July 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th Results
July 7, 2009Wednesday – EXPO – Rained out.
Friday – Raceway 7 – Fastrak Touring 1,200 to win – Heat – 1st, Feature – 1st
Saturday – SLM KOH 34 cars – KOH 7th, Feature 9th
Sunday – EXPO – Fastrak – Heat 3rd, Feature – Flat tire while up to 4th
June 26th, 27th & 28th Results
Friday – Raceway 7 – Heat – 2nd, Feature – Team 17L Picks up FIRST WIN of the ‘09 Season.
Saturday – Stateline – Heat 3rd, Feature 8th – Both cars worked great all weekend.
Sunday – Rained out
June 19th, 20th & 21st Results
Friday – Raceway 7 – We tried some new stuff with the car and it just did not work – Heat – 3rd; Feature – 8th
Saturday – Stateline – Rain out
Sunday – Eriez – Heat – 3rd; Feature – 6th – Not a bad run on a very rough track.
June 12th, 13th & 14th Results
Friday – ULMS Raceway 7 – Lost oil belt while charging from 25th to 9th on lap 18 – Finished 20th
Saturday – Stateline – Got spun – Finished 19th
Sunday – Dick Litz 2,900 to Win – Finish Unsure – We think 20th
June 5th, 6th & 7th Results
June 10, 2009Friday – Heat – started 7th finished 3rd. Feature – started 3rd finished 3rd.
Saturday – Heat – started 9th finished 7th. Feature – started 16th finished 10th.
Sunday – Heat – started 7th finished 6th. Feature – started 16th finished 14th.
All and all not a bad weekend. For once the cars stayed together, for the most part, with only Carb problems on the Crate Friday night. Other than that, we are just happy to be back finishing races.
May 29th, 30th & 31st Results
Friday – Rained Out
Saturday – The bad luck continues! Before the race would even get started, the leaders brake checked the field and caused a pile up. The 17L suffered front end damage but was able to continue…restarting in last place. The car was just not right after the wreck, so after 10 laps, Dennis pulled off and found that the right front spindle was badly bent and rubbing against the rim.
Sunday – More bad luck! In the heat the car was really running bad…found he dummy shock was broken and the RR axle bent. After fixing that, the 17L started 19th in the feature. We raced up to 12th and then the power steering line blew a hole, ending out night on lap 8.
Time to regroup. With the crate car ready for action after the rainout, Dennis will use this week to rip apart the SLM and get it ready for action! Let’s hope for some better luck!
May 22nd, 23rd & 24th Results
May 28, 2009Friday SLM – Broke while leading Heat – DNS Feature
Saturday – Heat 2nd – Feature Broke Axel while in 4th, Finish 25th
Sunday Eriez – Heat 4th – Feature 11th
May 15th, 16th & 17th Results
Friday Fastrak – Start 6th Finish 3rd – Heat 2nd
Saturday Stateline – Rained Out
Sunday Eriez – Start 18th Finish 15th – Heat DNF
May 8th, 9th & 10th Results
May 12, 2009Friday – Raceway 7 – Heat: Started 7th – finished 4th. Thanks to Mother Nature…All features got rained out!
Saturday – Stateline - Heat: Started 4th – finished 7th. After the heat Dennis told the crew “something just isn’t right with the car”. After a few changes, Dennis would start the feature in 18th spot. On lap 11 Team 17L would find themselves charging into the top 10. Then on lap 14 the 5th arm snapped, ripping out the drive shaft ending our night finishing 17th.
Sunday – Eriez - After a long day of hard work putting the Schwartz Constuction, Carter Lumber, Beacon Lubricants Rocket SLM back together, Team 17L headed to Eriez Speedway. We started 2nd in the heat – finished 4th. We used this run to make sure everything just stayed together after all the work from Saturday night. The car was better, but still to loose. Feature: Started 1st. After running most of the race in the 3rd spot, the tires would give up and Dennis would bring the car home in 6th spot for our best finish in ‘09 to date. We learned some new things to help us get around the track in the slick and its starting to show. Special thanks to Jeff, Rueben and Chris Lunger for helping get the car back together so we could race Sunday night.
May 1st, 2nd & 3rd Results
May 4, 2009Friday Fastrak – Rained Out
Saturday Stateline – Heat 5th. On what was the roughest track we have ever been a part of! After some track prep from Muncie & Schwartz Excavating the track was better, but still really rough. Feature – Started 14th. After an early spin in a monster hole while on the move and up in 6th spot, Team 17L would now restart 23rd. Dennis would work the high line and charge back to 9th at the line. The seat time we are now getting in the SLM is starting to show up, better things to come.
Sunday Eriez – Heat – 5th. Feature – Started 14th. This track can really trick you. The track in the heat race was a sheet of ice, with no bite at all. Team 17L made the call to run not one, but 3 hard tires on the Carter Lumber, Schwartz Construction rocket. This time we were right on with the call, but the track was now down to one grove so passing was at a minimum. Dennis kept the car in one piece and brought it home in 13th spot. The team used Eriez Speedway to work on things we have never done with the car. We feel this will help us later in the year … time will tell.
