What a day for racing in WV! The weather was hot but the t-jets were
much hotter as 18 of the best racers all around the region showed up
including racers from NC.The first race of the Series was fast and
furious T-Jet racin'and turned out just about as expected with the
home town group taking the top four spots. Congrats to Greg for
being the first out of towner to place fifth! All the out of towners
brought out the best in the WV racers as they were pushed beyond
their limits!The track record fell 2 times ,once by Rob Riser then
Robert Penn, both from WV.What a race, congrats to Robert Penn (wv)
for the first series win. What a car! Thanks to Joe Capp, Ernie and
Kacie, from NC for bringing the parts store and appreciate your
commitment to attend the other three races and supply the parts for
all the racers that enter also! A big round of applause for all the
racers in attendence, they all made it a great race series to be
involved in! Thanks to the gals that entered the race, Nikki and
Kacie you both got everyone's attention as class racers! After 2
qualifying heats , here are how the mains went...."F" MAIN winner
was Randy (KY) beating out Scotty(KY), Kacie(NC), and Joe(NC) by 2
laps and moving up to the "E"MAIN. The "E" MAIN was barely won by
Mike Pittman (WV) beating out Ron Fields Sr (TENN) on the same lap
and beating NIKKI and the "F" MAIN winner Randy (KY) both one lap
down.The (D) MAIN was won by A young man named Aaron(OH) beating out
Adam (OH) by one lap and Brad (OH)and the "F" MAIN winner Mike
Pittman (WV) by two laps.The Tjets were getting faster for the "C"
MAIN as Gary Butner (WV) beats out Bob W(OH)by a half lap with Dave
(OH) one lap down followed by the "D" MAIN winner Aaron (OH),three
laps down.The race got MUCH faster again as in the "B" MAIN,only two
racers would move up. Kenny R (WV) checked out by a one lap lead to
move up with Gary Butner(WV) who fought back in the last segment to
beat Greg (KY)and passing Darryl adkins (WV) with 45 seconds left in
the segment. This was Darryl best race ever! Congrads on a fantastic
run! Now on to the "A" MAIN. Robert Penn(WV)and Rob Riser (WV) who
both broke the track record in qualifing heats were waiting on the
other two racers Kenny and Gary (C&B main winner) both from WV to
move up. First Segment had all racers tied but Gary who was down a
lap.In the second Segment Robert pulled out a one lap lead over Rob
Riser and Kenny and now Gary TWO laps down.The third segment got
HOTTER as Robert Penn takes a two lap lead on the other three
drivers. Gary made up a lap to make it a three way tie for second!
The last heat really got fast as Gary and Robert Riser made up a lap
on Robert Penn. Robert won by one lap with Gary edging out Rob Riser
by a 1/4 lap and Kenny a lap down. Here is how everone
finished....Robert P.,1st, Gary B.,2nd, Robert R.,3rd,
Kenny R.,4th, Greg C.,5th, Darryl A.,6th, Bob W.,7th, Dave H.,8th,
Aaron W.,9th, Adam W.,10th, Brad M.,11th, Mike P.,12th, Ron F.,13th,
Nikki R.,14th, Randy W.,15th, Joe C.,16th, Scotty R.,17th, and Kacie
M.,18th. A big round of applause for all the racers in attendence,
Even though the race was dominated by the WV hometown boys, they
will have to step it up again in KY ,AUGUST 13, to be competetive
with the KY hometown boys.They will be tough on their track as we
were on ours. Thanks again to ALL who attended and made this a
sucessfull event.Thanks for all the compliments on my track.
Until the next race in this series, THANKS
GLBB