08/02/2026
Carson Carriere's Race Weekend Review 8/1/26:
"Yesterday we raced in Silver City's Club Race #7 sponsored by Ryan Preece Racing. Our cars were really fast, and I spent most of the day at the front of the pack.
In my Unrestricted Animal heat race, I was in second for most of the race and I most likely could've went for the lead but it would've been difficult since there were a lot of cautions and I had more of a long-run car rather than a short-run car.
Either way, my second place finish in the heat gave me a second place starting spot in the feature. That means I was starting on the front row. The restart was rough trying to get into the bottom lane but I was able to merge in and steal fifth place and work my way back up to second. From there, I ran in the top three for the entirety of the 40 lap feature until the final corner on the last lap where I was accidentally wrecked by my friend. I then got sent to the back of the pack and with one lap to go and I made some passes and got the car from last place up to sixth, but it was still a bit disappointing after having a top 3 car all weekend. It was also upsetting because the track was operating under the USAC rules, which implies that all cars involved in an incident should go to the back, whereas with the normal rules, I would have been given my spot back and finished in the top 3.
Reid had some trouble getting by a slower car in the heat race and ended up getting black flagged after spinning out twice and getting into a wreck with another driver at the back of the pack. He then started 9th in the feature and drove the car up to 6th after having some mechanical problems and coming into the pits. Reid definitely could've been up front if it weren't for his problems in the heat race. He also received his third place trophy from the makeup races a few weeks ago.
Overall we were really fast this weekend and I can't wait for the Meriden 300 next weekend. Hopefully, we will be up front again just like we've been these past few weeks.
As always, huge thank you to all of our sponsors and partners:
Mistress Race Team - Laurie and Bob Lavoie
Carriere and Sons Landscaping
Double X Racing
Coach Dre
Pools and More
Speedy Reidy Racing
Carson Carriere Racing
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