06/10/2024
Salem Speedway Recap.
Unloaded a rocket Saturday morning after fixing it from the Michigan wreck.
Made one change to the chassis during first practice and made it even better. Sat on top of the board for first practice and felt really good about the speed in the car.
Second practice was just to verify the feel from first practice and get it ready to qualify. Did just that and sat tied at the top of the charts.
Qualifying was again another solid performance but fell just short of the pole to the old car. The top 3 cars broke the original track record set back with the bigger restrictor and different tires. So we felt really good about the car for the race.
After a 12 invert and one car failing to make the line up we started 9th, inside row 5 for the feature. Not ideal to be on the bottom on a restart but we’ll make it work. Rode around for the first few laps as I had no where to go really. Caution flew and that gave me the opportunity to choose and move up to the top side.
Made my way through the field and up to second fairly quickly before caution flew again. On the restart I tried a move to the bottom that didn’t work and cost my some time but recovered quickly to take the lead a lap later.
Lead a good portion of the race, nearly half the laps before going into 3 and a part failed on the right rear and sent me into the outside wall. Felt like light contact and I tried to continue on into one where the part that broke sent me into a spin and ultimately into the wal, ending my day 9 laps short of the checkered flag.
We had an incredible car and unfortunately this seasons bad luck showed its head again. We’ll regroup and reevaluate the situation and go from there to try and make the next one!
In car video to come later.
Thanks to everyone who makes it happen!
HyperCars
Superior Trailer
ChaLew Performance, LLC
MSI Racing Products
Wright Mechanical Services Inc.
Alpine Performance & Offroad
Hawk Performance
LRD Creations
Fluidampr
DJG Motorsports
Jason Waters Tuning
Bradshaw Motorsports
Mishimoto Automotive
Fuelab
Steve Frame
Marc Davis
Debbie Frame
Taylor