288 Cars racing this weekend (wow!) We had 8 of them. It's a hot weekend - there was a chance of rain, but we got lucky. Friday night was practice, Sat am (early) is Qualifying. 1st out for us is JoJoe in Sr Honda. He qualified OK (G-Main out of K, so right in middle). Next is Jake, Elwood, & Nikki. Jake qualified in the G-Main (lowest), Elwood in the E-Main, and Slick Nikkle was 4th fastest to Qualify so he is in the A-Main!! (On the Pole!) Our next to Qualify is Calvin in Lt Mod - where he BROKE THE TRACK RECORD!! (& he had the record b4!) Woo Hoo! So we had another A-Main start! Then for us was Calvin & Nikki in Lt 160, by this time the track is getting very dusty (slower), Calvin didn't qualify too great H-Main out of J & Nikki E-Main. Finally, Calvin had Lt WF, where he qualified in the middle - C-Main.
After a while the Lower Mains started, we were starting in race 8 with Calvin's Lt 160 H-Main. Now for the lower mains I'll just give the highlights since we were in CONSECUTIVE RACES 8-12 & 14-20, THEN #23 & 28 before A-Mains. The 1st 3 races were Sat night, the rest were starting Sunday morning!! Basically Joe pushed them onto the track (& made any adjustments), I got them off the track, hydrated, pushed back over to line ups (fueling if necessary) and watching the next race in the meantime!
Race Class Driver Starting position Finishing position
8 Lt160 H-main Calvin started 2nd out of 10, Finished 2nd!
9 SrHonda G-main JoJoe 2nd out of 10, WON!
10 JrHonda G-main Jake 4 out of 8, 7th (done racing)
11 Lt160 G-main Calvin 7 out of 10, 2nd (1st DQ'd so won)
12 SrHonda F-main JoJoe 6 out of 10, 5th
13 break ha ha
14 Lt160 F-main Calvin 6 out of 10, WON!
15 SrHonda E-main JoJoe 10 out of 10, 3rd!
16 JrHonda E-main Elwood 4 out of 8, 3rd
17 Lt 160 E-main Nikki 1 out of 10 , DNF car got broken at beginning of race
Calvin 6 out of 10, 3rd
18 SrHonda D-main JoJoe 8 out of 10, 4th
19 JrHonda D-main Elwood 7 out of 8, 7th (done racing)
20 Lt160 D-main Calvin 8 out of 10, DNF wheel dented/tire flat during wreck, not given time to fix
23 SrHonda C-main JoJoe 9 out of 10 , 7th (great racing for the day JoJoe!)
28 LtWF C-main Calvin 1 out of 10 , 7th (bad call when in 1st, hovered between 5-7th)
We were now done with lower mains. We had some time before the A-Mains started, some of us took power naps, but all too soon on this fine Sunday, it was time for our 1st A-Main event.
Nikki started on the Pole out of 8. He immediately took a big lead in the 30 lap race, as the laps were winding down, Nikki came up on lapped traffic (& they didn't move over - they raced him) this allowed the 2nd & 3rd place cars to catch up. As Nikki passed some lapped cars, the 2nd place car took the lead - he kept the lead for several laps. On the Last Lap there was more lapped traffic, Nikki maneuvered his way around and as they went thru turn 3 & 4 Nikki took over the lead and WON the JR HONDA A-MAIN!!! The stands (& us) went wild! It felt like winning Daytona! Yahoo!!
We were able to bask in this win for 2 races, then it was time for Calvin to go out in Lt Mod. He started 5th out of 8. He raced well, was pounded on by a couple of cars, then had some mechanical difficulty and wasn't as fast as he should be. Calvin ended up finishing 5th.
It was a really good weekend - the boys all raced their hearts out and did a fabulous job! Yes we were all very tired when it was done (& while it was going on...) but it was all worth it. We go home after 1am so it was pretty good for a National event (at our home track)!
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