Post by chuck on Jul 9, 2021 18:33:53 GMT -6
Welcome to the race from Hell! But first let's talk about the LMP race that took place on Saturday,7/3/21, at Charlie's Garage in Pearl, MS. With half our racers deciding to run Flexi wing car (a lot more on that later👹) we only had one heat of LMP and one heat of the flexi wing cars. Racers filled out our new tech cards and then everyone took their cars to tech and life was so serene (or the calm before the storm some would say).
The LMP got under way with Chuck Hendricks taking a two lap lead over Scott Woolard with Terry Jensen 3rd, Lee Shirley 4th, and Randy Auwarter 5th. Randy was experiencing his own little Hell as he only made 8 laps in the first rotation. The field remained in the same order in round 2 and Randy made it back on track but completed only 20 laps. Chuck was pulling away by round 3 but Scott, Terry, and Lee were battling it out for 2nd-4th. Round 4 wasn't kind to Lee as he lost 14 laps to the leaders and fell out of the hunt for a podium position. Randy got his car problems sorted out by the 6th rotation and was running with the pack. At the finish the standings were the same as they were in every rotation.
LMP Results
1. Chuck Hendricks 358 laps
2. Scott Woolard 344 laps
3. Terry Jensen 332 laps
4. Lee Shirley 315 laps
5. Randy Auwarter 221 laps
We had a short intermission between races as there was birthday cake for everyone since it was Lee Shirley's birthday. The cake was good and the turn marshals for the next race were enjoying life. Little did they know!
The Flexi wing cars were next and it was not pretty! Four cars were replaced with back up cars during the race and the drivers were each dealt a 3 lap penalty plus they had to put their car just past the lap counter to get back into the race. Keith Auwarter was the class of the field as he led from start to finish. Mark Woolard kept it fairly close until he was forced to go to a back up car and eventually a DNF. The rest of the finishers were the survivors! There were no motor failures but the carnage was extensive. Cars bounced off the floor no less than twelve times during the race. It truly was a "Race From Hell", just ask the poor turn marshals as one of them had a car brush by his face and a short time later was hit in the back by a flying car.
Flexi Wing Car Results
1. Keith Auwarter 361 laps
2. Mike Trosper 314 laps
3. Alex Teasley 295 laps
4. Charlie Murray 284 laps
5. Mark Woolard 263 laps DNF
6. Bill Carlin 61 laps DNF
The road course and the oval track will be cleaned and spray glued this Thursday afternoon between 4:00 and 5:00. If you can make it, please come and help clean the tracks.
The NASCAR Modified cars will be racing at 7:00 on the oval Thursday night and we will need racers to help run the lanes before the race. It usually takes 100-200 laps on each lane on the oval. The road course will be fine.
The LMP got under way with Chuck Hendricks taking a two lap lead over Scott Woolard with Terry Jensen 3rd, Lee Shirley 4th, and Randy Auwarter 5th. Randy was experiencing his own little Hell as he only made 8 laps in the first rotation. The field remained in the same order in round 2 and Randy made it back on track but completed only 20 laps. Chuck was pulling away by round 3 but Scott, Terry, and Lee were battling it out for 2nd-4th. Round 4 wasn't kind to Lee as he lost 14 laps to the leaders and fell out of the hunt for a podium position. Randy got his car problems sorted out by the 6th rotation and was running with the pack. At the finish the standings were the same as they were in every rotation.
LMP Results
1. Chuck Hendricks 358 laps
2. Scott Woolard 344 laps
3. Terry Jensen 332 laps
4. Lee Shirley 315 laps
5. Randy Auwarter 221 laps
We had a short intermission between races as there was birthday cake for everyone since it was Lee Shirley's birthday. The cake was good and the turn marshals for the next race were enjoying life. Little did they know!
The Flexi wing cars were next and it was not pretty! Four cars were replaced with back up cars during the race and the drivers were each dealt a 3 lap penalty plus they had to put their car just past the lap counter to get back into the race. Keith Auwarter was the class of the field as he led from start to finish. Mark Woolard kept it fairly close until he was forced to go to a back up car and eventually a DNF. The rest of the finishers were the survivors! There were no motor failures but the carnage was extensive. Cars bounced off the floor no less than twelve times during the race. It truly was a "Race From Hell", just ask the poor turn marshals as one of them had a car brush by his face and a short time later was hit in the back by a flying car.
Flexi Wing Car Results
1. Keith Auwarter 361 laps
2. Mike Trosper 314 laps
3. Alex Teasley 295 laps
4. Charlie Murray 284 laps
5. Mark Woolard 263 laps DNF
6. Bill Carlin 61 laps DNF
The road course and the oval track will be cleaned and spray glued this Thursday afternoon between 4:00 and 5:00. If you can make it, please come and help clean the tracks.
The NASCAR Modified cars will be racing at 7:00 on the oval Thursday night and we will need racers to help run the lanes before the race. It usually takes 100-200 laps on each lane on the oval. The road course will be fine.