LES 7/29 and LRP 7/30 Results
LES Results:
On Friday we had another Dodge Weekly Racing 40 Lap Late Model Event. After two straight weeks of caution free racing before the 100-lapper we had another crashfest this week. Dave was able to avoid the majority of the carnage and come out with another 5th place finish. Although we hoped to run better, another 5th place finish isn't bad considering we dropped back to 11th or 12th when the 33b drove into the side of us. Once again the action was up front, for the second week in a row the 33 has spun the leader coming out of 4 on the last lap. This week he would cross the finish line first but get penalized for his actions and the win would go to the 19.
LRP Results:
One big mistake took a night of highs and lows to the ultimate low this Saturday at Lancaster. The day started out on a high as we had our new steel headed Tarnowski motor in this week after borrowing an aluminum head motor the past several weeks. When you run an aluminum head motor the car has to be heavier so we had to take weight out of the car for our new motor this week. We scaled and setup the car Saturday morning oblivious to the error we had made in that process. Dave started his heat on the outside of the front row and beat the #1 in a drag race down the front stretch to take the lead, he then put it in cruise control and drove away from the field taking home the heat win. Dave then started the feature in third. Dave was looking under Tim Mangus early in the race when the 93 either didn't realize Dave was low, or was trying to pinch him off, but either way they made contact while going for the same piece of the racetrack and the 93 spun. Dave was sent to the tail of the field for the contact with the 93. Not long after the restart another caution came out for a wreck in turn 2. Dave made it through with minor bumper damage, and would be put up to second place for the next restart. We were not completely sure why he was put up to second, I thought he should have been 3d or fourth, unless the 77 car was penalized for some part of the wreck. On the next restart Dave began working on Tom McGrath for the lead, Dave took the lead with about 5 laps left and drove away for the apparent victory. In post race tech we found out we were over the limit for left side weight and disqualified. This was the result of an oversight on my part when scaling the car that morning. I'm not sure if it was because the Late Model is 56% left side or just simply the result of the routine of checking the Modified and having 54.8% (rule is 55%) but we accidentally setup the car to the wrong spec and it took away a great win. Having more left side weight is obviously an advantage but we still feel confident we can get that same handling back for the next Mod race. We had a win given to us 2 years ago for another driver being heavy on left side weight and I guess we now know how that can happen and how it feels to have a win taken away. I apologize to all the fans and sponsors for our mistake, we will be back after them in 2 weeks. (Mods are off next week)
On Friday we had another Dodge Weekly Racing 40 Lap Late Model Event. After two straight weeks of caution free racing before the 100-lapper we had another crashfest this week. Dave was able to avoid the majority of the carnage and come out with another 5th place finish. Although we hoped to run better, another 5th place finish isn't bad considering we dropped back to 11th or 12th when the 33b drove into the side of us. Once again the action was up front, for the second week in a row the 33 has spun the leader coming out of 4 on the last lap. This week he would cross the finish line first but get penalized for his actions and the win would go to the 19.
LRP Results:
One big mistake took a night of highs and lows to the ultimate low this Saturday at Lancaster. The day started out on a high as we had our new steel headed Tarnowski motor in this week after borrowing an aluminum head motor the past several weeks. When you run an aluminum head motor the car has to be heavier so we had to take weight out of the car for our new motor this week. We scaled and setup the car Saturday morning oblivious to the error we had made in that process. Dave started his heat on the outside of the front row and beat the #1 in a drag race down the front stretch to take the lead, he then put it in cruise control and drove away from the field taking home the heat win. Dave then started the feature in third. Dave was looking under Tim Mangus early in the race when the 93 either didn't realize Dave was low, or was trying to pinch him off, but either way they made contact while going for the same piece of the racetrack and the 93 spun. Dave was sent to the tail of the field for the contact with the 93. Not long after the restart another caution came out for a wreck in turn 2. Dave made it through with minor bumper damage, and would be put up to second place for the next restart. We were not completely sure why he was put up to second, I thought he should have been 3d or fourth, unless the 77 car was penalized for some part of the wreck. On the next restart Dave began working on Tom McGrath for the lead, Dave took the lead with about 5 laps left and drove away for the apparent victory. In post race tech we found out we were over the limit for left side weight and disqualified. This was the result of an oversight on my part when scaling the car that morning. I'm not sure if it was because the Late Model is 56% left side or just simply the result of the routine of checking the Modified and having 54.8% (rule is 55%) but we accidentally setup the car to the wrong spec and it took away a great win. Having more left side weight is obviously an advantage but we still feel confident we can get that same handling back for the next Mod race. We had a win given to us 2 years ago for another driver being heavy on left side weight and I guess we now know how that can happen and how it feels to have a win taken away. I apologize to all the fans and sponsors for our mistake, we will be back after them in 2 weeks. (Mods are off next week)
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