We’ve added the first pass at our race plans for 2013.
Posted in 2013 Race Results
Tagged 2013, announcements, MOWA, Sprint Invaders, World of Outlaws
Saturday September 22nd, we ran the 410 car with MOWA at 34 Raceway in Burlington Iowa. We drew the outside pole in a very loaded Heat race with some drivers who make a living driving sprint cars. I jumped out to an early lead until about 3 laps to go we hit lapped traffic. A driver who has been driving sprint cars for probably 10 more years than I’ve been alive took a better line in traffic and got by me. We were still happy to run 2nd in this case against such talented drivers. In the Dash, we drew a 6, but didn’t quite have the car tight enough and finished 8th. This would start us 8th in the A main event. I got a good start in the A main, but I felt someone get in the back of me which got the car sideways entering turn 1 on the first lap. This unfortunately resulted in a series of flips ending our night. It only tore up a few bolt on items luckily and we’ll have that car ready for next year! We hated that it happened, but we feel like we have a good handle on what that 410 car likes on setup. We hope to carry this over to next year! This Saturday night September 29th we will again be at 34 Raceway with the 360 car racing with the Sprint Invaders at the Season Championship for our final race of 2012.
On Thursday July 26th the Midwest Open Wheel Association 410 sprint cars will be right in your backyard at Peoria Speedway! I highly encourage anyone wanting to see some of the finest sprint car drivers in the country to come check out this show! It will be hard for me to be there because Kathie and I are expecting our first child this week, but I still encourage you to come out and see this kick ass show!
On Sunday, July 1 we ran the 410 car with MOWA at Quincy Raceway in Illinois. We would start the heat race on the pole, and ran a strong 2nd. In the feature, due to the inversion format, we would start 18th. We had a good setup on the car and finished 13th running closely with the top 10 guys. I feel we had a top 10 or better car in the feature, we just needed to start a little farther forward. This Tuesday night July 3rd we will start 6th in the 1st A main with the 360 car with the Sprint Invaders at 34 Raceway in Burlington Iowa. After the 1st feature which is a makeup for a rain out in April there will be a complete show of heat races, B mains, Dash, and A main. It should be a fun night!
On Sunday May 27th, we finally got back out on the track after some personal issues. We tried some experiments with things in qualifying that didn’t turn out like we hoped resulting in a high lap time. Due to this, we would start the heat race in the last row. We tuned up on the car, and had it dialed in for the heat race taking the 5th place transfer spot at the flag stand on the last lap! In the feature my bad qualifying run would haunt me again giving me the last row 20th starting place for the A main. Again though, that car was hooked up! We would get up to 10th and were battling heavily with 8th and 9th place when a caution came out. I was concerned my RR was almost used up, so I didn’t keep lighting the tires up under yellow. With the rear tires colder than they should have been I couldn’t hold onto 10th and slipped back to 12th. All in all, considering how qualifying went, it was a great night! I was very pleased with the handling of the car! We will be at Peoria Speedway this Friday night with the 360 car with the Sprint Invaders.