Our weekend started off with a Thursday night race at Tyler County Speedway where they had over 30 mods. Qualifying times were rather close, for 4th fastest time was a 14.3-- and 7th fastest time was a 14.4-- and we were 15th fastest with a 14.5--. That put us starting 3rd in our heat race and we finished 3rd to start us 15th in the feature. We made a couple of small changes and was able to advance to a 6th place finish. Car was moving along pretty good, although 6th doesn’t sound so great, it was going the right direction.
Friday, Coop and I headed to Atomic Speedway for Fan Appreciation night, only to have Mother Nature not be so nice. We got rained out and called back to Legendary Hilltop Speedway, where they had avoided most of the storms. They were running a tad late, so we headed back and got there in time to tack the tail of the 3rd heat. Started 6th and made our way to work on Andy Bond for 3rd, but he and I got together and I spun and went to the tail. We were able to come out with a 4th place finish to start us 12th in the feature. We came up to a 5th place finish. Again, not a great finish, but with where we started, the car was going the right direction.
Saturday we went to Ohio Valley & Frankie debuted his new Shaw car and set 5th fastest time, but during that qualifying run he broke a transmission and that ended his night. We qualified 4th fastest and they inverted the top 4 in each heat race, but we broke an idler arm, which forced us to start 8th in the consi. We won the consi and started 14th in the feature. The car was just a tad tight on entry in traffic and we only made it to a 9th place finish. The car was faster than our finished position, but passing is sometimes easier said than done.
This weekend you will find us at Tyler County Speedway for a Renegades of Dirt Mega 100. This will be a different kind of race in many ways. For there will be 2 heat races and we will get passing points. Based on those points will determine our starting position in either the consi or the feature. The other unique thing is the feature will be starting 3 wide. Now this will make things really interesting and being it is a 100 lap feature, let’s hope racers don’t try and win it on the 1st lap. But come on up and check it out, for their will be a lot of laps logged in over the 2 day weekend.
This week’s recognition, I want to give a shout out toOVDTR.com. Kyle, JT and Lee and the rest of the team at OVDTR brings the racing to the web for those that couldn’t make it. It also provides an opportunity for guys like me that don’t get to see all the racing and it allows me to critique myself and watch all the stupid moves that I do sometimes. A great bunch of guys and be sure to go to their web page or find them on Facebook and give them a like!
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