Race Results 08/7 - 13/11 QMA Dirt Grand Nationals, Taylorville, IL @ CCQMA

The Dirt Grand Nationals - a week long event held by QMA, this year in Taylorville, IL at Christian County QMA. After our drive and race at the Little Hoosier 100 (which broke up the 13+hr drive) we were ready for the QMA race we had been preparing for since February. There were 230 cars, 2 days of practice, then Qualifying. Elwood qualified 19th in Jr Honda (will be in E-Main). Also racing Jr Honda, Nikki set FAST TIME!! Nikki goes right to the-Main! JoJoe qualified 27th (and will be in the E-Main). Calvin qualified 3rd fastest in Lt Mod!! Nikki qualified 27th in Lt 160 (also E-Main bound...) Calvin qualified 2nd Fastest in Lt B (1st time in this car/motor!) - he almost had Track Record/Fast Time, but for the last car to qualify who beat his time! And finally, Calvin in Lt WF qualified 5th Fastest - and would start on the Pole of the A-Main. Out of our 7 cars we Qualified 4 directly into the A-Main and the other 3 would all be in the E-Mains!
Starting the Lower Mains - we were in races 1,2,3,5,6,7, 10 & 11 on the 1st day of racing! JoJoe was in the 1st Race - Sr Honda E Main starting 7th out of 11, he raced really well and finished 2nd!! Race 2 was Elwood in the Jr Honda E Main starting 2nd out of 6 and finishing 3rd!! Nik was race 3, Lt 160 E-Main starting 7th out of 10 and finishing 4th!! Race 5 was JoJoe again in the D-Main, where he started 7th out of 10 and finished 5th!! Elwood in race 6 started 7th out of 8 in the Jr Honda D-Main, he finished 4th!! Nik was in race 7 for Lt 160 D-Main he started 8th out of 10 and finished 7th (our 1st car out of the show.)
The next race for us was JoJoe in Sr Honda C Main, starting 10th out of 10 he finished 6th  - and was the X car (alternate) for the B-Main. Elwood was the next race (our last of the day) and he started 8th out of 8 and finished 5th - also the X car for the Jr Honda B-Main. GREAT RACING BOYS!!
Neither JoJoe or Elwood made it out in the B-Mains, so we were down two more cars, and they were both done.
Saturday was A-Mains, Slick Nikkle was our 1st race for Jr Honda, starting 4th out of 8. Nikki raced really well and finished 3rd, but the top 2 cars were DQ'd for cheating (1's motor was badly cheating! and the other cheated with a restrictor plate! - really?? at the Grands ??) So Nikki was crowned Dirt  Grands National Champion!!!!!!! YaHoo!!
Calvin was in the rest of our races today, he was going to get a lot of track time... Lt Mod is his 1st race, starting 3rd out of 10, he races real well, was taken out by another car but raced back up and got a 4th Place Finish! His next race was Lt B, he started 4th, but had engine problems and ended with a DNF (his car was fast b4 that though. Finally, Calvin's Lt WF. Starting on the Pole, he took the lead and raced real well, but ended up finishing 7th.
Overall a great week for our race team! We couldn't be any prouder of all of them! Super racing Boys!! Now for the really long drive home...14+ hours of driving, and we stopped in Indianapolis overnight on the way home. Very tired and needed a break after this one!