05/10/2026
For those that don't know what the racing community is like these pictures mean nothing. For those that do, these pictures mean everything. Last night was our first race of the season at Butler Motor Speedway. We felt like we had done a good job preparing for Saturday throughout the week. Making final preparations, doing a final organization of the trailer, firing the car etc. But as they say, "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." When we tried to fire the car up Saturday to head to the track as part of our normal load procedure, it wouldn't start. A couple phone calls were made, a trip to the parts store and yet nothing. Jon Hadley said, "get it loaded and get to the track, we will figure it out." When we arrived at the track it so many people immediately came over and we started working on it. Jason Furqueron, Jon Hadley, The Rons, our pit neighbors who I had never met before all gave up their valuable time to try to help us. We changed the toggle switch, the pick up module in the distributor, and the starter rely. Still nothing. Finally, Matthew Leland said he was going to try to send his dad back to their shop to get a whole distributor. They got it all installed and immediately the car fired up! So these two pictures are Brody getting strapped in just in time to get in line for the heat race and then him in the line up shoot. I was ready to call it a day. I figured it just wasn't our day and we needed to regroup and try again. These people all never quit and as a result Brody got to race and did well! He finished 12th place and was awarded hard charger for the night.
These are memories that I will never forget. I am wiping tears from my eyes as I write this post. I have never witnessed such generosity as I experienced last night. Thank you to each and everyone of you that helped, tried to help, or even offered words of encouragement. Our little team could never be where we are without the generosity of others.
We also need to thank our sponsors for their generosity. We wouldn't even be at the track if it wasn't for them
Thank you:
Dynamic Industrial Supply
Peak Manufacturing Inc
Watson Diesel Service Co.
Advantage Driveline
FR Graphics