With no racing last weekend the and the
InfernoMotorsports team ready to go racing
this week, things did not go as planned.
The speedway had more cars this weekend than
any other this season. After practice Joe & I felt
that we could not control the wheel speed of our
car, after trying for 3 weeks we elected to change
gears after qualifing. We qualified 12th and the
line up inversion pill that was pulled was a 50/50
pill , this puts 1/2 of the field of cars inverted,
since we were 12th we started on the pole of
the feature.
After the green flag Joe was running in well with
the new gear change, the car handled much better
off the corners and we were as fast as the super late
models. Running 2nd and the fastest superlate
models coming thru the field of late models , Joe
yelled on the radio (NO BRAKES!!!) Joe then pulled
out of the racing line allowed the field to pass until
we could get to the inside and out of harms way, after
I finally cleared him we were off the track in the infield
with the engine off and Joe unable to stop the car he
had to drive in little circles until the car came to a stop
on it`s own. After the race we were towed to the trailer
where we looked over the car and we found that the
right front brake caliper broke causing the brake failure.
No racing again next week, this will give us time to
call Sierra brakes get the part replaced without
rushing the parts in.
We finished 24th.
On a much better Note the InfernoMotorsports team
has secured a new sponsor, King carpet cleaning
they will be on the car for the rest of the 2008 season.
Stay tuned.....