2025 RACING RESULTS

Steven had his first ride in a Super Late Model at New Smyrna tonight.  It was a practice night, and this was Louis Brashear's new car that was on the track for the first time.  He liked it and was cruising along pretty well.  However, the car had brake and oil pressure issues, so the night was done after one, long session.

2-4-25

Steven and I were at Ocala Speedway for night one of their Winter Games.  We were driving George Sands' Mod Lites.

It got a little weird right from the start...Steven had a hard flip in turn one of the first heat.  This was the first time he had been upside down in his racing career.  I ended up stepping out of the other car thinking he would drive it, but we just took the rest of the night off.

2-5-25

So with one car balled up and stuck in the trailer, we came back for night #2 with the remaining car.  

Steven is learning the track and had a hard-fought heat, but he ended up in a B main.  He won the B main by a straight and transferred to the feature starting 18'th out of 24.

The feature was busy and competitive!  He ran in traffic the whole time and ended up 11'th.

Before the races, I made a trip to the amazing Don Garlits Museum.  What a destination for racers, mechanics and fabricators.

2-7-25

George, Dwayne and Steven headed south to Hendry County Speedway for practice on 2-6 and racing on 2-7.  Hendry was running their biggest event of the year, the Sugar Bowl.

Night 1, Steven finished 3'rd in his heat and transferred into the feature.  That started him 18'th in the feature.  While running in dense race traffic, he was involved in two incidents.  During the second one, someone ran into the front end and broke the steering, so we were done.

2-21-25

Showtime Speedway and the Dave Steele Classic

We met Mike Blake at the track and started the thrash.  The 81 needed a lot of work so we had a long, busy day.  Tonights race was a wingless 100 lapper.  Steven qualified 8'th and worked his way up to 5'th, but the car started to have a strong vibration.  It turns out that several motor mounting bolts had fallen out or loosened up.  There were other driveline issues too, so we had plenty of work the next day too.

Mike Blake stayed at my house this week, so we moved #81 into my shop for maintenance.  I even took the farm boy to the beach!

2-27 through 3-1-25

Citrus County Speedway Dream Fund 50

We left for Citrus Co. on Thursday morning, worked on 81 all afternoon and Steven had two practice sessions at night.

Saturday was another long day of toil.  There are 24 cars here, and some are the very best in our sport.  Steven qualified 10'th, and finished 8'th in a long and wild 50 lapper.  He spent a ton of laps running and passing on the outside.  An exciting race!

I had Sky with me all weekend.  There was another Border Collie at the track named Cricket.  She loved to play ball too, so her and Sky hung out.

Saturday and we were back at the track and back to work on 81.  Steven qualified 9'th, but I finally found a problem with the rear end and fixed it for the heat.  Then made another adjustment for the feature and we were finally really fast.  He made 2 tough passes on the outside and was rollin'!  Then on lap 6, something came apart in the driveline and our weekend was done.

"The Man Cave Brother" Buff Fritz and his son Ben stopped by!

4-5-25

Showtime Speedway

Steven picked up a last-minute ride in Chaz Hambling's #P1.  I was on a cruise and had to miss this race.  Chaz and Steven struggled in the pits all afternoon with several problems, but did finish the feature race.  No, not a good finish, but we can build from here.

4-12-25

Auburndale Speedway

I got to the track with my #85 on Friday afternoon around 2.  The idea was for Steven to practice in the P1 today, but that car didn't arrive until 8.  We worked in a hotel parking lot, but found a broken part from last week.  A frustrating night....

Saturday morning, Chaz and I took the car to Troy Thompson's for an emergency repair.  Troy was great, but we had 3 hours of travel time invested.  We worked like dogs and got to the track around 2.

I took 85 out for two practices.  The motor was flat, but I adjusted on the fuel system and it got much better every time.  I ran the heat race and made a final adjustment before the feature.  Oops, now it would not run, but I got pushed back to the pits, did a very quick fix and joined the field for the start.

After all the work last night and today, I admit that I was exhausted.  My leg fell asleep and I could not catch my breath, so I pulled out after 12 laps or so.  I just don't fit in that car at all...

Steven ran pretty well after all the scrambling.  He finished 6'th and was right with the leaders.

Waffle House and home!

5-31-25

Citrus County Speedway