|
2010 Racing Season |
| Date |
Qualified |
Started |
Finished |
Run Down |
| 5/21/10 |
8 |
last |
16 |
Hello everyone and thanks for
checking in.
Well it was good to be back, being our 1st race of the season. We had the handling as good as it could
be, Ed was driving exceptionally well but the old 77 is seriously down on
power to the new spec motors and we are also in need of some other new
allowed up grade parts, hopefully at least the power part will be rectified
soon.
Heat race started last, picked up some positions + back again after
restart, finished 8th.
Started last in the feature, got as high as 11th, however we were involved
in 6 different incidents, in the pits 3 times and still managed a 16th place
finish, all in all not to shabby all things considered.
Well thanks again for checking in, hopefully we will have more power next
time.
Al |
| 2009
Racing Season |
| Date |
Qualified |
Started |
Finished |
Run Down |
| 9/25/09 |
|
18 |
9 |
Finally got the old 77 back
together again.
Qualified in our heat race to start 18th for the feature.
Got into a wreck in turn 2 on 2nd lap, got her straightened back out and
from the very back of the pack ended up with a 9th place finish - not bad all
things considered.
Hope to do more next year! Thanks
for checking in. |
| 4/26/09 |
|
9 |
18 |
Got her back together to run as
much as possible on very limited funds.
Qualified in our heat race to start 9th in the feature.
After several runs in & out of the top 10, looked like we would end up
7th or 8th but with 3 laps to go Ed got turned coming out of 4, backed into
the wall @ full speed then got hit by at least 4 other cars, Ed got his bell
rung, car destroyed, credited with 18th. |
| 2008
Racing Season |
| Date |
Qualified |
Started |
Finished |
Run Down |
| 1-Jun |
|
Hello everyone and thanks for
checking back in,
Well once again I have to start with apologies.
Those of you who follow us know that for starters we have not updated stats
for quite a while.
The end of last season finished off only
slightly better than our last update mid august, we missed our goal of
getting back into top 10 in points by 2 for 11th.
Over the off season we learned of major rule changes in our division -
mainly tube frame & spec motor coming into the picture for the 09
season.
For us that meant the new chassie we started not to mention our motors would
be obsolete at the end of 08 and with almost no budget to speak of we all
decided that the best thing to do would be to run a select few races this
year with our current primary car and hope to gear up to get a new spec. car
together for comeback tour in 09 again with intent & focus on
championship.
Several things do have to happen to be able to
achieve this but we will be doing our best.
As for the select few races this year we will have to keep you posted -
hopefully the first of which will be end of July 4th but possibly not to the
13th, we will post it when sure.
Well thanks again for checkin in, we weill try to keep it going and keep the
updates coming.
Thanks, Al |
| 2007
Racing Season |
| Date |
Qualified |
Started |
Finished |
Run Down |
| 8/11/07 |
N/A |
1st |
DNF |
Hi folks and thanks for checking
in.
First I want to start by apologizing for not keeping you up to date the last
couple of weeks. We have been
experiencing more difficulties and bad luck this season than the last several
combined which has been affecting us in many ways - not least of which -
time.
As you know from last reports we had motor problems during the 100 lap race
with our primary motor, which led us to run the backup for several races in
which it's 1st 2 runs it did ok, double feature Friday started showing it's
age and it's 5th run Aug. 4th between the smoking and eventual over heating
we were not even able to finish. Well
we got our primary motor back in- with thanks to Ed's parents to help foot
the bill- and we finally had some motor back to work with on the 11th which
due to tour mods ran Saturday with no qualifiers.
Well we started on the pole due to handicap and
our previous week DNF and we were optimistic that we had something to work
with but before the 1st lap was even over Ed was dumped in 3 + 4 and the
whole front of the field piled into us leaving bent wheel studs & axels
forcing another DNF.
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| |
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Well we are going to keep doing
our best even though money has been almost non-existent, economics’ had us
lose a primary sponsor, and the extra time and effort put in by much of the
crew; both of which- truly testing the make up of this team in the face of
such adversities.
Well once again thanks for checking in and please wish us luck, as it has
seemed to be nonexistent for us this year.
Al |
| 7/20/07 |
4th |
3rd |
7th |
Friday July 20th went pretty
well, got a 4th fast in practice and ran from 5th to 4th in the qualifying
heat.
Feature had us starting 3rd but due to drop backs we started 1st. Ed was passed early by the 48 which did
have the best pace of the day and ran right with him for the 1st 10 or so
laps till 1st caution.
Starting outside set us back to 5th before settling in and ran comfortably
in the lead group but unfortunately being victims of low budget / on old
tires our RR started to go away allowing 5th & 7th to catch up; one of
which administered a little chrome horn to Ed to move him out of the way and
we ended up 7th. |
| 7/13/07 |
3rd |
5th |
N/A |
Friday July 13th went pretty
good all things considered. Practice
we spent adjusting the car for the different power curve of our backup motor
and were inside the top 10 by 2nd round.
We ran from 5th to 3rd in the heat race.
They started us as the last feature;
Ed ran from 5th to 2nd in the first lap. The caution, 2nd lap, looked like he had something for Tom
Butler on pole. Then yellow went to
red for rain. Double feature
unannounced as of yet for make up |
| 7/6/07 |
4th |
7th |
dnf |
Friday July 6th was not very
kind to us. We were reasonably quick
in practice (Top 10) and qualified in our heat race.
We started the feature 7th and got up to 3rd in early running, however the car just got slower seeming to
lack power, - good temp & oil pressure - but on lap 65 she blew &
locked solid.
We will keep you up to date, see you next week with our backup motor... |
| 6/29/07 |
4th |
7th |
5th |
Started off well with top 10
speeds in practice and ran from 6th to 4th in the qualifying heat.
Feature had us starting 7th. Moved
up then got shuffled back a ways, but due to an excellent wreck avoidance by
Ed we restarted 6th after yellow and ended up 5th.
Hope for good luck in the 100 lapper next week. |
| 6/22/07 |
|
--
Rained out -- |
| 6/15/07 |
dnq |
18th |
10th |
Missing crew chief and some crew
members which caused some problems in the car not to get resolved thus the
car ended upunderpowered. Dealt with a lot of mayhem- many cautions and
wrecks but still mangaged to come out with 10th. |
| 6/8/07 |
n/a |
6th |
26th |
Sorry Friday the 8th went
nowhere near as well as the 1st. Our
car was good in practice, scuffed in a new set of tires for next week in 2nd
practice. No qualifiers due to Busch
North time trials.
Started 6th & got hung out for a while; dropped in line to come back to
9th with caution. After the restart
Ed got hung out side behind a slowing competitor and in a mad dash effort to
close the hole that he had left for Ed to be dropped into- drove in over his
head and used him as a berm slamming him into the turn 2 wall. Ed continued but had not realized climbing
temps due to disconnected fan wires from impact. When he called in the climbing temps before he could get in the
lower radiator hose blew and ended our night 6 laps to go- got 26th.
|
| 6/1/07 |
1st |
POLE |
3rd |
Friday June 1st finally started
to get back to the way we expect to run.
We were able to make continual improvements to the car through
practice and ran from 5th to take the win in our qualifying heat.
Feature had us starting on the pole; however even with a good jump on the
start, Ed fending off the aggressions of the 3rd place car, allowed Scott
Cook around for the lead. We kept 2nd most of the race but sand on the track
in turn 1 from someone's off slipped Ed up a notch and allowed the 3rd place
car by to take over 2nd and that's how it finished up.
It's good to get back on the podium and give our crew and hopefully our
fan's some renewed faith. |
| 5/25/07 |
- |
3rd |
7th |
Well we only had one practice to
shake down our completely rebuilt & regone through driveline and figure
out setup for feature as we also had no qualifiers due to the Tour Mods being
there.
It did go pretty well however and ended up with a hard
fought 7th place finish... |
| 5/18/07 |
|
- Rained
out - |
| 5/11/07 |
|
last |
25th |
Snapped a drive shaft in half
and cracked housing on trannie during practice. Thanks to a lot of hard work by the crew and a borrowed shaft
and trannie we were able to make it out for the race. However there was still a significant
vibration and we had to make the tough decision to quit. Better luck next go... |
| 5/4/07 |
2nd |
2nd |
8th |
The first Friday night show of
the season went better than the sizzler for us after rectifying our rotor
problem. The car stayed top 10 in
practice and went from 6th to 2nd in the qualifying heat race.
In the feature we started 2nd and had the lead in a couple of laps and Ed
was running away convincingly when our 1 & only caution came out. A few laps in after the restart Scott
Foster was able to get a nose under Ed that started a train under him and
could not get back in line until we were back in 12th; but then was able to
regroup and rally back to an 8th place finish. |
| 4/27-4/29 |
4th |
1st |
13th |
Hope
everyone's off season went well. We
have been eagerly anticipating the spring sizzler ant the start of the '07
season as I am sure many of you have as well. We had started to build a new chassis but as time and funds ran
short we had to shift concentration to our primary car.
We started out well in open practice ending the day 2nd fastest in the
21.9's.
Sizzler weekend rained out Friday, practice (1) and
qualified in our heat on Saturday.
Sizzler Sunday we had the mixed blessing of starting on the pole, but
to our dismay found that our new rotors had warped so bad that Ed could
barely hold the wheel under braking, but did the best he could to hold on for
13th - our worst Sizzler finish in years.
Well needless to say we are switching brands of rotors - the old ones
were parts we trusted for years that all of a sudden came in Asian cardboard,
most likely farmed out due to the almighty dollar at the cost of quality.We
will be back in form on Friday. |
| 2006
Racing Season |
| Date |
Qualified |
Started |
Finished |
Run Down |
| 10/27/06-
10/29/06 |
1st |
7th |
6th |
Friday practice for make up -
Cold & fast started with 21.8's then a 21.7 and 21.6's last couple -
personal bests. Saturday - rained out - surprise… |
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Sunday- Pit party went well.
Thank you all for coming and your show of support. |
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| |
Last feature of the day, very
cold and windy on tour mod feature rubber, started 6th with a car set to come
in on the long run, back slid a few spots back when just after a late race
caution we got dumped in the middle of 1 & 2, restarted dead last. With a
couple of great avoidances on behalf of Ed they flew through the field for a
6th place finish which put us 6th in points for the year- Not bad all things
considered. |
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| |
Thank you again to all of our
fans & loyal supporters. Check in again through the off season. We will
try to keep you up to date. |
| 9/29/06- |
|
|
|
Friday practice stayed
in top 5 speeds all day 21.8's + .9's. Saturday qualified from 6th to 2nd in
our heat. Sunday rained out. |
| 10/1/06 |
| 9/22/06 |
|
5th |
15th |
Ran 2nd & 3rd fast
in practice, finished 2nd from 6th in qualifier. Started 5th- inside for
once- was short lived however. Ed got her up to 2nd in 2 laps just in time
for the 1st caution and 1st out side restart of several - with perpetual
outside shuffle best we could muster was 15th. |
| 9/8/06 |
|
7th |
|
| 9/1/06 |
1st |
10th |
7th |
No qualifier due to impending
weather. Started race 10 with very fast car picked our way up to 7th after
multiple yellow flags. Tie for 7th in points. |
| 8/25/06 |
n/a |
14th |
11th |
8/25 2nd fast in practice,
qualifier cancelled due to impending weather. Feature started 14th, worked up
to 8thoutside restart, made it back up to an 11th finish during caution
shuffled us back to about 14th made it back up to an 11th finish. We will keep
up the good fight. Thanks for checking in. |
| 8/18/06 |
4th |
8th |
7th |
8/18 3rd fast both
practices In qualifier was 8th to 4th feature started 8th up to 4th fell back
to around 12th fought back for a 7th place finish. Still 7th in points, close
battle. |
| 8/10/06 |
|
10th |
The car was able to pull down
1st fast in our 1 and only practice on tour rubber and on new tires.
Qualifier went ok coming from 7thto finish 4th. Feature we started tenth and
ended up in the grass before the line due to train effect checkup. Restarted original order and ran up to 5th
but the eventual winner got by putting us in 6th right before the last
caution. Restarted 6th, freight
trained back to 12th on the cut side & got back to 10th where we
finished. Not the best result but it
did help points and the car is in one piece - See you next Friday. |
| 8/4/06 |
4th |
pole |
1st |
No timing or scoring all day-
Lightening strikes took out scoring. Took 2nd from a 4th start in the
qualifier. Feature- Started on pole, stretched a good lead from the start,
Some where around lap 10 1st caution came out- from that point on the
pressure was on with heavy hitters all around and our past champion right
beside, for the next couple restarts, and a persistent battle with the points
leader near the end with and at the final restart we were walking away with
the battle behind to take this seasons 1st win. |
| |
| Also our
dare car driven by Rob Lawrence- Won and our competition kart driven by Keith
Jones took 1st in his race as well earlier in the week. With all 3 AA Budget
Repair sponsored racers. Winning on the same week how could you ask for more!
Hopefully we can keep it up |
| 7/29/06 |
|
|
Rained Out |
| 7/22/06 |
9th |
17th |
14th |
10th & 6th fastest
in practice. Came around in the qualifier, starting 9th, but an out of
control car put us in 5th and not wanting to wreck in a qualifier caused us
to take 6th. Feature Ed ran from 17th start to 4th, caution came out with 3
to go and same out of control car from qualifier made himself the meat in a
77 99 sandwich. Limped home to 14th with a bent frame. |
| /7/7/0606 |
4th |
6th |
17th |
Friday the 7th started off O.K.
6th fastest and 4th in the qualifier.
For the feature we started 6th then on the 2nd lap in 5th- Ed checked
up for the cars getting together ahead of him and the cars behind did not. After peeling out of the mess and getting
her striaghtend and tires changed Ed got her back to 13th, on the las lap we
were blatantly dumped in 1 + 2 but officials saw what happened and we were
scored ahead of said dumper in 17th.
So much for luck; we will try again next week. Lot's to do- |
| 7/4/06 |
1st |
1st |
5th |
Tuesday 4th of July, on tour mod
rubber, our car was the worst it’s been all year. We kept adjusting on it and by qualifier it was pretty good and
able to win the heat race. We started on the pole and ran out from for approx
15-20 laps before falling victim to a 4 car train dropping us to 5th where we
finished. Much better but still not
what we needed. We will keep up the fight on Friday the 7th and hope for this
season’s 1st win. |
| 6/30/06 |
1st |
2nd |
16th |
Friday June 30th was another
mixed bag with having a top 3 car in speed; winning our qualifying heat race
and leading 40 laps of our 100 lap feature when the car started to go away
and Ed realized the right rear tire was going down. We had to pit under green flag almost 1 lap down by the time he
hit the stall and proceeded to gain almost a full lap back by the end for
16th - good recovery but after leading 40 laps didn't taste very good at all |
| 6/23/06 |
|
|
Rained Out. Our first 100 lap
race is this coming Friday; hopefully Mother nature cooperates! |
| 6/16/06 |
2nd |
4th |
10th |
We got a second race in a row in
and we had another mixed emotion Friday night. We started off practice very
loose and had to make some significant adjustment but brought her around for
2ncd run to 3rd fastest. Qualifier went O. K. coming up for a 2nd place
finish. |
| |
| Feature
started us in 4th place again and after following the go nowhere battle ahead
Ed made an excellent move into the lead and was taken out by a BANZI maneuver
by one the just passed competitors that favor us a R.F. flat and damaged nose
and to add to the insult "We" got black flagged and sent to the
back. Ed ran her back to mid pack and
while avoiding another incident coming out of 2, got turned around and
knocked about, causing us to start from the back again. Ed did an excellent job bringing it back
through the field for a 10th place finish bt it just doesn't taste as sweet
after getting the taste of possible Victory. |
| 6/9/06 |
2nd |
4th |
7th |
Well we finally got
one in after 4 rain outs in a row. The car went well all
day, turning good practice times and ran from 7th to 2nd in the qualifier. In
the feature we started 4th and Ed promptly ran to 2nd place before our list
of many cautions; which unfortunately we kept getting restarted on the
outside shuffling us back well out of the top ten. Ed was able to make an
awesome comeback up to a 7th place finish with a damaged car- the front end
knocked out. All in all, a good result considering the mayhem that went on
during the feature. |
| 6/2/06 |
|
|
Yes, we were rained out again!
However the weather finally does look good for next Friday. Once again keep
your fingers crossed. |
| 5/26/06 |
|
|
Rained out; that now makes three
times in a row. Unfortunately the weather report at this time does not look
promising for this Friday. So make sure you keep your fingers crossed for
this week! |
| 5/19/06 |
|
|
Rained out (again)... |
| 5/12/06 |
|
|
Rained out... |
| 5/5/06 |
4th |
|
|
Our first Friday night show did
not come off as well as we had hoped... |
| We were
fast for practice and came from 9th to 4th in our heat race, but a mechanical
problem prevented us from starting the feature. However, this was the first
problem that has cost us a position in over 4 years. |
| 4/30/06 |
4th |
11th |
3rd |
The turnout for 'Spring Sizzler
Weekend' was impressive to say the least; even Governor Rell was in
attendance and our television coverage moved up to NESN-4PM Saturdays. That
makes us available in 4.5 million+ homes weekly! We had a great season opener running top 5 times all day
Friday, including the 2nd Fastest on 'Tour Mod Rubber Saturday' and qualified
4th in our heat race. |
| |
| Sunday
we were last features, starting 11th. The race was great with constant action
and battles on the track. Ed was able to move up through the field to 3rd,
holding off a hard charging Ryan Pasaco, for the last couple of laps
resulting in our best ever Sizzler finish. |
| |
| In
closing thank you all again four your support, rest assured we will do our
very best to keep running to the front. |
| 2005
Racing Season |
| Date |
Qualified |
Started |
Finished |
Run Down |
| Fri. |
4th |
8th |
15th |
Well we went into our fall final
with very high hopes. We were able to get up to 3rd fast in friday practice
with 21.9's and able to qualify in our heat race - which also meant we never
ran a 16/16 all season - good stat. |
| 10/2/05 |
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| |
We
started the feature in 8th, and we actually moved up to 4th (Even 3rd
briefly, but not for a whole lap) when a move of complete disregard dropped
us back to dead last. We were able to get back up to 15th, leaving us at 4th
in points from a mathematical possibility of 1st, and a real world shot at
2nd. |
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Keeping in mind, as I told Ed
and Crew, we've a heck of a run all season, and I couldn't be prouder of the
job we all did to make it happen. We are so grateful for our much appreciated
sponsors and our loyal following of fans. |
| Fri. |
4th |
9th |
6th |
Friday was a mixed bag for us. Just coming back from the frame
machine, the car needed some redialing. Every time out, it got better, but we
only managed 9th fastest in practice and 4th in the qualifier. Feature time
came and we started in 9th. It seemed, as luck would have it, every time we
gained a position, a caution would come out and we would lose it. Even with
the car not 100%, we still managed 6th place. With the #4 and #3 finishing
1st and 2nd, we are 3rd in points just 2 points behind Tom Butler, and 40 out
of first. |
| 9/9/05 |
| Fri. |
5th |
10th |
7th |
We apologize for being slightly off our performance level
friday, we didn't realize until our Thursday night set-up that our frame was
bent. We had already had so much to do, there just wasn't time to straighten
it out too. We did the best we could to compensate for the affected areas and
we were reasonably successful - but it was Band-Aid fixes, not cures. We only
managed around 6th fast in practice and finished 5th in our heat race. We
started 10th in our feature, and Ed did a great job holding on to her for a
7th place finish still keeping us 2nd in the points, 30 out of 1st. |
| 9/2/05 |
| Fri. |
2nd |
9th |
6th |
Friday was a tough one! Posted 2nd fast in practice and took a
2nd place in our heat race from 6th place starting position. We finally
started a race on the inside from 9th, but that was short lived. First almost
1/2 of the race went relatively smooth and caution free... then the mayhem
started. On one restart, Ed had to run outside of Ryan for 4 or 5 laps giving
up no ground, and we ended up incurring damage a couple of times - (we have
to rebuild both ends of the car this week, ugh) but we still ended up
finishing 6th place, moving us up to 2nd in the points. |
| 8/26/05 |
| Fri. |
1st |
8th |
4th |
This past Friday went very well. Almost tied for 1st fastest
with 21.95 in times and we won our 9th heat from 6th place start. We began
the feature in 8th, and after more cautions than any other race this year,
and much excellent driving on Ed's behalf, we managed to finish fourth,
solidifying 3rd place in the points. |
| 8/19/05 |
| Wed. |
1st |
10th |
4th |
Full Fender Wednesday went well for us being 1st fast in both
rounds of practice, and winning our heat race from 6th place starting
position. We started the feature in 10th and after numerous good moves by Ed,
during a great race in general, we ended up with a 4th place finish,
solidifying 3rd place in the points. |
| 8/10/05 |
| Fri. |
|
16th |
3rd |
Friday worked well for us. We had to sit and wait out the rain,
but we did get our show in with only one practice (1st fast). No time for
heats, qualified by points and handicap inversion with started us in 16th
place for the feature. Ed did an excellent job picking up spots and avoiding
incidents and accidents, and ending with a 3rd place finish. This moved us up
to tied for 3rd in the points as well. This moved us up to the tie for 3rd in
the points standings as well. |
| 8/5/05 |
| Fri. |
3rd |
9th |
6th |
Friday the 29th went ok. We only
managed 4th fastest in practice, started 13th in the heat race and brought it
up for a 3rd place finish. |
| 7/29/05 |
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| |
Feature had us starting 9th, we
had many outside restarts for the yellows, the last of which everyone checked
up coming out of turn 4 and someone used us a launch pad running over our
right rear, bending the rim, axel flange and body. After assessment, we were
able to coninue for a 6th place finish. Ed is still 4th in points, 40 out of
first. |
| Sun. |
|
7th |
3rd |
Sunday the 24th, making up the rained out 100 lap race, we were 1st fast in
practice and already qualified to start 7th, only our 3rd inside start all
year. In short, there were lots of cautions and restarts that didn't always
work to our advantage, and after taking the lead with 16 laps to go, a couple
of the following cautions contributed to our losing the lead, but we managed
a 3rd place finish to back up friday's win. |
| 7/24/05 |
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All in all a long hard weekend,
but a great one and well worth it. |
| Fri. |
5th |
8th |
1st |
Friday the 22nd started well,
being 2nd fast in practice, a 5th in the heat race from 8th starting, and
ending the night with our 1st Stafford Feature Win!!! |
| 7/22/05 |
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| |
It was truly moving to witness
the support of all of our loyal fan's (they had to stop
people coming to the podium due to the already hundreds of people coming in
to congratulate us) and all of the kind and
supporting words from our fellow competitors and officials. |
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| |
The race was dedicated in memory
of Stormin' Norman Plantier, the Rockville Rocket, who to this day, and I'm
sure forever for us is so sorely missed. We know he was along for the ride.
We hope we made him proud. |
| Fri. |
5th |
4th |
7th |
This past friday was a mixed bag
once again. We started off the day with a 2nd fastest in practice and a 5th
place in our heat race. We started from 6th in our heat, got shuffled to the
rear of the pack, and Ed wisely hung back to let the battles ahead sort
themselves out, bringing us up to 5th in the end. |
| 7/15/05 |
|
| |
We started the feature in 4th,
but again the inside train moved us way back before Ed could get in and start
working forward. Eventually, he drove his way back to 7th with an outside
pass, but only for 1/2 a lap before a caution, which still scored us in 8th. |
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| |
Restart on the outside, again
shuffled Ed back, but he fought his way to 8th, only to have a valve train
problem with 2 laps to go. Running on 7 cylinders, he only
gave up 1 more position for a 9th place. Not bad running on 7. |
| Sun. |
1st |
7th |
2nd |
Sunday was our make up for the
May 27th tour show, when we got a red flag rain out on lap 15. We restarted
the feature in 2nd place, (where we left off) and after some superb battling
back and forth and several good restarts, we were able to keep our 2nd place for our first podium finish this year! |
| 7/3/05 |
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Hopefully
we can keep up this pace and continue getting top 5 finishes - still need
that first win. |
| Fri. |
1st |
7th |
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Rained out |
| 7/1/05 |
| Fri. |
3rd |
8th |
5th |
This
past friday went pretty well. We were once again trying new things with the
car. Worked well. Practice times were not the greatest, 7th & 9th
fastest, but we continued to chase the set up and managed a 3rd place in our
heat. Starting in 8th in our feature, we ran up to second place behind Tom
Fearn and we were closing in on him. Tom and Ed were way out in front of the
pack when, of course, a caution came out. On the restart in 2nd, we only lost
on spot, but another caution flew and on the restart, Fearn blew his
transmission causing a pile behind, and shuffling us back. Still managed a
5th place finish which has us now tied in points for 5th with Mike
Quintiliano. |
| 6/24/05 |
| Fri. |
4th |
8th |
11th |
Not
much to say this week. Only one practice while sizing new tires and trying
something different. We missed the set up. 4th in heat, starting from 6th.
11th in feature, starting from 8th, and stuck on the outside for most of the
race. |
| 6/17/05 |
| Fri. |
4th |
10th |
4th |
Our
day started off very unimpressive. Struggling with the heat and a severe lack
of tires - nothing close to size on the trailer, forcing us to make a set of
the best of our remnants. We only managed 7th fastest in practice. We
continued to work with her and managed a well driven 4th place finish in our
heat race after being shuffled all the way back on the outside from an 8th
place start. |
| 6/10/05 |
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Feature was a mixed bag with the
tires again fading.... a late caution came out with 4 laps to go, ed sitting
in 10th on the outside.... with cooled down tires, and a new found grip, Ed did a masterful job driving through the field to a 4th place
finish and some of his best racing ever. |
| Fri. |
1st |
7th |
11th |
This
past friday was not a great one for us - only able to muster 7th fastest in
practice, but we were able to win our 4th heat race from a 7th place start. |
| 6/3/05 |
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Feature started 7th on the
inside for a change, but that only lasted 2 laps. First caution put us on the
outside for the restart and we rode the freight train way back in the field.
Ed was able to fight back to 7th, but by then our old tires had given up and
we finished up in 11th. Better luck and new tires next week. |
| Fri. |
1st |
7th |
2nd |
July
3rd update: |
| 5/27/05 |
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Sunday was our make up for the
May 27th tour show, when we got a red flag rain out on lap 15. We restarted
the feature in 2nd place, (where we left off) and after some superb battling
back and forth and several good restarts, we were able to keep our 2nd place for our first podium finish this year! |
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we can keep up this pace and continue getting top 5 finishes - still need
that first win. |
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5/27/05: The 27th started out
well... 2nd fastest in practice - keep in mind, extremely different
conditions than previously this year. Won our heat race from 7th. 3 out of 6
in the top 3. |
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Started the feature from 4th,
back slid a little, but got her back to the front. Lost the lead around lap
12, but looked poised to take it when caution came out on lap 15 - then came
the rain and the red flag.... bummer, need 16 laps to make a race. We'll be
making it up on Sunday, July 3rd, restarting 2nd. Come on
by and see us. |
| Fri. |
1st |
4th |
5th |
Well... we almost had the
perfect weekend. We topped practice speed again with 21.9's and won our heat
race from a 6th place starting position even with an altercation that opened
the driver side up like a can opener! |
| 5/20/05 |
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We effected our repairs and
resets...etc... The crew performed excellent! Thanks to all! And set out for
the feature... Started 4th and after the typical outside-row-back-shuffle, Ed
worked her up into a very impressive lead for the middle of the race. A
caution was thrown (unnecessarily) for a successively recovered spin, and an
incident on the restart knocked us back for an eventual 5th place finish.
We've moved up to 6th in points. |
| Fri. |
3rd |
6th |
7th |
This past friday was another
"could have been better, could have been worse" type day. |
| 5/13/05 |
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We
again posted very fast (2nd on the day) times and ran from the back of the
pack to 3rd in the qualifier. We started the feature in 6th, but being on the
outside we got shuffled way back before we could get her down and get going.
Midway through the race, Ed was running strong making roads on the lead 5. In
the end, we were a little off on our setup, allowing another front runner by
us, coming in with a 7th place finish in one piece. |
| Fri. |
1st |
8th |
8th |
We got her all back together
after our bad wreck last week! Many thanks to Bear, Mike and the Auto
Authority guys for our quick frame machine service. After a complete front
rebuild and reset-up, we were able to top the speed chart in the 2nd practice
with a 21.9 lap and consistently were running in that range. We won our heat
from an 8th place start! |
| 5/6/05 |
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In the feature, we started 8th,
but, stuck behind a slower car, ED got shuffled way back in the pack.
Fighting through the pack and 2 cautions, we were able to make it back for an
8th place finish in one piece. |
| Fri. |
3rd |
7th |
DNF |
Run down for this week... Truly
an example of extreme high to extreme low...We came from 7th to 3rd in our
qualifying heat race. Started 7th for the feature and the car was very fast.
Moved up to 3rd when the first caution came out. On the 3rd restart attempt,
the car in 2nd place kept jumping the restart. Same said 2nd place car turned
left in to our Right Rear Quarter, bending it into our tire and causing us to
pit and restart from the rear, and wreckage from behind causing another
yellow. After restart, ED charged up to 10th place in 3 LAPS! But then, the
49 and 02 got together causing a wreck that resulted in the 77 hitting the
wall in turn 3 and someone's hood in our trunk. It was our fist DNF in over a
year. Bummer. |
| 4/29/05 |
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Many thanks to Bear and Mike at
Auto Authority for the speedy front frame straightening. Hope for the better
this weekend. |
| Sun. |
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1st |
6th |
We started our race on
the pole and lead for 14 laps. A little mishap going into turn 1 allowed Jim
Malouganes to get under Ed and lead a 6 car train by finishing 7th, but with
Ted Christopher's disqualification, we moved up to 6th. |
| 4/24/05 |
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