KJ Motorsports Update #19 Race #33 & #34

KJ Motorsports Update #19 Race #33 & #34

07/13/14

Friday we went to Legendary Hilltop Speedway, where we set fast time and won the first heat. This started us on the pole of the feature beside Roy Roush. Roy took the early lead and we ran 2nd. The track had changed slightly and I could tell our car was not performing the way it needed to, to be able to run with Roy. But I almost spun out in turns 3 and 4 and that allowed Jeremy Blake to get by and we wound up finishing 3rd. Not a horrible run, but disappointing.
Not disappointing, was that we also got to run a late model. We were asked to drive the ‪#‎53C‬ by Steve Curtis. This of course has already been a proven winner by Andy Bond this season. We set 3rd fastest time and started on the pole of the 3rd heat beside Steve Weigle. Steve took the early lead, but we stayed right with him until we got in lapped traffic and that played into our benefit as we were able to pass for the win at the line. This started us 3rd in the feature behind veteran and legend Bob Adams Jr. and up and coming youngster Jason Gillian. Bob took the early lead and we moved into 2nd. We raced Bob for several laps and were finally able to make the pass and we were able to go on and get the win! I want to thank Steve Curtis and Roger and Bruce for giving me the opportunity in their late model. It is an awesome ride and I hope to have an opportunity to do it again sometime.

Saturday we went to Ohio Valley Speedway and they had 21 cars and we set 3rd fast time. Fast time setter KC Burdette drew a #2 which started us outside pole of the 3rd heat beside Booger Garnes. Booger won the heat and we got 2nd to start us 6th in the feature. We jumped into 3rd on the first lap and was running 3rd until we got a right rear flat tire very early in the race. So that gave us our 5th DNF for the year. Disappointing, but it has still been a great season thus far. 

This week I want to give a shout out to all of our race fans out there. I appreciate all of your dedicated support and you are some of the very best fans out there! Your cheers and support do not go unnoticed.

This weekend we will be starting on Wednesday night at Atomic running the UMP Hell Tour. We plan to stay all night, thanks to Tom Lemon, then head on over to Brushcreek Speedway on Thursday for another UMP race. Friday we will be coming back to Legendary Hilltop Speedway & then heading back over to Atomic Speedway on Saturday. So we hope to see you there! 

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