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Thursday, 20 August 2009 |
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After the last few races, we were feeling pretty confident that we have gotten our heads around what we've been doing wrong with the car. Kevin would start 5th for the heat race and at the green the pole sitter would have trouble of some kind and drop back through the pack...Kevin couldn't do anything but stay behind him...once getting shuffled to the back, Kevin would clear the struggling car and begin his move forward. Working the high line once again, he continued his charge, passing 6th, 5th and then 4th. At the end he had caught up to the 2nd and 3rd place cars. This would be a good sign. Starting 10th for the feature, we made very little to no changes for the feature.
Right off of the start just about everyone was running the low line, Kevin took to his favorite high side and proceeded to pass several cars on the first lap. A yellow at half way slowed the field and Kevin's charge to the front. The yellow was for a car that slowed suddenly and apparently was trying to get off the track, Kevin had little time to react and helped him off...haha...with a little damage to the left front nose, Kevin would restart in 6th. The car wasn't the same after that, but we still strong enough to challenge the 49 car, verteran Brian Rulhman for 5th, but would eventually fade a little before the last yellow for a spin by the 4th place car, putting us 5th. With a wounded, but overall much better car, Kevin and the rest of the top 5 would pull away from the rest of the field over the last hand full of laps. Overall we were very pleased with how the weekend went. Hopefully we can continue our momentum into the end of the season.
We are starting to look for marketing partners for the 2010 season and maybe some more traveling. If you know of someone or you would like to get involved by becoming one of Reeve Racing's marketing partners, please feel free to call the shop. More updates to come.
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Aug. 14th. Results: 4th, started dead last! |
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Thursday, 20 August 2009 |
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This week we were without the car owner(Kevin's dad John) due to his working at the Jackson County Fair. Kevin managed to convice his boss to drive the rig to Mt. Pleasant on Friday. This would be there Woof Classic Memorial Race and we would have to qualify in groups. Kevin would put down a decent lap which would put us mid-pack in the heat race. Top 4 out of the heats would go to the show. With us running low on good tires and the track being very dusty and one lane, virtually no passing would take place during the heat and we would finish 5th just behind one of UMP's top National Point leaders. The B-Main would be a little rough and tumble. Kevin worked his way into the 2nd spot quickly and was pulling away from the rest of the field when the yellow flew. Back to the double file restart and lining up with a rookie next to us who thought he needed to nearly push Kevin off of turn 4 while coming to the green and repeatedly jumping restarts...this rookie would learn a pretty valuable lesson this night. Kevin got shuffled back to 5th out of the transfer spot, but would claw his way back to the young pup. Then the yellow would come out again, Kevin would line up behind the rookie...then let the rookie know he was back there coming to the green which allow Kevin to gain some ground going into 1. Kevin would run up along side in 3 and 4. This is for the transfer spot, so the rookie kept pushing Kevin towards the wall all the way down the front straight. Kevin would try the high side again in 3, but when the rookie went high it was time to show him how a slide job is done. Kevin would clear the rookie for the transfer spot and move into the show. Starting dead last in 18th we did some gambling with some things we hadn't tried...as luck would have it it paid off...after about 5 laps of 40, Kevin would start moving forward through the pack. By lap 20 he would be up to 6th and with 15 to go, he would move into 4th. The top 4 would pull nearly a full lap on the rest of the field...and with a left rear tire nearly bald, Kevin would go on to finish 4th. A pretty cool night overall...Kevin's boss was impressed...thanks for driving Fred. The rookie and his crew gave us the "you're #1 sign", but we said, nope...4th spot from dead last! |
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Aug. 8th. Results: Rain out |
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Thursday, 20 August 2009 |
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Oakshade Rained out. |
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