06/22/2026
We busted out the camping gear and did it old school, slept in a tent in the parking lot Friday night after practice. Race Gods were appeased but we needed a little more. Saturday we had Club Race 3 at SoCal QMA. There was a driver that didn't make it so Johnny had the opportunity to jump into Sal Rose's SrAnimal Afco. He tried it out Friday night and the car looked great. Super smooth and he was pretty fast. Raceday came and he was the fastest car on the track. He had to go to the back early for finishing off a spinner. Well, he came through like a hot knife through butter. Ran right back up to the leader. Stalked the leader for about 5 laps then started to work the pass at the end of the race for the win.......VAPOR LOCK!!!!!! Fell back to finish 4th. Johnny doesn't regularly race SrAnimal anymore. That's his brother's car now, and it was his first time in that car with only one practice session. The boy can sure wheel. I've always wanted to put him someone else stuff, to see how he'd run, and he sure as hell did not disappoint. He is always available to step into someone's car if needed, or if you have a good car and you want to win races........let us know.
We were hoping to get the boys to race together in SrAnimal but Jace's brakes started leaking in the hotshoot before the heat race so we were done for the day with a scratch....no points for the day.
Johnny was also able to finish 2nd in WF and 3rd in The 160. Not a terrible weekend but could have been better.
We want to thank The Irwin Clan for their always appreciated contribution to our cause and thank all the families that donated some of their used tires to help keep us racing. Our budget is NIL, so every little thing we can get helps. We'll be back next month for Club Race 4 on Dad's birthday weekend. See you then.