August 30th Another Main
Event Win!!!!
I started 4th in
the heat race which turned out to be a really muddy
slippery track. With the track such a mess it wasn't
much of an eventful race but I was able to work my way
up into second place behind Jeremy Castro. The main
event didn't start out much better because they watered
the track right before we had to race and then they
started the race before they should have so we had a
pretty slippery start. I laid back for the first couple
laps waiting for things to clear up and then I decided
to let her go. At one point I think I was all the way
back in last place before I tore into it. From then on I
was passing about one car per lap until I had worked my
way up to second place behind Castro. From there I had
to hold the bottom line and be patient for the right
time to get around him. As you can see in the video, I
waited for him to go a little too high out of turn two
and then I took him on the bottom side. Congrats go out
to Dennis Kenaston for winning the Street Stock track
championship.
Watch the heat
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August 23rd ANOTHER SWEEP!!!!!!!
All I can say is
WOW! I never would have imagined that I'd have 3
clean sweeps in a row. I changed the way I set my car up
4 weeks ago that really seems to be what my car likes. I
started the heat race in 5th place and by the third lap
I was in first place. I widened the gap fairly fast and
finished the heat with a nice lead. I started the main
in 7th place and had to work pretty hard to get to the
front. By the 6th lap I had worked my way past all the
fastest cars so all I had to do was maintain a good low
line without messing up. Once again Dennis Kenaston was
on my tail the whole race and even made a few attempts
on the outside but I was able to hold him off for the
win.
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August 9th ANOTHER CLEAN SWEEP THAT'S
2 IN A ROW!!!!
Another great
night at the races. I started the heat in pole position
next to Roger Kuehn in the #21 Nova and right in front
of Kenaston and Castro. I must have nailed the setup on
this one because I won the race with a huge lead over
second place. I started the main in 7th place but by the
third lap I was in the lead. It was another really dry
slick one lane track so I knew I had to maintain a low
line and not let anyone underneath me. I held a good
line and finished in the lead for the win. Kenaston was
right on my rear the whole race and could have easily
taken me out so I thank him for running a clean race. To
make the night even better my brother Troy won his third
main this year and my good friend Scott Rhodes won his
first main event.
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August 2nd CLEAN SWEEP
A great night
at the races. The heat started out with a good battle
between myself and Jeremy Castro. We were side by side
for 3 or 4 laps until Jeremy pulled on me and took over
first place for a couple laps. I was able to pass him
back for the win on the last lap. The Main was an
eventful one with Castro and Kenaston fighting for the
lead early on with Castro ending up in the tires and
Kenaston getting sent to the back. I fought my way to
the front of the one lane track and held on for the win.
Watch the heat
July 20th
This was a
Sunday night race with only the Street Stocks and Late
Models. I ended up finishing 5th in the heat race and
6th in the main. It was a really dry slick night for the
main. At one point I had worked my way up to third place
on the one lane track. I wasn't happy with third though
so i tried to pass on the outside a couple times but
every time I went high someone would dive underneath me
and pass me. I should have stayed low and been happy
with a third.
I'm missing a bunch of dates because we were
building a new house.
May 31st
Not a good
night, I took 3rd in the heat race and 12th in the main
because my rear-end went out.
May 17th
This turned out
to be an excellent night of racing. I started my heat
race in third place but moved into first place before
the first lap was over and retained that position
finishing 1st. I started the Main event in 5th place and
with one or two laps I was in second place and fighting
for the lead. Myself and Adam Burrows in the 18B car
were battling hard for the 1st place spot and at one
point I got past him for the lead for about 4 or 5 laps
until he was able to get by me and barely hold on to the
lead putting me down for a second place finish. There
are some really fast cars out there this year and the
points race will be tight. As of now I am in second
place for BMP points just 3 points behind Jeremy
Castro's' #20 car.
Watch the Heat Race
Watch the Main Event
May 10th Season Opener
Saturday night was the opener for the 2008 racing
season. I got my engine back late Thursday afternoon
with a little assembly left to do so it was a struggle
to get it put back together and installed before the
races on Saturday night. I fired it up for the first
time around noon on Saturday and then had to hurry to
get everything ready for the races. My heat race didn’t
go so good, I started in 1st place and was
off to a decent start but then had an ignition wire come
loose so I fell back to last place for a few laps before
my car decided to come back to life for the last few
laps and let me pass one guy before the end finishing 5th
out of 6 cars. I started the main in 10th
position but was up to third place in a matter of two or
three laps. Before long I was in second place and
battling back and forth for first place with Jeremy
Castro. It was without a doubt the best race of the
night with myself and Castro taking turns for the lead.
There were a lot of crashes going on behind us so the
caution flag kept coming out. No sooner would I pass him
for the lead and the caution would come out so I would
have to start over behind him again. After about the 5th
caution flag they decided to cut our race 7 or 8 laps
short so when the last green flag flew I only had 2 laps
to try and get around him and I wasn’t successful so I
finished second place. Congrats to Jeremy for running an
awesome race to the win.....it was a blast to run side
by side with such a good clean driver.
Interview with Q2
05/10/2008 Main
  
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