#31 NAPA Late Model
Progress: Jan. 24/10
I hope everyone had a good
Christmas and New Years. I am down in High
Point, North Carolina until the middle of March
as I am attending Hedgecock Racing Academy.
I am learning lots down here and enjoying some
warmer weather as well. I am missing home
though as I can't do anything with the late
model but fortunately for me we have a great
team who are working hard at getting the car
ready for the upcoming season. Special
thanks to my Dad and Casey for continuing to
work on the racecar. Without them I
wouldn't be able to do this. Stay tuned
for information on our upcoming season!
Thanks alot
Spencer
Chaudiere Race
Report: June 7/09
Once again the NAPA Late
Model team headed back down to Quebec City this
past weekend, this time for the 3rd Round of the
Serie ACT Castrol at Autodrome Chaudiere. We
have run well here in the past and were excited
to go as it is a very fun and interesting
track. The car was fast right away which is
always good because you just have to worry about
fine tuning it. We were running in the top five
for lap times in practice which was good to see,
especially after our last two weekends.
We started 6th in our
heat race and unfortunately were spun out by a
slower car who hit us coming off of the corner.
We were lucky though as the caution did come out
and we were able to restart from the rear of the
field. With only a few laps to go we were able
to make our way back up to 6th which secured us
a spot in the feature.
We didnt want to adjust
too much for the feature so we only made a small
change. We started 6ht for the feature and
right away the car was hard to drive. The track
had changed so much on us since the heat race
that the car wasnt fast anymore. We continued
to come into the pits on most of the caution
laps but were unable to get the handle back on
our #31 NAPA Late Model. We were however able
to stay out of trouble and bring the car back in
one piece, finishing 16th.
Once again thank you to
my entire team for sticking with me and keeping
a good attitude while we figure out how to turn
our luck around. This weekend we are headed to
Capital City Speedway for the 4th race of the
Serie ACT castrol.
Autodrome
Montmagny Race Report: May 31/09
This past Saturday the
#31 Late Model team travelled down to Autodrome
Montmagny hoping to bounce back from our poor
finish in St. Eustache. We struggled with the
car during practice but were able to figure it
out and finish 3rd in our heat race. After
running the Semi-Feature and drawing for
position, we once again got a poor starting spot
of 17th.
We didnt let that
bother us though as we started the feature and
started our move to the front. Just a few laps
into the race, the car became extremely tight.
It felt exactly the way it did during the St.
Eustache race. We had planned on coming in on
the next caution to change the right side tires
but unfortunately we were the next caution as we
were hit from behind in corner 4 and backed into
the pit wall.
The car was towed back
to the pits where we could inspect the damage.
Unfortunately we weren't able to continue on as
we had hit hard enough to bend our rear
clip. The cause of the push condition was
because of a flat right rear tire for the 2nd
weekend in a row. The entire team did a great
job all weekend as we struggled with the car to
get it right. Special thanks to Doug, Shakey,
and Cuddles for helping us out this weekend
while we were short of some crew members.
St. Eustache
Race Report: May 18/09
The #31 team headed to
St. Eustache this past weekend for the opening
race of the 9 race Serie ACT Castrol. Although
the weather wasn't looking good and we were
rained out on Saturday, we were able to get the
race off on Sunday with alot of cars in
attendance.
We had the car running
well in practice and finished good in our heat
race but with the "inversion," we had a 13th
place starting spot for the feature race. We
made a few adjustments to the racecar before the
feature race to dial it in a little better.
The #31 NAPA Late Model
was running great in the feature race as we made
our way up to the 5th position. After running
there for a while, the car began to get
extremely tight. We didnt know until after the
race was over but unfortunately we picked up a
piece of debris on the track which was
flattening our right rear tire. We were able to
hang on for the closing stage of the race but
unfortunately fell all the way back to the 14th
positing where we finished.
Ottawa Regional
NAPA Trade Show: April 20th 2009
This past Thursday, the
#31 NAPA Late Model team headed down to the
Aberdeen Pavilion at Landsdowne Park for the
Ottawa Regional NAPA Trade Show. It brought
numerous NAPA stores and suppliers together to
showcase all of thier wonderful products. We
were very fortunate to be able to participate in
such a huge event. Along with getting the NAPA
name out there, we were able to answer questions
from curious customers and bring people up to
speed on our racing and the sport.
Thanks to the Body Shop
at Cavanagh Construction, both the truck and the
trailer were looking pristine as the guys there
did a fabulous job of detailing our equipment in
such short notice. With the truck, trailer, and
racecar all inside at the show, it was very
important that they were looking thier best.
With well over 500
customers walking through the doors, it was a
great show for all who attended. There was
something for everyone, whether it was cool
cars, tools or equipment for your shop, or even
just the friendly evironment and meeting new
people. If you weren't able to make it to this
show, you have to attend the next one!
Thank you to everyone
who made this show a success and to everyone
that helped out at all. Our new
2009 schedule is now out, look for it and
pictures from the trade show on the website.
ACT,
Thunder Road Announce 2009 Schedule Changes
The New
Hampshire Motor Speedway has confirmed
Saturday, September 19, 2009 for the
inaugural ACT Invitational at the
Northeast's only super speedway.
Thirty-six of
the best Late Model race teams in the
Northeast and Canada will be invited to
participate over the Fall NASCAR weekend at
NHMS in this $65,000.00 event. Approved
qualifiers will come from all 2009 ACT Tour
events in the US; all the winners on the
very successful S'rie ACT Castrol throughout
Quebec; and additional invitations will be
available to teams from ACT rules-affiliate
tracks including champions from Thunder Road
Speebowl (Barre, VT),Oxford Plains Speedway
(Oxford, ME), Lee USA Speedway (Lee, NH),
White Mountain Motorsports Park (Lincoln,
NH) Seekonk Speedway (Seekonk, MA),
Waterford Speedbowl (Waterford, CT), Twin
State Speedway (Claremont, NH), Kawartha
Down Speedway (Peterborough, ON) and Capital
City Speedway (Ottawa, ON). Additional
non-point events will also award winners
with invitations to the New Hampshire Motor
Speedway which include the TD Banknorth
250 at Oxford Plains Speedway on July
19, 2009, the CARQUEST Vermont
Governor's Cup at Thunder Road Int'l
Speedbowl on June 25, 2009, and the
Showdown at Chaudiere All Star Race at
Valle Junction, QC being held on August 29,
2009.
The S?rie ACT
Castrol has announced a change in the
opening date for Autodrome Ste. Eustache.
Originally slated for Saturday, May 23,
2009, the event has been changed to
Saturday, May 16, 2009.
Officials at
Thunder Road Int?l Speedbowl have announced
that the May 10, 2009 opening for the weekly
racing divisions has been cancelled. Thunder
Road, which is celebrating its 50th
anniversary during the 2009 season will
announce some capital improvement plans
shortly, which will be done during May 2009.
