10/28/2026
Raced GVAT last Saturday.
Just about made hot laps! Found out the car was leaking oil from the cap. It wouldn’t thread. Duct taped the 💩out of it and raced my heat.
The car was decent - I was slated 8th in the 20 car feature. A gear change and I would have been fast. Unfortunately that didn’t get to come to fruition because the oil was still coming out. Blowing the motor wasn’t what we wanted to do. Our night was over and we packed it up and headed home.
As the season nears the end I’m looking forward to the 2027 racing season. We will go into it with some knowledge, have track experience and more friends around as they too will be running micro sprints.
I learned, gave it my all, I had some highs and had some lows but most importantly I had fun and made some memories.
Not bad for the kid who never practiced a day in his life before jumping into my first race.
Thank you to all the people and businesses that make this season possible.
A special thank you to the Hazelwood Family for believing in me and this opportunity. Your kindness is amazing and I’ll be forever grateful. 💙🏁
mrballen
Hazelwood Racing
Hazelwood Excavating Inc.
Southington Glass Company
Kamtech Solar
Better Built Basements LLC
Overhead Door Company of Waterbury
Bertrand Motorsports
American Overhead Doors- Connecticut.
Seals-it