July 2009
1 post
Cordele GAS Race
This Saturday was my third Late Model Race and my first race at Watermelon Capital Speedway in the Late Model. We made a few changes to the car back at the shop and I headed down to Cordele with good confidence. When practice started I knew I wasn’t very good at all but I wasn’t too frustrated about it because I was trying to get to know the track. As practice went on we kept making...
June 2009
2 posts
First Late Model Race
This Saturday was my first Pro Late Model race at Lanier National Speedway. It was a 60 lap local show that we ran to get my feet wet around other cars and being in a racing environment. We only got one 10 lap round of practice so it didn’t give us any time at all to make any changes on the car and try them. I was pretty tight there in that practice so when we came in we changed the left...
June 4th
Today was my first time in my Crate Late Model racecar and my first time in any racecar since January 31st. I have been hunting a Late Model car since Februaury and finally got one about a month ago. Since then I’ve been working to get it running so I could go test it and see how I fared in a full size car. We got to the track and unloaded and with the help from the guys at the shop we tuned...
February 2009
1 post
Blog for January 31
Saturday afternoon’s race was race 6 of the Legends Winter Series, and it was our final road course race of the season. I had a new set of tires cut and ready to go and was looking forward to a good run in the 91 machine, but I had a little trouble very early. We had just started qualifying and I had run about 5 laps until a caution came out and slowed us down. My car had been a little free...
January 2009
2 posts
Blog for January 10-11
Our fifth race of the Winter Series was held at Lanier National Speedway where once again weather threatened the weekend, but we managed to get through it with a two-day-show. We unloaded for practice and I was feeling good about the car other than a little transmission issue I thought the car was having. But practice went great. I ran faster than I ever had at Lanier and turned some 15.70s and...
Blog for January 3
The fourth race of the Georgia Winter Series was held at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, GA on Saturday. I started out the day with a good car in practice and I knew it would only get better as the tires came in more and more. However I messed up by not going to draw in time for the heat races so I was playing catch up the whole afternoon. I had to start 7th in the second heat race and and...
December 2008
3 posts
Blog for December 13
This Saturday was our third race of the Georgia Winter Series and our first road race of the year. I absolutely love the road races because it’s something different and you have to be very consistent to be fast at them. I ran well last season on the road course so I felt very confident going into the first of three road races. We showed up at the track and got the cars unloaded for...
Blog for December 6
The second race of the Georgia Winter Series was held at Watermelon Capital Speedway. This race was supposed to be the third of the series but the race at Lanier on the prior weekend was cancelled due to rain. I unloaded to car and ran the first practice just as quick as everyone else. I never touched the car after practice and ran the heat race just how I unloaded it. I started my heat race in...
Blog for November 21
This Friday night at the Thunder Ring at Atlanta Motor Speedway kicked off the Georgia Winter Series. It was our first time back at the 1/4 mile track at Atlanta in about a month and I knew it was going to take a few laps to get back into the swing of things. I started fifth in my heat race and wound up finishing second in an uneventful 8 laps. I was too patient in the heat race and didn’t...
November 2008
1 post
Fall Brawl 2008 at Anderson
The two day show in Anderson, SC started Saturday afternoon where we had practice and heat races. We unloaded the car on Saturday and were fast the first session out. I felt like the car could be better but I didn’t want to change anything just yet because I hadn’t been in the car in a month and figured it was maybe a little bit of my driving as well. As the practice sessions went on I...
October 2008
1 post
Blog for Nationals
Our week up at nationals in Elko, Minnesota started off on Thursday afternoon with practices running all day. The first practice session we ran I ended up third on the charts and I was ecstatic about that. After the first practice session I changed gears in the car because I wasn’t getting all I could out of the engine down the straightaways. After changing the gear I went back out in the...
September 2008
7 posts
Blog for September 27
Saturday night it was on to Lanier National Speedway for the final race of the 2008 INEX points season and the Georgia State Championship. I knew I had a good car when we unloaded because I hadn’t touched it from the week before. I was good in practice but the track was just a tad slow so I wasn’t too concerned with the lap times I ran. My draw for position had me starting my heat race...
Blog for September 26
Friday night it was back to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the final race there before the cutoff of the INEX points season. It had been a while since anyone had been on the track there so the track was a little of in the grip department but it was a fun night. In the heat race I started on the pole and got passed early in the 10 laps. However I had a faster car than the leader and just stalked him...
Blog for September 20
Saturday night it was back to the second home track of the Bill Elliott Driver Development team: Lanier National Speedway. Just one weekend ago I mirrored my best finish of the season with a second place and I knew I had a good car for Saturday’s race. I didn’t touch the car at the shop other than routine maintenance because I was so happy with it the week before. We went to the track...
Blog for September 19
Friday night at Anderson Motor Speedway in South Carolina was our second time ever being there. It had been so long since we had been to that track that for the first time out in practice I was just trying to get re-aquainted with the track. The first time out in practice the car was pretty good but it was sputtering when I would get on the gas in the middle of the corner and that just killed my...
Blog for September 13
This weekend at Lanier National Speedway I tried something different from anything else I have done down there and boy did it work. The past two weeks there I have been getting really good draws and it didn’t change this week. I drew a 4 and that started me on the pole in the first heat race. I ran a good qualifying race and for the second week in a row led all of the laps but the most...
Blog for September 6
Saturday night was another race for us to get dialed in at Lanier National Speedway, and dialed in is what we got. My day night started out good with a good draw for starting position in the heat race. I drew a 27 and that had me starting on the outside pole of the first heat race. The heat race came around and I knew who I was starting outside of and I had a good feeling I could get a jump on the...
Blog for August 30
This weekend’s race at Lanier National Speedway was my first race back in the sedan that I flipped a few weeks back. After knowing how well I had run in that car before the accident and how the car felt in practice I had a good feeling about the race. We got there and went out for our ten laps of practice to see how the cars were. The track was real hot and slick so the cars were a little on...
August 2008
9 posts
Blog for August 16
Saturday night’s race at Lanier was a big one seeing as how it was a national qualifier for the Legends cars. Surprisingly enough there weren’t as many cars as I thought there would be but there were quite a few. The normal front runners showed up and I knew I could run with them so I felt like I had a good shot at competing for the win. We ran practice and figured out what had been...
Blog for August 12
Tuesday night’s race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte was the final race of the Summer Shootout series. To start things out I drew about middle of the way, somewhere around 200 out of 400 positions. Having that draw started me fifth in the first heat race. I was excited about this last race because I felt like I had something figured out to where I could run up front again, but...
Blog for August 9
Well this past weekend’s race at Lanier National Speedway was just one weekend away from the national qualifier which is going to be held there next weekend. So this past weekend was just as much a practice as it was anything, but it was also another week’s race. I took the same setup there this past weekend that I have been running very well with but with just a few changes. One...
Blog for August 7
Well the final week of Thursday Thunder has come and gone, however it was a double feature night. Week nine of the series got rained out so the first race of the night was the week nine feature, where I was to start in the back. Once we unloaded our cars we decided to go run them in the parking lot to make sure everything was okay. My car’s brakes were not working well at all so when I...
Blog for August 5
Tuesday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway was the ninth week of competition in the Summer Shootout Series. I have been struggling on the 1/4 mile tracks all year but have been running good on the 3/8 mile tracks. Ironically complete opposites from the previous year. Well I drew good at Charlotte with a 95 out or 400 pill draw. That started me outside pole in the second heat race so once again I...
Blog for August 2
Well I spent the whole week rebuilding my car from the crash at Lanier a few weeks back. So my first race back was to be the same place I have had a few accidents in the past. However I did shake the car down the day before so I could go ahead and work out the hard spots. Race day came around and I was confident in my setup and how the car ran the day before. I didn’t draw very well for the...
Blog for July 26
Saturday night it was on to Lanier National Speedway where we have been racing in preparation for the national qualifier there in a few weeks. I changed my previous setup there from my last big accident in hopes that I would find something that would work. When we unloaded for practice I honestly wasn’t too sure how the car was going to feel so I just went out and ran. To my surprise the car...
Blog for July 24
The eighth race at Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Thursday Thunder Series was the Pro division’s autograph session week. First of all in hot laps my car wasn’t too bad at all, but the track was very tight for some reason and it took a lot of throwing the car around to get it to turn. I drew fourth for the heat race and that was where I ran pretty much the whole heat race. After the...
Blog for July 22
Well Tuesday night’s race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte was threatened by mother nature all night. I was trying a new setup there and was hopeing I hit the nail on the head but I could tell by the heat race that I was way off. I started the heat race in sixth place and I dropped like a rock to the back of the pack. The thing just wouldn’t turn in the middle of the corner...
July 2008
5 posts
Blog for July 19th
Saturday night’s race at Lanier was an exciting one for sure. However we did have some trouble that stayed with us for most of the night. We unloaded the car with a new setup there and I was excited to see how it was going to react and hande. So we went out for practice and when the green flag flew my engine started sputtering. I did get in about 2 or 3 laps though to atleast see what my car was...
Blog for July 17th
Due to the weather that disrupted the previous weeks race in Atlanta we were given a double feature night on week 7 of Thursday Thunder. First off we had to complete the week six feature race and for this they just gave us our starting position based on what we drew for the heat race that week. Well I ended up drawing for a fifth place starting spot in the week six makeup race. The race started...
Blog for July 15th
Due to the accident on Saturday at Lanier National Speedway and the severe hit that my car took in that accident I did not make it to Charlotte for Tuesday’s race.
Blog for July 12th
Well Saturday’s race at Lanier National Speedway was my first race back there in about two months. I was very confident about the night because my team mates had found some new things out about how to drive the track and I felt like it would help me out. We unloaded at the track and went out for practice and the car was pretty good. It still wasn’t where it needed to be and we made...
Blog for July 8th
Well Tuesday night’s race in Charlotte was drenched in rain. Personally I think we should have been racing boats but it was definitely something new and different. To start things out I drew fairly well again which started me third in my heat race. However we raced the heat races in the rain too and I was not good at all all night. Lets just say the rain is not my forte. I had a stiffer...