05/27/2026
Hello Tater Tot's!! Sorry for the delayed post from this past weekend but let's ketchup with what happened. It was race weekend #2 at the Midwest Lightning .25 Midget Series Regionals at CCQMA in Taylorville IL. We had a rough Saturday as in our World Formula race we broke our steering rod at the start of the race and couldn't get it fixed in time so no lap's were recorded for us in it. In 160 with not knowing any baseline from the World race we just ran with a conservative setup and managed to keep from finishing last. So with the features on Sunday we had the World dialed in. Starting last we knew we had a challenge ahead of us but we accepted. So after a few laps we started dicing our way thru the field and man was this one hot potato. About halfway thru the race we had ourselves in the 2nd spot and could see we were slowly gaining ground on the 1st place car. Then we come out of turn 2 and get into the loose marbles and bam we bounce the front end off the wall and bend the same steering rod we just replaced. Thru the rest of the race it was a job just fighting to keep the car from spinning out and finished in last place.(6th) So with that in mind we changed the gearing in the 160 and while it wasn't quite the rocket that the World was, it definitely was an improvement over Saturday and brought it home in 4th.
While we didn't have the best of weekends performance wise it was still awesome hanging out with everyone and just also relaxing as with it being a 2 day event you aren't rushing all the time.
Now its back to the home track for dirt points race #3. So if you are not doing anything come on out and see your favorite potato in action along with all of the awesome drivers at THQMA.
Tater Out!!
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