5/12/15
Frankie opted to start his weekend off at Carolina Speedway with Jason Brookover on Friday night. Frankie’s night unfortunately started out with problems. He got into the wall pretty hard in qualifying and tore up everything on the right front. Tom Lemon jumped into action and he and Frankie started replacing parts. Fortunately, Jason had enough parts to get him back on the track in time for the feature, but Frankie pulled off to give him a 15th place DNF.
Friday I went to Legendary Hilltop Speedway where we set 2nd fast time to start us on the pole of the 2nd heat beside Ricky Venham. We went on to get the heat win to start us on the outside pole of the feature beside Larry Bond. On the first start, Larry got the jump on me, but a caution came out. So on the 2nd start, I got the jump on him, but another caution came out. This time, we went single file and that put Larry in the lead. We were close, but were unable to make the pass and we had to settle for a 2nd place finish. I was real happy with the car though and it is starting to come around.
Saturday we took off for Wythe Raceway in Wytheville, Va for a Renegades of Dirt show and that is where we met up with Frankie and Jason. Also in attendance was my hero Dustin Jarrett and my legion of fans (as he called it). This was a big and fast track with a ton of banking. Frankie and I both struggled in qualifying and the heat race, starting us 15th and 17th in the feature. I pulled off early and Frankie was not too far behind me. It seemed that our engine combination did not like that big track, for we had no straight-a-way speed at all. Both cars handled well, but just wasn’t fast, which made for a real disappointing night.
But the disappointment would not end there. . . For those that know me well, you know we have several road trips stories; well here is another to add to the list. Frankie is driving the Toter and we get 8 miles back into WV on I-77 and the tranny lets loose and we are stuck in the far right hand slow lane with our 4 ways on. There was no berm for us to get off and it’s just a few minutes after midnight. Shortly after we stopped, Jason Brookover stopped and Jordan Riggs did also. Jordan took Coop and Kendal Hodge home and Frankie and I stayed with the toter to wait on a wrecker. After several phone calls to wrecker companies around that area, we were forced to call back up to Parkersburg to Pifer’s and even they were unavailable and by now it’s 2:30 a.m. So we called 911 expecting a State Trooper or someone to stop. Needless to say at 4:30 a.m. a wrecker showed up (a little wrecker) only because he was driving by and wanted to see if we needed anything. Frankie said, yea, a BIG wrecker! So that guy called it in and by 6:30 a.m. a BIG wrecker showed up and towed us to Beckley, where another driver would take us the rest of the way home. So he shows up at 8:30 a.m. to tell us he has to do another run before he can take us home and he doesn’t show back up til 10:30 a.m., then we have to stop in Charleston and then finally head the rest of the way home. By the time we got back and things situated, I got to the house at 2 p.m. Frankie and I got to spend some quality time together and we both must have been wore out because we both complained about one another snoring!
This week’s sponsor recognition, I want to give a shout out to Jeremy and Joie Carr of Carr Auto Glass. Auto glass & flat glass repair & replacement or whatever your glass needs are, give them a call at 740-265-4337 or visit their web site at www.athens-autoglass.com and tell him we sent ya!
With the toter being out of commission and I will have to use my Dodge to tow the big stacker trailer, we will be staying close to home this weekend. Friday we plan to be at Legendary Hilltop Speedway and then we will be at Ohio Valley Speedway on Saturday night. So, we hope to see you all there!
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