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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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