”
The Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil American Speed Association Member Track National Championship used a unique formula system to create the point averages for each driver. In order to be eligible for the championship, a driver must be a 2008 track champion and have the highest point average.