June 24, 2006
3rd event at WMMP
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Feature Results: #47 - 18th #57 - 15th
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Crew Remarks: (Fred)
“Patience is not one of my strong virtues. I’m sure you all know how racing has a way of just slapping you into reality. Saturday night started out just fine, practice went well and our spirits were high.
The night started with Chan’s race. He didn’t work to the front and he did as he was instructed. We wanted him to stay cool, stay out of trouble, get seat time, and log it into his mental computer. If you’ve never driven a race car then you have no idea how much of a handful a Super Street is. From the stands the drivers make driving look way easier than it actually is. You may say to yourself I would have done this, swerved here, or gone faster there. That was definitely me until one day Brock said: “Okay Mario, show us what you’ve got!” Needless to say, now that I’ve tried driving I have a lot more respect for the race car driver.
The second show of the night wasn’t a breeze either. Coming off an 8th place finish and being very competitive, we had real high hopes for the late model. BUT there’s that reality word again. Three minor problems and two hidden problems all added up to one very large problem. Well our race team is done crying about it. We know we have a long week and a lot of work ahead of us. It’s a good thing we know what needs to be done. We hope to see you all next Saturday night.
Nice job Pete Potvin. His #41 team is a class ACT group with great family support. I would also like to say good work to the #57 team of David Labrecque. I don’t know what you found but it’s worth keeping. Until next week… three and 0 just say no! Did anybody else find the out-of-car driver introductions for the strictly stocks especially cool? I loved the idea and it was nice to be able to put faces to cars, numbers, and drivers.”
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Chandler's #57 was heavy on the left side weight percentages. Lead had to be redistributed.
Fred rolls under, and with the help of Joe and Chan, they get it "adjusted up."
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Driver # 57’s remarks:
“The #57’s set-up didn’t settle in until about the half way mark and I found myself battling a very tight racecar. Once the set-up settled in the car handled well, and my lap times got increasingly faster. By the time I had cleared the #9 the battle between ourselves put us too far away from the pack to catch up. I’m still getting use to the car. Every time I go out with a field of cars I start to get a better idea of where the snout is. It’s tough being a rookie. All of the season vets know who you are and they aren’t going to give you any respect until you earn it. I’m disappointed with my finish from this weekend, but I ‘m counting down the days left of this week. Saturday should be a completely different story. I can’t wait to start up front now that I have made it through my three weeks in the rear. We’ll see where my points handicap places me for Saturday night’s feature. Until Saturday the team and I are going to work hard on the car and its set-up. I would like to congratulate Jeff Marshal, driver of the #32 for the driving the wheels off that car and winning the feature.”
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Chan moves up to the outside and spots the #2. "DAMN, that was our old car !!"
( Mike Clark's #2 is the current Super Street point's leader ).
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Jourdan makes adjustments while Brock and Fred take readings using the toe plates.
Allyson diligently works on the "statistics."
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Driver # 47’s remarks:
“Well, there’s not much to say about Saturday night’s disappointment. That was the hardest I have ever driven a race car for such a small payoff. I had my hands full with the #47. I had all I could do not to lose it on every part of the tack. As a team we are all to blame for missing the set-up completely. At one point in the night the car was extremely tight. I had to give up the inside a bunch of times because the car just wouldn’t stick. After I pitted and we made an adjustment, I brought the car back onto the track with high hopes of salvaging the night. That just wasn’t going to happen. The amount of air pressure we took out the left rear threw the set-up in the exact opposite direction. The next thing I knew I was dealing with a very loose race car. Oh well! This week we are going to work really hard on the #47. We may even need to practice it so we can get it competitive for Saturday night’s 100 lapper.”
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Brock checks the toe (again) after the heat race.
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Fred offering Bobby $50 to jump the pit fence.
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John Remick staps his son Oren into their
#21 Late Model for the feature event.
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Congratulations to Rod Knudson on his back-to-back feature wins.
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