Hello Race Fans,
It was a fun filled day in the sun at Pacific Raceways as we had Torri & myself running in Sportsman along with our friends Joe Loch running in the NHUA Outlaw class and Barry Hobson running in both Super Pro & Top Comp so a lot of excitement for sure. We got to meet our new sponsors Handan Trailer Repairs & Sales and talk about a class act as wonderful family, sure looking forward to the rest of the 2015 season with them onboard w/Edwards & Young Racing!
We had some really good laps in qualifying as Torri ran a best of 12.27 and I ran 12.087 on my 1st pass. I dialed Torri @ 12.24 for the 1st rd and she had her opponent covered on the tree but had an unfortunate issue at half track which cost her the race but she did a great job overall & should be golden moving forward in future races as the Pontiac is running like clockwork. I dialed 12.12 in my 1st rd matchup and due to some issues experienced by my opponent coasted through at 12.196 to take the win. In the 2nd rd I had to race my buddy Mac West and we had a great race but I got him as he broke out while I ran 12.065 on 12.06 dial. Moving onto the 3rd rd I took the win with a decent light and running a 12.103 on a 12.05 dial as my opponent was way late. The 4th rd was against another good buddy and track champ Gordon Rust and it was another epic battle between us as I ran 12.056 on 12.05 and got the stripe by .001 as he brokeout. The final rd was super close too as the Muskrat flew in the night air as on a 11.95 pace so I feathered the throttle & hit the brakes taking the stripe by .0132 but unfortunately I broke out by more as ran 12.001 on 12.04 dial to my opponents 13.138 on 13.16 dial, we were only separated by .004 on the tree.
I am estatic in how quickly we got the Muskrat running like a champ thanks to all of the hard work from Dad, Chris & everyone else in our family as I couldn’t have done this on my own for sure. Thank you all very much for the help & support as I am really looking forward to the rest of the 2015 season. We have Swift Tools race #3 next Sat June 6th and then the huge race coming up on on June 13/14th as Dad will be running the BC Super Shifters and I will be running Swift Tools Race #4 & #5 in Sportsman. I want to give a quick shout out to Joe Loch for running his new personal record of 6.666 @ 208 and Barry for making it to the finals in Top Comp, way to go guys!
See you at the track!
Sincerely,
It certainly is a pleasant surprise to see that Paul in his Mustang made it to the final round of eliminations in the debut race of the car.
We worked hard to resolve some issues when Paul recently purchased the Mustang, but never expected it to be a contender this early in the season!
After this solid showing, Paul is currently in 4th place in the Sportsman standings at PR, only 21-points back from the leader.
Congratulations Paul, job well done!