11/7/14
Well our 2014 season is officially over since Atomic was forced to cancel their last race due to Mother Nature. We raced 59 times this season, which is now our new record for number of races ran in a season. In 2003 we raced 57 times. We had an awesome season winning the track points championship at Legendary Hilltop Speedway, winning the Gibby’s Dirt Track Nation Modified Points Championship and winning the AMRA National points championship.
Here is a recap of our season: We raced at 11 different tracks and got our feature wins at 4 of them. We set fast time 8 times, with one of those being a new track record at Atomic Speedway. We won 38 heat races. We won 19 feature races and finished 2nd-10 times, 3rd-6 times, 4th-6 times, 6th-2 times, 7th-2 times, 9th-1 time, 14th-1 time, DNF’s-10 times, DNS-1 time & DNQ-1 time. We rolled twice (2 different cars) at Atomic Speedway. Had engine issues 3 times. Drove 4 different cars this season. Our 2013 Shaw car, Frankie Hall’s 2012 Shaw by Landers car, Mark Bailey’s 2014 Extreme Chassis & Dean Eckard’s 2014 Victory Chassis.
Tim, Danny and Chad have put in a lot of combined hours over the course of this season. I cannot thank them enough for all they do and want to make sure they are acknowledged as Champions. It’s just not the effort on the track that wins races, but also the work that is done in the pits and in the garage thru the week and they do a lot of that!
I need to thank all of my sponsors for their support this 2014 season. Along with the crew, sponsors are another important part of my racing. If there is any way possible, anyone reading this, please consider using our sponsors when you have a need for what they may provide and let them know you are supporting them because of us.
I want to give a shout out to Jenni Fussell Cook for producing a new look to our web site. Be sure and drop in at http://www.kjmotorsports.net/and leave a note on our guestbook and be sure and thank Jenni for designing a great looking site.
I want to thank Billy Lloyd for all of his support. Billy has been involved with my engines for many years, but has built/refreshed them since 2003. He has been an integral part of my racing and one of the reasons we are so consistent.
I also need to thank Frankie Hall of Hall’s Auto Repair. Frankie purchased a complete racecar at the end of the 2013 season and opted to have me drive it. He then had me decal it up like it was our own car and race it whenever we needed to. Well, I not only raced it, I destroyed it. Then late in the season when I had some engine issues, Frankie said, use the one that was in his car. He was a huge help to our championship season. A new chassis has been ordered and should be here by Thanksgiving and we’ll get started getting it back together.
I cannot forget the fans. I have some amazing fans that travel some distances to different tracks just to watch us race. I met some great people this year and have picked up some new fans. Fans are an important part of my racing, especially the young fans that need something to look forward to each and every weekend. Racing is a great sport and we need the younger generation to take interest to keep the sport growing!
Our immediate plan is to start preparing our car to get ready to display it at the PRI trade show (Performance Racing Industry) in Indianapolis, IN. This is where every manufacturer involved in motorsports displays their new products for the upcoming season and we will be right there promoting AMRA and sharing Gibby’s points and all of our sponsors with everyone that will be there. I plan to come out with a new announcement prior to the show in December. . .so stay tuned!
Remember, to make this work, support those that support us!
K-Graphics, Hall’s Auto Repair, Schilling Truss, JS Enterprises, Zemba Bros.,Coughlincars.com, Steve Balderson Construction, Sheet Metal Local 33, Octane Race Products, Poske’s Performance Parts, Out-Pace Race Products, Racers Edge Supplements, Hypercoils, Tom & Pam Lemon, Carr Auto Glass, BSB Mfg., Wilwood, Bilstein,OVDTR.com, Billy Joe & Wanda Hammett, Bill & Patty Welch (RIP), Keyser Mfg., Shaw Race Cars, TSM Enhanced, Bazell Race Fuels, Hoosier, Aero Wheels, Wrisco Aluminum, Lubeck Community Baptist Church, Iglesia Bautista Jehova Yireh, Willy’s Carburetor’s, KSE Pumps, KRC, Gibby’s Dirt Track Racing Nation and Weekley Electric.
