Showing posts with label Columbus Motor Speedway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Columbus Motor Speedway. Show all posts
The NASCAR Whelen Koehlke/GreenPro Landscaping crew and I had a lot of work to do this week after the accident last week. I was at the almost everyday and parts was coming in Bond Machine Shop is such wonderful supporter. They allow most of my parts to be delivered to their shop which is a big help, so Gary call get them to the shop. We work hard and had the car ready for Friday race but Kil-Kare race was rained out. I was so disappointed! This was the second cancellation in a row. We had arranged for several potential sponsors to come and watch the race. The one potential sponsor is considering the truck series and is only in town every few months. It was a much needed opportunity to get him to the track but rain stopped it. We will regroup and have him to the track sometime this summer.
We had a few safety parts for my seat that had not come in yet and they arrived Saturday morning so we left early for the shop. Gary and Dick had already been working on the changes to the car. They had already been working since 900 a.m. We got the car ready. Dad put in the shoulder pads on my seat as required by track rules at Columbus so we could race. We finish scaling the car and set the sway bar then we headed for Columbus.
We had a rough start in the first practice( track conditions). By the third practice, Gary got the car rolling through the corner well. We qualified 6th out of 17. Columbus inverts the field. Therefore, Columbus has the pole sitter pick the number to invert the field. I started in the 7th position. All we had to do was top the Rebel 105.9 Green Pro Landscaping with racing fuel from Estes Oil in Franklin. Estes Oil is also wonderful by supplying all my racing fuel. They sell it by the gallon or by the drum so tell them I sent you. The 14 car chose to go to the tail so I started in 6th in turn one just like last week. There was another big spin out but I was ready. I slowed down hard then went on the high side to drive around it. The second restart, I started in 5th. Thank God, because it was the line that moved. I was able to move up to the 3rd position in just a few laps. I decided to just sit back and wait because I knew my opportunity would come later in the race. About lap 25 I was able to pass the second place car and set sail for the win. Unfortunately, the 1st place car was almost a lap ahead of me. I started to try and catch him but I realized I would most likely run out of time. I chose to not push it and save my tires for next week. You can just get one new tire a week. The tire management is big in NASCAR Whelen Late models. I finished a strong second pulling away from the third place car by a margin of about half a track. With our second place finish, the crew had helped me make Ohio NASCAR history because a female has never made it in to the top five at Columbus much less a second place. This make 2 podium finishes in three races What a Crew!!!!
As always this week, I did my radio interview with the Rebel 105.9 on Tuesday after school around 2:45 so tune in. You can also hear the Sprint cup race on the Rebel now…. I am still doing the community service/play “why wait”. I worked on my car two nights. Hopefully, I will be doing an autograph session on Wednesday nights Kil-Kare and Sonic drive in soon if we can get it worked out.
Thanks Sloan and the Crew.
Thanks, Steve
Sloan Henderson Motorsports, LLC
"Today Is Tomorrow's History"
www.sloanhenderson.com
Phil 4:13
937-533-6271
Sloan Henderson Motorsports, LLC
"Today Is Tomorrow's History"
www.sloanhenderson.com
Phil 4:13
937-533-6271
Racing season has finally begun. The first Thursday test and tune of the season went well. I was able to get into the low 14 seconds per lap. The faster we got the car going the more a slight vibration arose with the fan on my NASCAR Whelen Koehlke/GreenPro Late Model. We decided to just load up and fix it back at Motorcar Autobody shop I was able to get close to the time I wanted so I felt pretty good.
Opening day, Friday, finally came! I didn’t think it would ever get here. It’s like waiting for Christmas. The weather was perfect. First practice went well. My second test session, I was just a few hundredths off the track record. Wow, what a great crew! I missed my marks and picked up a slight push so I qualified 5th. The heat race went okay but I would have liked to have done better. I learned from my mistakes. Gary won his heat race.
I ended up starting in 3rd in the feature race. I held off the outside pole and was running a strong second for most of the race and then there was a caution. The restart went well except my car didn’t have enough power in the straight a ways. It was also getting tighter as the race went on. I finished third with not a scratch on the Koehlke Green Pro Landscaping. The crew and I are very pleased with our first race of the season and looking forward to this coming week. I’ll be racing at Kil-Kare and Columbus Motor Speedway.
I started my Rebel 105.9 radio spot on Tuesday afternoons at 2:45 pm. I also did an interview with 90.3 the One on Thursday. I have a major magazine interview coming up as well. I will keep you posted in which month it will be published. The meeting went well with Sheri Oaks and Veronica. I hope to hear back from some other partners soon. Please try to follow me on twitter and facebook because it the only way business know you following me.
Thanks Sloan and the crew
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