KJ Motorsports Update #17 Race #27, #28 & #29

KJ Motorsports Update #17 Race #27, #28 & #29

06/29/14

We started our week off early by going to Atomic Speedway on Wednesday night. They had their turn at hosting the sprint cars for Ohio Sprint Speedweek and they had 62 sprint cars and 27 modified’s. We started on pill draw and started 4th in the 2nd heat race. We raced KC Burdette for the heat race win. They pill drew the top 2 in each heat and chad drew us pill number 1! Now, to go back to the heat race, I did have oil pressure issues at the end of the heat. We changed oil pumps and changed the oil and filter and that appeared to fix the oil pressure. But on the first lap of the feature, #7 & #8 rod broke taking us out of the race. This will be no easy or cheap fix. But, I also know, we have been extremely lucky over the years and a failure like this happens to everyone. These engines are put to the test every time we’re out there. Or I know mine is. . . LOL

We put our spare engine in and went to Legendary Hilltop Speedway on Friday. We set 4th fastest time to start us on the outside pole of heat #2 and we went on to win the heat race. Then we started on the outside pole of the feature and were able to go on and get win #13 of the year. Car performed really well.

Saturday we headed to Skyline Speedway for the Greg Schilling Memorial. 28 cars on hand and we set 6th fastest time. We started outside pole of heat #2 beside Tanner Wilson. We got the heat race win and then went on to the dash where we finished 2nd to Corey Conley. This started us on the outside pole of the feature. Corey took the early lead and we ran 2nd for almost the entire race. At one point Roy Roush got a pass on us, but just as he did, he spun off of turn 2. We continued to run 2nd, but got some heavy pressure from Kyle Bond late in the race. As the laps wound down, we came up on lap traffic and on the last lap I forced it into turn 3 pretty hard to try and get into the turn before Kyle and not be pinned in by the lap car. But I got in too hard and lost the handle and essentially spun out. But Kyle did not panic and he came right on thru and his right side caught my left front and straightened me right out and we were able to go on and finish 3rd. First thing I did was thank Kyle for saving me! 

This week I want to give a shout out to the Schilling Family. What an amazing family and a great thing they have done to honor Greg Schilling by setting up a memorial fund to help others in need in the Beverly-Waterford area and also setting up scholarships at both high schools. Greg was a great friend who I miss terribly. He lost his life to cancer, but not without a fight. I feel like Greg is with me often, riding along cheering me on. I’m not a big fan of finishing 2nd, but I’d give anything to finish 2nd to Greg Schilling! Love ya buddy!

This week’s racing kicks off at Atomic Speedway on Thursday night. Friday we will be playing it by ear and Coop will be letting everyone know on Facebook where we plan to go. Saturday, we will be going to Ohio Valley Speedway. 

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