Sept. 12, 2015 – Saturday Night Races – Double Features – Race #1 – 3rd, Race #2 – 8th

Sept. 12, 2015 – Saturday Night Races – Double Features – Race #1 – 3rd, Race #2 – 8th

Heats:None – Lineup Based On Handicapping the top 12 in Points

Feature 1 of 2: Started 4th (of 27 cars), Finished 3rd(Finishing Order: 7, 47ct, 51, 27, 88, 06, 72, 44, 13, 78, 98, 04, 15, 17, 85, 38, 43, 51ct, 25, 68, 71, 2, 49, 01, 47, 66, 6)

Feature 2 of 2: Started 4th (of 26 cars), Finished 8th (Finishing Order: 13, 88, 06, 27, 38, 68, 47ct, 51, 44, 25, 72, 17, 43, 85, 47, 7, 98, 15, 51ct, 66, 04, 71, 2, 78, 49)

Comments:Partly cloudy today but more of a concern is threat for rain in the early evening. Practice rounds were pretty good – car was close to being “back” after last week’s wreck and right front suspension damage. With the Tri-Track modifieds and NEMA cars running today, there’s a ton of rubber on the inside groove and there is very little put down on the outside groove. That’s going to make starting on the outside row and passing on the outside more of a challenge than normal. Starting lineup is as follows:

7 – 47ct
44 – 51
27 – 06
72 – 78
88 – 13
98 – 15
17 – 04
85 – 2
93 – 47
49 – 51ct
25 – 01
38 – 68
71ny – 66
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Feature #1 race was a challenge. First caution came with 18 laps to go and Rob restarted 3rd. About 5 laps later, 44 was dumping water and Rob restarted 3rd again. On the restart the 7 who was the leader didn’t get a good start (we thought he got jacked up a little by Rob and the car behind him, but the in-car video showed that was not the case) and that gave the lead to the 47 who never looked back. The car was inconsistent – snug early then free on entry later. That’s not what we want so we’ll adjust the chassis a little.

9:23pm Feature #2: Rob started 4th. The race was a challenge early as the outside row went backwards and Rob was back to 8th before he could make any headway. With a caution with 26 laps to go Rob restarted 6th. On lap 7 coming down the front chute, the 78 of Monahan must have thought he was clear and he came across Rob’s nose to make contact with the front chute wall and that collected Rob who had to pit with damage. We changed the right front tire and adjusted toe as best we could before we had to get back out on the lead lap to resume the race restarting 20th with 23 laps to go. There was a quick caution not one lap later and there was trouble in turn 3/4 and Rob into another car and had the spare right tire go down and so we had to change the right front again! There was a quick rain delay forcing the cars to pit but we couldn’t work on the cars until the red flag went back to yellow. We tweaked the right front tire toe again. With 11 laps to go Rob restarted 13th. There was some really crazy moves with drivers hitting each other under caution mid-pack. With 7 laps to go Rob restarted 8th. The final caution came with 4 laps to go and Rob restarted 8th, but then there was a red/checker due to the rain so the race ended there. Here’s in-car video of the wreck with the 78 of Monahan:

Here’s Sid’s View of both races: