HayWire Racing’s BLOG

Wow, that was a fun night.

We started our race day with a very hot and slick track in early practice. Donny was doing ok though. He continues to get better each week. After a little practice and a few adjustments, we stuck Tommy in the #29 car to get some more feedback. Tommy had the car runnign pretty good, he wasn’t really nay faster than Donny, but he felt the car as more “race-able”. After putting Donny back in it we learned that he likes the car a bit different than Tommy and we had to undo a few things for him to be more comfortable in it. So we learned something there.

Donny started his heat race from the pole and was doing a right fine job of running away with it, when all of a sudden, right after the half way point, the throttle linkage fell off. Donny showed some quick thinking and pulled out of the way before causing any issues, but the race way taken from him rather quickly.

The main event saw Donny starting last. After thinking about the setup, the track conditions and so on, we made some adjustments to the car that ultimately proved to be way off. The track did not change the way we thought it would, in fact, I think it may have gone the other way. In the end, we sent Donny out with a car that was way too loose to drive. In the end, he could not keep it pointed the right way and his night was ended early. Not one of our better calls, but even Jeter misses a fast ball every now and then.

So after a long, hot night, we headed home a bit deflated. But there’s always another race.