03/24/2026
Weekend recap:
Not sure the word to describe this weekend. If it could go wrong, it probably did.
We unloaded Wednesday and made substantial gaines with the feeling in the car and then the issues started. Thursday morning lap one of practice we broke what we thought was just the rear end. We scrambled through the pits and Bret Mcelfresh made some phone calls and tracked down a replacement late Thursday evening. Thank you to Jeffrey Beck for bringing it to the track for us!
Friday morning Grant Thormeier, Gary St. Amant , Scott Hansen, Craig, Jimmy, Ron, Wayne Deline, Anthony Ruse all pitched in and we combined what was salvageable with the replacement center section and got it back in the car only to realize we also had transmission issues.
A huge thank you to the Stephen Nasse Racing guys for loaning us a transmission and Billy Bigley Jr. for loaning us a driveshaft to save our weekend.
Saturday morning we were ready to practice and have a smooth day. Unfortunately the car had other plans and we had major overheating issues by the second run in final practice. In the abundance of caution we had to make the extremly difficult decision after all the hard work and effort over the previous two days to withdraw from the race.
I can't say thank you enough for the effort everyone put in trying to salvage the weekend! We will tear into the car and come up with a game plan going forward.
Thank you to our partners:
GTR Resale
Grant Thormeier-Racing
Openroad4wd
Nihon Coating USA
Axiom Supply
Benson Valley Bourbon
Peachy Keen’s Sweet Stand
DrinkLMNT
Samantha Seebold
Peter Reycroft