Race Recap: Fan Appreciation Night: Struggles

Race Recap!

First of all, huge thanks to Mike Graham at Perfection Automotive for being around for us when we made a last minute decision to run this weekend.

Thursday we looked over everything and got things ready for testing some oil pressure gauges and found the new stepper gauge is faulty, or maybe the sender. We’ll look into it deeper the next few weeks we have off.

Made it to the track and was very hopeful the track would stay heavy as it was in hot laps; however, it did not. Made some changes and just couldn’t get it right and sucked big time in the main. Huge apology to Chaz Wilder for getting into him off 4 and damaging the RR quarter panel. Completely messed up and just couldn’t get my head right after.

We love running against all the guys that were there and even though we didn’t take anyone out, getting into his panel was just dumb. Went back and watched our replay and confirmed I just flat out sucked.

As we can’t get to the track for a month or so, we plan to go through everything and try some different things to get this thing going back in the right direction.

Had fun during the fan appreciation period of the night, and we have some glorious ideas for the next one. Shoutout to Alanna Day-Wood for making those goodie bags on the fly. 😀

End of Season for Young Motorsports

Our first race season is officially in the books! Congratulations to Ryan Bleich on his Championship, very well earned and deserved. To say we had fun this season is a massive understatement. We ended our season 2nd overall in points with 3 Fast Qualifiers, 1 Heat win, 10 top 5s and 11 top 10s in 11 starts. These last 6 months have been the experience of a lifetime for me and achieved my lifelong goal of racing at 5 Flags Speedway. This has been an immense learning experience from Day 1 when the build process began. I feel like I’ve grown so much not only on the track but off the track as well as the season has progressed and ended. We’ve had a lot of ups and downs and I’ve made plenty of mistakes that I’ve learned from throughout this season. I’m looking forward to our Crown Stock Snowball Derby and excited for what next season holds at 5 Flags Speedway and Mobile International Speedway

I owe a huge amount of thanks to Caitlin Bray and Gene for all of their support, motivation, and allowing me to chase my dreams. None of this would be possible without you. I love you guys!

There have been countless people that have supported us throughout the season in one way or another. A sincere thank you to all of you:

Dad, Mamaw, Pops, Mom, Ria, Zachary Wood, Freddie Wood , Gordie Grellia, Greg Smith, Trent Smith, Reece, Lynette, David and Melody Tau, Sote, Connor, Steve Campbell, Bill, Leon Salter, Ralph Story, Cameron Adams, Bo Hancock, Doug Thorpe, Daniel Lofton, Okie, Chad Peterson, David Day, Rob Larkin, Joe Ahlin, Alanna Day-Wood, Kady Anne, William Peterson, Ryan Bleich

Special Thank You to all of my Sponsors:

Greg Smith’s Auto Air and Repair

David Tau Automotive

Taylor Linen Service

3unit.ca

Photo Credits:

DanielVining.com

Eddie Richie

Reid Scott

Debbie Bleich