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After finishing 2nd in our heat at West Union, the rain came and cancelled the feature. The race will be rescheduled TBA. Since the rain messed with our races all week, we decided to race at Independence on Saturday to get some practice for the upcomming Deery Brothers race. We wanted to try some new things we didn't get to try in the past. After our heat race, we didnt even know if our night would continue. After sliding into a car that was spinning out, the car looked anything but good. The J-bar broke, then all four rear end bars broke, and the right rear shock got bent. The picture on the right is when the wrecker was putting the car on the hook. The rest of the night didn't look too promising, the funny part was that we had every part we needed to fix it in our little trailer. We hurried to get the car ready, we even went faster than we needed to, we had the car ready to race by the time the first feature of the night was racing. Because we didn't finish our heat race we had to start 20th out of the 25 cars. We made some changes we never tried on this track before, and we planned to make some pit stops to keep adjusting on the car if there were enough cautions. When the green flag dropped Luke took off like a rocket, Luke dodged a wreck on lap 3 when he was scored in 14th. When the green flag dropped again Luke went to the front. Luke made it all the way up to 3rd place, and then a caution came out. Luke and the two leaders were 3-wide for the lead at times but since the track took rubber on the high side we had to settle for third. It was a roller coaster night for us, but it felt good to get a good finish. Our next scheduled race is the Deery Race at Independence, but i'm sure we will run somewhere between now and then. Thanks for your support and hopefully we will see you at the races!
Results:
After finishing 2nd in our heat at West Union, the rain came and cancelled the feature. The race will be rescheduled TBA. Since the rain messed with our races all week, we decided to race at Independence on Saturday to get some practice for the upcomming Deery Brothers race. We wanted to try some new things we didn't get to try in the past. After our heat race, we didnt even know if our night would continue. After sliding into a car that was spinning out, the car looked anything but good. The J-bar broke, then all four rear end bars broke, and the right rear shock got bent. The picture on the right is when the wrecker was putting the car on the hook. The rest of the night didn't look too promising, the funny part was that we had every part we needed to fix it in our little trailer. We hurried to get the car ready, we even went faster than we needed to, we had the car ready to race by the time the first feature of the night was racing. Because we didn't finish our heat race we had to start 20th out of the 25 cars. We made some changes we never tried on this track before, and we planned to make some pit stops to keep adjusting on the car if there were enough cautions. When the green flag dropped Luke took off like a rocket, Luke dodged a wreck on lap 3 when he was scored in 14th. When the green flag dropped again Luke went to the front. Luke made it all the way up to 3rd place, and then a caution came out. Luke and the two leaders were 3-wide for the lead at times but since the track took rubber on the high side we had to settle for third. It was a roller coaster night for us, but it felt good to get a good finish. Our next scheduled race is the Deery Race at Independence, but i'm sure we will run somewhere between now and then. Thanks for your support and hopefully we will see you at the races!
Next Race:
Wed. July 1
Independence, IA
2008 Stats
Races: 19
Wins: 1
Top 5's: 5
Top 10's: 8
DNF: 1
DNS: 2
Luke climbing out of the car after a heat race wreck
3-Wide for the Lead
Photos Courtesy of Action Track Photography
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