08/11/2026
8/8/26 Race recap.
Well. It was a heck of a day. The heat and humidity were awful, but a careless mistake by another driver made the day even worse. The weekend was already tough, as we knew it was Annabelle’s last race (we move her into High Point University next weekend), but the second practice proved to be catastrophic for Ava in the 04.
As Ava was coming off the track after the second practice had concluded, she was rear ended by an inexperienced driver who was running full race speed (who neither the driver nor spotter were paying attention to the officials or the flags), essentially destroying her (brand new) car and ending her day before it really even started. Ava is ok (other than a sore neck and back) but her car is going to need some TLC to get it ready for the next race. Nobody from the team who caused the wreck came to check on her, offer an apology, or a extend hand in helping to get the car back on track. Not a good look, and not how we roll, but i guess that’s part of racing.
In the 28, Annabelle battled motor gremlins again for the first practice, missed the second practice and qualified horribly. Since Ava’s car was out of commission, we dove in head first in diagnosing Annabelle’s car in the time between the abysmal qualifying (p9) and the race, and we figured out there was an issue with the wiring harness, so we got that rectified just before time to start the race (thank you to Trayc Walker Scott for all of your help). Annabelle started inside row 5, and by the end of the first lap, she had already gained 4 spots. Through the next ten or so laps, Annabelle drove her best race to date, logged her fastest lap ever (20.3), and ultimately finished out her final race in P3, with her fifth consecutive podium of the season.
After we recover from moving Annabelle in to college, we will focus our efforts on getting Ava’s car back together and ready for August 29th! Hopefully her luck will improve from this point forward!
Congrats to Tuggie Case on his second win of the season!!!
Thank you to everyone who came out to support the girls, and Alas always, thank you to our incredible partners!
ShenCo Custom Diecast and Designs
Carson Hocevar
Matt DiBenedetto Racing
Ryan Vargas
Black Tip Construction
Tidewater Block
Also, thank you to John Bechtel Photography and Amanda Gerdes Photography for the awesome photos!