Race Results 07/5-9/11 USAC .25 Battle at the Brickyard

Our 2nd Brickyard in Indianapolis - and if last year was really cool, this year was better.  We arrived 4th of July night and the next day we went to the track for sign ins and parking (and that did take a real long time) but that evening USAC hosted a meet and greet BBQ dinner (which was awesome) and we got to meet Indy Car driver...Thu was Heats. having only 6 cars this week & 3 drivers (3 are at Grandma's) we were in 5 Heat races.  Our 1st race (race 2) was Elwood on the Pole of Jr Honda and Nikki starting 5th. It took Nikki a while to get by Elwood, who had dropped back thru the field. So they ended up finishing 5th (Nik) & 6th Elwood. Our next race was #17 Nikki in Lt 160 where he was starting on the Pole. Nikki did not do so well, he finished 8th. The next race was Calvin's Lt 160 race he started 4th and finished 5th. Then another break and our next race was #30 Mod - Calvin started 2nd and finished 4th. Finally the next to last race, which was our last, was Calvin's Lt WF where he started 4th and finished 6th. Not so great finishes for us in the Heats. We were done racing for the day and went to see the USAC Ford Focus Midget races at the Indianapolis Speedrome - this was really cool and we knew many of the drivers from racing Quarter Midgets!
Friday was Lower Mains. Nikki was in the 1st race - Lt 160 F Main. He finished 7th out of 10 and that car was done for us. The next race was Jr Honda D-Main with Elwood who finished 9th, another car done.Nikki was in the Jr Honda C Main, starting 6th out of 10 he finished 5th (and will be X car in B-Main). Our next race was Calvin in Lt Wf C-Main, he started 5th and finished 3rd!For the Jr Honda B-Main, Nik did not get out so he was done. Our last race of the day was the Lt WF B-Main. Calvin started 9th out of 10 and raced really strong, but coming to checkers he got wrecked and ended up finishing 7th - instead of making the A-Main :(
We were down to 1 car for the A-Mains on Saturday, Calvin in Mod, where he was starting 8th out of 12. This race was amazing - Calvin was wrecked so many times, ended up on top of another car, broke and broke again, and came in to the pits and went back out many times - the car was put together with duct tape! And he still managed to get a 2nd Place Finish! Amazing!
All of the boys raced really well - it was a good time.