The inimitable Yogi Berra is known to have said “it ain’t
over til it’s over” but regardless of what the Yankee’s Hall of Famer stated,
put a circle around the names of driver Bruce Aldrich Jr. and trainer Bob
Lounsbury as they are well on the way of winning their
individual titles even though the curtain hasn’t come down on Monticello
Raceway’s 2013 season.
Aldrich and Lounsbury have been lethal together this year
and both have been enjoying their finest seasons of their careers
With the last racing program of the year still underway
today (Dec. 31) here at the Mighty M Aldrich already has four wins in the
bag and he will cop his fourth driving title here although his final
stats could increase before the day is over. And with a late charge
Lounsbury, who has harnessed two more winners thus far today , overtook Danny
Gill and will cop his first training title at season’s end.
Aldrich started the day third in wins (639) on the North
American leaderboard only six behind Dave Palone’s 645 and after
recording four driving victories in the first six races on the Tuesday
afternoon (Dec. 31) card Aldrich has a chance, albeit outside, of catching
Palone, or even topping him, if he stays hot in the last six races.
However no one will overtake Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. whose 714 wins are the best on
the continent.
On the other hand, Lounsbury started the final day of racing
with 204 winners from his barn which is some eight more than Danny Gill’s
output. The over whelming majority of Lounsbury’s winners
were driven by Aldrich.
Final Mighty M driving and training stats will be available
on Thursday, January 2.
