Midlothian, IL (September 8, 2011) - A different, but familiar car number for Wes Griffith Jr., was the switch that Lorz Motorsports Car Owner, Mike Lorz was hoping would turn around the 2011 racing season for his driver as well as his team. After running the first seven races of the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by GM Performance Parts season in the #76, a change to Griffith Jr.’s old #33 was the call for the eighth race of the series’ inaugural season.

The fast 3/8s (0.375) mile high-banked paved oval of Owosso Speedway in Ovid, Michigan was the site for Race #8 for the JEGS/CRA/GM series over the Labor Day Holiday Weekend on September 3^rd. Going into the Big "O" Classic 100 Presented by JEGS.com, the 43-year-old was sitting in 10^th in the season long points chase in the Salem, Indiana based series’ inaugural season.

After a disappointing qualifying effort that would force Griffith Jr., to start deep in the field on the outside of the 10^th row, the Crown Point, Indiana driver steadily worked his way up through the pack when a Power Steering Line failed halfway through the 100-lap feature. In the end, the 43-year-old would muscle the #33 Lorz Motorsports Ford Fusion to a 13^th place showing, the last car on the lead lap.

"We had some bad luck at Owosso! Things went good in practice and then we made a change to the car before qualifying, but it didn’t help, so we had to start 20^th." Explained Lorz. "Wes moved up through the field, but after the power steering line developed a hole in it, he had to use his "cannons" to finish the race. It could have been worse, but we got decent finish out it."

The next JEGS/CRA/GM race on the 2011 schedule is set for Saturday, September 10^th at the historic Berlin Raceway, located west of Grand Rapids in Marne, Michigan for the running of the Berlin 100 Presented by JEGS.com. "The Lorz team is ready to go and so is our driver. It’s time to attack Berlin with all that we’ve got! I hope we can get good finish there to stay in the top ten in points." Lorz ended.

Heading into the 7/16s (0.437) mile semi-banked paved oval in Western Michigan, Griffith Jr., is now tied for 10^th in the season long points chase with Rookie Jimmy Novak. So far in 2011, Griffith Jr., has scored one top 10 finish, which was an eighth place showing at Dixie Motor Speedway in Birch Run, Michigan back on June 17^th. In six of the eight races conducted so far, Griffith Jr., has scored at least a top 15 finish.