Dear Race Fans, Victor ran one of the best races I have seen. We were struggling this weekend but the Parker Farms/Mondello Tech/LaHorgue Race Cars still finished a strong 2nd. We didn’t get the car together in time and missed practice. Chuck was very busy this weekend working with Cattanach at the Win-River 100 and it was difficult to get his input. We qualified 3rd but we were .4 seconds behind. We didn’t let it upset us as bad as we used to but it was still worrisome, but Blythe is such a tight track passing is done only if the guy in front of you over drives a corner so you can get under him or if you turn him around. The 39 car started right behind us and beat on our bumper for the first 25 or so laps. Ron Daniels has been running Late Models for many years. After the race he told Victor, ”I did everything but turn you around and you did a hell of a job hanging on to it. You saved it more the once and still ran your race”. None of us want to turn anyone. You don’t want to get sent to the back and mostly none of us want to pay for a lot of damage. Late in the race Victor was able to get around the 2nd place car and head for the 1st place car but ran out of time. At one point while working his way around the 86 car we thought we took him out. After the race his spotter told us that he made a mistake and told him he was clear and he turned down on the nose of Victor. The 86 did a great job of saving it but used up the right side bodywork of our car doing it. I guess I will be doing my best imitation of a body man before the next race. This month is very hectic with races every weekend for the next few weeks. The Speed Truck race the 7th at Firebird, back at Blythe the 14th and the Speed Truck race and a Late Model race at Havasu on the 21st. We will go over the set up with Chuck in the coming week and try to find ideas to give Victor something better. Thanks to all of our supporters. |
