LES Results 8/23:

The #51 Late Model was on fire tonight......literally. The day started off pretty good as we found the root cause of our lack of power the last few weeks. The fuel filter was all clogged up and not allowing enough fuel to the carb. Dave went out in the first practice and the car felt pretty good, so we parked the car until the feature (since there was no heats tonight). Dave started 5th in the feature tonight and the car seemed pretty good right at the start of the race as he moved into 4th early in the race. Well good old Murphy and his law were in effect again as the power valve in the carb failed on about lap 5 of the feature. This caused fuel to keep flowing when Dave would lift putting it in the exhaust, and flooding the engine causing a severe bog coming off the corner. Dave held on to it and finished the 40-lap feature in 6th even with the car appearing to be on fire. After the feature the outside of the car did start on fire and had to be put out by the safety crew, and pushed back into the pits. It was once again another disappointing finish to our night, but we will be back on Friday to give it another shot.