The Keeppers

Started the Heat on the outside front row and finished by a good margin. Due to row inversion I started the Feature in 5th. I was having a hard time passing cars as all the cars in front of me were racing on the low side. I decided to move to the high side and stayed there for most of the race. M Bourey (6) got around me however I was able to pass all other cars in front of me except Sundance who pulled off is first Midway win of the season. Fun!

Another great turn out at Lucas Oil Speedway with 45 Factory Stocks. I started a very competitive Heat race of 11 cars but had the advantage starting on the pole. I lead all laps except the last as C Jackson (65) passed me coming out of turn 4. I went in too hard which caused me to slide up a little and lose momentum. Started 8th in the feature. Within a couple laps there was a caution and I was up to 5th. During the caution my upper trailing arm broke and my drive shaft fell to the ground. Another DNF.

Weekend racing began at Midway Speedway with a 6th place Heat Start. A few laps into the race I got sideways resulting in the front left corner getting clipped by another car. With a bent spindle I finished 4th. The roll inversion put me on the pole which was great. I lead the first 12 laps until I choose to run C Jackson’s (65) line moving up the track, which I knew immediately was a mistake and Jackson passed me on the inside. I immediately regained the bottom with one lap to go and had moved up beside Jackson for the win but a caution put me in second for the restart resulting in a second place finish for the night.

It was my first racing the backup car which Isaac has been racing so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I started the Heat Race on the pole and lead the entire 8 laps even having lost my right rear shock on the track half way into the race. I started 3rd during the feature behind C. Jackson (65) and we both quickly moved out to the lead. On about lap 4 my gear and drive shaft busted resulting in another DNF. Isaac drove my primary car from 11th place to 2nd. He was by far the fastest car on the track.

Another good car turn with 34 Factory Stocks. Starting the Heat in 7th place proved to be difficult pinned behind two cars for the first several laps. Eventually one of the cars found a groove that worked and was able to move forward, but it was a little to late. Finishing 5th resulted in me needing to run the B Feature. I started the B on the pole and finished by a good margin. The B put me in 18th position for the A Feature. On the first lap I passed 5 cars, then there was a caution. During the next several laps there was some contact with other cars, no one was to blame, just some slickness which caused cars on the inside to slide up the track exiting corner 2. I eventually made my way up to 8 place and maintained it even though my car jumped out of gear, one of my shocks seemed to have gone bad due to one of the contacts, and my engine losing power on the last two laps… perhaps due to the fuel pump going bad. It was a crazy but fun race.

After several cold and rainy Friday nights, Midway racing resumed. I started on the outside front row and it took 3 original green flags to get things going. Taking the lead on the first corner helped me to win by a good margin. Due to winning last time at the track, track rules require that I start 11th place. In 11th place Traffic was tough but Ieventually managed to work my way up to a strong 3rd place finish. My brother-in-law Isaac won his first race of the season in my back up car.