07/19/2025
After battling through issues getting the motor to run appropriately at our last race, we took the car to race with the Peoples Gas 410 Sprints at Lernerville Speedway nerville Speedway tonight! The only goal was to figure out our issue and be ready for the next Allegheny Sprint Tour race. We went out for motor heat and the car wouldn't stay running. Went through all the wiring and found a few things that may have been the problem with no luck. Had some other racers and crews jump in and help us diagnose our issue, finally narrowed it down to a mag and/or coil issue (of course we didn't have a spare at the track). Left the track to grab the spare coil and got it in the car before the feature. After multiple attempts to fire the car we got it running, although it still wasn't idling well. After missing engine heat, hot laps, qualifying, and our heat race we started the feature at the tail and Hunter drove it up to 9th. Car ran well in the feature and we passed cars with actual 410 motors, and about 200-300 more horsepower than us. Need to work on the motors idle to get it dialed in, but after fighting hard all night it feels like we are on the upswing of getting this motor running how we know it can!
This team may not always get it right the first time, but we learn and won't quit. We could have thrown in the towel after the 5th, 6th, 7th attempt to get the car running right, but we kept our head down and kept working. We can't thank our competitors enough for all their help in diagnosing our issue and helping us troubleshoot.
Thanks to:
Dennis Wagner - 76 Team
Carl Bowser & the whole 11 Team
Rich Begenwald - 3J Team
Congratulations Hunter! Nice work behind the wheel tonight!
Thank you to all of our sponsors!!
Sportsman's Supply
The Kovach Realty Team
FirstBike Motorsports
Jerich Company
Advance Auto Parts and Carquest - Carey Young Checkan
To The Limit Motorsportz
Sprankle's Neighborhood Markets
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