“I do not want to feel like a bully in either series,” he said. “There is a point where Rip Michels needed to step out of the car because he was dominating a series. It’s time for other people to get an opportunity.”
Partridge went into Saturday’s race with an 82-point lead over Toni McCray, with the track giving double points for the race. But McCray, chose to race at Kern County Raceway on Saturday instead. Partridge had a 112-point lead over third-place Christian McGhee of Claremont.
“We’re stoked,” he said of taking the title. “We’ve been working at it all season long. There was a point in the midseason where it really started to get stressful.”
Partridge won the NASCAR Whelen All-American state title and placed 27th in national series points.
As for what’s next for Partridge, he indicated his first choice for next season would be to race in NASCAR’s K&N West race.
“I really think we’ll keep climbing that ladder,” he said. “We want to do K&N and the sky’s the limit after that.
“But I’m just a broke kid. That’s the biggest hurdle we have right now. I feel we’ve been ready to move up a for a couple of years now.”
