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6/4/11
We were back at it again on Friday night at Deming Speedway. It has been a rough
couple weeks for
Cory and the Full Throttle Racing team. It seems we can never avoid the wreck in
front of us.
Cory
took hard rides both of the two previous weeks but was looking forward to getting
back in action.
It was a beautiful day Friday and probably the warmest day so far this year with
temps in the low 70's.
The track was pretty good in hot laps and Cory was fast, fifth quick on the board.
As we got
into time trials the track went away quickly and I totally missed the set up so we
were behind the eight
ball most of the evening.
Cory started fifth in his heat and I wasn't a whole lot
closer on the set up so
he finished fifth as well. I went to work on the car, I told Cory I made every
adjustment I knew to the
car plus one. We started 20th in the A-Main and from the drop of the green Cory
was on the gas, the
car looked really good and he could drive it anywhere, he passed four cars by lap
six and then the wreck
happened and yet again it was right in front of him.
Two cars went into the high
side fence and two
cars wrecked against the inside wall. Cory headed for the hole between then and I
thought he made it
through when one of the cars on the outside came back across the track and hit his
right rear. That
spun the car around and knocked the chain off. The chain was bound up in the
suspension so we had
them to tow it in to the pits. We worked and worked to get it back on but they threw
the green again with
us sitting in the pits.
Nobody gave up and sure enough, another red as two cars
flipped coming out of
turn two. Now we had him ready to go, started in the back but at least we were
still racing. I could tell
the car wasn't quite as good as before but he got everything he could out of it.
Cory was able to move
up to 12th for the night.
As I was washing the car Saturday morning I noticed the
right front side of
the front axle was bent back probably 3/4 of an inch which would have made it pretty
interesting to
drive. All in all it was a good night, one of these days it's all going to come
together for him.
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4/22/2011
After what seems like 6 months of rain we finally got a decent night to go racing
last Friday. Opening night was the first time out with the new Engler fuel injection system and we spent most
of the night chasing the fuel set up. It was more of a test but Cory made the A-Main only to have a car flip
on lap two directly in front of him. Nowhere to go and cars on his outside we got caught and broke the
front axle.
Week 2 rained out so last Friday was welcome relief. Cory timed in 15th out of 29 cars with a best lap of 10.629 at an average speed of 67.7 MPH. That put him on point for his heat race. He was kind of nervous before the start of the race, he had the two time and defending Open 600 class
Champion and last years 600 Restricted Class champion in his heat. Cory perfectly anticipated the green
flag and flew down the front stretch into turn one, he beat the field and checked out leading every lap and
winning his first heat race in the Open 600 class.
Huge confidence boost for Cory.
We lined up eleventh for the Main, just wanted to run all the laps. Got a decent start and was good through one and two but going into turn three it got ugly. There was a mass of metal in the way as five cars got tangled up, Cory turned low and gassed it to go low and avoid the pile but got hit
from behind and was in the carnage. Stripped out the steering and we watched the rest of the main. Car ran
good and handled good as well, try again next week. |
9 /24, 25/ 2010
As we moved into the final weekend of the season we decided to make a change. Our
season was filled with
mechanical issues and what could have been so we decided to take the restrictors out
and let Cory go have
some fun. We thought at the very least we would let him get a jump on next year and
get some valuable
experience in the Open 600.
As we were loading the car getting ready to leave Cory
told me his goal was
to make the A-main. I thought he had reasonable goal but I also thought it would be
tough given the
level of competition in that class and his first time at Deming without restrictors.
I've got to tell you the kid never ceases to amaze me, he qualified fourteenth with
a 10.929 second lap,
finished third in his heat and transferred straight to the A-Main. Goal
accomplished, nothing to it right.
So now I'm really nervous, we started Cory in the back of the Main as several of the
guys were racing for
season points and we didn't want to mess that up for anyone. Cory did a great job
in the main, kept the
car under him and held his own during the entire race. We finished fifteenth but
the night was a total
success.
Saturday night was Championship night so there weren't any heat races, so we were in
the B-Main to make
a run for the Main event. Cory finished second in the B-Main and once again
transferred to the A-Main.
We lined up eighteenth for the start of the A-Main and once things got sorted out
Cory was looking good
holding his own. We had a red flag on lap twenty so I had a chance to go out and
talk about the car.
I wasn't even to the car yet and Cory was asking to have the car tightened up. I
adjusted the tire pressure,
put a round across the front end and moved the wing back. Told him had just had ten
to go and he was
looking good, he said, "this is so much fun". Lucky kid.
The adjustments worked and he really looked good over the last ten laps, made a
couple good passes and was
moving forward. Finished fourteenth but what an awesome weekend. I told Cathy on
the way home, I don't
understand how we struggled all year to finish a restricted A-Main but come out in
the Open class and race
every lap two nights in a row. We really needed that.
One of the most impressive things about the weekend were all the positive comments
from other racers, track
officials and fans to Cory about how good he looked in the car.
The two time
champion of the Open 600
Class came up to Cory Saturday night and told Cory how impressed he was and how good
he looked in the car.
Here are a couple of comments other drivers posted on Cory's facebook wall.
***Kelly Mauck wrote:
"Cory - You did a fantastic job in the Open Class! I'm willing to say that I think
you did better than anyone I
have ever seen step up on their first night and then followed it up with a great
second night! Can't wait to
race with you a full season next year. Nice job Buddy, pat yourself on the back and
remember to thank your
Mom and Dad for all they do for you."
***Justin Youngquist wrote:
Top of Form
"u looked reeeaaaaalllllllly good last night!!!!!"
Bottom of Form
You get the idea, we had a great weekend. Cory got out of the car Friday and said,
"We should have done
this a long time ago. Now I need a motor like all the other guys in the class." |
9/10/10
I haven't written one of these for a while, it's not that we weren't racing it's
because I've been totally
frustrated with our racing.
We haven't had a year like this since we've been
racing, one mechanical
gremlin after another. It seems like we would just get through one and a new one
would pop up. First it
was a fuel pump going out while leading the Main, next it was a chain coming apart
while running third.
The latest has been an ongoing brake issue that would have the brake rotor red hot
in about five laps to
the point we would have the officials black flag Cory before the brakes would start
a fire.
This week I was confident the gremlins were behind us. Every brake component had
been replaced, I put
a new rear axle in the car with pain staking detail and precise measurements.
There would be no more
gremlins. Cory qualified eighth quick on Friday night so we were hoping for an
eight on the dice roll for
the invert. They rolled a four so we would be starting eight in the Main. Cory
said the car was just a
little tight on exit during qualifying so I made the necessary adjustments for his
heat race.
We lined up outside front row for the heat and Cory was on the gas at the drop of
the green flag. With
a great start Cory won the drag race down the front stretch and took the bottom
going into turn one.
After the heat race Cory told me he didn't lift the throttle the entire race, the
car was that good. We
won the heat race by six car links and were pulling away.
The track was very tacky
and locked down, not a
lot of passing going on. I made what I thought were enough changes to tighten the
car up for the Main
without going too far and making it tight.
Cory got a great start in the Main and made it three wide coming off turn two,
passed three cars by the
he got to turn three then the caution came out for a spin behind him so the great
start wasn't going to
count. On the restart Cory held his own but not as good as the first one. Still
moving forward, got a
sixth place finish on a track that was very difficult to pass on.
Everything worked
fine and we rolled the
car on the trailer. Very excited to get back next week as we put our other motor in
the car over the
weekend.
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We pulled up the road to Lebanon, OR for another night with the Northwest Speed Week
series but unfortunately it rained out. We were really tired after this but had a ton of fun. Probably do it
again, just not this week.
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We got home and in bed from Deming about 12:30 a.m., got back up about 6:00 a.m. toget the car clean and loaded back up for the drive to Cottage Grove, OR. We rolled into the track about 1:15 p.m. and we worked on the car until it was time to go in the pits.
This was Cory's first time in the car without the restrictors and on a
quarter mile track. The track was big, wide and fast for the 600's but he was driving it hard into the corners.
The whole idea about racing at Cottage Grove was to get Cory some experience withoutrestrictors and at a bigger track. He was holding his own in the main, we had been fighting a throttle return problem that wasn't letting the throttle completely close. When the caution flew late in the main and a large pack
of cars slowed down the back stretch Cory's car wouldn't slow fast enough with the throttle problem. He got the car around the pack but the right rear caught one of the tire barriers around the track. The car bounced off and he found himself laying on his left side staring at the ground.
6/14/2010
We were still in Cottage Grove for a race Monday night as part of the
Northwest
Speed Week series as they traveled
north for Dirt Cup. Cory did much better his second night at the bigger
track.
Qualified sixth and started on the
pole of his heat finishing second. Cory lined up eighth in the Main and
they fully
inverted the heat race finishes.
Again Cory held his own in the Main, made a couple passes and finished
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We embarked on a very hectic week that we called a vacation on Friday June 11, 2010,
heading to Deming Speedway for our weekly series. Cory qualified fourth of the seventeen cars that
timed in for the night. Cory lined up in the third spot in his heat race, after a decent start he went to work on
the second place car. It took until lap four to get around but he made a nice pass and wound up second in the
heat.
The dice roll came up a six so we were to line up third in the Main, when we rolled
off Cory shifted to third gear and the master link of the chain came apart. Are you kidding me, man the kid just
needs some luck.
We got him back in the pits and had about eight guys there working on it. We were still
working when they threw the green flag but just what we needed happened when there was a pile up in turn one and the
caution came out. We got him out in time for the restart but we were starting seventeenth now. When they threw
the green again Cory was flying he was passing cars high and low, by lap eleven he was up to seventh.
On lap fourteen, the fifth and sixth place cars tangled in turn two. Cory had been closing so he was real close, the evasive
action almost worked as he turned it hard right to avoid and hard left to get it to come back. He spun it with the
hopes of getting it to spin all the way around, it was close but it nosed up against the wall. No harm done but we were
out, it was probably the best I've seen him drive that car, it was a lot of fun to watch.
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We finally beat Mother Nature and got in a night of racing, twenty cars signed in
for the night in Cory's class. We pulled a high pill number so we went out late to qualify. In hot laps we went in the first group and Cory was in the middle of several rookies so he never really got a full run going. When he came in he was telling me something just wasn't right with the motor. Since I didn't really get a chance to hear it I was making adjustments for a track that was changing quickly.
Cory timed in seventh of the twenty cars that qualified
so we needed a dice roll, the dice roll was a six so we just missed the inversion. Cory started his heat race outside front row and he got a great start and led the field into turn one, the car was working great and he was motoring.
On lap five as he was going through turns one and two I heard the motor flubber for lack of a better word, kind of what Cory said it was doing in hot laps. This continued and soon the field was catching up, Cory got passed by
the quick time car on the last lap but held on for second.
During the heat races one of the top six cars failed to
transfer through the heat so that made us the sixth fastest car that did transfer putting Cory on the pole for the A-Main. Now the pressure was on me to get the motor running. We adjusted the fuel pressure, changed plugs and coils hoping we found the sitting in the pits running the motor everything sounded great.
Cory got a great start to the main and led the pack into turn one, everything
sounded great and the car was really good. Cory was hitting his marks and was flying, then on lap six I heard a sound that made me sick. The flubber was back, the track went yellow on lap eight and we were still leading but I knew it wasn't going to last. When we went back green the car took back off but it wasn't long and it was progressively getting slower. Cory finally had to pull in and accept our fate. We've checked or replaced everything associated with fuel delivery so we'll see how
it goes this Friday.
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5/14/10
We had a pretty good night for racing, no chance of rain which hadn't happened much
this year. The car was great in hot laps but I missed the set up a bit in qualifying, had it way
too loose. Cory was still able to qualify eight quick out of the seventeen cars that qualified. I made every
adjustment that I knew to tighten it up for the heat race so we hoped they all worked. Cory lined up
outside front row and got a great start at the drop of the green, he took the lead going into turn one and
checked out. We won the heat and his fast lap of 11:360 was almost as fast as the quick time in time
trials of 11:357.
We lined up seventh for the A-main, Cory was patient at the start then started to
move forward. By lap ten he was up to fifth and was closing in on fourth place, the leaders were all
closing in on lap cars one spun coming out of turn four. Cory went low and almost cleared him but caught it
with the right rear. We had a flat right rear tire and a bent watts link, done for the night.
Disappointed but not discouraged.
I told Cory I would rather have you crash out going for fourth than have you finish
thirteenth.
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After two consecutive rain outs we thought we were in the clear,
Friday morning was beautiful with sunshine and temperatures in the
mid sixties, we were going racing. As we got closer to the speedway
the clouds rolled in and soon it started raining. We stood in the back
of the trailer and watched it thunder, lightning and rain for about
90 minutes before the sun came back out. Things looked pretty bleak but
Paul the track owner wasn't about to give up.
After some infield work with his backhoe we were pushing cars in the
pits.
With the late start we didn't get to qualify so the heat races
were lined up by pill draw. Cory lined up outside row two, the front
row couldn't get it right when they came to the green so the yellow came
back out and we would try it again. At Deming if you are on the front
row you get one chance to start the race, if you don't you get moved
back a row. This was good for us as we were now on the front row. When
they went green Cory slid into second, as I was watching the car I
could tell it wasn't handling very well. The track was very heavy and
still a little greasy, Cory finished second in the heat but I had some
work to do before the main.
We made the adjustments that we
thought it needed for the main, Cory lined up sixth for the start.
The start was good and we were racing, in turns three and four there was
a puddle down low, if you hit it the water would get up under your
tires and you would go skating up the track. Cory got down there twice
and about made my heart stop, he caught it both times but I didn't need
that. The red flag came out on lap 8 when the 8R car got in the
turn four fence and tipped over. When I got to the car Cory said it was
really
good, I asked why the car was getting loose in turn four, he said he
was getting in the muck at the bottom. I
told him to enter the turn a
little higher to which he told me he had it figured out. When we got
back green he
did have it figured out and started to move forward.
In the end he drove from 6th to a solid 3rd place finish.
When he
got out he said the car was perfect and he was having a blast out there.
I think if we would have
gotten a late race caution he would have
had a good shot at the win, all in all a great night |
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Race #4
Qualifying - Cory qualified 5th out of 19 cars. Heat
race #3 Cory started 3rd and finished 3rd..... RAIN...AGAIN...!!!
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As we made our way back to Deming Speedway Friday night even the temperature was
better. Cory beat himself up most of the week over the previous weeks results and was determined to be better
this week. Cory timed in third quick with a time of 11.45 at 62.83 MPH, the dice roll was a four so if we transferred
though our heat we would start the A-Main on the outside front row. Cory lined up fourth in his heat but the front row didn't get it right on the start. At Deming you only get one chance so rows one and two swap, we were now outside front row. As they took the green Cory got a great start and drove off into turn one, he got there first and drove off. In clean air he drove a perfect heat race and won by three carlengths.
In the heat race Cory had a fast lap of 11.351 which was faster than the number one qualifying speed,
pretty good in a heat race.
In the A-Main Cory lined up outside of the N8 of Nate Vaughn, we got a decent start
but dropped into second. Cory would remain there until lap 8 when we were passed for second coming off turn
two by Jacob Brown. We then had a yellow and on the double file restart they put a lap car right in front of
Cory, I went screaming to the officials but didn't have any luck. That's just how we do it was the response. Cory
lost a position before he could get by the lapper but did a good job only losing one position. The top four
cars were running real close and very quickly were catching the back of the pack. They all caught two lap cars going
into turn three when the lap cars tangled and spun. Cory had a car under him so he couldn't dive to the
bottom, he had nowhere to go and had to spin the car to avoid hitting them head on. We still made contact and as a
result we stripped out the right rear torsion arm. Done for the night but I was real proud of the effort, sometimes
that happens but Cory did a great job and we were as fast as anyone. Compared to the previous week we had a good
night. The car is fixed and ready to go for next Friday. |
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The first race of the 2010 season started on a unseasonably cool evening. Before the
end of the night the top wing was covered in frost and I couldn't feel my toes until we were half way home.
Cory started the night on a high note setting quick time in a field of 20 cars with
a fast lap of 11.327 at 63.56 MPH.
In the first heat Cory lined up fourth, after the 96 car spun in turn one of the
initial start we lined up third for the restart. As they took the green and headed into turn one Cory was on the inside of
the 8r, Cory was beside Rachel but with very little racing room and got pinched into the wall bending the front
axle and bending the left front wheel.
We would line up on the pole for the B Main but our night didn't get any better, as
the temperature continued to drop Cory took the green and headed into turn one, hit the turn one wall in almost the
same spot as the heat race. When we got the car back into the pits Cory said his face shield fogged up and he
couldn't see where he was on the track. The damage was less severe and only bent the front wheel. We chalked it up to first
race excitement and went home.
We'll try it again next week.
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