KJ Motorsports Update #12 Race #17, #18 & #19

KJ Motorsports Update #12 Race #17, #18 & #19

05/26/14

Friday we went to Legendary Hilltop Speedway, where they had 15 modifieds. We set 3rd fastest time to start us on the outside pole of heat #1 beside Roy Roush. We went on to get the win and that started us on the pole of the feature beside Jeremy Blake. Jeremy jumped to the early lead, but on a restart he broke just as we were about to take the green. Andy Bond in 3rd was able to pass me and get to the high side and we followed and pressure him the rest of the race, but we came up short and got our sixth 2nd of the year. I love racing Andy and we always race hard and regardless who comes out on top we have a good time!

Saturday and Sunday we headed to Tyler County for the Let it Ride 55 weekend. On Saturday they had 47 modifieds and we were broken up into two groups for two separate features. We were 13th fastest in our group to start us 5th in the heat race. We were struggling to get any speed out of the car. Made a change and went out in the heat race, where they were taking the top 4 to the feature. We just did finish 4th and that would start us 10th in the feature. This feature would set the stage for the big show on Sunday. They were taking the top 6 and they would be locked in to the big show. Well, we made some more changes to the car, because we needed more speed. We came from 10th to 4th running the high side. The car was running good and it reminded me of the old days up there. But, I made a huge mistake in lap traffic. As I came up on a lap car, I misjudged and wound up getting into him and flattened our right front tire with just about 5 or 6 laps to go. Tim and Danny got it changed and went back out and finished 14th. This put us in the “C” main, where they were taking the top 6 to transfer into the “B” main. We got the “C” main win and this started us 12th in the “B” main. The car had spewed a little water out after the “C” and I tried to put some water in it, but they were calling for the “B” main and we had to get on the track. We started 12th and passed a couple of cars, but the engine was overheating and I just had to pull it in and we missed the big show. Unfortunately we did not show how competitive our car has been this year at this big show, but hopefully we will have other opportunities to do so.

I want to give a shout out this week to Tom and Pam Lemon. Tom and Pam have been avid race fans of KJ Motorsports since the fall of 2006. They go above and beyond to support us in many ways and this weekend to show their support, they did just that. They were on vacation at the beach and once they learned that we were being inducted into the Dirt Modified Hall of Fame, they cut their vacation short to come join us and celebrate this honorable achievement. I appreciate all that they do and appreciate their friendship!

I can’t forget to give a shout out to a future up and coming racer, Zack Carr. Zack runs the mini wedge division and he wins often. But Sunday night, I got to see one of the best mini wedge features I’ve ever seen. Zack was running 3rd most of the race and was right there in the hunt and passed for 2nd once and got passed back. He lost his momentum one time and had to chase down the leaders. With one to go, the two leaders battled one another and was running up the track in turns one and two and Zack stayed right after it and took the shortest distance on the low side. As they exited turn 2 they were 3 wide with Zack on the inside, as they entered turn 3, the inside line was the one to have and Zack got the win. Watch out for that name in the years to come, for he’ll be a tough one!

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