St. Johns
has come and gone. Victor scored a great 4th place finish, not bad as a follow-up
from a victory here last season. Trying to duplicate a win on a track, especially a
win where you were the youngest driver in history to claim the checkered is a tough
prospect. We did have a good time and enjoyed the cooler temps. Going from the
hectic times at circle track races to the slower pace at a road course was hard to adjust
to. The weather played a big factor. The track conditions changed dramatically thoughout
the day and the race. We missed having Chuck LaHorgue with us and fully understood the
situation, but sure wished he was there. We want to thank the Parker Family and the crew
from Danny’s Chrome shop, Jerry, Jennifer and Marco for making the long drive and
attending the race. Bud Harvey, who builds our transmissions and helps me from time to
time with a variety of projects made the long trip and was with us for the whole weekend.
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We did get a little racing luck this weekend. When we got the truck home we found that the
truck had a puncture in the right rear tire. We will never know if this had an impact on
the handling of the truck later in the race. After the race we were required to take the
truck to tech, normal procedure. It had started sprinkling a little rain the last few
laps, but as we rolled into tech it really cut loose. We therefore didn’t get a
chance to record any post race tire info. They ended up canceling post race tech
inspection.
