Friday – 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.

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