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EVENT REPORTS
July 16, 2010. [SHADOW REPORT]
Stephen Richmond damaged his car in practice, so we loaned him Scarlett so that he could stay in the season's points chase ...
 "Disappointment for Stephen Richmond during Super Stocks practice but it was lessened because of the generosity of a pal. Richmond broke an axle on his #24 and crashed into the wall at turn 4. The car sustained enough damage to keep it out of the feature race. But Andrew Perkins stepped up and offered his car to Richmond so he could gather some points. The #3 was hastily renumbered 24 and Richmond was back in the game. (Perkins and Richmond came up together through Delaware’s Junior Racing League.) About one-third of the way into the Super Stocks feature, the 3/24 got a couple of flat tires and Richmond decided to call it a night." [Delaware Speedway Report]
 
05: RACE NIGHT 04, June 11, 2010. [PHOTOS] [SHADOW REPORT]
The Team did LOTS of work to get ready for tonight and Scarlett felt much better in practice. Not perfect, but better. For my Heat race I was grided 4th (inside row for a change) and moved into second place on lap one, then easily passed for the lead on lap two. I WON going away, which felt pretty good after the frustrations that we've had recently.
The rest of the evening was a frustrating fiasco, I have nothing to say about it other than to point out Delaware Speedway's own rules:
- "In the event a vehicle does not maintain its position during a restart the driver will be penalized the same number of
positions from the driver’s final finishing position as the number of vehicles passed during the infraction in question
(passing under the caution or jumping green flag)." (Delaware Speedway 2010 General Regulations, Page 19)
- "Failure to comply to the black flag after 3 consecutive laps will result in discontinuance of scoring." (Delaware Speedway 2010 General Regulations, Page 17).
Oh, and this ...
04: RACE NIGHT 03, June 5, 2010. [PHOTOS]
We were pretty frustrated with Scarlett last week, so the Team worked hard to find out what was wrong. Since it was our big NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (NCaTS) 50-lap race this Saturday, we decided to practice on Friday night. Despite all the changes Scarlett was only marginally better, but it was more clear that we needed to change our steering box. Matt Lake (SS Team #77) offered to loan us their spare steering box. Uncle Don put it in Saturday morning and we headed to the track hoping for better results.
In practice the car was better, not great, but better. The steering box change had really helped - THANKS Matt! Still, the NCaTS cars had laid down a lot of rubber on the track during their practice sessions, and handling was tricky, for everyone. We made adjustments and headed to time trials (time trials were being used to determine the starting order for the big race). I qualified ninth, and that's where I started the race.
Ninth place put me on the inside groove, which was nice for a change. Scarlett was handling OK, and I was able to do a bit of passing. However, on lap 10, going into turn one, I got tapped from behind and spun out. I restarted on the inside groove and got aggressive, climbing to 6th place. Going into turn 3 on lap 28 I got hit from behind and spun out. Once again I had to climb back up through the field, getting up to 6th or 7th place. However, on lap 49 Scarlett popped out of gear, and I couldn't get her back into high gear. I coasted around the track, finishing in 12th place.
The results won't show it but the #3 was a racey today; I may have gotten spun twice and lost the tranny at the end, but we were definitely the hard charger... I passed a ton of cars, some two or three times. So, while we didn't win our big race this year (we did in 2007 and 2008) we did get a chance to go racing and it was fun.
After our race the NCaTS season opener was run. It saw one time CASCAR Junior (now JRL) racer J.R. Fitzpatrick duel with D.J. Kennington for the win. Way to go J.R.!
RACE RESULTS PAGE | SPEEDWAY RACE REPORT
| POINTS STANDINGS
03: RACE NIGHT 02, May 28, 2010. [PHOTOS] [SHADOW REPORT]
While we had a good start to our season last time out, we knew that we had lots of room for improvement. The Team worked hard to make changes during the week, and I arranged to be excused from a Friday night exam (DeGroote MBA program) in order to go racing.
Unfortunately our efforts weren't rewarded. In our first practice session Scarlett was surprisingly tight (understeering). Adjustments just made the situation worse, adding to our frustration.
I started in 6th place (outside again) for my Heat race, but Scarlett was tight going into the turns, then she snapped loose (oversteer, the rear end breaks loose) at the apex. I couldn't get on the throttle and I finished 8th. The situation was only marginally better in the Feature, I started 13th and finished 11th.
So, on a hot, humid night we just couldn't get Scarlett turning the way we wanted and that was frustrating for us. However, congratulations to Kris Lawrence (#28) who was running strong and won his FIRST Feature win. Nice.
RACE RESULTS PAGE | SPEEDWAY RACE REPORT
| POINTS STANDINGS
02: RACE NIGHT 01, May 14, 2010. [PHOTOS] [SHADOW REPORT]
After the rainout last week it was nice to get the season started. Scarlett wasn't perfect by any means, but I was able to take advantage of a good starting position and WIN my Heat Race. I started fourth, on the outside row, for the first Super Stock Feature of the season. As a result I got "freight trained" to the back on the start, settling in to ninth place where I remained for most of the race. Scarlett was loose, and not strong enough to improve my position. It was a one groove track tonight and 3 restarts on the outside row didn't help. However, we did come home in one piece. So, a good start to the season, and we have lots of ideas on how to improve our handling for our next race (May 28th).
RACE RESULTS PAGE | SPEEDWAY RACE REPORT
| POINTS STANDINGS
01: PRACTICE DAY 2, April 24, 2010. [PHOTOS] [CRO REPORT]
The weather was much better for Delaware Speedway's second Practice Day. We were eager to get Scarlett out on the track to see how well she would perform after a serious off-season rebuild. The motor stayed together (whew!) and we got in six sessions during the day. We have some brake and setup issues (as expected) to work through, but all in all it was a pretty good day (we came home in one piece, which is always a good thing). Two weeks 'till opening night, see you at the Speedway.
PRACTICE DAY 1, April 17, 2010. [PHOTOS] [SHADOW REPORT]
After several summer-like days the weather took a sudden turn back to winter, with snow, ice pellets, rain, sun, and lots of wind. A little bit of everything. We decided not to take Scarlett out to the Speedway today, although we did take a quick tour of the pits before retiring to a warmer setting. Several teams did brave the weather, check out the Shadow Report for details and a good (Jamie Maudsley) photo link.
OFF SEASON PREPARATIONS, Spring 2010. [PHOTOS] [SHADOW REPORT]
Scarlett was seriously wrecked last season, so our Team is very busy putting her back together for the 2010 season.
We hope to be ready for one of the April Delaware Speedway Practice Days, but there's a TON of work to be done. THANKS Team!
PREVIOUS SEASON RESULTS
- 2009 Super Stock - 12th Place (missed 1 event), 3 Top 3 finishes, 12 Top 10 finishes (19 races)
- 2008 Super Stock - 7th Place, 2 Feature Wins, 8 Top 3 finishes, 14 Top 5 finishes (24 races)
- 2007 Super Stock - 4th Place, 1 Feature Win, 1 Heat Win, 11 Top 3 finishes, 15 Top 5 finishes (24 races).
- 2006 Street Stock - 6th Place, 1 Feature Win, 1 Heat Win, 7 Top 3 finishes, 9 Top 5 finishes (24 races).
- 2005 Street Stock - 11th Place (missed 1 event), 4 Heat Wins, 8 Top 3 finishes, 11 Top 5 finishes (22 races).
- 2004 Street Stock - 9th Place, 1 Feature Win, 2 Heat Wins, 9 Top 3 finishes, 13 Top 5 finishes (31 races).
- 2003 CJR - 2nd Place, 3 Feature Wins, 9 Heat Wins, 21 Top 3 finishes, 31 Top 5 finishes.
- 2002 CJR - 2nd Place, 2 Feature Wins, 4 Heat Wins.
- 2001 CJR - 2 Feature Wins, 6 Heat Wins.
- 2000 CJR - 2 Feature Wins, 5 Heat Wins.
- 1999 CJR - Senior Division "Rookie of the Year".
- 1998 CJR - 2nd Place, Sportsman, Classroom, and "Best Appearing Car & Team" Award Winner.
- 1997 CJR - 3rd Place, Sportsman, and 'Classroom Achievement' Award Winner.
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