Race #2 down. Finished 14th, stayed out of trouble. Played with a new setup in the car, worked better then the past week.. but we just have to refine it again for this coming Saturday. Keeping the nose clean, and steering clear of the accidents is a "Win" in my book for Riverhead Raceway. Cars go home destroyed, and that's something that I don't ever want to encounter...

We missed missed a bunch of spinning cars in the feature. 20 laps, started 19th out of the 20 cars. Finished 14th just trying to gain valuable seat time. Starting in the rear each week as a rookie hasn't helped me much with dealing with traffic and having a complete side-by-side race with anyone. After next weekends event, I will have the oppourtunity to start up front (or wherever I pick out of the hat) and work my way forward. It should make for an interesting season. Yesterday with 1 caution flag for a lone spin, was pretty good for our division especially after last weekends mess.

Well it's Mother's Day. So Happy Mother's Day Mom. Thanks for all the help, and we all love you!

That's all for now, not much to talk about... Lets keep it clean and have fun this season!! See ya at the track!

- Bryan
 

No update until today. Been pretty busy working on the car getting in shape to go racing. We practiced Saturday afternoon at the track to try a new setup, which seemed to work a bit better... The weather didn't look like it was going to be good for Sunday, so it was going to be a test and tune... But after it all, we raced today, and the weather couldn't have been better. We had about a 35 minute "HOT" practice, got a few rounds out there before it was all over. The car felt pretty good, and only minor adjustments had to be made. We picked #5 out of the can, starting us first of all the rookies in the heat race #1... Started us 8th on the outside, race went smooth finished 8th after loosing a spot early, and then gaining it back at the end. This finish started us 16th in the feature...

Well... The feature was interesting. Started 16th, ended up 8th after a wreck on I believe lap 9. Got going again and then was dumped by a certain someone and was forced to start at the rear of the field for bringing the caution out. To sum the race up, it was out of control... I finished 11th after it all. I believe there were 5-6 cautions, and the race took about 45 minutes. After it all, I NEEDED a drink... of Gatorade! That's all for now, going to rest up... Lots of work to do this week to get back in shape for next Saturday's feature event. See ya there!

- Bryan
 

Practice yesterday went well for the team. I was able to shake the car down and somewhat get used to driving it. We noticed after spinning in the first round, and being extremely loose in the second that the rear end breather was blowing rear end fluid all over the right rear tire. So we got that problem fixed, knocked some tenths off our times... But after the third time on the track, I decided to let Howie Brode take the car out and let him shake it down to see if he sees or feels anything that I didn't. He noticed that the clutch was slipping worse then it was earlier in the day, making it very hard to put the car in gear, and to the get car rolling along. As a team we decided to park the car for the rest of the day, which meant only missing the last and final practice for the division of the day... So that leaves us with changing the discs in the clutch during the week to get the car ready for the track again next weekend, not such a big problem. Next week we'll try a new set of tires out, and play with some more adjustments to hopefully get the handling squared away... For now, that's enough. See ya'll at the track

- Bryan