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From the Pits
In his 7th start ever in the Parker Farms/Mondello Tech Center /LaHorgue
Race Car Late Model stock car, Victor Pfluger scored his first win in the season closer at
I-10 Speedway in Blythe Ca. Victor is coming off a great start to the Speed Truck season
at Orange Show Speedway and a 2nd place finish in his LaHorgue built Late Model at that
venue. We would like to thank Lucas Oil, Mr. Scheidecker, and his staff for giving us a
great venue to race at.
Fate is a funny thing. Victor has had a couple of people involved in his racing career
that have had an important impact. Two of the best are named Chuck. “We will never
know why Chuck LaHorgue and Kyle Cattanach decided to take us under their wing last season
but it sure has had an impact on my career”, said Victor. “My dad works all week
to try to give me a great car to take to the track, but it is Chuck that is giving us the
setups. At the track after each run in the Late Model you will see either my dad or I on
the phone with Chuck getting his expertise on how to change the car. I like it better on
Speed Truck weekends when he is right there, but there have to be compromises.”
 We sincerely hope we can keep Mr. LaHorgue interested in coaching our team for a long time
to come. Chuck Esterline has been building my Karting motors and was the one that kept us
racing on those days when things didn’t go so well. Mr.Esterline along with Daryl
Patullo built our motor package for our late model. In the end the driver still has to get
up on the wheel keep his concentration, run his line and not over drive his piece. Victor
has the ability to get in that groove and just keep going.
We will have to park the Late Model for now as we are running dangerously low on race
funds. We will have to conserve what we have in order to finish the truck season. “I
really hate to do this”, said Victor. “Running the Late Model teaches me a lot.
It is more seat time, which I need and I would have liked to take a run at the Rookie
championship at Orange Show this year.”
We still have dreams of heading to Wisconsin in August to run with the ASA Late Model
division up there in preparation for next year, but even that dream is fading fast with
the lack of funding. We will continue to garner new sponsorships with companies looking
for an excellent advertising opportunity. For now we have a hard time not smiling. A race
win does that to you.
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