I-96 Speedway, June 14, 2007

Wheel was racing in the A main with Ken Schrader at I-96. Pretty cool! The 95.1 mod got into the A show by finishing in the top 4 of heat 3. During the heat Wheel followed a I-96 local in second place for most of the race. A bobble on the last lap in an attempt to pass the leader resulted in a 4th spot finish. OOPS! The top 4 from each heat redrew for position. Well it did not really help, the 95.1 car would start 12th in the A feature. The feature was a very interesting one to say the least. There where 6 cautions in the first 6 laps. I was in the pit stands at the apex of turn 1. Wow ..is was quite a breath taking place to be. 12th place was not a easy place to be going into turn. It seemed like the entire field wanted to WIN in turn 1 and 2 on the restart lap. Our car was on the outside row and that made it difficult to get the bottom on the restarts starts. On restarts there was 10-15 of the 20 car field in a huge cluster, 4 wide and deep going around 1-2. The dirt was flying and you had to just pray that the cars around you did not bobble or spin-out. Finally the race started to go green for a few laps. The field spread out. This is where I begin to feel a little guilt about writing last weeks quote. Yes it happened. About lap 9, one of the first laps our car could get to the bottom, an accident of great magnitude. The poor guy who won heat 3 spun backwards in bottom of turn 2 ahead of our car. And then....."you wreck some". Under acceleration and no where to go our car collided nose first with the spun car. From my seat in the pit stands I saw and herd the impact as a deep thud sound that was herd over the roar of the cars on the track. The rear of the 95.1 mod lift a few feet off the ground and rotated 180 degrees. That ended the night for us. This also terminated the 2007 Rocket modified hybrid Impala SS chassis. Lets just say I have never seen anything that messed up. Wheel said he was fine a day latter thanks to the safety belts and Hanns device. I hope to have some pictures soon. For now we will be exploring our options and then move on. Hope to see you back at the track soon. Ohh! Schrader...he took the lead from Fisk 42 with about 4 laps to go, and win. Ken Wallace racing his JEGS.com late model and finished mid field the LM A Main. Oddly we enjoyed the trip to I-96, and I would not have it any other way when it come to racing with my brother. I'll leave you this week with a bumper sticker I saw. "Racing Rules because baseball. basket ball, and football only has one ball".

South Buxton Raceway, June 9, 2007

The night was a comfortable 22C, at sun set. A great night for racing at SBR. The 95.1 racer started in the front row of heat 2. No contest, simply put. The track was in decent shape. We were unable to run the Pursuit race because the we missed the feature race last week. The Pursuit race race consists of last weeks top ten finishers in order of 10th to 1st, with last weeks winner at the rear. The object is not to get passed. Once you get past, you must leave the track. This was just in case you did not know. "FILLER". In the feature race the 95.1 car started mid field. The perfect night for racing went sour early in the race. A collision with another car in turn 2 initiated a handling problem. The car got very loose. A few laps latter, we spun out in turn3/4. A bad slide down the banking collected another car and blow to the right side. Ouch! We were able to continue but the car was extremely lose. From the pits I could see the front right wheel was tilted inward much more than normal. Cornstocker (driver) decided to call it a night as the car handled poorly. The problem: a broken upper A arm shaft. We finished 8th. See you all next week. I'II leave you with this most excellent quote;

"You win some, lose some, and wreck some."- Dale Earnhardt Sr.

South Buxton Raceway, June 2, 2007

Tonight needs some exclamation as to why the CORNSTOCKCAR did not make the feature. A safety issue in the car delayed the 95.1 car getting to the starting shoot. To the 95.1 The Rock (therock951.com) fans and sponsors; we are very sorry for not putting on a show tonight. The car was expected to be a bullet, as a lot of hard work goes into it each week. We will be back next race we more determination. As Winston Churchill once said, "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts". Words to live by! Crewman.