05/12/2026
May Madness was no joke at Orangeshow Speedway this past Saturday night. It all started off with some of the fastest cars in the Enduro Modified class sandbagging again to get a better start in the field. In our class it is always just a full invert. We were able to stay on top of the charts until our last lap where my teammate out qualified me by 0.114. Congratulations Mike McIntyre. At the start of the race Mike McIntyre sliced a RR in front of me in turn 3. When we got to turn 1 he was spinning out in front of me but wasn’t able to return. Luis Canales, Troy Hageman, and I were having the battle of our lives. Passing back and forth with many cross overs during our race on the Kidney Bean course. With 3 laps left I was suddenly drilled from behind by a beginner. On the next lap I was side by side trying to regain that position when the same beginner held me down low forcing me to hit a tire head on. I was able to make a last minute maneuver around it. The real unfortunate part of the race was a car lost control on the back straightaway and came full throttle across the infield and t-boned the beginner and took us both out. I was able to roll through the finish line for P2 behind Troy Hageman that was able to miss the reck with Luis Canales coming home in P3. The beginner that was t-boned was a DNF not being able to cross the finish line. As for all of the racers involved we are thanking God that no one was seriously injured. Very scary moment After the race, I was reminded again by that beginner that this was a beginner class and that I didn’t belong there and need to move on.
Many thanks go out to my Lord and Savior for keeping us all safe, my wife Kathy, and my crew chief Dan the Man.
Great appreciation go out to all of our partners that keep our cars running like rocket ships.