08/02/2026
Brantley’s first non-wing race in his ‘new to him’ Pmp Chassis was an overall success that almost didn’t happen.
After recent tragedy in Oklahoma involving a fire and a driver who couldn’t egress, we decided to change the seat for Brantley to give him more space around his Head and neck restraint. I also swapped both axles, belts, chain, etc. We got it all done just in time to leave and realized the pedals now needed to be adjusted. Due to this, we missed hot laps and started last in the heat. He went 5to 3 in the heat, should’ve had 2nd but scrubbed the wall. Barely kept 3rd with a close finish…said he was way too tight.
Feature he was starting P3 after a brief rain shower. I didn’t change anything expecting a slicker track. The track was rough and had a lot of character but stayed sticky…making us way too tight. We got run into the wall in the middle of the back straightaway around lap 5-6, which bent the ladder straps. He fought the car the whole race falling to 6th before making a last second pass for 5th at the line.
The lack of adjustable shocks really shows when you have to drift through rumble strips on both ends of the track. Regardless, he had the 2nd fastest lap of the night, narrowly missing quick time by a few hundredths. The restrictors are all really evenly matched this year with only .2 seconds between 1st and 7th as far as lap times. The kids kept them all pointing straight and ran green to checkers again.
Good racing and everyone drove their butts off!
Brantley Queeney