Twin 50 Lappers At ODS

Racing For The Lead

Twin 50 Lappers at ODS  

Practice

David and the guys headed to the track Friday afternoon to test the car; we have had an engine mis-fire in the Old Dominion car the last several times out. We just wanted to make sure everything was good. The practice went well and the mis-fire was gone. So David loaded up the car and went to the Wellington Road On The Run for an appearance. There were tons of fans there to see him and get autographs and a chance to sit in the car. A good time was had by all who attended.

Saturday we unloaded the car and prepared for the day’s events. We went out for all three practice sessions; David was the quickest car in all three sessions.

Qualifying

David was the third car out for qualifying, he turned a pretty good lap but on the last lap we all thought we heard the engine bobble a little. David noticed that the RPM’s were down from what had run all day; he also said the car was tight and that can cause that. We looked the car over and everything looked good. 

Twin 50 Lappers

Race 1 

Well as we have said too many times over the last several weeks, before the first lap ended David let us know that the car had a mis-fire again. We have changed everything on the car over the last few weeks and this problem keeps coming back. It is very frustrating and it always makes for a long tough night for David. David had started 5th and was able to work his way up to 2nd and had a good battle going for the lead, mis-fire and all. He challenged the leader lap after lap and was able to get along side of him several times but with the mis-fire he didn’t have enough to complete the pass. While this was going on the 3rd place car was able to get up close behind us. Not everyone at the track believes in racing clean, with that being said the 3rd place car got into David’s rear bumper and got him a little loose (sideways) then as David was sideways he hit him again in the rear quarter panel and shoved him up towards the wall. David did an awesome job saving it and kept it out of the wall. The caution never came out and David was left to chase the leaders down over the next several laps. David was still a little quicker than them but there wasn’t enough time to catch them. He finished 3rd in the first race.

Race 2

For the second race the officials inverted the top six which put David in the 5th starting spot. We worked on the car throughout the break hoping to fix the mis-fire. On the start of the race David called us to let us know the mis-fire had gotten worse. He continued on in the race and got up to 3rd. There was a car that had dropped out on the 5th lap of the first race, he was allowed to start the second race even though he had much better tires than everyone else. He had made his way through the pack and now he and David were in an awesome battle for 3rd. Once again there was contact on David from behind and up towards the wall he went again. Once again he saved it and continued, but with just a few laps left he ended up settling for 4th. So even though the car was running at about 75% David was still able to run towards the front of the pack and get two decent finishes.

Taking 2nd Place Early In The Race